Most social impact brands make a far bigger difference than their revenue reflects.

Their impact is powerful — but their message isn’t converting, their growth systems are underdeveloped, and their mission ends up under-resourced.

In this episode, Adina breaks down why mission-driven founders, social impact brands, and B Corps often struggle to translate impact into revenue growth — and how to close that gap without losing integrity.

Drawing from over 20 years in nonprofit advocacy and her own experience running a social impact company, Adina shares what she’s learned about sustainable growth, revenue as oxygen, and how to balance the triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit.

• Why most social impact founders deprioritize sales — and how it limits their mission.

• How to build a growth strategy that honors your values and generates sustainable revenue.

• Why “sales” isn’t a dirty word — it’s the structure that gives your mission stability.

• The three focus areas that allow your income to finally match your impact in 2026:
  1️⃣ Messaging that converts.
  2️⃣ Optimized, sustainable sales systems.
  3️⃣ Strategy that honors both mission and money.

This is the call to step from mission-driven dreamer into financially empowered change-maker — the grounded leader who can sustain expansion.

✨ DM “GROWTH” on Instagram or LinkedIn to explore business growth consulting for social impact brands, B Corps, and changemaker companies.
Or visit internationalempowerment.com/starthere to learn more about aligning your messaging + revenue for sustainable impact.

Your mission deserves more than survival.
Growth isn’t greed — it’s leadership.
It’s how the world gets to experience the full power of your purpose.

Financial literacy is not a passive activity. It’s a strategic tool for liberation.

That's because finances aren't just about budgeting or credit scores - it's a revolutionary act of self and collective liberation.

In this episode, Adina breaks down how money knowledge becomes a weapon when paired with intention and action - especially for immigrants navigating oppressive systems.

You’ll learn why financial education is one of the most concrete, powerful ways immigrants and allies can reclaim power, build wealth, and change what's possible - not just for themselves, but for their families, communities, and generations to come.

Whether you're the first in your family to invest or simply trying to understand where to begin, this episode is your call to rise.

In This Episode:

• Why financial systems were never built for immigrants - and how to change that

• How to use financial literacy to collapse survival mode and build wealth from a place of power

• Why learning money is like learning a new language - one that lets you decode and redistribute power

• The ripple effect: how financial empowerment creates collective momentum

• How to design your Liberation Plan

If this episode activated something in you, it’s time to go deeper...

*Access The Immigrant Financial Jumpstart Training: ​5 Steps to Open Accounts, Build Credit, and Begin Investing - Even Without a Social Security Number ($27)

👉🏼 https://immigrantfinance.com/jumpstart

*Join Immigrant Finance School, our signature program designed to help immigrants and their families learn to build wealth, start investing, and grow financial power - regardless of immigration status. Our next live cohort starts in January 2026!

👉 Apply now at immigrantfinanceschool.com

💬 Connect with Adina and share your takeaways on Instagram → @adinaappelbaum or @immigrant.finance

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Listen in as we talk tech, AI, and data as a tool in the fight for immigrant rights.

In this episode, I’m joined by Bartlomiej Skorupa, Co-Founder & COO of Mobile Pathways, a tech nonprofit using AI and mobile data tools to support immigrants navigating the U.S. court system.

Bartlomiej’s story - from fleeing communism in Poland, to burning out in corporate America, to almost losing his vision in Madagascar, and eventually building a mission-led tech platform - is proof that purpose and impact are not linear. They're shaped through life experience and our values.

Together, we unpack:

• 📲 How Mobile Pathways uses AI to cut through time poverty to advance access to immigration legal services

• 🧠 The power of tech to sustain advocacy and scale social justice work - especially in the immigration system

• 🛠️ How changemakers can use tech ethically to support marginalized communities while minimizing harm

Whether you’re an immigrant, advocate, or social entrepreneur, this episode offers a grounded look at how innovation can drive structural change - without losing sight of humanity.

As Bartlomiej shares: “You can’t control chaos… but you can outlast it if you figure out the purpose in the moment.”

As changemakers, we can’t always control what’s happening - but we can choose how we respond.

And we can leverage technology - not as a threat, but as a tool for good.

That’s how we build sustainable change.

