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Hope Smiles Uganda director Dr. Ryan Shinska talks about some of the important service and training expansions that will come from the new Hope Smiles campus. In Uganda, there is a tremendous, and growing need for compassionate dental professionals. In this episode of Hope Transforms we talk about how Hope Smiles is partnering with Uganda Christian University to expand the number of new dentists in the country. Learn about this important partnership and how it will increase access to car...

On this episode we are joined by Pastor James Lowe. Pastor James lead Bethel World Outreach Church here in Brentwood, Tennessee. He has been a leader in racial reconciliation efforts in our region, especially in his work leading the recent Prayer Walks in downtown Nashville. Pastor James shares some great insight on the importance of being still and hearing from God about the specific role each of us should take in the work to heal our nation. He shares some important truths from the boo...

The Vision of Hope Smiles is to “Awaken Hearts and Transform Lives through dentistry.” Our guest today on the Hope Transforms podcast, Katrina Robertson, is a great example of the hope that can come from the new outlook on life that comes with a new smile.Katrina is a Nashville native with a compelling story of redemption and restoration. After being sexually abused at the age of 11, Katrina spent the better part of the next two decades living on the streets of Nashville as an outcast, ...

In this Zoom-recorded episode of the “Hope Transforms” podcast we continue our look into the racial challenges facing our nation today. Our special guest for this episode is Nashville physician Dr. Herman Williams. Dr. Williams helped launch and serves as the leader of the healthcare advisory practice in BDO’s Nashville office. His experience includes 10 years of previous healthcare consulting and 18 years of hospital operations as a senior physician executive. Herman is the author of a new m...

In today’s episode of “Hope Transforms” Nashville icon Papa Joe Bradford shares his personal story and insights into the racial challenges facing our nation today. From his time growing up in a small town in Tennessee during the early years of integration to his work today serving the people in Nashville’s public housing communities, Papa Joe has well-earned wisdom and important context for us all. For more than 20 years, Papa Joe Bradford and his wife Denise have tirelessly served the p...

For the better part of the past decade Hope Smiles has been, through clinical care and leadership development, a transformative organization around the world. We have always been committed to serving, engaging with, and transforming the lives of all, regardless of race, background, or ability to pay.The events of the past few weeks here in the United States related to systemic racial inequality have once again shone an appropriately bright light on these issues facing our nation.We would like...