Let's Care: The 180° Of Impact Podcast

Often, we overlook the power of young people to create change. Yes to Youth is a podcast series getting to know changemakers who started early and are making a real impact, in spite of and often because of their age and identity. Yes to Youth is presented by Let’s Care in collaboration with LearnServe International. Your host is Matt Scott, creator of Let's Care and longtime LearnServe volunteer. Today's episode features a bonus episode centering Clint Smith III, recipient of LearnServe's 2022 Civic Champion Award and featuring the voices of LearnServe Co-Director and CEO Scott Rechler and alumni Charlotte Rose LaMotte, Ra'mya Davis, Chris Cole, and Kayla Waysome. Civic Champion Awardee Clint Smith Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and was selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2021. He is also the autho

Amy Dumas is best known as WWE wrestler and Hall of Famer Lita. Over the last 20+ years, she has made her mark in sports entertainment, paving a way for women (and so many others) in pro wrestling and beyond to make road where there weren't roads. This weekend, Amy is taking part in WWE's Royal Rumble PPV, which reminds us of a few years back, when she wore a "Time's Up" shirt on a global stage, sending a message about the treatment of women and abusers in the entertainment industry. This interview appears in the 20s & Change: San Francisco film, which has been recognized at the 2021 San Francisco Black Film Festival and Las Vegas Queer Arts Film Festival. Watch the film at www.lets.care. Amy is an animal activist, a musician, a mental health advocate, a supporter of women's rights and justice for women dealing with insane laws to control their bodies, and someone who can not be contained. Amy is making an impact while dancing to the beat of her own drum, bringing the punk rock D.I.Y. spirit to the table

20s & Change: San Francisco (hosted by Matt Scott) is our pilot film to “pass the mic” to the changemakers who often go unheard. It has been honored and screened at the 2021 San Francisco Black Film Festival and Las Vegas Queer Arts Film Festival. 20s & Change features a number of themes that are relevant to young changemakers, in particular. Those themes include: using your unique talents to make a positive impact in the world creating a way out of (seemingly) no way prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice the power of representation and storytelling having “uncomfortable” conversation about identity and impact The film is meant to model conversations about impact and identity. These are conversations that our world needs, in order to help others see their own identities as superpowers in changing the world for the better. Watch the film at www.lets.care/film. Celebrate 5 years with us at www.lets.care/five. Learn more about Let's Care at www.lets.care. Follow Matt Scott: @Mat

Watch the YouTube video here, or listen in as Let's Care (www.lets.care) founder and host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) interviews Erin Alexander (@MelaninErinVA) as part of the Let’s Care LIVE Saturday Conversation Series. Erin Alexander is the founder of Master Your Glo, the Business of Soul Searching (BOSS) podcast, and Melanin Erin Virtual Assistance. Learn from Erin's perspective, rooted in mental health, to find how you can design the lifestyle you deserve. Watch more conversations from this series at www.lets.care/live. "Melanin Erin Virtual Assistance amplifies businesses by executing high level tasks so you can show up authentically in your business. Erin's high attention to detail, strong sense of communication and dedication to deadlines is what has secured her residual clients. If hired she will not only infuse her dynamic radio and tech knowledge into your strategy but help you articulate all needs to strengthen the voice of your business in 2021 and beyond. Erin Alexander is a Virtual Assistant Pr

Watch the YouTube video here, or listen in as Let's Care (www.lets.care) founder and host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) interviews Attia Taylor (@AttiaTaylor) as part of the Let’s Care LIVE Saturday Conversation Series.  Attia Taylor is a NYC based musician, writer, and content producer. She is the founder of Womanly, The Dorothy and a member of The Art Dept Collective. Her work is rooted in social justice, art, and design, to bring inclusive and culturally relevant content to sound, print and digital realms. She is passionate about building and cultivating communities through journalism, music, storytelling, and research. www.attiataylor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letsyoucare/message

