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Best podcasts about mayor's office

Latest podcast episodes about mayor's office

Baseball Central @ Noon
July 15: Stepping into The Mayor's Office

Baseball Central @ Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 47:47


Jeff & Kevin open up with the latest on the Blue Jays' status on a return to Toronto, and discuss the team's starting rotation against the Texas Rangers. MLB Network analyst “The Mayor” Sean Casey looks ahead to MLB's second half, and shares his thoughts on the Blue Jays, Joey Gallo, and if players are […]

The Capitol Pressroom
Eric Adams has chance to reset Cuomo's relationship with NYC mayor's office

The Capitol Pressroom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 13:59


July 13, 2021 - The City Deputy Editor Alyssa Katz weighs in on the potential working relationship between the likely next mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo and considers the ability of the Brooklyn Democrat to navigate the state Legislature.

Midday
Newsmaker: Shantay Jackson, Heading The New Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety & Engagement

Midday

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 38:42


A central tenet of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s approach to crime reduction in our city is the certainty that the traditional strategies that Baltimore has employed for decades have come up short, and that public safety must be re-imagined if the levels of violent crime are to be brought down. Murders and non-fatal shootings have for so long been a part of the landscape of certain neighborhoods. Scott’s vision for a safer city is tied to his vision for a more equitable, more inclusive, and more trauma-informed city, as well. Tom's guest today has been charged by the Mayor to gather community input and implement the Mayor’s vision for a safer city. Last December, Shantay Jackson was appointed to be the head of a new agency established by Mayor Scott, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. A lifelong Baltimorean, Shantay Jackson has experience in the private and public sector, with community groups and conflict mediation and resolution.The word “engagement” is in the name of her office, and we invite you to engage with Shantay Jackson here on Midday. What do you think we should be doing as a matter of public policy and individual responsibility to stem the tide of violence that has been particularly acute over the last several years? Shantay Jackson joins us on our digital line. And we welcome your questions and comments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daily Detroit
Hiring for restaurant jobs is harder; Thomas to Mayor's office; DIB reopening? Plus 5 things to know

Daily Detroit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 22:16


Making It with Terry Wollman
Mayor Rick Rodriguez - "The Road To The Mayor's Office"

Making It with Terry Wollman

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 84:59


Rick Rodriguez served as the Mayor of Downey California in 2018. He is founder of RMI International, an international security firm that operates in 18 states and three countries. Rodriguez founded the company in 1996 after a lengthy career in private security.Rick is a past president of the Downey Chamber of Commerce and current president of Gangs Out of Downey. His other volunteer work includes stints as chairman of Downey's Emergency Preparedness Committee, member of Downey Los Amigos Kiwanis, and member of Downey's Veterans Memorial Committee.He is also a chaplain with the LA County Sheriff's Department and founder of the Living Tree Foundation, which helps returning Combat Veterans and their families.Rodriguez, the son of migrant farm workers from Texas, grew up in El Monte, California. He and his wife Lupe have seven children and nine grandchildren.http://www.rmiintl.com/http://www.yourlivingtree.org/

Bruin Success
Max Barnes '16 of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development

Bruin Success

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 33:45


Maximilian "Max" Barnes ’16 is the Communications Manager at the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) where he leads media + public relations, press around new housing developments, internal communications, and much more. He frequently writes speeches and prepares talking points for a number of local elected officials and Eric Shaw, director of the agency and a fellow Bruin. He was previously the agency's senior communications associate. Prior to the Mayor’s Office, he worked in communications for the San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, focusing on development efforts in a few of San Francisco's neighborhoods, including Bayview/Hunters Point and Mission Bay. In addition to serving the people of San Francisco, Max dabbles in recreational softball, enjoys sparkling americanos, and walking his rescue dog, Nico. Max graduated in 2016 with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in urban and regional planning from the Luskin School. Bruin Success is hosted by Katie Russo, produced by Christian Chavez '13 and made possible by UCLA Alumni.

InDaCarSeat DaTGuY, Terry Dwayne Ashford
StreetNOW Mayor's Office Update on December 19 From StreetNOW Evening News

InDaCarSeat DaTGuY, Terry Dwayne Ashford

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 6:02


Video produced by Streetnow indacarseat DatGuY Terry DWAYNE Ashford. https://youtu.be/Wa5zork9_bA December 19, 2020 Mayor's Office Update on December 19 From StreetNOW Evening News StreetNOW Evening News Reporting by Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD indacarseat DatGuY --- focus is on third amendment rights of citizens vs military. No soldier shall be placed in the home of citizens forcibly in times thought of a peace. To have placed a person in a home under a disguise means a soldier working inside the family home for other reasons - reasons that may not prioritize the family as first in even the family's home. Indacarseat DatGuY Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD discussed the third amendment rights in the December 19 evening StreetNOW News report. Video produced by Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD indacarseat DatGuY https://youtu.be/PTciVCsuVjg Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13466172/3rd-amendment-from-streetnow-news-terry- StreetNOW Evening News Dec 19 with Terry Dwayne Ashford -+- StreetNOW Evening News Reporting by Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD indacarseat DatGuY --- focus is on third amendment rights of citizens vs military. No soldier shall be placed in the home of citizens forcibly in times thought of a peace. To have placed a person in a home under a disguise means a soldier working inside the family home for other reasons - reasons that may not prioritize the family as first in even the family's home. Indacarseat DatGuY Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD discussed the third amendment rights in the December 19 evening StreetNOW News report. Video produced by Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD indacarseat DatGuY producer: indacarseat DatGuY Terry DWAYNE Ashford reporter: indacarseat DatGuY Terry DWAYNE Ashford broadcast feed: https://anchor.fm/terrydwayneashford/episodes/StreetNOW-Evening-News-Reporting-by-Terry-DWAYNE-ASHFORD-indacarseat-DatGuY-eo1619 video: https://youtu.be/PTciVCsuVjg Third Amendment Rights StreetNOW Evening News Reporting by Terry DWAYNE ASHFORD indacarseat Datguy for DatgeeTV https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42575521

The Mo'Kelly Show
The Confirmation of ACB, Drama in the Mayor's Office & L.A. News

The Mo'Kelly Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 32:16


ICYMI: The Mo'Kelly Show Presents – The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett and all that it entails; questions for Mayor Garcetti as his top aide is accused of sexual misconduct AND early voting centers, massage and tattoo parlors open across L.A. County on KFI AM 640 - Live everywhere on the iHeartradio App

The Judge Show - featuring James Judge
Episode 138: Mayor's office caught organizing protests, Atheist group helps student punished for preaching

The Judge Show - featuring James Judge

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 64:46


Listen to The Judge Show: https://thejudgeshow.com/listen/On The Judge Show today: -          St. Petersburg Mayor's right hand man secretly organized protests-          Yesterday Disney laid off 28,000, Today it's United and American Airlines with 32,000-          Man arrested in shooting of 2 LA police officers-          Do you want to know what socialism looks like, let's look at how Venezuela is holding up…? -          Atheist group helps Christian student who was punished for preaching on campus of Georgia Gwinnett College-          What's right with America:o   Tampa PD rescues woman held hostage by boyfriendo   Idaho church helps to feed the hungry-          Bible study:  Revelation 8-          Remember: If you feel like you've lost hope, the most common command in the Bile is Do not be afraid. And, that doesn't even include fear not, and do no fear. Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!Support the Show: -          https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=PKNYJK29LKEQ8&source=url-          https://www.patreon.com/thejudgeshowSpecial Thank You:-          https://JudgePR.com-           Sources:https://www.tampabay.com/news/st-petersburg/2020/09/29/mayor-rick-krisemans-right-hand-man-sought-protesters-for-desantis-visit/https://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-of-airline-jobs-hang-in-the-balance-as-lawmakers-debate-aid-11601480824?mod=hp_lead_pos7https://idahonews.com/features/pay-it-forward/loaves-and-fishes-church-food-bank-feeds-hungry-in-pandemichttps://www.wfla.com/video/body-cam-video-tampa-police-rescue-woman-held-hostage-by-ex-boyfriend/https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-food-chain-is-breaking-and-millions-go-hungry-11601544601?mod=hp_lead_pos5https://www.christianpost.com/news/atheist-group-files-brief-supporting-christian-students-right-to-evangelize-on-campus.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/arrests-los-angeles-shootings-archive-c0eee5a37550850608a1ecd8ecb01811

Leland Live
09-17 Leland Live Seg 1 - Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 38:35


Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live
09-17 Leland Live Seg 2 - Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 40:22


Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live
09-17 Leland Live Seg 3 - Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 38:20


Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live
09-17 Leland Live Seg 4 - Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

Leland Live

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 39:22


Democrats taking advantage of their base, Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation on Covid-19 numbers

The Ann & Phelim Scoop
DV #89: Nashville Mayor's Office CAUGHT Attempting To Hide COVID Truths From City

The Ann & Phelim Scoop

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 15:55


On today's Daily Virus we bring you a shocking (but not surprising) story from Nashville where leaked emails reveal that the Mayor's office was hiding some important truths from the public about the pandemic on Nashville's famous "Broadway." The emails show that not only are restaurant and bar cases low for the city - but they also discuss how the mayor's office could potentially prevent that information from reaching the public. Also on this episode we bring you stories of an emerging lockdown in Dublin, the massacre of small businesses across the U.S., an increase in still birth rates and some horror stories of DIY COVID hair cuts! Please help us make ObamaGate The Movie possible! Even $5, $25, or $50 will go a long way and you'll receive perks for your donations. Donations also tax-deductible! Please go to http://ObamagateMovie.com right away! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ap-scoop/message

Next Generation Leader Podcast
Leadership Lessons from the Dallas Mayor's Office: Tom Leppert

Next Generation Leader Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 53:22


Tom is the former Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan, Inc., a leading global educational services company. Previously, as the Mayor of Dallas, Texas from 2007 to 2011, he pursued a strong education agenda, creating programs for early reading that touched over 60,000 children locally, as well as internships in concert with area businesses to demonstrate the importance of education, and scholarship programs targeted at graduating students in underserved Dallas high schools. We get to talk with Tom today about the three biggest lessons he learned from his time in leadership. He is full of insight and is an inspiring leader. Thank you, Tom! 

This...I...Do...For...Me:  Over 50, Black and Fabulous!

Sheri Brazley is a native Chicagoan. She attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and received a BA degree in Psychology. After graduation, she started a career working with Developmentally Disabled children for the State of Illinois and later went on to work for the City of Chicago for 25 years. During her tenure at the city, she wore many hats; she spent 10 years working in the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities where she was responsible for making sure that the city’s public events would be accommodating to people with disabilities. Prior to retirement in 2015, Sheri spent 15 years in the City's Health Department as the Assistant to the Director of Public Information where she had an opportunity to create public messaging and marketing tools on health topics. Throughout her professional career, Sheri always had a love for cooking and has maintained a successful small catering business that is still thriving. When she retired from the city, she knew that she wanted to recreate herself, so she enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts with the primary aim of pursing a new career teaching people how to cook nutritious meals to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She completed all the coursework for the Certificate Program with a 4.0 GPA — all of this during her 50s. Upon completing Le Cordon Bleu, Sheri became aware of the organization Common Threads developed by famed chef Art Smith. It was from her LCB Instructor and mentor Chef Daniel John that she learned about the mission of Common Threads. Through Common Threads, Sheri now services three schools. Additionally, Sheri has created a very popular culinary program for seniors (age 60+) entitled Snacking Around the World. This cooking demo program allows seniors to experience the food, history and culture of countries like Mexico, Thailand, China, Italy, Spain and countless others. If you would like to connect with Sheri, she can be found on Instagram as Chef_braz.

GovConnect
012 Dan Hymowitz - (Director of Baltimore's Office of Performance and Innovation)

GovConnect

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 26:00


Dan Hymowitz is the Director of the Mayor's Office of Performance and Innovation in Baltimore, Maryland. Listen in to learn about Dan's experience working on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and how he has used that experience to structure and lead an innovation team. This podcast was recorded in May 2019.

