Podcasts about community engagement officer

Paul McCaffrey learned he had testicular cancer in 2015. He'd been experiencing groin pain at the time, but he didn't know how to check himself for any other signs of testicular cancer. So, Paul used the Cahonas Scotland's self-check guide and found a lump in one of his testicles. In the podcast, this testicular cancer survivor shares his treatment story for cancer, as well as sepsis and avian flu. Now, he works with Cahonas Scotland as the Community Engagement Officer, where he visits schools, workplaces, and communities throughout the country to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of testicular cancer. He and his wife are the parents of two children: a son who plays the bagpipes and a daughter who is a Highland dancer. Listen to this episode of Don't Give Up on Testicular Cancer from the Max Mallory Foundation, where you can find other episodes of the podcast. Learn more about Cahonas Scotland and the work of Paul McCaffrey to raise awareness about testicular cancer. Send us a textSupport the showFind us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Linkedin. If you can please support our nonprofit through Patreon.

Acknowledgement of Country// HeadlinesRally for Abdifatah AhmedGaza and West Bank updatesAustralia's exports to Israel since October 7, 2023 revealedThousands of young people in Australia paid below legal minimum wageCivil society groups issue united statement opposing domestic nuclear power Dr Mohammad Mustafa on Gaza Medical AidWe listen to a speech by Dr Mohammad Mustafa recorded at last Sunday's rally for Palestine outside the State Library of Victoria by Emily. Dr Mustafa, who is training as an emergency physician in Australia, shared harrowing experiences from his recent trip to provide medical relief in Gaza with the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association.// Settler Colonialism and Archaeology in PalestineWe play a segment of a lecture delivered by Palestinian archaeologist and academic Dr Mahmoud Hawari for the Beyond Inhabitation Lab in Turin on the 15th of April 2025. In this fascinating lecture, titled 'Palestine: Settler Colonialism, Archeology, and the Appropriation of Cultural Heritage,' Dr Hawari unpacks the long-standing relationship between settler colonialism and archaeology in Palestine. Dr Hawari's full talk is published here on the Beyond Inhabitation Lab YouTube channel.// Speeches from Rally for Abdifatah AhmedWe play speeches from Tuesday's rally calling for justice for Abdifatah Ahmed, a member of the Somali community who was shot and killed by two Victoria Police officers in Footscray last Thursday the 17th of April. The rally, called by members of the Somali and broader African community, was held at Footscray's Nicholson Street Mall and included a march to the Footscray Police Station to demand truth, justice and an independent investigation into Abdifatah Ahmed's killing. On today's show, we feature the voices of local community leader and CEO of Africause Dr Berhan Ahmed, and local mental health worker Barani, who is also a member of the Somali community.// Trans Liberation Counter-ProtestRose joins us to speak about an autonomous action countering yet another TERFascist rally planned for this Saturday the 26th of April on the steps of Parliament House. We also discussed the rippling international effects of anti-trans crackdowns in the United States and the recent ruling by the United Kingdom Supreme Court on the legal definition of a woman, harmfully and erroneously conflating biological sex with gender. To find out more about Saturday's protest, follow @transqueersolidarity, @queerkilljoys and @tdoa.2025 on Instagram.// Koorie Youth Summit 2025Yorta Yorta man Jye Charles speaks about the Koorie Youth Summit coming up in May this year, which for the first time will be hosted on Yorta Yorta country in Shepparton. The Koorie Youth Summit has been running since 2014, and is the largest gathering in Victoria created for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 18-28 years. Jye is the Community Engagement Officer at the Koorie Youth Council, and is passionate about youth leadership and community engagement, centred in truth-telling and self-determination.//

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Flo Nicolas, J.D., Chief Impact and Community Engagement Officer, ARMI - ReGen Valley Tech Hub. We discuss shared insights about her career transition from law to technology. Flo discusses her challenges in navigating government contracts and emphasizes the importance of mentorship in her professional growth. The conversation touches on the mental health impacts of corporate life and the necessity of taking risks and learning from failures, highlighting the value of community engagement and personal branding in fostering professional development.The discussion also addresses pressing data privacy issues and the implications of emerging technologies, particularly for children. Flo expressed her concerns about the dangers of deepfake technology, sharing a cautionary tale that underscored the need for early education on online safety. We acknowledge the alarming trend of diminishing privacy rights in the face of advancing technology, with Flo noting that many individuals are desensitized to privacy notifications. We agreed on the importance of simplifying privacy information to empower users, especially diverse groups like students and small businesses, to better navigate complex privacy settings.Additionally, we examine the dual nature of artificial intelligence, recognizing its benefits while addressing significant risks such as algorithmic bias and the need for human oversight in AI decision-making. We raise concerns about the effectiveness of current regulations and the necessity for companies to comply with ethical guidelines. The conversation concluded with Flo advocating for increased investment in critical technologies, emphasizing the importance of oversight to mitigate risks like data breaches. She also mentioned her new role, which involves developing a data analytics dashboard, highlighting the need for a supportive team to assist in this endeavor and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

If you asked James Wildman as a kid what he wanted to be when he grew up, a police officer probably wouldn't have been his first answer. He grew up with a bit of a distrust for law enforcement, but later realized that he could help change the way people view police officers by becoming one himself.After a four-year stint in the marine corps with his twin brother — where he met his wife, also a twin — James' career led him to the St. Croix Valley area. He worked a few different jobs, including at a correctional facility, before applying for an opening with the Hudson Police Department. He's been with the department since 2008, and in recent years he became the Community Engagement Officer. In that role, he's helping bridge the gap between the Hudson Police Department and the Hudson community.On this episode of St. Croix Stories, Officer Wildman shares more about his journey from Mississippi and Louisiana to Hudson, where he, his wife, and their three daughters call home. He also shares more about his proudest moments as a police officer, discusses the Citizens Police Academy, and much more.Send a message to the hostFollow St. Croix Stories on Facebook and Instagram, and hear all episodes at stcroixstories.com.

Need an in-depth update on nutrition for celiac disease? This episode with dietitian Meghan Donnelly and Vanessa Weisbrod of The Celiac Disease Foundation will have you sorted, whether you're newly diagnosed or have been living with celiac disease for a while now! Celiac disease is truly unique: it's the only autoimmune disease that is treated by diet. And as a gut health dietitian, I got my start supporting people with Celiac disease in navigating the gluten free diet…but it's been a while since I chatted about nutrition for celiac disease (even since I wrote Good For Your Gut!) so I thought it would be great to check in with a couple of experts - Meghan Donnelly RD and Vanessa Weisbrod of the Celiac Disease Foundation. We're going to cover Celiac disease from all angles, so whether you're wondering if you have it, you're newly diagnosed or you've been living with Celiac for a while now, there is something here for you! We're talking about everything from how Celiac disease is different from a food allergy…and why it's ESSENTIAL to get tested for Celiac disease before you even think of ditching gluten.  Meghan covers the confusion about celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and IBS as well as whether those gluten enzymes actually work. From Vanessa, we hear about the real impact of lifelong gluten free eating on quality of life and the exciting new research that may change how you live with the disease.  About Meghan: Meghan Donnelly, MS RD, is the Director of Health Communications at the Celiac Disease Foundation. As a Registered Dietitian specializing in digestive diseases, her nutrition philosophy is simple: everyone deserves to enjoy food that is delicious and supportive of their health. Throughout her career as a dietitian, Meghan has made it her mission to empower people with knowledge about how food affects their bodies while acknowledging the unique emotions and challenges that come with navigating medically necessary diet changes.  About Vanessa: Vanessa Weisbrod is the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer at the Celiac Disease Foundation where she drives change in healthcare through education. With a personal diagnosis of celiac disease in 2004, she's dedicated nearly two decades of her career to bridging knowledge gaps, leading research initiatives, and creating national recommendations to support patients living with celiac disease. On this episode we chat about: What is the difference between celiac disease and an allergy? Does gluten cause celiac disease?  The signs and symptoms of celiac disease Why you should NEVER eliminate gluten without testing for celiac disease first The mindblowing future of Celiac disease care Gluten introduction for infants and toddlers Non-celiac gluten sensitivity vs IBS Gluten and leaky gut syndrome The understanding the real impact of lifelong gluten free eating   Dealing with weird gut issues Optimizing nutrition for the long term How careful do you need to be about cross-contamination? Supplements for Celiac Disease Support the Pod! We couldn't make this podcast happen without the support of our amazing listeners… I love hearing your feedback on these episodes to be sure to join the conversation on our instagram @theallsortspod @desireenielsenrd @celiacdiseasefoundation . If you love this episode, please share it with your friends and family, or take a minute to rate, review or subscribe on your favourite podcast app. We appreciate EVERY. SINGLE. LISTEN! Full show notes, including episode links and recommendations, available at www.desireerd.com/podcast

PJ talks to Stephen O'Flaherty, a Community Engagement Officer with the National Ambulance Service, about how Naloxone is saving lives as a tidal wave of drugs sweeps over Cork. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess Armstrong (IG: @jess_armstong434) was raised on a family-owned sheep and cattle station in Far-Western New South Wales, stretching across the saltbush plains. As a School of the Air student, Jess spent time writing out spelling tests on wool bales during shearing and counting lamb tails at lamb marking. This experience is a familiar narrative for many who grew up in the bush—attending boarding school and yearning to return to the farm. Agriculture is deeply embedded in Jess's identity, and she couldn't envision being anywhere else. Her career has spanned various sectors including Landcare, Hospitality, Rural Merchandise, and Tech-Services in the Northern Territory, New South Wales, and Victoria. In her current role as Community Engagement Officer at Holbrook Landcare Network, Jess works on projects that extend research, resources, and tools to enhance farm management practices. Her efforts focus on improving drought and climate resilience, enhancing productivity, and increasing profitability for farmers. Outside of work, Jess is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Agricultural Science while eagerly seizing every opportunity to hit the gravel out on the farm. Don't forget to send us an email if you know of a story that we should tell at hello@generationag.com.au *Become a Patreon Partner* - https://patreon.com/generationag Find us here: Instagram: @generation.ag Twitter: @generation_ag Website: www.generationag.com.au

For our second preview of the Edinburgh Fringe, Ewan Spence talks to Julie Lærkholm, the Community Engagement Officer at the Fringe Society to find out more about how the Fringe works with local communities, organisations, and schools, to make the Fringe more accessible to Edinburgh residents and the visiting audiences.

Send us a Text Message.Have you ever wondered what it takes to support a loved one with a chronic illness or disability? Join us as we welcome Jacqui Caudle, Stakeholder and Community Engagement Officer at Carers SA, who offers an intimate look into the life of unpaid carers. Jackie delves into the various roles that carers undertake, from providing emotional and personal care to managing household tasks and medical needs. Jacqui talks about the help and support that is available for unpaid carers of children and loved ones  with a variety of disabilities and challenges. https://www.carergateway.gov.auhttps://www.carerssa.com.au/ danabaltutis.com, mytherapyhouse.com.au, https://mytherapyhouse.com.au/your-childs-therapy-journey/ https://www.danabaltutis.com/services

Send us a Text Message.What if your favorite local shops suddenly merged into one? This week's Cheltenham Community Podcast unpacks the big retail shake-up as Millets and Black's join forces, leaving us all guessing about their new, yet-to-be-revealed location. Next, we had the pleasure of chatting with Erica, the Community Engagement Officer at Cheltenham Animal Shelter. Erica gave us an insider's look at the shelter's various initiatives, from their rescue and re-homing efforts to their business ventures like boarding and grooming services. Finally, we highlight the most anticipated events happening in Cheltenham this week. From quiz nights at popular spots like The Feathered Fish and The Brewery Quarter to live jazz at Smokey Joe's and art exhibitions across town, there's something for everyone. Major weekend attractions include the Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival, Art in the Park, and Brass in the Park. Don't miss our update on the new daily news show, which will keep you informed with quick, concise bulletins every evening from Tuesday to Friday. Cheltenham Animal Shelter and Food and Drinks Festival LINKSCheltenham Animal Shelter Website Pre Register for Dog Show at Food and Drink Festival Online Pet Show Food and Drinks Festival 21 - 23 NEWSMillets and Blacks stores Closing Eyesore' empty shop could become pubCheltenham company celebrates 60 years in businessLeisure centre to cut energy bills with LED lights and pool covers thanks to £348k investmentFunding boost of £306k secured for energy revamp 'to keep Sandford Parks Lido open'New homes will lead to £6.5 million investmentEVENTSPoker night at Bar no 9 in bishops Clevee use link to confirm table Coffee Sketch Club at Mimmo Studios from 6-8pm BOOK HEREPainting Exhibition by artist Pete Bryden Live Jazz MarVin Muoneke TicketsAwaken your senses' art exhibition by Karl Hamilton-CoxArt in the Park at Imperial GardensBrass in the Park 2024: Made in Gloucestershire Sunday 23 Support the Show.

In February's podcast we explore the grantson offer to people in Northampton. John talks to Connor Osborn, Community Engagement Officer at Northampton Town Council. With several grants available from the council it might seem overwhelming, but Connor explains how easy the process is. John also speaks to Kate Peake, CEO of Family Support Link, a local charity who succesfully applied for a grant from the council. Kate explains how this grant supports their charity and the people who use their services.

