Meet Alia. While studying engineering at MIT, she traveled to Sri Lanka for tsunami relief work. It was there that her world unexpectedly changed when she met an 11-year-old girl who would change the trajectory of her life forever. This encounter led her to found Emerge Global, an award-winning nonprofit that supports survivors of child sexual abuse in Sri Lanka in healing and developing their self-sufficiency.  In her work with children who’ve endured trauma, sexual abuse, and exploitation, she’s centered her work on community, listening and ethical storytelling. Tune-in for an episode that’s heart-wrench and heart-warming? LearnAbout Alia’s work in global youth leadership developmentThe importance of centering community + ethical storytellingHow to listen and the role of listening in developing communityToday’s GuestAlia Whitney-Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Latina American Leadership AcademyFor more information and episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/403.About our Sponsor BloomerangSupport for this show is brought to you by our friends at Bloomerang. Bloomerang offers donor management and online fundraising software that helps small to medium nonprofits, like First Tee of Greater Akron, a nonprofit empowering kids and teens through the game of golf. After just one year with Bloomerang they doubled their unique donors, improved donor stewardship, and raised more funds. Executive Director Josh Smith said, “We love Bloomerang. It saves time. It’s helped us raise more funds.” To listen to the full interview with First Tee of Greater Akron visit bloomerang.com/weareforgood.Good JobsAre you considering a career move or looking for your next amazing hire? We've teamed up with our friends at Slingshot Group to launch We Are For Good Jobs. Good jobs is all about connecting people, passion, and talent to fuel the Impact Uprising. So what are you waiting for? Learn more at jobs.weareforgood.com ? We’re so excited to announce the launch of Fundraising is Funny - a new podcast launching in the We Are For Good Podcast Network with our good friends Lynne Wester and T. Clay Buck.Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can come find them at fundraisingisfunny.com - Can’t wait to see you there. Support the showSupport the We Are For Good PodcastWe believe education is for everyone. We strive to make our teaching as forward-thinking, accessible, affordable and inclusive as possible. Your generous support will help power the #ImpactUprising, free resources and community for change-agents globally. Join the We Are For Good CommunityYou can think of it as the after-party to each podcast episode ?Say hi?LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter