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Migration Stories Part II - How might we build a sense of belonging for refugees?
How might we build empathy for people who are forced to move from their home and settle in a new place? How might we create a sense of belonging for refugees? These we...
ENCORE: Insights from a Self-Identified Perfectionist
As we begin a new school year many students and educators feel stress and we often trend a bit towards the perfectionist end of the spectrum. I thought it might be tim...
Storytelling: Migration Stories in our own Communities
On this episode I explore the power of storytelling with a specific focus on migration stories in our local communities. To help me unpack this, I am joined by four st...
Echoer’s Journal: The Importance of Media Literacy, an Authentic Audience and Civil Discourse
My guest on this episode, Linda, is a recent graduate of BCIS in Beijing. She is an aspiring journalist with a passion for global issues and current events. In this ep...
FIS Changemaker Conference Recap and a Look Ahead at What’s To Come
In March of this year I had the opportunity to virtually attend the student-led Changemaker conference hosted by Frankfurt International School. Despite an ongoing pan...
Service Through the Lens of Technology and Entrepreneurship
On this episode I meet 3 seniors from BCIS in Beijing, Wallington, Tom and Hower, and I was absolutely blown away by the work they are doing at their school. They run ...
Period Poverty Part 2 - Uganda
Following up from our last episode on period poverty, I reconnect with Nantume in Uganda to talk about her MYP personal project where she addresses this important issu...
Period Poverty Part 1 - Beijing
On this episode, I meet a HS student from BCIS in Beijing named Anna who is an inspiring young changemaker. Anna is very passionate about gender equality and is doing ...
The Future of Education
On this episode we do something we don’t usually do. We invite educators to join the conversation. Back in November 2021, Inspire Citizens lead a workshop sponsored by...
Radical Re-Imagination - Think Like There Are No Barriers & Develop Your Activism
“Activism is a verb. It’s a doing word. It’s not a title. It’s not a position. It’s what you do. The moment you make your environment, your community, or your current ...
The Value & Impact of Community Service
On this episode the Empathy to Impact Podcast visits Beijing and I talk to Qinglan, a senior at Beijing City International School. Qinglan is from Beijing, but spent m...
Coat of Ash - Videos for Change
On our first visit to Australia for the podcast, I meet Charlotte, a young filmmaker and changemaker who is having an impact through her media work. Her short film, Co...
Student Action Reduces Food Waste at CISS
On this episode we are going to do something a little bit different. We are going to be taking a look at student media for impact and how student changemakers took act...
Interviewing Local Heroes at HKIS
On this episode we are off to Hong Kong to catch up with a couple of 8th grade podcasters. Chloe and Evelyn are first time podcasters and did an outstanding job tellin...
Storytelling for Social Justice at Irondale High School
On this episode I catch up with three seniors, Aisha, Amina, & Emilio, at Irondale High School in Minnesota to talk about a project they are doing in an elective class...
Journey of a Young Changemaker
Jake, an 11-year-old sixth grade student from Colorado, USA, is the founder of Young Changemakers International. Join me as we talk about some of the amazing work that...
Nothing About Us Without Us Is For Us - Part 2
How do we celebrate diversity in our communities? Diversity has many different forms and unfortunately sometimes leads to bias and discrimination both in and outside o...
Nothing About Us Without Us Is For Us - Part 1
In this two-part story, Larry, Itu, Chinwe and Anna join me on the podcast from the International School of Dakar in Senegal. These four student leaders, following sto...
Insights from a Self-Identified Perfectionist
In addition to being a filmmaker and coach of World Scholars Cup at his school, Billy is a self-identified perfectionist. He has given a TED talk on this very subject....
Students Together AgaiNst Discrimination at the International School of Helsinki
Amazing things are happening at the International School of Helsinki. On this episode Diana, Ankita, Erion & Philip, student leaders at ISH, join me to talk about a st...
Reimagining Service Learning at XLIS in Xi’An, China
Join me for a story of how personal connection and empathy ignited passion and empowered students to have an huge impact in our global community. In Episode 2, we met ...
What is it like to be a student with ADHD?
What’s it like to be a student with ADHD? Jason, my guest on this episode, has some first-hand experience. He is a 6th grade student and he has ADHD. On this episode w...
Green Is Gold Film Festival at Hangzhou CIS featuring Mandy & Yi-Mei
At the end of the 20-21 school year HS students at Hangzhou CIS hosted a Green Is Gold Film Festival. Mandy & Yi-Mei, two of the featured filmmakers, join me on the po...
Green Is Gold Film Festival - Trailer
At the end of the 20-21 school year HS students at Hangzhou CIS hosted a Green Is Gold Film Festival. Mandy & Yi-Mei, two of the featured filmmakers, join me on the po...
Media for Impact & Sustainable Development with ES Students from Malaysia
On this episode I meet Caroline, Fina and Neil who are living in Malaysia. We discuss a project that they did at the end of 3rd grade that involved becoming more aware...
Media for Impact & Sustainable Development - Trailer
On this preview of the upcoming episode, I meet Caroline, Fina and Neil who are living in Malaysia. We discuss a project that they did at the end of 3rd grade that inv...
Student-Led Changemaker Conference at Frankfurt International School
Frankfurt International School is hosting a student-led Changemaker Conference in March 2022. This is the first time an event of this kind will be held not only at the...
Student-Led Changemaker Conference at FIS - Trailer
Frankfurt International School is hosting a student-led Changemaker Conference in March 2022. This is the first time an event of this kind will be held not only at the...
Clean, Safe Drinking Water for a Village in Uganda with Nantume & Nkoba
On this episode I am joined by Nantume and Nkoba, two high school students from Uganda, who share their inspirational story of how they attend school virtually at XLIS...
Clean, Safe Drinking Water for a Village in Uganda - Trailer
On this episode I am joined by Nantume and Nkoba, two high school students from Uganda, who share their inspirational story of how they attend school virtually at XLIS...