MOVEments

Sustainability on Campus (w/ President of Students Organizing for Sustainability, Silas Ever)

Welcome back to MOVEments! In today’s episode, we sit down with the President of Students Organizing for Sustainability to learn more about SOS, sustainability at Georgia Tech, and ways you can make a difference with this issue! To learn more about SOS, visit the links below: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/sos.gatech Instagram: @sos.gatech Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sos.gatech/ Email: sosgeorgiatech@gmail.com To learn more about MOVE, check out the links below: Engage Page: https://gatech.c...

Mental Health (w/ director of CARE, Tiffiny Hughes-Troutman)

Welcome back to MOVEments! In today’s episode, we're sitting down with the director of the Center for Assessment, Referral, and Education (CARE) to talk more about mental health and resources! To learn more about CARE, visit the link below: CARE: Website: https://care.gatech.edu/ To learn more about MOVE, check out the links below: Engage Page: https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/mobilizing-opportunities-for-volunteer-experiences Instagram & Facebook: @movegt If you'd like to b...

Midtown Free Fridge (w/ SGA's VP of External Affairs, Grace Swift)

Welcome back to MOVEments! In today’s episode, we're sitting down with SGA's Vice President of External Affairs to talk more about the MIdtown Free Fridge! To learn more about the fridge, visit the links below: Midtown Free Fridge: Website: linktr.ee/midtownfreefridge Instagram: @midtownfreefridge To learn more about MOVE, check out the links below: Engage Page: https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/mobilizing-opportunities-for-volunteer-experiences Instagram & Facebook: @movegt ...

Going Beyond Sustainability (w/ Shan Arora, Director of the Kendeda Building)

Welcome back to MOVEments! In today’s episode, we sit down with the Director of the Kendeda Building to learn more about the Living Building Challenge, sustainability at Georgia Tech, and ways you can make a difference with this issue! To learn more about the Kendeda Building, visit the links below: Website: https://livingbuilding.gatech.edu/ Social Media: @kendedabuilding Here are some clubs and VIP programs you can sign up for if you're interested in sustainability and the Kendeda Building: Bu...

Why Local Elections Matter (w/ CEO Branch Politics Walter Ley)

Welcome back to MOVEments! In today’s episode, we're joined by the CEO of Branch Politics Walter Ley to learn more about Atlanta's upcoming local elections and how you can get involved this time around! To learn more about Branch Politics: check out the links below: Website: https://www.branch.vote/ Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @branchpolitics Links on how to change your voter registration: Fulton County Website: https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/inside-fulton-county/fulton-county-departments...

MOVEments Season 1 Recap

Welcome back to MOVEments! In today’s episode, we're kicking off season 2 of our podcast! Tune in as Sydney and Sarah recap the origins of the podcast and some of our favorite memories from our first season. Also featured in this episode is Caryanne Wilson, the Executive Director of Georgia Tech MOVE to give a brief introduction to the organization this podcast started from. To learn more about MOVE, check out the links below: Engage Page: https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/mobili...

MOVEments Season 2 Trailer

MOVEments is back! Listen to this trailer to learn more about our podcast and what's in store for our second season! You can find this podcast anywhere you listen to them, and be sure to subscribe and leave a review if you can!

The Importance of Service (w/ Associate Dean of Students Gerome Stephens)

Welcome back to MOVEments! Today marks the final episode of season one of this podcast! We were joined by the Associate Dean of Students and Director for the Center for Student Engagement, Gerome Stephens. Today, he joins us to talk more about the importance of service and how it impacted his career and approach to leading student organizations on campus. To learn more about the Center for Student Engagement: Website: https://studentengagement.gatech.edu/ Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @enga...

Gender Equity (w/ Georgia Tech's Women's Resource Center)

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week we were joined by the Assistant Dean and Director, Melanie DeMaeyer, and the Program Coordinator Dani Lechner from the Georgia Tech Women’s Resource Center! Our discussion revolved around the topic of gender equity and how this organization is working to advance gender equity on our campus through advocacy, community building, training, information, and a ton of other services. To learn more about the Women's Resource Center: Website: https://womenscenter.gat...

