MISSION Story Slam - Anuj Gupta
ANUJ GUPTA
Former Attorney, Anuj Gupta has been serving the people of Philadelphia in City Government, as the Executive Director of the Mt. Airy Community Development Corporation, General Manager of the Reading Terminal Market and now, as Chief of Staff for Congressman Dwight Evans. Anuj was a judge at the first MISSION Story Slam and was so inspired, he insisted on telling a story as well. He returned to tell a story at MISSION Story Slam 2: Saving Democracy.
MISSION Story Slam - Dave Davies
DAVE DAVIES
Veteran Journalist and Broadcaster Dave Davies has spent his career reporting on Philadelphia politics. He recently retired as Senior Reporter for WHYY after working as Bureau Chief for KYW News Radio and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. He is currently the guest host for Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Dave won Crowd Favorite at MISSION Story Slam 2: Saving Democracy telling a story about covering Congressman Bob Brady and Philly Machine Politics. He donated his prize to 1812 Productions, Philly’s all-comedy theater company.
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MISSION Story Slam Podcast - G. Benjamin Bingham
G. Benjamin Bingham
Ben Bingham is a Certified Financial Planner™ who draws on broad experience from hands-on management experience at three social enterprises he co-founded: a non-profit community campus for young adults with learning differences, and two technology start-ups, one in biological healthcare, and the other a global workflow solution provider. After 12 years of work advising socially responsible investors, beginning at Legg Mason and Citigroup/Smith Barney, Mr. Bingham founded 3Sisters Sustainable Management LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) along with its research arm (wikipositive.org) and its proprietary fund family (Scarab Funds). He was educated at Yale University and Emerson College in England, where he was certified in Bio-dynamic Agriculture.
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MISSION Story Slam Podcast - Corinne O'Connell
CORINNE O’CONNELL
Corinne O’Connell brings more than two decades of experience working in nonprofits such as Project HOME and YWCA of Seattle to her role as CEO of Habitat For Humanity Philadelphia where Philadelphia Business Journal has recognized Corinne as one of Philadelphia’s most admired CEO’s. She talks about how she uses storytelling to communicate her mission to build homes and rebuild lives.
MISSION Story Slam Podcast - Laura Lacy
Laura Lacy, co-founder of Attic Brewing won MISSION Story Slam 4 and $350 for Face To Face Germantown Human Services with her story about the perils of promotion. Laura sits down with PWPvideo EP Michael Schweisheimer to discuss building a brewery and a B Corp in Germantown, Philadelphia on the MISSION Story Slam Podcast
LAURA LACY
Laura and Todd Lacy are building Attic Brewing in Philadelphia. It is the culmination of a dream (and a lot of hard work) that started back in their little Germantown apartment many years ago. Laura told us about crowd-funding investors and the democratization of capital at MISSION Story Slam 2: Saving Democracy and won MISSION Story Slam 4: Facepalm! (and $350 with the Crowd Favorite award) for Face To Face Germantown with a story about the perils of promotion. Laura spoke with PWPvideo Executive Producer Michael Schweisheimer for the MISSION Story Slam Podcast
Face To Face Germantown helps struggling families, individuals and the homeless with dignity and respect. Their goal is to meet basic human needs and reduce suffering; thereby assisting our guests to a better future.
Taproom Opening Soon in the Wayne Junction section of Germantown at 137 Berkley Street, Philadelphia PA
Special Thanks to Ken Weinstein and Jumpstart Germantown for letting us record this episode in their new co-working space at 4701 Germantown Avenue in the Wayne Junction section of Germantown Philadelphia
MISSION Story Slam Podcast - Chris Satullo
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CHRIS SATULLO
Chris Satullo is a veteran journalist and civic engagement leader. He has been a news executive at the Philadelphia Inquirer and at WHYY. In addition to his work with the Committee of 70 and Draw the Lines PA, he is also a co-founder of the Penn Project for Civic Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania. And we’ve been lucky to have him as the host of MISSION Story Slam right from the start. Chris told a story about his Father and the inspiration for his dedication to democracy at MSS2.
