Raising Voices: How Storytelling Fights for the Silent Majority

Nine years ago, life threw our next guest a curve ball when she learned during her pregnancy that her baby would be born with a facial birth defect. Come with us as we learn about her fascinating journey that has led her to help other families by speaking out as an author and advocate. ABOUT the GUEST Amy Mendillo, MM, MPP, is a writer, author, and advocate. She has worked as a consultant on state-level (RI) Medicaid and social service issues, an advocate for local- and city-level policy, and as a writer-editor for the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. She holds a Master of Public Policy from Brown University. Amy started as a professional classical musician, studying oboe at the Oberlin Conservatory and Northwestern University. Described as “prodigious” by the Chicago Tribune, Amy played in professional symphony orchestras in Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York City, then taught music at Brown University for ten years. A proud cleft parent and adoptive parent, Amy lives with her family in Providence, RI. Thank you to our sponsor: Rap Index, tell them Roger sent you. This podcast is dedicated to the art of advocacy. Contact Voices In Advocacy at: 480 488-9150 At Voices in Advocacy, we work with organizations that want to inspire, educate, engage, and activate their supports to become even better effective, influential advocates.

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Raising Voices: How Storytelling Fights for the Silent Majority is an episode from Voices in Advocacy Podcast by Roger Rickard.

This episode is 29:02 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2024.

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