SissyMarySue Education Fund - Public Charity 501 (c) (3)

https://lnkd.in/gmSVvdMs SissyMarySue MarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) nonprofit offers our NEW Podcast EPISODE of Educating Empathy! Video ( tap image ) Artist Lee Truer Poetry, Empathy, Teaching and Youth Empowerment Audio Only HERE https://lnkd.in/gf-4fqkh Hosted by Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad A.K.A SissyMarySue Nonprofit website www.SissyMarySue.org

Happy Birthday to Dr. Lenneal Henderson, Jr.!!! The world has been blessed by your brilliance, activism and stunning ability to impact change, nurture and personally encourage every student you taught or whose dissertation committee you sat on or chaired!! Thank you on behalf of us all! Your history of having met Dr. King while you were at Berkeley in the 60’s which led to you serving in the civil rights movement and the Poor People’s campaign- makes you a living treasure to our country and to us all! Here is part one and two of the Podcast Interview I did three years ago about this history and other topics is social justice! EDUCATING EMPATHY Podcast Interview with Dr. Lenneal Henderson Part 1 https://lnkd.in/gs8D8rDW Part 2 https://lnkd.in/giakZEEz Thank you for your trust in my heart and actions in regard to social and ecological justice to offer to serve as President of our nonprofit board SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c)(3). I am so honored and humbled my your mentorship as my doctoral professor in two Systems Classes, as dissertation committee member, friend, now colleague and collaborator! With Much Love and Gratitude, Wendy Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad a.k.a SissyMarySue Founder/Executive Director SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit www.SissyMarySue.org on behalf of our entire Board of Directors —Prioritizing Well-Being ADVANCING EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT and ACCESS —Preserving Childhood Through PLAY!

SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) nonprofit awarded Damian Kinsey our Equity in Teaching Award for his exemplary work with BoysTown. It was shortly after that we were honored that he joined our Board of Directors. He brought a wealth of experience in leadership, strategic thinking and team building to our board. He mentored me as the leader, as well for which I am forever thankful to him! He has a keen mind for small and large details of an organization. His introspection offered a powerful contribution to our planning and growth. This was positivity consequential and so much appreciated! As a result of the invaluable support and leadership of Damian it brought me to tears to learn he has to move on. We at SissyMarySue Education Fund send our gratitude, love and best wishes. We wish you every happiness! Let us know if we can support your important work you do! With Heartfelt Appreciation, Wendy Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad a.k.a SissyMarySue Founder/Executive Director SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) www.SissyMarySue.org

Tristy Sparkles, my third- EMPATHY- book is coming out December 7, 2024 at our EMPATHY EXTRAVAGANZA Virtual Event. This book will be produced and offered by and for our nonprofit SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 ( c ) (3) public charity. It represents a 100 % donation to our nonprofit. This book encourages all youth to consider the career of teaching! It also responds to the disparity in education in regard to too few minority teachers, overall in the field of education. SONG for BOOK We put out song we posted on our nonprofit YouTube site -https://lnkd.in/gEvfEqjN 🎵 SPARKLE SPARKLE in 2019 that was intended for the book. Due to pandemic the launch of this book was postponed! It feels wonderful now to be able to offer it for and through our nonprofit! That is so very special!! HEAR SONG Here too! Our mini event ( 5 year Album Celebration) - This recording has many songs including: SPARKLE SPARKLE near the end of program https://lnkd.in/g-XEQK7q LEARN more about our initiatives too! Tristy Sparkles, the Teacher and Others Who Shine is a deeply personal and meaningful book to me. It’s intended for younger children to learn about empathy. It reveals people who influenced my life which I sought to honor! It carries messages of inclusion with an array of diverse children in the classroom who positively influence their friend named Tristy Sparkles! IMPORTANT ASPECTS Representation in books is of paramount importance! A teacher of color on the cover, respected and loved by her student, is important too for a variety of reasons! It is of course representation in books but it also encourages all young people to envision themselves as teachers. This encourages teachers of color -boys and girls! GROWING up in ALASKA My Friends ( Tristy Ellison and Debbie Ferrell ) became Family to me. We all grew up in Anchorage, ALASKA. Each are important like—sisters in my life still! FAMILY Tristy’s entire family ( Whitney, Johnny, John JR and Jamie ) took me on like I was in their family too!! So they’re in the book! Tristy and I met in summer before Third grade. Debbie and I met in Junior high. Honoring each friend who both had teacher moms felt so special to do! I honor Tristy/Tristan - due to her spirit and lifelong friendship that informed my life, worldview and provided a grounding as traumatic life events happened. HONORING TEACHERS Honoring teachers Mrs. Ferrell and Mrs. Ellison by including each! Debbie’s mom ( Myrtle Ferrell ) is the image used to depict teacher named Mrs. Ellison-Ferrell. Tristy and her mom both appear in book already but I chose to have her mom (Whitney Ellison) name used but not image of teacher - to still honor her teaching! This also is meant to honor all teacher’s contributions to our world! MUCH Gratitude & LOVE, Wendy On behalf of our Board of Directors And myself Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad a.k.a SissyMarySue SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit www.SissyMarySue.org EMPATHY in STORYTELLING

SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) is delightfully busy, planning for our — SPRING 2025 WALK/RUN to FLY ( 5k Minnesota ) EMPOWERING AVIATION with INCLUSION May 17, 2025! Sign up NOW since, we will have limited entries due to size of Beaver Island Trail in St.Cloud, Minnesota! EVENTBRITE Sign up! https://lnkd.in/eN_UixCk CITY SUPPORT SissyMarySue Education Fund is grateful for city support! Cassie from Parks and Rec. was phenomenal to work with in getting our permits and connecting us with Deputy Fire Chief. We are so honored and grateful to be in active coordination with Deputy Fire Chief in St. Cloud to set up - a safety Tent and EMT support for the day! We will also coordinate with Mayo Ambulance. SUPPORT for Planning & DAY of EVENT We are exceedingly grateful to have St. Cloud - Macy’s and Target ( Lincoln location ) offer to plan and volunteer at event! Thank you Jaime and Darius! MORE HELP Appreciated! We will need more HELP! Please let us know if you are a running or walking group and interested. These are big events to pull off so all the help we can get we greatly appreciate! This EVENT benefits THREE nonprofits! 1) SissyMarySue Education Fund, nonprofit ( SEF ) -Aviation Inclusion Initiatives https://lnkd.in/ggD5k78z ( see our collaborations, CTC and YIMA and info, links to their websites) 2) Columbia Training Centers, nonprofit ( CTC ) -Training of Diverse Pilots Retired Colonel George London Executive Director 3) Youth Intiative Mentoring Academies, nonprofit (YIMA ) -Teaching STEM/Aviation Diverse Students Retired St.Paul Police Officer Mamie Lanford Singleton Executive Director AT EVENT We plan to have our books, treats, clothing and other items! We consider that a donation to our initiatives! There will be some other fun things as well, we will let you know about as we decide upon specifics of the day! We are hoping to have pilots there too!! So if you are in the field of aviation and want to join us on that day!! Please get ahold of me!! Sending Gratitude and Thanks, On behalf of our Board of Directors And myself Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad a.k.a SissyMarySue Founder/Executive Director SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit www.SissyMarySue.org -Prioritizing Well-Being! ADVANCING EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT and ACCESS -Preserving Childhood through PLAY

NEW BOOK Tristy Sparkes ( about empathy ) launches and offered December 7, 2024 ( at our Virtual Event ) EMPATHY EXTRAVAGANZA Winter Event! We had already launched the single ( Sparkle, Sparkle ) representative of book in 2019! Also….. NEW SONG Empathy is a Bridge also lauched and released December 7th! It is produced and sung by the oh so talented Anthony Hotakainen! I was honored and humbled Anthony created a beautiful ballad format to sing and perform based on a poem I wrote for my dissertation documentary. Lyrics (SissyMarySue a.k.a Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad ) MORE AWESOMENESS at Virtual EVENT Aviation Inclusion themed EMPATHY Awards Aviation Inclusion HISTORY SEGMENT EMPATHY Scenes by students of our books EMPATHY Songs by students of our songs AVIATION Items & EMPATHY books to bid on and more!! Thank you Anthony and Damian for your work on our poster and planning!! With Gratitude and Empathy, On behalf of our Board of Directors Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad A.K.A SissyMarySue Founder/Executive Director SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit www.SissyMarySue.org -Prioritizing Well-Being ADVANCING EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT and ACCESS -Preserving Childhood Through PLAY!

Anthony Hotakainen is a treasure! THANK YOU for all you do!! Anthony created the Album 💿 Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope after he had been in the cast of the first Musical of Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope back in late 2018! Oh and get this- he was a high school student at the time! His undeniable talent and dedication were on full display in his performances and in this self intiated project- of creating an album! Anthony came up with the wonderful idea to create a video celebration of the 5 Year Anniversary for the Album Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope! He did a great job producing it! I helped to co-produce with notes and suggestions only! He did the heavy lifting with this video with editing and so on! We are always an effective team! I am so grateful anytime we collaborate! I appreciate the leadership of Anthony! He was a director and producer of this! He asked me to share on camera in a few segments about various topics. The idea was to pick a couple sections only from what he captured. It surprised me that he chose to include more of me, than I thought would have been the case. It appears he had an eye and ear for what he wanted from the video. So I trusted his judgement on the content! Hope you like it too!! We have been humbled by positive feedback. Whew! You are in for a treat to hear the vocal gifts of Anthony in this video!! Link Below! In this video we share a couple recorded versions of songs, each sing songs from Album too and our Sparkle, Sparkle Single that is for our upcoming NEW book Tristy Sparkles we unveil at our December 7 event! Just 37 minutes of songs & commentary I share context and back story for the writing of One Child Cries and Precious Sweet Boy. LINK 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gDb4mpUy Anthony serves with distinction as our Treasurer at SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) nonprofit and chairs two committees ( marketing/fundraising and education ) With so MUCH Gratitude & Love, Wendy Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad A.K.A SissyMarySue Founder/Executive Director And on behalf of our Board of Directors SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit www.SissyMarySue.org —Prioritizing Well-Being ADVANCING EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT and ACCESS —Preserving Childhood through PLAY!

Stay tuned for NEW Podcast interviews in our nonprofit Educating Empathy Podcast!We are humbled to have been recognized as a DEI Podcast of value as well as among top 50 Empathy podcasts! With Gratitude, Dr. Wendy Muhlhauser-Tingblad A.K.A SissyMarySue On behalf of Board of Directors SissyMarySue Education Fund 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit www.SissyMarySue.org -Prioritizing Well-Being ADVANCING EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT and ACCESS -Preserving Childhood Through PLAY!