Right Side Up Podcast with Danielle Strickland

Experts estimate that 2/3rds of Western wealth will be in the hands of women by 2030. What does that mean? Is it possible that women have the opportunity to use wealth as a tool for global good? Will women be ready and willing to steward their power in new and beautiful ways? Strong women strong world at world vision is believing for exactly that. Both guests today, Charity Wallace (founder of Wallace Global Impact) and Emily Nielsen Jones (founder of Imago Dei Fund) are working hard to make this a reality. They are here to share how we can dare to dream and participate in redemptive and empowering financial investments through the Global Impact Fund.It’s time to put our money where our mouth is and these two are doing just that. I was so encouraged and inspired by these women, leading the way in challenging and changing systems, shaping new mindsets and empowering others by example. Get ready to shape a new world of investing!! https://www.wallaceglobalimpact.com/https://imagodeifund.org/ Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

When we say 'play' what comes to your mind?  We want to introduce you to someone who takes play seriously!  Cari Higgins is a 23-time USA Cycling National Champion & known in the cycling world as a fierce competitor. She’s travelled the world representing the USA from 2006-2016. After multiple World Cup & Pan American medals, she was part of the USA Olympic “long team” leading up to the London Olympics. Cari is now the Chairwoman of the USA Cycling Board of Directors (the first female athlete to hold the post). What Carri has discovered is an essential key for living our legacy now.  She shares the power of finding something you love and using it as a catalyst for living fully and impacting others around the world. Cari partners with Strong Women Strong World and is the lead rider at Brake the Cycle (links in show notes!). Her commitment & passion is contagious, & we are delighted to have her as part of this podcast season. Get your helmet friends. This is Olympic-level legacy training! Links:https://www.brakethecycle.net/ride-leaderwww.strongwomenstrongworld.com Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

Emily Ogutu and Shannon Marquez are smart. Super smart. Their academic research and educational aptitude is a gift they are using to benefit others around the globe, particularly women and girls in Africa. They have offered an incredibly rich contribution to  robust evaluation and focuses on women’s and girls’ empowerment-centred interventions that are integrated and sequenced in a new way.They along with their partner at World Vision, Strong Women Strong World want to understand what is working well and what is not, to capture best practices that can be applied in future programmes.Maybe you've heard about Dead Aid? Or Harmful development practises? They are real and anyone who is interested in making a real transformative difference in the world knows that a deep research based approach to improve methods and adaptive strategies are KEY to real change. These women help us understand how.Get ready to learn. These practises and principles are things we all need to be smarter. :-)Links:https://www.wvi.org/publications/research/water-sanitation-and-hygiene/strong-women-strong-world-beyond-access-learning Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

A powerful interview with Mother and Son, Leisle and Caleb Chung!! These beautiful people are living their legacy and breakdown for us the impact of empathy; embracing a thriving business as a way to impact the world AND their employees as well; and how a 10-year-old Caleb convinced his parents (and recruited 6 other kids his age) that he could run a half marathon since girls his age walked that distance to get water everyday! How do you raise kids with that kind of impulse? Well, both Leisle and Caleb give us some hints. If you need some encouragement that the next generation cares about the world - look no further. I hope you are as inspired as I am by the humility, passion, intentionality and hope that these two are offering the world right now.  The story of Vinh Chung's family: https://wherethewindleads.com/ Beyond Access project: https://www.wvi.org/publications/research/water-sanitation-and-hygiene/strong-women-strong-world-beyond-access-learningWorld Vision Next Gen: https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/nextgen Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

From a successful life in technology, Margo Day went from the top of her game at Microsoft (after 35 years in the tech industry) to launching a lifetime fight to end child marriage and stop FGM (female genital mutilation). Her work with World Vision in Kenya is a dream (and the project we'd like to highlight is literally called Kenya Big Dream!) worldvision.org/kenyabigdream.If you want to be inspired to live a beautifully big and rich life you will want to listen and learn from Margo's journey. She is transparent, infectiously hope-filled and honest. You will leave this conversation wanting to live a wide and open and deep life. Trust me. You are gonna love this. Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

