KXRW Vancouver Presents

The Women's Mosaic

Radio inspired by and for women.

2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 7:00 - 7:30pm and 4th Tuesdays from 8:15 - 8:45 am

The Women's Mosaic

Host Bios

Karen Morrison

Co-Host

In 2006 Karen Morrison founded Odyssey World International Education Services (OWIES), a 501(c)(3) Education nonprofit that provides hope, resources, and solutions for today’s most pressing social justice issues. Under her leadership as President and in collaboration with the public school system, OWIES began its advocacy in Spokane serving refugee families. In 2014 OWIES relocated to Vancouver, Washington, and has since expanded its partnerships and collaborations with several local nonprofits. Its services include resource referrals, advocacy for our most vulnerable communities including the food and housing insecure, and programming that provides education and support services to BIPOC and other disadvantaged youth. Karen’s dedication to our most vulnerable people and her compassionate approach to helping others reflect a deep understanding of life’s challenges and the unique insights gained from her lived experience. Karen was born in Louisiana and raised in Montana by Dr. Phyllis Porter and Police Officer Lloyd Porter. A cousin to Nelson Mandela in her maternal line, the pursuit of social justice is simply in her genes.

Elizabeth Madrigal

Co-Host

Elizabeth Madrigal, of Western European and Indigenous heritage, is a consultant, community activist, artist, and lifelong writer. She is the owner of Woman on the Good Side, a consulting firm dedicated to progressive practices, transparent communications, social activism, and grant-writing services for local nonprofit organizations. Elizabeth is also the executive director of The Grace Continuum, a recently formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to social justice, in all its iterations, with a strong focus on the health and well-being of women and girls. As the mom of two and the grandmother of eight, she hopes to continue to live happily ever after with her husband, dog, and cat on five acres they share with the deer in northern Clark County. 

Co-hosts Morrison and Madrigal fittingly met at a social justice event in Esther Short Park. A friendship formed and the start of what would become thousands of hours of intense conversations. It was quickly apparent that a shared priority was the elevation of the social and legal status of women in order to improve women’s health, well-being and life expectancy. The Women’s Mosaic was created to offer a safe space for women to tell their stories, share their knowledge, speak their truths and foster positive change.

The show is broadly focused on improving and advancing the status, health and wellbeing of women in all stages of life. Women’s stories and lived experience are the highlight of the show. Listeners can expect to be served generous portions of thought-provoking opinion, critical information and strategies that advance gender equity. As co-hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal explore the real lives of local women, interviews focus on opportunities and challenges and critique the underlying infrastructural and institutional biases that limit power-sharing and hold our community back. In a conversational and story-rich style, the show’s co-hosts and guests offer a variety of female perspectives with real solutions in support of a more equitable society.

Show topics address the status of women overall but examine the underlying issues of gender stereotyping, healthcare discrimination, female poverty, relationships, power dynamics, abuse, domestic violence, climate change, racism, misogyny, leadership, child care, work/life balance, finances, volunteerism, entrepreneurism and self-employment. Plenty of radical tree-shaking occurs as the voices of women of all ages, communities and socio-economic groups are amplified. Conversations highlight success stories for inspiration and pressing social issues for motivation. The show’s subject matter may be intense, but the empathetic listener need not have concerns. The intent is to educate and inform women, engage and celebrate women, and grow women’s strengths and resilience. The show offers local resources along with calls-to-action including, “Be kind… by any means necessary.”

About The Show

THE WOMEN’S MOSAIC, Radio Inspired by and for Women

As the Women’s Mosaic explores the real lives of local women through story-rich interviews, co-hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal expose what works and what doesn’t to enhance the wellbeing of women in our greater community. Unique perspectives, resource sharing and calls-to-action are plentiful, including instructions to “Be kind… by any means necessary.”

The Women’s Mosaic is what happens when women’s voices are amplified and they speak their truths.

