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iChange Justice Season 5

Restorative Community Coalition with Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball

🎙️ iChange Justice Podcast: Season 5 Real People. Real Stories. Real Voices. Welcome to the Fifth Era of iChange Justice! Broadcasting from Whatcom County, we are a converging network of Visionaries, Healers, Authors, and Leaders dedicated to restorative action. 🛶✨ Bridge the gap between Service Providers and those in need of services. We share raw, unfiltered conversations with leaders, teachers, indigenous mentors, and citizens directly impacted by mental health, poverty, addiction and

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00:47:41

#221 iChange Justice Podcast - Practical History:...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2026/01/29

Host Joy Gilfilen brings you an extraordinary, “local-to-global” high-stakes conversation with a dynamic trio of leaders: Mel Hoover, James Addington, and William Gardiner. These three men offer a rare "Bird’s Eye View" from the epicenters of social change, possessing direct, real-world lived experience with intentional change over time. Past cross-generational issues of habits of slavery, structural imprisonment, religious caste, and economic class are 2026 issues for tomorrow’s

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00:58:31

#220 - iChange Justice: Mel Hoover’s Bird’s Eye View...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2026/01/19

Special Premier for MLK Day...Offering Lived Experience of the Civil Rights Movement and Wisdom needed for 2026. Hosts Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball are joined by Civil Rights Activist Mel Hoover, a pillar of wisdom whose life experience bridges the worlds where Martin Luther King Jr. and his family walked and lived. We are profoundly enriched by this elder sharing his lived experience of the civil rights movement and his personal knowledge of his namesake, Dr. Melvin Watson, who was a close friend

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01:02:57

#219 - iChange Justice: Rehumanizing Community - The...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2026/01/15

Welcome to the Season 5 Premiere of iChange Justice! In this landmark episode, hosts Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball celebrate an incredible milestone with our dear friend and international collaborator, James White. James is a member of Community Living British Columbia, serves on the Board of the Restorative Community Coalition, and founded the ESATTA Cooperative (Empowering Self Advocates To Take Action) over 40 years ago. Trailblazing anew, it’s achieved a distinctive level of civic

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00:59:18

#218 iChange Justice Podcast - The Systems Revolution...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2026/01/08

In this Season 5 Premiere, Whatcom's own Joy Gilfilen and community justice educator and activist Karen Ball (currently located in Texas). engage in a high-level dialogue with Kathryn Alexander, MA, founder of Bridge to Partnership. An early student of the Fifth Discipline and systems thinking, Kathryn brings decades of research into how "tacit values" shape our leadership and our culture.The conversation explores the imbalance of Western culture and Kathryn’s shift to nature as the

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01:03:02

#217 iChange Justice Podcast - The Seeds of...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2026/01/01

#217 iChange Justice Podcast - The Seeds of Sovereignty: A Lifetime of Indigenous Advocacy with Beth BrownfieldIn this special Happy New Year broadcast, host Joy Gilfilen welcomes her longtime mentor and community icon, Beth Brownfield. As we step into 2026 and our fifth season, this episode serves as a masterclass in how one person’s "seeds of justice" can ripple across a nation to change laws, denominations, and heart-centered community policies.The Seed of a 12-Year-Old: Beth shares the

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01:14:33

# 216 –iChange Justice Podcast Special Show and...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/12/25

Ready for a soul-stirring Christmas? Discover iChange Justice! Whatcom County's own Joy Gilfilen and visionary artist Shawn Gallaway present a musical gift of restoration for the Salish Sea and beyond. Find iChange Justice right here every Thursday at noon.This Christmas Day, the iChange Justice podcast is unwrapping something truly special. Host Joy Gilfilen is joined by visionary artist Shawn Gallaway to present a curated selection of his most recent music—songs born from a lifetime of

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00:41:29

#215 - iChange Justice Podcast - Beyond Your...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/12/18

iChange Justice co-hosts Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball present the powerful conclusion to their two-part series with Elder Eveimai Lotori, focusing on "Beyond Your Impossible Awakening Your Wisdom Healing." This episode features deep reflection and dialogue with guest Mel Hoover, frequent contributor and and supporter of the work with Eveimai.The discussion centers on Eveimai’s five-step self-learning and healing process, which is a rich integration of ancient teachings from Toltec, Mexica, Cherokee,

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01:03:38

#214 - iChange Justice podcast presents a profoundly...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/12/11

This first installment introduces Eveimai's groundbreaking plan for The Beyond Your Impossible Legacy Foundation. Co-hosts Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball guide listeners through the vision for this new entity—a 508 C1A Private Membership Association—designed for global community service, advocacy, and spiritual inclusivity.At the heart of the foundation are the proposed Nurturing Development Centers. Eveimai describes these centers as tailored, two-year immersive journeys for individuals and

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00:50:22

#213 iChange Justice Podcast - The Survival/Thrival...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/12/04

