{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"EDU Café","title":"Discovering Greatness: How Student Voice and Community Transform Futures","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/afa89189\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2653,"description":"Our latest EDU Café conversation featuring Dr. Denise Reading, founder and CEO of Future Plans, a nonprofit dedicated to ending poverty one person at a time by helping individuals discover their greatness and connect to meaningful career pathways.\nIn this powerful episode, we explore how grassroots collaboration, personalized career discovery, and community-driven solutions are transforming lives across rural communities and creating real, sustainable opportunity.\n☕ In this episode, you’ll hear about:\nHow career exposure and coaching can unlock hope and purpose\nThe GRIT (Growing Rural Independence Together) Project and its impact\nWhy listening to communities leads to better workforce and education solutions\nMulti-generational transformation through local partnerships\nThe role of technology + human connection in scaling opportunity\nWhat it truly means to move from managing poverty to eradicating it\nThis is an inspiring, practical conversation for educators, workforce leaders, community partners, and anyone passionate about access, equity, and human potential.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uNkGIhpTfcEWohY7vPsPJImkdyzCbfXxBPPPVThwAnA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OWRk/OGMxZDZlMjZkOTk5/ODhlN2E0MjIxOTI4/ZDIxOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}