Becoming The Vision

Truth and Transformation with Fiona Kanagasingam⁠

Chera and Trinel sit down with Fiona Kanagasingam, Vice President and Chief Equity and Culture Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for a wide-ranging conversat

Listening to Spirit with Edgar Villanueva

In this conversation with Edgar Villanueva, founder and CEO of Decolonizing Wealth Project, we explore listening as a transformative practice—from listening to our own ex

Where are you finding confirmation in the work?

In this episode, Chera and Trinel explore the role of confirmation in the work of transformation: those moments, relationships, encounters, and insights that remind us we

Is there a crisis of faith unfolding in the philanthropic sector?

The work of Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy is, in many ways, a gesture of faith: faith in the capacity of aligned leaders and lovers of justice in the philanthropic secto

"The Future We Long For Is Possible" with Mia Birdsong

The future we long for is possible. Not because it arrives, or even will in our lifetimes, but because we learn to live into it now. In this conversation with ⁠Mia Birds

Freedom Dreamin' Y2K

In this special episode, Chera takes us back to the time she met Nikki Giovanni, as a twenty year-old undergraduate student at the University of Virginia. This is a story

Fugitive Practice with Autumn Brown

Autumn Brown is an artist, facilitator, mother, and theologian. The front woman of the eponymously named soul-pop band, AUTUMN, she is a queer, mixed-race Black woman, a

People Power with Angelique Power

Happy New Year!   In this episode we’re joined by Angelique Power, President & CEO @ The Skillman Foundation for a conversation about seeding change and embracing the pow

In Solidarity with Chung-Wha Hong and Sara Mersha

In this episode of Becoming the Vision, we sat down with Chung-Wha Hong and Sara Mersha, co-executive directors  of Grassroots International, for a timely conversation on

Rest in Resistance with Repa Mekha

In the midst of injustice and a culture that glorifies hustle, what does it mean to slow down? And how might slowing down be necessary to make justice possible? In this

Dreaming Forward with Chera and Trinel

Becoming the Vision is back! This season, we’re Dreaming Forward—reflecting on our lineages and transforming them into legacies of freedom and justice for all. In this

On Purpose with Joanna Jackson

Season Three of Becoming the Vision is here! This season, we’re Dreaming Forward—turning lineage to legacy and purpose into practice.  In the first episode, we sit down

Unrig the Game with Vanessa Priya Daniels

As we work on our new season of Becoming the Vision, we're thrilled to feature an episode from the new podcast, Nonprofits Now: Leading Today from the good folks at The C

Community with Dimple Abichandani⁠

The Freedom Dreamers are thrilled to welcome Dimple Abichandani—philanthropic leader, lawyer, and author of A New Philanthropy: Ten Practices to Transform Wealth Into a M

Resiliency with Jim Canales

In this episode, we discuss resiliency—both individual and organizational—during times of profound change with Jim Canales, President and Trustee at Barr Foundation. Jim

Tension with Gabriela Alcade

The Freedom Dreamers welcome Gabriela Alcade, Executive Director of the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, and author of What Your Comfort Costs Us: How Women of Color Reimagin

Joy with Alesha Washington

In this episode, we reflect on joy—not only as a feeling, but as a pathway to greater freedom and a deeper sense of possibility—and one that Alesha Washington, President

Faith with June Wilson

In episode thirteen of Becoming The Vision, we welcome June Wilson, executive director of the Compton Foundation! In this episode, we reflect on “faith”-- as a belief in

Blackness + Ease with Temi F. Bennett and Hanh Le

The Freedom Dreamers welcome Temi F. Bennett, Esq. and Hanh Le, Co-CEOs of iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility. They reflect on "blackness" and "ease," and how iF

Hope with Michelle Morales

In the eleventh episode of season 2 of Becoming The Vision, we welcome Michelle Morales, President of the Woods Fund Chicago. In this episode, Michelle shares how hope—gr