89: Literacy Advocacy and Inspiring Young Girls ft. Shanel Adams

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Studies show that reading isn’t just a fun hobby—it makes you more empathetic, increases your intelligence, and opens doors that were previously closed. That’s why today’s guest is such an inspiration to me! Shanel Adams is the founder of Progressionista, a Detroit-based non-profit aimed at increasing literacy among young girls, introducing them to literature, and helping them learn about different career opportunities available to them. All of our guests have amazing stories to share, and Shanel is no different, but her story in particular is timely for me—I recently achieved a life-long dream and signed a 2-book deal with HarperCollins for two children’s books that will be coming out in 2020 and 2021. Shanel and I geek out about our favorite books, why she loves Detroit, and how journaling is bringing her closer to God. Also, I frequently get emails asking for more conversion stores—Shanel became a Catholic THIS YEAR, and the story of her journey to Catholicism is beautiful. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Catholic feminist episode 89.
0:04.0	Today we're talking all about launching a nonprofit and the importance of literacy.
0:09.0	Today's episode is brought to you by the Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade Holiday Gift Guide.
0:14.4	Head to ethical trade.cRS.org for your Christmas shopping.
0:19.4	Today's episode is also brought to you by the Meaningful Market.
0:22.6	Take 20% off by going to Meaningfulmarketshop.com
0:26.3	and entering TCF Pod 20 at checkout.
0:32.3	Welcome to the Catholic 7, a podcast for strong women who want to be informed,
0:37.0	inspired, and intentional. I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're here. Episode
0:53.0	episode.
0:47.0	Episode 8. Episode 89. Oh my gosh I can't believe we have 89 episodes. That's crazy and
0:59.2	there's only two left in the season. Next week is our season finale, so I'm so glad that you are
1:04.8	joining us today for our conversation with Chanel Adams. We are talking a lot
1:09.9	about books in this episode and you'll hear me tell Chanel something that's been on the
1:14.4	DL but I can finally tell you guys that I actually wrote a children's book that
1:20.4	is being published with Harper Collins in May of 2020.
1:24.0	I am so excited about it and I think that it surprises a lot of people who don't know that I write fiction,
1:29.0	but I actually love to write fiction.
1:31.0	It's like the true passion of my heart and I'm so excited
1:34.2	about this book. It's a middle grade length book so that means it's for ages 8 to 12
1:39.2	like an early chapter book and it's just a fun fiction story like the ones that I grew up
1:44.4	reading and the ones that me and Chanel kind of talk about in this episode I'm gonna
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