This is a shorter than normal episode of The Important Podcast, where you are behind the scenes as I play games with Suraya Keating and Dameion Brown. These games are fun and loosened us up before our interviews. You can play these games with friends, family, and colleagues. Enjoy! Listen on iTunes and Spotify. You Will Learn Games that you can play … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes – Games with Dameion and Suraya
From Prisoner to Actor – Dameion Brown
“My choice is to live... being willing to feel the pain of betrayal and love fully, rather than stand guarded against the potential of betrayal and love a little.” — Dameion Brown In this episode of The Important Podcast, you will meet Dameion Brown. At age 24, Dameion went to San Quentin prison. He was expected to get out in five to seven years. Twenty three years … [Read more...] about From Prisoner to Actor – Dameion Brown
Teaching Shakespeare to Prisoners – Suraya Keating
In this episode of The Important Podcast, you will meet Suraya Keating who teaches classical Shakespeare acting to prison inmates in the United States. For over fifteen years, Suraya has combined her knowledge of psychology, counseling, mindfulness, theatre and acting to facilitate Drama Therapy workshops to serve marginalized populations, including at-risk youth, children … [Read more...] about Teaching Shakespeare to Prisoners – Suraya Keating
One Degree from Help – Rey Faustino
In this episode of The Important Podcast, you will meet Rey Faustino, founder of One Degree, and learn how his organization helps low-income families find and access resources that they need to increase their odds of getting out of poverty. Listen on iTunes and Spotify. Backstory It’s not easy for impoverished Americans to access resources and services. Even more … [Read more...] about One Degree from Help – Rey Faustino
A Community for the Homeless – Amber Fogarty
“Every person should have the opportunity for redemption. Every human being should have the opportunity to be forgiven. If they’ve made mistakes in their past, that should not define the rest of their life.” — Amber Fogarty In this episode of The Important Podcast, we’ll learn from Amber Fogarty, the Chief Goodness Officer at Mobile Loaves and Fishes, about how they serve … [Read more...] about A Community for the Homeless – Amber Fogarty