Podcasts about Community advisory board

0:00 - John Anthony and Michael Koolidge are filling in for Dan and Amy this morning 13:46 - Jasmine Crockett: MAGA Followers ‘Sick,’ Military Being Exploited 31:18 - Michael Letts is the founder of InVest USA. He joined John Anthony and Michael Koolidge to talk about the Trump administration investigations. 49:17 - Priscilla Rahn is the former Vice Chairman of the Colorado Republican Committee, a master educator and licensed principal, a small business entrepreneur, Douglas County Planning Commissioner and a member of the Denver Police Chief’s Community Advisory Board. She joined John Anthony and Michael Koolidge to talk about Juneteenth Day. 01:09:12 - Adam Weinstein, U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan and currently Deputy Director of the Middle East Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, says, "The Wall Street Journal report this morning that Tehran is looking for de-escalation is good — we should be rooting for diplomacy. But that’s not going to happen until Israel stops actively striking Iranian targets — and it seems like that will only come about if Trump puts pressure on Netanyahu." 01:26:54 - Michigan State Rep Joe Aragona shared his experience visiting the White House on Tuesday with other House Republicans 01:46:12 - Thomas Weitzel is the retired Chief of Police of Riverside. He joined John and Mike to talk about the curfew debate in the city of Chicago. 02:00:49 - Open Mic FridaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode has three chapters. Each one answers a key question, and, bottom line, it all adds up to action steps directly and indirectly for many, including plan sponsors probably, community leaders, and also hospital boards of directors. Here's the three chapters in sum. For a full transcript of this episode, click here. If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsletter to be a member of the Relentless Tribe. Chapter 1: Are commercial insurance premiums rising faster than the inflation rate? And if so, is the employee portion of those premiums also rising, meaning a double whammy for employees' paychecks (ie, premium costs are getting bigger and bigger in an absolute sense, and also employees' relative share of those bigger costs is also bigger)? Spoiler alert: yes and yes. Chapter 2: What is the biggest reason for these premium increases? Like, if you look at the drivers of cost that underpin those rising premiums, what costs a lot that is making these premiums cost a lot? Spoiler alert: It's hospitals and the price increases at hospitals. And just in case anyone is wondering, this isn't, “Oh, chargemasters went up” or some kind of other tangential factor. We're talking about the revenue that hospitals are taking on services delivered has gone up and gone up way higher than the inflation rate. In fact, hospital costs have gone up over double the amount that premiums have gone up. Wait, what? That's a fact that Dr. Vivian Ho said today that threw my brain for a loop: Hospital costs have gone up over double the amount that premiums have gone up. Chapter 3: Is the reason that hospital prices have rocketed up as they have because the underlying costs these hospitals face are also going up way higher than the inflation rate? Like, for example, are nurses' salaries skyrocketing and doctors are getting paid a lot more than the inflation rate? Stuff like this. Too many eggs in the cafeteria. Way more charity care. Bottom line, is an increase in underlying costs the reason for rising hospital prices? Spoiler alert: no. No to all of the above. And I get into this deeply with Dr. Vivian Ho today. But before I do, I do just want to state with three underlines not all hospitals are the same. But yeah, you have many major consolidated hospitals crying about their, you know, “razor-thin margins” who are, it turns out, incentivizing their C-suites to do things that ultimately wind up raising prices. I saw a PowerPoint flying around—you may have seen it, too—that was apparently presented by a nonprofit hospital at JP Morgan, and it showed this nonprofit hospital with a 15.1% EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) in 2024. Not razor thin in my book. It's a, the boards of directors are structuring C-suite incentives in ways that ultimately will raise prices. If you want to dig in a little deeper on hospital boards and what they may be up to, listen to the show with Suhas Gondi, MD, MBA (EP404). Vivian Ho, PhD, my guest today, is a professor and faculty member at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine. Her most major role these days is working on health policy at Baker Institute at Rice University. Her work there is at the national, state, and local levels conducting objective research that informs policymakers on how to improve healthcare. Today on the show, Professor Vivian Ho mentions research with Salpy Kanimian and Derek Jenkins, PhD. Alright, so just one quick sidebar before we get into the show. There is a lot going on with hospitals right now. So, before we kick in, let me just make one really important point. A hospital's contribution to medical research, like doing cancer clinical trials, is not the same as how a hospital serves or overcharges their community or makes decisions that increase or reduce their ability to improve the health and well-being of patients and members who wind up in or about the hospital. Huge, consolidated hospital networks can be doing great things that have great value and also, at the exact same time, kind of harmful things clinically and financially that negatively impact lots of Americans and doing all of that simultaneously. This is inarguable. Also mentioned in this episode are Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy; Baker Institute Center for Health Policy; Suhas Gondi, MD, MBA; Salpy Kanimian; Derek Jenkins, PhD; Byron Hugley; Michael Strain; Dave Chase; Zack Cooper, PhD; Houston Business Coalition on Health (HBCH); Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CGMA, CMA, CFM; Cora Opsahl; Claire Brockbank; Shawn Gremminger; Autumn Yongchu; Erik Davis; Ge Bai, PhD, CPA; Community Health Choice; Mark Cuban; and Ferrin Williams, PharmD, MBA. For further reading, check out this LinkedIn post.   You can learn more at Rice University's Center for Health Policy (LinkedIn) and Department of Economics and by following Vivian on LinkedIn.   Vivian Ho, PhD, is the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, a professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University, a professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and a nonresident senior scholar in the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. Ho's research examines the effects of economic incentives and regulations on the quality and costs of health care. Her research is widely published in economics, medical, and health services research journals. Ho's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American Cancer Society, and Arnold Ventures. Ho has served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics, as well as on the NIH Health Services, Outcomes, and Delivery study section. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. Ho is also a founding board member of the American Society for Health Economists and a member of the Community Advisory Board at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. Ho received her AB in economics from Harvard University, a graduate diploma in economics from The Australian National University, and a PhD in economics from Stanford University.   05:12 Are insurance premiums going up? 05:59 What is the disparity between cost of insurance and wage increases? 06:21 LinkedIn post by Byron Hugley. 06:25 Article by Michael Strain. 06:46 How much have insurance premiums gone up for employers versus employees? 09:06 Chart showing the cost to insure populations of employees and families. 10:17 What is causing hospital prices and insurance premiums to go up so exponentially? 12:53 Article by (and tribute to) Uwe Reinhardt. 13:49 EP450 with Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CGMA, CMA, CFM. 14:01 EP452 with Cora Opsahl. 14:03 EP453 with Claire Brockbank. 14:37 EP371 with Erik Davis and Autumn Yongchu. 15:28 Are razor-thin operating margins for hospitals causing these rising hospital prices? 16:56 Collaboration with Marilyn Bartlett and the NASHP Hospital Cost Tool. 19:47 What is the explanation that hospitals give for justifying these profits? 23:16 How do these hospital cost increases actually happen? 27:06 Study by Zack Cooper, PhD. 27:35 EP404 with Suhas Gondi, MD, MBA. 27:50 Who typically makes up a hospital board, and why do these motivations incentivize hospital price increases? 30:12 EP418 with Mark Cuban and Ferrin Williams, PharmD, MBA. 33:17 Why is it vital that change start at the board level?   You can learn more at Rice University's Center for Health Policy (LinkedIn) and Department of Economics and by following Vivian on LinkedIn.   Vivian Ho discusses #healthinsurance #premiums and #hospitalpricing on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #changemanagement #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Chris Crawford (EP465), Al Lewis, Betsy Seals, Wendell Potter (Encore! EP384), Dr Scott Conard, Stacey Richter (INBW42), Chris Crawford (EP461), Dr Rushika Fernandopulle, Bill Sarraille, Stacey Richter (INBW41)  

9:05 – 9:22 (15mins) Chris Cooper, Serenity Wealth Management in-studio 9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Weekly Feature: “FAKE NEWS!” 9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) National Center for Public Policy Research Guests:Priscilla Rahn   Topic: Illegal immigration impact on Denver education [extrapolation to all “sanctuary” cities].Project 21 Ambassador Priscilla Rahn is the former Vice Chairman of the Colorado Republican Committee, a master educator and licensed principal, a small business entrepreneur, Douglas County Planning Commissioner and a member of the Denver Police Chief's Community Advisory Board.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9:05 – 9:22 (15mins) Chris Cooper, Serenity Wealth Management in-studio 9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Weekly Feature: “FAKE NEWS!” 9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) National Center for Public Policy Research Guests:Priscilla Rahn   Topic: Illegal immigration impact on Denver education [extrapolation to all “sanctuary” cities].Project 21 Ambassador Priscilla Rahn is the former Vice Chairman of the Colorado Republican Committee, a master educator and licensed principal, a small business entrepreneur, Douglas County Planning Commissioner and a member of the Denver Police Chief's Community Advisory Board.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For more than 40 years, the Nurse-Family Partnership has been improving the lives of first-time mothers and their babies! Nurses from the organization work with families for the first 1,000 days, from pregnancy until the baby reaches 2 years of age. You have probably heard of this community health program but may not have been sure of all they do.  Listen in to learn more about their successes with the more than 380,000 families that NFP nurses have served since 1996.  Perhaps some of your clients would benefit from the program!  Our guests are Jane Pray, Sara Lynch, and Wendy O'Shea, who are all part of this program in various capacities.  Jane is a Director of Regional Nursing Practice at the National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership. She helps with vision and strategic planning for the Nursing Department.  Sara has worked for NFP for over 25 years. She is now the Senior Manager for Nursing Education.  She manages the nursing teams and facilitates education sessions and webinars. Wendy is a Senior Manager for Nursing Practice where she has worked for six years.  Before coming to NFP, Wendy was a nurse in maternal child health in Pennsylvania.   Listen and Learn:  How the family leads the relationship with her nurse and how the organization is client-centered   What positive outcomes are reached with first-time families in the program, including decreasing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates, especially those that continue to work with their nurse for two years  How helping families be self-sufficient has broader economic benefits  How the Community Advisory Board in each town helps connect families with resources  Who is eligible to become a Nurse-Family Partner client  What additional services, beyond medical checks, NFP helps with  How cultural sensitivity is built into their training and displayed everyday    Resources & Mentions:   More info on Nurse-Family Partnership   NFP Moms  Related Products from InJoy: New Parent Clips Parenting BASICS Stages of Labor Understanding Birth Curriculum Understanding Breastfeeding Curriculum Understanding Fatherhood Curriculum

April 9, 2024 ~ 12:33PM – 12:42PM Dr. Nicole Jones, Epidemiologist, Faculty member in the College of Human Medicine's Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health Michigan State University, co-principal investigator for the Flint Registry and Dr. Kenyetta Dotson, DMIN, MSW, is the Director of Community-based Implementation and Engagement for Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health. co-chair of the Community Advisory Board for the Flint Registry look back on 10 years since the Flint Water Crisis began.

Kevin B. Dull is an accomplished leader in the field of organizational development and HR, with over 20 years of experience. He is the founder of KBD Consulting, a highly regarded People Strategy and HR Consulting Firm, and Co-Founder of MgrWorkbench.ai, a cutting-edge HR AI Technology Firm. Dull's expertise in this field culminating in his role as the head of the Human Resources department for a $3.5 billion revenue company with over 22,000 employees.Dull has also spent more than a decade working as an adjunct professor, teaching courses on Innovation, Business Strategy, and Human Resources. He is a lifelong learner, with an impressive educational background that includes a Juris Doctorate, a Master's of Business Administration, a Master's of Management and Leadership, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.Beyond his professional achievements, Dull is an active member of his community. He serves as the Board member of the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce Workforce Foundation and is involved with the University of Washington - Tacoma's Community Advisory Board for the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement, as well as the Milgard Executive Council for the Milgard School of Business.Dull is a devoted husband to his wife, Susan, and proud father to two children, Bryce and Tyler. He is passionate about solving complex problems and thrives on collaborating with others to create new possibilities. To learn more about Kevin and his work, visit www.kbdull.com and www.mgrworkbench.ai.www.kbdull.comwww.mgrworkbench.aihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dull01/ For more information on how you can Own Your Awkward with Andy Vargo, check out https://www.awkwardcareer.com/ #podcast #awkward #ownyourawkward #acceptance #authentiicity #motivation #inspiration #coach #tacoma #solopreneur #entrepreneur #growth #business #washington #piercecounty #HR #employeeengagement --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/own-your-awkward/support

Kevin B. Dull is an accomplished leader in the field of organizational development and HR, with over 20 years of experience. He is the founder of KBD Consulting, a highly regarded People Strategy and HR Consulting Firm, and Co-Founder of MgrWorkbench.ai, a cutting-edge HR AI Technology Firm. Dull's expertise in this field culminating in his role as the head of the Human Resources department for a $3.5 billion revenue company with over 22,000 employees.Dull has also spent more than a decade working as an adjunct professor, teaching courses on Innovation, Business Strategy, and Human Resources. He is a lifelong learner, with an impressive educational background that includes a Juris Doctorate, a Master's of Business Administration, a Master's of Management and Leadership, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.Beyond his professional achievements, Dull is an active member of his community. He serves as the Board member of the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce Workforce Foundation and is involved with the University of Washington - Tacoma's Community Advisory Board for the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement, as well as the Milgard Executive Council for the Milgard School of Business.Dull is a devoted husband to his wife, Susan, and proud father to two children, Bryce and Tyler. He is passionate about solving complex problems and thrives on collaborating with others to create new possibilities. To learn more about Kevin and his work, visit www.kbdull.com and www.mgrworkbench.ai.www.kbdull.comwww.mgrworkbench.aihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dull01/ For more information on how you can Own Your Awkward with Andy Vargo, check out https://www.awkwardcareer.com/ #podcast #awkward #ownyourawkward #acceptance #authentiicity #motivation #inspiration #coach #tacoma #solopreneur #entrepreneur #growth #business #washington #piercecounty #HR #employeeengagement --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/own-your-awkward/support

