We’re shaking things up this episode! Our host Constance Dykhuizen switches seats to be interviewed by author, producer, scholar, and activist Jessica Goudeau. The two met through their work with refugees, and over time their professional relationship developed into a friendship by virtue of their shared passion: giving a voice...

Virginia Cumberbatch and Megan Harding are two friends making noise and making an impact. Cumberbatch is the director of the Center for Community Engagement and the Social Justice Institute at UT, and Harding is a civil rights attorney and litigator for the Texas Civil Rights Project. They are also co-founders...

Filmmakers Christy and Turk Pipkin join us to discuss The Nobelity Project, their nonprofit organization that addresses global education needs by creating partnerships and building infrastructures within communities and between them. The Pipkins also discuss how they use their short films to spread their positive impact.

Meg Erskine sits down with Constance to discuss her nonproift the Multicultural Refugee Coalition. MRC is an Austin-based relief organization whose mission is to create livelihood opportunities for refugees. MRC promises to "take good care of the people [they] work with and the planet we live on while generating profit...

Constance sits down with Brooke Axtell, a human rights activist, author, survivor, and founder of She is Rising, which is a healing community for women and girls overcoming rape, abuse, and sex trafficking. After overcoming her own traumas, Axtell became an advocate for those who have gone through sexual and...

   What you'll hear in this episode: The importance of STEM education for women Increasing girls' interest and engagement in STEM Making STEM accessible https://shows.acast.com/great-society/episodes/julie-shannan-and-girlstart Julie Shannan is the former deputy director for Girlstart, a nonprofit founded in 1997 focused on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education for women....

   What you'll hear in this episode: Zane and Amal Wilemon's non-profit history What makes a non-profit business Family to team Working with brands wanting to make a social impact Ubuntu Life is a non-profit founded by Zane Wilemon and run by himself and his wife Amal Wilemon. The organization...

Urban Roots is a community farm in East Austin, but it’s so much more than that! They provide young people with paid internship opportunities to grow food, learn new skills, and make a difference in their community by educating others about food justice working for solutions.

[featured-video-plus width=770] What you'll hear in this episode: How Mobile Loaves and Fishes got started Advice for helping people who are homeless All about the Community First! Village Alan Graham was a rising star in the Austin real estate market in the mid-1990s, raising his family in West Lake Hills...