ROI Podcasts
Learn about resilience from Eastern NC community members in their own words.
‘Chop wood, carry wood’ featuring Seth Saeugling and Vichi Jagannathan
In this episode, Donnell and Jenny talk to Seth Saeugling and Vichi Jagannathan. Seth and Vichi are the cofounders of the Rural Opportunities Institute, which supports local agencies and organizations in understanding their role in creating healing from trauma. They also help organizations design and pilot new policies and practices that lead to healing and reimagine policies that may have caused trauma and harm. In this conversation, we dive into the impact of trauma and the ways in which we can all pursue pathways to healing.
Leadership Reimagined: Letting Your Community Take the Lead (Vichi Jagannathan)
Are you a mission-driven leader in the nonprofit sector with more passion than answers? Vichi Jagannathan was one such leader, and in episode #231 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, she shares what it means to let your community take the lead and provide the answers you need as the nonprofit leader. Vichi explains how building on design thinking ideas from across the country brought clarity to the challenges she faced in a rural and under-resourced community. She discusses the biggest challenges she had to overcome in running a small nonprofit, and the solutions she found when building staff, volunteers, and a board of directors.
Creating a Grassroots Organization w/Vichi Jagannathan
In 2017, Vichi co-founded Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI). ROI builds the capacity of rural communities to support people’s healing from generational trauma to achieve health, safety, connection, and self-determination. Based in rural Eastern North Carolina, ROI has grown from a small, grassroots effort to an influential organization that impacts more than 20,000 people in 15 states. ROI’s innovative approach has captured the interest of national state funders including New Profit and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust.
Engaging Communities in Social Change with Vichi Jagannathan
In this episode, Tobi has a fascinating discussion on engaging communities in social change with Vichi Jagannathan. Vichi shares her personal journey and experiences in working towards social change in rural communities, specifically in eastern North Carolina.
Like a Boss, with Vichi Jagannathan of Rural Opportunities Institute
Vichi Jagannathan is the Co-Founder of the Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI). She started her career as a high school science teacher in North Carolina, before spending two years expanding Microsoft’s TEALS computer science education program into California. Then she worked with the design firm IDEO to develop “Real Talk,” a mobile sex education app with over 10,000 downloads.
Rural Philanthropy Brainstorm
When it comes to philanthropy a lot of the focus and attention goes to foundations, organizations, and donors based in large cities. Much of the US, and indeed the world, still live in rural areas and have unique philanthropic issues and concerns. For this reason, we have chosen to focus on rural philanthropy for our upcoming sixth season of Open Door Philanthropy, the highly-rated philanthropy podcast hosted by Unfunded List Founder Dave Moss (available wherever you get your podcasts).
Mindfulness Practices for the Healthcare Workforce
Audience: Health Care Professionals
Healthcare heroes have always stood tall amidst towering challenges. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, recognized this resilience in 2022 when he unveiled his advisory on “Addressing Health Worker Burnout.” But even the strongest can be “pushed to the brink”. Now, as we grapple with a health worker burnout and mental health crisis, it’s time to rise to Dr. Murthy’s challenge: to “care for those who have always cared for us.”
Dive into insights and tools by certified ROI Resilience Trainers Jama Greene, MD, and Victor Jones, LCSW, LCAS, as they embark on a mission to empower our health warriors. Discover how to bolster well-being and answer Dr. Murthy’s heartfelt call.
Created and funded by Area L AHEC (ROI’s Fiscal Agent). Produced by dedicated professionals who understand the challenges, in partnership with leading health organizations.
On the Edgecombe
Audience: Law Enforcement Officers
On the Edgecombe explores stress, trauma, and resilience through conversations with law enforcement officers in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and Rural Opportunity Institute. Strategies discussed apply for anyone.
Produced by Kathryn Carpenter, Maura Drewry, Allie Rothschild, and Juliet Wu, members of a graduate student team from UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, in partnership with Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI).
The Resilience Zone
Audience: Youth; Middle School & High School Students
Resilience is for everyone. Elijah and Gabby, two students who grew up and through hardship together, want to show you how. Join these students as they explore how resilience tools have helped them overcome trauma and how they use these tools in real time today. We’re heading to the resilience zone and we hope you’ll join us!