Join Barbara Smith,Tamika Middleton, Haley Pessin and Jaimee A. Swift as they discuss historical & contemporary issues Black feminists face. This event took place on October 18, 2023. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology Barbara Smith, Tamika Middleton, Haley Pessin, and Jaimee A. Swift will discuss the historical impact of Home Girls and contemporary issues that Black feminist activists face today. Home Girls, 40th Anniversary Edition published by Rutgers University Press, is available at Bookshop.org. Speakers: Tamika Middleton is Managing Director of Women's March. She is an organizer, doula, writer, and unschooling mama who is passionate about and active in struggles that affect Black women's lives. Tamika has organized for abolition, reproductive justice, and for domestic workers' rights. She is a consultant with Winds of Change Consulting, and a founding member of the Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid (MAMA) Fund and JustGeorgia. She serves as a Community Advisory Board member of Critical Resistance, a Leadership Team member of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective and an advisory board member of Cypress Fund x The Grove. Haley Pessin is a socialist activist living in Queens, New York and is a member of the Tempest Collective. They co-edited the book Voices of a People's History of the United States in the 21st Century: Documents of Hope published by Seven Stories Press. Jaimee A. Swift (she/her) is the executive director and founder of Black Women Radicals, a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and centering Black women and gender expansive people's radical activism in Africa and in the African Diaspora. She is also the creator and founder of The School for Black Feminist Politics (SBFP), the Black feminist political education arm of Black Women Radicals. The mission of the SBFP is to empower Black feminisms in Black Politics by expanding the field from transnational, intersectional, and multidisciplinary perspectives. She is the co-author, with Joseph R. Fitzgerald, of the forthcoming biography of Black feminist icon, Barbara Smith. Barbara Smith is an independent scholar and was co-founder and publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. She has been writer in residence and taught at numerous colleges and universities for over twenty-five years. The author of many books, articles, and essays, including The Truth That Never Hurts ———————————— This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books, and Rutgers University Press. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/oAg8nCQV83A Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

If you'd like to learn more about HD-CAB, including how to become a member, please visit the website here. You can also contact Jenna Heilman at jenna@hdyo.org. 

On this week's Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, is thrilled to be in dialogue with the inspirational Taylor Ryan, Founder and Director of Change Today, Change Tomorrow (https://change-today.org/). Taylor was born and raised in Paducah, but now lives in Louisville. She is a UofL Communications alum with two masters degrees from Marshall University. She has always been a dynamic and giving part of her community; being involved in various organizations such as New Roots and Empowering Ladies Together. With her focused community connection, Taylor was able to spearhead dozens of impactful projects, including everything from food pantry and hygiene drives, to entire block clean-ups. In addition, Taylor has served as a Community History Fellow at the Filson Historical Society, the Norton Institute for Health Equity's Community Advisory Board on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in West Louisville, and the Community Advisory Board for Louisville Youth Philanthropic Council. She recently joined the board of the Kentucky Solar Energy Society. While looking into the needs of her community, Taylor found existing organizations weren't meeting the mark, either due to a lack of resources or disconnect from the community. Taylor decided to do something about it, and Change Today, Change Tomorrow was founded. Since 2019, CTCT has provided barrier-free access to the community through food justice, educational services, and public health initiatives. Change Today, Change Tomorrow is a Black woman led non-profit organization in Louisville. Through the main pillars of service, Food Justice, Community Engagement, and Public Health, they provide for the most marginalized communities in the city, because when you show up for the most marginalized, you show up for everyone. They protect, defend, and meet the needs of those who have been counted out. They are a force of disruptors and changemakers that believe in #communitypower. If you're interested in applying for the working Board of Directors, go to http://tinyurl.com/CTCTBoard CTCT's Inaugural 5k Call To Action Walk is Saturday, August 19th 8-11am, starting at Broadway at the Shawnee Park Loop and walking to the only grocery store in the West End to raise awareness about food apartheid. Online registration required. CTCT's Annual Vegan Cookoff is 
Saturday, August 19th 2-5pm at The Common Table Garden Café, 1200 South 28th Street. This one-of-a-kind event celebrates health, community, and the fight against food injustice in Louisville's West End. At this vibrant gathering local chefs will present their best vegan dishes to be tasted, enjoyed, and voted on by attendees. But there's more to the event than just mouth-watering vegan cuisine. Attendees will have the chance to pick up free, fresh produce from Cleav's Family Farm, savor in-house made cold-pressed juice, and receive organic supplements and herbal teas from Health Daddy Wow. There will also be free health screenings and resources from a variety of community organizations. It's an afternoon packed full of flavors, health, and community-building you won't want to miss! Details and free tickets at http://change-today.org Like Forward Radio, CTCT will be participating in Give For Good Louisville on September 14th! Please donate at http://giveforgoodlouisville.org As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

Part 2 of Eoin's chat with Chris Norwood.Chris Norwood is a prize-winning author and healthcare advocate.She is the Founder and Executive Director of Health People - which is a Community Preventative Health Institute (healthpeople.org).Chris was one of the first journalists to sound an alarm about HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s before it was widely recognized as a deadly epidemic.She also authored the first book on women and HIV, “Advice for Life: A Woman's Guide to AIDS.” Which came out in 1987, and became the inspiration for her founding Health People (then known as Health Force) in 1990 as a women's prevention and support program.Chris is a pioneer in using peer education to enable communities to take control of their health, and has been recognized nationally and internationally for her work in HIV/AIDS and peer-delivered health education (including Diabetes).In 2005, Chris was one of just 1,000 women nominated worldwide for a special Nobel Peace Prize for women's work in community health.She is a member of the Community Coordinating Council for the Bronx Center to Reduce and Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities (Bronx CREED), Center of Excellence at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Bronx-Einstein Alliance for Tobacco-Free Health (Bronx BREATHES), the Community Advisory Board of Albert Einstein College of Medicine AIDS Research Center, the Chronic Disease Prevention Group of the NY State Health Department Prevention Agenda Committee. She is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Public Health Association of New York City.In this episode Eoin and Chris focus a lot on the reality of insulin access and affordability in the US, something which may be quite alien to you, if you live somewhere else and receive state funded insulin and Diabetes supplies.As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode Eoin chats with Chris Norwood.Chris Norwood is a prize-winning author and healthcare advocate.She is the Founder and Executive Director of Health People - which is a Community Preventative Health Institute (healthpeople.org).Chris was one of the first journalists to sound an alarm about HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s before it was widely recognized as a deadly epidemic.She also authored the first book on women and HIV, “Advice for Life: A Woman's Guide to AIDS.” Which came out in 1987, and became the inspiration for her founding Health People (then known as Health Force) in 1990 as a women's prevention and support program.Chris is a pioneer in using peer education to enable communities to take control of their health, and has been recognized nationally and internationally for her work in HIV/AIDS and peer-delivered health education (including Diabetes).In 2005, Chris was one of just 1,000 women nominated worldwide for a special Nobel Peace Prize for women's work in community health.She is a member of the Community Coordinating Council for the Bronx Center to Reduce and Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities (Bronx CREED), Center of Excellence at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Bronx-Einstein Alliance for Tobacco-Free Health (Bronx BREATHES), the Community Advisory Board of Albert Einstein College of Medicine AIDS Research Center, the Chronic Disease Prevention Group of the NY State Health Department Prevention Agenda Committee. She is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Public Health Association of New York City.In this episode Eoin and Chris focus a lot on the reality of insulin access and affordability in the US, something which may be quite alien to you, if you live somewhere else and receive state funded insulin and Diabetes supplies.As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa. I'm here today with Thomas Moore to discuss Chief Knoakes proposal for a community advisory board handpicked by him- as well as some election updates. However, we start off talking about jazz school for some reason and if you would like to skip that part you can skip the first 6 or some minutes of the cast, time stamp provided below. We've got our opinions but we want to give you the resources to develop your own. All of the resources used will be provided below. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our substack at our website www.justicereformleague.net where we will occasionally post op-ed type articles. If you would like to submit something to the substack or have any episode ideas or additional stories you would like us to cover on Twitter at @FWReview and on Instagram at @fortworthfreedomreview and at FWFreedomReview@gmail.com.Music by Anthony Sosa Blog Signup: https://justicereformleague.substack.com/ Check out Episode 9 on the Sunset Commission and the Bowman and Del Carmen Expert Police Panel Report  also check out:Candidate info spreadsheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wSeOHZxnvl0qVp8uh0EokfGFhssg7zE4trcWiEjShM8/edit?usp=sharing Police chief's plans for community advisory board. https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/update-fort-worth-police-chief-provides-plan-for-community-advisory-board/287-b00b85c0-7092-484e-aa0c-7afc548d8a11 2020 Recommendations for FWPDhttps://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/recommendation-to-create-a-police-community-advisory-board-in-fort-worth-voted-down-by-city-council-after-heated-debate/ Family of Atatiana Jefferson GoFundMehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-family-of-atatiana 

Mayor Parker discusses two items discussed at the February 7, 2023 Fort Worth City Council Worksession Meeting: the FWPD Community Advisory Board and an update on the Future City Hall project.Learn more:Board aims to amplify community's voice on police matters: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/2/pd-presentationCouncil hears update on Future City Hall scope and costs: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/2/fch-update-2-7City Council recap for Feb. 7: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/2/council-recap-2-7..A podcast hosted by Mayor Mattie Parker, Go Time takes a look at current city issues, innovative Fort Worth residents, and how we are moving the 13th largest city in the nation forward....Learn more about Go Time and nominate a future Go Time guest at fortworthtexas.gov/gotime. Listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. Go Time is produced by staff here at the City of Fort Worth: Bethany Warner, Katy Reiss, and John-Michael Perkins.Katy and John-Michael also produce our Water Utility's podcast H2OMG, give it a listen.

Chat Guest As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 70 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 600 local and regional partner non-profit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties. Before being named CEO in June 2015, Kyle served three years as the Food Bank's Vice President of Partner Operations, leading the organization to record-breaking years of food distribution to the hungry. Through Kyle's collaborative efforts to improve distribution best practices, the Food Bank dramatically increased the nutritional quality of its product offerings, including fresh produce.  The Food Bank distributes more than 16 million pounds of produce yearly. Before joining the Food Bank, Kyle held several management roles at The Home Depot Inc. in disaster relief, corporate responsibility, community affairs, and store operations. He also previously served as part of the management team that created and launched Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluation service. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard University. He currently serves as the Chair of the Southeast Regional Cooperative and the Vice-Chair of the Georgia Food Bank Association. Kyle also is a member of the Ending Hunger Advisory Committee and the Policy, Education, and Advocacy Committee for Feeding America. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Community Advisory Board for The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc., the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Advisory Board, the Committee For A Better Atlanta, and the board of directors for Goodwill Industries International Inc.  Kyle resides in Decatur, GA, with his wife, Christina, and their three children. Chat Highlights How Kyle was led to serve as the CEO of ACFB in the non-profit sector? ACFB just drastically increased its capacity to a massive 340,000+ square foot facility; how has that growth changed the reach of the Atlanta Community Food Bank? ACFB usually spends $120,000 weekly on food and a few weeks ago spent $1,000,000 a week! 8x the average amount! What has the impact been on the Atlanta community from the coronavirus, and how are things going forward? How can people help the Atlanta Community Food Bank meet the current and future demands around food insecurity?  Importance of volunteering Financial contributions Get In Touch Kyle Waide, CEO, and President of Atlanta Community FoodBankVolunteer and give to the Atlanta Community Food Bank at acfb.org.Learn more about Kyle and connect at linkedin.com/in/kyle-waide-4339a31/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You may have just had a double-take when you read the title of this episode!  What in the world does safety during a traffic stop have to do with the foster care and adoption parenting journey?  A lot, actually!  Many caregivers on this journey are parenting a multi-racial family, children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, autism, a severe mental illness, or another high special need. The likelihood of them having interactions with law enforcement are high unfortuntely. The biggest struggle, and question, we receive from caregivers is "How do I prepare my child for these possible unfortunate moments when they run into law enforcement?"  Fortunately, we have amazing human beings like Jacquelyn Carter from The Alliance For Safe Traffic Stops, who've created transformational resources we can utlitize to bring safety, but most importantly change!  A Little More About Jacquelyn.... Jacquelyn Carter is the president of Alliance For Safe Traffic Stops and the inventor of Not Reaching. She has an Associate Of Arts Degree in Information Technology, a Bachelor Of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, a Master Of Science Degree in Legal Studies, and a Master Of Public Administration with a concentration in Criminal Justice. She also serves on the Community Advisory Board in Alexandria, Virginia where she is also a resident.  How To Connect With Jacquelyn... Visit the Alliance For Safe Traffic Stops website Visit the Not Reaching website Follow Not Reaching on Instagram Also On The Show... Jeff Noble's Caregiver Kickstart Coaching Program is open for registration! When you join, you get more than $5000 in bonus content from Honestly Adoption University. Click Here to learn more! Thanks for stopping by this week ;-) 

