Episode 3: Psych Ward to Savior

Cori Shepherd Stern, former psych patient turned Hollywood producer, has reinvented herself as a humanitarian. Through her non-profit Strongheart, she recruited a 15 year old Lovetta Conto as the first fellow and primary fundraiser. Selling homemade jewelry made from spent bullets, together they rake in more than a quarter million dollars in the first 3 years, but where does that money go?

Show Notes:

emirates article

https://voice.laverne.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/11/2015-Fall.pdf

Comparing refugee child's looks to satirized cartoon characters - https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/160/

Deceptive Fundraising for Orphans - https://web.archive.org/web/20090301191712/http://www.givemeaning.com/project/stronghearttina

"Except for Us" plea - https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/why-im-in-africa/

Strongheart House:

Ten Days Trip - https://web.archive.org/web/20081120145807/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/tendays.php

https://web.archive.org/web/20090414112432/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org:80/tendays.php

https://web.archive.org/web/20090425173625/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php

Curriculum - https://web.archive.org/web/20090425173625/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/curriculum.php

How it Works - https://web.archive.org/web/20090306003310/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/howworks.php

Grace Freeman Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ

Director's Blog:

Recounting Separation and homelessness - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2018/03/07/people-in-your-la-jolla-neighborhood-meet-oscar-nominated-cori-shepherd-stern/ -

My big deal, no longer homeless - https://girlseeksworld.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/today/

Liberia:

Westerners in Liberia are a rare breed - [https://www.wabash.edu/magazine/index.cfm?news_id=8942]

Therapist Volunteer First Hand Account - https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/

Rape Culture - https://world.time.com/2012/04/30/history-of-violence-struggling-with-the-legacy-of-rape-in-liberia/

President's Comments on Lack of Rape Prosecutions - https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/when-things-fall-apart

Robertsport, rebel stronghold: https://www.wastedtalentmag.com/blog/2024/12/30/a-year-in-review-2-the-5th-county/

Audit - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CoSA_tsA_WglA2_As2A86v7ysdkgjRj4/view?usp=sharing

Emirates Article citing tourism - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9WY_c298BuDhC6T8iubiPujEm7pFwHm/view?usp=sharing

Phase One Accomplishments

2008 990 Tax Form - https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2010_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_200812

2009 990 Tax Form - https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/262190101/2010_12_EO%2F26-2190101_990EZ_200912