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Learn more about and support Bart’s work:

🔗 MobilePathways.com

🔗 LinkedIn: Bartlomiej Skorupa

More about Bart:

Bartlomiej (Bart) Skorupa is an immigrant social entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author dedicated to inspiring leadership and championing fair access to justice. With a passion for launching mission-driven organizations, Bart works at the intersection of technology, philanthropy, and artificial intelligence to create powerful opportunities for change.
Bart's impactful work has been featured in prominent outlets such as NPR, Forbes, Men’s Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Bravo Network, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Dell recognized his contributions to global change in 2014, naming him one of the 25 World Change-makers alongside figures like Lauren Bush, Edward Norton, and Adam Braun.
He is an active member of influential communities including the Fast Forward, SOCAP, Opportunity Collaboration, Salesforce Ohana, and Summit Series.
Beyond his professional achievements, Bart finds inspiration in the joys of raising two disruptive daughters in a cabin in the woods.

In a world of collapsing systems and digital noise, your voice isn’t optional — it’s essential.

Especially if you're a changemaker.

In this episode, Adina reveals why visibility is not a vanity metric — it's a core part of wealth-building for changemaker entrepreneurs and first-generation financial leaders.

Whether you're advocating for yourself at a bank, educating your family about money, launching a business, or growing a movement — this conversation will show you why voice activation is a key financial strategy.

You'll hear:

1. Why silencing yourself costs you more than you think

2. How visibility is foundational to building wealth in today’s economy

3. The mindset shifts to move through resistance to sharing your voice and being seen

4. Real-life examples from Adina’s journey moving from anonymous blogger to vocal entrepreneur and advocate

5. What happens financially + energetically when you start speaking up consistently

This episode is an invitation to UNMUTE — not for ego, but for impact.

If you’re ready to claim your message, break your silence, and expand your income through clarity and consistency, this one’s for you.

💥 UNMUTED is now open for enrollment: https://www.internationalempowerment.com/unmuted

A 6-week intimate visibility incubator for mission-driven leaders who are ready to speak clearly and consistently, build trust with their audience, and finally share their voice.

DM @adinaappelbaum the explore if it's right for you.

💥 For private suport, book a Changemaker Growth Intensive: https://www.internationalempowerment.com/grow

We’re not here to fight to be heard — we’re here to speak from the space no one else is holding.

In this powerful episode, let's unpack what it means to become UNMUTED in a time of collapse, censorship, and collective fear. From the dismantling of institutions to the internal voices that keep us small, this is a direct call to changemakers, leaders, and truth-tellers to rise.

Adina shares her personal struggles with visibility, the real reason most people self-silence, and why reclaiming your voice is no longer just a personal goal — it’s a collective responsibility.

If you’ve been hesitating, self-editing, or questioning whether it’s safe to speak up, this episode will anchor you in truth, mission, and momentum.

🔥 In this episode, we explore:

• The real threat of censorship (external and internal)

• Why trying to “save the old systems” is a dead end

• The visibility trap and how to escape it

• What authentic leadership actually looks like in this moment

• A powerful reframe to move through fear and speak up now

• The launch of UNMUTED — a high-touch voice liberation portal for changemakers

🎧 Mentioned in this episode:

• • 💻 ⁠⁠Join UNMUTED⁠⁠ – Pre-sale pricing now open: https://www.internationalempowerment.com/unmuted

  • 🎯 ⁠⁠⁠Mission Masterclass⁠⁠⁠ – Get crystal clear on what you're here to speak about: http://internationalempowerment.com/mission

  • 📲 DM @⁠adinaappelbaum⁠ on Instagram with “UNMUTED”

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• 💡 Who this is for:

• • Soul-led entrepreneurs

  • Advocates + educators

  • Creators + disruptors

  • Anyone ready to make their voice impossible to ignore

What happens when the child of immigrants becomes a changemaker — not just for her family, but for the entire system?

In this powerful and heart-opening guest episode of SYNARCHY, Adina sits down with Breanne J. Palmer, Esq. — attorney, immigration policy advocate, and founder of AJA Advocacy Solutions — to explore what it means to build a business rooted in legacy, liberation, and justice.

