'CJ' [Charlene] SanJenko
Founder and Lead Impact Officer | Indigenous Impact Producer
A 20-year commitment to the expansion of human potential, Charlene’s leadership contribution can be summarized in three simple sentences:
IT'S 2020. Every human deserves the opportunity to experience the complete essence of existence that is the Gift of our life.
PowHERhouse delivers on the HOW for HER.
PowHERhouse is a global collective of progressive, whole, healthy leaders who are deeply committed to the activation, acceleration, and amplification of purpose-driven systemic change for social impact.
As an Indigenous Founder, Charlene is a bridge between two cultures in our country. She is from the Splatsin tribe, the most southern tribe of the Shuswap Nation in British Columbia and now resides on the beautiful Sunshine Coast since 2004, the traditional territory of the Squamish (skwxwú7mesh) First Nations.
A former two-term municipal politician, competitive athlete + performance coach, Indigenous Impact Producer, media visionary, and community economic development enthusiast, Charlene is able to see the End Game, walk through a growth plan, and synthesize the efforts necessary to enjoy the greatest leverage, clarity, traction, and fulfillment for individual leaders, communities, and the collective whole.
In 2016, Charlene produced a pilot series, PowHER TV. In 2021, she plans to launch a 9-year docu-series to bear witness to the unfolding story of impact as we walk towards a new normal and a sustainable future. Charlene's insatiable curiosity has her exploring the world of transmedia impact campaigns in film, video, live + online events, and digital.
AT A GLANCE
WELCOMING THE CALL TO ACTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
It’s getting HOT.
Not only temperatures, but also tempers, moods, and mental states.
They’re RISING.
Not only water levels, but levels of fear, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
It’s stressful.
Or is it?
Do we view stress as debilitating or a challenge – an opportunity – to explore and unleash more of our innate, dormant potential and create a systemic overhaul of solutions-focused transformation?
READY TO SCALE? LIFT WEIGHTS
Here’s what I know for sure: BRAVERY is like any other muscle.
I’ve dedicated over half my life to building strength - quite literally to building physical strength, studying the relationship between strength and confidence/courage and teaching woman to activate their own.
It needs to be used in order to grow stronger.
In fact, without resistance, we will never fully activate the potential of our strength, confidence and courage.
We are physical beings.
In order to bring our WHOLE selves to how we lead daily, we must include our bodies, our physical strength, in that conversation.
THE LEADER PATH | MOVING BEYOND THE FIRE
Calling all Agents of Impact!
THE LEADER PATH is a collaborative, purpose-driven collective, committed to modelling systemic solution implementation for social impact.
For 10 years, we have seen a concentrated effort in the women's leadership and social entrepreneurship space; a decade-long training camp.
Like athletes, we have been preparing, receiving coaching, undergoing rigorous confidence and capacity-building routines, and building valuable connections.
No more training. Game day has come. It's time to put all that valuable preparation into intentional action.
Media
Char Discusses How the PowHERhouse Model will Activate, Accelerate & Amplify Impact in the Next Decade | 2020 - 2030
SHE FOR HER Impact Media Showcase Platform is a transformative model that showcases and amplifies Indigenous and non-Indigenous Artists of Impact and Impact Champions through purposeful highly compelling digital media arts, digital storytelling, content creation & curation, and impact media production for the purposes of brokering impact. Through the vehicle of impact advertising, we will work to activate those we represent with fully integrated transmedia campaigns, referrals, introductions, and innovation fundraising initiatives to access what is needed next on their solutions-focused journey as they step more fully into the impact they are here to make not only for the next decade (2030) but throughout the next century.
THE NEED: Our children – the next generation entrepreneurs and future leaders - have lost hope for their future. When asked their vision in 100 years, many children believe they won’t be here; that their world won’t exist. PowHERhouse is committed to a sustainable model of transformation to change that.
Our #1 goal is to re-instill hope for the future and provide a space where upcoming change-makers, innovators, social impacters, and future leaders can be excited about who and what is possible by changing the narrative.
Our #2 goal is to provide a bridge between those committed to postive change-making and the support they need to sustainably do so.
THE MODEL: The systemic change needed to ensure long-term sustainable impact happens at the local, community level with the support of national, international, and global brand champions. Our approach leads with the principle of WHOLENESS through healing where every leader deserves the opportunity to make a world-class impact.
THE CALL: Who are the advertisers, brands, organizations and investors who are interested to utilize advertising dollars better? The total advertising expenditure in North America (2019) was $253.6 billion U.S. dollars. Due to the impact of the coronavirus on the industry, the spending is expected to fall to $236 billion dollars (2020), and then rebound to $254 billion dollars by the end of 2022 (statista.com). We’re leaving money on the table for good.
THE CONVERSATION: We know we must do better, and in the past, we've tripped up on the HOW. We are presenting a concrete HOW for those ready to act on it.
THE ACTIVATION + AMPLIFICATION: Our approach to impact media includes various projects and initiatives that range from original PowHERhouse content such as GATHER for HER and HOW HEALING HAPPENS digital toolkits for men to collaborative partnerships we are thrilled to support such as Mothers of the Film and the Indigenous Innovation Initiative.
Charlene's Leadership Pillars
What's Next?
As Impact Media Producer and Lead Impact Officer, Charlene is walking beside her growing team through the next stage of growth and impact through the vehicle of PowHERhouse.
Seven years in, our framework is built. We are now ready to:
Design, develop and deliver exponential impact as we broaden our reach and distribution base through a well-matched technology interface. SHE for HER Media is currently under development in beta form with a full impact media showcase platform launch planned for 2021.
➡ Continue discussions about the possibility and potential of an impact media studio on the Sunshine Coast and a practicum and intern opportunity to female Indigenous digital media arts graduates.
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