Everything is bigger in Texas, including medical bills and the uninsured population. The Lone Star state has the second-largest population in the country, and is among the fastest-growing as well, but all those people are stuck with THE worst healthcare system and very poor health outcomes as well. The uninsured rate is more than twice the national average. Our guest today is Sofia Sepulveda, an activist based in San Antonio, Texas, organizing for healthcare justice, environmental justice, and trans rights. She is co-chair of San Antonio's Healthcare-NOW coalition. In 2021, she was part of a successful campaign to pass legislation that expanded Medicaid for new mothers in Texas from two months to six months. She is also the co-founder of Trans Power San Antonio and sits on the board of the Transgender Education Network of Texas and the Community Advisory Board for Centro Med in San Antonio. Most importantly, she is on the board of Healthcare-NOW, the organization that hosts your favorite podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjkPYi25MM Show Notes What's the Lone Star version of our crappy American healthcare system? First, they are one of only 12 states that haven't expanded Medicaid. That means that the only the neediest people qualify for Medicaid. Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country at 18%, more than twice the national average of 8.6%. That rises to 30% uninsured among Hispanic Texans and 17% among African Americans. 11% of children in Texas are uninsured. Only 5 other states have more than 12% of their population uninsured (AK, FL, GA, MI, OK) Texas also has the largest number of residents who said they skipped healthcare they needed because of costs and fewer residents who report having a regular source of healthcare. In Texas, health insurance costs comprise a larger portion of the median income in Texas than in other states. Premium contributions were 8 percent of median income or more. Mortality rates in Texas are higher for treatable conditions, and is 74% higher among the Black population. A friend of Gillian's once said "in Texas we don't go to the doctor; we just die." Texas is ranked dead last in access to mental health care.  Why won't Texas expand Medicaid??? Around 750,000 Texans fall into the Medicaid “coverage gap” - too poor to qualify for ACA marketplace assistance, yet ineligible for Medicaid because Texas is one of only 12 states that have opted out of the expansion. In some other states, voters have bypassed elected leaders via ballot measures to adopt Medicaid Expansion. Not a thing here. Even though 64% of Texans approve of Medicaid expansion (82% of Democrats). Legislation to adopt Medicaid expansion has been introduced consistently in Texas state legislature with no success. Despite huge public support for Medicaid expansion, without support from the Governor, the bills are DOA. One bill sought to give counties or cities the right to accept the funds allocated by the CMS  Another (called the “Texas Solution”) would have set up a system where the state could receive block grants to enroll individuals in private plan using a sliding scale subsidy, rather than expanding Medicaid to cover them - this was also DOA. Structural Racism Racial health disparities exist across the US, but in Texas they are exacerbated by geography, distance, environmental factors, and a shortage of physicians.   Texas ranks last in so many healthcare measures due to structural racism. In 2021, the size of the Latinx population in Texas surpassed the white population - 40.2% of the state is Latinx, while 39.4% is white. In every states, Latinos/as are the most likely to be uninsured, and have the worst healthcare coverage, so the combination of Texas's healthcare policies, along with structural racism and a very large Latinx community, is really deadly. Much of the economy is stacked against BIPOC, especially Latinx people.

Marla is back! And we're talking a bit about everything... Pregnancy, pandemics, parenting, polyamory, potato famines... I made that last one up. Or did I? Only one way to find out. We also talk about why poly isn't the best flavor of ethical non-monogamy for Marla, how she balances her life, her relationships, and most importantly... Herself. Get in here and listen and then go sign up for Sex Down South using the offer code EMMA to save $15... Bonus, you support our podcast when you do. Thank you!   Marla is a professional sexologist, intimacy/relationship/sex coach, speaker, and author. She is the owner of Velvet Lips, a sexuality education company, as well as Contract Liberation, a company focused on research for non-profit groups. As a Lecturer at Clayton State University, she teaches Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies. As the Co-Founder of the Sex Down South Conference, Marla aims to bring diverse groups together to learn and share their experiences in the essence of being authentic and fostering sexual liberation across communities. Marla has studied human sexuality for over 19 years, has educated over 20,000 people in over 13 years, given over 400 workshops, and have served over 100 clients in her private practice, all around the world. She has had her influence in the media, as well; she has written over 200 articles, featured in over 20 magazines and books, and has been on over 50 podcasts and independent television shows. She was featured on Netflix's Trigger Warning with Killer Mike and VH1's Love & HipHop Atlanta. In addition, she also sits on the Boards for SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! and is on the Community Advisory Board of the Diverse Sexualities and Research Education Institute. She also co-wrote her first book, The Ultimate Guide to Seduction & Foreplay (2020) with Dr. Jessica O'Reilly and co-edited An Intersectional Approach to Sex Therapy (2021). See all of her work at www.velvetlipssexed.com.   Check out the full show notes here.   Click here to order your very own NNM shirt! Click here to learn about our upcoming in-person events! Click here to join our upcoming Virtual Meet and Greets! Join Our Patreon Community! $10 Off - Online STI Testing https://www.normalizingnonmonogamy.com/

Listen to the Massachusetts Appleseed and the Community Advisory Board as they release their new report that explores stories from girls of color about the impact of exclusionary discipline on their lives and amplifies how we can change discipline practices in our state to eradicate these racial and gender-based disparities.  (July 12, 2022)     Questions? Inquiries about program materials? Contact Alan I. Johnson at ajohnson@bostonbar.org

In this episode we hear from Mary, a TB survivor who shares her inspirational journey from initial sickness to embarking on multiple complex treatments, lengthy isolation, recovery and finally to unending dedication to offer support, positivity and hope for others living with TB. Key learning and lessons in this story for researchers, policy makers and global health planners. Mary  Mpakibi Retention Officer and TB expert champion, Kawempe Home Care  My name is Mpakibi Mary, am 28 years and currently staying in Kyebando, Kawempe Kampala Uganda. I am working at Kawempe Home Care (KHC) as a Retention Officer and TB expert champion. KHC is a community Based Organisation caring for people living with HIV/AIDS, TB cancer and other health related illness.  I also work as a cab, Community Advisory Board member with Makerere Lung Institute and a member of Uganda Country Advisory Group (UCAG) under the Light TB project bridging the gap between researchers, health facilities and the communities.  Some of my contribution are attributed to TB case notification through contact tracing and Community sensitization and screening which contribute to the Total TB cases identified at Kawmpe Home Care and other health facilities as shown in reports attached to the links  https://treattb.org/2019/03/08/mary-mpakibi-from-stream-uganda-tells-her-story/ (https://treattb.org/2019/03/08/mary-mpakibi-from-stream-uganda-tells-her-story/)   https://kawempehomecare.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/KHC-Annual-Report-2019-20-Final-1.pdf (https://kawempehomecare.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/KHC-Annual-Report-2019-20-Final-1.pdf)  https://twitter.com/Lung_Institute?t=xTdKZpZ7fLqnDdA4FtANIQ&s=08 (https://twitter.com/Lung_Institute?t=xTdKZpZ7fLqnDdA4FtANIQ&s=08)  https://twitter.com/StopTB?s=08 (https://twitter.com/StopTB?s=08)  https://twitter.com/search?q=USAID%20ON%20TB&t=Xlb1A5FcSzFUGCoyJza87Q&s=08 (https://twitter.com/search?q=USAID%20ON%20TB&t=Xlb1A5FcSzFUGCoyJza87Q&s=08) 

Eric Spina is the 19th president of the University of Dayton and a member of the Dayton Daily News Community Advisory Board. For the Path Forward Dayton podcast, we're interviewing members of our Community Advisory Board, a group of leaders from around our region who help inform our coverage.

UC San Diego's Last Gift study aims to identify where HIV hides in the body of individuals who are terminally ill from a disease other than HIV, like cancer, ALS, or heart disease. Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil, Sarah Gianella Weibel, MD, Andy Kaytes,and Susanna Concha-Garcia discuss the ethical implications of the study, the experiences of the participants, the study components, and what can be learned. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37319]

UC San Diego's Last Gift study aims to identify where HIV hides in the body of individuals who are terminally ill from a disease other than HIV, like cancer, ALS, or heart disease. Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil, Sarah Gianella Weibel, MD, Andy Kaytes, and Susanna Concha-Garcia discuss the ethical implications of the study, the experiences of the participants, the study components, and what can be learned. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37319]

UC San Diego's Last Gift study aims to identify where HIV hides in the body of individuals who are terminally ill from a disease other than HIV, like cancer, ALS, or heart disease. Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil, Sarah Gianella Weibel, MD, Andy Kaytes, and Susanna Concha-Garcia discuss the ethical implications of the study, the experiences of the participants, the study components, and what can be learned. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37319]

UC San Diego's Last Gift study aims to identify where HIV hides in the body of individuals who are terminally ill from a disease other than HIV, like cancer, ALS, or heart disease. Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil, Sarah Gianella Weibel, MD, Andy Kaytes, and Susanna Concha-Garcia discuss the ethical implications of the study, the experiences of the participants, the study components, and what can be learned. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37319]

UC San Diego's Last Gift study aims to identify where HIV hides in the body of individuals who are terminally ill from a disease other than HIV, like cancer, ALS, or heart disease. Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil, Sarah Gianella Weibel, MD, Andy Kaytes, and Susanna Concha-Garcia discuss the ethical implications of the study, the experiences of the participants, the study components, and what can be learned. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37319]

UC San Diego's Last Gift study aims to identify where HIV hides in the body of individuals who are terminally ill from a disease other than HIV, like cancer, ALS, or heart disease. Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil, Sarah Gianella Weibel, MD, Andy Kaytes, and Susanna Concha-Garcia discuss the ethical implications of the study, the experiences of the participants, the study components, and what can be learned. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37319]

Long time Boston Symphony librarian John Perkel tells Jim Cunningham about his presentation in concert of a new piece of music for strings written by Leonard Bernstein as a student at Harvard at age 18. It was recorded for broadcast on Boston's WCRB in April of 2022 and will be heard in streaming audio on May 22. John Perkel retired in 2017 after more than two decades with the orchestra. John has many ties to Pittsburgh including the Pittsburgh Symphony's former CEO Gideon Toeplitz and Michael Bielski COO and Senior Vice President who he has known since childhood. Michael now serves as chair of the Community Advisory Board for WQED. John remembers visits by Mariss Jansons and Lorin Maazel to Tanglewood and Symphony Hall with great pleasure. He also recalls the work of  Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director William Steinberg in Boston and the contribution of former Pittsburgh cellist Owen Young.

Maha Kashani is a senior account manager at IGS Energy, 2022 Dayton Daily News Community Advisory Board member and past president of the Dayton Arab American Forum. For the Path Forward Dayton podcast, we're interviewing members of our Community Advisory Board, a group of leaders from around our region who help inform our coverage.

Darren Parry is the former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Darren serves on the Board of Directors for the American West Heritage Center, in Wellsville, Utah, the Utah State Museum Board, the Community Advisory Board for the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Utah Humanities Board and the PBS Utah Board of Directors.Read More » The post Dialogue Gospel Study #64 w/Darren Parry first appeared on The Dialogue Journal.

Teresa Stivers has worked in the child welfare space for nearly two decades and has served as Chief Executive Office for Walden Family Services for more than 10 years. During her tenure with the organization, Teresa has led Walden through successful accreditations from CARF, the independent agency whose evaluations of health and human services organizations is internationally recognized as the gold standard of care; twice earned Human Rights Campaign's highest innovator seal of recognition “All Children–All Families” for providing culturally competent services for LGBTQ children/families; and expanded transitional housing services, making Walden the second-largest provider in Southern California.   Prior to Walden, Teresa was with the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation where she served as Program Director and Executive Director. Her commitment to foster children in San Diego County has helped launch and establish many signature programs, including the Guardian Scholars Program and Mary's House, a transitional living program for former foster youth.   Teresa currently serves on the Executive Committee for the University of California, San Diego Chancellor's Community Advisory Board. Most recently she was a member of the Steering Committee of the Clinton Foundation Strong Families, Thriving Committees Task Force working to eliminate systemic racism in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System in San Diego County.

What we cover: Harvey shares his personal and professional background and how he became interested in working with this population The creation of the Gender Diverse Care Coalition of NH and understanding the offerings and opportunities for the community The definition of Gender Affirmative Care Common mental health struggles and risks within the LGBTQIA+ community How mental health providers can better support this population Resources for both listeners and mental health professionals to get involved How to reach Harvey: https://www.harveyfeldmancounseling.com https://genderdiversecarecoalitionnh.com/ harveyfeldmanlcmch@gmail.com Harvey Feldman (he/him) is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in the State of New Hampshire (#2128). He holds a Master's degree in counseling from Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont) with a focus on clinical issues of gender and sexuality. Harvey is a member of the Community Advisory Board for Dartmouth Hitchcock's Transgender Health Program, and a founding member of the Gender Diverse Care Coalition of New Hampshire. Additionally, Harvey holds a Master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from Smith College. We would love to connect with you! If you listen to this podcast, please hit the subscribe button so that you never miss an episode and share this podcast with your community and friends. Tag us so we can give a shout out and if you really enjoyed this episode, feel free to share the love and leave a review. The podcast officially has its own handle and page! Connect with us here: https://www.instagram.com/hillaryandchristina/ Check out Christina's website at: https://www.christinaennabe.com/. And as always, stay well!

