Things feel heavy. Tragedy continues to strike. But how can we remain hopeful? What can we do to make sure hate does not win? As we approach the six year anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, I sit down with the club’s former owner and founding CEO of onePULSE Foundation, Barbara Poma. We’re meeting together while at the Milken Institute Global Conference and we’re joined by Earl Crittenden, Board Chairman of onePULSE Foundation. Join me for this inspiring conversation with two changemakers and listen in for how their community has met tragedy with unity. Their foundation is addressing hate in the world and these two are committed to making love, acceptance, and inclusion WIN in the end. 

We’re discussing: 

• How the Orlando community remembers the 49 lives lost and how you can get involved
• Details of the National Pulse Memorial and Museum and the community input that inspired its design 
• Cities fracturing in the wake of tragedies: has Orlando been broken?
• The other memorial sites Barbara received advice from and how it shaped onePULSE’s process
• How Barbara’s life trajectory shifted after the shooting and what she’s been working on since
• The legacy that onePULSE Foundation hopes to leave and inspire
• And more 

Get involved with onePulse Foundation @ https://onepulsefoundation.org/

Connect with Barbara @ bp@onepulsefoundation.org

In memoriam:

Stanley Almodovar III, 23; 

Amanda Alvear, 25; 

Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26; 

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33; 

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21; 

Martin Benitez Torres, 33; 

Antonio D. Brown, 30; 

Darryl R. Burt II, 29; 

Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24; 

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28; 

Simon A. Carrillo Fernandez, 31; 

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25; 

Luis D. Conde, 39; 

Cory J. Connell, 21; 

Tevin E. Crosby, 25; 

Franky J. Dejesus Velazquez, 50; 

Deonka D. Drayton, 32; 

Mercedez M. Flores, 26; 

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22; 

Juan R. Guerrero, 22; 

Paul T. Henry, 41; 

Frank Hernandez, 27; 

Miguel A. Honorato, 30; 

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40; 

Jason B. Josaphat, 19;

Eddie J. Justice, 30; 

Anthony L. Laureano Disla, 25; 

Christopher A. Leinonen, 32; 

Brenda L. Marquez McCool, 49; 

Jean C. Mendez Perez, 35;

Akyra Monet Murray, 18; 

Kimberly Morris, 37; 

Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27; 

Luis O. Ocasio-Capo, 20; 

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25; 

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36; 

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32; 

Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25; 

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37; 

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24; 

Christopher J. Sanfeliz, 24; 

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35; 

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25; 

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34; 

Shane E. Tomlinson, 33; 

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25; 

Luis S. Vielma, 22; 

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37; 

Jerald A. Wright, 31

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