Moms are the backbone of our society and the stars of Cashing our Trillions.  

Join host, Yvonne So, a full-time stay-at-home-mom of 3 school aged boys as we discuss all things mom: how we sustain a $1.5 Trillion economy of unpaid female work, and the social and structural changes needed to prioritize us!

You will hear from inspiring moms who are creating solutions for us to thrive socially, politically, and economically and in turn, creating a movement to truly VALUE MOMS. Get inspired, get activated and start dreaming of how you will cash your trillions!

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 Reshma Saujani  is a leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First. She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic. Moms First is a national movement with the purpose to enact sweeping cultural change to value women’s unseen and unpaid work and rebuild our broken system to make it possible for women to work and have kids. 

You can follow Reshma on Instagram at @reshmasaujani and her website reshmasaujani.com

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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Mallory McMorrow became the youngest woman ever elected to the Michigan Senate after defeating a Republican incumbent in her first-ever run for office in 2018. Mallory has been a vocal advocate for gun violence prevention, public education, and standing up against hateful rhetoric that aims to scapegoat already marginalized people. In this episode, Mallory speaks candidly about some of her new mom moments, the moment that made her viral and catapulted her to national fame, and  how we can activate more suburban moms into public service, so we can promote policies that truly reflect our needs. Moms: Get ready to be inspired and get activated!

You can follow Mallory in Instagram @mallorymcmorrow

Links to organizations Mallory mentioned in the podcast:

https://www.sheshouldrun.org/

https://www.votemama.org/

https://momsdemandaction.org/

https://emergeamerica.org/

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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This episode is about the craziness that revolved (or devolved) around our school board elections last November. I published it with our local paper, the Arizona Daily Star on the eve of our school board elections as a PSA about the extremism that was creeping into our community.

 Through the advocacy of my mom friends, our three pro-public school candidates won by an overwhelming majority.  Unfortunately, our school board meetings remain a fierce battleground for our culture wars. That’s why it’s so important to revisit this episode; my mom friends’ activism over the last several years can provide a blueprint on how to engage within your own community, and push back on false narratives and win back the agenda!

You can connect with my mom friends on their private Facebook page, The Real CFSD: Allies for All at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1000255510670456/

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen you can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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In 2018, Aisha Nyandoro, the Founding CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, created the Magnolia Mother’s Trust –  a new initiative that provides low-income, Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi $1,000 cash on a monthly basis for one year straight, no strings attached. Now, it's  the country’s longest-running guaranteed income program, and the only one in the world to focus on Black women.

Aisha executes this work with whole hearted optimism, a sense of humor and so much humanity. I hope it’s contagious, and inspiring, and if nothing else, it helps open a conversation within yourself about our own privilege and how we determine deservedness.

In this episode, you will hear about Aisha’s work on shifting gendered and racialized narratives around poverty and deservedness, and how the success of Magnolio Mother’s Trust can be scaled nationally through Federal policies.

You can learn more about Aisha and Springboard to Opportunities from their website:

https://springboardto.org/

Connect with Springboard to Opportunities on Instagram @springboard_to

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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 My guest today is Gretchen Salyer, CEO and Founder of June Care, a company she started during the pandemic to tackle our childcare crisis by connecting families who need childcare with stay-at-home moms who can care for their kids.  Gretchen’s entire business model is centered on valuing and paying moms for the care work we do, and in the process, creating a private sector solution to our childcare crisis–one that leaves over 50% of American families living in a childcare desert. Gretchen is also part of a small percentage of all female founded companies who successfully raised venture capital, and she gives listeners a glimpse into  her start-up-from-home mom path towards entrepreneurship.  

You can learn more about June Care on their website, and follow on IG @junecare.co

Interested in becoming an ambassador mom and being a part of a growing mom-owned start up? Check out the June Care ambassador program. It's a great side hustle and work from home opportunity!  https://www.junecare.co/ambassador-moms

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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In honor of Father’s Day, we’re taking a break from regular programming to celebrate my Sound Engineer, and new dad, Shen!  Short of having a producer, Shen is my sounding board. He has listened to every episode in draft format.

Middle Voice is an article and podcast episode I published with the Arizona Daily Star earlier in the year and part of a series, Dacapo Presents, that Shen and I collaborate on in our "spare hours."

Please enjoy!

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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Today we’re taking our podcast up north to Vancouver, British Columbia in CANADA! 

We’ve all heard the saying “it takes a village to raise a child” But what if you LIVED in an intentional community that mimicked this village mindset?  I got in touch with Jo and Kim, both moms from Little Mountain Cohousing.  Jo and Kim are both moms who sought out cohousing early on in their momming journey for the support and familial community offered by cohousing. You will  hear about their living setup centered around common meals, communal spaces that include an outdoor courtyard, music rooms, car-sharing and a school bus for kids AND…built in babysitting and after school care!  Both Kim and Jo also work outside of the house, and they will give us a glimpse of the Canadian parental leave system that will truly make you rethink how we possibly are OK with the paltry system we have in place here in the United States. 

You can learn more about Little Mountain Cohousing on their website 

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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