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This is a series of interviews with amazing women whose wisdom inspires me.

Episodes

  1. 12/08/2021

    S3E4 Sylvia Baffour

    Wise Women:  Sylvia Baffour Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Sylvia Baffour, author of I Dare You to Care.  Sylvia is an expert on emotional intelligence, a business coach, and a keynote speaker.  Her insights offer new ways to sustain gracious and vibrant relationships, both personal and professional. www.SylviaSpeaks.com

    22 min

  2. 11/24/2021

    S3E3 Susan O'Connell

    In this episode Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Susan O'Connell, a Zen priest with the San Francisco Zen Center, about Truth, Zen-off-the-cushion, collaborating, and her fifteen year effort to create Enso Village, a Zen-inspired senior living facility in California. Wonderful insights!

    36 min

  3. 11/03/2021

    S3E2 WCI Wise Women Podcast

    Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Tracey Williams, Director of Urban University in Oakland, CA. Tracey founded the non-profit Urban University in 1998 to improve the socioeconomic status of impoverished individuals. The organization delivers  culturally competent workforce development training, coaching services for low-income individuals, and housing and employment for single mothers departing from poverty and homelessness.

    29 min

  4. 10/26/2021

    Tracey Nails Bell - WCI Wise Woman interview S3E1

    In this first episode of Season 3, WCI's Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Tracey Nails Bell, Founder and CEO of A Diamond in the Ruff, a non-profit that provides transitional housing for single women and single moms with children in Oakland, California. Tracey tells powerful stories about the inspiration for A Diamond in the Ruff, and the amazing evolution of the organization, especially during the pandemic.   She shares three fundamental bits of wisdom hard-won during more than two decades of helping women transform their lives out of poverty.

    28 min

  5. 08/17/2021

    S2E3 WCI Legacy Interviews - Being a Mom in Kenya

    In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro interviews Susan Burgess-Lent, Executive Director of WCI and from Nairobi, Kenya Wanjiru Ngigi, Program Director of Baraka Women’s Center, and Alice Awuor, a young mom and member of Baraka Women’s Center. The interview offers some fascinating insights into the challenging social and economic realities of motherhood in Kenya.

    20 min

  6. 08/10/2021

    S2E2 WCI Legacy Interviews - The Role of Women in Disasters

    In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro interviews Jill Hofmann, a 40-year veteran of American Red Cross domestic and international interventions, and Susan Burgess-Lent, Executive Director of Women's Centers International, about the role of women in responding to war, forced migration, and natural disasters.

    26 min

  7. 08/02/2021

    S2E1 WCI Legacy Interviews - Kente Women

    This episode features an interview with Regina Shipman, creator of Healing Circles,  about the tradition of Kente and the need for healing among women of color.  We also discuss how Black and White women can collaborate in this important process.

    17 min

  8. 06/25/2021

    #5 Podcast WCI Legacy Interviews Series - Trauma Informed Therapy for Women

    In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro moderates a discussion with WCI Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent and special guest Daria Sievers, a Licensed Clinical and Forensic Social Worker with expertise in Trauma Informed Therapy. They discuss the meaning and value of Trauma Informed Therapy, and how the Women's Centers incorporate this service for women. This is the final episode of the Season One interviews. Our second season begins in August.  Stay tuned.

    26 min

  9. 05/10/2021

    #4 WCI Legacy Interviews - Money

    In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro talks with WCI Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent and Grant Williams, a major donor to WCI, about what it takes to keep a non-profit, especially one devoted to women's advancement, on track with necessary funding.

    18 min

  10. 04/28/2021

    #3 WCI Legacy Interview - Oakland Women's Center

    This episode includes a guest interview with Iris Corina, a former member of Oakland Women's Center (OWC), discussing how her involvement with OWC changed her life.   WCI's  Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent discusses plans to reopen Oakland Women's Center as a virtual service in 2021.

    20 min

  11. 04/21/2021

    #2 WCI Legacy Interview - Baraka Women's Center

    Hear the story of Baraka Women's Centers founding in Kenya, and the challenges the Center continues to face down to serve over 1,100 women from Nairobi's slums.

    15 min
  12. #1 WCI Legacy Interview - Roots in Africa

    04/13/2021

    #1 WCI Legacy Interview - Roots in Africa

    This episode is an interview with Susan Burgess-Lent, Founder and Executive Director of Women's Centers International (WCI).  It traces the roots of her inspiration to begin the organization that serves the needs of women living in the most challenging circumstances.

    11 min
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