BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN MATTER,
AND, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS CAN,
LET'S SHARE OUR LOVE FOREVER,
ALWAYS LENDING A HELPING HAND!!!
BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE,
WE DEARLY WANT THEM BLESSED,
PROFESSIONALLY, PERSONALLY, & WITH PURPOSE,
WE WANT THEM TO BE THE BEST...
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Welcome to you all!! We are incredibly grateful to have you as part of our podcast family here at "Because They Matter."
Please accept our deepest gratitude for choosing to spend your valuable time with us. It is both your encouragement and commitment that helps us in the creation of meaningful, impactful and inspirational episodes.
We created and launched "Because They Matter" with the intention of making a positive difference in the lives of children, who will be our future generations.
Our goal is to serve you and your family, forever providing content that deeply resonates with your interests and needs. And please don't ever hesitate to share your ideas, guest interview suggestions, or future topics with us. We forever aim to serve you better and provide the content that resonates deeply with your interests and needs.
As we move forward on this exciting podcast journey, we invite you to continue being an active part of our team. We're confident that you'll join our conversations regularly, and that together, we can create a program that will inspire us all in our mission to support the children, parents and community that we're proud to serve.
Again, our sincere thanks for choosing to be a part of our "Because They Matter" team. We are most honored to have you all on board, and we look forward to bringing you the most captivating and emotionally engaging episodes, in our efforts to make you and your family's life as positive and rewarding as you could ever dream of.
With heartfelt gratitude,
The "Because They Matter" Team
Rhiannon Graham is the reigning Miss Capital City 2024 in the great state of Illinois.
She is the child of a single mother and Founder of her very own organization "Single But Not Alone".
She joins our team as someone who advocates for the children of single parents and her goal is to inspire them to pursue their dreams, make choices that are positive and productive, and to never give up regardless of the challenges they and their family face.
Scott spent decades with NBC Television as a multi-EMMY Award-winning anchor & broadcast journalist and is a Silver Circle Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
He's presently CEO of Murray Media, an active keynote speaker, emcee/moderator, published author, and radio host. He serves on the board of countless children's, civic, and charitable organizations. His generous spirit helped him create his foundation, Lifting Spirits… Building Dreams, benefitting sick children and those in need as well as the Scott Murray Scholarship Fund.
He's proud to have been honored as Man of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Philanthropist of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year, & his favorite, Father of the Year.
Scott's a great believer in "Not only living your life as a go-getter, but sharing your life as a go-giver."
Stacie is a veteran media exec and Past President of the DFW Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. She founded Free Martin where she currently supports clients. She is a humble recipient of the Mary Henry Humanitarian of the Year Award.
She founded Single Parent Advocate, to equip, empower, and encourage single families to overcome, based on her own life as a single mom. Her message is:
The best gift you can give a child is a happy, healthy, whole, and hopeful Parent.
Jelesa is a single mother, and has a career in project management. She joins us to dig deeper into how she feels single parents and their children can be most successful from her own perspective.
Rhiannon's mom has been a single mother for all of Rhiannon's life. She worked very hard to raise her daughter without having childcare and made many sacrifices to do so.
Rhiannon is presently the reigning Miss Capital City, so in this show, we lovingly named her "Miss Capital City MOM".
She shares her triumphs and struggles as she sees herself as a parent first and foremost.