Interviews with our community leaders in Georgia. Each episode will feature a person in our community that is putting words into action. Please email us for interview requests and suggestions.
Leading Georgia: A Podcast About Communities in Action
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Interviews with our community leaders in Georgia. Each episode will feature a person in our community that is putting words into action. Please email us for interview requests and suggestions.
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Recent Episodes
September 3, 2020
9. Marilynn Winn, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Women on the Rise
<p>Marilynn Winn, Formerly incarcerated, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women on the Rise GA, a grassroots organization led by formerly incarcerated women of color to reduce the number of women under correctional control in the state of Georgia. JLUSA 2016 Fellow, Co-Chair of the Reimaging ACDC City of Atlanta Taskforce to close and repurpose the Atlanta City Detention Center, serves on the Board of Directors of First Step Staffing of Atlanta, serves on the Board of SCHR, Served as Co-Chair of Board of Directors of 9to5 Atlanta Working Women, received 1st Lilly Ledbetter Award, Initiated history making Ban the Box Campaign in Georgia. Instrumental in President Obama issuing an Executive Order to Ban the Box on federal employment applications. In collaboration with Solutions Not Punishment instrumental in passing legislation in City of Atlanta and Fulton County to implement a two-year pilot program “Atlanta Fulton County Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative,” instrumental in winning history making legislation to reclassify marijuana legislation to a non-arrest offense for less than an ounce of marijuana with a minimum fine of $75.00 and in the City of Atlanta just recently in collaboration with key players won Bail Reform legislation. Initiator and visionary of current campaign “Community Over Cages” #Close the Jail ATL a campaign that will close the Atlanta City Detention Center and repurpose the facility into a Wellness, Equity and Freedom Center that would ensure our community services not handcuffs, jobs not jails. May 28, 2019 Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed legislation to close and repurpose the Atlanta City Detention Center. June 12, 2020 Invited to participate in a conversation with members of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform.</p> <p>Take the survey to see the vision I have for an alternative to the jail.</p> <p><a href="https://designingjustice.typeform.com/to/JCtYAjo0" target="_blank">https://designingjustice.typeform.com/to/JCtYAjo0</a></p>
August 31, 2020
8. Rhonda Watson, President, PFLAG Woodstock
<p>Rhonda Watson is a detail oriented, well organized professional with experience in non-profit, multi-family real estate, and family medical practice fields and a proven track record of developing and implementing process improvements. She is a partnered (for 23 years) mother of one daughter, two dogs, and five cats. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Texas at Tyler with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology where she was elected to serve as President of Psi Chi and the Association of Psychology Students her senior year. She was also named Outstanding Undergraduate Psychology Student by faculty and peers.</p> <p>The impact of Rhonda’s personal encounter with Stage III ovarian cancer resonates years after her diagnosis and has reignited her determination to make a meaningful difference in the world, especially where her young daughter is concerned. It has become her life’s work to ensure that her daughter is not only exposed to a diverse array of wildlife and experiences but also to make volunteerism and activism a way of life. Rhonda believes that by doing so she will achieve her greatest mission in life – to make the world a better place for not only her daughter but also for future generations.</p> <p>Currently, Rhonda serves the local community in a volunteer role as President of PFLAG Woodstock.</p> <p>Though she was laid off in May 2020 due to the COVID epidemic, she remains active and busy even as she seeks employment. Her most recent employer was the American Cancer Society*. Her commitment to this organization was reflected in her volunteer activity. From 2009 to 2019, Rhonda served a variety of voluntary committee roles: Luminaria Chair, Volunteer Chair, Logistics Chair and day of volunteer for the DeKalb/Adams Relay For Life** Committee. In this capacity, she has worked with over 2,000 volunteers, many cancer survivors and their caregivers, and others who have been impacted by cancer in some way. She has served the American Cancer Society as a Change Champion for an enterprise-wide organizational transformation, a Welcome Ambassador for new employees, and as a Co-Lead for the LGBTQ+Allies Employee Engagement Group.</p> <p>In addition to her Relay For Life volunteer activities, Rhonda has also volunteered numerous hours at the Save the Horses horse rescue located in Cumming, Georgia.</p> <p>It was through the course of this volunteer work Rhonda began to comprehend the magnitude of the giant that she faced and how profoundly her life has changed as a result of a journey she never intended to take.</p> <p>It is this passion and commitment that Rhonda brings to her role as President of PFLAG Woodstock.</p> <p>*The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.</p> <p>**Relay For Life is a community-based event sponsored by the American Cancer Society to raise funds and awareness in the fight against cancer, to honor cancer survivors, and to remember those who we have lost.</p>
August 5, 2020
7. Ashley Silfra, Leadership Coach and Management Consultant
<p>Ashley is a professional coach, management consultant, artist, and general jill of all trades. She is intent on helping create a world full of self-aware leaders who experience deep intimacy in their lives and claim powerful agency with their choices. Ashley has been a leader in a variety of industries, including education, the non-profit world, software development, and business consulting. As a coach, she infuses all of her work with a focus on fulfillment and purpose. As an artist, she harnesses her own and others' creativity to unleash what is deeply true and useful and beautiful. As a person, she shows up fully.</p>
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