Brief summary of episode:Aisha immigrated to the US from Kuwait for school when she was eighteen, and came to Baltimore by way of Milwaukee and Portland, Oregon. Since moving, she has engaged with Baltimore's refugee community as a mentor and interpreter. She often finds herself invited into the lives, homes - and stories - of individuals, and feels fortunate to see glimpses of their journeys to America and views on their current situations. For Aisha, stories are powerful in understanding the past and changing future narratives around refugees and immigrants. She believes that food is a collection of stories that are triggered and shaped through memories of feelings and current interactions of  one's environment. Aisha is a cultural broker, bridging and bringing together different cultural backgrounds, and helping to amplify self-narratives. Aisha provides the vital link to refugee and immigrant community, ensuring that at every step of the way, Mera's decisions reflect the actual needs of the community it serves. In addition to her roles with Mera, Aisha serves on the Baltimore's Community Advisory Board for the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.Aisha's favorite food is Iranian bread made in a dive-in oven — but when she can't find that, she loves to eat Chef Iman's za'atar bread, because it reminds her of her grandma's. About Mera Kitchen CollectiveFood brings people together, no matter where you are from. It's a ritual, we gather with our friends and family around the table, not only feeding our bodies but feeding our souls, connecting with people we care about.  Mera Kitchen Collective is a community-driven, food business and we're building a worker cooperative. We focus on the empowerment of chefs from around the world by celebrating our skills and talents in the kitchen, highlighting the value newcomers bring to the fabric of our society. We love Baltimore. We also recognize that policies and systems can create structural barriers that make it harder for some individuals to gain access to resources and opportunities -- and easier for others. Our goal as a collective is to amplify our chefs skills and talents.Why 'Mera Kitchen'? We chose the name Mera Kitchen because it contains the Greek word meraki, which has no direct English translation. Both a verb and an adverb, it connotes that when someone is doing an activity — like cooking — with so much care, devotion, and attention to the task at hand, that they leave a piece of themselves in it. In a world where our attention is often divided, we believe that there is immeasurable beauty and  power in the collective act of creating and sharing food made with love.What we do: Mera Kitchen Collective hosts pop-up events, and we offer catering services and cooking classes throughout Baltimore City. Mera's chefs come from all over the world; many are here seeking refuge, eager to put skills back to use to re-establish an independent, sustainable livelihood. We hope to connect you with our chefs and our chefs with their local community. And now we're opening our first restaurant! In October 2021, we moved to our first space! We're currently open for lunch and expanding hours weekly! We envision our new home as place that represents our diverse cultures as a team at Mera, and the community that we integrated into Baltimore. It is a vehicle to share our cultures; the aroma of cardamom in a rice dish, the tangy spices of salsa verde, fruity, tropical baked goods, and the refreshing gingery mint juices of Burkina Faso. This space is an opportunity for our cooks and chefs to fully express themselves, re-invent their food, collaborate with one another, and most importantly take the Baltimore community on a culinary adventure around the world. We believe in the power of communing over food, on long tables, with shared plates, in conversation, and in pausing to connect with new and old friends.Mera Kitchen Collective is a building a worker cooperative - we participate democratically as we build our business together. This allows for each of us to only strengthen culinary expertise and have a voice in the operations. We hope to use the cooperative model as a successful tool for wealth generation and fostering empowerment.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.Mentioned in this episode:Mera Kitchen CollectivePhoto CreditTo find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode★ Support this podcast ★

About our guest .. Erica Mosca is the Founder and Executive Director of Leaders inTraining (LIT), .Erica is a proud first-generation college graduate, daughter of an immigrant, andsocial justice advocate. Part of the college access non-profit 10,000 Degrees in high school andserving as a fifth grade teacher with Teach For America, Las Vegas.Mosca currently serves on the Board of Directors of college access private school Cristo Rey St.Viator as the Academic Committee Chair, as an Authority member of the NV State Public CharterSchool Authority, the Board Chair of college persistence program & housing complex Q3 StudentPartners' Community Advisory Board, serves on the Clark County Community DevelopmentAdvisory Committee & is part of US Congressman Steven Horsford's Equity Cabinet. Previously,Mosca served on college access charter school Equipo Academy's Committee to Form, as the Chairof the United Way of Southern Nevada's Women's United Engagement Committee & as anExecutive Board member of the Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus serving as theCorresponding Secretary. She has worked for Teach For America, TNTP & as a Special ProjectsManager for previous Clark County School District Superintendent Dwight Jones.Erica was awarded the 2021 Women Inspiring Nevada recognition, 2020 Community Hero Awardfrom the Public Education Foundation for LIT's work during COVID-19 and the 2019 BostonUniversity Young Alumni Award. Erica is a proud 2021 Leadership Las Vegas Phoenix classmember, 2017 Emerge NV member, 2011 Education Pioneers Boston cohort member, 2008 TeachFor America Las Vegas corps member and holds a B.S. from Boston University, an M.Ed. fromUNLV & and Ed.M. from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. About our guest .. Kasina Douglass-Boone is a dedicated mother of six children, wife, former Nevada Legislator, and community advocate who is focused on family and civic engagement by strategizing and developing programs to bridge the gap between home,school, life and the community for adolescents. Kasina is also a dedicated member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.In 2011 Kasina launched her non-profit TULIPS- (Teaching, Uniting Ladies to Inspire Positive Success); she assists young ladies in crucial social skills such as how to dress, speak, and behave. This organization also empowers young ladies to take control of their future and to be an example for others. Through this organization and her other community endeavors Kasina has been the recipient of several community awards. Kasina has been steady and philanthropic throughout the community. She assists each year in the community with back-to-school fairs, Teen Town Halls, and Social Justice Events.For the past 22 years Kasina has been employed with Clark County District working in several support staff positions. In 2013 Kasina transitioned into the classroom which aided her in truly seeking after her true passion of supporting and being the voice for our youth and their subsequent success. In 2016 Kasina switched her career field to a Social Worker Mental Health Specialist still continuing her work in helping the students at Peterson Academic Center where her passion for changes fuels the outcomes for her students and their families by eliminating barriers to success at all cost.On July 8, 2020 Kasina was sworn in as the Assembly woman for District 17 where she finished out the term of her mentor Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson. Kasina is currently a key leader at Ty's Place Safe Space for Teens in memory of her loving mentor. About our guest .. Craig Rosen serves as the Community Engagement and Professional Development Administrator in the Desert Research Institute (DRI) Office of Education. He has been with DRI for nearly 9 years working to innovate and improve STEM Education throughout Nevada. He was the founding director for the Nevada STEAM Conference and has worked on projects funded by NASA, local utility companies, TESLA, and Federal and State grants. Prior to that he has served as Director of the Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival, worked as a national consultantin informal education, and was Director for religious schools in CA and NV. Mr. Rosen sits on numerous boards and committees, has presented at Statewide and National Conferences, and received many awards for his work in STEM Education. Craig holds a B.A. in Child Development and Psychology from CSUN and an M.A. in Urban Leadership from UNLV.Subscribe to our Youtube ChannelCollege of Medicine website:https://medicine.roseman.edu/University website:https://www.roseman.edu/-College of Medicine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosemanmedicine/-GENESIS website:https://medicine.roseman.edu/home/genesis/Follow UsTwitter:@DrJoeGreer@RosemanmedicineInstagram: @rosemanuhs@mytulipsnv@lit_lv@driscienceTikTok:Facebook:

Kyle Waide, Atlanta Community Food Bank President and CEO on NonProfits Radio Kyle Waide, President and CEO Atlanta Community Food Bank As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 70 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 600 local and regional partner nonprofit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties. Prior to being named CEO in June of 2015, Waide served for three years as the Food Bank's Vice President of Partner Operations, leading the organization to record-breaking years of food distribution to the hungry. Through Waide's collaborative efforts to improve distribution best practices, the Food Bank dramatically increased the nutritional quality of its product offerings, including fresh produce. Currently the Food Bank distributes more than 14 million pounds of produce each year. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Waide held several management roles at The Home Depot Inc. in disaster relief, corporate responsibility, community affairs and store operations. He also previously served as part of the management team that created and launched Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluation service. Waide is a graduate of Harvard University and serves as the Chair of the Southeast Regional Cooperative, the Vice Chair of the Georgia Food Bank Association and is a member of the Ending Hunger Advisory Committee and the Policy, Education and Advocacy Committee for Feeding America. In our local community, Waide is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Community Advisory Board for The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc., the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Advisory Board and the Committee For A Better Atlanta. Waide resides in Decatur with his wife, Christina, and their three children. Brief Description of Service: 1. The Atlanta Community Food Bank + their vision, mission and Bold Goal. The Atlanta Community Food Bank distributes enough food for over 60 million meals each year and distributes to more than 600 nonprofit partner agencies serving families and individuals in 29 metro Atlanta and north Georgia counties. 2. Every day, one in seven Georgians struggle with hunger. We are asking you to join us in supporting the Atlanta Community Food Bank today to make a donation, visit acfb.org 3. The Atlanta Community Food Bank's strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency has earned another 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent charity evaluator. The 4-star rating is the highest grade awarded by Charity Navigator. For eight consecutive years, the Food Bank has earned 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator. Topics to Discuss: Other details about the Food Bank's service area - 1 in 7 Georgians struggles with hunger in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. These folks include children, seniors, and hardworking families. Each year, an estimated 755,400 (or 1 in 7) people in metro Atlanta and north Georgia turn to Food Bank partner agencies for food. Clients visit agencies an average of 8 times a year. Web Site / Linkedin / Social Media Links: http://www.acfb.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-waide-4339a31 Non Profits Radio! Be Our Guest and “Broadcast Your Cause!” Mission: Share compelling stories of local community nonprofit organizations. Inviting nonprofits and companies/individuals supporting nonprofits to join us in the studio for a guest interview on NonProfits Radio! A passion project of Pro Business Channel, the creator of NonProfits Radio "as our way to support and help tell the stories of local nonprofits"!! Hosted by: Rich Casanova Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California's central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people.

Thomas Russo currently serves as Town Manager in Newton, NJ, with 14 years of dedicated service to the County Seat of Sussex County, NJ.  Thomas Russo has 24 years of experience in municipal and county government as well as the nonprofit sector.  His experience includes but is not limited to budgeting, purchasing, human resources, public relations, project oversight, contract negotiations, government relations, economic revitalization & redevelopment, and community relations.  Thomas Russo is a competent and confident servant leader; a proven visionary and strategic thinker with highly effective communications and organizational skills.  Thomas Russo previously served as an elected official in two NJ municipalities.  He was a Committeeman in Bernards Township from 2014–2017.  He served as a Councilman, Council Vice President, and Council President in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township from 1998–2005, earning the distinction as the youngest-ever elected Governing Body member in the history of the Township.  Thomas Russo also dedicated time to countless political campaigns from 1992–2014 attending several inaugurations and conventions.  He was selected as part of the inaugural class of young elected leaders at the 1stNational Young Elected Leaders Conference, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University.  He was also chosen by the NJ Herald in 2009 as one of 40 influential people in Sussex County under the age of 40.  Other relevant professional experience includes his service as a Fundraising Associate at Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ; Director of Public Affairs and Information at the Morris County Sheriff's Office in Morristown, NJ; Manager of Development at Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ; Senior Editor, Communications at Organon Pharma USA; and Assistant Township Manager in Randolph, NJ.  Thomas Russo is a member of the New Jersey Municipal Management Association (NJMMA) and as Chairman of the Statewide Insurance Fund, a committed group of over 80 NJ municipalities that pool resources to manage insurance claims and coverage.  He is a Community Advisory Board member of both Newton Medical Center - Atlantic Health Group and Bristol Glen Independent and Assisted Living Methodist Community.  He is also an Executive Committee member of the North Jersey Municipal Employee Benefits Fund (NJMEBF), a consortium of forward-thinking communities which pool resources to effectively manage employee health insurance costs.  Thomas Russo has a Certified Public Manager (CPM) degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University/State of NJ, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in both Communication and Political Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.  He is an adjunct professor in the undergraduate LEAD program at Pillar College, Newark, NJ; an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at his alma mater, Seton Hall University, in South Orange, NJ, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on nonprofit management and leadership; and an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ, where he teaches graduate courses in the School of Public and Global Affairs.  In 2022, Mr. Russo will be an adjunct professor at both Florida State University (online MPA program) and Florida International University (online MPA program).  Thomas recently published his first book, a memoir of his life experiences and how he gave up New Jersey politics and found servant leadership as his calling.  The purpose of his book, There Are No Politics In Heaven, is to help individuals work through their brokenness and improve their lives with spirituality as their cornerstone.  Mr. Russo is also a student in the Public Leadership Credential (PLC) Program at Harvard University's renowned Kennedy School of Government.  He currently attends Grace Fellowship Chapel with his family in Bedminster, NJ, and serves as a volunteer with Pause Ministries in Basking Ridge, NJ.  He resides in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, NJ with his wife Patricia, Director of The Children's Corner Preschool, the largest ministry of Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church.  They have two college-age daughters, Ashley (The Pennsylvania State University) and Krista (Florida State University).

Thomas Russo currently serves as Town Manager in Newton, NJ, with 14 years of dedicated service to the County Seat of Sussex County, NJ. Thomas Russo has 24 years of experience in municipal and county government as well as the nonprofit sector. His experience includes but is not limited to budgeting, purchasing, human resources, public relations, project oversight, contract negotiations, government relations, economic revitalization & redevelopment, and community relations. Thomas Russo is a competent and confident servant leader; a proven visionary and strategic thinker with highly effective communications and organizational skills. Thomas Russo previously served as an elected official in two NJ municipalities. He was a Committeeman in Bernards Township from 2014–2017. He served as a Councilman, Council Vice President, and Council President in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township from 1998–2005, earning the distinction as the youngest-ever elected Governing Body member in the history of the Township. Thomas Russo also dedicated time to countless political campaigns from 1992–2014 attending several inaugurations and conventions. He was selected as part of the inaugural class of young elected leaders at the 1stNational Young Elected Leaders Conference, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. He was also chosen by the NJ Herald in 2009 as one of 40 influential people in Sussex County under the age of 40. Other relevant professional experience includes his service as a Fundraising Associate at Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ; Director of Public Affairs and Information at the Morris County Sheriff's Office in Morristown, NJ; Manager of Development at Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ; Senior Editor, Communications at Organon Pharma USA; and Assistant Township Manager in Randolph, NJ. Thomas Russo is a member of the New Jersey Municipal Management Association (NJMMA) and as Chairman of the Statewide Insurance Fund, a committed group of over 80 NJ municipalities that pool resources to manage insurance claims and coverage. He is a Community Advisory Board member of both Newton Medical Center - Atlantic Health Group and Bristol Glen Independent and Assisted Living Methodist Community. He is also an Executive Committee member of the North Jersey Municipal Employee Benefits Fund (NJMEBF), a consortium of forward-thinking communities which pool resources to effectively manage employee health insurance costs. Thomas Russo has a Certified Public Manager (CPM) degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University/State of NJ, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in both Communication and Political Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is an adjunct professor in the undergraduate LEAD program at Pillar College, Newark, NJ; an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at his alma mater, Seton Hall University, in South Orange, NJ, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on nonprofit management and leadership; and an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ, where he teaches graduate courses in the School of Public and Global Affairs. In 2022, Mr. Russo will be an adjunct professor at both Florida State University (online MPA program) and Florida International University (online MPA program). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/odell-glenn-jr/support

Hyepin Im, CPA, MBA, and Master of Divinity, has a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley, M.B.A. from USC, and M.Div., summa cum laude, from Wesley Theological Seminary. She is a frequent speaker on CNN and NPR and her opinions have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.   She is the President and Founder of Faith and Community Empowerment (FACE), a national nonprofit serving as a bridge between the Asian American community and the greater community at large. Since its inception in 2001, FACE has had over 800 partners ranging from the White House to Fortune 500 companies to various community organizations. She was a U.S. Presidential Appointee on the Board of the Americorps. Her successful initiatives include educating 10,000+ homebuyers and helping them receive over $1.6 million in down payment assistance and saving over $91 million in mortgages from foreclosure, partnering with both FDIC and Freddie Mac in developing a Korean curriculum in financial literacy and homeownership, implementing a historic $5 million U.S. Department of Labor workforce development program for Asian youth, and hosting joint conferences with the White House and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to mobilize 5000 Korean American churches for economic development. She is on the Mayor's Interfaith Collective, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Metro-Urban Institute Advisory Council, U.S. Army Advisory Board. Prior services include Board Member of Greenlining Institute, Community Advisory Board of MUFG Union Bank and Torrey Pines Bank, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Western Partner for the Council on Foreign Relations, and L.A. County Supervisor's Empowerment Congress and Board of FTE (Forum for Theological Exploration) and Advisory Board for Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Urban Institute.

