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Responding to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico

January 26, 2020Episodegoodpeopletalk

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The Good People Fund is helping residents of Puerto Rico recover from recent waves of crippling earthquakes and the resulting destruction and displacement. We’re talking with Erika Vélez, Founder of Puerto Rico Lit and GPF’s eyes and ears on the island.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Empowering Refugees and Others Through Culinary Arts

December 16, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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We’re at Emma’s Torch restaurant in Brooklyn, where refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking learn culinary arts so they can find futures of economic security and community. We speak with Kerry Brodie, Founder of Emma’s Torch – a Good People Fund grantee.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Getting Sports Equipment to Every Kid

November 19, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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Into our studio comes Max Levitt, Founder/CEO of Leveling the Playing Field, a Good People Fund grantee rescuing used sports equipment so that youth in underprivileged communities can fully participate in sports programs.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Facing Down Life Challenges Through Wrestling

October 30, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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We’re visiting José Valenzuela, Founder of Boston Youth Wrestling – a Good People Fund grantee organization – about how his experience with the sport as a youth fueled his passion to bring it to those in under-resourced communities in and around Boston. BYW’s Executive Director, Bior Guigni, joins the talk.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Rescuing Enslaved Children in Ghana

September 23, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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We’re at Metuchen High School in New Jersey, where students are working to end child slavery in Ghana under the leadership of their social studies teacher, Evan Robbins, Founder/CEO of Breaking the Chain Through Education, a Good People Fund grantee organization.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Taking Tzedakah to the Southern Border

September 19, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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The Good People Fund is sending essentials to migrant individuals and families detained in indescribable conditions along the US southern border. GPF Executive Director Naomi Eisenberger speaks with human aid partners about the Jewish imperative to act.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Providing for Those Living Along Life’s Edge

July 24, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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We talk with Fran Held, Founder of Mitzvah Circle Foundation, a Pennsylvania non-profit organization and Good People Fund grantee that provides donated and purchased goods like clothing, children’s books, toiletries, housewares and more to individuals and families in crisis.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Giving Hope to Inner City Youth

June 24, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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While in DC, we stopped in to talk with change maker Abby Sondak, Founder of Just Imagine. With support from The Good People Fund, her organization is giving summer overnight camping experiences to disadvantaged inner-city youth and leveraging the moment to prepare them for success in college.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org

Good People Talk -Trailer

June 21, 2019Episodegoodpeopletalk

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Welcome to Good People Talk, the podcast of The Good People Fund. Here, social entrepreneurs and visionaries –those who are changing and uplifting lives and communities in the U.S., Israel, and elsewhere around the world –describe what it is that drives and motivates them to tackle seemingly intractable challenges and generate deep impact. Their stories frame how change-makers, often informed by their Jewish values and in in partnership with philanthropy, can change the narrative.

To Learn more go to: goodpeoplefund.org