Name: T-Shirts and Social Awareness: A Conversation with Activist Timmy Zhu by PromoKitchen
Duration: 36 min 12 s
Description: In this episode, Chef Danny Rosin and Chef Mark Graham explore what happens when you combine the power of the humble T-shirt, with a powerful message and fuel it with social media. In our discussion, we feature the story of Timmy Zhu, a software developer by day and a volunteer and tireless advocate for the nonprofit, Operation Smile, by night (and some of the day too).

Adrienne Palmer is the editor-in-chief of Big Picture and Screen Printing Magazines, the host of the recently launched podcast, Screen Saver, and is a frequent speaker and panelist at various industry events. 

Listen in as Adrienne makes apparel decoration sound sexy (because it is), and hear about all of the ways she is working to bring more diversity into the world of screen printing; specifically when it comes to women and women of color.  Adrienne also shares her views on the importance of advocating for ourselves as much as others, and find out who her badass women of promo inspirations are, and how they helped her get to where she is today.

Episode #28 | Adrienne Palmer, Screen Printing Magazine

If this conversation doesn't just scream empowerment (through a plastic megaphone with a one-color imprint) on all levels, we don't know what does.

Listen in as Samantha Kates, VP of Sales, and Ashley Colautti, Senior Account Manager for industry service provider commonsku, about what it's like being two of the women behind the company whose community of distributors have achieved $1 Billion in network volume as of April 2021.  They also talk about the inspiration they get to be a part of daily, working for the powerhouse that is Mark and Catherine Graham,  the power in empowering each other in all things we do, and they even get real about the effects the pandemic has had on them, their families, and their careers.  

This is one you do not one to miss, friends.

Episode # 29 | Samantha Kates + Ashley Colautti, commonsku

In this episode, Chef Danny Rosin and Chef Mark Graham explore what happens when you combine the power of the humble T-shirt, with a powerful message and fuel it with social media. In our discussion, we feature the story of Timmy Zhu, a software developer by day and a volunteer and tireless advocate for the nonprofit, Operation Smile, by night (and some of the day too).

T-Shirts and Social Awareness: A Conversation with Activist Timmy Zhu

Julie Kwan is the HR Talent Development Consultant at Hilltop Holdings, although she earned her spot on the Badass Women of Promo Podcast for the incredible work she did prior to her current role in finance, as PPAI's manager of diversity and learning engagement.

2020 brought a lot of unexpected changes for all of us, and while Julie is no longer working in promo, the conversations she started at PPAI of how we continue to broaden peoples' perspective on diversity in our industry is one that is still relevant, even more so today than when this conversation was recorded a year ago.  Listen up y'all, and welcome to episode 30!

Episode #30 | Julie Kwan, Formerly of PPAI

PromoKitchen is a community driven, volunteer led 501(c)3 organization focused on education and mentorship of professionals within the promotional products industry. 

T-Shirts and Social Awareness: A Conversation with Activist Timmy Zhu

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