Vicki Sokolik refuses to be an Ostrich. Her son brought to her attention the crisis of unhoused youth — youth unhoused, not living with a parent/guardian, and not in foster care — in America, and she has been fighting to support this vulnerable population every since. Most active in Tampa Bay, Florida, Vicki is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Starting Right, Now, which removes barriers for unaccompanied homeless youth to cultivate long-term well-being and self-sufficiency. She is also the author of the new book, “If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America.” Vicki Sokolik joined host Jay Ruderman to discuss the many ways unhoused youth fall through the cracks in our society, how her organization helps them, and also how to build trust with people who could use your help. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (01:10) Vicki’s origin story (02:40) What is “unhoused youth?” (06:40) What should a person do if they worry they see an unhoused youth? (08:19) How have conversations around unhoused youth changed in Vicki’s 20 years working with them? (11:02) How do people get the word out and help unhoused youth? (14:55) Vicki’s new book (16:48) How Vicki builds trust (20:10) What do students receive at Starting Right, Now? (22:58) How does Vicki balance advocacy and direct support? (27:53) Starting Right, Now alumni (29:10) Goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
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Belief does not subdue fact and some beliefs are worth understanding. || Not an expert, but damn curious! This podcast tackles questions on everything from religion and philosophy to history, science (and pseudo), even a whole lotta fiction, from the perspective of the permanent layman, Matt the Toothless Philosopher. I’ll be joined by my real life brother the one and only Mike the Mad Monk, potentially other guests, or just the voices in my head. Hope you enjoy!
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Happy New Year! Yes, new titling. Just me trying to get back into action.โดย The Toothless
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Be grateful to your circle, whatever size, whatever shape. If you have the strength of will, push those boundaries, but never forget not everyone can do what you do or sustain what you've sustained. Be compassionate to one another.โดย The Toothless
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Murder! Who deserves to die in our society? This is a shorter discussion that that specific topic is worth. Also, sorry for any sound quality issues. It's been a day.โดย The Toothless
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Faith, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Hope, but also, not really. I talk about other stuff, too. Naturally. This feels like me trying to work something out but I hope there's some useful things in it.โดย The Toothless
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Labels. Some other stuff, too. I feel like there's more here but I'll get to it, probably in a blog post. Check out Naming Conventionsโดย The Toothless
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Sorry about some of the audio quality... This one isn't as rage-filled as the other one, but it feels a little meandering to me. Got inspired while trying to sleep and had to deal with it. Few points of clarification: Gandhi did do the thing I said with his grand-niece which makes it weirder, but he was actually firmly anti-racist as he got older. …
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TRIGGER WARNING: I talk about some horrible things related to Israel/Palestine, domestic assault, race relations in the US, and trans people existing (which they do and should). It's really just me hating on hate. It's mostly me ranting, so if you're after something constructive, feel free to skip it. Also, the phrase I couldn't think of was "Delay…
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Early morning diatribe. Trying to keep the faith. Trying to clarify some random thoughts. Hoping to be some level of inspirational without pushing my luck too much.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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A calmer reaction to the impending demise of the US democracy. Never forget why you fight. Never doubt that while we lost, we were not wrong.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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My semi-initial reaction to the murdering of democracy.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Trump's Bund Rally at MSG. White Christian Nationalism on the rise. Hinchcliffe is a roast comic, so not a good choice... Alina Habba is her name. I apologize for saying it WAY wrong.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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The Autumn By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. A reading.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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What? More politics? Trump likes Hitler? JD Vance is a tool? The Democratic ticket is uninteresting? Israel and genocide? All new stuff from yours truly...โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Shtubnap. Learn about it. Love it.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Technology is scary. Freeze your credit. Brush your damn teeth.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Rage. Insomnia. Shoveling.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Sort of general catchup. Politics. Israel. Modern Nazis. OG Nazis. Our usual type of conversation.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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These are supposed to be me in a happy mood. I think today counts.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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I go all-in on why I dislike Trump, among other things. Trigger warning at the beginning. Watch the Blog for informative links related to today's episode.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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It really does. Pick a different Italian to look up to.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Coming Out! No, not that way, just spreading the podcast to more people. Trying to make it a thing. Kind of. Also, the bridge construction has shifted and I don't think people know how to read.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Mea culpa, clarifications, attempts to explain myself a little further on some recent claims and statements. Also, be careful who you look up to.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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I got stuck behind a bus and decided it was a good time to complain about education and some of the classism involved in education. Probably lacking in details but I was on a tear.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Longer form of the fillings, but still unscripted rambling with no opportunity for fact-checking. Today's session is largely about my recent discovery of Jessie Gender and marginalized groups, specifically the trans community. Not a complete discussion, but it does a reasonable job I think.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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This is a mental health check-in basically.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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RECORDED 2024 April. If I had to sum up how these shows are going to go, it'd probably be something like Uneducated Ramblings. We talk about politics and race relations and drug companies among other things. What I think is important about this to remember is we definitely mean well and we may say things incorrectly or are not forming complete thou…
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Just a mental health update. Mostly.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Random ramblings while driving. Where I've been, some politics, how comedy connects to that... I guess... Anyway, just dipping my toes back into the mess.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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Tolkien Reading Day is held on the 25th of March each year. The date of the 25th of March was chosen as the date on which the Ring was destroyed, completing Frodo’s quest and vanquishing Sauron.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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This is me discussing why I'm interested in free will. I intended it to be primarily Robert Sapolsky's book "Determined", but I had to wrap in Sam Harris' book "Free Will". This will be part of an ongoing review of - probably - both books. Hope you enjoy.โดย The Toothless Thinker
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