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著者： Restorative Community Coalition with Host Joy Gilfilen
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 iChange Justice Podcast is in its Fourth season, broadcasting from Whatcom County and sharing raw conversations with people directly impacted by the intertwined crises of mental health, fentanyl addiction, poverty, homelessness, and incarceration. We bring together a diverse range of voices—from citizens to service providers, politicians to formerly incarcerated individuals—to explore the complex challenges facing our community and beyond.Our goal is to shed light on the lived experiences of those affected and advocate for solutions.Restorative Community Coalition with Host Joy Gilfilen マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • #208 – iChange Justice Podcast: How It All Works – From Ranch Roots to Restorative Futures

    #208 – iChange Justice Podcast: How It All Works – From Ranch Roots to Restorative Futures
    2025/10/30

    Joy Gilfilen speaks about the evolution of the iChange Justice Podcast — how a lifetime of unexpected experiences shaped her understanding of law, leadership, and community transformation.

    For nearly five years, Joy has hosted the iChange Justice Podcast as a thought-leadership platform exploring how restorative justice, regenerative economics, and community empowerment intersect to build a more humane society. What began as a local conversation about jail reform and reentry in Whatcom County has grown into a wide-ranging inquiry into how justice, governance, and the economy intertwine across generations and cultures.


    From her early life on a ranch in Eastern Washington to working inside the legislature, law enforcement, and business development, Joy shares how firsthand experiences revealed the patterns that shape modern systems. Whether in government, science, or economics, she found that systems rewarding control and extraction often undermine the life they depend on.


    Those insights led to her work documenting jail trauma and advocating for prevention-based justice. Through over 200 episodes, the iChange Justice Podcast has become a public forum for transformation — amplifying voices from inmates, sheriffs, elders, educators, reformers, and innovators alike.


    As Joy explains, “The future of public safety isn’t about control — it’s about prevention, education, and rebuilding civic resilience.” The podcast invites listeners to rediscover authentic intelligence — the human capacity for empathy, ethics, and courage that no algorithm can replicate.


    Each episode offers a piece of that larger mosaic — from Paul Levy’s Wetiko Mindset (Episode 165) to Patricia Anne Davis’ Indigenous wisdom (Episode 124), Don Kirchner’s justice reform (Episode 118), and Marc Santos on regenerative economics (Episode 78). Together they form an archive of social courage and civic learning.


    In this solo reflection, Joy connects the dots — from ranch life to policy, from justice to regeneration — to ask a question at the heart of it all:

    How does it work? And how can we make it work better for everyone?
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  • #207 – iChange Justice Podcast – Ethics, Sustainability and Regeneration with Milt Markowitz

    #207 – iChange Justice Podcast – Ethics, Sustainability and Regeneration with Milt Markowitz
    2025/10/23
    #207 – iChange Justice Podcast Ethics, Sustainability and Regeneration with Milt Markowitz This episode offers a refreshing, thoughtful, human-focused perspective on the future of life on Earth — one that begins not with technology, tools, or tactics, but with the ethical soil from which all lasting solutions must grow. Whether you’re working in community building, environmental advocacy, justice reform, or simply seeking to live with greater purpose, this conversation is an invitation to reimagine sustainability as a deeply ethical human endeavor. Co-hosts Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball sit down with community visionary Milt Markowitz to explore one of the most important — and often overlooked — dimensions of building a vital future: the ethical foundations that underwrite vitality, culture, and make sustainability possible. Rather than diving straight into technologies, policies, or programs, he shows how they play support roles, not primary ones. Milt invites listeners to take a step back and examine the living systems, values, and principles that must guide any effort to regenerate our communities and our planet. Sustainability isn’t just about “going green” or managing resources — it’s about how nature itself, and how we treat one another, how we make decisions, and how we define success in a way that honors people, place, and purpose. Milt Markowitz focuses on the difference between surface-level change and true transformation. He explores why regeneration requires not only new systems but new stories — stories grounded in integrity, accountability, and our shared responsibility to each other and the Earth. It’s a call to shift from short-term gain to long-term stewardship, from competition to cooperation, and from scarcity thinking to an ethic of care and interconnection. Milt’s work extends beyond this conversation into the pages of Language of Life: Finding Answers to Modern Crises in an Ancient Way of Speaking, co-authored with Dr. Ruth Miller. This groundbreaking book blends Ruth’s understanding of ancient cultures and systems with Milt’s study of Ancient Hebrew as a “living language,” revealing nine life-processes essential to sustaining life. It shows how the wisdom embedded in language can help us build cultures of balance and harmony — and why embracing that wisdom is vital to creating an ecologically sustainable future. Language of Life is available on Amazon and through Portal Press: https://www.amazon.com/Language-answers-modern-ancient-speaking/dp/1936902117
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    39 分
  • Episode 206 – Ripples of Healing: How Service Transforms Communities with James White

    Episode 206 – Ripples of Healing: How Service Transforms Communities with James White
    2025/10/16

    206-iChange Justice Podcast – Ripples of Healing:

    How Service Transforms Communities with James White


    Hosted by Joy Gilfilen with co-host Karen Ball

    What does it mean to live a life centered on service — not as a title, a role, or a retirement project, but as a daily practice that transforms the world around us? In this powerful new conversation, host Joy Gilfilen and co-host Karen Ball sit down with James White, founder of the ESATTA Cooperative, to explore how grassroots service and cooperative action can heal individuals, strengthen relationships, and create ripples of transformation throughout entire communities. ESATTA STANDS FOR EMPOWERING SELF-ADVOCATES............."


    James shares his deeply personal journey into purpose-driven work and how the ESATTA Cooperative has become a model for collaborative learning and restorative practice. Through workshops, educational programs, and community-based projects,


    ESATTA fosters environments where people come together to share knowledge, build trust, and take collective action for the common good.


    This episode builds on themes explored through previous iChange Justice episodes such as Episode #31: "Rehumanizing Our Systems”, Episode #43: James White’s earlier conversation on cooperative work. Also, pivotal discussions like “Increasing Community Resilience” (Episode #81), “Restoring Human Dignity” (Episode #88), and “Expanding Our Collective Capacity” (Episode #89). Each of these conversations has highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to justice, community building, and social well-being.


    This episode #206 continues that thread — showing how service, compassion, and cooperation can shift us from isolation and disconnection to meaningful connection and shared healing.


    Far from being a lofty ideal, service is a way of life — one that changes how we solve problems, how we relate to one another, and how we design the future. It is the foundation for grassroots movements that honor humanity, human dignity and help build emotionally resilient communities from the ground up.


    Learn more about James White’s work and upcoming workshops at ESATTACooperative.com
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    47 分
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