Episode Outline
0:49 Welcome Back!
2:26 Intro to Adrienne & Emmanuel Threatt
5:00 Liz refreshes the guests and listeners of the Rules of The Road Framework
8:25 Adrienne and Emmanuel share their separate backgrounds before starting Hope Vibes
18:00 Maya invites Adrienne and Emmanuel to share one Authentic thing about themselves
· Adrienne: “I make it a practice to embrace pain and purpose simultaneously “
o “If I can make my pain purposeful, then it won’t hurt as bad”
· Emmanuel: “I like to learn random things that can have no baring on anything, just random information”
22:06 Emmanuel shares how he’s recently been on a coffee journey of becoming a ‘coffee snob’, and shares some of his favorite spots in the city with the listeners
· Night Swim Coffee
· Enderly Coffee
· Indigo Coffee
· Lotties Café
· The Percantile and Creamery
· Finca Coffee
26:41 Emmanuel shares a quote that both he and Adrienne live by, “Do what you can with what you have until you can do more”
29:17 Adrienne takes us on the journey of how Hope Vibes started
32:40 Emmanuel tells us about the dream he had about a truck that turned into the innovative Hope Tank and the research that he did to make it come to life
· https://www.hopevibes.org/hopetank
· Seed20 is an annual program of Social Venture Partners Charlotte that connects the community to the region’s most promising social entrepreneurs tackling pressing challenges.
37:39 Liz invites Emmanuel to share what it’s like for a homeless neighbor to experience the Hope Tank
· Artist: Frankie Zombie
o https://www.frankiezombie.com/
41:21 Emmanuel drops a gem “We feel like dignity is wrapped up into everything that we do”
41:52 Maya asks the Threatt’s to share how they have seen the state of homelessness change over the years
43:23 Adrienne shares her experience of seeing a photo of a preteen that was sleeping outside of a McDonalds and drops a gem, “that’s a picture of homelessness, it’s real and it’s something that often goes under looked because homelessness takes on variations that you might not acknowledge or recognize; oh this is actually homelessness at play”
44:43 Adrienne expands on her thoughts “Sometimes there’s a lot of talking and strategizing that happens, but implementation and execution and planning that really pushes the needle forward in a realistic way needs a reevaluation”
45:14 Emmanuel discusses his thoughts on what organizations are doing in the community and how it has to go a step deeper. His thoughts on shelters and how family dynamics are affected by them
46:59 Liz reflects on how difficult it can be to navigate the resources that are available and Adrienne shares a time that she tried to help someone get a jumpstart
49:25 Adrienne shares, “I can imagine that it’s hard to refine a system that has been in place for so long. It’s hard to be nimble”
51:49 Liz invites our listeners who are landlords to work with organizations whose mission is for placement of families and individuals:
· Charlotte Family Housing
· The Housing Collaborative
· The Lotus Campaign
52:46 Maya asks The Threatts to share their impact in numbers so far in their journey and the goals that they have for the future
54:32 Emmanuel drops a gem “Sometimes we feel as individuals like we need to be fully the solution, but really you might just be an ingredient to the solution”
55:51 The table gushes over the adorable Threatt triplets and how it’s been hard to manage life with continuing with their mission at Hope Vibes as parents
58:01 Liz shares, “Hope Vibes delivers an incredible ingredient in our community, and dignity and confidence is such an incredible and important step for folks being able to feel empowered to take the next step to do what they need to do to get back on their feet”
59:58 Emmanuel shares how the listeners can support their mission
· Donate money, time, and hygiene items
· Follow them on social media and share content! @hopevibesclt
· Visit their website at https://www.hopevibes.org/
1:01:09 Emmauel shares the areas in which Hope Vibes serves and their fundraising goals
· Triad Area
· Winston Salem
· Greensboro
· High Point
1:01:35 Adrienne shares the need for of how monthly partners can best support the Hope Vibes mission, what the money is allocated towards, and why giving is so critical!
1:02:55 Liz sets a challenge to get 100 new monthly givers! Give Impact is a monthly partner! Join us in supporting this incredible organization 😊 Anybody can be a philanthropist!
· https://www.charityvest.org/
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