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Heather R. Younger grew up feeling like an outsider, which has made her especially determined to create caring workplaces.

When Lily Shaw was starting out as actress, her first agent told her, “If you only had the right look, you could be Sandra Bullock.”

Fertile Ground Communications announces a new client partnership: the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon

Daniel Sartin has survived a lifetime of trauma and difficulty, but he is upbeat, optimistic, and committed to helping the homeless.

David Brackett founded Linguava in 2010. The company has 50+ employees, covering 230+ different languages, including American sign language.

Lara Smith is former managing director of Dad’s Garage, a theatre company in Atlanta. Lara is a nonprofit powerhouse, and I loved our chat!

The Finding Fertile Ground podcast is 13 months old. I’ve interviewed over 70 amazing individuals, who are like regenerating octopus.

Dr. Naama Barnea-Goraly is using her skills to create an app to support young women: Girltelligence.

Amira Stanley is a mindset & intention coach, end-of-life doula, and anti-racism educator/community activist with many resilience stories!

Wendy Horng Brawer, cofounder of Intune Collective, shares how to create companies that walk their talk and leaders that are whole and human

One year ago, I wrote about white women's tears after Amy Cooper called the cops on Christian Cooper the same day George Floyd was murdered.

Ozzie Gonzalez with P3 Consulting speaks on the Companies That Care Podcast. An urban ecologist, he ran for mayor of Portland in 2020.

Marie Gettel-Gilmartin interviews Christine Carino, a queer nonbinary immigrant from the Philippines.

Basecamp's new policies clearly define it as a company that doesn't care. I outline what's wrong with their new policies.

“Anyone who's Mormon will tell you there is Mormon. And then there's Utah Mormon. And then there is BYU, Utah Mormon.

Frontier Grit contains stories of women of color and all sorts of walks of life.

But this is the time when companies have no right to celebrate Black history and culture unless they are walking their talk every day.

“It took a long time for the publishing industry to wake up to other countries as places people would want to read about.”

I’ve been advocating for nonsexist language in writing ever since I discovered feminism in college. And every Christmas, I’m reminded yet ag

“I don’t think people understand that when you go through loss after loss, after you see a heartbeat, it’s such a heavy grief.”