Miguel Armaza sits down with the very genuine Raul Vazquez, CEO of Oportun, a Nasdaq-listed company that provides responsible consumer credit. Founded 15 years ago, Oportun has extended more than 4 million loans and over $10 billion in affordable credit. Raul has been Oportun's CEO since 2012 and previously served as CEO of Walmart.com. Currently, he also serves on the board of Intuit and the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders. He is also a proud MBA graduate of our very own Wharton School. In this episode, we discuss - Raul's fascinating story and how the oldest son of Mexican immigrants became the CEO of a publicly traded company - Oportun's digital and retail hybrid approach and the importance of being a mission-driven company - The reasons why about 100 million people are not fully served by the US mainstream financial system and what Oportun is doing about it - Reflections of taking Oportun public and a deep dive into their IPO process - The power of compassionate leadership, management lessons, and the hardest business decisions he's had to make. - And a lot more! Raul Vazquez Raul has served as Oportun's chief executive officer and board member since 2012. His past experience includes leadership roles at Walmart, including three years as CEO of Walmart.com, and at high-growth startups. Raul currently serves on the boards of Intuit and the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, and he formerly sat on the board at Staples. He has been a member of the Community Advisory Board at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and chaired the Federal Reserve's Community Advisory Council. He holds a BS and MS in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School. In 2018, he was named EY's Entrepreneur of the Year in financial services. Raul celebrates the good and bad, the small and big, with ice cream from Dairy Queen. About Oportun Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a financial services company that leverages its digital platform to provide responsible consumer credit to hardworking people. Using A.I.-driven models that are built on 15 years of proprietary customer insights and billions of unique data points, Oportun has extended more than 4 million loans and over $10 billion in affordable credit, providing its customers with alternatives to payday and auto title loans. In recognition of its responsibly designed products which help consumers build their credit history, Oportun has been certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) since 2009. For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Miguel's Twitter: twitter.com/MiguelArmaza Miguel's Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3jWIpqp

It's the Season Two Finale, and we couldn't be more excited to share this conversation with our special guest Marla Renee Stewart of Velvet Lips LLC. Marla is a world-renowned sexologist, sex coach, and sex educator who specializes in helping everyday people own their authentic sexual selves. For this episode, Dr. G and Marla chop it up about diversity in Blackness, queerness, and the possibilities of sex ed when imagined in pop culture. A fabulous end to an amazing season! Episode Transcripts are delayed, but will be forthcoming as soon as possible. Guest Bio: Marla Renee Stewart, MA is a professional sexologist, speaker, author and sexual strategist. She is the owner of Velvet Lips, a sexuality education company, as well as Contract Liberation, a company focused on research for non-profit groups. She also is a Lecturer at Clayton State University, teaching Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies. As the Co-Founder of the Sex Down South Conference, Marla aims to bring diverse groups together to learn and share their experiences in the essence of being authentic and fostering sexual liberation across communities. Marla has studied human sexuality for over 20 years, has educated over 30,000 people in over 14 years, given over 500 workshops, and have served over 100 clients in her private practice, all around the world. She has had her influence in the media, as well; she has written over 200 articles, featured in over 30 magazines and books, and has been on over 70 podcasts and independent television shows. She was featured on Netflix's Trigger Warning with Killer Mike and VH1's Love & HipHop Atlanta. In addition, she also sits on the Boards for SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! and is on the Community Advisory Board of the Diverse Sexualities and Research Education Institute. She co-wrote her first book, The Ultimate Guide to Seduction & Foreplay (2020) with Dr. Jessica O'Reilly and is currently writing a chapter and co-editing An Intersectional Approach to Sex Therapy, coming in 2021.

Join a short discussion with CICR Community Advisory Board Member Rory Wheeler (Seneca Nation) to hear his reasons for being involved in cancer prevention and health promotion. Rory also talks about youth leadership development opportunities and his experiences while participating in both CICR's Community Advisory Board (CAB), as well as Roswell Park's larger CAB. He highlights why representation is important, especially when it involves cancer research and care.

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Georgia Southern University professor Dr. Amy Potter and GSU masters student Jeffrey R. Finney join the Tuesday Commute to discuss the legacy of Orange Crush on Tybee Island after it was announced that the event would move to Jacksonville after 20 years. Then, Savannah Morning News executive editor Rana Cash joins to discuss the creation of the Community Advisory Board for editorials. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Wafford - President and CEO of the I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center and Rise Above Covid Community Advisory Board member. Tony lost 5 family members to Covid-19. We talk about the racial inequities and the impact on Black communities and the ACTIV-2 treatment study clinical trial that is testing different investigational medicines to determine if they are safe and can help adults with COVID-19 get better.   In April, 2020 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy for prioritizing and speeding development of the most promising treatments and vaccines. You’ve no doubt heard about the vaccine to help prevent covid 19 infections,  but there is also a need to find effective treatments for people with Covid 19. In this series you'll hear first hand from an infectious disease specialist, a community advisor and a clinical trial participant about the need to diversify the study to help save lives.

Tony Wafford - President and CEO of the I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center and Rise Above Covid Community Advisory Board member. Tony lost 5 family members to Covid-19. We talk about the racial inequities and the impact on Black communities and the ACTIV-2 treatment study clinical trial that is testing different investigational medicines to determine if they are safe and can help adults with COVID-19 get better.   In April, 2020 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy for prioritizing and speeding development of the most promising treatments and vaccines. You’ve no doubt heard about the vaccine to help prevent covid 19 infections,  but there is also a need to find effective treatments for people with Covid 19. In this series you'll hear first hand from an infectious disease specialist, a community advisor and a clinical trial participant about the need to diversify the study to help save lives.

With coronavirus infections on the rise in Maryland, school systems are reevaluating their plans for in-person learning. Baltimore County pressed “pause” on its plan for a staggered reopening. We get an update from Dr. George Roberts, one of the system’s community superintendents. The district's reopening plan is available here. It's health and safety guidelines for COVID-19 are here. Meanwhile, Baltimore City intends to reopen 27 schools next week. Joe Kane, chair of the Parent and Community Advisory Board, shares concerns about safety and transparency. Read the district's health and safety guide here. Find the COVID-19 Dashboard here. The list of schools slated for reopening is available here.

Jason Riveiro ,"Go Beyond your Job Description", Senior Director of Global Growth Markets & Inclusion at Realogy Holdings Corp. on Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind with Michael Valdes Podcast #144"You're not marketing unless you're targeting", Jason gives some critical thinking advice for agents who are interested in creating and maximizing their brand. An expert who has studied this niche market shares advice that would be useful to all sectors. His podcast, "Multicultural Real Estate Pros." follows key topics in greater detail. Jason and I worked together at my former employer as well as on the board of NAHREP, and he is one of the most talented marketing professionals I know who uses his critical thinking skills to find results.More About Jason Riveiro:Jason Riveiro serves as Senior Director of Global Growth Markets & Inclusion at Realogy Holdings Corp., the leading and most integrated provider of residential real estate services in the U.S. with brands like Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Corcoran, ERA, and Sotheby’s International Realty. Prior to Realogy, Jason served as Chief Marketing Officer for the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). Jason is also responsible for pioneering the launch of multicultural marketing departments at Big Lots, North America's largest closeout retailer and The Sherwin-Williams Co., the nation’s largest specialty retailer of paint and painting supplies.Riveiro is the Chair of NAHREP’s Corporate Board of Governors and has served on several boards including the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Business Advisory Board, WCPO Community Advisory Board, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority’s (SORTA) Board of Trustees, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Cincinnati Human Relations Commission’s Board of Directors, Clear Channel’s Community Advisory Board, Columbus Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Pittsburgh Pirates Diversity Advisory Board.To commemorate his contributions, Riveiro has been awarded the Univision Communications’ Fellow, NAACP Freedom Fighter Award, LULAC National Presidential Citation, Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award, Business Courier’s Top 40 Under 40 and CityBeat Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2007. A native of Houston Texas, Jason was born to a Colombian mother and Venezuelan father. He spent 10 years living throughout México, in cities such as Torreon, Mazatlán, Tepic and Tijuana before returning to his native Houston to complete his professional studies. He holds an MBA from Xavier University, a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX and has completed graduate courses at the Universidad de San Pablo-CEU in Madrid, Spain. About Michael Valdes: Michael Valdes is the newly named President of eXp Global at eXp Realty. Previously Michael was the senior vice president of global servicing for Realogy Corporation, one of the world's largest real estate companies and parent to Coldwell Banker, C21 and Sotheby’s.Earlier in his career, Mr. Valdes was Director of Private Banking at Deutsche Bank for just under a decade where he oversaw a book of business of just under $1 billion. He has the distinction of being the first Director in the United States of Latino descent. Mr. Valdes is the Chair of the AREAA Global Advisory Board and co-host of the 2020 AREAA Global Luxury Summit. He is also a current member of the NAHREP Corporate Board of Governors and a member of Forbes' Real Estate Council. Additionally, he is the Executive Chair of the ONE VOZ, Hispanic ERG for the firm and a member of Forbes Real Estate Council. He is a former Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach as well as the Shanti Organization in San Francisco. Michael was also a Board Member of Pink & Blue for 2, an organization started by Olivia Newton-John to promote breast and prostate cancer awareness.  

**Mature Content** Topics such as suicide and mental illness are woven throughout this conversation. If you have not watched the super popular Amazon Series Modern Love yet- you are missing out. Particularly episode three, 'Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am' which portrays a woman (played by the lovely Anne Hathaway) struggling to live life with bipolar disorder. This episode was inspired by an essay written by today's guest, Terri Cheney, which was published in the New York Times in 2008.Today The Two Jess(es) get a chance to sit down with author Terri Cheney, to talk about what it is like to live life as a high profile entertainment lawyer in Hollywood who also struggles through cycles of mania and deep depression caused by bipolar disorder. Terri, who now spends her time advocating on behalf of those who are in need of mental health support, candidly shares her thoughts and experiences and is incredibly inspiring by the strength and clarity with which she shares some of her darkest moments. There are some very serious moments broken up by hilarious stories proving that living with bipolar disorder successfully is possible. Terry's newest book, Modern Madness was released in September is available for purchase wherever you buy books. https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Madness-Owners-Terri-Cheney/dp/0306846306/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1604233522&sr=8-1-sponshttps://www.amazon.com/Season-1-Official-Teaser/dp/B0875GVR5Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F2KWAQVGKCFJ&dchild=1&keywords=modern+love+episode+3&qid=1604233439&sprefix=modern+love+episode%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-1Meet Terri:Terri Cheney is the author of the New York Times bestseller Manic. Terri’s writings and commentary about bipolar disorder have also been featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, NPR, PsychologyToday.com, and countless articles and popular blogs. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at USC, the Honorary Board of Directors of the International Bipolar Foundation, and the Board of Directors of Project Return Peer Support Network. She also served on the Community Advisory Board of the UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program. She founded and facilitates a weekly mental health support group at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute. She currently lives in Los Angeles.Support the show (http://www.paypal.com)

We are currently in a new decade, the year is 2020 and not only do we still battle with racial and social equality there’s gender equality as well. Us “ women “ are very powerful and courageous beings yet we are still seen as less then; never ever ever being equal to a man. We are taught to love ourselves, we are taught to aspire to marriage we can have ambition but not too much that it outshines “ the man “ in our lives. How do you solve a conflict between two parties if one of the parties does not believe there is a problem, or only recognizes it as a small issue, while the other party sees a large and continuous problem? As women we battle amongst ourselves; often competing on which feminine race is more attractive or what true sexual femininity is; which class of a women will more likely gain the interests of a man (classism), how we should dress and the latest fashion trends. Does digital social constructs help with our battles ladies? The business models of these social media networks incentivizes us to behave in certain ways, in ways that promote speaking often at the cost of listening. So are we constantly listening to the wrong information; and never really channeling what is best suited for us as individual women? I did some research: {please click the link}. “Gender Equality in the World of Work”. https://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/Discussions/WCMSTEST4_167473 LeeAnne Quattrucci is an attorney, teacher, writer and activist who empowers and inspires. Originally from the Bronx, New York, LeeAnne calls Wilmington, North Carolina home. LeeAnne is a bibliophile, a world traveler, and a foodie. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Wake Forest University, LeeAnne spent two years studying and working in London and in Costa Rica for Colectiva Por El Derecho a Decidir. She also lived in New Zealand and ran a backpacking lodge. Upon returning to the United States, LeeAnne spent two years teaching at Arts-Based Elementary School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. LeeAnne then went on to earn her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Law. She graduated with honors and was Pro Bono student of the year. LeeAnne is a fierce community advocate and spends a lot of time volunteering and engaging in community activities. LeeAnne serves on several boards including the Community Advisory Board for WHQR Public Radio, Leading Into New Communities (LINC), Carolina Law Pro Bono Advisory Board, Wake Forest Scholarship Committee, Oops (Offering Optimistic Plans for Success), New Hanover County Rotary Board, and is the former President of Voces Latina. She also served as a pro bono attorney for Legal Aid of North Carolina, the Battered Immigrants Project and the Guardian ad Litem program. ​LeeAnne has received many awards and recognitions throughout her career for legal advocacy and community involvement. LeeAnne was named Wilmington’s Best Attorney for three consecutive years: 2013, 2014 and 2015. She was also awarded the YWCA Woman of Achievement for 2015 in the Business category. She was selected as a 2015 Wilma Woman to Watch candidate. As a stellar advocate for her clients and professional among her colleagues, LeeAnne was selected as Legal Elite in 2015 in the area of Family Law. She received the Pro Bono Public Award from Legal Aid for 2012, 2013 and 2014. {. This podcast series is going to be based on my opinion of said topic. The guest cohost will provide their experiences or expertise on the subject matter.} (I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS MUSIC). Please visit my website www.jonseysweets.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jonseysweet/message