This episode is FULL of wisdom and experience and takes a deep dive into LIVING our hopes and dreams now. Dale Hanson Bourke is an award-winning author, and her latest book Strong Girls Strong World, hits the bullseye of the kind of global change we long to see. Dale has travelled to 62 countries and has extensive experience in governance and business and is sharing her best strategies to see real transformation through the way she lives her life today. But even more than her expertise - in this episode Dale shares from her heart, from her relationships, from her own experience of pain and longing. I'm so thankful for her voice, her witness and her willingness to bring herself to the conversation today. I think you are going to love her and learn much from this beautiful soul.Buy her book everywhere that books are sold or here: https://www.amazon.ca/Strong-Girls-World-Practical-Soar/dp/149645233X Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

I'm not even sure how to explain the force that is Kathryn Compton. She has been LIVING an incredibly meaningful life and her impact is literally stunning. Her deep commitment and love for the poor and marginalized people of the world are evident in everything she does and touches everyone she meets profoundly. From raising millions of dollars to mobilizing, educating, and informing, individuals, corporations, foundations, community leaders, and the media - I mean this woman!! Also, she is one of the most delightful, honest, intelligent and kind people I've ever met. An empowering leader who is hopeful amidst difficult times... she has so much wisdom and experience she is sharing. I know you are going to learn and be equally challenged and inspired. Enjoy.To be a part of the movement, go to: https://donate.worldvision.org/give/strong-women-strong-world-fund Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

This EPISODE is the intro to our season called A Living Legacy in partnership with Strong Women Strong World. I explore Maslow's hierarchy of needs and why he regretted it, Matthew Perry's request before he died and why it might matter to think about what we are doing with this one wild and beautiful life NOW instead of later. Enjoy.What does it mean to LIVE a legacy? This is the question we are exploring. So much of our ideas of legacy are about what happens when we die but what if spent more time thinking about how we live right now? I'm partnering with Strong Women Strong World at World Vision - exploring this theme with visionaries from around the world who are doing what they can right now to make a long-term impact. For more information, head to: strongwomenstrongworld.org Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.  This weeks content is on the ShondaLand hit Bridgerton spinoff, Queen Charlotte. The spin-off miniseries revolving around Queen Charlotte consists of two plot lines: one in the present of Bridgerton, beginning in 1817 with the death of the royal heir Princess Charlotte, an event that causes the Queen to pressure her children to marry and produce another royal heir; the other begins in 1761 with Charlotte meeting and marrying King George. The latter explores the King and Queen's marriage and his mental illness.This episode features guest Lisa Sharon Harper.From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany to South Africa to Australia, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action. Lisa is the author of several books, including most recently, The Very Good Gospel and Fortune.  For more information on Lisa, go to lisasharonharper.comAlong with the podcast, there is a discussion guide available for you if you're looking to engage with movies and TV in community.  Each episode will have a more specific guide attached in the show notes.  For this weeks guide: Discussion GuideFor all the other initiatives that Danielle is involved in, visit daniellestrickland.comFor more information on James and his community, go to wellspringtoronto.ca Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.  This weeks content is on the 2023 movie The Woman King. In the 1800s, a group of all-female warriors protects the African kingdom of Dahomey with skills and fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Faced with a new threat, Gen. Nanisca trains the next generation of recruits to fight against a foreign enemy that's determined to destroy their way of life.This episode features guest Cheryl Nembhard.Cheryl Nembhard is an award-winning Filmmaker, Playwright & Social Advocate. Her Community Service includes working with at-risk youth, former gang members, sexual assault victims & teenage mothers. CBC Canada has recognized her as one of 150 Black Women who are making Canada a better place. Cheryl is Co-Host of 'See, Hear, Love', a nationally televised Women's talk show on YES TV. She recently founded & developed 'The Lighthouse Project', a faith-based Mentorship program, where she currently mentors over 40 people. For more information on Cheryl, go to cherylnembhard.comAlong with the podcast, there is a discussion guide available for you if you're looking to engage with movies and TV in community.  Each episode will have a more specific guide attached in the show notes.  For this weeks guide: Discussion GuideFor all the other initiatives that Danielle is involved in, visit daniellestrickland.com For more information on James and his community, go to wellspringtoronto.ca Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe