Philanthropy Journal

10/18/2024

Cuba’s national electricity grid is out. We did an episode in Cuba for THE GOOD ROAD.

There is so much about this island country that I loved seeing, but there are certainly lots of challenges. However there is an energy that doesn’t come through the grid. That energy is its people.



Check out what we found when we filmed:

https://youtu.be/Hj5Rjtll4B8

Dance, Art, and Music are helping to usher Cuba into a new future. From Instagram savvy dance groups to Art first economic development plans we discover the ...

06/06/2024

Finally getting around to editing some vids from the Crazy Tour... this is a good'um.

55 seconds · Clipped by THE GOOD ROAD · Original video "The Going Crazy Tour - Episode 5 "On and Off the Road" a Solar Eclipse of a lifetime" by THE GOOD ROAD

01/02/2024

Hey fellow storytellers! Happy 2024!

I just started a weekly newsletter on LinkedIn called “The wisdom of Ramen” which will be a journey of storytelling for social impact. If you can contribute with your own stories and ideas about how you have become better at communicating the good you see, then please subscribe!

10/04/2022

One of the things we love about our resource Philanthropy Journal is that we are able to provide a digital platform for writers who are addressing some very important issues that impact our communities like the issue of depression and anxiety. Thanks to Bradi Nathan of The Happy Jack Group LLC for writing this incredibly powerful piece about her son and founder of Happy Jack, Jack Nathan.

How does one write a story about a boy who lived only nineteen years? Just nineteen. I will try.

06/10/2022

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05/20/2022

We’re getting excited about the impending release of our Spring Print Issue.

03/27/2022

“You can choose to pay me or not pay me,” explains Speakhire ‘s Hetal Jani. “Either way, I’m still going to do the work. It needs to be done. I see this need, I know how to fill it. Get on board and support it.”

Capacity building for a nonprofit organization means funding; staff; administrative overhead. It means having the capacity to do the work that needs to be done. Hetal Jani is no stranger to this fact.

03/26/2022

“Due to the stigma I held about therapy, it took me decades before I finally decided to seek it,” says Sheila Darcey, founder of SketchPoetic. Crippling anxiety had seeped into every facet of her life. Darcey tried several ways to release the deeply held emotions within her - yoga, meditation, exercise, etc. While these tools can be powerful in alleviating the symptoms of chronic anxiety, it was sketching that helped her counter the heaviness of what she was feeling.

How often do we allow ourselves to get lost in the moment? To take a detour beyond our best laid plans and to do so without expectations or a wanting in our hearts?

03/25/2022

We clearly struck a nerve with last month’s Stay Out of Haiti!! Opinion piece! The feedback has been phenomenal, and we are working to curate more content such as this.

Do you have something to share? Do you know a bold voice we need to be elevating?

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Approaches to alleviate poverty are often created with American/Western mindsets, resulting in temporary, unsustainable quick “fixes” to major, systemic problems. If we truly envision a stronger Haiti where individuals, families and communities are able to experience independence and self-suffic...

03/23/2022

Spend even just a minute speaking with Edna Ogwangi, and her passion for her work knocks you off your feet. Since 2015, she has served as Rise Against Hunger’s Chief Programs Officer, leading their impact programming and driving the organization’s work to advance food security, humanitarian relief and resilience in communities across the globe.

Edna Ogwangi works intentionally to mitigate bias and support gender equality in Rise Against Hunger’s programs. “When voices of individuals who know the problem, understand the context and have lived experiences in the community we are trying to support are left out or not given an opportunity ...