
Wise Women Interviews
This is a series of interviews with the amazing people whose wisdom inspires the work of WCI.
Episodes
12 episodes
S3E4 Sylvia Baffour
Wise Women: Sylvia BaffourSusan Burgess-Lent interviews Sylvia Baffour, author of I Dare You to Care. Sylvia is an expert on emotional intelligence, a business coach, and a keynote speaker. Her insights of...
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21:33

S3E3 Susan O'Connell
In this episode Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Susan O'Connell, a Zen priest with the San Francisco Zen Center, about Truth, Zen-off-the-cushion, collaborating, and her fifteen year effort to create Enso Village, a Zen-inspired senior living fac...
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35:31

S3E2 WCI Wise Women Podcast
Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Tracey Williams, Director of Urban University in Oakland, CA.Tracey founded the non-profit Urban University in 1998 to improve the socioeconomic status of impoverished individuals. The organization delivers&...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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28:49

Tracey Nails Bell - WCI Wise Woman interview S3E1
In this first episode of Season 3, WCI's Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent interviews Tracey Nails Bell, Founder and CEO of A Diamond in the Ruff, a non-profit that provides transitional housing for single women and sin...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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27:52

S2E3 WCI Legacy Interviews - Being a Mom in Kenya
In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro interviews Susan Burgess-Lent, Executive Director of WCI and from Nairobi, Kenya Wanjiru Ngigi, Program Director of Baraka Women’s Center, and Alice Awu...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:51

S2E2 WCI Legacy Interviews - The Role of Women in Disasters
In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro interviews Jill Hofmann, a 40-year veteran of American Red Cross domestic and international interventions, and Susan Burgess-Lent, Executive Director of Women's Centers Internation...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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26:27

S2E1 WCI Legacy Interviews - Kente Women
This episode features an interview with Regina Shipman, creator of Healing Circles, about the tradition of Kente and the need for healing among women of color. We also discuss how Black and White women can collaborate in this import...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:34

#5 Podcast WCI Legacy Interviews Series - Trauma Informed Therapy for Women
In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro moderates a discussion with WCI Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent and special guest Daria Sievers, a Licensed Clinical and Forensic Social Worker with expertise in Trauma Informed Therapy.T...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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26:17

#4 WCI Legacy Interviews - Money
In this episode, Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Toro talks with WCI Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent and Grant Williams, a major donor to WCI, about what it takes to keep a non-profit, especially one devoted to women's advancement, on track with nec...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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17:38

#3 WCI Legacy Interview - Oakland Women's Center
This episode includes a guest interview with Iris Corina, a former member of Oakland Women's Center (OWC), discussing how her involvement with OWC changed her life. WCI's Executive Director Susan Burgess-Lent discusses plans...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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20:17

#2 WCI Legacy Interview - Baraka Women's Center
Hear the story of Baraka Women's Centers founding in Kenya, and the challenges the Center continues to face down to serve over 1,100 women from Nairobi's slums.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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14:34

#1 WCI Legacy Interview - Roots in Africa
This episode is an interview with Susan Burgess-Lent, Founder and Executive Director of Women's Centers International (WCI). It traces the roots of her inspiration to begin the organization that serves the needs of women living in the mos...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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10:30
