Here to Help

Here to Help is a look at how people’s experience, strength, and hope inspire them to want to help others.

In February 2022, Indeed announced that it was investing $10 million to launch “Essentials to Work”, a multi-prong investment to help struggling job seekers in the U.S. gain access to technology, transportation and criminal record-clearing services.

For this weeks’ best of episode, CEO Chris caught up with the woman at Indeed who leads this effort, Parisa Fatehi-Weeks.

Fatehi-Weeks, who is the Board President of the Workers Defense Project and is on the board of HousingWorks Austin, speaks about the goals set by the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) team at Indeed to help 30M job seekers facing barriers get hired. She also speaks about what fair chance hiring is and discusses Indeed's partnership with Lyft’s Jobs Access Program. 

Here to Help is a look at how people’s experience, strength, and hope inspire them to want to help others.

In February 2022, Indeed announced that it was investing $10 million to launch “Essentials to Work”, a multi-prong investment to help struggling job seekers in the U.S. gain access to technology, transportation and criminal record-clearing services.

For this weeks’ best of episode, CEO Chris caught up with the woman at Indeed who leads this effort, Parisa Fatehi-Weeks.

Fatehi-Weeks, who is the Board President of the Workers Defense Project and is on the board of HousingWorks Austin, speaks about the goals set by the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) team at Indeed to help 30M job seekers facing barriers get hired. She also speaks about what fair chance hiring is and discusses Indeed's partnership with Lyft’s Jobs Access Program. 

Susan Smith is a mother and advocate for rare diseases and disability awareness. Susan has two young daughters with Friedreich's Ataxia & T1 Diabetes. Susan has been documenting the girls' and the family's journey through her extraordinary Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/texassmith/].

If you have a moment, please take a look at her IG before listening. For more information on living with disability visit the following links: 

 https://curefa.org/

https://www.jdrf.org/

https://twodisableddudes.com/

Susan Smith is a mother and advocate for rare diseases and disability awareness. Susan has two young daughters with Friedreich's Ataxia & T1 Diabetes. Susan has been documenting the girls' and the family's journey through her extraordinary Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/texassmith/].

If you have a moment, please take a look at her IG before listening. For more information on living with disability visit the following links: 

 https://curefa.org/

https://www.jdrf.org/

https://twodisableddudes.com/

In this week's episode of Here to Help, Chris' guest is disability rights and inclusion activist Imani Barbarin. Imani uses her voice and social media platforms to create conversations engaging the disability community. Born with cerebral palsy, Imani often writes and uses her platform to speak from the perspective of a disabled black woman. They discuss the importance of having difficult but necessary conversations, what Covid-19 revealed about ableism and her unwavering belief in what's possible. Join us for what's sure to be an enlightening conversation. 

In this week's episode of Here to Help, Chris' guest is disability rights and inclusion activist Imani Barbarin. Imani uses her voice and social media platforms to create conversations engaging the disability community. Born with cerebral palsy, Imani often writes and uses her platform to speak from the perspective of a disabled black woman. They discuss the importance of having difficult but necessary conversations, what Covid-19 revealed about ableism and her unwavering belief in what's possible. Join us for what's sure to be an enlightening conversation. 

"We are not only composites of our biological mother and father, we also carry traits, tragedies and traumas of our ancestors for over 200 hundred years in our cellular biology." In this best of episode, Chris' guest is Rajkumari Neogy, an Executive Coach utilizing epigenetics and neurobiology. Rajkumari is the creator of the iRestart framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self. S/He is fascinated by team culture, especially in the tech arena and believes that every individual brings a superpower that often isn’t fully unlocked. S/He provides expertise in team culture cohesion, disruptive diversity & inclusion, and organizational epigenetics. This episode will focus on understanding people -- in particular, how neurobiology, culture and empathy intersect in today's business world.

"We are not only composites of our biological mother and father, we also carry traits, tragedies and traumas of our ancestors for over 200 hundred years in our cellular biology." In this best of episode, Chris' guest is Rajkumari Neogy, an Executive Coach utilizing epigenetics and neurobiology. Rajkumari is the creator of the iRestart framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self. S/He is fascinated by team culture, especially in the tech arena and believes that every individual brings a superpower that often isn’t fully unlocked. S/He provides expertise in team culture cohesion, disruptive diversity & inclusion, and organizational epigenetics. This episode will focus on understanding people -- in particular, how neurobiology, culture and empathy intersect in today's business world.