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MISSION Story Slam Podcast LIVE - Ashley Tobin
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ASHLEY TOBIN
Ashley Tobin is an Impact-driven nonprofit professional with proven experience in generating meaningful connections between partners. She is an influencer with the ability to provide solutions and get results through strategic planning, identifying and evaluating business opportunities, and coaching staff. She is a former business to business leader with the ability to bring together people and organizations of a community. She is an organized leader with a dedication to problem solving and commitment to sound fiscal management. Join her for Connecting Coffee and find out more.
DAVID WINSTON
David Winston is a Producer at PWPvideo and co-creator of the MISSION Story Slam with Michael Schweisheimer. He’s also an itinerant storyteller and veteran of over 30 years of film and video production of all kinds in 46 states and on 5 continents.
MISSION Story Slam Podcast - Kelly Offner
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KELLY OFFNER
Kelly Offner was the first winner of both the Judges’ Award and the Crowd Favorite Award at MISSION Story Slam 3: Saving Us From Ourselves. She is the Executive Director of Keep Philadelphia Beautiful. Previously, Kelly was Director of Cleanups for United By Blue, a Philadelphia-based B Corp that promises to clean up one pound of trash for every item sold. Under Kelly’s direction, UBB has removed over 1.4 million pounds of trash from the world’s waterways.
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MISSION Story Slam - Karen Singer
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KAREN SINGER
Artist Karen Singer is the owner of Karen Singer Tileworks in Germantown, Philadelphia and creates works of great beauty in her studio there. Her tile Donor Walls help nonprofits raise money and her classes teach new artists the skills to create with ceramic. Karen is also on the Board of Women In Transition, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that helps women dealing with domestic abuse and substance abuse issues. Karen’s story about escaping an abusive relationship won the first MISSION Story Slam. On this episode of the podcast she sits down with PWPvideo Executive Producer, Michael Schweisheimer to go deeper into her story and talk about the MISSION Story Slam experience.
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MISSION Story Slam - Mara Nissley
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MARA NISSLEY
Mara Nissley is the Communications and Events Manager for the ALS Hope Foundation. Her work honors her beloved Grandfather who passed away from ALS in 2000. In her story, Mara tells us of the connection between her Grandfather’s gentle teaching and her desire to make a difference in the lives of people living with ALS. Mara’s story won 2nd Place and the $100 prize for ALS HOPE at the first MISSION Story Slam.
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MISSION Story Slam 2: Saving Democracy - Grace Palladino
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Grace Palladino
Grace Palladino is a veteran educator, having taught History and Civics in the Philadelphia School District for over a decade. Currently, she is the School Coordinator for Committee of Seventy’s Draw The Lines initiative and is teaching at Temple University. Grace is writing the book, Civics On Tap for Temple University Press based on her long-running series of humorous bar lectures held monthly at National Mechanics in Philadelphia.
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MISSION Story Slam 2: Saving Democracy Jamie Bogert
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JAMIE BOGERT
Jamie Bogert is Managing Editor and Audience Engagement Coordinator at the Philadelphia Citizen, a non-profit, nonpartisan media organization that emphasizes solutions and promotes active citizenship in the Philadelphia region. Jamie is also a newly-minted Democratic Committee Person of Philly’s 27th ward, 5th Division in West Philadelphia. She also sells pickles at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market.
MISSION Story Slam 2: Saving Democracy Winner Lawrence Husick
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LAWRENCE HUSICK
Lawrence Husick is a founding partner of Lipton, Weinberger & Husick, an Intellectual Property and Technological Law Firm, and Chief Innovation Officer of Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is a faculty member at the Whiting Graduate School of Engineering and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Biotechnology Program of the Johns Hopkins University and Co-Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Center for the Study of Terrorism where he concentrates on the study of terrorist tactics and counterterrorism strategies. He is also co-founder and principal system architect of Infonautics Inc. (now HighBeam Research), which originated the Electric Library and Encyclopedia.com on the World Wide Web, for which he was awarded five U.S. patents.
MISSION Story Slam Podcast Premiere Episode: Charles Szoradi
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CHARLES SZORADI
Charles Szoradi is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of IndependenceLED Lighting, LLC. He is also Founder of GREENandSAVE, LLC and has been working for decades on sustainable living and cost-savings for property design and remodeling. He is also the author of Learn from Looking: How Observation Inspires Innovation. Charlie tells us more about the First Light Project, his work in Africa and with NASA.