Lori Adams-Brown

Lori Adams-Brown is an International Speaker and Life Coach in Silicon Valley. She worked in multicultural urban communities with the International Mission Board in Singapore for 10 years, and spent the previous 10 years in Indonesia where she led strategy in community development during a civil war and later tsunami relief. She has been a pastor in a diverse Bay Area congregation and Development Director in a local nonprofit. Lori speaks 6 languages. She holds an M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, and has B.A.s in both Sociology and Spanish from Samford University. She grew up in international school in Valencia, Venezuela where she learned to love city life, island life and Latin music. Her happy place is sipping a flat white coffee and having a deep conversation while enjoying either a beach or mountain vacation with the love of her life, Jason, and their urbanite third culture kids Nico, Alex and Bella.

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Change Makers EPS 62: Bindiya Schaefer on Sci-Fi Thriller Reimagining Race, Work as an Aerospace Journalist, and Life in Dubai, UAE, Bangalore and Silicon Valley

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Change Makers EPS 61: Allan “Alonzo” Wind on Andean Adventures, USAID, the Peace Corps, and his work with CARE and Plan International in Peru, Nicaragua, Angola, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Africa, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and the UK

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Change Makers EPS 60: Dan Stringer on Struggling with Evangelicalism, Pastoring in Hawaii and TCK Life in the DRC, Nepal, and the Philippines

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Change Makers EPS 59: Sam Thiara on Lost and Found, discovering his roots in India, the ordinary, and puzzle pieces of community

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Change Makers EPS 58: Nona Jones on Facebook, Faith-based Partnerships, Social Justice, Digital Discipleship, and Faith & Prejudice

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Change Makers EPS 57: Frank Carbajal on Latinx Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit, Latinx Business Success & First Gen

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Change Makers EPS 56: Dr. Amy Stumpf on Poverty, Relief & Development, Faith & Ethics, US Foreign Policy, Redeeming Social Justice, and the UN

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Change Makers EPS 55 : Doni Aldine on TCKs, CULTURS magazine, Diversity & Inclusion in Media, Growing Up Afro-Latina on 5 Continents and a University Curricula for Global Culture Identity

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Change Makers EPS 54: Bonnie Gray on Sweet Like Jasmine, Chinese-American Stories, Growing Up in San Francisco, and a Journey of PTSD

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Change Makers EPS 53: Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim on Invisible, Asian-American Women, Intersectional Theology, Model Minority, Walking Targets, Racism in Canada, Sexism in the Church, Confucianism & Patriarchy

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Change Makers EPS 52: Dr. Angie Ward on Faith in Times of Crisis, Afghanistan, Covid, Women Leaders, Racial Reconciliation, and How to Lament