On today's Celiac Project Podcast:Mike and Cam are excited to welcome back Vanessa Weisbrod to the podcast. Vanessa discusses her new position at the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF), where she is the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer. Vanessa has hit the ground running and shares many of the exciting plans, programs and initiatives that she is working on at CDF. Included in the topics covered are Vanessa's vision for the future of celiac thought leaders, tackling food insecurity on a larger scale, and some of the hurdles that we face trying to change and reform gluten free labeling for food and drugs.Lisen to the full episode here: https://celiacprojectpodcast.libsyn.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike and Cam are excited to welcome back Vanessa Weisbrod to the podcast. Vanessa discusses her new position at the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF), where she is the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer.  Vanessa has hit the ground running and shares many of the exciting plans, programs and initiatives that she is working on at CDF. Included in the topics covered are Vanessa's vision for the future of celiac thought leaders, her work with Celiac Cruise, tackling food insecurity on a larger scale, and some of the hurdles that we face trying to change and reform gluten free labeling for food and drugs.

Recorded live at the 11th Annual Becker's Healthcare CEO + CFO Roundtable, this episode features Dr. Tracy Downs, Chief Diversity and Community Engagement Officer, UVA Health. Here, he discusses key insights into his background, UVA Health's neighborhood health program, what the most effective healthcare leaders need to be successful in the next 2-3 years, and more.

What's kept Adelaide's LGBTIQ+ communities busy this year, and what advocacy work is there left to do? We head to Adelaide's Picnic in the Park to hear from community health organisations and sport groups: Anne Bainbridge, CEO at Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (YACSA) Tamsin Anspach from Rainbow Labor SA Brett McAlone, Community Engagement Officer at the SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance Brendan, President of the Adelaide Dolphins We also head to GEAR'd Adelaide to chat in with Storm, Vic and Miss Behavin about the event and more broadly our leather, kink, and fetish communities. Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

Parents know how challenging it can sometimes be to get their kids interested in volunteering or otherwise becoming more engaged in the community. And yet, a youth-oriented volunteer program run  by the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation has managed to do just that in one short year – all during the restrictions and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, other volunteer groups and non-profits have been knocking on the foundation's door to learn more about how they too can up their own youth engagement game.In this podcast, we'll introduce you to some highly motivated high school students who volunteer as part of the hospital foundation's “Youth in Action” program. The aim of this unique initiative: to encourage local grade 10-12 students to make a difference in the White Rock/South Surrey area of British Columbia. You'll discover how participants in the program not only get hands-on volunteer experience, but are also given an opportunity to take the reins and help plan and run a major fundraising event themselves. Today's youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Find out how the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation is equipping the next generation of engaged citizens with the tools and experience to become future change makers in our community.Guests:  Jade Geddes and Omer Faraz, local high school students. Amy Cross, Community Engagement Officer with Peace Arch Hospital Foundation ABOUT THE POWER TO HEAL PODCASTPresented by Peace Arch Hospital Foundation in White Rock, British Columbia, Power to Heal takes you behind the scenes of an innovative hospital foundation and introduces you to the team who find new and sometimes surprising ways to engage with the local community and help fund the best health care possible in the region. An integral part of hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide are their hospitals. The engine that drives those institutions are their foundations, without which the wheels of progress would turn very slowly. This series uncovers the ways Peace Arch Hospital Foundation connects with the community to stay ahead of health issues, challenge the norm and foster a spirit of innovation.Since 1988, the Foundation has raised over $195 million for capital projects, medical equipment, and community health programs. Their passionate and caring team's number one priority is the prudent stewardship of your gifts and the resulting positive impact on patients and medical staff at Peace Arch Hospital and the entire White Rock-South Surrey community.The Power to Heal series is hosted by Wayne Cox, veteran television/radio broadcaster and long-time resident of the White Rock/South Surrey area.Download the Power to Heal wherever you get your favourite podcasts.For more information on the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, visit pahfoundation.ca

Join Lauren Conaway and Shaundra Jacobs, Community Engagement Officer of DreamSpring for a discussion on how Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) pave the way for marginalized communities to build their businesses and create generational wealth. Gain valuable insights into building trust, fostering growth, and transforming communities through strategic financial support.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more about DreamSpring: https://www.dreamspring.org   Learn more about InnovateHER KC: https://innovateherkc.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erin and Amber are joined by Joycelyn M. Davis, the Community Engagement Officer for Africatown C.H.E.S.S.. In this interview, Davis discusses the re-discovery and legacy of the Clotilda, the last documented ship known to transport enslaved Africans to the United States. Davis also shares the various initiatives that she and other descendants of the Clotilda are undertaking to preserve the history and fight for environmental justice in Africatown, AL.Want more information about Whitney Plantation? Check out our website or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or Twitter.

On Tuesday the 12th September, fashion fans can visit the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh after dark, for an Audio Described tour of their exhibition ‘Beyond the Little Black Dress'. Amelia talked to Community Engagement Officer, Rachel Drury to get more details. The tour takes place from 5.30 to 7pm on Tuesday 12th September. You can contact the National Museums Scotland by calling 0131 247 4313. Learn more by visiting their website www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/ Image: RNIB Connect Radio Bright Green 20th Anniversary Logo

This episode features Sarah Hughes, the Director of Homeless Prevention Programs at Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency (NMCAA), and Ryan Hannon, the Community Engagement Officer with Goodwill Northern Michigan. The episode emphasizes the importance of collaboration between NMCAA and Goodwill to combat homelessness in the region. They discuss how their outreach teams work together to support individuals experiencing homelessness, providing them with housing options and necessary resources. The hosts and guests also address the stigma and misconceptions surrounding homelessness and highlight the need to treat individuals  experiencing homelessness with dignity and respect.

OUR GAMBLING HARM PODCAST with Claire Emmanuel - Community Engagement Officer by Ralph Barba

How are leaders embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion? And how can you create an atmosphere of belonging for everyone in your organization? Brenda Clegg is here to break down the meaning of DEI and share the first steps leaders can take to uphold these values. Brenda is a certified Diversity Executive and Certified Human Resource Professional and is the Equity and Community Engagement Officer for Chatham County.  In this episode, she'll share her expertise on all things human resources and DEI.

Jinny-Jane realises there's something that makes her different from her loved ones, and she finds a way to tell them.Jinny-Jane Smith is a proud Wiradjuri/ Walbunja woman of the Yuin nation. Jinny identifies as a lesbian woman, mother and aunty to many. She is a dedicated advocate, giving her time to enhance communities, address social justice and self-determination for the betterment of community. Jinny is the Community Engagement Officer of BlaQ. She sits on the board of Gadigal information Service and City of Sydney advisory panel. She performed this story at Blacktown Arts Centre as part of Kolour Me Kweer an all First Nations line up curated by Steven Lindsay Ross and hosted by Neville Williams Boney.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and follow Queerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia.To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Joe Gavin, Chief Programs and Community Engagement Officer for the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation, talks about the Foundation's vision of a world where older adults enjoy a healthy, dynamic way of life, where they are socially connected, physically active and meaningful engaged in their communities.Gavin is joined by Lynn Wolsey, Director of the Ed Brown Center for Active Adults, to discuss the Center's work with seniors.

Officer Doug Greene has been a member of the San Antonio Police Department for 12 years. In 2017, SAPD presented Officer Greene with the Officer of the Year Award. He has served as a Public Information Officer and is presently a Community Engagement Officer. Officer Greene thrives on building relationships between San Antonio area youth and law enforcement and also discusses the recent rash of SAPD suicides and unprecedented number of suicides nationwide. These are especially poignant because Officer Greene sees SAPD as family, brothers and sisters, and not only coworkers. As a Community Engagement Officer he plays a proactive role creating relationships with individuals and communities, because, as he discusses, communities have to come together and join with law enforcement to become the solution to community problems.

In this episode of Power to Heal, we'll introduce you to some highly motivated young people who volunteer as part of the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation's “Youth in Action” program. This unique initiative, which engages local grade 10-12 students in the White Rock/South Surrey area who want to make a difference in their community, has been catching the eye of other non-profits and youth-oriented volunteer organizations. Find out why on the Power to Heal, available wherever you get your favourite podcasts. In this episodeParents know how challenging it can sometimes be to get their kids interested in volunteering or otherwise becoming more engaged in the community. And yet, a youth-oriented volunteer program run  by the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation has managed to do just that in one short year – all during the restrictions and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, other volunteer groups and non-profits have been knocking on the foundation's door to learn more about how they too can up their own youth engagement game.In this podcast, we'll introduce you to some highly motivated high school students who volunteer as part of the hospital foundation's “Youth in Action” program. The aim of this unique initiative: to encourage local grade 10-12 students to make a difference in the White Rock/South Surrey area of British Columbia. You'll discover how participants in the program not only get hands-on volunteer experience, but are also given an opportunity to take the reins and help plan and run a major fundraising event themselves. Today's youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Find out how the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation is equipping the next generation of engaged citizens with the tools and experience to become future change makers in our community.Guests:  Jade Geddes and Omer Faraz, local high school students. Amy Cross, Community Engagement Officer with Peace Arch Hospital Foundation ABOUT THE POWER TO HEAL PODCAST Presented by Peace Arch Hospital Foundation in White Rock, British Columbia, Power to Heal takes you behind the scenes of an innovative hospital foundation and introduces you to the team who find new and sometimes surprising ways to engage with the local community and help fund the best health care possible in the region. An integral part of hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide are their hospitals. The engine that drives those institutions are their foundations, without which the wheels of progress would turn very slowly. This series uncovers the ways Peace Arch Hospital Foundation connects with the community to stay ahead of health issues, challenge the norm and foster a spirit of innovation.Since 1988, the Foundation has raised over $195 million for capital projects, medical equipment, and community health programs. Their passionate and caring team's number one priority is the prudent stewardship of your gifts and the resulting positive impact on patients and medical staff at Peace Arch Hospital and the entire White Rock-South Surrey community.The Power to Heal series is hosted by Wayne Cox, veteran television/radio broadcaster and long-time resident of the White Rock/South Surrey area.Download the Power to Heal wherever you get your favourite podcasts.For more information on the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, visit pahfoundation.ca

In the next episode of Power to Heal, we'll introduce you to some highly motivated young people who volunteer as part of the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation's “Youth in Action” program. This unique initiative, which engages local grade 10-12 students in the White Rock/South Surrey area who want to make a difference in their community, has been catching the eye of other non-profits and youth-oriented volunteer organizations. Find out why on the Power to Heal, available wherever you get your favourite podcasts. In this episodeParents know how challenging it can sometimes be to get their kids interested in volunteering or otherwise becoming more engaged in the community. And yet, a youth-oriented volunteer program run  by the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation has managed to do just that in one short year – all during the restrictions and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.In fact, other volunteer groups and non-profits have been knocking on the foundation's door to learn more about how they too can up their own youth engagement game.In this podcast, we'll introduce you to some highly motivated high school students who volunteer as part of the hospital foundation's “Youth in Action” program. The aim of this unique initiative: to encourage local grade 10-12 students to make a difference in the White Rock/South Surrey area of British Columbia. You'll discover how participants in the program not only get hands-on volunteer experience, but are also given an opportunity to take the reins and help plan and run a major fundraising event themselves. Today's youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Find out how the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation is equipping the next generation of engaged citizens with the tools and experience to become future change-makers in our community.Guests:  Jade Geddes and Omer Faraz, local high school students. Amy Cross, Community Engagement Officer with Peace Arch Hospital Foundation ABOUT THE POWER TO HEAL PODCAST Presented by Peace Arch Hospital Foundation in White Rock, British Columbia, Power to Heal takes you behind the scenes of an innovative hospital foundation and introduces you to the team who find new and sometimes surprising ways to engage with the local community and help fund the best health care possible in the region. An integral part of hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide are their hospitals. The engine that drives those institutions are their foundations, without which the wheels of progress would turn very slowly. This series uncovers the ways Peace Arch Hospital Foundation connects with the community to stay ahead of health issues, challenge the norm and foster a spirit of innovation.Since 1988, the Foundation has raised over $195 million for capital projects, medical equipment, and community health programs. Their passionate and caring team's number one priority is the prudent stewardship of your gifts and the resulting positive impact on patients and medical staff at Peace Arch Hospital and the entire White Rock-South Surrey community.The Power to Heal series is hosted by Wayne Cox, veteran television/radio broadcaster and long-time resident of the White Rock/South Surrey area.Download the Power to Heal wherever you get your favourite podcasts.For more information on the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, visit pahfoundation.ca

Stefanie Blake (I: @stefanieblake1) was raised on a family dairy farm in South West Victoria before heading off to study at the University of Melbourne. She set out to complete an Arts degree, but ended up transferring into a Bachelor of Agriculture, completing her Law degree as well. After spending some time working in the legal field, Stef returned to Warnambool to start her career in agriculture. Stef was Relationship Manager at dairy processor, Fonterra, for four years, before commencing at the National Farmers' Federation at the start of this year. Stef is a part of the AgCAREERSTART project team, where she is the Community Engagement Officer. AgCAREERSTART is a Commonwealth funded gap-year program that matches young Australians with full time roles on farm. Stef is passionate about encouraging young people into agriculture due to the amazing range of career options that are available. Don't forget to send us an email if you know of a story that we should tell at hello@generationag.com.au *Become a Patreon Partner* - https://patreon.com/generationag Find us here: Instagram: @generation.ag Twitter: @generation_ag Website: www.generationag.com.au

Program Updates from the Wayne County Foundation with Alex Painter (08/15/2022) - Ray talks to the Community Engagement Officer about the NICE Program & the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program.

