Fraternity Foodie

Check out our latest podcast interviews (and food suggestions) from all over North America!

Dr. Amanda Banks: How can students become a catalyst for equity and inclusivity on college campuses? Featured

Dr. Amanda Banks is an author and race and gender equity consultant. With over 15 years of experience working with diverse populations, Banks aids individuals and organizations in building leadership capacity to become a catalyst for social, cultural, and economic change. Strategies and tools will equip leaders to challenge social and political structures that render inequities and poor outcomes for people of color, women, and other vulnerable populations. In episode 266 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what made this former All-American in the Triple Jump choose Texas Tech, what it meant to win Woman of the Year/Outstanding Mentor Award by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Lubbock Alumnae Chapter, how students can become a catalyst for equity and inclusivity on college campuses, what is the myth of the Angry Black Woman and why we need more of them, why empathy is so important for those you lead, how DEI improves the bottom line and improves outcomes for employees, how college students can identify their unique leadership style, how college students can be more influential, and how college students can delegate in their organization. Enjoy! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3ldYd91sw

Kirstie Taylor: What do you wish you knew about love? Featured

Kirstie Taylor is a dating and relationship writer. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Well + Good, and The Washington Post, and The Lily. Kirstie helps people feel more confident in their love life through articles and videos. She has an anxious attachment workshop that has hundreds of people feel more secure in their love life. She also wrote a book What I Wish I Knew About Love and created the Anxious Lover clothing line. In episode 265 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Kirstie chose the University of Southern California for her undergraduate experience, why she’s so passionate about dating and relationships, whether we should all take time off to figure out what we really need before jumping into the dating pool, what two questions we should ask after a first date, what are the signs that your partner is emotionally unavailable and it’s time to move on, why that last talk with your ex is not always a good idea, ways we might be hurting our relationship, why it’s important to have some alone time when you’re in a relationship, and what conversations we should have with our significant others before we move....

Faith Kiio and Tomi Dobbs: Why did you start Faith Kenya Mission? Featured

Tomi Dobbs is a 9 year old fourth grader from Lexington, Massachusetts. Her mom, Faith Kiio, leads the Student Education initiative in Faith Kenya Mission, a charity organization. They believe that together, with friends and schoolmates, kids can make a difference in each other’s lives with regard to literacy, gun violence, and generation poverty – both here in the United States, as well as abroad. In episode 264 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Tomi wanted to get involved in literacy, gun violence, and poverty eradication at such a young age, why Faith started Faith Kenya Mission, what children can do in school to support each other so we can avoid gun violence, more about the books they collect and the value it provides in Kenya, whether boys or girls are better at math, how they create employment opportunities here in the United States with the book collection team, how much funds has been raised towards clean water and sanitation for the children in Kenya, and the need for healthcare missions in underprivileged communities with a special focus on children and women. Enjoy! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_E01wQj6LE

Debbie Peterson: What happened to government by the people? Featured

Our next guest is Debbie Peterson. Debbie was the mayor of her city for two years after serving for four years as a city councilmember and four years before that as a planning commissioner and commission chair. The two things her town needed most were more income and a better image. She had built a successful manufacturing business with about the same number of employees and income as the city, and she has a degree in public relations, so she felt she could make a difference in her city’s well-being. Little did she know how much my understanding of boards, balance sheets, budgets, cash flow, company culture, communication, and redevelopment would matter. It was when she became the mayor that she began to be able to connect the dots between poorly run agencies, obscure and confusing government practices, dysfunctional boards, and missing money. That was also when she was able to make some changes. She did not do it alone. It was an effort by hundreds of widely diverse citizens who saw problems and stepped up to say something. In episode 263 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why she chose the University of Idaho for her undergraduate....