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Brad Riley has a unique perspective on creativity and it’s power to aid in the struggle for social justice. Brad is the founder of iEmpathize – a non-profit organization committed to ending child exploitation that has been recognized by the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, the Women in the World Summit, and the United Nations. Learn how empathy + creativity + badassery combine to help eradicate child exploitation and how sympathy doesn’t necessarily make you one of the good guys. You will hear about Norma Bastidas, a survivor of human trafficking who now holds multiple world records and the documentary about her amazing feats that iEmpathize is trying to get finished and before the eyes of the world.
In this episode:
• We go way back with the Rileys. Like to our beginnings back.
• How an outrage for injustice even as a kid gave a glimpse into Brad’s future.
• The wax-on/wax-off stage of life.
• How playing music in the inner city was a catalyst for empathy.
• What empathy has to do with human rights issues.
• Sympathy can be as actionless as apathy.
• Do you want to do something about it?
• Empowering the good guys: truckers, teachers, and more.
• The truth about where child exploitation and human trafficking is a problem.
• If someone was knocking on your kid’s window every night…
• There’s a scale of exploitation.
• How Brad connected the dots between urban pimping and human trafficking.
• Being a gatekeeper for who has access to your kids.
• How creativity and artistry act within iEmpathize to get the message out to the world.
• The power of empathy and using artifacts and media to make the issue real to students, educators, lawmakers, and even the United Nations.
• The artifact that broke Misty’s heart.
• Creating pathways for voices to be heard.
• Artists + creatives collaborate to mix the voices into a powerful message.
• The tool iEmpathize has created for teachers and youth workers to Empower Youth.
• We’ll never arrest our way out of exploitation of our youth. We must prevent.
• How a record breaking athlete and trafficking survivor is partnering with iEmpathize to get the world’s attention.
• The wild behind-the-scenes of maneuvering the world’s longest triathlon and documenting it in Be Relentless.
• Running into the Washington Mall after a grueling athletic feat.
• How you can contribute to finishing the Be Relentless documentary.
• You can take a quiz to learn what kind of justice advocate you might be.
• Who do you know that if they had a way to help youth, they would?
• The profound impact of witnessing dark injustices and Brad’s advice for not spiraling into darkness.
• Learn why bullying is a form of exploitation.
• Learn Brad’s superpower and what he did at our wedding.
• The piece of advice Brad would give his younger self and how it plays into who he is becoming.
QUOTES & QUOTABLES
Brad said:
The good guys always outnumber the bad guys. You just gotta empower the good guys. Tweet This
Everybody has a voice. If you can create a pathway for that voice to get to the right ears, it usually is pretty impactful. Tweet This
People give us a slice of their greatness. When you add everybody’s greatness together, you get something that’s powerful. Tweet This
Randy said:
I don’t have to be out there raging against the machine. All I have to do is open some doors for people to share their story. Tweet This
Misty said:
It’s overwhelming for parents. It’s hard to know how to talk to your kids about it when they’re young and you don’t want them to lose their innocence. Tweet This
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