Watch the YouTube video here, or listen in as Let's Care (www.lets.care) founder and host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) interviews Roxann Stafford (@jroxann) as part of the Let’s Care LIVE Saturday Conversation Series. Roxann Stafford, is a systems alchemist and architect co-creating universal prosperity. She brings a lens of justice, interdependence and well-being, as well as history and ancestry, to her work supporting local journalism at the Knight Foundation, and beyond. “Roxann Stafford is the managing director of the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, a $20-million initiative that works to empower local news organizations to build trust with their audiences while producing outstanding journalism and developing new revenue streams that can enable them to reach long-term business sustainability.”  Connect with Roxann: http://linkedin.com/in/roxannstafford/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letsyoucare/message

Watch the YouTube video here, or listen in as Let's Care (www.lets.care) founder and host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) interviews Amy Wilson (@AmyJWilson), Author of “Empathy for Change” and an epic storyteller, social impact entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, strategist, and innovator , as part of the Let’s Care LIVE Saturday Conversation Series. “In Empathy for Change, former White House entrepreneur-in-residence Amy J. Wilson dives into the intricate science of empathy, debunking common myths and sharing practical uses for a better society. Having built cultures of innovation and change across multiple sectors, she knows that when we do not design with compassion, we remove the humanity and closeness we have to one another.” Learn more about Amy: https://www.amyjwilson.com Get her book: https://www.amyjwilson.com/empathyforchange --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letsyoucare/message

"Laleh Bakhtiar, an Islamic and Sufi scholar and the first American Muslim women to produce a translation of the Quran, passed away peacefully on Sunday October 18, 2020 in Chicago, from Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a rare blood disorder. She was 82." Dr. Bakhtiar wasn't only a Let's Care interviewee but was so much more. She was bold, and stood up for positive impact she believed in -- regardless of the risk. Even in her passing, the world is left with countless artifacts of her impact -- including 25 published books about Islam, Sufism, and more, and numerous interviews, videos, and storytelling pieces by a variety of outlets and storytellers, including her daughter Davar Ardalan (NPR, SecondMuse, White House Presidential Innovation Fellows, National Geographic). Laleh has a legacy like no other, and it will continue to live on and change lives far beyond her passing -- through her family and those who loved her and through all she touched. Read "Courage, Temperance, Justice and the Enduring Wisdom of t

This week's episode of Let's Care: The 180º of Impact Podcast features writer, director, filmmaker B. Monét. Scroll to see her bio and learn more about her story or, better yet... listen to this episode! For more on Let's Care, parent company of 180º of Impact and the social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers 20s & Change, visit www.lets.care or email us at hello@lets.care. My name is Matt Scott (connect with me on LinkedIn) and I'm your host. Thanks for listening! For more, visit www.lets.care. Your host, Matt Scott: Twitter: @MattScottGW Instagram: @MattScottGW LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/MattScottGW *** Brittany “B.Monét” Fennell is a writer/director who graduated from Spelman College with a B.A. in English. She hails from Silver Spring, Maryland and holds an MFA from New York University in Film and Television with a concentration in writing and directing. In her films, she poses questions about identity, society, race, and culture. It is vital to her that under-represented peopl

In this week's edition of Let's Care: The 180º of Impact podcast, we have a very special interview with Astronaut Cady Coleman. Wearing his hat as global community manager for NASA's International Space Apps Challenge, host Matt Scott interviews Cady, who he first met in 2016, about her wisdom for the 15,000 participants across 150 countries in the Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge. In this interview, Cady talks about her experiences with diverse collaboration, working with other Astronauts across countries in the close quarters of the International Space Station, of all places. Pretty unique! Speaking of diversity, recently, we shared Day 0 of 20s & Change, a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them, and that can be seen here. If you're interested in supporting the vision of 20s & Change and Let's Care more broadly, email us at hello@lets.care. For more on Let's Care, visit www.lets.care and follow us across social media platforms (Twitter, In

In this special episode, hear host and creator Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) preview how Let’s Care is pivoting for the better in a world affected by coronavirus (COVID-19). Stay tuned for updates at www.lets.care or reach out hello@lets.care.