Host Joy Gilfilen and co-host Karen Ball launch a new conversational series with Elder and civil rights leader Mel Hoover (Mel-Rose Ministries). This episode begins the podcast's move into its Fifth Era as a converging network.Mel, born in 1944 into an "apartheid nation," contrasts his inherited unconditional love with the Constitution's "lie in terms of the actions" and reveals his Native American heritage. The hosts compare their three distinct generational stories

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01:03:44

#212 iChange Justice Podcast Investing in People,...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/11/27

Join hosts Joy Gilfilen (Restorative Community Coalition) and criminal justice educator Karen Ball for a powerful installment as they explore the foundational principles driving the iChange Justice movement.This episode draws on five years of work and the wisdom of global, national, and local thought leaders. We dive into our core philosophy: "When we invest in punishment, we perpetuate harm; when we invest in people, we cultivate safety."In this episode, you'll hear the essential impact of insights

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00:48:19

#211 iChange Justice Podcat – Grassroots Reentry That...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/11/20

Host Joy Gilfilen welcomes Larry Ballesteros—a Native American leader and symbol of deep resilience (tribal name: Bear from the Earth).Larry reveals his journey from incarceration to innovation, detailing how he co-created the grassroots Transitioning Offenders Program (TOP) after realizing the system was designed to fail those being released (leaving prison with only a $40 check).Larry and fellow inmates built a comprehensive, data-driven reentry network right from inside the walls. When audited by

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00:40:35

#210-iChange Justice Podcast Quantum Beings and the...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/11/13

From the healing ceremonies at Wounded Knee to her work with the Grandmothers Society, Grandmother Ejna Jean Fleury shares a living teaching on consciousness, remembrance, and the return of the Divine Feminine.Host Joy Gilfilen welcomes Grandmother Ejna Jean Fleury — Miniconjou, Oglala, Hunkpapa, and Ihanktonwan of the Great Sioux Nation; First Peace Ambassador of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe; and founder of the Crow Creek Kunsi / Unci Grandmothers Society, Divine Mothers Love, Sacred Earth Council,

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00:49:32

#209 – iChange Justice Podcast – From Chaos to...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/11/07

#209 – iChange Justice Podcast – From Chaos to Coherence: Dr. Christine Habercorn on Community, Economics & the Future of JusticeHost- Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball welcome Dr. Christine Habercorn, an elder stateswoman of civic leadership and long-time consultant with the Restorative CommUunity Coalition. With more than 50 years of political and community experience, Dr. Habercorn brings a rare perspective shaped by decades of business, activism, teaching, and global travel.Beginning her work in

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00:59:38

#208 – iChange Justice Podcast: How It All Works –...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

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

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00:39:14

#207 – iChange Justice Podcast – Ethics,...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/10/23

#207 – iChange Justice PodcastEthics, 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

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00:46:44

Episode 206 – Ripples of Healing: How Service...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/10/16

206-iChange Justice Podcast – Ripples of Healing: How Service Transforms Communities with James WhiteHosted by Joy Gilfilen with co-host Karen BallWhat 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

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00:46:43

#205 iChange Justice Podcast “From Scarcity to...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/10/08

Host Joy Gilfilen welcomes back Ilona Krohn, an economist whose research traces the hidden emotional and structural roots of our economic and social systems. Together they explore how the global obsession with profit and control has shaped local taxation, governance, and public safety — and how these deeply embedded behaviors are driving cycles of trauma, competition, and inequality in our communities.Ilona reveals how economic systems built on scarcity thinking have conditioned generations to

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00:48:43

#204 - iChange Justice Podcast -Peacemaking in...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/10/02

In this inspiring episode, hosts Joy Gilfilen and Karen Ball welcome educator and peace advocate Kurt Krueger to discuss the transformative work of Peacemaker Circles. From stress-relief practices to global collaboration, Kurt shares how cultivating inner calm can ripple outward into families, communities, and societies.Listeners will learn simple tools for reducing stress and building resilience, hear stories of peace initiatives in refugee camps and communities worldwide, and discover the

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00:52:29

#202 iChange Justice Podcast - The Forgotten Safety...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/09/18

Was it 25 or 30 years ago when Whatcom County and counties across the U.S. still had a strong network of prevention and recovery programs?Back then, a small army of outreach workers, counselors, and interventionists worked daily to keep people out of jail and on the path to healing. There were treatment centers, youth programs, crisis shelters, and community services that not only supported individuals but created an entire culture of care.That infrastructure is gone. The jobs in the helping culture

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00:48:17

Episode #203 — How to Create a Successful Podcast for...

iChange Justice Season 5 ·

2025/09/18

In this inspiring conversation, host Joy Gilfilen and co-host Karen Ball turns the spotlight toward the people behind the scenes of the iChange Justice Podcast to ask: Why do we podcast, how does it work, and what makes it impactful?Guests Jeannie Gilbert (Owner of Koys-LPFM), Ava Sakowski (Co-producer, iChange Justice Podcast), and Irene Morgan (Founder, Restorative Community Coalition) take listeners behind the curtain into the art and craft of podcasting as a tool for connection, education, and

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