Breanne’s story is a masterclass in resilience and reinvention. From nonprofit and government roles to founding her own policy consultancy named after her grandmother, Breanne shares how her consultancy is way more than a business. It’s a legacy project. A reclamation. And a declaration that advocacy doesn’t have to burn us out — it can be done with soul, clarity, and sovereignty.

✨ You’ll hear:

• What finally pushed Breanne to leave the “safe path” and start her own firm
  

• How her family’s story and experience as Jamaican immigrants shaped her approach to entrepreneurship
  

• How Breanne redefined leadership after years in government, private, and nonprofit spaces
  

• Why we don’t need a “seat at the table” — and instead we can build the whole house
  

• What legacy actually looks like in action — and how to build without replicating the systems we’re trying to dismantle
  

• The power of walking away — and of building something new

This episode is a permission slip to lead differently for anyone navigating visibility, voice, and career changes. To build businesses that feel like home. And to honor the shoulders we stand on — while becoming inspiration for future generations.

🔑 Takeaways

• Advocacy doesn’t have to mean burnout — it can mean entrepreneurship.
  

• Your legacy isn’t someday — you’re living it now.
  

• The systems we build today become the safety nets of tomorrow.

Learn more about and support Breanne’s work:

🔗 breannejpalmer.com/ajaadvocacy

📸 Instagram: @aja_advocacysolutions

🔗 LinkedIn: Breanne Palmer

Want to build your business with clarity, strategy, and soul? ✨

Connect with Adina for social impact business coaching:

🔗 https://www.internationalempowerment.com/starthere

📸 Instagram: @adinaappelbaum

🔗 LinkedIn: Adina Appelbaum

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What if your shame around debt isn’t really yours?

In this episode, Adina breaks down how debt shame is strategically manufactured to keep historically marginalized communities in silence — and in survival mode.

She shares a personal story of a recent financial spiral, what it triggered emotionally, and how she navigated it without bypassing the real fear, frustration, or guilt.

From there, she unpacks how generational money trauma, internalized high-achiever pressure, and systemic financial exclusion are all entangled — and why rewriting your beliefs about debt is one of the most powerful things you can do on your wealth-building journey.

Whether you’re currently in debt, avoiding the topic altogether, or helping your clients move through their own shame… this is a reclamation conversation.

Because financial healing is activism.
Because you are allowed to be human.
And because the shame was never yours to carry.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why shame around debt is designed to keep you small — and quiet

• How to distinguish your beliefs from inherited or projected ones

• A trauma-informed process for breaking the spiral and re-regulating

• The difference between reacting in fear and responding with clarity

• Empowering reframes for anyone working through debt or other financial challenges

• Why financial flexibility is wealth

• And how wealth-building can start with one belief shift at a time

Resources Mentioned:
→ Message Adina on Instagram: @adinaapplebaum or @immigrantfinance to Book a Financial Counseling Session

→ Join the 2025 Immigrant Finance Certification Cohort: https://www.internationalempowerment.com/immigrant-finance-certification-program

🔥 If this episode gave you a new perspective or moment of relief, share it with someone you care about.

You’re not alone. And you don’t have to carry shame with you on the path to liberation.

We talk about justice.
We talk about money.
But rarely do we admit: there’s no justice without wealth.

In this episode, Adina shares a bold reframe on what financial liberation really means — especially in a world where our communities are under constant attack.
Because true justice isn’t just legal. It’s also financial.
And financial work is justice work.

Whether you're quietly budgeting for the first time, helping your community build wealth, or building a social impact organization or business — this episode is for you.

You’ll hear:

• Why financial disempowerment is a deliberate tool of oppression

• How trauma around money gets passed down — and how we heal it

• Financial empowerment as a form of activism

• How financial coaching, community education, and building businesses can shift generations

• What we’re building through Immigrant Finance & International Empowerment — and why it matters now more than ever

This episode is a grounding force and a rally cry.
You’re not behind. You’re part of a bigger movement.
Financial healing is activism. Let’s build together.

🔑 Takeaways:

• Financial trauma doesn’t stop with one person — it echoes for generations

• Wealth-building is resistance

• Systems create justice — and we’re building them now

✨ Want to go deeper?
DM Adina the word LIBERATION on Instagram @adinaappelbaum

Learn more about the Immigrant Finance® Certification Program: https://www.internationalempowerment.com/immigrant-finance-certification-program