innovative leadership / thriving communities
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley has worked in the DA’s office for over thirty years. She is nationally known for her revolutionary work on behalf of Domestic Violence survivors, and for sexually exploited people, especially children. In this conversation, Nancy speaks candidly about the motivations for her work, how she practices self care and her commitment to learning from victims and survivors.
In this last episode of season two, Carey talks with Dr. Aparna Kota, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente. She works in San Francisco, where she is a local leader for child abuse prevention and advocacy. She is also on the board of Safe and Sound (Formerly the SF Child Abuse Prevention Center) and she is an associate clinical faculty at UCSF where she teaches medical students and pediatric residents. She and Carey talk about leadership and struggling to use data about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in clinical practice.
Stay tuned for Season Three of the podcast in 2018
Season Two: Carey talks with Katie Albright, director of Safe and Sound (formerly the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center). Throughout her career, Katie has been pioneering in the fields of law, education and social services, both domestically and internationally. Pioneering is a legacy in her family as her mother, Madeleine Albright was the first woman in US history to serve as secretary of state. Katie and Carey discuss the value of a big vision that is grounded in real data and strategic partnerships.
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Season Two: Carey talks with Richmond Assistant Police Chief Bisa French. Assistant Chief French serves the city and neighborhood where she grew up with a commitment to justice both for families and the larger community. She and Carey talk about how our own stories can better connect us to the people we serve.
Season Two: Carey talks with the Honorable Joni Hiramoto, a judge serving the Contra Costa County Superior Court for the last 20 years. They discuss her expansive work, ranging from hearing domestic violence cases, to teaching young judges, to helping form Richmond’s restraining order clinic.
Season Two: Carey talks with Nancy Lemon, Esq., a John and Elizabeth Boalt Lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law. She created the first comprehensive domestic violence law course and its accompanying text book in 1980s; she is still teaching this course now. Nancy is also the legal director of the Family Violence Appellate project which she co-founded.
Season Two: Carey talks with Cherri Allison, Esq., executive director of the Alameda County Family Justice Center. Ms. Allison deconstructs traditional, transactional business models of social services in favor of creating a relational, listening environment where survivors discover for themselves what they need to thrive. They discuss how she imagined the word of a family justice center before these centers existed and the seeds of wisdom she wants to share with younger leaders.
