Connecting Our Stories
Tune in to the Connecting Our Stories podcast to hear the stories of those doing justice work and allow these stories to inspire you to connect your story to justice work in your community. Stories Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit that exists to empower communities to end the cycle of human trafficking by starting and supporting social enterprises that raise awareness, offer opportunities for economic independence for survivors and fund the fight against human trafficking. Learn more at www.storiesfoundation.org.
Episodes
58 episodes
YES to Culture Change
Today we sit down with Emily Douglas, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Blaine Police Department in Minnesota, to talk about healthy communities, the "bank of trust" and how we believe changing culture is indeed possible. Get your b...
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Candid Conversations // Inspiring Communities, Influencing Culture & Implementing Action
Thank you for joining us on this journey where we learn more about the world and people around us as we do this work to inspire communities, influence culture and provide action steps along the way.Here are a few of our favorite convers...
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Survivors Speak Series // Ep 16: Ren's Story
Happy 2024 from all of us here at Stories Foundation and the Connecting our Stories Podcast! At Stories Foundation we believe every person has a unique story and every story matters. We all know in our stories there are messy, hard...
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Connecting Our Stories Live Podcast Event
Stories Foundation is a nonprofit and for our End of Year event this year instead of a Gala we did a Ted Talk style event on Relationships! We are thrilled to be able to bring the content to you via our first live podcast. This conversation abo...
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EVENT PREVIEW | Tony Loyd
In this episode you'll hear from Tony Loyd. Tony is an encourager, a coach of coaches, an entrepreneur and a humble visionary. He is a best-selling author, business coach, and running coach. Through Culture Shift Companies, he mentors startup f...
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EVENT PREVIEW | Heidi Mortenson
Steph sits down with Heidi Mortenson, one of our speakers for the upcoming first ever podcast event on healthy and unhealthy relationships. She shares on who she is, what she does and why this topic is valuable to her. Check out Heidi's book
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EVENT PREVIEW | Emily Douglas & Holly Lammers
Steph sits down with Emily Douglas and Holly Lammers two of our speakers for the upcoming first ever podcast event on healthy and unhealthy relationships. They share who they are, what they do and why this topic is valuable to them. Joi...
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Because Healthy is hard + Unhealthy is harder.
* EVENT ALERT *In this episode Steph and Ana Lena give you a sneak peek at the first ever Podcast Event! Connecting Our Stories: a live podca...
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Survivors Speak Series // Ep 15: Lalenya's Story Pt. 2
Lalenya is a survivor who has chosen to bravely share your story with us, and also use her story to impact others by starting a nonprofit. We’re so grateful she chose to share her story, and we hope that all of us listening can learn more about...
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Survivors Speak Series // Ep 14: Lalenya's Story Pt. 1
Lalenya is a survivor who has chosen to bravely share your story with us, and also use her story to impact others by starting a nonprofit. We’re so grateful she chose to share her story, and we hope that all of us listening can learn more about...
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Healing Trauma Through Creativity
Get tickets to the event Steph mentioned at the end of the episode HERE:storiesfoundation.kindful.com/e/create-for-changeYou'll get to pour a candle, pot a plant, e...
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Episode 30
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57:35
Survivors Speak Series // Ep 13: Francine Rivers & Redeeming Love
In this episode of the Connecting Our Stories podcast, we have a chat with one of our favorite authors Francine Rivers. Francine is the best selling author of Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread, The Atonement Child - just to name a few! You can...
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Episode 28
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55:05
Survivors Speak Series // Ep 10: Danielle Freitag
Today we sit down with our dear friend Danielle Freitag. She is a fierce woman fighting for the freedom of those trapped in a life of exploitation, which she has a personal connection to. Danielle helps us see the hope that comes out of the wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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44:23
Survivors Speak Series // Ep 9: Point of View Story
Steph chats with Mark Steenbarger and Emily Taylor-Ginger about their inventive way of utilizing media to tell stories of those who have survived abuse and exploitation. The mission at Point of View Story is to empower survivors by creating mom...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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54:53
Survivors Speak Series // Ep 8: Speak Up, One Day At A Time
Steph Page and Ana Lena Copeland sit down to share about the upcoming episodes in the Survivors Speak series. Join us over the next few weeks for stories of restoration, healing and redemption.
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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Influencing Culture Series // Ep 10: Awareness Is Action
Awareness truly is action. Thank you for choosing to become more aware of human trafficking and its relating issues. And thank you for listening to this series on how we can influence culture and use that change as a strategic way to fight huma...
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Episode 22
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7:15
Influencing Culture Series // Ep 9: You Matter
Everything you bring to the table is valuable and is unique to you. All of it can be used, repurposed and redeemed to change a culture that exploits people. You have so much to offer with your influence and voice! Your...- life experien...
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Episode 21
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Influencing Culture Series // Ep 8: Better Together
"It really is real that people still don't know that human trafficking and exploitation is happening right here in our backyards, our suburbs, our cities. We need to change that. There are people out there who are looking to take advantage of t...
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Episode 20
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15:37
Influencing Culture Series // Ep 7: See People
We want a ripple effect of people seeing each other, honoring the value every human has and coming together in kindness. The simple message is - see people.Listen to the fundraising events Steph spoke about here:
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Episode 19
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Influencing Culture Series // Ep 6: Housing & Jobs
Housing and jobs. This is SUCH a great need as we look at how to cover vulnerabilities of those coming out of human trafficking. We believe in long-term change and being able to offer dignified work and a safe place to live is a huge part of wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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10:28
Influencing Culture Series // Ep 5: Vulnerabilities & Long-Term Solutions
Vulnerabilities. We all have them.Think of a time in your life where you had a vulnerability. Did someone come alongside you and cover it to protect and take care of you? Or did someone take advantage of you or exploit you and your situatio...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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12:48
Influencing Culture Series // Ep 4: Purposeful Purchasing
Did you know how you use your dollars count? It really does matter.Did you know that you have a voice in how companies produce their products? You do!We all have impact in our world by what we buy. This episode paints a picture of what'...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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