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Hannah is the Workforce Development Program Manager and Farmer PRIDE Coalition Coordinator at Appalachia Sustainable Development (ASD). She joined ASD as an Americorp VISTA in 2021 and has continued as part of the Groundwork staff ever since. She has a genuine love for farming, gardening, and the community-driven ethics of Appalachia and its people.   In this episode, Christine and Hannah discuss laying the groundwork for workforce development programs and paid skills training for individuals transitioning into the agricultural workforce. Hannah shares stories of her journey in Appalachia and the new initiatives at ASD focusing on building strong support networks for agricultural farmers - from home gardeners to agroforesters. Hannah explains her journey towards building one-on-one relationships with folks and helping them find the resources they need, whether its funding opportunities, mentoring programs, or support systems.    Appalachia is rooted in a long history of mutual aid, with countless stories of people helping others in times of need. In continuing this legacy, Hannah shares stories of how individuals are breaking down barriers in agriculture and transitioning to a just economy through community empowerment and self education. With each lesson, you will learn how Hannah and ASD are meeting people on their level, figuring out where they want to go, and developing lasting pathways to get there.    From building regenerative agricultural practices, to growing equity and inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community - join us as Hannah shares strategies and ideas on how to build inclusive and sustainable communities in Appalachia. Welcome to Yes! We Rise.   “For me, a bright future for Appalachia is one that's rooted in that really ingrained value of what community can be, which is centered on love, centered on joy, and centered on the abilities of the people here to support each other.”   Topics: (8:50) How the Groundwork program provides skills training in Appalachia for folks who have struggled to get a job (14:40) An effective way to imagine the future you'd like to see in your community (19:25) What Hannah sees as the future of Appalachia and what is possible (25:30) How to get over the barrier of land access for individuals who want to get involved in agriculture (36:55) What it looks like to build lasting equity for all community members through programming   Links mentioned: Appalachian Sustainable Development: https://www.asdevelop.org/ Follow ASD on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asdevelop/ Follow ASD on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingbetterlocally/ The Yes! We Rise podcast is produced by Dialogue + Design Associates: https://www.dialogueanddesign.com Music by Drishti Beats: https://drishtibeats.com/music/ Yes! We Rise podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeRisepodcast Yes! We Rise podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeswerise/ Find our email list at the website: https://yeswerise.org   Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast so we can continue spreading our message far and wide. Thanks for listening!  

(Airdate 4/13/23) Tim Kornegay, Director LivFree CA. Tim is a lifelong resident of South Central Los Angeles. Since gaining his freedom after 22 years of incarceration, Tim joined LA Voice as an Americorp Vista fellow, ultimately earning a staff position as a Reentry and Proposition 47 organizer. On this podcast the focus is on Black-centerd organizing, local politics including the question of Senator Dianne Feinstein and the rights of incarcerated children. www.LiveFree.Com

Tim is a lifelong resident of South Central Los Angeles. After gaining his freedom after 22 years of incarceration, Tim joined LA Voice as an Americorp Vista fellow, ultimately earning a staff position as a Reentry and Proposition 47 organizer and later a position of Justice Transformation and Voter Engagement organizer. He is currently the director of Live Free California. On this podcast he shares his journey to purpose and leadership and weighs in on the carceral system, the role of sheriffs deputies in the LA county jails, the Los Angeles mayoral race, the Biden administrations gun control bill and the push to end involuntary servitude in California.

Dr. Felipe Henao is one of the kindest, most down to earth, and hard-working individuals you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting. Dr. Henao joined New York Tech as Dean of Students for the New York City and Long Island campuses in March 2021. He has been instrumental in bridging the gap between commuter and residential students at Mercy College. He has also instilled a holistic approach to student success and academic achievement. Dr. Henao has secured various grants, including an AmeriCorp VISTA to help implement campus-wide food pantries to address food insecurity. He was recently accepted as a content expert for Complete College America with a focus on addressing student basic needs and is now working on a project to address student success primarily for adult learners at Historically Black Colleges. Listen as Dr. Felipe shares his testimony of how his career path was inspired by the hard work of his parents, as well as his gratitude for having the privilege to help provide queer & people of color access to education. https://prettyeasypodcasts.com (Produced by Pretty Easy Podcasts)

