{"podcast":{"title":"Social Justice Origin Stories","slug":"social-justice-origin-stories-7031511","podcast_index_feed_id":7031511,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/social-justice-origin-stories/rss","website_url":"https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F14701%2Flarge%2F7e145fa3f46d8e3e32146ea7f4a31354068497426cd680548a5afbe9bceb9806%2F129a937c42418346.jpg","author":"Relando Thompkins-Jones","episode_count":61,"summary":"Social Justice Origin Stories is a storytelling project that highlights personal stories and defining moments that have inspired individuals and organizations to labor for equity and social justice. Through truth-telling: the honest sharing of their experiences, storytellers teach us about themselves, enabling us to learn about ourselves and our world through their stories. By reconnecting with pivotal moments of activation in their lives, they invite us to do the same. At Social Justice Origin Stories, we believe that there's power in storytelling and that lived experience is experience. There's room enough for all of us to do this work. There are many ways to contribute, and our contributions don't need to be the same. We can enter and remain engaged in the work using the gifts that are special to us while supporting others and using theirs. We have the capacity to grow and change for the better when exposed to new information and experiences. We believe in our inherent worth and capabilities, and we possess the power to inspire and create change in ourselves and others. We can transcend the confines of the status quo to imagine and design more equitable and humanizing systems.…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T00:17:42.007041+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511"},"episode":{"title":"Look For Hope Everywhere With William \"Bill\" Vanderwill","slug":"look-for-hope-everywhere-with-william-bill-vanderwill","published_at":"2026-03-18T12:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511/look-for-hope-everywhere-with-william-bill-vanderwill","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511","url":"https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com/look-for-hope-everywhere-with-william-bill-vanderwill/","audio_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/social-justice-origin-stories/97133864-1429-42d0-a833-4bdb068f92ce.wav?source=feed","summary":"Reflecting on his 50-year career as a Social Worker, William \"Bill\" Vanderwill speaks on the importance of strengths-based practice, intergenerational communication, community organizing, and the grassroots power of everyday people taking actions for social justice. Listen in to hear insights from the man Relando affectionately calls \"the Fred Rogers of Social Work.\" This episode includes: How mistakes can become valuable learning opportunities in social work and advocacy The importance of intergenerational collaboration and recognizing elders as wisdom keepers Practical examples of grassroots community organizing and everyday social justice actions The evolving role of social work, from adaptation to helping clients thrive The power of hope, compassion, and storytelling to inspire future generations and lasting change 🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@socialjusticeoriginstories?sub_confirmation=1 ❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECT Support this work by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/SocialJusticeOriginStories 💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACK Your voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode. Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.com Leave a Voice Note: https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com/contact/ or https://www.speakpipe.com/socialjusticeoriginstories Or leave a comment below 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW Website: https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories/id1771268991 Wherever You Get Your Podcasts: https://pod.link/1771268991 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialjusticeoriginstories/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567841874653 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sjori…","meta_description":"Reflecting on his 50-year career as a Social Worker, William \"Bill\" Vanderwill speaks on the importance of strengths-based practice, intergenerational com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2886,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511/episodes/look-for-hope-everywhere-with-william-bill-vanderwill/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511/look-for-hope-everywhere-with-william-bill-vanderwill.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}