Joe Gavin, Chief Programs and Community Engagement Officer of the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation, talks about the Foundation's mission; challenges of isolation facing a growing number of our region's seniors; and it's soon-to-be-launched report to community -- "A Vision For Healthy Aging: Modernizing San Diego Senior Centers."

The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, situated at the University of Guelph, brings together community and campus skills and resources in order to advance community-identified research goals. This episode describes various projects, such as the Community Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL) Program, the Research Shop, and the Guelph Lab. Am and Liz discuss the role of the Institute and how community engaged research can be used to provide a foundation for policy development and in widening imaginations and creating possibilities on the ground. Liz also describes her life trajectory that brought her to this work and led her to Critical Community Engaged Scholarship. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/172-liz-jackson.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/172-liz-jackson.html Resources: Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) — https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/discover-our-research/centres-institutes-groups/community-engaged-scholarship-institute-cesi Critical Community-Engaged Scholarship (Critical CES): Cynthia Gordon de Cruz — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316638765_Critical_Community-Engaged_Scholarship_Communities_and_Universities_Striving_for_Racial_Justice CESI's Community Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL) Program — https://www.cesinstitute.ca/about-cetl CESI's Research Shop — https://www.cesinstitute.ca/about-research-shop Europe's Science Shop Model — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261948200_Science_shops CESI's Guelph Lab — https://www.cesinstitute.ca/about-guelph-lab Art not Shame — https://artnotshame.org/who-we-are Bio: Liz Jackson is the director of the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute at the University of Guelph. Liz has also previously worked as the Research Collection Coordinator at the Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice Project and the Community Engagement Officer at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. Currently, Liz is the board chair of Art Not Shame, a community-engaged, multidisciplinary arts organization serving youth and adults. Human rights and the politics and implications of artistic representation are some of the themes which Liz is involved in. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Critical Community Engaged Scholarship — with Liz Jackson” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, May 10, 2022. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/172-liz-jackson.html.

Tracy M. Downs, MD, FACS is a Professor of Urology and Chief Diversity & Community Engagement Officer at the University of Virginia.  Tracy is a deeply thoughtful and compassionate surgeon and person.  His approach to life parallels his approach to patient care which parallels his approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We explore the metaphor of endurance built during distance running to the endurance needed to overcome the struggles of a surgical career and, similarly, the long-term work toward a more inclusive medical community and world.  In addition, the relationships he models with his family parallels the care and compassion with which he approaches his patients, colleagues, and his profession.  Lots to learn from Dr. Downs, enjoy. (Music Credit: Sunshine, Simon Jomphe Lepine.)

This week the NLM crew at “The Pursuit Of…” sits down with Ryan Hannon, Community Engagement Officer at Goodwill Northern Michigan. Ryan has a long track record of street outreach with knowing and helping individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Northern-Lower Michigan.“Home looks different for everyone, and so do the obstacles that stand in the way. Street Outreach meets people experiencing unsheltered homelessness where they are, and offers resources that can help people end their homelessness.” - Goodwill NMIFor more information visit:https://www.goodwillnmi.org/street-outreach•••"The Pursuit Of..." is podcast brought to you by: New Leonard MediaShare your pursuits by being a guest! Reach out to us at NewLeonard.com

Megan Lee talks to Lisa Collas, Community Engagement Officer at ANSA, about their current campaigns and their work in the community.

In this episode of Now and the Future Podcast, we will be exploring the importance of nutrition for those who experience co-occurring health conditions or allergies. The role and importance of nutrition will look different across the lifespan; from those difficulties with establishing newborn feeding through to the impact of conditions in adulthood such as diabetes or thyroid concerns, it is vital to ensure that any person with Down syndrome has their nutrition needs reviewed regularly. We'll be chatting with Matt Hart, Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Sports Dietitian, and founder of Hart Nutrition; and DSQ's Community Engagement Officer, Gillian Gehrke, around her lived experience of the way in which Mosaic Down syndrome has impacted her in this area.If you're interested in connecting with Matt following this episode, feel free to contact him on 0400 961 870 or via email matt@hartnutrition.com.auNow And The Future is a production of Down Syndrome Queensland.For more information please visit the DSQ website, or follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

On March 10, 2022 Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's a Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy, discussed her 50-year journey to confirm her family's oral history that they are descended from the country's third president. Growing up in Black middle-class Washington, DC, Jessup White was 13 when she first heard the family lore. Fueled by personal loss and professional angst, she devoted herself to uncovering the truth, a commitment that ultimately led her to Monticello, where she became the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's first community engagement officer. Reclamation is an intimate exploration race, class, and redemption in a country that continues to struggle with its complicated and painful origins. Gayle Jessup White is Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns and operates Monticello. She is the first descendant of Jefferson and the families he enslaved to be employed by the Foundation. She is the author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy. The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

At Age 13, Gayle was shocked to learn her secret century old family lineage, her aunt revealed that they are direct descendants of Thomas Jefferson. I believe that this knowledge led Gayle to the pursuit of truth in every story as a reporter on a subconscious journey of self discovery. Gayle Jessup White began her career as a Journalist with the New York Times, she has been a news anchor, a professor and is now the Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer at Monticello. Her book, Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy is a testament to acknowledge the ugly side of history, and remind folks that this really wasn't all that long ago. --- 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/loveletterstovirginia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loveletterstovirginia/support

Fingerprints Episode 1Join the Ashmolean Museum's director, Xa Sturgis, as he questions what a museum is for. He introduces us to Powhatan's Mantle, one of the museum's founding objects, and one inextricably linked with British colonial history. From there, he traces the Ashmolean's story to the present day, as special guests explore how we can transform an uncomfortable past into a more positive future. Find a transcript of this episode hereRead moreSee Powhatan's Mantle hereFind out more about Oxford University's procedures about the return of cultural objects hereSpeakers in this episode:Series host: Lucie Dawkins, Director & Producer, Ashmolean MuseumXa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean MuseumSumaya Kassim, writer, curator and museum-scepticReyahn King, CEO of York Museums TrustDr Laura van Broekhoven, Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, OxfordMustafa Barcho, Oxford-Middle East Community Ambassador, Ashmolean MuseumMarenka Thompson-Odlum, Researcher, Pitt RiversNicola Bird, Community Engagement Officer, Oxford's Gardens, Libraries and MuseumsAbout the Fingerprints podcastEvery object in the Ashmolean has passed from hand to hand to reach the Museum. In a new podcast, we uncover the invisible fingerprints left behind by makers, looters, archaeologists, soldiers, rulers, curators, and many more. These stories of touch reveal the ways in which the forces of conflict and colonialism have shaped Britain's oldest Museum. Join the Ashmolean's curators alongside artists, experts, and community members, for our new podcast: Fingerprints.Fingerprints will be released on the Ashmolean's website, on Spotify, Apple, and wherever you get your podcasts, weekly from  21 January 2022 until 25 February 2022.Fingerprints is produced and hosted by Lucie Dawkins. Guests include Bénédicte Savoy, co-author of the Report on African Cultural Heritage, commissioned by Emmanuel Macron; Professor Dan Hicks, of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum; and Simukai Chigudu, one of the founding members of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign.www.ashmolean.org/fingerprints

It has been one year since the last time it was January 20, and this time around many things are different. Does anything ever stay exactly the same? That is not a question directly before us on this installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a constantly changing compendium of challenges, choices, and charged chatter. I’m your host, Sean Tubbs. Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.In this edition:Charlottesville City Council approves two housing projects intended for those with lower incomesScottsville Town Council defers a vote on two clustered developments within town limitsGovernor Youngkin issues two more executive orders, including a removal word “equity” from his Cabinet diversity chiefA new brief is filed in a lawsuit seeking a House of Delegates election in 2022 And an update from the General Assembly update. Two shouts-outs to start the programYou’re listening to Charlottesville. Community Engagement. Let’s begin today with two more Patreon-fueled shout-outs. The first comes a long-time supporter who wants you to know:"Today is a great day to spread good cheer: reach out to an old friend, compliment a stranger, or pause for a moment of gratitude to savor a delight."And this is where I wish my mother a Happy Birthday! The second comes from a more recent supporter who wants you to go out and read a local news story written by a local journalist. Whether it be the Daily Progress, Charlottesville Tomorrow, C-Ville Weekly, NBC29, CBS19, WINA, or some other place I’ve not mentioned - the community depends on a network of people writing about the community. Go learn about this place today!Pandemic updateToday the number of new COVID-19 cases increased over yesterday, but the seven-day percent positivity has declined once again. There are 14,803 new cases and the percent positivity is at 31.6 percent. The number of hospitalizations is currently at 3,868 patients with 635 of them in intensive care units and 388 are on ventilators. The Blue Ridge Health District reports another 512 new cases today and the percent positivity is at 26 percent. Just before publication, Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced a limited state of emergency in Executive Order 11 that is related to the pandemic. This is similar to one enacted earlier this month by former Governor Ralph Northam which provides flexibility to health care providers related to staffing. This will expire on February 21. Read the order for more details on the 18 provisions within. Request for 2022 General Assembly election still alive in federal courtA new motion was filed this week in the federal lawsuit seeking the Virginia Board of Elections to hold a new election this November for all 100 seats in the House of Delegates. Attorney Paul Goldman filed the suit in the Eastern District of Virginia last year arguing that the current boundaries are invalid because they are based on 2010 Census data. Goldman also sought a temporary injunction to stop the Board in November from certifying the 2021 election results in the House of Delegates for a period of two years. That motion was denied. Goldman appealed and this week filed a brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that applies the same legal arguments that led the Eastern District Court in 1981 to order House of Delegates elections that year for a one year term with a new election in 1982. (learn more on Wikipedia)“The failure of the federal government to timely provide 2020 U.S. Census Data created delays in the Virginia reapportionment process,” reads the summary of the argument. “But this federal failure doesn’t provide a constitutional ‘free pass’ for state officials to arbitrarily decide to violate Appellee’s constitutionally protected voting rights.” Goldman argues the districts in place last November violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because some districts had many more voters than others because the reapportionment had not happened yet. He’s asking the three judge panel to take up the case. In late December, The Supreme Court of Virginia approved maps drawn by two special masters. More 2022 General Assembly legislation ends in committeeMeanwhile, the work of the General Assembly continues with 1.4 percent of the 2,078 bills filed so far listed as failing. At least, as of 8 a.m. this morning. All but one of them are in the Senate. One such bill from Senator Bill Stanley (R-20) would have required a mandatory minimum of life imprisonment for a Class 1 felony. It was “passed by indefinitely” in the Judiciary Committee on a party line vote of 8 to 7. (SB79)A bill from Senator Ghazala F. Hashmi (D-10) would have allowed “credentialed newspersons” to cross police lines, perimeters, and barricades. Hashmi asked for it to be stricken. (SB240)Senator Amanda Chase (R-11) has a bill (SB548) that would have prohibited any discrimination of people based on vaccination status. That one “failed to report” from the General Laws and Technology committee on a party-line vote. A second bill (SB582) from Chase would have prevented any discrimination against people who don’t want to wear a mask. That one was “passed by indefinitely” by an 8 to 6 vote, with Senator Siobhan Dunnavant (R-12) not casting a vote.A bill from Senator Jeremy McPike (D-29) (SB606) would have required smoke detectors in all new residential units, equipped with a battery that can last ten years. The request was stricken at the request of the patron. A bill from Senator Jill Vogel (R-27) would have added a sixth member to the Board of Elections and extend their terms to six years. SB610 would also have required photo identification to vote and require registrars to audit the voter rolls more frequently. The bill was stricken at Vogel’s request in the Privileges and Elections committee.One piece of legislation has already been continued to 2023. SB59 from Senator Travis Hackworth (R-38) would require the police chief in a dissolved city to relinquish records over to the sheriff of the county that would take over authority of the jurisdiction.  But it’s not all failure. Forty House Joint Resolutions have passed the House of Delegates, as well as four House Resolutions. Most of these are organizational or commendations for various individuals and organizations across Virginia. View the full list of passed bills here on the Legislative Information System. Youngkin drops “equity” from title of new diversity chiefGovernor Youngkin has selected a top official of the Heritage Foundation to serve as his director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Angela Sailor is the vice president of the Feulner Institute, a wing of Heritage. Youngkin also signed Executive Order #10 which elevates Sailor to his cabinet as the Chief Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion officer.  “We acknowledge that too many of our citizens have not received the equal opportunity they deserve, and we recognize that diversity when genuinely embraced strengthens our Commonwealth,” reads the order, which also establishes that Sailor will be “responsive to the rights of parents in educational and curricular decision-making.” Third shout-outThis past Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society heard from their newest board member at a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Now you can catch up with the event on YouTube. (watch here)Gayle Jessup White is the first Public Relations and Community Engagement Officer for Monticello and the first descendant of Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved community to work for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Gayle Jessup White will talk about her book Reclamation: Sally Hemmings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for her Family’s Lasting Legacy. The recording is available on YouTube and you can learn more about the historical society as albemarlehistory.org. Council approves MACAA rezoning for Piedmont Housing Alliance and Habitat for HumanityCharlottesville City Council has given final approval to two separate rezoning requests for new housing projects on Park Street in Charlottesville, just north of the U.S. 250 bypass. At Council’s first meeting of the year, they reached consensus to place rezoning of land at the Park Street Christian Church was approved on the consent agenda for the January 18 meeting, but the rezoning at the Monticello Area Community Action Alliance property was further discussed. Dannon O’Connell is a city planner. “The proposed [Planned Unit Development] development calls for preservation of two existing single-family homes, 28 new townhome or duplex units, 65 multifamily units in two buildings, and a maximum of 7,500 square feet of commercial child care space,” O’Connell said. The land use designations for both properties were changed in the 2021 Future Land use Map to allow more density. (review the Future Land Use Map on the Cville Plans Together) Nearby resident John Hossack argued that data supplied by the developer was faulty and a new sample should be taken. “The traffic analysis was based on data collected in June 2021, in the middle of COVID, middle of summer, and outside of school and University term time,” Hossack said. “This is really significant because this potentially could sink the project or at least justify a reduction in scale which is really what the community is looking for.” Traffic engineer Brennan Duncan acknowledged the traffic study may have been affected by COVID but defended its use. “The applicant was on a pretty strict timeline to get their stuff submitted so I did say that if they were going to do it and wanted to move forward, they would have to do the correcting factor,” Duncan said.Duncan said the applicant was asked to compare their traffic study with a previous one conducted for a previous rezoning for the MACAA property and to traffic counts from the Virginia Department of Transportation. “Both of the traffic studies that have been done do fall in line with the VDOT estimate for Park Street so I am confident in both the VDOT estimate and the numbers that came through,” Duncan said. Duncan acknowledged traffic would increase in the area above the average of 10,000 vehicles that use it today. That’s down from the more than 20,000 vehicles a day that used to use the roadway before the John Warner Parkway opened. (read the 2020 estimated traffic counts for Charlottesville)“The theoretical maximum is around 18,000 vehicles per day and that’s at the point where you start seeing pretty severe traffic backups during peak hours,” Duncan said. “The 1,200 vehicles per day between both this project, the MACAA site and the Park Street Church is not insignificant. I also do not believe it will severely hurt or have severe detrimental effects on the network.”Duncan also acknowledges that there are site distance issues with the existing entrance, but that the development will meet the minimum requirement with a new intersection that will align Maaca Drive with Davis Avenue. “I have worked with the applicant to achieve what I believe to be the safest intersection that we can hope for given the topography of the area,” Duncan said. Duncan said he would be requesting a left hand turn lane onto Macca Drive from northbound Park when the project goes to site plan approval. Mayor Lloyd Snook said he has had a concern about the existing MACAA site for years and that the existing conditions with site distance are not good. “And it just seems to me that the changes that will be coming to eliminate a lot of those obstacles are going to make life a lot easier,” Snook said. “Whether that has anything to do with the accident rate, I don’t know.”Snook said a Charlottesville with more residential density will mean development on what he called more problematic parcels. “One of the things we’ve got to do as Councilors, Planning Commissioners, and city planners, and so on is to attempt to recognize when the problem is something that is manageable versus when it is not manageable,” Snook said.Snook said in this case, the problems are manageable. He added Council will be called on to manage those problems. Councilor Michael Payne said he walked through the sight and acknowledges the problems. He gave some insight into how he made his decision.“A heuristic I use is just if a development is appropriate and safe, is would I feel comfortable explaining to everyone who could have lived there the reasons I voted no, and likewise, would I feel comfortable explaining to every individual who lives in the neighborhood why I voted yes,” Payne said. “In this case the tradeoffs to me seem clear for the benefit of at least 76 families who will have access to affordable rentals and homeownerships is worth it.” The vote was unanimous. Scottsville Town Council defers on density requestsMeanwhile in Scottsville, the Town Council on Tuesday night took up two special use permits to allow for additional residential density for projects on Bird Street and Blenheim Road. The Blenheim Heights projects would see 24 houses on 9 acres and the Bird Street project would be 48 houses on 12 acres. Both take advantage of provisions in an updated zoning code that allows for clustered development. Before the meeting, the town put on three informational meetings at which the details were given. The public hearing opened without a presentation from the applicant. Several speakers asked for Council to deny the request. One of them was Kim Schmitt, who moved to Scottsville in 1995. “We moved from Florida and one of the reasons was to get away from development,” Schmitt said.Schmitt said she wanted to see what the by-right development would look like.  Another speaker mentioned a petition calling for “responsible” development and she asked this be entered into the record.“There are a total of 299 signatures from the paper and online petition,” the woman said. “This petition shows that there are many people who want development and that’s what the petition says. We want development but we want responsible growth commensurate with the size of our town.” Others were supportive. Thomas Unsworth who lives on Bird Street. He supported a project that would give him new neighbors.  “And I cannot stress how excited I am to see it happen,” Unsworth said. “The historic downtown area is already a dense settlement that encourages people to get out and walk to enjoy local amenities like the library, parks, and the farmers’ market and the many businesses that we have. Building new housing in this part of town is the perfect way to allow Scottsville to grow without putting an undue stress on the parking and traffic situations downtown.”However, he said he did not support the Blenheim Heights project because it is a cul-de-sac, more common in suburban development. The majority of speakers asked for a denial or more time to come up with conditions. When the matter came before the Town Council, Scottsville Mayor Ron Smith suggested taking time for a vote later. “Technically we could vote on this right now but with all that information that came out of this weekend’s meeting I feel like Town Council needs to have a special session to discuss all that information before they take a vote,” Smith said. The items will return to the Town Council for a vote on February 22, with a special session to be scheduled between now and then. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

