This week on Move The Needle: filmed on location at Brooklyn V’s Pizza, featuring community leaders and changemakers driving meaningful change through nonprofit leadership, public service, and digital equity.

Special thanks to our partners: Coulter Infiniti – https://www.coulterinfiniti.com/ Brooklyn V’s Pizza – https://brooklynvspizza.com/ Belle Lacet Lingerie – https://bellelacetlingerie.com/ Tutor Doctor Chandler Gilbert Ahwatukee – https://www.tutordoctor.com/chandler-...

First, we sit down with Shante Saulsberry, former candidate for Arizona State House Representative, founder of Janice’s Women’s Center, and owner of Janice Vaincre Boutique. Shante shares her journey through law, entrepreneurship, and nonprofit leadership and highlights the mission of Janice’s Women’s Center, which provides housing and safe lodging for women experiencing homelessness or navigating domestic violence situations.

Learn more and support the mission here: https://www.janiceswomenscenter.com

Next, we’re joined by Erin Carr-Jordan, President and CEO of the Institute for Digital Inclusion Acceleration (IDIA) and Executive Director of Digital Equity and Social Impact at Arizona State University. Dr. Carr-Jordan discusses building systems that actually work, leading large-scale impact initiatives, and what it takes to bridge technology, policy, and human-centered design.

Learn more about IDIA HERE: https://theidia.org/

Finally, we meet Chef Nick Farrer, longtime culinary consultant for Isabel’s Amor in Gilbert. Nick has been instrumental in shaping the restaurant’s menu since 2013, recently launched his TikTok channel (@southchicagochef), which has grown to more than 25,000 followers, and built his own hot sauce brand, Southside Sauces. We discuss his appearances on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games, his upcoming competition in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans, and how his South Chicago roots continue to influence his cooking. Connect with Chef Nick HERE: https://www.instagram.com/southchicag... 00:07 Intro 03:13 Shante Saulsberry - Founder of Janice’s Women’s Center & Owner of Janice Vaincre Boutique 53:42 Nick Farrer - Chef