Melissa Camilleri

Pay Attention Podcast with Nikki and Melissa Season 2, Ep. 13: Doing What You Love
This week we are talking to 2 people who grew up to be what they wanted to be as kids: a musician and a filmmaker. Geeking Out Nikki is geeking out on condiments to make food fancy and fun. Melissa is realizing how small the world is with a series of local and global connections. Pay Attention John is a musician who started singing Aerosmith + Springsteen as a kid, ended up going the Berklee College of Music and is now in the band, Lucas Ohio and teaches guitar for a living. Dan spent his childhood years filming and directing...
Melissa Camilleri

Pay Attention Podcast with Nikki and Melissa Season 2, Ep. 12: Women's March
Episode 2 is timely with what is filling up our hearts, minds and social media feeds these days. Check out our Women's March experiences + how we're focused on positive activism (hint: it's not arguing with people on Facebook) Geeking Out Nikki is loving menu planning an entire month at a time and finding it much easier than weekly planning or winging it. Melissa is geeking out on Essie nail polish that is keeping her nails pretty and chip free. Pay Attention The ladies discuss the recent Women's March (Nikki went to the Sacramento march; Melissa didn't make it but...
Melissa Camilleri

Do Something Series: Vol 2- Volunteering (Even if You've Never Done It Before)
Ninety-nine percent of the people I interact with daily are good-intentioned, well-meaning people. Sometimes we have different ideas about how the world might best function, but overall, most of the people I know are actually really GOOD humans. Lately, I’ve seen many of these good humans post on Facebook how they are looking for more ways to take action to “be the change” they want to see the in world. So last week, I started the Do Something Series. (You can check out Vol. 1, here.) Our second installment of the series is about how to become a volunteer. I know...
Melissa Camilleri

Do Something Series, Vol. 1: 10 Organizations That Fight For Social Justice
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long- range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. — John F. Kennedy
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