It was the members' personal stories that hooked Samira Rajan early in her employment at what then was known as the Bushwick Cooperative and now is the Brooklyn Cooperative. When she started there it was in 2001 as a volunteer via AmeriCorp Vista  the recently founded credit union had assets of $299,000, four employees (including her), and a membership of under 1000.Rajan has been there ever since. Today it has assets of $50 million, 16 employees, and two branches (one in Bushwick, the other in Bedford-Stuyvesant).As for those stories, Rajan spent her early years at the institution as the loan officer and the stories she heard was from this member as to why she needed a $10,000 loan for her business, or from that member on why he needed a $5000 home improvement loan. These are stories about hopes and dreams and Rajan found it exciting to think about making dreams come true and also protecting the credit union's solvency.As for how she wound up at the credit union in the first place, listen to the podcast. You need to hear the story from her but I will tell you it involves a bachelor's degree at Bryn Mawr where she doubled majored in economics and Spanish (and the Spanish matters in Bushwick where over half the residents are Latino). She then worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve in New York. But she got restless, she wanted to see if financial services could in fact help address economic inequalities. So she went to Harvard and earned a master's degree in public policy at the Kennedy School.Flashback to 2001 when she earned that degree and she was back home in New York, the economy was sluggish, New York City was still recovering from 9/11, and she heard about this start up credit union in Bushwick and decided to check it out.Next thing she knew she was a volunteer and soon that became a staff job.In 2008 she became CEO.In this podcast you will hear about the day to day challenge of keeping a small credit union vital, about the help Brooklyn Cooperative has gotten (or not gotten) from large banks and credit unions, and why it matters to be a CDFI, a community development financial institution.Related podcasts mentioned in this one include CU 2.0 Podcast #15 with Cathie Mahon, CEO of Inclusiv. Also listen to CU 2.0 Podcast #37 with Cliff Rosenthal, a pioneer in the CDFI world.And Luis Pastor at Latino Community Credit Union in Durham. Listen up.Like what you are hearing? Find out how you can help sponsor this podcast here. Very affordable sponsorship packages are available. Email rjmcgarvey@gmail.comAnd like this podcast on whatever service you use to stream it. That matters.Find out more about CU2.0 and the digital transformation of credit unions here. It's a journey every credit union needs to take. Pronto.

This week’s She Said What features a guest preacher, Mariah Himes. Mariah has been an active member and  leader in our Downtown Disciple Progressive Faith community for three years and is a graduate of One Iowa’s Inaugural Leadership Institute. Mariah studied political science and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill and was part of Americorp Vista for two years and is the statewide volunteer coordinator for Lutheran Services of Iowa. Downtown Disciples are pleased and proud to share Mariah’s engaging and compelling sermon on Jeremiah 2:4-13. 

Bernadette Baker is our newest employee at NeighborLink and is joining us as an AmeriCorp VISTA. We spend some time talking about what it means to be an AmeriCorp VISTA, her role doing research in the neighborhoods we're working with, and some initial learnings from our "What Makes a Healthy Neighborhood, Healthy" research project. Bernadette's life experiences, passion for learning, and her desire to think through the economic factors of community development all contribute to why she chose to join us at NeighborLink essentially as a full-time volunteer for an entire year. Look through this channel to learn more about what she's up to as she has a weekly "vlog" we're producing.

What a joy it has been to have Bernadette Becker on our team for the past month and a half. I first met Bernadette last summer during her summer internship at Ambassador Enterprises when they invited me to speak to their team of interns as well as when some of them took on volunteer projects. Bernadette was captivated by the nature of our work, has a deep desire to learn more about socio-economic factors facing our community and what we can do about them, and has a energetic spirit that is perfect for connecting with people. At the end of last year, we began looking into what it would take to bring on AmeriCorp VISTA members at NL. AmeriCorp is the domestic PeaceCorp where individuals sign up to for a year of volunteer service with organizations working on poverty related issues in an effort to provide capacity building energy to help our organization grow, learn, and solve the problems we're working on. In exchange for the year of service, the VISTA member receives a living stipend which is adjusted to local poverty wages, a financial credit to be used for educational loans upon successful completion, a number of smaller benefits, and then a whole lot of intangible perks due to the highly respected nature of the program among graduate schools, big organizations, etc. It's a huge stretch and a commendable effort for anyone that chooses to essentially choose poverty for a year and have to figure out how to survive on little to no resources. This was part of the appeal for Bernadette and something she wanted to experience as a way to learn more about future professional and educational pursuits. Bernadette and I talk about VISTA, her journey to NLFW, and some of the research we've been working on together so far. She's extremely bright, very motivated to learn, and a delightful person that is making a relational impact already as she builds relationships with our partner neighborhoods and the neighbors she meets. I think you'll enjoy our conversation. I'm really excited to have Bernadette come alongside NL and myself as we dive deeper into our Healthy Neighborhoods research. I'm going off 12+ years of practical lessons learned from neighbor interactions and from our time in neighborhoods with little to no formal education. Bernadette is bringing the academic side to this project and rounding out the practical with concrete, researched evidence that aligns with our current findings. You can hear that in our conversation near the end as I share about the lessons we're learning and Bernadette giving definition to what it is we're feeling and seeing. Expect to see some really great reports that combine the quantitative with the qualitative data and lessons. Bernadette isn't afraid of the camera or sharing her personal story as it happens, so tune into our blog to see her “Bernie on a Journey” series, which is a weekly reflection journal.

Build Albion AmeriCorp VISTA Leader, Cressie Vargo joins us on this episode of Brick by Brick. Cressie has dedicated much of her work to serving in communities that have challenges and she is committed to serving Albion. If you’re interested in learning more about how the AmeriCorp VISTA program has worked in Albion and how it has supported our community over the past three years this is the episode that you’ll want to tune into.

Marquetta Frost, Albion native and current Build Albion AmeriCorp VISTA member, shares about her work as a VISTA,what she's most proud of from 2018 and what she's excited about for 2019, on this episode of Brick by Brick.

Mini-sode #2 Notes: Jack Kirby was not a punk. Recorded: 11/15/18 Episode Length: 28:52 In Mini-sode 2, Bex chat with her friend Emily Roldan who she met during her Americorp Vista training. They discuss Latinx identity, Stan Lee and the Golden Age of Comic Books, Harry Potter, and Queer Representation. Tune in! Support Explain to Me by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/explain-to-me Find out more on the Explain to Me website. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.