Georgia Tech's Alternative Service Breaks (w/ President Tony Chen and Engagement Director Hetu Patel)

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week we were joined with the President and Engagement Director of Georgia Tech's Alternative Service Breaks Tony Chen and Hetu Patel! Join us we discuss the work that their organization has done this semester to create service opportunities for students and faculty on our campus! To learn more about ASB: Engage Page: https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/alternative-service-breaks Instagram: @asb.gt | Facebook: @gatechasb Sign up for Destination Atlant...

Exploring Black History (w/ John Onwuchekwa, Co-Founder Portrait Coffee)

Welcome back to another episode of MOVEments! For the last day of Black History Month, we have a special episode coming at you with John Onwuchekwa, co-founder of Portrait Coffee. We cover a bunch of different topics in this episode like the coffee industry, the Atlanta MARTA system, and the racial wealth gap. To learn more about Portrait Coffee and John's work, check out these links below: Website: https://portrait.coffee/ Instagram: @portraitcoffee | @jawn_o Check out John's Podcast here: Four...

Engage Symposium Session 4: "What Life Lessons Have you Learned as a GT Leader?" (w/ Dean Stein, Jen Abrams & Sydney Blakeney)

Welcome to MOVEments and the final session of the Engage Symposium, hosted by Georgia Tech's Center for Student Engagement! In today's session, our Georgia Tech Student Interviewer Sydney Blakeney sat down with the Dean of Students John Stein and GT Alumni Jen Abrams to answer the question, "What Life Lessons Have you Learned as a GT Leader?" To learn more about the Center for Student Engagement: Website: https://studentengagement.gatech.edu/ Facebook & Instagram: @engagegt To learn more abo...

Engage Symposium Session 3: "Do people know you care?" (w/ Doug Hooker, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission & Adrianna Fu)

Welcome to MOVEments and the third out of four sessions of the Engage Symposium, hosted by Georgia Tech's Center for Student Engagement! In today's session, our Georgia Tech Student Interviewer Adrianna Fu sat down with Doug Hooker, the Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission to answer the question, "Do people know you care?" and help leaders understand how to better serve their communities! To learn more about the Atlanta Regional Commission: Website: https://atlantaregional.org/ ...

Engage Symposium Session 2: “What if I was in charge?” (w/ Cheneé Joseph, Executive Director, The Historic District Development Corporation & Cade Lawson)

Welcome to MOVEments and the second out of four sessions of the Engage Symposium, hosted by Georgia Tech's Center for Student Engagement! In today's session, our Georgia Tech Student Interviewer Cade Lawson sat down with Cheneé Joseph, Executive Director, The Historic District Development Corporation to answer the question, "What if I was in charge?" and discuss ways to be both a leader and an advocate for your community. To learn more about The Historic District Development Corporation: Website...

Engage Symposium Session 1: "How is a community of support built?" (w/ Frank Brown, CEO, Communities in Schools of Atlanta & Taylor Gray)

Welcome to MOVEments and the first of four sessions of the Engage Symposium, hosted by Georgia Tech's Center for Student Engagement! In today's session, our Georgia Tech Student Interviewer Taylor Gray sat down with Frank Brown, CEO, Communities in Schools of Atlanta to answer the question, "How is a community of support built?" To learn more about Communities in Schools of Atlanta visit: https://www.cisatlanta.org/ or follow them on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter: @cisatlanta View the live ...

Engage Symposium Speaker Highlights

Welcome to MOVEments and the first of FIVE brand new episodes coming your way as we take you through the first-ever Engage Symposium, hosted by Georgia Tech's Center for Student Engagement! Stay tuned for conversations centered around leadership with special guests and GT alumni who have made considerable impacts as local, regional, and state leaders, in roughly 45 minute long interviews led by current GT students! Each speaker session will be highlighted this upcoming week, and below you'll fin...

Trailer: Engage Symposium Speaker Series

We've got FIVE brand new episodes coming your way as we take you through the first-ever Engage Symposium, hosted by Georgia Tech's Center for Student Engagement! Stay tuned for conversations centered around leadership with special guests and GT alumni who have made considerable impacts as local, regional, and state leaders, in roughly 45 minute long interviews led by current GT students! Each speaker session will be highlighted below, and there will be a special highlight reel of some moments we...