If the year were so far an Olympics, today would be the final ceremony. But we’re just at the beginning of a new era in Virginia with a new Governor who has demonstrated a different approach than the previous one. These words are being sent out just as another winter storm rolls through. So, this rare Sunday edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement is being crafted to capture this moment when we don’t quite know what will happen, but there are signs. I’m your host, Sean Tubbs.The newsletter and podcast is free, so sign up to make sure it shows up in your inbox! On today’s show: Albemarle and the region prepare for another winter storm Governor Glenn Youngkin is sworn in and signs eleven executive orders, including a withdrawal to pull out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and a revocation of statewide mask mandatesThe Piedmont Housing Alliance breaks ground on the development of Friendship Court after many yearsFirst subscriber-supported shout-outMonday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society invites you to hear from their newest board member at a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Gayle Jessup White is the first Public Relations and Community Engagement Officer for Monticello and the first descendant of Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved community to work for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Gayle Jessup White will talk about her book Reclamation: Sally Hemmings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for her Family’s Lasting Legacy. That’s 7 p.m on Monday and you can register for the Zoom call or watch on Facebook Live. Sign up now at albemarlehistory.org. Albemarle County EmergencyAlbemarle County has declared a local emergency in advance of today’s winter storm in order to help coordinate services in the event that it is disruptive. “It has the potential to cause downed trees, widespread power outages, and hazardous travel conditions,” reads the disaster declaration issued by County Executive Jeffrey Richardson.Dan Eggleston is the chief of Albemarle Fire Rescue and he said his staff has been watching the weather forecasts. “We have been engaged with the state resources as well as local utilities and others to help understand the potential impact that this storm may have on county residents,” Eggleston said. Former Governor Ralph Northam issued a declaration of emergency on Friday. Eggleston said the forecast became more clear as of Saturday morning and that the threat of further power outages loomed. There could be a lot of wet snow and ice, prompting County Executive Jeffrey Richardson to make the declaration. “Basically what this does is allows us to implement our emergency operations plan and activate any contracts we might have to solicit resources including a clear channel to the state should we  need any additional resources beyond our local capacity,” Eggleston said. If you need resources, or want to know what they may be before a power outage affects you, visit communityemergency.org. The Virginia Department of Transportation is asking people to stay home on Sunday due to potential blizzard conditions. “The current forecast indicates this event will drop significant snow, followed by freezing rain and ice in many areas, targeting the central region of Virginia and areas along the Interstate 81 corridor with the most extreme conditions,” reads a press release. VDOT urges anyone who does travel today to carry an emergency winter weather kit including food, water, blankets, and other tools needed if you are stranded. Albemarle fatalityAlbemarle County has also reported the death of a driver in a single-vehicle crash yesterday morning in the 4100 block of Free Union Road. This is the first traffic fatality of the year in Albemarle. Youngkin sworn in as Virginia’s 74th Governor signs 11 executive actions Soon after being sworn in, Governor Glenn Youngkin got to work with a series of executive orders to undo many key policies of the last administration and General Assembly. It was, in fact, Day One of his administration, and many of the directives are intended to comb through Virginia’s policy to remove that which the Governor finds offensive.“Well, it’s Day One, and we’ve had a great morning and as we head into the afternoon, it’s time to get to work,” Youngkin said.  Youngkin made a point of gathering in a working office in the Governor’s mansion that hasn’t been used in two years. To his right, Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears. To his left, Secretary of the Commonwealth Kay Coles James. No one in the picture wears a mask. “These executive actions combined with the 59 bills that are being carried in our legislature right now by Delegates and Senators and 25 budget amendments comprise the actions necessary to put our Day One game plan into motion,” Youngkin said. The first bans “the use of inherently divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory” and states that “political indoctrination has no place in our classroom.” Specifically, the order directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to end all policies that promote “inherently divisive concepts” and remove “those that promote or endorse divisive or inherently racist concepts.” Youngkin didn’t elaborate much on this one but did welcome the person who will oversee some of the education changes. “I’m particularly excited to be joined by our Secretary of Education designee, Aimee Guidera,” Youngkin said This order singles out programs by name, such as the Department of Education’s Cultural Competency Training Program, EdEquityVA, and the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative. (read the full text)A change in pandemic policyThree of the actions relate to the pandemic. Executive Directive Two rescinds a mandate that state employees get vaccinated against COVID. Youngkin said it is a matter of individual rights. “No executive branch employees shall be required to be vaccinated or required to disclose their vaccination status as a condition of their employment,” Youngkin said. “Let me be clear. I continue to be an absolutely staunch advocate for the vaccine. I’ve gotten the vaccine. I’ve gotten the booster. Suzanne has gotten the vaccine and gotten the booster. I believe it is the best way to keep your family safe. But we also believe individual liberty counts and matters and therefore rather than mandate we’re going to work to educate.” Executive Order Two ends Virginia’s requirement that children in public school be masked. This one points out what it calls outdated information in the August 12, 2021 order and states that the Omicron variant causes less severe than the Delta variant. (read the full text)Executive Order Six orders the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board to conduct an emergency meeting to decide if a Virginia Department of Labor and Industry COVID standard should be eliminated.(take a look at the standard)“Most succinctly I can say this executive order keeps Virginia open for business,” Youngkin said. “We’ll remove burdensome COVID-19 regulations.”Executive Order Nine seeks the re-evaluation of Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and to begin undoing the regulations embedded in executive branch agencies such as the Department of Environmental Quality. “The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as I’ve said before is nothing more than a carbon tax, a carbon tax that raises the utility bills of all Virginians,” Youngkin said. Youngkin thanked Andrew Wheeler for being willing to serve as Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, a position where he will oversee the dismantling of RGGI. There are also several bills filed to accomplish many of the changes to state law. The order also states that RGGI be notified of the administration’s intent to withdraw. (read the full text)The others:Executive Order Three fires the parole boardExecutive Order Four orders the Attorney General of Virginia to investigate the Loudoun County School Board related to a sexual assault in the spring of 2021 (full text)Executive Order Five creates a position that will review Virginia agencies beginning with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Virginia Employment Commission. Eric Moeller will be the Chief Transformation Officer in Virginia. (full text)Executive Order Seven establishes the Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support. (full text)Executive Order Eight establishes the Commission to Combat Antisemitism (full text)Executive Directive One orders a 25 percent cut of regulations, citing a report from 2018 mandated by the General Assembly but not implemented. (full text) (HB883)No action today in the General Assembly. Many meetings scheduled for tomorrow have been canceled. It’s also the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Support the show by giving a shout-out!In today’s shout-out, a shout-out to the shouters-of out! I want to thank all of the individuals and entities that have supported this newsletter and podcast through a $25 a month Patreon contribution or through some other combination of support. Thanks to the Charlottesville Jazz Society, Code for Charlottesville, LEAP, the Rivanna Conservation Alliance, Lonnie Murray and his penchant for native plants, WTJU, the Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society, Jefferson Madison Regional Library, the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards, Cville 350, Piedmont Master Gardeners, and of course, the Valley Research Center. More in 2022. Click through to Information Charlottesville to learn more about how you can support this channel. Friendship Court groundbreakingAfter years of planning, the Piedmont Housing Alliance has broken ground on the multi-phase redevelopment of Friendship Court. Phase One will be built on the open space portion of the existing 150-unit residential complex. Sunshine Mathon is the executive director of the Piedmont Housing Alliance. “For over 40 years, Friendship Court, also known to many as Garret Square has been home to over hundreds of families,” Mathon said. “For some, it was a short time. For others, it is all they have known. For some, it has been a place of solace and respite during difficult times. For others it has reflected the pain of broader racial and social injustices, and families caught in the unrelenting gears of generational poverty.” Before Friendship Court, the land had been a predominantly Black neighborhood and was razed during what’s known as the Garret Street urban renewal. Planning for what would replace Friendship Court has been underway for many years. Piedmont Housing Alliance has been involved since before Mathon joined the agency four and a half years ago. “When I arrived in Charlottesville I knew little of this history and as an outsider and as a white man, I have had to listen and I have had to come to learn that we cannot turn our gaze to the future to explore what’s possible whether here at Friendship Court or in the region more broadly without truly knowing the weight of the past,” Mathon said. A site plan for the four phases at Friendship Court has been developed by the Timmons Group, and this calls for a range between 350 to 500 units on the 11.758 acres with up to 60,000 square feet for commercial, business, or assembly space. This site plan also shows a road network that eventually will become public streets. Mathon said that work has been overseen by a committee of current residents. “They have participated in deep community outreach,” Mathon said. “They have chosen architects and contractors, they have taken field trips to other cities to explore what has been done elsewhere and they have worked and reworked and reworked and reworked a plan for redevelopment aimed directly at redressing root causes such as systemic inequity.” Charlottesville City Council has approved millions of funds in contributions to the project’s financing including a $5.5 million forgivable loan approved by Council in October 2020. (read a story from then)“So much of what is pushed in front of our faces on City Council is five-star hotels, the University, fancy restaurants, business development, and that’s all fine enough but it’s this what makes Charlottesville a great community,” said City Councilor Michael Payne. “To have residents who are taking self-control of their future in building with our community their future.” You can watch the ground-breaking in a link in the newsletter. Visit piedmonthousingalliance.org for more information. Stay safe today. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Will today be an unlucky day? After all, the calendar for today does contain a 13. Would it were we could design our time without so many potential pitfalls! Still, unlike a building, Charlottesville Community Engagement cannot skip ahead to 14 because otherwise we’d fall far behind. I’m the host, Sean Tubbs, and let’s wish fortune has a wide enough brush to cover us all. On today’s program:Governor Northam says goodbye, while incoming Speaker of the House Gilbert says helloAlbemarle County is not planning on in-person meetings for now with the omicron COVID wave still ragingAnother winter storm approaches, and Charlottesville is still adjusting to missed solid waste pick-ups from the last oneAttorney General Herring said the incoming governor can’t pull Virginia out of an interstate carbon cap-and-trade marketTwo Patreon-fueled shout-outsLet’s begin today with two more Patreon-fueled shout-outs. The first comes a long-time supporter who wants you to know:"Today is a great day to spread good cheer: reach out to an old friend, compliment a stranger, or pause for a moment of gratitude to savor a delight."The second comes from a more recent supporter who wants you to go out and read a local news story written by a local journalist. Whether it be the Daily Progress, Charlottesville Tomorrow, C-Ville Weekly, NBC29, CBS19, WINA, or some other place I’ve not mentioned - the community depends on a network of people writing about the community. Go learn about this place today!Winter storm approaching?Another winter storm is in the forecast with a lot of speculation. According to Weather Underground, Charlottesville could get as much as eight inches on Sunday, though we’ll have more information as that time approaches. On Wednesday, Albemarle Supervisor Ann Mallek had this advice.“Nobody knows what the winter storm Sunday is going to be but I encourage everyone to take a couple of days of sunshine to pre-clean your sidewalks and get your supplies in so we can be ready for whatever comes our way,” Mallek said.The aftermath of the January 3 storm is still being worked through. This morning, the City of Charlottesville announced that normal trash pickup has resumed, but recycling service that was missed due to the storm won’t be made up with an additional run. Trash is collected weekly in Charlottesville but recycling is every other week. “Due to resource capacity issues, our service contractor for Trash/Recycling will be unable to provide make-up recycling collection for those impacted by the suspension in service that occurred the week of January 3rd,” reads a release. “Impacted residents will receive recycling collection on their next scheduled service date.” Residents are encouraged to take their recyclable materials to the McIntire Recycling Center, on McIntire Road, which is operated by the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority. In addition, the city will pick-up debris from the January 3 storm the week of January 24. “Any adjustments to this schedule that may result from volume or operational delays will be provided to the public in as timely a manner as possible,” reads the city’s website on solid waste management. “We also encourage City residents to take advantage of the free storm debris disposal waiver being operated until January 24th at the Ivy Material Utilization Center, located at 4576 Dick Woods Road.”The Ivy MUC is also operated by the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority. Albemarle and Charlottesville are covering the fees to drop off that debris. Pandemic records continue to be brokenThe highest COVID surge in pandemic continues in Virginia with an average of 18,782 new cases a day. The seven-day percent positivity is at 35.6 percent today statewide. Today’s snapshot from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, there are 3,894 people hospitalized with COVID, with 646 of them in intensive care units. There are 349 people on ventilators. Those last two numbers are new records. On Wednesday, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors had a work session on what county staff are calling the “Reconstitution” of Albemarle government, which is a way of saying a return to in-person public hearings. Trevor Henry is the assistant county executive. “When we first set this agenda it was prior to the Omicron variant, prior to that wave hitting the region the way it has,” Henry said. This week has seen the highest numbers to date in the Blue Ridge Health District, which includes Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson counties. Today there are 480 cases reported. There have been five deaths reported since the beginning of the year, though that figure often lags behind as death certificates are tallied. “At this point, we will not be recommending a date certain on returning to in-person public meetings,” Henry said.Henry and other staff sought direction about how to proceed with a future where those meetings are open. The county has made investments in some rooms in order to allow remote participation by members of the public in a hybrid manner. Both Albemarle County and Charlottesville remain under a local declaration of emergency which allows for remote meetings. County Attorney Greg Kamptner explained how that would end. “The state code and the state emergency law provides when the Board [of Supervisors] in its discretion determines  that there are no further emergency services to be provided,” Kamptner said. Kamptner said the county has come close to that at certain points during the pandemic, but various surges have complicated the matter. Herring: Youngkin alone can’t remove Virginia from carbon cap-and-trade marketUntil Saturday, Mark Herring is Virginia’s chief counsel. On Tuesday, the outgoing Attorney General issued an opinion stating that Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin cannot through executive order or other executive action remove the Commonwealth of Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Virginia joined the mid-Atlantic interstate compact following an act of the General Assembly in 2020. “The [Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparation] Act directs the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to amend its regulations that established a carbon dioxide cap and trade program,” Herring wrote in the opinion. “The Constitution of Virginia does not grant the Governor the power to suspend laws.”The opinion did not come out of the blue. Herring’s advice was sought by Delegate Charniele Herring (D-46) and Delegate Rip Sullivan (D-48).On Friday, the State Corporation Commission issued a ruling granting approval of a plan from Dominion Energy to upgrade their portion of the electric grid. Dominion’s Phase II seeks to integrate more “distributed energy resources” into the power network. Their plan cites the Clean Economy act as a justification for moving to more solar, wind, and other renewable sources. “There is no doubt that significant volumes of [distributed energy resources] are coming to Virginia,” reads the plan. “The distribution grid must be ready.” The State Corporation Commission had public hearings on the plan last October, which calls for $193.8 million to install net metering infrastructure, $203.9 million on a customer information platform, and other areas to upgrade the grid. The SCC approval notes the importance of educating the public on what’s going to happen. “Customer education will ensure that the full benefits of other [grid transformation] projects are realized by educating customers on the opportunities that such projects provide,” reads page 13 the ruling. Today’s third subscriber supported shout-outMonday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society invites you to hear from their newest board member at a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Gayle Jessup White is the first Public Relations and Community Engagement Officer for Monticello and the first descendant of Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved community to work for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Gayle Jessup White will talk about her book Reclamation: Sally Hemmings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for her Family’s Lasting Legacy. That’s 7 p.m. on Monday and you can register for the Zoom call or watch on Facebook Live. Sign up now at albemarlehistory.org. Legislative update On the first day of the General Assembly, the 2022 session in the House of Delegates is coming into shape. Delegate Rob Bell (R-58) will chair the Courts of Justice committee and will serve on the Health, Welfare and Institutions committee and the Rules Committee. Delegate Sally Hudson (D-57) will serve on the Finance Committee and Health, Welfare, and Institutions. Delegate Chris Runion (R-25) will also serve on the Finance Committee, the Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources Committee, the General Laws Committee, and the Transportation Committee.Several House committees met this morning but there are not yet bills on their agendas. Instead, members of Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin’s cabinet were interviewed by various committees. Over in the Senate, the Committee on Education and Health met. Remember, the Senate is still controlled by the Democratic Party with a two-seat majority, meaning Democrats hold the gavel on committees. Outgoing Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax presides over the Senate until incoming Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears is sworn in. The Senate Education and Health committee did take up legislation and began winnowing out some of the bills, or at least hitting pause on some of them. For instance, the Education and Health heard a bill from Senator Mark Peake to require the Virginia Department of Health to create a program to mitigate algae blooms. Peake said he would edit the bill to make change that requirement to go to the Department of Environmental Quality instead.  (SB171)When I published the January 12 edition of this newsletter, I had initially stated there were around 850 bills submitted. As I write these words, there are 1,634 bills. Four measures passed the House on the first day, including a commendation for former Speaker of the House Kirk Cox. Oh. Now we’re up to 1,677. The trickle is now a flood. Virginia finances up in December The Commonwealth of Virginia has reported that state revenues were up 19.2 percent in December over the previous year. According to a press release from Governor Ralph Northam’s office, that’s the fifth straight month of double-digit increases. Northam leaves office on Saturday when Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin is sworn in. “We have governed with fiscal responsibility and compassion for all Virginians—and with five straight months of double-digit revenue growth, record job creation and historic investments in Virginia families, the results speak for themselves,” Northam said.In his farewell address to the General Assembly last night, the outgoing Governor thanked his cabinet for their service and and honored Supreme Court Justices Donald Lemons and William Mims on their retirement.  He also saluted the tradition of gubernatorial addresses at the General Assembly. “This is a time when elected leaders from different branches of government, different political parties, and different parts of the state come together to talk about the Commonwealth that we all share,” Northam said. Governor-elect Youngkin will address the General Assembly on Monday night. “By then he will be your Governor and I wish him the best and I am confident that he will be lead this Commonwealth well,” Northam said. Northam reviewed his four years in office and said he has tried to govern in order to help people across Virginia. “Virginians choose leaders who will make our Commonwealth better for them and their families, no matter who they are or where they live,” Northam said. “I can confidently say that we have done that. We are leaving this Commonwealth better than it was when we came into office. We have built a state that does a better job of treating people right. It’s more welcoming. It’s more open. It is more fair. And it is more equitable.”After the speech, Speaker of the House Todd Gilbert sent out a tweet that did not share the same spirit of bipartisanship. However, seven hours earlier, Gilbert did sound bipartisan after the House of Delegates unanimously elected him as speaker. That’s a tradition in Virginia politics. “Thank you for the trust that all of you have placed in me willingly,” Gilbert said. “Some unwillingly, admittedly, but thank you nonetheless. I do not take this responsibility lightly and I pledge to you that I will give the utmost to be a Speaker for all of Virginia.”And as we end this installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement, none of the 1,693 bills filed so far have failed. Give it time. This is a public episode. 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There have been a dozen days to the year so far, and after today there are 29.4 dozen 24-hour periods left until we all sing Auld Lang Syne once again. Until then, let’s not forget any of our acquaintances for now, and let’s stock up on cups of kindness. This is Charlottesville Community Engagement for this particular period of time, and I’m Sean Tubbs, here everyday “to take a right goodwill draught for auld lang syne.” Sign up for free for regular installments of information. Payment is encouraged, but not mandatory. On today’s show:New data shows that inflation is occurring at the highest rate since 1982Charlottesville City Council holds interviews for interim city manager but don’t yet make a decisionRegional planners get a first look at a rezoning at UVA’s North Fork Discovery Park The Charlottesville Democratic Committee selects two new co-chairsCharlottesville’s NDS director gives a preview of the rewrite of the zoning ordinanceTwo options are alive for a pedestrian bridge over the Rivanna River Today’s first subscriber supported shout-outMonday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society invites you to hear from their newest board member at a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Gayle Jessup White is the first Public Relations and Community Engagement Officer for Monticello and the first descendant of Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved community to work for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Gayle Jessup White will talk about her book Reclamation: Sally Hemmings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for her Family’s Lasting Legacy. That’s 7 p.m on Monday and you can register for the Zoom call or watch on Facebook Live. Sign up now at albemarlehistory.org. More “investigation” needed before interim city manager pickCharlottesville City Council met in closed session for over three hours yesterday to meet with candidates for interim city manager. The five elected officials met with Robert Bobb of the Robert Bobb Group as well, but had nothing much to report at the end of the meeting. Here’s Mayor Lloyd Snook. “We have interviewed some very impressive candidates,” Snook said. “We have some further investigation yet to be done. We are not yet prepared to make a decision but expect to make a decision probably on Tuesday, January 18.” Council’s regular meeting will be that day due to the commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Zoning rewrite updateIn November, the City Council adopted a new Comprehensive Plan as the second leg of the Cville Plans Together initiative. The first was adoption of a new affordable housing plan in March. The next step is the rewriting of the city’s zoning code. James Freas, the director of Neighborhood Development Services, told the Charlottesville Planning Commission that the public process for the three phases of the zoning rewrite will kick off at the end of the month.“What we are looking at is a complete rewrite,” Freas said. “This isn’t going to take your existing ordinance and redline it and make changes. This is going to be a complete rewrite.” Freas said some portions of the existing code would be copied over into the new version with new formatting and wording. “There are some aspects of the new ordinance we anticipate bringing over wholesale but it will be a new document,” Freas said. The first phase will be a diagnostic comparing the existing zoning code to the Comprehensive Plan to eliminate barriers to implementation. A report will come before the Planning Commission and City Council for approval before the drafting process begins.“That first phase will probably take us up to the end of May, hopefully not, but maybe the beginning of June but I’m anticipating that first phase will take us to the end of May,” Freas said.In the fall, drafts will begin to be shared with the Planning Commission and Council. The adoption process will be the third phase and that section has not yet been determined. “But we’re anticipating that adoption process taking us into 2023 and culminating in a vote by Council sometime in the spring of 2023,” Freas said. There will be a community engagement process, but of course, there will also be Charlottesville Community Engagement. Details to come as they’re known. During the process, there will be at least two new Planning Commissioners. The terms of Commissioners Jody Lahendro and Taneia Dowell will expire at the end of August and neither can reapply. Commissioner Karim Habbab is filling out an unexpired term that ends in August, but he can reapply. Hosea Mitchell and Rory Stolzenberg’s terms expire at the end of August, too, and both can reapply. Comprehensive Plan lawsuitLast week, a group of citizens filed a lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court against the validity of the Comprehensive Plan. The argument cites four specific failures and asks that Council’s vote be held null and void. The seven plaintiffs are Charlottesville residents seeking to withhold their identity. They argue the Future Land Use Map “radically increases density within the city” in a way that violates state code. (read the argument)“Unlike the Comprehensive Plans that are contemplated by the General Assembly…the Plan at issue is very specific, and assigns new zoning designations to each specific parcel in the City,” reads paragraph 15 of the argument. “As a result of this approach, the City’s actions are already  having a direct impact on property owners.” The argument singles out one home on 10th Street NW that is now listed on the market for $485,000 but has a 2021 assessment of $315,600. According to the real estate listing, there are currently three one-bedroom apartments there, but states “Charlottesville City's new proposed plan shows this property as mixed urban use.”The suit also argues the plan does not sufficiently plan for transportation improvements within the city to support additional growth, and that the public notice for the adoption on November 15 was not sufficient. The city has not yet been served with the lawsuit, according to city attorney Lisa Robertson. (image) The lawsuit was filed on December 15, 2021 but has not yet been served to the parties, which would trigger a response from the defendants. Read the argument here. Charlottesville Democrats pick new chairsThere’s new leadership in the Charlottesville Democratic Committee. At a reorganizational meeting on Monday, about a hundred participants selected John McLaren and Dashad Cooper to serve as the co-chairs of the committee. McLaren is a resident of the Martha Jefferson neighborhood and Cooper is a student at Piedmont Virginia Community College who worked on the City Council campaigns of Brian Pinkston and Juandiego Wade. The vice chair is Nancy Damon, a Fry’s Spring resident and former member of the Charlottesville Planning Commission. The secretary will continue to be Mary Ann Harris. Jason Vandever is the party’s treasurer.  Vandever was elected as the city’s treasurer in a special election in 2013 and has held the position ever since. The Republican Party of Charlottesville has not fielded a City Council candidate since 2015 when Anson Parker was their candidate. The chair of the party in Charlottesville is Dan Moy and the treasurer is Buddy Weber. Weber ran for Council in 2013 along with former Planning Commissioner Mike Farruggio. Second subscriber supported shout-outAlgorithms know how to put songs and artists together based on genre or beats per minute. But only people can make connections that engage your mind and warm your heart. The music on WTJU 91.1 FM is chosen by dozens and dozens of volunteer hosts -- music lovers like you who live right here in the Charlottesville area. Listener donations keep WTJU alive and thriving. In this era of algorithm-driven everything, go against the grain. Support freeform community radio on WTJU. Consider a donation at wtju.net/donate.Regional planners get preview of North Fork rezoningAn official group of planning officials from around the Charlottesville area got a preview last month on a major rezoning on land at the University of Virginia Foundation’s North Fork research park. The Land Use Environmental and Planning Committee was created in 2019 when elected officials agreed to cease meeting in public as a body known as the Planning and Coordination Council.  One of its members is Hosea Mitchell of the Charlottesville Planning Commission.“They are actually asking for a rezoning and the rezoning is to allow for residential to be included in the industrial developments that they’re doing there,” Mitchell said. The presentation at the December meeting was made by Fred Missel, the UVA Foundation’s director of design and development. He has since been named to serve on the Albemarle Planning Commission as a voting member after spending several years on the Albemarle Architectural Review Board. The LUEPC meetings are not open to the public, but Missel presented the rezoning in detail. The Foundation seeks a rezoning for portions of the North Fork park to the Neighborhood Model District. The Code of Development calls for a multiblock approach with a minimum of 200 residential units and a maximum of 1,400 units. The University of Virginia has announced this location as one of three sites where the Foundation will partner with a developer to build affordable units. At North Fork, buildings would be up to six stories. Albemarle County’s first round of comments back to the foundation are due at the end of this month, according to the presentation. A community meeting will also need to be held for the rezoning.  Back to the Land Use, Environmental and Planning Committee. This year, the city of Charlottesville takes on administrative responsibility for the group. According to Mitchell, utilities director Lauren Hildebrand will be the chair this year. The University of Virginia Master Planning Council meets next week. Those meetings are not open to the public but there are representatives from Albemarle and Charlottesville. Rivanna bridge options narrowed to onePlans are being made to build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Rivanna River and the Charlottesville Planning Commission got an update last night. The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Committee is leading the efforts and a stakeholders group has been meeting to review options. One of its members is Planning Commission Karim Habbab. “The two options that we’re looking at are a connection near Riverview Park on Chesapeake and the other would be at the Wool Factory,” Habbab said. “One would span between city and county and the other would be basically on county land.”The Woolen Mills is located on a small peninsula of Albemarle County that is landlocked within Charlottesville. The stakeholder group will take a tour of the two sites on Friday. Prices continues to riseThe cost of goods in the United States has increased seven percent over the last 12 months according to data released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the largest yearly increase since 1982. The consumer price index rose half a percentage point in December.“Increases in the indexes for shelter and for used cars and trucks were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase,” reads the press release. “The energy index declined in December, ending a long series of increases.”Overall, energy prices increased 29.3 percent from December 2020 to December 2021. Pre-filing period for General Assembly completedBy the time you hear or see this, the Virginia General Assembly will have convened for the 2022 session. Republicans now have 52 seats in the House of Delegates and the Speaker is now Todd Gilbert, a Republican from the 15th District. Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn will be the minority leader with 48 seats. Yesterday, Democrats retained the 89th District in Norfolk when Democrat Jackie Hope Glass defeated the Republican candidate with 75 percent of the vote. (election results) For the past couple of weeks I’ve been writing up some of the bills, and now we’ll see how many make their way through the legislative process. General Assembly sessions move fast. Here’s some more of the legislation to give you a sense of this aspect of our democracy: Delegate M. Keith Hodges (R-98) has a bill that would assign chief executive powers to the Mayor of the Town of Urbanna in Middlesex County. (HB190)Hodges has another bill that would create the position of Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development. (HB191)Another bill from Hodges would add more chemicals to Virginia’s list of Schedule 1 drugs, including 4-chloro-alpha-methylaminobutiophenone. Also known as 4-chloro Buphedrone. (HB193)Delegate Chris Runion (R-25) filed legislation that would allow electric cooperatives to petition the State Corporation Commission for permission to raise rates to recover the cost of providing broadband. (HB194)Delegate Michael Webert (R-18) has a bill that would allow school board to use an alternative system to measure the progress of elementary and middle school students in reading and mathematics. Specifically, the NWEA MAP Growth system. (HB197)Webert also filed legislation that would require localities that do not provide in-person instruction to pay parents who remove their children from school “a prorated share of the applicable Standards of Quality per-pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes.” (HB201)Another bill from Webert would prohibit localities from removing property from land use taxation programs if a hardship related to an emergency declaration made by a governor. (HB199)Webert also has legislation that would lower the threshold for streamlined permitting processes for solar facilities from 150 megawatts to 20 megawatts (HB202)Delegate Keith Hodges (R-98) has filed a bill that would allow certain pharmacies to sell cannabis products at the retail level without a prescription to people over the age of 21. (HB211)Delegate Karen Greenhalgh has submitted a bill to require physicians and nurses to follow certain procedures related to getting a woman’s informed written consent when a woman seeks an abortion. (HB212)Senator Mark Peake (R-22) filed a bill directing the Virginia Department of Health to develop a plan to mitigate algae blooms. (SB171)Peake has another bill that would allow nurses to pronounce a person dead (SB169)Peake would also end the state’s further minimum wage increase, capping it at $11 an hour. (SB173)Babysitters, home health aides, and personal care aides would no longer be considered “domestic workers” under another bill from Peake (SB179)A bill from Senator Montgomery Mason would allow people with advanced degrees in public health to serve as health directors, something that’s currently reserved for people with medical degrees. (SB192)Senator Joe Morrissey (D-16) wants Petersburg to be added to the list of cities that can hold a local referendum to allow for opening of a casino. (SB203)Senator Chap Petersen (D-34) has a bill to require the Virginia Department of Health to expedite the process to issue certificates of need for certain medical facilities, such as increased psychiatric beds. (SB205)Senator Jeremy McPike (D-29) would require all candidates for office to file electronically with the Department of Elections. (SB222)More tomorrow. t This is a public episode. 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From the Pennsylvania State Police, Recruitment Officer, Corporal Danea Durham and Community Engagement Officer, Trooper JessicaTobin, discussed their path to the force, from their college days through enlistment.  They discussed career paths that lead to enlistment and the opportunities within the force.  They described the duties and responsibilities of the State Police, from highway duty in the major cities to full policing and investigation for 80% of the state without police departments.  They discussed the changes in policing since their training and how the department is trying to meet the social issues, whether it's mental health calls, or encouraging diversity within the ranks.  Corporal Durham explained the qualifications required for enlistment and the training process.  Trooper Tobin spoke of her recently launched department, and how discourse with the community will lead to a better police force.  For more information visit PATROOPER.com. 