Visit www.lets.care/belonging to take our survey and share your experiences with belonging in social impact. Bayyina Black is Global Sustainability and Impact Manager at R/GA, which helps brands and companies grow by enabling them to change. Fast. In addition, Bayyina is a multi-talented changemaker at the cross-section of three increasingly vital fields: social impact, tech, and storytelling. Let's go down the list of SOME of the ways this incredible human-being has spent her life and career: She's a licensed drone pilot. She has been to 32 countries to-date, with her travels including Ghana, Brazil, and Cuba. She's the co-founder and VR filmmaker behind The Other System. She has a great answer to the question "where are you from?". In addition, this episode features the podcast debut of my mom, Dr. Melodie Toby, PhD! She is co-owner and Chief Financial Officer of Right at Home of Essex County. Prior to owning Right at Home, she had a career in corporate finance and consulting as well as more than thi

20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented  changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin  to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco  features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their  conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco  Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more  about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news  and updates on the 20s & Change film. This week's episode features Amy Dumas, also known as Lita, a 4x WWE women's champion and WWE Hall of Famer. In this interview, Matt and Erik talk with Amy about her life as an advocate and activist for animal rights, gender equality, and representation for women in the media. She is @AmyDumas on Twitter and @machetegirl on Instagram.

20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film. This week's episode features Tristan Robitaille, Electromechanical Engineering Intern (Autodesk Student Expert) at D-Rev. D-Rev is a non-profit product development company focused on the needs of the poor. They design and deliver world-class, affordable health technologies.

20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film. This week's episode features Nathan Bowman, from the previous episode, along with Mark Jackson, a physicist working with Cambridge Quantum Computing. CQC is a world leading independent quantum computing company that develops architecture-agnostic, enterprise quantum solutions to tackle some of industry’s most intriguing challenges. Previously, Mark founded Fiat Physica, the world's premiere physics fundraising platform, and Science

20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film. This week's episode features Nathan Bowman, a former student organizer with Net Impact at San Francisco State University. Net Impact is an organization that mobilizes next generation leaders to use their skills and careers to make a positive impact in the world. For more on Net Impact, visit netimpact.org.

This episode has been edited and reuploaded from its original posting. 20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film. This week's episode features Deje Silas, from Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), which believes that everyone deserves a home. Every day, DISH provides high-quality, permanent housing to San Franciscans who suffer from serious health issues—because with this help, San Franciscans who have experienced homelessness can get off the streets, rebuild

This episode is an interview with Greg Monterrosa, the Community Manager and one of the founders of  Hub101, a startup center and coworking space located in Westlake  Village, California with a mission of encouraging businesses to “create,  launch, grow.” Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and visit www.lets.care/story to sign up for the email list. For more on host Matt Scott, Let's Care and 180º of Impact, visit www.lets.care. Feel free to reach out! You can email us at hello@lets.care.

This week's episode is an interview with Kim Fredricks Bowman, who works with the organization Fraser, Minnesota’s largest and most experienced provider of autism and early childhood mental health services. Fraser serves children and adults through healthcare, housing, education and employment. Kim is the mother of Nathan Bowman, who we interviewed as part of 20s and Change: San Francisco back in 2019. To hear Nathan's interview, where he discusses his experience with the organization Net Impact, subscribe to the podcast and sign up for the email list at www.lets.care/story. For more on host Matt Scott, Let's Care and 180º of Impact, visit www.lets.care. Feel free to reach out! You can email us at hello@lets.care.

This week's episode features host Matt Scott's conversation with Satwinder Sanhu, CEO of IAC - The Centre for Adoption, the UK’s leading intercountry adoption centre and a registered charity  working with children, adopters, international adoption agencies, local  authorities and the Department for Education. IAC is the only agency in  this country that works in partnership with both adoption agencies and  government bodies overseas. While Sat was not a foster child and is not a foster parent, his experiences as well as his deep commitment to learning and supporting child well-being have made him a strong advocate.  For more on host Matt Scott, Let's Care and 180º of Impact, visit  www.lets.care. Feel free to reach out! You can email us at  hello@lets.care.