Are you taking your bra for granted? Our guest today is Elaine Birks-Mitchell, the CEO and founder of The Bra Recycler, a social enterprise that is built around the value of giving back! They're a social enterprise dedicated to recycling and reusing preloved bras and other lingerie. After spending over 25 years in the corporate world, Elaine felt her true calling was to make a living through givin[...]
Is that your stomach growling, or are you just excited for today’s episode? Our special guest today is horticulturist, food justice advocate, and artist: Meag Sargent! She’s a multimedia artist, horticulturist, and food justice advocate currently based in Chicago. You’ll likely find her with a camera in one hand and a trowel in the other. She has worn a lot of hats, from farmer to event phot[...]
Today we’re taking you back to school! This episode, our guest is the incredible Audrey Cheng, founder and former CEO of Moringa School in Kenya! Moringa School was started to transform higher education in Africa. During her 7 years leading Moringa School, Audrey built and led a team of over 100 people to train over 4000 students in Kenya and Rwanda with an average 85% job placement rate, launch[...]
Chicks Who Give a Hoot is BACK and we couldn’t be more excited to be joined by Co-Founder of Squeeze, Brittany Driscoll! She also Co-Founded and leads The Feel- Good Company, a service agency set out to transform the way people experience retail by building and scaling a collective of female-founded wellness brands dedicated to bettering the mind, body, and soul for good. Brittany is also a co-h[...]
As we watch with sadness in our hearts the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, each wreaking havoc back to back with no room for us to take a breath, I have noticed a pattern. People with homes destroyed, left behind after calls for evacuation, helped by friends and neighbors also left behind in the wake of the disaster, have been questioned by the general population about wh[...]