The Millennial Response to Crisis with Shannon Razsadin, MFAN

Mar 21, 2024

Shannon Razsadin, MFAN advocate, discusses millennials challenging societal norms and advocating for government response, including addressing mold crisis, food insecurity, and struggles faced by newcomers in the military. She emphasizes the significance of research in guiding nonprofit initiatives and the importance of leadership dynamics in creating lasting impact.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Shannon Razsadin's Journey in Serving the Military and Veteran Community

01:56 • 5min

The Significance of Research in Guiding Nonprofit Initiatives

06:51 • 2min

Challenges Faced by Millennials Entering the Military

08:46 • 10min

Addressing Mold Crisis on Military Installations

18:33 • 10min

Leading with Head and Heart in a Nonprofit Organization

28:05 • 4min

Addressing Food Insecurity Among Military Families

32:27 • 22min

Millennials' Influence on Society and the Importance of Leadership

54:13 • 5min

As a Gen X, I wish I could say that it was my generation that was the Hero generation. However, Millennials swung away from independence and invited our multi-generational nation into a giant family meeting. With their signature question “why”, they have challenged us to talk about the many elephants in the room, making all of us a little (or a lot) uncomfortable. As conversations became public around diversity, mold in housing, and food insecurity many millennials found ways to advocate for government response. Shannon Razsadin, a millennial military spouse helped found Military Family Advisory Network, a non-profit that provides research on these topics. MFAN helped expose the model crisis in 2019 and are currently tackling food insecurity. I wanted to bring Shannon on the podcast to share more about her motivations before and during those years as well as her own first impressions of the military community when she came in.

This podcast is based on the book Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. This podcast offers leaders an opportunity to understand the growing shifts happening within the military culture as an immersive supplement to the book. Based on 15 years of research, counseling, and teaching the military culture across all branches. Gain insights on changing perspectives within the culture, generational shifts in authority, the impact of Department of Defense budget decisions, emerging social trends within the military community, and the cumulative effect of two decades of the War on Terror on military family wellness.

Order your copy of Military Culture Shift here.

Final Credit song is "Still" written, produced, and performed by active duty service member Tyler Smith (Spotify: Tyler Smith "Still")

Listen to Corie's Lifegiver Podcast here

Find out more about how you can work with and contact Corie here

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