Many Hands Live Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/many-hands-live Many Hands Live, a podcast that captures the conversations convened on the first Friday of every month in the Richmond region of Virginia — when community gathers around a common belief that the future is a group project, and the long arc of history doesn’t bend itself. It takes Many Hands. 2025 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 29569b94-729b-5e38-8735-1efecfc95660 yes en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:55:09 -0700 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:55:22 -0700 http://www.manyhandslive.org https://img.transistorcdn.com/K7KKB4CLVRKWmCaLHKe1z-Drwsk7JIrIsMV7jH4_RZo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jODIz/ODE4MzBjNjkzY2Jm/MWIxMjczNDgxYTRj/ZDI1OS5qcGc.jpg Many Hands Live http://www.manyhandslive.org episodic The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) Many Hands Live, a podcast that captures the conversations convened on the first Friday of every month in the Richmond region of Virginia — when community gathers around a common belief that the future is a group project, and the long arc of history doesn’t bend itself. It takes Many Hands. Many Hands Live, a podcast that captures the conversations convened on the first Friday of every month in the Richmond region of Virginia — when community gathers around a common belief that the future is a group project, and the long arc of history doesn’t bend itself. Becky Lakin No No A Changing Climate 7 7 A Changing Climate full ffb1d1a5-e44e-450f-a48d-529378176833 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ea48367c For this Many Hands, March 2026, the topic was A Changing Climate. Words chosen to validate the experience of all in our Richmond, Virginia Region as we endure the iciest winters, violent storms, and hottest summers on record. How has our climate actually changed? How will it? How can we cope – emotionally and practically? And how do we change what sometimes feels like fate? Our guest and our guides, Nicole Keller, resilience planner at Plan RVA and Daniel Hart, Associate Director of Sustainability and Environmental Justice and Adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond.


]]> For this Many Hands, March 2026, the topic was A Changing Climate. Words chosen to validate the experience of all in our Richmond, Virginia Region as we endure the iciest winters, violent storms, and hottest summers on record. How has our climate actually changed? How will it? How can we cope – emotionally and practically? And how do we change what sometimes feels like fate? Our guest and our guides, Nicole Keller, resilience planner at Plan RVA and Daniel Hart, Associate Director of Sustainability and Environmental Justice and Adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond.


]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:55:04 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 3266 For this Many Hands, March 2026, the topic was A Changing Climate. Words chosen to validate the experience of all in our Richmond, Virginia Region as we endure the iciest winters, violent storms, and hottest summers on record. How has our climate actually changed? How will it? How can we cope – emotionally and practically? And how do we change what sometimes feels like fate? Our guest and our guides, Nicole Keller, resilience planner at Plan RVA and Daniel Hart, Associate Director of Sustainability and Environmental Justice and Adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond.


]]> many hands, many hands live, richmond forum, climate change, richmond virginia, rva No Gender Belonging 6 6 Gender Belonging full 728ca7af-dd83-4846-9aba-7a1d90bc5b09 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0a715884 Ellie Burke, meditation teacher and life coach opened our conversation through a meditation. Reminding us that "fear is taught and learned, but courage is found in an open heart.” The perfect invitation to listen to our speaker, Shannon McKay, Executive Director of He She Ze and We. A nonprofit organization in the Richmond Region that supports Transgender and Nonbinary people by empowering their families, communities, and allies to create life-saving, inclusive environments.

]]> Ellie Burke, meditation teacher and life coach opened our conversation through a meditation. Reminding us that "fear is taught and learned, but courage is found in an open heart.” The perfect invitation to listen to our speaker, Shannon McKay, Executive Director of He She Ze and We. A nonprofit organization in the Richmond Region that supports Transgender and Nonbinary people by empowering their families, communities, and allies to create life-saving, inclusive environments.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:52:28 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 3009 Ellie Burke, meditation teacher and life coach opened our conversation through a meditation. Reminding us that "fear is taught and learned, but courage is found in an open heart.” The perfect invitation to listen to our speaker, Shannon McKay, Executive Director of He She Ze and We. A nonprofit organization in the Richmond Region that supports Transgender and Nonbinary people by empowering their families, communities, and allies to create life-saving, inclusive environments.

]]> many hands, many hands live, richmond forum, gender belonging, gender expansiveness, transgender, richmond virginia, rva No Affordable Housing 8 8 Affordable Housing full 1fd6d407-dcc5-4a61-8b26-0bdf64cf37d1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e69bddbc For this Many Hands, April 2026, the topic was Affordable Housing. A theme chosen because of the urgency and complexity of what anyone in the know, and in the work, calls a “housing crisis.” What do we mean by the word affordable? What myths act as barriers to progress? What data tells us truths? And what do we do about it? 


Our guest and our guide, Jovan Burton, Executive Director of the Partnership For Housing Affordability (PHA). An organization dedicated to transforming housing in the Richmond region through community support and transformative policy.