This is the weekly Live United podcast. Today our spotlight is on Community Service Council, a proud Tulsa Area United Way partner agency. At the heart of everything Community Service Council does is the desire to serve as a lifeline for Tulsa's most vulnerable populations. For instance, it's 2-1-1 program is a free and confidential link to help and hope for those in need, 24/7. And so to tell its story, I've invited my good friend, Jeromee Scot on the show. Jeromee is its Chief Media & Community Engagement Officer. His family also directly benefitted from Community Service Council's 2-1-1 program that helped his mother put food on the family's table. Learn more about Community Service Council at csctulsa.org. Community Service Council: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/csctulsa LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/company/community-service-council YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3OnX_dCuVDbjlasLk7w5Vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csctulsa/ 211 Eastern Oklahoma: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/211EOK Oklahoma Veteran Alliance: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/okveteranalliance Child Care Resource Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccrctulsa Healthy Start: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cschealthystart Power of Families: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePowerOfFAmilies --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tauw/message

On this weeks episode we have Ryan Hannon, a truly remarkable individual. He spent 14 years as a Street Outreach Coordinator and now is the Community Engagement Officer for the Housing and Homeless Services Department of Northern Michigan. If you or someone you know is struggling, there is a lot information and resources discussed in this episode that will be linked down below. Share the episode, be safe, reach out.*Important links/resources in the NoMi area*invisible people.tvNorthern Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness Goodwill Inn Shelter/VolunteerSafe Harbor Shelter/Volunteer  - gtsafeharbor.orgFather Fred Foundation

For this installment of @530 on Main, we invited Andrea Hays, Community Engagement Officer for Welborn Baptist Foundation, to the mic. Andrea and our hosts discuss the word experience and the impact COVID has had in our community. Much of the discussion revolves around connectivity and how we have all remained well-connected despite the challenges of the past two years.

Join Mr. Gay Pride finalist and red carpet reporter Justin Hill and he catches up with Matika Little, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras' First Nations and Community Engagement Officer. They cover all topics from understanding white privilege to what the future holds for our First Nations LGBTQIA+ community... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The information circular that came along with the census form by post this year did not have a Hindi translation. There are also concerns about the cut-off after which the Australian Bureau of Statistics would levy penalty rates. Households who have not responded will receive in-person or mail reminders first, says Nirmal Singh, Community Engagement Officer at ABS.

