I AM A Feminine Leader

Hosted by Michelle Hrycauk Nassif

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Feb 2024

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Welcome to the I AM A Feminine Leader podcast, conversations with women who have transformed challenging life experiences into powerful lessons that have inspired community building in all aspects of their lives. I am your host, Michelle Hrycauk Nassif, Community Design and Impact Specialist here to activate the community builder in you with inspiring stories, practical tools, and strategies that anyone with passion and vision for community building can use to amplify their impact.

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February 6, 202435 min

Osprey Orielle Lake - Women ARE A Climate Solution

Meet Osprey Orielle Lake, founder and executive director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). Osprey works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice. In this episode, Michelle and Osprey discuss her latest book "The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis" and why women and women's leadership is policymaking, government, and more is the climate solution our world needs to thrive. Support women's climate movements all over the world via www.wecaninternational.org. Buy the book wherever books are sold.Support the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

November 21, 202335 min

Sheryl Proulx - Adoptions Options That Unify Families

Meet Sheryl Proulx, Executive Director of Adoption Options, Alberta's Leading Licensed Adoption Agency where professionally trained staff offer comprehensive and caring services working with expectant parents who are considering placing their children for adoption and with prospective adoptive parents who are residents of Alberta. Sheryl is also an ambassador for Gems for Gems, a non-profit focused on ending the cycle of domestic abuse through the economic recovery and empowerment of survivors. In this episode, Sheryl and I discuss her lived experience as a birth mother and how her personal journey inspired her career path and advocacy work. We also highlight Hope's Cradle, a Gems for Gems program that offers safe infant surrender sites for women in need.Support Adoption Options by going to their website - www.adoptionoptions.comSupport Hope's Cradle via the Gems for Gems website - www.gemsforgems.comSupport the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

November 7, 202332 min

Jordan Gilford - How Lived Experiences Inspire Social Entrepreneurship

Meet Jordan Gilford, Founder and CEO of Gems for Gems, a non-profit organization committed to ending the cycle of domestic abuse by focusing on the economic recovery and empowerment of survivors, offering solution-focused and high transformational impact to survivors of abuse. This is the first of a 2-part community feature with Gems were I will chat with thought leaders about how they are transforming their lived experiences into powerful community programs all across Canada. Go to Gems website for more info: www.gemsforgems.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedIn Support the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

October 24, 202328 min

Zainab - Global GLOW India

Meet Zainab, Global GLOW Girl Advocacy Committee member from India. Zainab is a par to of the Shohratgarh Environmental Society (SES) and passionate philantrophist committed to establishing a career that enables her to make personal investments in girls education. Go to globalgirlsglow.org to learn how to get involved and support GLOW Clubs all over the world!Support the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

October 17, 202332 min

Samantha - Global GLOW Nigeria

Meet Samantha, Global GLOW's Chief Youth Correspondent and GLOW Club Alumni! In this conversation we discuss how GLOW Club's are empowering Nigerian girls to introduce "selfcare" into their daily routines and incorporate "personal work" that is fulfilling. We also learn about Samantha's advocacy role, her passion for regenerative agriculture, and how she is a popular mentor for young Nigerian women in her community!Go to globalgirlsglow.org to learn how to get involved and support GLOW Clubs all over the world!Read Samantha's blog on the GLOW website Support the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

October 11, 202315 min

How To Be An Advocate For Girls Rights In Your Community

TODAY IS THE DAY, FRIENDS! Oct 11th is UN Women's International Day of the Girl Child and we're celebrating my sharing important information and strategies anyone can use to advocate and support adolescent girls in their community. We're also digging deeper into Global GLOWs Girl Advocacy Committee and the OctobHER campaign highlighting how these powerful initiatives are deconstructing patriarchal influences and barriers in the lives of Global GLOW members.Support Global GLOW by visiting their website: www.globalgirlsglow.orgLearn more about International Day of the Girl Child at the UN Women Generation Equality Forum website: https://forum.generationequality.org/homeSupport the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

October 10, 202335 min

Dusenge & Loyce - Global GLOW Malawi, Empowering girls in the Dzaleka refugee camp

Meet Dusenge and Loyce, Global GLOW Girl Advocacy Committee members from the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. In this episode we discuss what it is like for girls growing up in a refugee camp, how girl advocacy initiatives and programs like GLOW Club reduces teen pregnancy, gender-based violence, and childhood marriage, and why developing youth leadership is the key to shifting old paradigms and strengthening communities.Go to globalgirlsglow.org to learn how to get involved and support GLOW Clubs all over the world!Support the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

October 3, 202345 min

Carmen Perry - Global GLOW USA, How to leverage partnerships with schools and advance gender relations in the classroom and beyond

Meet Carmen Perry, Partnership Coordinator for Global GLOW in the Greater Detroit Area. Carmen is a liaison between the Detroit Public School Community District and Global GLOW HerStory Campaign that provides training and activities including Advocacy Days such as: World Read Aloud Day, International Day of the Girl, Local & Regional Summit and health initiatives. She is also mentor and trainer for literacy based empowerment clubs for girls. In this episode, Michelle and Carmen discuss how schools can be community hubs for girls advocacy education, and Carmen shares the how-to steps that anyone use to contact a school to start a GLOW Club in their community.Connect with Carmen on LinkedInLearn more about Global GLOW on their website: www.globalgirlsglow.orgSupport the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

September 19, 202312 min

Pausing in gratitude and celebrating our achievements!

When was the last time you celebrated yourself? This week Michelle is freestylin' and sharing a special "thank you" message and updates for the I AM A Feminine Leader community. Support the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story

September 12, 202323 min

Preethi Balasubramanian - How Professional Associations Advance Learning Communities

Meet Preethi Balasubramanian, Certified C-Suite Support & Strategic Partner and President of the Toronto Branch for the Association of Administrative Professionals (AAP). In this episode, Michelle and Preethi discuss how volunteering on executive committees add tremendous value to association members through knowledge sharing and faciliating experiences that connect like-minded people.Connect with Preethi on LinkedInLearn more about AAP and become a member on the website: www.canadianadmin.caSupport the showAs always, I am here to support your community building journey. Say hello, support the podcast, and lets connect through the links below.✨ Follow Us on LinkedIn ✨ Join the community ✨ Share your story