]]> For this Many Hands, April 2026, the topic was Affordable Housing. A theme chosen because of the urgency and complexity of what anyone in the know, and in the work, calls a “housing crisis.” What do we mean by the word affordable? What myths act as barriers to progress? What data tells us truths? And what do we do about it? 


Our guest and our guide, Jovan Burton, Executive Director of the Partnership For Housing Affordability (PHA). An organization dedicated to transforming housing in the Richmond region through community support and transformative policy.


]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:47:53 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 3087 For this Many Hands, April 2026, the topic was Affordable Housing. A theme chosen because of the urgency and complexity of what anyone in the know, and in the work, calls a “housing crisis.” What do we mean by the word affordable? What myths act as barriers to progress? What data tells us truths? And what do we do about it? 


Our guest and our guide, Jovan Burton, Executive Director of the Partnership For Housing Affordability (PHA). An organization dedicated to transforming housing in the Richmond region through community support and transformative policy.


]]> many hand live, richmond forum, affordable housing, richmond region No Our Trauma 5 5 Our Trauma full 6a1004ab-e7a0-41d4-b140-53b944c5d95c https://share.transistor.fm/s/fc2b957c Last month we talked about how important it is to be near and in discomfort, as we work to change this moment and our world. This month we explored how to do that being. Our guest and our guide, Amanda Mbata, LCSW and the Clinical Director for Safe Harbor — a 25-year old nonprofit in the Richmond region serving survivors of domestic violence, abuse, and human trafficking shares with us how. 



]]> Last month we talked about how important it is to be near and in discomfort, as we work to change this moment and our world. This month we explored how to do that being. Our guest and our guide, Amanda Mbata, LCSW and the Clinical Director for Safe Harbor — a 25-year old nonprofit in the Richmond region serving survivors of domestic violence, abuse, and human trafficking shares with us how. 



]]> Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:26:12 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 2680 Last month we talked about how important it is to be near and in discomfort, as we work to change this moment and our world. This month we explored how to do that being. Our guest and our guide, Amanda Mbata, LCSW and the Clinical Director for Safe Harbor — a 25-year old nonprofit in the Richmond region serving survivors of domestic violence, abuse, and human trafficking shares with us how. 



]]> many hands live, richmond forum, many hands podcast No How Do We Help? 4 4 How Do We Help? full 6b798de0-b2ec-4484-8533-bfe9c85d752d https://share.transistor.fm/s/1277f027 For this Many Hands, September 2025, the topic was Helping. A word meant to provoke a conversation about what the word means, and what it asks us to do. And whether or not it’s the right verb needed in this moment, or…do we actually need to serve, not help. In the new world we’re living in, wherein meaningless words shared from the powerful few can shift hoards of humans toward divisive actions that damage democracy, semantics matter. What we mean by one word – and what that word means to the many, matters. To help or to serve. Breanne Armbrust, the Executive Director of the Neighborhood Resource Center – a nonprofit that serves the Greater Fulton Community in Richmond, Virginia helps us to decide.  www.manyhandslive.org

]]> For this Many Hands, September 2025, the topic was Helping. A word meant to provoke a conversation about what the word means, and what it asks us to do. And whether or not it’s the right verb needed in this moment, or…do we actually need to serve, not help. In the new world we’re living in, wherein meaningless words shared from the powerful few can shift hoards of humans toward divisive actions that damage democracy, semantics matter. What we mean by one word – and what that word means to the many, matters. To help or to serve. Breanne Armbrust, the Executive Director of the Neighborhood Resource Center – a nonprofit that serves the Greater Fulton Community in Richmond, Virginia helps us to decide.  www.manyhandslive.org

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:04:42 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 2909 For this Many Hands, September 2025, the topic was Helping. A word meant to provoke a conversation about what the word means, and what it asks us to do. And whether or not it’s the right verb needed in this moment, or…do we actually need to serve, not help. In the new world we’re living in, wherein meaningless words shared from the powerful few can shift hoards of humans toward divisive actions that damage democracy, semantics matter. What we mean by one word – and what that word means to the many, matters. To help or to serve. Breanne Armbrust, the Executive Director of the Neighborhood Resource Center – a nonprofit that serves the Greater Fulton Community in Richmond, Virginia helps us to decide.  www.manyhandslive.org

]]> many hands, many hands live, richmond, rva, nonprofits No Healthcare in America 3 3 Healthcare in America full 861958b9-22a1-46f3-9de4-7770579a317c https://www.manyhandslive.org/
Every first-Friday Many Hands gathering begins with a shared purpose: to bring people together in real time to understand the challenges of our moment and move – collectively – toward action. Our August 2025 topic has been top of mind and news cycle for months: healthcare in America.

Many Hand's host, Becky Lakin, sat down with Jennifer McClellan, United States Congresswoman representing Virginia’s 4th District, mom to two, wife, daughter, and University of Richmond and University of Virginia grad to discuss how the One Big Beautiful Bill ACT (OBBBA) impacts our community through dramatic changes three key programs that support human health and economic potential: Medicaid, SNAP, and Planned Parenthood. And Congresswoman McClellan shared her commitment to finding joy, holding onto joy, and never letting anyone take it from her – no matter what. Along the way, we learned staggering truths and calls into action.