Latrice is the Community Engagement Officer at Kinecta Federal Credit Union, Motivational Speaker and Financial Whiz. Latrice has 20+ years of experience creating and delivering programming for students about financial empowerment. She provides tools to teens and their parents on how to build a foundation for success based on sound financial decisions and planning. Check Out Latrice's Music: Intro: Superman Outro: Stompin at the Savoy Website: latricemcglothin.com

Sneak peek to tomorrow's episode! Latrice is the Community Engagement Officer at Kinecta Federal Credit Union, Motivational Speaker and Financial Whiz. Latrice has 20+ years of experience creating and delivering programming for students about financial empowerment. She provides tools to teens and their parents on how to build a foundation for success based on sound financial decisions and planning. Check Out Latrice's Music: Outro: Stompin at the Savoy Website: latricemcglothin.com

Noni Needs visited Petersfield Museum on Saturday morning (12th June) and presented her show live from the courtyard. As well as catching up with some of her fellow Shine Radio volunteers, Noni spoke to the Museum's Education & Community Engagement Officer, Ryan Watts, Chairman Vaughan Clarke, Intern Joe, Chris from the Courtyard Cafe and Engagement Assistant Lauren Wayland as well as Jeremy Mitchell of The Edward Thomas Fellowship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 6 we delve into Scotland's west coast waters to learn all about the amazing marine life that call it home. Siobhán – Community Engagement Officer with the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust – tells us about her experiences, why it's so important to protect our west coast community, and how HWDT involves local residents and tourists in their work. We chat orcas, whales, porpoises and more…. and discuss how listeners can even get the chance to join them on their research vessel, Silurian! A fascinating chat about human impact on the ocean, and the abundance of life in Scotland's (sometimes chilly) sea. Support HWDT's work: Website - www.hwdt.org & www.whaletrail.org Facebook - @HWDT.org Twitter - @HWDT_org Instagram - @hwdt_org Follow Wee Blue Dot - we're social animals! Facebook - @WeeBlueDot Twitter - @weebluedot Instagram - @weebluedot WBD LinkedIn Email - weebluedot@gmail.com Music: "Savannah (Sketch)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Our guests this morning are Roger Van Remmen and Latrice McGlothin. Roger is President and CEO of The Richstone Family Center, an organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse. Roger has been a board member since the mid-1980s and was twice the President of Richstone's Board of Directors.  Latrice is Community Engagement Officer for Kinecta Federal Credit Union and has more than 20 years of experience as a community builder and advocate. Her area of focus is on providing clear, sound and tailored service to connect employees, members and the community through mutually beneficial resources and experiences for the purpose of promoting goodwill. Today we will talk about Child Abuse Prevention Month, the virtual Gala for Richstone and their fundraising efforts. https://www.richstonefamily.org/ =+=+=+=+=+=+ To Find Out More about our host Joe Terry visit https://www.ForeverMemoirs.com For a comprehensive selection of things to do and places to go in the South Bay of Los  Angeles visit http://www.SouthbayByJackie.com What's Happening in the South Bay, South Bay, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, The South Bay Show, Los Angeles, California, Current Events Calendar, Torrance, El Segundo, Palos Verdes

Have you thought about reflective writing for personal, academic or professional growth and development and you're not sure how to get started?  Maybe you have been journaling for a long time and need renewed inspiration.   Join my conversation with Simone Cameron-Coen, Civic and Community Engagement Officer at Trinity College Dublin as we discuss the importance of reflection and reflective writing for personal, academic, and professional learning.  We explore Bloom's and Gibb's reflective models for writing and the significance our perspective and the perspectives of others have on our learning and enrichment.  Simone shares significant experiences in her life that inspired writing and how she uses different journals and writing styles depending on what she needs in the moment.   Whether it is for volunteer experiences, academically working through concepts in learning, keeping on task in your daily work goals, or just a way of coping with the stresses of everyday life... Reflection and reflective writing can deepen your understanding of experiences, anxieties, stresses and help you cope with the rapidly changing pace of living in today's society.   Click HERE for Accessible Transcript

Phoenix —The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) is pleased to announce that Lisa Urias will become Chief Program and Community Engagement Officer beginning April 1. She succeeds Elisa de la Vara who plans to retire from the foundation on March 31. Urias has led two highly successful companies and has a long history of both corporate and community leadership. She comes to ACF from Urias Communications, a nationally recognized multicultural marketing and communications agency and CoNecs North America where she served as Managing Partner. Under Urias' leadership, the agencies provide advertising, marketing, and public relations services to clients including APS, Dignity... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/lisa-urias-named-chief-program-and-community-engagement-officer-at-the-arizona-community-foundation/

Has Wales actually performed better than other nations so far in our Covid response? Polling suggests that people in Wales think the Welsh Government has done a better job than the UK government in keeping us safe during the pandemic. Statistics show that after the first wave, excess deaths in England were 46% higher than last year, and in Wales only 26% higher, but should we have set a far higher bar for our response than just ‘being better than England’? Or have we done as well as what could be expected under the circumstances? In this session we explore: Why aren’t we talking more about what better-performing countries have done, and why we haven’t copied them? Could the Welsh Government have done more to clarify public health messaging? What is the Welsh Government not doing right now that could be helping control rising cases? Could Wales and the UK have had a better outcome from the pandemic? What can Welsh policy makers do to learn the lessons of Covid-19? Agenda Welcome & introduction – Auriol Miller, Director, IWA (Chair) Panel session (approximately 30 minutes) Q&A session with audience (approximately 15 minutes) Panellists: Patience Bentu, Community Engagement Officer, Race Council Cymru Eifion Evans, Chief Executive, Ceredigion County Council Dr Richard Stanton, Reader in Virology, Cardiff University Dr Eilir Hughes, GP and Freshair.wales campaigner This is an hour long panel discussion on Zoom chaired by the IWA Director, Auriol Miller, and attendees will be able to engage in debate and ask questions on the live chat. The IWA’s #RethinkingWales (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RethinkingWales) series (supported by the Carnegie UK Trust) explores how various sectors need to respond to this crisis and how we need to start thinking differently.

The Coming to the Table organization's vision for the United States is of a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from the racial wounds of the past—from slavery and the many forms of racism it spawned. Its mission is to provide leadership, resources, and a supportive environment for all who wish to acknowledge and heal wounds from racism that is rooted in the United States' history of slavery.We are so pleased to welcome CTTT founder, Prinny Anderson, and Gayle Jessup White (Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation) to the show. Both speak candidly about their experience when meeting descendants of the enslaved and the family/families that enslaved their ancestors - and vice versa. Prinny & Gayle are more than CTTL colleagues – they are cousins who share Thomas Jefferson as an ancestor. Join us as they candidly talk about black and white sides of the same family, joined by slavery, meet to discuss America's past – and its future. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about Peer Power Foundation and their unique model of employing high performing college students to tutor and mentor high school students, their partnership with The University of Memphis, impact with more than 1.2 million #tutoring hours and increased test scores, their new virtual learning lab that is accessible to students across the state of #Tennessee, and more via my cityCURRENT #RadioShow interview with Cortney Richardson, their Chief Marketing and Community Engagement Officer and one of the founding tutorsVisit https://peerpowerfoundation.org to learn more.

This is the last week of summer, and it’s typically a time of great excitement for kids and parents alike. This year though, there is also more than a little amount of trepidation because going back to school means something very different in the era of COVID-19. Perhaps this will help. We're going to look at what your school might look like when you, or your child, are heading back to it in the next couple of weeks. As we’ve seen in the news over the last few days, the details around back to school plans are changing regularly. On a different week, we might make some time on this pod to plunge into the political and legal concerns and their effect on school board plans, but for now, we will assume that despite minor variations, school will still proceed next week as planned. So what will that look like?  To learn that, we’re joined this week by Michael Glazier, the Director of Education of the Wellington Catholic District School Board, and Heather Loney, the Communications and Community Engagement Officer for the Upper Grand District School Board. From the perspective of both boards, we will dedicate this episode of the show to a basic examination of what students and parents can expect when school starts whether your child is going to their physical school in masks, or if they’re remaining at home to do virtual learning. We will talk about what the school day will look like, the new rules for riding the bus, how the classroom will look, what things kids need to bring, and how lunch and recess will work. Before we begin, these are separate interviews so you can stop the podcast after Glazier, or you can fast forward things about 30 minutes to get to Loney. Or, if you like, you can listen to the whole darn thing so that you can compare and contrast the back to school plans like the political wonk you are. So let's talk about what to expect when you're going Back to School on this week's Guelph Politicast! For all the latest updates about the Back to School plans of both school boards, you can visit their websites. For the Wellington Catholic District School Board here, and for the Upper Grand District School Board go here. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Dive into the world of nonprofit organizations with Harley Dority, a community engagement officer at UNRWA USA for Palestine Refugees! Learn more about the roles and expertises she deals with, different unique qualifications, and how you can more involved in the field. Listen to our newest episode and more amazing content, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Anchor! Stay educated, stay creative, and most of all, stay passionate! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This evening we discussed where to find reliable legal information responding to COVID-19. This is especially important at the moment, when face to face community legal education delivery is not available or only available in a limited way, things are changing so fast and people are often unsure where to look and are relying on untrustworthy sources. We will also look at some resources specifically for young people.We were lucky to be joined by:Amala Ramarathinam, Senior Lawyer with YouthlawMark Tregonning, Community Legal Education Coordinator with Victoria Legal AidKirsten Young, Community Engagement Officer with Peninsula Community Legal CentreSummary of resources discussed:Legal information relating to COVID-19 across a number of areas of law Youthlaw's website for young people: http://youthlaw.asn.au/home/legal-issues-during-covid-19/Victoria Legal Aid's website: https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/find-legal-answers/covid-19-coronavirusJustice Connect's page dedicated to COVID-19 related legal information in the areas of tenancy, employment, financial troubles, accessing the courts and understanding the emergency powers: https://justiceconnect.org.au/help/covid19/Tenancy or housing problems during COVID-19Tenants Victoria’s website features up to date information about the impact of COVID-19 on tenants’ rights and responsibilities: https://www.tenantsvic.org.au/advice/coronavirus-covid-19/​​​​Employment problems during COVID-19JobWatch has some very helpful Q&A resources on their website answering questions about a number of common employment issues that have arisen as a result of COVID-19: http://jobwatch.org.au/. JobWatch also runs a free and confidential Telephone Information Service for workers in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and until 8:30 pm every Wednesday evening. You can call 1800 331 617, Melbourne Time Applies.For international students struggling due to COVID-19Inner Melbourne Community Legal has developed a website containing legal information tailored to your needs in a number of languages: https://ishelp.org.au.For trouble paying bills or mounting debts due to COVID-19Consumer Action has a number of self-help resources on their website: www.consumeraction.org.au. or you can call the National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007 Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4:30pm.If you have been fined during the pandemicPeninsula Community Legal Centre's Fines Work & Development Permit (WDP) app: https://melbournelaw.neotalogic.com/a/WDPFitzroy Legal Service operates a COVID-19 policing legal advice line: 0434 136 501 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. COVID-19 fines information will also shortly be available on Fitzroy Legal Service’s website: www.fitzroy-legal.org.au. Moonee Valley Legal Service’s Fine Fixer tool: www.finefixer.org.au.   If you have been stopped by police during the COVID-19 pandemic and want to know your rights or feel that police have done the wrong thing, you can access resources and make a report: https://covidpolicing.org.au/* All of these resources are for Victoria only unless specified otherwise. Current as at 25 August 2020. 

Join Debbie Knight, Community Engagement Officer at Mackay Regional Council, and Lauren Mitchell, Engagement Manager at Bang the Table, to talk about the importance of branding and driving traffic to your engagement site. Mackay has seen hundreds of thousands of visitors to their engagement site over the last decade. Even still, traffic has drastically increased in the past year due to strategic marketing and redesigning efforts. EngagementHQ enabled Mackay Council to customize its site while simultaneously providing tools that were used for infrastructure projects and a place to keep communities connected during COVID-19. What they’ll cover: -Internal adoption tactics -Shifting your Approach to Engagement during COVID-19 -Building a Community in the Online Space -Rebranding and marketing strategy tips -Benefits of EngagementHQ’s versatility -The importance of analyzing online stakeholder experiences on your site Tune in as Debbie Knight, Community Engagement Officer at Mackay Regional Council, provides insight into managing a digital engagement platform. Want more info? Read the case study: https://www.bangthetable.com/blog/a-decade-of-digital-engagement-mackay-regional-council/

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Scheherazade speaks with producer Joshua Francis about HISSY FIT, an online space where we can rant without reprise, a space for anyone called hysterical or too much in this white colony. We hear excerpts from the inaugural HISSY FIT, broadcast live on Friday, 24 July and featuring three artists Hella Ibrahim, Natesha Somasundaram and Hope Mathumbu. Joshua Francis is a producer and writer who moves across art forms to create new work for social change; their practice is informed by experimentation, immediacy and collaboration. Priya speaks with Hannah Sycamore, a queer lawyer who works at the LGBTIQ Legal Service as a Project Support and Community Engagement Officer, about the Service's recently-released 'Reflections on LGBTIQ Legal Need' report. We hear Elvira Rumkabu, lecturer of international relations at Cenderawasih University in Jayapura, Papua, speaking at a panel discussion hosted by The Conversation on 9 July: #BlackLivesMatter in the Asia Pacific, about how the #BlackLivesMatter movement resonates deeply for West Papuans living within systemic racism and oppression. Carly speaks with Nerita Waight, NATSILS co-chair. They discuss NATSILS calls to release Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison amidst a rise in cases of COVID-19 cases entering prisons. Songs DOBBY Feat. BARKAA - I Can't Breathe

In this month's episode, Roberto and Martha discuss the U.S. Census, and how it affects seniors. Today's special guests are Joe Gavin, Chief Program and Community Engagement Officer with the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation. And Isabel M. Lemus Goyre, Partnership Specialist Spanish with the U.S. Census Bureau.Keywords: census, data, advocacy, aging in place

The National Ambulance Service has issued updated guidelines on how to perform CPR at this time, particularly if the person who has collapsed may have the virus. Mark Callanan, who is a Community Engagement Officer with the National Ambulance Service, joined us to outline the steps people should take if they find themselves in a position where they may have to perform CPR.

