GROUNDS OF CHANGE

Welcome to Grounds of Change #50! Today is all about Jeff Raz (https://secretlifeofclowns.com/about-the-author-jeff-raz/). Jeff considered his teenage self t...

Blog #49 is about Yonathan Moya. Yonathan is the founder of the organization, Border Perspective. (https://www.borderperspective.org/) Yonathan grew up in Te...

Blog #48 is about the conversation I had with the founder of the social enterprise Free Will (https://www.freewill.com/), Jenny Xia Spradling. Jenny LOVED ma...

Grounds of Change interviewee #47 is Tracy Quisenberry. She is the founder of the organization, Icing Smiles (https://www.icingsmiles.org/), that creates cus...

My lunch crew in second grade consisted of ten girls. We would follow the same routine every single day. Hand in hand, we would make our way to the cafeteria...

What WOWs you? Google uses words like astonishment, admiration and impressed to define the word WOW. During my interview with the founder of WOW WOMAN, Olga ...

There is a quote from author Josh Shipp that states, “Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.” Take a minute to think about who your c...

Blog #43 is about Rita Kakati Shah. She is the CEO and founder of UMA. When Rita was a teenager, she was ambitious and a go getter. She shared that as a teen...

This past winter Grounds of Change interviewee #42 was getting dozens of boxes delivered to her house. The boxes were full of blankets and totes. There were ...

The Chaos theory explains that something as small as a flutter of a butterfly’s wings can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway across the world. This blog isn’...

Blog #40 is about DJ CherishTheLuv. I think her and her story are both incredible, and I hope after this blog you think that too! (Check her out! https://djc...

When you think of a hero, what comes to mind? Wonder woman, military personnel, first responders. All of those are great images of heroes and easily recogniz...

Icing is arguably the most important part of a cake. I mean, of course, there’s also butter, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, eggs and milk. They all come ...

Life can be really scary. Sometimes we are handed situations that make us feel powerless. Mr. Rogers says that when he was a boy and would see scary things, ...

This interview fascinated me. The entire time I just kept thinking...”Wow! This man is a SUPERHERO.” Kenny Sipes is a game changer who has the power of bring...

It is so easy to get caught up in our own lives. It’s easy to forget how much our interactions throughout the day can affect others. Think about a time someo...

If you have not heard of Pura Vida, you might be living under a rock. These string bracelets are basically taking over the world and every wrist in my high s...

Have you ever heard the song Who Says by Selena Gomez? The lyrics go a little something like this... “Who says, who says, you’re not perfect. Who says you’re...

Wake up. Move. Go to Sleep. Wake up. Move. Go to Sleep. Wake up. Move. Go to Sleep. In the simplest terms, that is how each of our twenty-four hours is spent...

Grounds of Change interview number thirty-one is all about Kylee McGrane, the cofounder of a nonprofit called “A Moment of Magic”. This program takes college...