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Every first-Friday Many Hands gathering begins with a shared purpose: to bring people together in real time to understand the challenges of our moment and move – collectively – toward action. Our August 2025 topic has been top of mind and news cycle for months: healthcare in America.

Many Hand's host, Becky Lakin, sat down with Jennifer McClellan, United States Congresswoman representing Virginia’s 4th District, mom to two, wife, daughter, and University of Richmond and University of Virginia grad to discuss how the One Big Beautiful Bill ACT (OBBBA) impacts our community through dramatic changes three key programs that support human health and economic potential: Medicaid, SNAP, and Planned Parenthood. And Congresswoman McClellan shared her commitment to finding joy, holding onto joy, and never letting anyone take it from her – no matter what. Along the way, we learned staggering truths and calls into action.

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Every first-Friday Many Hands gathering begins with a shared purpose: to bring people together in real time to understand the challenges of our moment and move – collectively – toward action. Our August 2025 topic has been top of mind and news cycle for months: healthcare in America.

Many Hand's host, Becky Lakin, sat down with Jennifer McClellan, United States Congresswoman representing Virginia’s 4th District, mom to two, wife, daughter, and University of Richmond and University of Virginia grad to discuss how the One Big Beautiful Bill ACT (OBBBA) impacts our community through dramatic changes three key programs that support human health and economic potential: Medicaid, SNAP, and Planned Parenthood. And Congresswoman McClellan shared her commitment to finding joy, holding onto joy, and never letting anyone take it from her – no matter what. Along the way, we learned staggering truths and calls into action.

]]> healthcare, healthcare in america, one big beautiful bill act, congress, many hands live No Critical Media 2 2 Critical Media full 3438e418-5634-4149-98b0-01ad97efb404 https://www.manyhandslive.org On Friday morning, June 6th, at around 8:30 a.m., we opened the doors on our first-Friday forum Many Hands wherein we discussed the attacks on, and important of, public media with Jayme Swain — President and CEO of VPM, Virginia's homes for public broadcasting. This is a recording of that live forum held in the Richmond region of Virginia at St. Joseph's Villa, the oldest nonprofit serving children in the United States. 

]]> On Friday morning, June 6th, at around 8:30 a.m., we opened the doors on our first-Friday forum Many Hands wherein we discussed the attacks on, and important of, public media with Jayme Swain — President and CEO of VPM, Virginia's homes for public broadcasting. This is a recording of that live forum held in the Richmond region of Virginia at St. Joseph's Villa, the oldest nonprofit serving children in the United States. 

]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:01:20 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 2511 On Friday morning, June 6th, at around 8:30 a.m., we opened the doors on our first-Friday forum Many Hands wherein we discussed the attacks on, and important of, public media with Jayme Swain — President and CEO of VPM, Virginia's homes for public broadcasting. This is a recording of that live forum held in the Richmond region of Virginia at St. Joseph's Villa, the oldest nonprofit serving children in the United States. 

]]> public media, npr, vpm, pbs No The Overview Effect 1 1 The Overview Effect full 991ade3a-a90f-48a7-9ff1-f98bdcccd0fd https://share.transistor.fm/s/c924ba76 Eight years ago, we started a monthly speaker series called Mindful Mornings in the Richmond region of Virginia that quickly grew to 11 cities and hosted thousands of folks and went on a 40-month run before Covid caused it to halt. And now, five years after the last gathering, in this extraordinary, exigent time, it's back as Many Hands. This first return on Friday, May 2, was refreshing and heart-filling and smart — a packed room, together to talk about what is going on with non-profits and community-based organizations during this time of tremendous disruption, and how community members can act in support. 


]]> Eight years ago, we started a monthly speaker series called Mindful Mornings in the Richmond region of Virginia that quickly grew to 11 cities and hosted thousands of folks and went on a 40-month run before Covid caused it to halt. And now, five years after the last gathering, in this extraordinary, exigent time, it's back as Many Hands. This first return on Friday, May 2, was refreshing and heart-filling and smart — a packed room, together to talk about what is going on with non-profits and community-based organizations during this time of tremendous disruption, and how community members can act in support. 


]]> Fri, 09 May 2025 08:33:16 -0700 The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) The Giving Foundation 501(c)(3) 2683 Eight years ago, we started a monthly speaker series called Mindful Mornings in the Richmond region of Virginia that quickly grew to 11 cities and hosted thousands of folks and went on a 40-month run before Covid caused it to halt. And now, five years after the last gathering, in this extraordinary, exigent time, it's back as Many Hands. This first return on Friday, May 2, was refreshing and heart-filling and smart — a packed room, together to talk about what is going on with non-profits and community-based organizations during this time of tremendous disruption, and how community members can act in support. 


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