🎧 Steven Glickman, Producer
   🎧Abby Hollopeter, Production Assistant

Episodes

Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal are joined by T'wina (Tu-Ah-Nah) Nobles, state senator for the twenty-eighth Legislative District of Washington and a community leader, mother, and a nonprofit executive, and Paris Nelson, the strategic development and policy manager at Fourth Plain Forward for Part 2 of their discussion about the ...
Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal are joined by Twana (Tu-Ah-Nah) Nobles, state senator for the twenty-eighth Legislative District of Washington and a community leader, mother, and a nonprofit executive, and Paris Nelson, the strategic development and policy manager at Fourth Plain Forward for Part 1 of their discussion about the ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Stella Cope to The Women's Mosaic.Stella Cope grew up in New York City where she attended Columbia University for creative writing and literature. Stella and her husband moved to Vancouver WA in 2014 to be close to family. She serves as the Board ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Stella Cope to The Women's Mosaic.Stella Cope grew up in New York City where she attended Columbia University for creative writing and literature. Stella and her husband moved to Vancouver WA in 2014 to be close to family. She serves as the Board ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Dr. Fayne Frey to The Women's Mosaic for what ended up being a 2 part show. In Part 1, Dr. Frey – a New York–based, Ivy League–trained, board-certified dermatologist and skincare consultant and a nationally recognized expert in the effectiveness and formulation of ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Dr. Fayne Frey to The Women's Mosaic for what ended up being a 2 part show. In Part 1, Dr. Frey – a New York–based, Ivy League–trained, board-certified dermatologist and skincare consultant and a nationally recognized expert in the effectiveness and formulation of ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Christina Cameli to the show. Christina is a nurse-midwife who specializes in wellness related to hormones, menopause, perimenopause, contraception, bleeding issues, vaginal problems, and reproductive and sexual health. The conversation focuses on Christina's practice as a National Certified menopause Practitioner whose speciality is ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Christina Cameli to the show. Christina is a nurse-midwife who specializes in wellness related to hormones, menopause, perimenopause, contraception, bleeding issues, vaginal problems, and reproductive and sexual health. The conversation focuses on Christina's practice as a National Certified menopause Practitioner whose speciality is ...
Hosts Elizabeth Madrigal and Karen Morrison are joined by Barbara Bernstein. She is an award winning independent audio producer, musician, composer and radio producer based in Portland, Oregon. She reports on the environment, social justice and human rights issues. She joins us to about her documentary "Once a Braided River." ...
We are joined by Doctor Amrita Stark, a pediatrician who specializes in providing quality family health care at the Child & Adolescent Specialty Care Clinic in Vancouver, WA for part 2 of our discussion with her about care specific to children and teens. Also, we learn her favorite color is ...
We are joined by Doctor Amrita Stark, a pediatrician who specializes in providing quality family health care at the Child & Adolescent Specialty Care Clinic in Vancouver, WA for part 1 of our discussion with her about care specific to children and teens. Also, we learn her favorite color is ...
We are joined by Dr Kelsey Herman. She is the owner of Healing Steps, an occupational therapy practice and the president of the Nonprofit Healing Opportunities Foundation ...
Our conversation continues with our guest Colonel Deb Lewis. She graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in the first class with women and served more than 30 years in the army. The founder of Mentally Tough Women (https://www.mentallytoughwomen.com). She is considered one of the world's foremost experts ...
Our guest today is Colonel Deb Lewis. She graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in the first class with women and served more than 30 years in the army. The founder of mentally tough women. She is considered one of the world's foremost experts on mental toughness ...
In Part 2, Hosts Elizabeth Madrigal and Karen Morrison continue their interview with Desiree Hellegers, a professor of English teaching at the WSU-Vancouver campus. Dr. Hellegers is also the co-founder and director of the Collective for Social and Environmental Justice. Dr. Hellegers is involved in "The Thin Green Line is ...
In Part 1, Hosts Elizabeth Madrigal and Karen Morrison interview Desiree Hellegers, a professor of English teaching at the WSU-Vancouver campus. Dr. Hellegers is also the co-founder and director of the Collective for Social and Environmental Justice. Dr. Hellegers is involved in "The Thin Green Line is People" Project, which ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal are joined by Jahnea Lecouis, the executive director of Restored and Revived, an organization that provides recovery support and services to those leaving incarceration. Jahnea knows what those leaving incarceration are going through from first hand experience.Jahnea Lecouris is in long term recovery and, ...
Karen and Elizabeth interview Dr. Myra Rich, a retired Associate Professor from UC Denver, and discuss the rise of the Suffrage Movement in America and what life was like for American women in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries ...
Hosts Elizabeth Madrigal and Karen Morrison talk to Sarah Desjarlais, the executive director of Fosterful, a foster care support organization ...
Karen and Elizabeth interview Dr. Myra Rich, a retired Associate Professor from UC Denver, and discuss the rise of the Suffrage Movement in America and what life was like for American women in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Kitty Norton, a documentary filmmaker and director whodocumented her experiences as a dementia caretaker in her 2023 film "Wine, Women, and Dementia." In Part 2, Kitty discusses more about the film itself and how her care of her mother, who had dementia the ...
Hosts Karen Morrison and Elizabeth Madrigal welcome Kitty Norton, a documentary filmmaker and director whodocumented her experiences as a dementia caretaker in her 2023 film "Wine, Women, and Dementia." In Part 1, Kitty discusses how she dealt with her mother's dementia, how she sought comfort, and how she gave support ...
Karen and Elizabeth talk toRebecca Clarren, an award winning journalist and author about her new book, The Cost Of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance. Rebecca has been writing about the American West for over 20 years and her work has appeared in publications such as Mother Jones, ...
Karen and Elizabeth continue their talk with Dr. Carol Marquez. Dr. Marquez was affiliated with OHSU (Oregon Health Sciences University) for 23 years and was Elizabeth's doctor. Their conversation is centered on Dr. Marquez's work to treat breast cancer. Her CV is impressive: Dr. Marquez is a radiation oncologist and ...
Karen and Elizabeth talk to Dr. Carol Marquez. She was affiliated with OHSU (Oregon Health Sciences University) for 23 years and was Elizabeth's doctor. Their conversation is centered Dr. Marquez's work to treat breast cancer. Her CV is impressive: Dr. Marquez is a radiation oncologist and the medical director of ...

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