Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast
Welcome to Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise, Inc. Podcast where we create a community conversation and awareness about mental health, substance misuse, and overall community concerns and needs. We share inspiring stories of hope, compassion, connection, collaboration, healing, growth, and transformation that show the beauty of this thing we call life. Remember you are not defined by your worst moment. We hope to inspire you to be your best self for yourself, your family, and our community. The belief is: Stronger Families = a Stronger Community! Let's Be and Start the Change! Inspire to Rise, Inc. is a nonprofit with community centers located in Duval and Nassau counties focused on holistically helping make the community a little better, happier, and healthier place. For more information or to support our mission, please contact us at weinspiretorise.org or via phone at: 1-844-WE-RISE1 (1-844-937-4731).
Episodes
Welcome to Episode 21 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today's episode was led by our host, Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Malik Johnson, a teacher for INSPIRED Youth.
Mr. Johnson got his start running a basketball camp for youth in Washington D.C., where he fond his passion for working with youth. After graduating college, he began working with children with special education needs ...
Welcome to Episode 20 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today's episode was led by our host, Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guests, Grace, Liam, and Saheim, three participants in the INSPIRED Youth program.
Grace, Liam, and Saheim discuss their participation in the INSPIRED Youth program, which is an alternative to public school in Duval county for children who need additional support, such...
Welcome to Episode 19 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today’s episode was led by our host, Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Michael Seeraj.
Mr. Seeraj is the Chief Financial Officer at Inspire to Rise and has over 21 years of accounting experience in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. In 2017, he was presented with the Business Journal - Ultimate CFO of the Year Award.
Mr. Seeraj...
Welcome to Episode 18 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast, led by our Community Behavioral Health Director, Anna Santiago. Please join us as she interviews our guest, Nikki Runion.
Professor Runion is an Instructor of Social Work at the University of North Florida, but before she became involved in academia, she spent years with children and families in the foster care system through the Department of Juvenile Justise...
Welcome to Episode 17 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our Prevention & Family Preservation Director, Robin Rossmanith. Please join us as he interviews our guest, Treevonia Robinson.
Ms. Robinson began using cocaine at the age of 16 and continued to do so for the next 23 years. While she always quit using whenever she was pregnant, she went back to cocaine after she finished nursing each of her first fou...
Welcome to Episode 16 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today’s episode was led by our host, Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Mrs. Enricka James.
Mrs. James discusses her life, from being born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, to moving to Atlanta to pursue modeling, moving to Las Vegas, moving to New Orleans, and raising three children (ages 6, 3, and 13 months) with her husband, Lloyd ...
Welcome to Episode 15 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today's episode was led by our guest host, Michael Seeraj! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Ms. Anna Santiago, Director of Community Behavioral Health at Inspire to Rise, Inc.
Ms. Santiago discusses her career trajectory and how she moved from a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice to a Master's of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counselin...
Welcome to Episode 14 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today's episode was led by our guest host, Community Behavioral Health Director Anna Santiago! Please join us as she interviews our next guest, Ms. Betsy Dobbins, Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Children's Rights, a restorative organization dedicated to advancing the well-being of youth.
Ms. Betsy Dobbins is an attorne...
Welcome to Episode 13 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guests, three youth from the INSPIRED Youth Program at Inspire to Rise, Inc.!
The INSPIRED Youth Program is a Prevention & Recovery Program for youth at risk of opioid misuse or with substance misuse disorders and/or who are struggling with mental illness. The program provides the...
Welcome to Episode 12 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Ms. Cassandra Croft, Peer Community Advocate at Inspire to Rise, Inc.
Ms. Croft shares her personal life and recovery journey and discusses “her why” ---- why she is so passionate about what she does every day to make an impact on the youth, individuals, and families she serves ...
Welcome to Episode 11 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our next guest, Ms. Alyssa Cate, INSPIRED Youth Program Manager at Inspire to Rise, Inc.
Ms. Alyssa Cate has been with Inspire to Rise, Inc. for a year and has served as a Community Therapist and now as the INSPIRED Youth Program Manager. With a strong emphasis on mental health and well-b...
Welcome to Episode 10 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our next guest, Dr. Jean-Colt Belizaire, Community Behavioral Health Administrator at Inspire to Rise, Inc.
Dr. JC Belizaire has over 16+ years of academic teaching, clinical practice, and consulting experience. Dr. Belizaire holds a Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling, and a P...
Welcome to Episode 9 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our next guest, Ms. Sandra Shin, Founder & President of Hope 4 Freedom. Ms. Sandra Shin is also the author of Who Am I After Human Trafficking?
Ms. Sandra Shin shares her personal and powerful story of survival and shares her passion, dedication, and mission of her nonprofit and book ...
Welcome to Episode 8 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our next guest, Dr. Selena Webster-Bass, Founder & CEO of the Voices Institute, Inc.
Dr. Webster-Bass is also co-author of the children’s book Rainbows, a sickle cell disease awareness book dedicated to her son, Richard Anthony, who succumbed to the disease in 1999. Dr. Webster-Bass ...
Welcome to Episode 7 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our next guest, Dr. Christine Cauffield, LSF Health Systems, Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Cauffield shares some of her personal life journey and discusses “her why” ---- why she is so passionate about the work she does. Dr. Cauffield leads LSF Health System, that is the Managing Entity for...
Welcome to Episode 6 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our next guest, Robin Rossmanith, Prevention & Family Preservation Director at Inspire to Rise, Inc.
Ms. Robin shares some of her personal life journey, how she came across Inspire to Rise, and discusses “her why” ---- why she is so passionate about her work. Ms. Robin has been workin...
Happy New Year! Welcome to Episode 5 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Aida Seeraj, Inspire to Rise, Inc. Founder & CEO.
Ms. Seeraj gives a 2023 Year-End Review of what Inspire to Rise, Inc. and all of the wonderful staff and partners have achieved this year! We are very proud of all of the amazing and transformational work th...
Welcome to Episode 4 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Kathleen Roberts, Chief Executive Officer at Community Coalition Alliance.
Ms. Roberts shares some of her personal life journey and how she uses her expertise in advocating for community needs. She also shares "her why" she is so passionate about the work she does in p...
Welcome to the Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise, Inc. Podcast. This special interview is my interview. My name is Aida Seeraj, and I am the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Inspire to Rise, Inc.
The reason I started this Inspiring Community Podcast was sparked by my guest interview on our host, Drew Brandom's Next Level Podcast Show.
Not only did I enjoy the conversation, the story telling, but...
Welcome to Episode 2 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Lola Sribryanets, Peer Community Advocate - Program Coordinator at Inspire to Rise, Inc.
Ms. Sribryanets shares some of her personal life and recovery journey and discusses “her why” ---- why she is so passionate about what she does every day to make an impact on this community....
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