When Councilwoman Chambers was last on Women Are: Fort Wayne back in Season 1, she was still running for office. In January, she and Councilwoman Sharon Tucker made Fort Wayne history by becoming the first two African-American women to serve on

Women are Moving What Matters: The Allen County Women and Girls Study

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 17m

As the Vice President of Philanthropic Services for the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Alison is responsible for collaborating with people on their personal philanthropy, developing and implementing strategies for growth and helpin

Women Are Supporting Our Transgender Sisters

Aug 6th, 2020 1h 43m

Stephanie Gottesman is joined by two women with direct experiences around transgender issues. Amanda Grimes shares her story of growing up transgender in Northeast Indiana and becoming an advocate for the transgender community. She created two

Women Are Supporting Our Transgender Sisters

Aug 6th, 2020 1h 43m

Women are Coping With COVID-19

Jun 24th, 2020 1h 49m

Stephanie Gottesman seeks answers on all her questions about the novel coronavirus by interviewing Erika Pitcher from the Allen County Department of Health, Nicki Meier, who is recovering from having COVID-19, and Jenna Shock, a mental health p

Women are Adapting to Remote Education

May 28th, 2020 1h 43m

Our first guest is Traci Henning-Kolberg, the co-founder of Monstrous Regiment Media and producer of Women Are: Fort Wayne. She shares the story of her fifteen year journey to earn her bachelor’s degree, the many challenges she faced and overca

Women are Pivoting Their Careers

Mar 23rd, 2020 1h 13m

Britney Breidenstein joins host Stephanie Gottesman to talk about the courage, vulnerability, and creative perspective needed to pivot away from a stagnant career. She shares about her unique approach to expanding outside her comfort zone, the

Women are Dreamers and DACA Recipients

Mar 9th, 2020 1h 17m

Mary J. Montes, Executive Board Member of the Greater Fort Wayne Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, joins host Stephanie Gottesman to share her story as a Dreamer and DACA recipient, her passion for community outreach, and the work the GFW Hispanic

Women are Directing the Creation of Innovation Districts

Feb 26th, 2020 1h 10m

Crystal Vann Wallstrom, Managing Director of Innovation of Electric Works, joins host Stephanie Gottesman for a conversation about innovation districts, the history of the General Electrics campus, and her ambitious vision for Electric Works. M

Women are Guiding Young Women From Pain to Purpose

Feb 11th, 2020 1h 2m

Denita Washington, Adams Township Trustee and Executive Director of Fort Wayne Girlz Rock, joins host Stephanie Gottesman for a conversation about her work empowering young women to find their purpose. For young women, and especially those fro

Women are Building Community On Our Riverfront

Jan 28th, 2020 1h 5m

Megan Butler, the Program and Events Manager for Riverfront Fort Wayne, joins host Stephanie Gottesman to discuss the development of Promenade Park and the Hello, New Park event last August. It was hard to leave the house last summer without s

Women are Moving Toward Zero Waste

Aug 27th, 2019 1h 22m

This week in our season finale, Jodi Leamon joins us for a conversation about the work she does helping Fort Wayne learn to reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost their waste. Jodi is the Sustainability Coordinator for the Allen County Departmen

Women are Diversifying Our Food System

Aug 19th, 2019 51m 14s

This week, Stephanie Henry shared her journey from a food insecure childhood to helping write and shape policy to help diversify our local food systems. Stephanie is a food systems activist, the Director of Cultivation Lab, the chairwoman of Sl

Women are Raising Voices for People Who Can't

Aug 12th, 2019 46m 46s

This week, Anne Marie Labenberg joined us for an important conversation about social equity and implicit bias. She is the co-founder of RAISE consulting, a lifespan health advocacy consulting firm focused on underserved and underrepresented pop

Women are Building Creative Community

Aug 5th, 2019 55m 12s

This week, Olivia Lehman shares what led her to create CreativeMornings/Fort Wayne. Her story explores how she found her ideal job working for Water for Good, her journey to becoming a yoga teacher at Pranayoga, and how her experience attending

Women are Running for Public Office

Jul 29th, 2019 54m 40s

This week, Michelle Chambers shares insights from her decades of public service and why she has chosen to run for City Council At Large. In our interview, Michelle tells how she moved to Los Angeles as a child, but always knew she’d eventual

Women are Mindfully Healing Trauma

Jul 22nd, 2019 1h

In this week’s episode, Ruth Fearnow, LMHC and founder of The Happiness Project, talks about her work healing trauma with emotional mindfulness and EMDR. She shares some of the history of therapy and how her style of emotional mindfulness goes

Women are Teaching Montessori & Positive Discipline

Jul 15th, 2019 58m 9s

This week, Vyju Kadambi of Southwest Montessori Academy shares her insights around raising and educating children with confidence, empathy, compassion, and respect. We discuss mindfulness and positive discipline as they apply to Montessori educ

Women are Creating a Culture of Nonviolence

Jul 8th, 2019 1h 5m

This week, Nicki Meier shares her journey as a genderqueer feminist, and the work she does with the Center for Nonviolence supporting people affected by violence in today’s culture and helping create a system that raises the voices of marginali

Women are Supporting Each Other as Entrepreneurs

Jun 29th, 2019 1h 20m

This week, Andie Hines shares her insights and wisdom into entrepreneurship and the importance of women having supportive community around starting and running businesses. In our interview, she shares her journey into starting her business and

Women are Transforming Fort Wayne with Public Art

Jun 21st, 2019 55m

In our interview, Alex shares how she left behind a path toward medical school to pursue her love for painting, and how that has grown into a career that allows her to travel nationally and internationally with her artwork. She also shares abou

Trailer

Jun 5th, 2019 1m 43s

Curious what we're all about? Here's a brief intro to Women Are Fort Wayne, hosted by Stephanie Gottesman and edited by Traci Henning-Kolberg. A Monstrous Regiment production. Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

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