SMILE (Spreading Messages in Love and Encouragement)

New year, new episode of MOVEments! Today, we’re starting out the year on a positive note with the President of SMILE (Spreading Messages in Love and Encouragement) at Georgia Tech, Adam Lederer! We talk about all the ways in which they helped make a happier campus community last semester and the ways in which you can spread positivity in your own spaces! You can learn more information about SMILE and follow their social media below: Instagram & Facebook: @smile.gatech Engage Page: https://g...

Hunger & Food Insecurity (w/ Atlanta Community Food Bank)

Welcome back! This week, we’re continuing our series on Hunger and Homelessness with President/CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank Kyle Waide. In this episode, we’ll learn more about the issues of food insecurity in Atlanta, and the ways in which you can participate in hunger advocacy. Check out the links to the ACFB’s website and social media below: Atlanta Community Food Bank: Website: https://www.acfb.org/ Instagram & Twitter: @acfb | Facebook: @atlfoodbank Resources to learn more abou...

MOVE Committee Highlight: Hunger and Homelessness

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week's episode will highlight one of our very own MOVE committees: Hunger & Homelessness! Join us as we speak with this year's committee chair, Sivalika Bagrodia, as she tells us a little bit more about how her organization has been able to serve the community this semester. Looking for a service project this month? The STEM & Education Committee is looking for volunteers to assist the K-12 InVenture Prize Competition and serve as a Mock Pitch Day Judge! J...

Homelessness (w/ Gateway Center)

Welcome back to MOVEments! It’s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, and we are doing a two-part series deep diving into these topics with two very influential organizations in the Atlanta area! Today we’re joined with Gateway Center’s Bec Cranford as we discuss the broader issue of homelessness in Atlanta, and was that this organization is combating the issue at a larger scale. You can learn more information about Gateway Center and follow their social media below: Facebook, Instagr...

Georgia Tech's STAR Program (w/ Steve Fazenbaker)

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week, our MOVE Advisor, Sarah Strohmenger, sat down with the Director of Georgia Tech's STAR Program, Steve Fazenbaker, to learn more about how STAR serves Georgia Tech students in need and to find out a little more about the man helping run the organization. Learn more information about STAR's services and follow their social media below: Facebook & Instagram: @gatechstar Website: https://studentlife.gatech.edu/content/star-services Engage: https://gatech.cam...

Voting (w/ Future Coalition and Georgia Tech's Student Government Association)

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week, we’re talking about voting and how the new generation of voters are finding newer ways to get involved in this year’s election. In this episode, we catch up with SGA’s VP of External Affairs Samuel Ellis as he tells us more about how McCamish Pavillion is being converted into an on-campus polling place for Georgia Tech students and Fulton County residents. Visit the website below to learn how to participate in early voting from October 21st-23rd and to vote ...

Volunteering Virtually Part 2 (w/ Hands On Atlanta)

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week, we're continuing our conversation on what volunteering looks like in Atlanta in 2020! Join us as we speak with the President and CEO of Hands On Atlanta, Jay Cranman, as he discusses some of the broader effects of the pandemic on service and civic engagement in the Atlanta area. To learn more about Hands On Atlanta, follow any of the links below! Website: https://www.handsonatlanta.org/ Instagram: @handsonatl | Facebook & Twitter: @handsonatlanta Linkedi...

Volunteering Virtually Part 1 (w/ the International Rescue Committee and GT's Books Not Bombs)

Welcome back to MOVEments! This week we're discussing what volunteering looks like on and off Tech's campus! We'll be joined by MOVE's Director of Partnerships Erin Robinson for the first half to discuss one of our annual events and how our BoD had to alter the program. Later in the episode, we'll be joined by Cait Fogerty from the International Rescue Committee and Lindsay Shurtz from Georgia Tech Books Not Bombs! They'll be discussing their wonderful organizations and how COVID-19 changed the ...

Mobilizing Opportunities for Volunteer Experience

Welcome to the first episode of MOVEments, where we tell you why the first four letters of this podcast are capitalized and a tell you a little bit more about our organization! Tune in to this week's episode for an interview with MOVE's Executive Director Amelia Szabo! To learn more about MOVE and any events we are putting on, head to our Engage Page! https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/mobilizing-opportunities-for-volunteer-experiences If you're in an organization looking for fund...

MOVEments (Trailer)