As Director of Board and External Affairs, she is responsible for building and maintaining Texas 2036’s board of directors and ensuring diversity across several demographic measures – ethnicity, geography, industry, age, and gender. Additionally, Enisha is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with community, civic, and business leaders across the entire state of Texas.Enisha joined Texas 2036 after five years at the George W. Bush Institute. She served as Senior Program Manager for Leadership Programs. In this role, Enisha launched and oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program that included scholar and speaker logistics, program development, and communication efforts. She also supported the execution of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, Liberty and Leadership, and WE Lead programs.A Dallas native, Enisha is deeply involved in various community organizations that advance outcomes for underserved populations. She is a past president of the Mayor’s Star Council and currently serves on the board of directors. She also serves on the board of the George W. Bush Institute’s 43 Club; ScholarShot, an organization that helps at-risk students complete vocational associate, or undergraduate degrees; and the Community Advisory Board for KERA. Nationally, Enisha was selected to become a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network, a policy education and professional development program. Most recently, Enisha became a Dallas Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award honoree which celebrates up-and-comers and influencers in the North Texas community.Enisha is a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and serves on the board of the local alumni chapter, Dallas TexasExes.Legends in Leadership is brought to you by:https://www.carringtonfo.comhttp://isfsite.org

Joyee Washington, MS, MPH, CHES is a Public Health and Education Research Consultant who works with individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, and communities to plan, implement, assess, evaluation and manage health education and community-based programs, as well as research.  She is the founder of Joyee Washington Consulting, LLC and is completing her PhD in Educational Research at the University of Southern Mississippi with a focus on evaluation, statistics, and assessment specifically related to adolescent sexual health.  She believes that power lies in community and the best way to access that power is by listening and uplifting the voices of the people through community engagement and action.   In This Episode We Cover: How the journey to a PhD is not a straight line but involves many twists and turns.  Her focus on adolescent sexual health and teen pregnancy prevention. Her struggles and successes conducting Community-Based Participatory Research with a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. The importance of an engaged Community Advisory Board. Her biggest challenges working in Community-Based Research. Her top tips for planning for, implementing and evaluating Community-Based Research. The item(s) that you want to make sure you include in your research budget. The importance of planning for sustainability at the very beginning of the research planning process. The difference between community involvement and community engagement. Why recognizing a community’s strengths is crucial in the research process. The two key factors in helping communities solve problems.   Stand-Out Quotes: With regards to Community-Based Participatory Research: "It’s one thing to read about it in a book and another thing to actually do it.” “As researchers, we cannot go into their community and assume we know what they need. That will not work.  That will create more problems as opposed to solutions.” “There is a lot that goes on in the background of CBPR.  It is key to have a community advisory board.” Advice for Community-Based Researchers: “Don’t go in with any expectations.  You have to be open.  You have to be flexible.”   “At the end of the day it isn’t about you, it is about the community.” “You have to plan for sustainability on the front end.” “When talking about community-based research and projects in general, equity is providing resources to those who need it the most.” “We have a responsibility to work with a community to uncover their strengths and use those strengths to achieve health equity.” “(Research) is more than numbers, data and experiments. We have to take time and ask what’s going on.  Communities have to learn to empower themselves.”   Action Steps: Whenever working to help solve problems, make sure to meet people where they are and build trust and relationships by listening. Be flexible during the entire research process. Build a sustainability plan during the initial planning process. Remain open, because it is about the community, not your research expectations. Find the strengths!   Reach Out: Visit Joyee’s website at: https://joyeewashington.com

Ms. Hyepin Im is a former U.S. Presidential Appointee on the Board of the Corporation for National and Community Service and serves as President and Founder of Faith and Community Empowerment (formerly KCCD), a national nonprofit involved in empowering churches and nonprofits to leverage their resources by building capacity, leadership, and partnerships in economic development and serving as a bridge between the Asian American community and the greater community at large. Since its inception in 2001, FACE has had over 700 partners, ranging from the White House to Fortune 500 companies. Successful initiatives include educating over 10,000 homebuyers and helping them receive over $1.6 million in down payment assistance, saving over $91 million in mortgages from foreclosure, partnering with both FDIC and Freddie Mac in developing a Korean curriculum in financial literacy and homeownership, implementing a historic $5 million U.S. Department of Labor workforce development program, and hosting joint conferences with the White House and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to mobilize 5000 Korean American churches for economic development. Ms. Im is a frequent speaker who has been on CNN and NPR and who has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. She has presented at numerous conferences including at the White House, U.S. Department of Labor, Christian Community Development Association, and Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. She serves on the Mayor’s Interfaith Collective, Community Advisory Board of MUFG Union Bank and Torrey Pines Bank,U.S. Army Advisory Board, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Western Partner for the Council on Foreign Relations, and L.A. County Supervisor’s Empowerment Congress and Board of FTE (Forum for Theological Exploration) and Advisory Board for Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Urban Institute. In 2012, she was honored as Woman of Action by California Speaker of the Assembly John Perez.She was selected twice as Pioneer Woman of the Year by Council President Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Tom Labonge. She was also recognized by LAUSD School Boardmember as a Trailblazer for her work and advocacy for students. Los Angeles Magazine featured Ms. Im as “Ten Inspirational Women of Los Angeles in their September 2013 issue. Her previous positions include venture capitalist for Renaissance Capital Partners, Sponsorship Manager for California Science Center, and Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young. She has a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley, M.B.A. from University of Southern California, and M.Div., summa cum laude, from Wesley Theological Seminary.

Marla's story and message are incredible, you do not want to skip this episode. She is a professional sexologist, intimacy/relationship/sex coach, speaker, and author. She is the owner of Velvet Lips, a sexuality education company, as well as Contract Liberation, a company focused on research for non-profit groups. As a Lecturer at Clayton State University, she teaches Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies. As the Co-Founder of the Sex Down South Conference, Marla aims to bring diverse groups together to learn and share their experiences in the essence of being authentic and fostering sexual liberation across communities. Marla has studied human sexuality for over 19 years, has educated over 20,000 people in over 13 years, given over 400 workshops, and have served over 100 clients in her private practice, all around the world. She has had her influence in the media, as well; she has written over 200 articles, featured in over 20 magazines and books, and has been on over 50 podcasts and independent television shows. She was featured on Netflix's Trigger Warning with Killer Mike and VH1's Love & HipHop Atlanta. In addition, she also sits on the Boards for SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW! and is on the Community Advisory Board of the Diverse Sexualities and Research Education Institute. She also recently co-wrote her first book, The Ultimate Guide to Seduction & Foreplay (2020) with Dr. Jessica O'Reilly... Seriously, do not miss this one!   See photos and more details of all our guests by checking out the Show Notes! Click here to join our July 23rd Virtual Meet and Greet!   Check out the all new inclusive and diverse AltPlayGround!   Join Our Patreon Community!   $10 Off - Online STI Testing    https://www.normalizingnonmonogamy.com/  

On PopHealth Week our guest is. We discuss a range of topics in the social determinants of health domain from implicit bias in healthcare decisions to empowerment and shared decision making. Kistein Monkhouse, MPA is the CEO & founder of Patient Orator, a digital health startup empowering chronically ill underserved patients with effective communication tools and healthcare resources. She is a former healthcare frontline worker who saw an urgent need to build bridges across communities in healthcare. Her work is at the intersection of public and private health using stories to bring awareness to the importance of improving the health of people and communities with a focus on catalyzing storytelling to address social determinants of health.   Kistein is a 2019 SIMA Studios fiscal sponsorship award recipient for her short film Humanizing Health Care, a narrative driven emotionally paced documentary about healthcare experiences in the United States. She sits on the advisory board of We The Patients NY, an initiative by the Community Service Society of NY, and NYS HIMSS Patient Advocacy Committee. She is also on the Community Advisory Board at Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington and a member of the Society for Participatory Medicine. ==##==  

Chat Guest As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 70 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 600 local and regional partner non-profit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties. Prior to being named CEO in June of 2015, Kyle served for three years as the Food Bank's Vice President of Partner Operations, leading the organization to record-breaking years of food distribution to the hungry. Through Kyle's collaborative efforts to improve distribution best practices, the Food Bank dramatically increased the nutritional quality of its product offerings, including fresh produce.  Currently, the Food Bank distributes more than 16 million pounds of produce each year. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Kyle held several management roles at The Home Depot Inc. in disaster relief, corporate responsibility, community affairs, and store operations. He also previously served as part of the management team that created and launched Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluation service. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard University. He currently is serving as the Chair of the Southeast Regional Cooperative and the Vice-Chair of the Georgia Food Bank Association. Kyle also is a member of the Ending Hunger Advisory Committee and the Policy, Education, and Advocacy Committee for Feeding America. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Community Advisory Board for The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc., the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Advisory Board, the Committee For A Better Atlanta, and the board of directors for Goodwill Industries International Inc.  Kyle resides in Decatur, GA with his wife, Christina, and their three children. Chat Highlights How Kyle was lead to serving as the CEO of ACFB in the non-profit sector? ACFB just drastically increased his capacity to a massive 340,000+ square foot facility, how has that growth has changed the reach of the Atlanta Community Food Bank? ACFB usually spends $120,000 per week on food and a few weeks ago spent $1,000,000 in a week! 8x the normal amount! What has the impact been on the Atlanta community from the coronavirus and how are things looking going forward? How can people help the Atlanta Community Food Bank meet the current and future demands around food insecurity?  Importance of volunteering Financial contributions   Get In Touch Kyle Waide, CEO and President of Atlanta Community FoodBank Volunteer and give to the Atlanta Community Food Bank at acfb.org. Learn more about Kyle and connect at linkedin.com/in/kyle-waide-4339a31/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Kern County Library hosted a conversation between the Sheriff’s Office and local African American leaders Wednesday afternoon. During the livestream meeting, a series of panelists asked Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood about different incidents and practices in the department. Youngblood resisted the idea of a community board reviewing use-of-force incidents, so Arleana Waller, co-organizer of the call, asked him, “Do you have an advisory committee as it relates to African Americans in place that can advise you? “I do not, but I’m not adverse to an advisory committee and I think that could be a very positive thing for us all, because we don’t know everything,” replied Youngblood. He said the office could do more to educate the public about it’s practices and regulations. Youngblood also admitted it’s impossible for him to know what it’s like to be black, and said he would root out racism in his department. “I know it’s happened, I’ve seen it myself on TV,” said Youngblood. “We

On PopHealth Week our guest is Kistein Monkhouse MPA. We discuss a range of topics in the social determinants of health domain from implicit bias in healthcare decisions to empowerment and shared decision making. Kistein Monkhouse, MPA is the CEO & founder of Patient Orator, a digital health startup empowering chronically ill underserved patients with effective communication tools and healthcare resources. She is a former healthcare frontline worker who saw an urgent need to build bridges across communities in healthcare. Her work is at the intersection of public and private health using stories to bring awareness to the importance of improving the health of people and communities with a focus on catalyzing storytelling to address social determinants of health.   Kistein is a 2019 SIMA Studios fiscal sponsorship award recipient for her short film Humanizing Health Care, a narrative driven emotionally paced documentary about healthcare experiences in the United States. She sits on the advisory board of We The Patients NY, an initiative by the Community Service Society of NY, and NYS HIMSS Patient Advocacy Committee. She is also on the Community Advisory Board at Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington and a member of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Join us! ==##==  

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Darren Parry Office Sought: Congress - Utah District 1 Bio: Darren Parry serves as the Councilman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, a Utah Tribe with Headquarters in Brigham City, Utah. Councilman Parry has served on the council on 2 separate occasions and has been currently serving for the last 6 years. Darren also serves on the Board of Directors for the American West Heritage Center, in Wellsville, Utah, The Utah State Museum Board, the Community Advisory Board for the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Northern Regional Advisory Council for Utah Division of Wildlife and the American Indian Services Board which provides scholarships for Native American Students around the country. He attended the University of Utah and Weber State University and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education, with an emphasis on History. Darren is the author of “The Bear River Massacre; A Shoshone History” and teaches Native American History at Utah State University. His passions in life are his family which includes his wife Melody, 9 children and 13 grandchildren. His other passion is his Tribal family. Darren was the first Utahn to receive the Esto Perpetua Award from the Idaho State Historical Society, recognizing his efforts in the preservation of Shoshone History. He wants to make sure that those who have gone before him are not forgotten. He has managed inspiring accomplishments within his tribal nation as well as leading social unity and education. It is important to him that all peoples perspectives are heard and respected. Website: https://darrenforutah.com/ Twitter: @shoshoneelder Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarrenParryForCongress/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-parry-4725aa7/ #plugintodevin #UtahValues #BoldSolutions #UTpol

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Going beyond ordinary radio programming. Mr. Fajardo describes why he came to HPR and how he met its geographic technical challenges in these mountainous islands and provided responsive reporting and programming for this state’s audience diversity. He will discuss the financial stability of HPR and how the community eagerly supports 95% of HPR revenue needs. Discussion will reveal his strategies for insuring quality news delivery, especially political, and the purposes of new initiatives he’s launched, such as the Community Advisory Board and community outreach. The host for this episode is Stephanie Dalton. The guest for this episode is Jose A. Fajardo.