- Managing your stress during the pandemic, with Dr. Linda McKenna Gulyn - Protecting seniors from COVID-19, with Todd Fahey, State Director, AARP New Hampshire - One community's effort to serve seniors, with Bethany Loveless, Director, Council on Aging, Dracut Senior Center and Alison Hughes, Community Engagement Officer, Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union - Observing Military Saves Month, with Anthony Hernandez, President/CEO, Defense Credit Union Council

- Managing your stress during the pandemic, with Dr. Linda McKenna Gulyn - Protecting seniors from COVID-19, with Todd Fahey, State Director, AARP New Hampshire - One community's effort to serve seniors, with Bethany Loveless, Director, Council on Aging, Dracut Senior Center and Alison Hughes, Community Engagement Officer, Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union - Observing Military Saves Month, with Anthony Hernandez, President/CEO, Defense Credit Union Council

MOST REV. MICHAEL BURBIDGE, Bishop of Arlington, Virginia updates us on what he and the US Bishops are doing to safeguard parishioners from the coronavirus outbreak. FR. GERALD MURRAY, pastor of the Church of the Holy Family in New York City tells us how he is managing his parish despite being in self quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus. DR. RAY GUARENDI, EWTN Radio host and author of Raising Upright Kids in an Upside Down World offers some advice to parents on how to manage family and maintain sanity during the pandemic. NICHOLAS Di iorio, Community Engagement Officer at New York City Relief on their work serving those who struggle with homelessness.

MOST REV. MICHAEL BURBIDGE, Bishop of Arlington, Virginia updates us on what he and the US Bishops are doing to safeguard parishioners from the coronavirus outbreak. FR. GERALD MURRAY, pastor of the Church of the Holy Family in New York City tells us how he is managing his parish despite being in self quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus. DR. RAY GUARENDI, EWTN Radio host and author of Raising Upright Kids in an Upside Down World offers some advice to parents on how to manage family and maintain sanity during the pandemic. NICHOLAS Di iorio, Community Engagement Officer at New York City Relief on their work serving those who struggle with homelessness.

Today on Morning Focus, Padraig Lordan, Ennis based Paramedic and Mark Callahan, Community Engagement Officer, National Ambulance Service, Western Region joined us in studio as the Ruan/Dysart Community first response group was launched this month.

We had the pleasure of spending time with 2 amazing ladies from Little Red Door Cancer Agency: Morgan Jessup, their Community Engagement Officer, and Taylor Willy, their Manager of Strategic Partnerships. Little Red Door Cancer Agency works to reduce the physical, emotional and financial burdens of cancer for medically underserved Hoosiers by providing free client services, survivor programming and education. They’re doing amazing work here in Indianapolis and we can’t wait for you to hear all about it. Find them, their volunteer opportunities, and events online: https://www.littlereddoor.org/ Donaide: https://app.donaide.com/public/org-profile.html?c=789

Content Warning: Police, Racism, Body Cams In this episode Amy and Penny tackle a difficult issue for many in our communities, the transformation of policing with the introduction of body cameras now worn by many police departments around the country. Officer Jonathan Lawton who is the Community Engagement Officer for the Irondequoit (NY) Police Department comes in to share with us his experiences and viewpoints on this issue from his perspective as a law enforcement officer. Officer Lawton has been a police officer for almost 13 years with the last eight of those being in Irondequoit, which is a suburb of Rochester, New York. As a matter of full disclosure, Amy serves on the same volunteer fire department as Officer Lawton does since 2013. The Effectiveness of Body Cameras

Bob Kelly, President & CEO of San Diego Seniors Community Foundation, and Joe Gavin, Chief Programs and Community Engagement Officer for the Foundation, talk about state of senior centers in our region and the Foundation’s mission to build stronger community support for the county’s older adults.

Chances are you were watching the Toronto Raptors last night and likely saw the political attack ads against the Liberals and Conservatives. Do they work and do they influence your decision or are you annoyed by them? - Hamilton Arts Week is starting soon! With the vibrant arts community in Hamilton, what kind of performances will be on display and when can you see them? Guest: David Hudson, Community Engagement Officer with Hamilton Arts Council - A former NHL hockey player is being awarded an honourary doctorate from Brock University. What has he been doing and why did it attract the attention of Brock? Guest: Reggie Leach, former NHL player and honourary doctorate recipient - Many of the movies you have come to know and love were actually conceived with a different name. Scott decided he should challenge Ben to guess what some of these movies ended up actually being named, can you guess their real names?

This week we hear about the ways museums are changing to better represent trans lives and write histories in more thoughtful and meaningful ways. You can check out the Transvengers comic made by our young people in partnership with the Wellcome Collection here: wellcomecollection.org/articles/W03jACYAACUAg5IR Follow the Museum of Transology here: twitter.com/motransology Our next conference will be running on 15th/16th November 2019, so save the date and we'll keep you updated as tickets are released! Gendered Intelligence is a charity that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people. Our vision is of a world where people are no longer constrained by narrow perceptions and expectations of gender, and where diverse gender expressions are visible and valued. To support Gendered Intelligence, or to find out more about our youth work, volunteer scheme, educational and professional services, visit genderedintelligence.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @genderintell Our speakers this episode are: Kayte McSweeney, Head of Community Partnerships at the British Museum & former Senior Audience Advocate at the Science Museum (she/her) [1:53-14:31] Eleanor Lanyon, former Youth and Community Engagement Officer at Wellcome Collection (she/her) [14:37-26:44] Dr Jana Funke, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter (she/her) [22:00-25:34] E-J Scott, Curator of the Museum of Transology (he/him/they/them/E-J) [26:45-39:46] Panel hosted by Jay Stewart, CEO of Gendered Intelligence (he/him) _____________________________ Music is provided by WHATSGOOD. theartistunion.com/whatsgoodtho

Welcome to the TransForming Spaces Podcast by Gendered Intelligence! Join Annie and Franki as they give a guided tour of the talks and panels delivered at Gendered Intelligence's Transforming Space Conference 2018. For this first episode, we will be showing clips of some of our favourite moments in the first five talks from our Transforming Spaces Conference that we will be publishing. The full talks will be released weekly so make sure to check them out as they pop up. This episode touches on the topics of toilets, high-street safety, safer spaces for young trans people, navigating trans existence in museums, and trans community spaces. You can check out the Transvengers comic made by our young people in partnership with the Wellcome Collection here: wellcomecollection.org/articles/W03jACYAACUAg5IR Our next conference will be running on 15th/16th November 2019, so save the date and we'll keep you updated as tickets are released! Gendered Intelligence is a not-for-profit organisation that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people. Our vision is of a world where people are no longer constrained by narrow perceptions and expectations of gender, and where diverse gender expressions are visible and valued. To support Gendered Intelligence, or to find out more about our youth work, volunteer scheme, educational and professional services, visit genderedintelligence.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @genderintell Our speakers this episode (in order of appearance) are: Francis Ray White, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Westminster (they/them) [1:56-6:03] Greygory Vass, Director of Open Barbers (he/him) [7:24-9:06] Jake Kelly, Residential Lead & Youth Work Assistant at Gendered Intelligence (he/him) [11:06-14:01] Tobias Draper, Anthropology student and LGBT+ Officer at LSE (he/him) [16:16-17:13] Sabah Choudrey, Trans and POC Youth Worker & Mentor at Gendered Intelligence (they/them) [18:05-20:34] Kayte McSweeney, Head of Community Partnerships at the British Museum, former Senior Audience Advocate at the Science Museum (she/her) [21:56-24:23] Eleanor Lanyon, former Youth and Community Engagement Officer at Wellcome Collection (she/her) [26:58-28:22] Dr Jana Funke, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter (she/her) [28:23-29:49] E-J Scott, Curator, Museum of Transology (he/him/they/them/E-J) [31:26-33:31] _____________________________ Music is provided by WHATSGOOD. theartistunion.com/whatsgoodtho

Mel chats with Carla Yeung, Community Engagement Officer, Northern Territory Library. Creative in Residence – Exhibition and Zine Launch: 6 March – 7 April 19 · Cj Fraser-Bell is finishing up her residency with us at the Library. · Cj is a multi-disciplinary NT artist who hosted zine-making workshops last year and created an installation located on the main level of the Library displaying zines and her poetry. She encourages patrons to leave messages using her typewriter which can be added to the installation. · Over the weekend (23 Feb) Cj held performances in the Library where she invited people on an intimate tour exploring the Library as a physical space. · To wrap off Cj’s residency, she will launch her two zines and exhibit a collection of her original illustrations, paintings, poems and collages which she created using the Library’s collection. Schultze and Hoare: the Collector and the Illustrator: 5 February – 24 March 19 · 2019 marks 150 years since Goyder and his team of 138 men first arrived in Darwin to survey the land and establish a capital city in the tropics. · Frederich Schultze was the official botanist and naturalist on the expedition. He spent many months collecting 995 plant specimens, over 600 bird skins and countless shells, fish, corals and small vetebrates. These were all carefully labelled and sent back to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and Museum. · Schultze knew the natural colours of the specimens he collected would not survive the preservation process. As a result he enlisted the help of the expedition’s assistant surgeon and amateur artist William Webster Hoare, commissioning him to paint watercolours and draw illustrations of the specimens. · Images of Schultze’s plant specimens and Hoare’s watercolour paintings are on display until Sunday 24 March. Book talk - Living with the legacy of violence: Indonesia’s 1965-66 mass violence and its impact today: 13 March 19 · Join ABC Darwin’s Matt Garrick in conversation with CDU lecturer, historian and author Dr. Vannessa Hearman to discuss the anti-communist violence in Indonesia during 1965-66. · Born in Indonesia during the height of the army-led New Order regime, Dr. Hearman migrated to Melbourne with her mum at a young age. · Her research work focuses on south-east Asian history and politics, particularly human rights and transnational activism in Indonesia and East Timor. · Dr Hearman recently published her book Unmarked Graves: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia. Delivering a better understanding of Indonesia’s past, this body of work looks into the human cost and impact of violence in Indonesia on people from both sides of the political divide. Exhibitions and events are free but bookings recommended. You can visit our Northern Territory Library website on ntl.nt.gov.au to book or check out what’s coming up on our ‘What’s On’ page.

RAILS Executive Director Deirdre Brennan talks with Megan Millen, Executive Director and Denise Zielinski, Community Engagement Officer at Joliet Public Library, about how the library is working with others in the community to serve the unsheltered (homeless) and how other libraries can get started serving unsheltered populations.  Relevant Links http://www.jolietlibrary.org Unsheltered, but Not Unserved Illinois Library Association, ILA Reporter October 2017 | Volume XXXV. Issue 5 Intro/Outro music by Julie Jurgens, https://himissjulie.com

Ever wonder how to make change from your current career to a totally different one? This week on Venture Vignettes, host Riana Shah speaks with Justin Davis on how to transition into investment from a radically different industry. Justin Davis was formerly a professional basketball player who played in Europe and for the NBA. Now, he's a portfolio manager at REDF, a venture philanthropy organization, where he oversees investments and is a part of the impact lending team, helping identify and support new lending opportunities. Before joining REDF, he got his MSX degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and was a Community Engagement Officer at the Kapor Center for Social Impact, where he developed and led multiple initiatives that introduced youth of color to computer programming and tech careers. Listen to how Justin made the transition from playing basketball to tapping into his passion to help people, organizations, and companies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/venture-vignettes/support

Nurturing the young talent and future leaders of Berkshire County is critical to the health and success of the region's economy. This edition of The Berkshire Eagle podcast looks at what's being done to encourage young people to launch their careers and establish their families in the Berkshires. Berkshire Eagle podcast host Mark Mills speaks with Jonathan Butler, President and CEO of 1Berkshire; Shela Hidalgo, Community Engagement Officer at the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and Berkshire Eagle business editor Tony Dobrowolski.

Nicola Bird, Community Engagement Officer, Oxford University Museums gives a short talk for the Oxford University Museums Staff Conference. Nicola discusses how the community engagement team uses the museums and collections to support such services as prisons, probation services, refugee groups, homeless charities, hospitals and mental health charities. She shares how they work with different departments across the museums to make the collections relevant to people’s lives and place them at the heart of the local community.

On this episode of the show, Taron and Simon go through the weekly League of Legends, SMITE and CS:GO news, Discuss music and alcohol, and have a Discussion with Drew, the Community Engagement Officer of the University of Woolongong’s Video Game Association, to discuss what UoWVGA is, and esports in the shire as well as… Continue reading Almost Awesome Esports Episode 28

In this episode of the Human Services Podcast, General Manager Hank Jongen talks homelessness. He catches up with Community Engagement Officer, Phonethip Xaypangna about the services she provides to people experiencing homelessness and our Acting Secretary, Grant Tidswell who is taking part in the St. Vincent De Paul CEO Sleepout later this month to raise funds for homeless people.

@PaulDeach talks to Community Engagement Officer for Surrey Heath Borough Council about sports development at #syg2014 #SurreyHeathYG