Michigan Tribe

Michigan Tribe Michigan Tribe is a nonprofit supporting women entrepreneurs through connection and resources. Our podcast highlights Jackson-based women in business.

We've already moved on to another episode.But Roxy has a whole life happening behind the scenes now.And after Alicia Wil...
08/31/2026

We've already moved on to another episode.
But Roxy has a whole life happening behind the scenes now.

And after Alicia Williams shared the absolutely insane story of finding long lost family through DNA testing on our podcast, we're thrilled to announce that Roxy has also found her long lost twin.

Please welcome Amy Proffitt to the family 🪮

The resemblance is uncanny. The reunion was emotional. We're still waiting on the DNA results, but frankly, we don't need them.

So glad the podcast could bring this family back together 🎧🍿
What a journey.

08/28/2026

Throwing it back to 2022, when we asked TRUE Community Credit Union to take an even bigger bet on Michigan Tribe.

And they said yes 🎉

We're incredibly grateful for the money TRUE has invested in Michigan Tribe over the years. But something we talked about with Chrissy and Sarah on the podcast is that the money isn't actually what stands out most when we look back.

It's how approachable they were when we were still figuring things out.

We could walk into a conversation and say, "Here's our big idea. Here's what we think it could become. Here are the parts we have figured out... and here are the 47 parts we absolutely do not."

We could be ambitious AND imperfect 🥹

And they listened. They asked questions. They shared what they knew. They treated us like people with an idea worth hearing, long before we had all the pieces in place.

TRUE talks a lot about putting people first. We know that's complicated when you're leading a large organization and making hard decisions. But from our little corner of the world, we've felt it.

The checks helped us give away more than $200,000 to businesses across the region.

But having people who made it safe to ask, learn, dream bigger and not have all the answers helped us become better leaders along the way.

Hear more of that story in our episode with Chrissy Siders & Sarah Ermatinger, out now wherever you get your podcasts 🫶🏼🎧

08/28/2026

We see the TRUE Community Credit Union team EVERYWHERE.

Events. Fundraisers. Community meetings. Celebrations. Volunteering. Supporting local organizations.

And they don't just show up. They seem genuinely happy to be there.

Which led us to a very important question...
How the hell are you not exhausted?

Because at some point, Chrissy and Sarah have to stop being community leaders and go home. They're moms. They're wives. They're human beings with lives outside of work.

So we asked them about it.
And their answers were very different.

How do you stay present in your community for YEARS without completely draining yourself? Where do you actually get your energy? How does that look different for someone who's naturally more extroverted versus someone who needs to recharge differently?

This was one of those parts of the conversation we really wanted to understand because showing up is great. But figuring out how to keep showing up for the long haul is a whole different thing.

Full episode with Chrissy Siders & Sarah Ermatinger is out now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧🍿

08/27/2026

Did we forget to mention that we launched a new podcast episode last week?
My bad.

When Michigan Tribe was brand new and Alex and I were trying to figure out how to ask actual organizations for actual money to fund our little idea, Chrissy Siders and Sarah Ermatinger were two of the first people we sat down with.

They listened. They took us seriously. They trusted what we were trying to build. And TRUE Community Credit Union wrote the first check that made our grants possible.

Years later, we got to sit down with them again, this time on the podcast 🎙️

We talk about that early Michigan Tribe story, but we also talk leadership, managing people, actually showing up for your community, playing the long game, and how you keep evolving an organization without losing the people who make it what it is.

It's a really good conversation with two people who've been in our corner for a very long time.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧🍿

08/20/2026

Still loving this episode with Amy Proffitt & Madison Blando.

But first, can we acknowledge that Mads was pa-reg-nent during this recording and TOLD NO PEEPS. NO PEEPS.

Congratulations, girl. We can't wait until baby's first words are, "Effin' no."

Okay, back to the episode...

Let me let you in on a little secret: we don't prepare our guests.
Like, at all.

I used to send questions ahead of time so people could think through their answers before arriving. Then, after many episodes of me not asking a single one of those questions, I stopped.

These really are the conversations we'd be having if we were hanging on a couch at a Michigan Tribe event, sippin' a bev and talking about whatever comes up.

Before this recording, Amy asked me to stay away from one topic and one topic only:
Menopause.

So naturally I responded:
"I am definitely asking you about menopause."

Because somewhere in the middle of running businesses, raising families, trying to remain functioning human beings and figuring out what the hell our bodies and brains are doing these days... we need to stop and talk about it.

Amy certainly didn't pretend she's figured it out. There's probably a reason it was the ONE thing she didn't want me to ask about.

But she did share a few of the things that are helping her stay joyful and feel a little more like herself through it all.
And Mads shared how she's coping on the receiving end of menopausal rage.

At this point in life, we'll take all the ideas we can get.

Amy & Mad's full episode is out wherever you get your podcasts 🍿🎧

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08/17/2026

My favorite Roxy moment.
Financial advice immediately followed by the casual admission that she's been in a deep depression for an indeterminate number of years.

Our financial expert, everyone.

Full episode out now 🎧

396 downloads 🎧1,691 views 📺Thank you. People are actually listening to this thing. If you've listened to the Michigan T...
08/16/2026

396 downloads 🎧
1,691 views 📺

Thank you.
People are actually listening to this thing.

If you've listened to the Michigan Tribe Podcast and actually like it, would you take a second to rate the show?

Ratings help give credibility to this thing we've created and, more importantly, help someone who's never heard of us decide we're worth giving a shot.

No essay required. No heartfelt testimonial. Just tap some stars and help your girls out.

And seriously...
Thanks for listening 🫶🏼

08/13/2026

Michigan Tribe has given more than $200,000 to business owners in Jackson County and the surrounding area.

And then we made the decision to stop 🚫

Our grants page is STILL the most visited page on our website, so we know y'all are still looking 👀

But after years of giving grants, we started questioning what the money was actually accomplishing, what business owners really needed, and whether giving away money was still serving the purpose it did when we started.

So...
We pivoted.
We evolved.
We reimagined Michigan Tribe.

This episode gets into all of it. Why we gave grants. What we saw happen when we did. Why we stopped. And why the organization looks so different today.

Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts 🎧🍿

We hope this appearance marks the beginning of your comeback tour.Love,Your management team ❤️(Listen to Roxy now on the...
08/13/2026

We hope this appearance marks the beginning of your comeback tour.

Love,
Your management team ❤️

(Listen to Roxy now on the MiTribe Podcast.)

08/11/2026

New around here? Roxy is our resident financial expert 💰

Her qualifications are unclear, but her confidence is unmatched.

Her financial advice includes such gems as:
"Don't not make money."

Which... is technically not wrong.

She's direct. She's passionate. She's financially concerned about all of us.

And apparently she's also stressed and sweating, which will now be our official safe word for the foreseeable future.

Welcome back, Roxy. We've missed you.
Listen to her episode now wherever you get podcasts (YouTube recommended for this episode) 🍿🎧

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