Mike Bond is one of my favorite pianists on the New York scene today. He has performed with Savion Glover, Conrad Herwig, Joe Magnarelli and Duane Eubanks, to name a few, and is a featured sideman on guitarist Jean Chaumont's debut album “The Beauty Of Differences” which received a 4 star review in Downbeat Magazine.​As a leader, Bond has performed at Smalls and Mezzrow, as well as the Central Jersey Jazz Festival, the Canadian Music Festival in Toronto, and the New York City Winter Jazz Festival. He's music director at the non-denominational Jacob's Well Church in New Brunswick, N.J., and is a Community Advisory Board member for the award winning jazz station 88.3 WBGO.Bond's debut recording, ‘The Honorable Ones', produced by legendary pianist Orrin Evans: features Steve Wilson: alto saxophone; Josh Evans: trumpet; Ben Wolfe: bass; Anwar Marshall: drums + guests Gene Shinozaki: Claudia Acuña: Maya Holliday.The album release will be celebrated on Feb. 24th at Exuberance in Philadelphia and Feb. 27 at Small's in NYC.www.mikebondmusic.com

Women's Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B Holtz and guests Jan Blaock on Voices of Sonoma County Women's Project Listening Session, and Renee Riggs and Cecile Querubin on Building Neighborhood Power workshop this Saturday Feb. 1, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 1/27/2020 - Show ID: WSA200127. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA20/WSA200127.html

As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 70 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 600 local and regional partner non-profit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties. Prior to being named CEO in June of 2015, Kyle served for three years as the Food Bank’s Vice President of Partner Operations, leading the organization to record-breaking years of food distribution to the hungry. Through Kyle’s collaborative efforts to improve distribution best practices, the Food Bank dramatically increased the nutritional quality of its product offerings, including fresh produce. Currently, the Food Bank distributes more than 16 million pounds of produce each year. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Kyle held several management roles at The Home Depot Inc. in disaster relief, corporate responsibility, community affairs and store operations. He also previously served as part of the management team that created and launched Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluation service. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard University. He currently is serving as the Chair of the Southeast Regional Cooperative and the Vice Chair of the Georgia Food Bank Association. Kyle also is a member of the Ending Hunger Advisory Committee and the Policy, Education and Advocacy Committee for Feeding America. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Community Advisory Board for The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc., the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Advisory Board, the Committee For A Better Atlanta, and the board of directors for Goodwill Industries International Inc. Kyle resides in Decatur, GA with his wife, Christina, and their three children. To donate for #GivingTuesday: acfb.org

Pat O'Neil has been a member of the RMHC Board of Directors, has been the Board President, has been a part of our Community Advisory Board, and now serves on the Board Emeritus. During his time with RMHC, Pat has helped to find our amazing current CEO, Carrie Romano, and has established himself as the "Father of the Family Rooms" as he led the design and opening of the largest Ronald McDonald Family Room inside Primary Children's Hospital. During this episode, Pat talks about his experience in being a part of the House and Family Room expansion projects and what his proudest accomplishments are. Support the show (https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/abf36fa8-4e83-4397-b7f5-062090a878ec)

The Davidson County Community Advisory Board partners with the Department of Children Services to provide resources and services to children and families in Davidson County. The board's co-chair, Kevin McKenzie sits down with Jonquil Newland to discuss DCCAB's role in the community and how it is accomplishing the work it does.

Thomas Russo Jr Mr. Thomas Russo Jr currently serves as Town Manager in Newton, NJ, with over eleven years of dedicated service to the County Seat of Sussex County, NJ.  Mr. Russo has over 20 years of experience in municipal and county government, as well as the nonprofit sector. His experience includes budgeting, purchasing, human resources, public relations, project oversight, contract negotiations, government relations, economic revitalization & redevelopment, and community relations.  Mr. Russo is a competent and confident servant leader; a proven visionary and strategic thinker with highly effective communications and organizational skills. Mr. Russo previously served as an elected official in two NJ municipalities.  He was a Committeeman in Bernards Township from 2014 – 2017. He served as a Councilman, Council Vice President and Council President in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township from 1998 – 2005, earning the distinction as the youngest-ever elected governing body member in the history of the Township.  Mr. Russo also dedicated time to countless political campaigns from 1992 – 2014 attending several inaugurations and conventions. He was selected as part of the inaugural class of young elected leaders at the 1st National Young Elected Leaders Conference, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University.  He was also chosen by the NJ Herald in 2009 as one of 40 influential people in Sussex County under the age of 40.  Other relevant career experience includes his service as a Fundraising Associate at Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ; Director of Public Affairs and Information at the Morris County Sheriff’s Office in Morristown, NJ; Manager of Development at Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ; Senior Editor, Communications at Organon Pharma USA; and Assistant Township Manager in Randolph, NJ. Mr. Russo is a member of the New Jersey Municipal Management Association (NJMMA) and is Chairman of The Statewide Insurance Fund, a committed group of almost 80 NJ municipalities which pool resources to manage insurance claims and coverage.  He is a Community Advisory Board member of both Newton Medical Center - Atlantic Health Group and Bristol Glen Independent and Assisted Living Methodist Community. He is also an Executive Committee member of the North Jersey Municipal Employee Benefits Fund (NJMEBF), a consortium of forward-thinking communities which pool resources to effectively manage health insurance costs. Mr. Russo has a Certified Public Manager (CPM) degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University/State of NJ, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Communication and Political Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.  In addition to undergraduate adjunct teaching at Pillar College in Newark, NJ, Mr. Russo is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at his alma mater, Seton Hall University, in South Orange, NJ, where he teaches graduate courses on nonprofit management and leadership.  He has recently finished a memoir of his life experiences and how he gave up politics and became a born-again Christian in September 2015. The purpose of his book, There Are No Politics In Heaven, published in 2019, is to help men improve their lives with Jesus as their cornerstone. He currently attends Grace Fellowship Chapel with his family in Bedminster, NJ and serves as a volunteer with Pause Mens Ministries in Basking Ridge, NJ, an organization committed to the recovery and restoration of men through biblical teachings and principles.  He currently resides in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, NJ with his wife Patricia, the Director of The Children’s Corner Preschool at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church. They have two college-age daughters, Ashley (The Pennsylvania State University) and Krista (Florida State University).

A college coach who says college might not be for everyone?! If you've got high school aged kids, or you're ready to go against the status quo in your industry - don't miss this episode!Thomas is a retired Army officer and recovering financial advisor who has a passion for helping families navigate the debacle of higher education in this country. He became intrigued with the whole higher ed thing almost as soon as he got into financial management. One of the first couples that sat across the table from him asked two questions he couldn't answer: Can you help us figure out how to pay for college, and do you know how to file for financial aid? That started a 23-year journey of becoming an expert on financial aid and developing a process to maximize the higher education experience.Now he coaches families and students on all facets of admissions and financial aid. But he takes a practical approach to college. Today it has to be a value proposition for families.Thomas is Managing Partner of OptimumEd, a Virginia-based higher education and financial aid consulting firm. His undergrad degree is from the University of Florida, and he earned his Master's Degree from the University of Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the Army's Command and General Staff College and the Defense Information School.He is also a member of the Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the Higher Education Consultants Association, as well as a member of the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants.Currently, he is in the process of publishing the 4th addition of his book on Higher Education, “Plan for College, Prepare for Life. The No-Nonsense Guide to Higher Education.” He has also been published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and been featured in other local publications and on local radio and television as an expert on college and financial aid planning.He has delivered seminars for The Governor's School for International Studies, Richmond Community High School for the Gifted and Talented, the Chesterfield County School System's ""Very Informed Parents' Program"" (VIP) as well as other schools, church, civic organizations, and corporations, such as Capital One.With his wife, Thomas also founded Beacon Tree Foundation, dedicated to assisting families with mentally ill children, by providing information, resources, and funding.He has served on the Community Advisory Board for Bon Secours Saint Francis Medical Center, the Virginia Treatment Center for Children's Advisory Council and is a member of the Children's Mental Health Resource Center's program committee. He's also member of the Kiwanis Club of Midlothian-Chesterfield and served as president of the Midlothian Youth Soccer league for the 6 years before their merger with the Richmond Kickers Youth Program.He and his wife, Diana, live in Midlothian, Virginia and have four children and two grandchildren. Find out more at www.optimumedcenter.com. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why it is that black babies in the U.S. are more than twice as likely to die than white babies? And why are black women dying from complications related to childbirth four times more frequently than white women?Linda Villarosa is a journalist, an educator and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. She covers the intersection of health and medicine and social justice.Andrea N. Williams is a Doula who supports families during their birth journeys here in Baltimore. She is a member of the Community Advisory Board for Bmore for Healthy Babies, and a member of the Working Group for the “Black Mamas Matter Alliance,” a national organization focused on maternal health. Rebeca Dineen is the Assistant Commissioner of the Baltimore Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. She leads a program called B’more for Healthy Babies.This segment will be streamed on WYPR's Facebook Page.

Katie Willingham is a woman of transgender experience in rural north Alabama, diagnosed in June of 2000 but didn’t step into advocacy until January 2017, she now serves as Chair of Prevention for Thrive Alabama’s Community Advisory Board, sits on the HIV Prevention and Care Planning Group of the Alabama Department of Public Health, Policy Fellow and Alabama State Lead with the Positive Women’s Network, blogger for The Well Project’s A Girl Like Me blogging forum, and proud U=U minion. She also runs 3 Facebook groups: Alabama Poz Life, Alabama Transgender Coalition and PWN Alabama members and allies.

The DementiaLiving team talks to the delightful Julie Huntley. Julie is a woman who is thriving on passion and purpose as she contributes her incredible knowledge based on her own personal experience to NoosaCare's Dementia Friendly Community Advisory Board. Julie has been working and volunteering in administrative and community service roles for most of her life. She is passionate about our Noosa community and in particular, the importance of continuing to learn new skills, explore and challenge ourselves. About 10 years ago, Julie’s parents began to noticeably age and become less mobile. Not long after that, her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. She researched, observed and liaised with family and health care professionals in order to understand as much as she could to determine how best to care and support her Mum. Tune in to hear Julie talk about her experience with her mum and the amazing care she receives in Brisbane, some creations she has put together so that healthcare teams can connect with her mum on a more personal level and her vision going forward for those living with dementia. Julie is all passion and purpose and we are so fortunate to have her on the advisory board. Enjoy the podcast!

Listen to Harlem trailblazer, Chelsea Lyn-Rudder, as she talks Harlem health and more, with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show.Chelsea Lyn-Rudder is a native of Rochester Hills, Michigan, and is a former Miss Michigan Teen USA., Prior to joining the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter, served as a communications director and press secretary for NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health care system in the nation. Rudder is an author of “Ladylike Lessons,” and has acted as a spokesperson for health care, labor, political and government organizations. She is a former executive director of the New York City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus. She is a member of the WNET, Channel Thirteen, Community Advisory Board and is an appointee to the Board of Trustees Education Committee for the local PBS affiliate. Ms. Rudder holds a M.S. in Global Affairs from New York University and a B.A. in Communications and Political Science from Pace University. https://www.alz.org/nycSUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: www.youtube.com/harlemworldmagazine.comwww.facebook.com/harlemworldmagazine.comwww.harlemworldmagazine.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/theharlemworldmagazinepodcast)

Brendan Ciecko is the founder and CEO of Cuseum. Ciecko founded Cuseum in 2014 with the mission of helping museums, public attractions, and nonprofits engage their visitors and members using the power of digital. Today, Cuseum works with over 100 cultural institutions around the globe, has raised over $1.4M in funding, and is backed by Techstars, one of the world's top startup accelerators. Prior to Cuseum, Ciecko started Ten Minute Media, an agency that specializes in digital media and creative services for the music entertainment industry. Since its official establishment in 2003, Ten Minute Media has acquired a flourishing list of clients including some of the biggest names in entertainment. Ciecko's entrepreneurial career and projects have gained the attention of the national press. In October of 2008, Ciecko appeared on the cover of Inc. Magazine in the feature article, Cool, Determined, Under 30: Meet the brains behind America's smartest new companies. He has also appeared in Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, New York Times, The Guardian, BMW Magazine, Boston Globe, PC Magazine and was a national finalist of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. He holds two patents in the area of mobile technology. He currently sits on the Steering Committee of the Museum Council at Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Digital Advisory Board at the Neue Galerie New York, and Community Advisory Board for the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts. Ciecko has also served on the Massachusetts "It's All Here" Advisory Board, Board of Washington Gateway Main Streets, Boston's ONEin3 Council, and Regional Leadership Team of Technology for Obama. Ciecko's work has been exhibited at the Commonweath Museum in Boston, MA and is in the digital archives of the Klingspor Museum in Germany. Brendan currently lives in Boston, MA with his wife Elizabeth and their little dog Misiu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the focus in the news is often on the homeless population in Vancouver, a group is now going to be focusing more specifically on the Youth homeless population. Guest: Lorainne Copas - Chair of the Community Advisory Board for the Metro Vancouver Community Entity under Canada's Homelessness Partnering Strategy.

