S2E5: Effective DEI Storytelling & Actor Pay Equity with Lauren Sivak
This is a moment to deepen the movement. Lauren: If you are an arts organization who has made it out of this very trying time:
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S2E4: The Significance of B Corps & We Just Need More of Them with Carolina Miranda
The business community needs to shape up. Carolina: We’re going through a very significant transition right now. On so many levels as a society. And
S2E3: Conscious Fashion Business Leaders & Consumers in a Capitalist Society with Laura Hall
We’ve all got to start somewhere, or it won’t change. Laura: Progress over perfection. We are all trained that if it’s not perfect, we’re not
S2E2: Artist Advocacy & Representation with Nate “Suave” Cameron
Providing for yourself through your art will not make you a capitalist monster. Nate: The day of the starving artist is gone. It does not
S2E1: When Being Your True Self is a Personal & Professional Risk with Avery Belyeu
The truth is uncomfortable just for a minute. Avery: I don’t look at it as being a trailblazer. I have looked at it mainly as
Episode 08: Sex Education & Feminist Sex Shops with Searah Deysach
Having founded Chicago’s first feminist sex shop in 2001, Early to Bed, Searah Deysach has made it her mission to defy the convention around sex
Episode 07: Values Alignment, Business for Good, and Work-Life Balance with Cory Ames
Cory Ames and his wife, Annie, founded Grow Ensemble with a mission to make sustainable business and living the norm. In this episode of the Defy
Episode 06: Purpose-Driven Womxn & Boundaries in Business with Meghan French Dunbar
Meghan French Dunbar’s purpose is to help business leaders build a life they love. After co-founding and leading Conscious Company Media, the US’s premier source of
Episode 05: Cultural Arts as Therapy & Walking the Talk with Peter Vega
For Executive Director of the Chicago Cultural Alliance Peter Vega, the value of the arts is not in a piece of work that someone has
Episode 04: Journalism through the Black, Lesbian, Feminist Lens with Karen Hawkins
Karen Hawkins founded Rebellious Magazine for Women with a mission to give opportunities to those whose points-of-view differed from the conventional straight-white-male lens through which
Episode 03: “Strong” Leadership, Social Justice Theater, and Unplugging with Free Street’s Karla Estela Rivera
For 51 years, Free Street has been creating original, joyful, and thought-provoking theater by, for, about, with, and in Chicago’s diverse communities. In this episode
Episode 02: Disrupting Hollywood & Living Our Values with Denise Barreto
Whether she’s disrupting Hollywood as Producer and Co-Founder of Serqet Productions and Media or reshaping the business landscape as Partner at Relationships Matter Now, entrepreneur,
