Welcome to Lean In Olympia

Every other Tuesday, Interfaith Works live streams a show on our Facebook page. This show invites community members to share their knowledge, experience, and perspective as we all navigate those questions at the crossroads of humanity, justice, and belief. Once shows air, you will also be able to access them all on our Facebook, YouTube! Check out some of our most recent ones below.

Catch Up on Our Past Episodes!

Episode 49 - Kim Kondrat

Meg coninues her deep dive on the City of Olympia's homelessness response by sitting down with Kim Kondrat, The Homeless Response Coordinator for the city!

Episode 48 - Erin Jones

​Erin Jones is the author of the book "Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing", published in 2021. Erin served three years as Assistant State Superintendent for Student Achievement in Washington State, where she was responsible for working with educators and policy makers to create policies and practices that would better serve students of color and students otherwise disenfranchised. 

Episode 47 - Darian Lightfoot

Meg continues her series in getting more understanding in the community about what the city is doing to regarding homelessness and affordable housing response! Joining Meg to continue the conversation is Darian Lightfoot, Director of Affordable Housing & Homeless Response for the City of Olympia.

Episode 46 - Nicole Virgil

Corey sits down with Nicole Virgil, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship! They dive into her journey with Christian Science and her explorations in the Christian Science perspective of "liberty" and the healing that is possible through our embrace of it, including the impact it can have on our mental health.

Episode 45 - Teal Gardener 
To kick off Meg's next series of Lean In episodes focused around the City of Olympia's response to issues around homelessness and public safety, she sits down with Teal Gardener from the Crisis Response Unit to talk about her journey from being a Downtown Ambassador to CRU. As well the nuances of peer work and live experience.

Episode 44 - Olivia Hickerson

Meg sits down with Olivia Hickerson, the Executive Director of SideWalk! We get to hear about about Olivia's experience in Homeless Services before coming to SideWalk, the work that SideWalk does and some of the success stories she's seen during her time!

Episode 43 - Dani Madrone

On this episode of Lean In we sat down with Olympia City Council Member Dani Madrone! We got to learn about her journey that led her to Olympia from Virginia, her work building Tribal relations for the city and more!

Episode 7 "The Groundbreaking of 2828 Martin Way"

Meg Martin shares what it 2828 Martin Way will mean for our shelter guests and staff.