Lauren Segal + GiveABeat.org. Her Calling for Social Justice & Making a Difference in the World.
Lauren Segal found her calling to help those impacted by social injustice, early on. Since a teen, her passion has been to help those in underserved and heavily impacted communities. I happen to have grown up with Lauren and have watched her along this path; always striving to make a difference on big and challenging issues impacting our world.
Today she is the co-founder and Executive Director of GiveABeat.org; a non-profit dedicated to providing music education as a vital tool to end the cycle of mass incarceration in the US. That is a lofty goal. Give A Beat works IN the US prison system to help empower individuals with creative outlets for self expression and personal growth. Their music education programs help to heal individuals and communities affected by incarceration, cultivate creative career opportunities and redirect lives.
Lauren’s calling is to help others. That is what she does everyday.
We need more Laurens.
About Give a Beat:
Give a Beat’s mission is to use the power of music as a pathway to healing and opportunity for those impacted by incarceration. Through our Youth Music Production and DJ Program, Prison Electronic Music Program, “On a New Track” Reentry Mentoring Program, and Give a Beat Records, we engage music communities to help widen pathways for people to thrive, reduce recidivism, encourage empathy, and unite to contribute to the larger transformation of the criminal justice system.
Donate: giveabeat.org/donate
Sign up: newsletter https://giveabeat.org/newsletter
Follow: Give a Beat on Instagram @GiveaBeat
Stream: “Pure Joy” https://music.empi.re/purejoyremix
Learn more about mass incarceration:
Watch: The film “13th”
Follow: Social Justice leader Bryan Stevenson (https://eji.org)
Read: “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander
Subscribe to: The Marshall Project (https://www.themarshallproject.org)
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Good People Doing Good Things
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The Mission / Calling
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Feed Your Mind
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Give A Beat
0:00 – Passionate Activist for Positive Change
9:55 – Awakening to Global Poverty
12:24 – 80s Culture Clash in Irvine
17:12 – “Questioning Expertise Today”
25:38 – Discovering Pathways to Social Change
30:59 – “Resilient Beach Haven”
36:01 – Retail Theft and Incarceration Dilemma
37:17 – Journey from Education to Impact
46:00 – Music Community for Social Justice
52:09 – Music Education for Incarcerated Youth
54:29 – Creative Outlets for Incarcerated Youth
1:02:23 – Exclusive Nonprofit Success Journey
1:05:48 – “Supporting Alumni on New Paths”
1:12:10 – Understanding Incarceration and Childhood Trauma
1:14:28 – Nonprofit Challenges and Rewards
1:23:40 – Nonprofit Dedication and Sacrifice
1:29:20 – Choosing Rehabilitation Over Self-Sabotage
1:30:46 – Resilience and Growth
1:35:42 – Join Our Monthly Mailing List