Season 2 - The People's Commitment

Paulina Olivares - community builder, cosplay extraordinaire, and cancer survivor. Join us as she shares her experiences in retail and craft brewing, leading Pink Boots Sacramento, and wrestling with her reputation as a dainty little flower. Now entering her Cancer Free Era.

Many imagine, few execute. It's a fact. But when you're the change you want to see, you push for recognizing Black Brewers' Day, you create the National Black Brewers Association, and you throw the largest Black owned brewery festival on the West Coast. Grab a beer and come celebrate the journey from People's Beer to the changes taking place today!

Trail blazer Jae Vanderwerf discusses going from homebrewer to headbrewer, starting a BJCP program to teach folks how to judge beer, the power of visibility, and her hopes for seeing more Trans and LBQT individuals in craft beer.

Ren Navarro is tired. Exhausted, actually. Listen to how Beer.Diversity came to be, the short history of slime beer, and how to take a proactive approach to inclusion in breweries. We discuss mental health tools, how the vibe is just as or even more important than the beer, and get some tips to answer the ever present question - how to respond when you eff up.

Atlanta based author, entrepreneur,  mentor, and change maker Jen Price shares her story of passion and drive to create the unique craft beer conference, "Crafted for Action".  Hear how writing "The Chick's Guide to Beer: 7 Simple Rules for the Beer Novice" led to creating a multi day conference and sparked a mentorship program for the future leaders of craft beer.

Amanda Wright, COO of Blaker Brewing, and Bia Hoskins, AGM of Drake's the Barn, Discuss Team Development, Battling Burnout, and Allyship. Crack a beer and get a little weird with us as we dive into what makes a great Leader.

Curious to hear how she went from math major to teacher to Brewmaster at Drakes? Listen up and learn! Highlights include starting a DEI program and building an endowment to secure funding for scholarships in the Bay Area. You don't want to miss these valuable insights with this Agent of Change!

Tune in and pop a can with Mario Benjamin of Hella Coastal Brewing - the only Black owned and operated brewery in Oakland. We discuss alternating proprietorship as a means to get started, building generational wealth, and celebrating Black History and Culture by highlighting civil rights leaders and icons.

Diversity is an outcome, not a path. Dr. J Jackson Beckham lays down the bricks on the road to Inclusivity, Equity and Justice. Though the benefits of IEJ are often preventative, intangible, or delayed, she provides real world examples of the cost of not implementing these goals in the core of your company's practices.

From talking to doing. This season we explore how to start a DEI Action Plan and embrace inclusivity with special guests leading the movement in creative and effective ways.