In this episode, I talk with Uma Mishra-Newbery, a badass women’s rights leader and former Executive Director of the Women’s March Global, the largest single-day protest is US history, as well as a global movement. Uma is also the co-founder of the Racial Equity Index, created in 2020 after the racial justice reckoning in the United States, where she has been working with a team of Black, Indigenous and Women of Color to build the first-ever index for accountability around racial equity in the global development and aid sector.

With a career that has taken her through different sectors and different parts of the world, Uma has a beautiful way of connecting people and building coalitions, especially coalitions supporting women human rights defenders and racial equity. Uma is also a somatic abolitionist in training, working to understand the impact that race has on our physical bodies, and she uses this knowledge in her work with organizations to provide grounded facilitation during difficult conversations around race, racism, and racial equity.

In this episode, we talk about the challenge of working in a sector that was not designed for people of color and which STILL doesn’t have good data on racial equity, as well as the importance of women—all kinds of women—telling our stories. Don't wait to tell you story, Uma urges us—do it now.

In this episode, I talk with Jensine Larsen. Jensine is the founder and CEO of World Pulse, an independent social network that connects women all over the world for social change. She’s an international journalist and global women’s rights expert, as well as a frequent speaker on the power of technology to accelerate women's power. Jensine is also part of the Equals Global Partnership (a coalition bridging the gendered digital divide), a fellow of the Academy for Systems Change (a ten-year fellowship for the next generation of system change leaders) and has been awarded the Tribeca Innovative Disruptor fellowship and the United Nations Media Social Impact Award. In our conversation, we talk about breaking the silence for women around the world through a digital revolution--imagine an online social platform with with thousands of Malala's telling their own stories.

If you’re interested in exploring how to support organizations like World Pulse that align with your values and are doing badass work to change the world, you can check out my Feminist Philanthropy Guidebook on my website, www.radhafriedman.org, completely free. And if you want more, you can book a free consultation with me.

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In this episode, I talk with Stephanie Ellis-Smith, CEO of the philanthropic advisory firm Phila-Engaged Giving. Stephanie works with ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, foundations, and corporations to make catalytic investments that advance racial and social justice. She is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP), a 21/64 Advisor, a Partner at the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and more.

In 2020, Stephanie co-founded the Giving Gap (formerly known as “Give Blck”) to advance racial equity and mobilize positive action for Black lives by connecting people to causes they care about. The Giving Gap includes an online database of Black-founded organizations to support, making it easier for donors to connect with Black organizations and solving one of the primary challenges both Stephanie and I hear when people are seeking to support racial justice--knowing where to find the organizations that do this work.

In this episode, Stephanie reminds us not to let the IRS limit our ideas about how we give back--every one of us can be a philanthropist.

If you’re interested in exploring how and where you give to nonprofits that align with your values and are doing badass work to change the world, you can check out my Feminist Philanthropy Guidebook on my website, www.radhafriedman.org, completely free. And if you want more, you can book a free consultation with me. (A portion of my proceeds always go back to BIPOC, women-led nonprofits) You can also connect with Stephanie at Philanthropy Engaged Giving.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, share it with friends, and don’t forget to give the podcast a five star rating and review on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts! You can also support the podcast with a monthly donation as a Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/RadhacalGood