Seattle and Vancouver B.C. have much in common. Both have wonderful scenery, a growing economy, an influx of newcomers and major traffic congestion that can make commuting a nightmare. In Vancouver, traffic is so bad that the 2016 TomTom traffic index survey rated the city as the most congested in Canada followed by Toronto and Montreal. It is not likely to ease anytime soon as more than 38,000 people are moving to the Metro Vancouver area annually. The traffic impact goes beyond the difficult daily commute — it affects the area’s economy, workforce, housing, affordability, livability and public health. What can be done to address the traffic concerns now and in the future? The Canadian members of KCTS 9’s Community Advisory Board decided that it was important to take up that question and much more. In early November, they organized a community forum at Vancouver’s Roundhouse Arts and Recreation Center titled Our Transportation Challenge: The Good, the Bad and the Bike Lanes? It featured exhibits of electric cars, the latest examples of top-notch road bikes for commuting and information about Metro Vancouver bicycle organizations. More importantly, the forum included a lively discussion with a panel of prominent Canadians actively involved in transportation issues in the Metro Vancouver area. The panel featured Mayor Greg Moore of the city of Port Coquitlam and the chair of Metro Vancouver, the regional governing body that serves more than 2 million residents; Erin O’Melinn, the executive director of HUB Cycling; Geoff Cross, vice president of planning and policy for Translink, the regional transportation network for Metro Vancouver that includes public transit, roads and bridges; and urban planner Andy Yan, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University. More than 175 people showed up for the panel discussion and weighed in with a variety of questions, concerns and suggestions about how to improve Metro Vancouver’s traffic congestion and ultimately its highly valued quality of life.

Speaker: Pastor Charlie Dates Title: Beloved Text: 1 John 4.7-16 Summary: God is the source and originator of love, which means that whenever we love (or don't love) we are a reflection of the God we serve. As children of the Father, we are to center our identities on our belovedness, and then carry that out to the world. Love is the means by which the invisible qualities of God are seen clearly to those searching for God. ~In 2011, at age 30, Rev. Charlie Edward Dates became the youngest Senior Pastor in Progressive’s rich 95-year history. Rev. Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and Rhetoric at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Divinity Degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield. IL. In 2002, Rev. Charlie served as an apprentice to Pastor K. Edward Copeland and started his formal, practical training at the New Zion Baptist Church of Rockford, Illinois. In 2006, he began serving as the primary preaching assistant to the Rev. James Meeks, Director of Church Operations and as Pastor of Adult Ministries at the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago. He currently is a candidate for the PhD in Historical Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His original research focuses on the health of proclamation in late 20th Century Black Church Chicago. For reasons that please Him, God has blessed the Progressive Church to grow deep and wide. In addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Charlie has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Moody Bible Institute and currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Chicago Fire Department. He is a contributor to the 2014 book Letters To A Birmingham Jail. Pastor Charlie is married to Kirstie Dates and is the proud father of their children Charlie Edward Dates II and Claire Elisabeth Dates.

Speaker: Pastor Charlie Dates Title: Beloved Text: 1 John 4.7-16 Summary: God is the source and originator of love, which means that whenever we love (or don't love) we are a reflection of the God we serve. As children of the Father, we are to center our identities on our belovedness, and then carry that out to the world. Love is the means by which the invisible qualities of God are seen clearly to those searching for God. ~In 2011, at age 30, Rev. Charlie Edward Dates became the youngest Senior Pastor in Progressive’s rich 95-year history. Rev. Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and Rhetoric at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Divinity Degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield. IL. In 2002, Rev. Charlie served as an apprentice to Pastor K. Edward Copeland and started his formal, practical training at the New Zion Baptist Church of Rockford, Illinois. In 2006, he began serving as the primary preaching assistant to the Rev. James Meeks, Director of Church Operations and as Pastor of Adult Ministries at the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago. He currently is a candidate for the PhD in Historical Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His original research focuses on the health of proclamation in late 20th Century Black Church Chicago. For reasons that please Him, God has blessed the Progressive Church to grow deep and wide. In addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Charlie has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Moody Bible Institute and currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Chicago Fire Department. He is a contributor to the 2014 book Letters To A Birmingham Jail. Pastor Charlie is married to Kirstie Dates and is the proud father of their children Charlie Edward Dates II and Claire Elisabeth Dates.

Pastor Charlie Dates joins us on this episode to discuss his latest article "Don't Give Up on the Black Church". In 2011, at age 30, Rev. Charlie Edward Dates became the youngest Senior Pastor in Progressive’s rich 95-year history.  Rev. Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and Rhetoric at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Divinity Degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.  In 2002, Rev. Charlie served as an apprentice to Pastor K. Edward Copeland and started his formal, practical training at the New Zion Baptist Church of Rockford, Illinois. In 2006, he began serving as the primary preaching assistant to the Rev. James Meeks, Director of Church Operations and as Pastor of Adult Ministries at the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago.  He currently is a candidate for the PhD in Historical Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His original research focuses on the health of proclamation in late 20th Century Black Church Chicago.  For reasons that please Him, God has blessed the Progressive Church to grow deep and wide.  In addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Charlie has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Moody Bible Institute and currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Chicago Fire Department. He is a contributor to the 2014 book Letters To A Birmingham Jail.  Pastor Charlie is married to Kirstie Dates and is the proud father of their children Charlie Edward Dates II and Claire Elisabeth Dates.

 Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission’s Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission, give us an understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives and invite all of us to become Alive And Well. They encourage us to think about how the health of our community affects our own individual wellbeing.

"One of the things that we as a society do not do, is listen. Even when we are think we are listening we are thinking of what we are going to say back, we do not listen well, the reality is that I think my health and wellbeing and my families health and wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of people around me, in my Community in my neighborhood, where I work and what have you, again the whole concept of inter-dependence verses independence." Joe Yancey Becoming Alive And Well “Alive and Well STL” hosted by Bethany Johnson-Javios kicks off its third season in earnest with this episode. Each week you are invited to listen in and join in the conversation of this ‘Alive and Well' MOVEMENT . Today, Bethany is joined is joined by Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission's Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission. In this episode you will realize: •How hope is CONTAGIOUS •How we must accept people for WHO they are, and not be too judgmental – because everybody is where they are because of something that has happened – good or bad. It may not necessarily be their fault if they are down on luck. •That somewhere between “your side” and “my side”, lies the TRUE side of a story if we will only listen. •Why listening is so important – people can hear somebody talking without actually listening to what they are saying. •If we listen, slow down, breath and accept people around us for what they are, we can start the long journey of being truly alive and well. •Life can be tough, and if we can take it slowly step by step and meet all challenges, then we can slowly but surely make it through our journey – because that is what life is – a journey, and its up to each of us to make the best of that journey that we can. •People don't understand that the connection between what is good for us and how we respond to these things is a vital part of living life to its full. Joe gives us an incisive understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives. Rosetta invites you to BECOME ‘Alive And Well' Listen in, connect and join the "Alive and Well" movement.

 Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission’s Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission, give us an understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives and invite all of us to become Alive And Well. They encourage us to think about how the health of our community affects our own individual wellbeing.

"One of the things that we as a society do not do, is listen. Even when we are think we are listening we are thinking of what we are going to say back, we do not listen well, the reality is that I think my health and wellbeing and my families health and wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of people around me, in my Community in my neighborhood, where I work and what have you, again the whole concept of inter-dependence verses independence." Joe Yancey Becoming Alive And Well “Alive and Well STL” hosted by Bethany Johnson-Javios kicks off its third season in earnest with this episode. Each week you are invited to listen in and join in the conversation of this ‘Alive and Well' MOVEMENT . Today, Bethany is joined is joined by Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission's Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission. In this episode you will realize: •How hope is CONTAGIOUS •How we must accept people for WHO they are, and not be too judgmental – because everybody is where they are because of something that has happened – good or bad. It may not necessarily be their fault if they are down on luck. •That somewhere between “your side” and “my side”, lies the TRUE side of a story if we will only listen. •Why listening is so important – people can hear somebody talking without actually listening to what they are saying. •If we listen, slow down, breath and accept people around us for what they are, we can start the long journey of being truly alive and well. •Life can be tough, and if we can take it slowly step by step and meet all challenges, then we can slowly but surely make it through our journey – because that is what life is – a journey, and its up to each of us to make the best of that journey that we can. •People don't understand that the connection between what is good for us and how we respond to these things is a vital part of living life to its full. Joe gives us an incisive understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives. Rosetta invites you to BECOME ‘Alive And Well' Listen in, connect and join the "Alive and Well" movement.

"One of the things that we as a society do not do, is listen. Even when we are think we are listening we are thinking of what we are going to say back, we do not listen well, the reality is that I think my health and wellbeing and my families health and wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of people around me, in my Community in my neighborhood, where I work and what have you, again the whole concept of inter-dependence verses independence." Joe Yancey Becoming Alive And Well “Alive and Well STL” hosted by Bethany Johnson-Javios kicks off its third season in earnest with this episode. Each week you are invited to listen in and join in the conversation of this ‘Alive and Well’ MOVEMENT . Today, Bethany is joined is joined by Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission’s Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission. In this episode you will realize: •How hope is CONTAGIOUS •How we must accept people for WHO they are, and not be too judgmental – because everybody is where they are because of something that has happened – good or bad. It may not necessarily be their fault if they are down on luck. •That somewhere between “your side” and “my side”, lies the TRUE side of a story if we will only listen. •Why listening is so important – people can hear somebody talking without actually listening to what they are saying. •If we listen, slow down, breath and accept people around us for what they are, we can start the long journey of being truly alive and well. •Life can be tough, and if we can take it slowly step by step and meet all challenges, then we can slowly but surely make it through our journey – because that is what life is – a journey, and its up to each of us to make the best of that journey that we can. •People don’t understand that the connection between what is good for us and how we respond to these things is a vital part of living life to its full. Joe gives us an incisive understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives. Rosetta invites you to BECOME ‘Alive And Well’ Listen in, connect and join the "Alive and Well" movement.

"One of the things that we as a society do not do, is listen. Even when we are think we are listening we are thinking of what we are going to say back, we do not listen well, the reality is that I think my health and wellbeing and my families health and wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of people around me, in my Community in my neighborhood, where I work and what have you, again the whole concept of inter-dependence verses independence." Joe Yancey Becoming Alive And Well “Alive and Well STL” hosted by Bethany Johnson-Javios kicks off its third season in earnest with this episode. Each week you are invited to listen in and join in the conversation of this ‘Alive and Well’ MOVEMENT . Today, Bethany is joined is joined by Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission’s Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission. In this episode you will realize: •How hope is CONTAGIOUS •How we must accept people for WHO they are, and not be too judgmental – because everybody is where they are because of something that has happened – good or bad. It may not necessarily be their fault if they are down on luck. •That somewhere between “your side” and “my side”, lies the TRUE side of a story if we will only listen. •Why listening is so important – people can hear somebody talking without actually listening to what they are saying. •If we listen, slow down, breath and accept people around us for what they are, we can start the long journey of being truly alive and well. •Life can be tough, and if we can take it slowly step by step and meet all challenges, then we can slowly but surely make it through our journey – because that is what life is – a journey, and its up to each of us to make the best of that journey that we can. •People don’t understand that the connection between what is good for us and how we respond to these things is a vital part of living life to its full. Joe gives us an incisive understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives. Rosetta invites you to BECOME ‘Alive And Well’ Listen in, connect and join the "Alive and Well" movement.

 Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission’s Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission, give us an understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives and invite all of us to become Alive And Well. They encourage us to think about how the health of our community affects our own individual wellbeing.

 Joe Yancey, Chair of the Regional Health Commission's Community Advisory Board and Rosetta Keeton, Patient Advocate for the St. Louis Regional Health Commission, give us an understanding of stress and its impact on our health and lives and invite all of us to become Alive And Well. They encourage us to think about how the health of our community affects our own individual wellbeing.

April 11, 2013 This public workshop by Sarah Mountz explores the uniquely embodied and relational nature of storytelling and story receiving in Life History Interviews conducted with LGBTQ Young Adults (age 18-25) who have previously been incarcerated in girls detention facilities in New York State. Interviews were conducted as part of a research study grounded in the principles of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and facilitated by a Community Advisory Board composed of practitioners, legal advocates, researchers, activists, and young people. This talk is part of the "Paul F. Lazarsfeld Lecture Series," co-sponsored by the Columbia Center for Oral History (CCOH) and the Oral History Master of Arts Program (OHMA).

Jacquie Jones joins us to speak about 180 Days: A Year inside an American High School, airing nationally on PBS March 25-26, 2015. The film follows a high five students at DC Met. Jones is the Executive Director of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) and the Executive Producer of DC MET. Since taking over leadership of NBPC, Jacquie has established herself as a leader in the evolving next-media landscape through innovative partnerships and initiatives such as the Katrina Project, the ground-breaking New Media Institute, the Public Media Corps and blackpublicmedia.org. She was previously the Executive Vice President of ROJA Productions in New York City, a producer of high impact media for public television and museums. Jacquie is also a Peabody Award-winning producer and director of documentary films. Her credits include “Africans in America” and “Matters of Race” for PBS, “Behind Closed Doors: Sex in the 20th Century” for Showtime, and “The World Before Us,” for the History Channel. She has a BA in English from Howard University and an MA from Stanford University's documentary filmmaking program. She has been a Revson Fellow at Columbia University and a scholar-in-residence at American University in Washington, DC. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Integrated Media Association (iMA) board and on the Community Advisory Board of WHUT Howard University Television. Clarence R. Cuthbertson, Ph.D., playwright, joins us to talk about "Tituba" and "Nat," which are at Black Repretory Group in Berkeley, CA, this Sunday, 8 p.m. The native New Yorker, is both an accomplished playwright as well as a percussionist. He has written over 19 plays of which 16 have been produced professionally. With an MFA in Dramatic Writing from N.Y.U., he has taught and directed theater throughout the United States and in the Caribbean.Music: Robert Glasper