Podcasts about lancaster transplant

Episode 013 of the DO.ERS podcast features Jocelyn Park and Robert Diggs from Lancaster Transplant, a local business with the social mission of helping new people to the Lancaster area feel welcome in their new home. The post DO.ERS 013 Helping transplants feel welcome with Jocelyn Park and Robert Diggs appeared first on The Candy Factory.

Jocelyn Park is originally a street punk Quaker from Delco (Delaware County, PA). She arrived in Lancaster, PA five years ago by way of Sydney, Australia, and found that starting over socially was a daunting prospect. Since then, she has launched Lancaster Transplant, a local organization designed to connect newcomers to the city by means of…pretty much whatever works.In our conversation, Lancaster Transplant’s Founder and Creative Ace talked about how her Quaker background has shaped her life and the mission of the project, the recent new directions it has taken and the ever-evolving nature of her own role.Music by Nick PetersonEpisode cover art by Russell Foltz-Smithhttp://samschindler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WWWA_037_JocelynPark_042017.mp3DOWNLOAD this episodeSUBSCRIBE to this podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re well into Trump’s first hundred days, a period of time in which the new President insisted that he would do away with President Obama’s executive order called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), enacted in 2012. The orders Trump has signed so far indicate that he’s going to attempt to follow through on this promise.What this will mean for 1.5 million young people is as yet unknown.In this episode, DACA beneficiary Audrey Lopez, who was introduced in Waveland: An Introduction, tells her whole story. A legal consultant at Church World Service in Lancaster, PA, she now works primarily with refugee families who are seeking to be reunified. She is a participant in the inVISIBLE Americans project and prevailed as the 2016 Lancaster Story Slam champion. Watch her winning story here. Here’s the article in Lancaster Transplant, a local blog by and for people who are new to the city.http://samschindler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WWWA_030_020717.mp3Original music by Ari GoldOriginal cover art by Russell Foltz-SmithDOWNLOAD this episodeSUBSCRIBE to this podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.