Women Entrepreneurs Radio
Actor & Writer, RG: How to Build a Creative Practice

Women Entrepreneurs Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 47:33


RG is a New York actor-writer. Her latest project Top & Bottom is a relationship drama told from the lens of an LGBTQA couple, six years in. Funded by The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Women in Film and Television Fund. It explores the sexual complexities of Lexi and Quinn. A lesbian and non-binary couple longing to rekindle love despite life's mundane. Currently in post-production--The Hunted: NYC Sword Slayers. RG portrays Lou, a sword-wielding, non-binary mystic who travels between two war-torn worlds. Humans and vampires. In the end, Lou longs only for New York's very own Roberta's Pizza! My Womanhood Bleeds Red, is RG's latest project. A one-act drama set in a catholic boarding school. Where Felicity endlessly flogs herself and questions her sexual identity. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YUPRG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rgyup/ Medium: https://medium.com/@yuprg

You Matter!
Episode 29: Gaslighting with Maisie Breit, NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, and Karen Wang, NYU Presidential Scholar

You Matter!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 25:58


Maisie Breit from the NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence meets with Karen and Presidential Scholar Karen Wang to discuss gaslighting: how to understand the signs, and the resources available in New York City that can help those affected.

Ray Horner Show
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan

Ray Horner Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020


An update from the Mayor's Office and how the City of Akron is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

OCTOPod DC
Episode 7 - Community, Innovation, and #BlackHistoryDC with The Mayor's Office of African American Affairs

OCTOPod DC

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 24:17


In honor of Black History DC, we are sitting down with Director Ashley Emerson, the Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of African American Affairs (MOAAA) to talk about how innovation impacts Africans Americans in the DC area, the community, #BlackHistoryDC, and more! Follow @MOAAA_DC and visit http://MOAAA.dc.gov for the city-wide calendar of events. And as always, make sure to follow us for new episodes of the lastest #OCTOpod @octodc!

#HealMeToo: Insights, Art & Activism to Change Our Culture
Pssst--Free Live #HealMeToo Taping on Feb 5!

#HealMeToo: Insights, Art & Activism to Change Our Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 2:51


FREE! A Love Thing: Live Show & #HealMeToo Podcast TapingEnjoy music, performance and conversation about some ways teens -- and we all -- can create healthier relationships & get out of harmful ones.One night only. FREE. 85 minutes. Appropriate for ages 16+. Reserve seats now.Featuring inspiring performances, original songs and a choral improvisation led by Music Therapist Katie Down of The Angel Band Project (angelbandproject.org). At the heart of this unique event in honor of Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month: a panel discussion with staff from the Mayor's Office to ENDGBV's Healthy Relationship Training Academy and the City’s Relationship Abuse Prevention Program.Co-sponsored by the #HealMeToo Podcast, The Mayor's Office to ENDGBV, The Angel Band Project, and The Tank. This event will be recorded live and released on Valentine’s Day as the Premiere Episode of #HealMeToo Podcast Season 2, which focuses on ways survivors and our allies can enjoy Healthier Relationships – at work, in our communities, with ourselves, and in our intimate lives. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts at bit.ly/hm2pod or via healmetoopodcast.com.Audience members can stay anonymous on the podcast.Content may include: relationship and family abuse, teen sexuality, explicit language.If you or someone you know is experiencing relationship abuse, you can find information and resources at nyc.gov/nychope.FREE Tickets link:https://red.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=342cf6fb8ef788a7af01a09fd0e41ae6Support the show (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/healmetoo-festival)

Sultans and Sneakers
Episode 009 - Refugee Support with Ghulam Kehar

Sultans and Sneakers

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 62:28


Back from a long hiatus for Episode 9!  Mahin catches up the audience on his whereabouts and what's coming up for the show before delving into a conversation with Ghulam Kehar, an individual who has cut his teeth in the field of refugee services.  Ghulam currently serves as the Associate Director of US Programs at Islamic Relief USA, leading grant-making initiatives and national capacity building programs for Islamic Relief's partners.  Ghulam got his start in the field as the co-founder of Amaanah Refugee Services.  He has presented at several TEDx conferences and served on the advisory board for the Mayor's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs in Houston.  Ghulam holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Houston and a Nonprofit Leadership Certification from Rice University.   Links to Ghulam's talks and the organizations he has worked with: Islamic Relief:  www.irusa.org Amaanah Refugee Services:  https://amaanahservices.org/ TEDx Talk on Refugee Resettlement:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6hDHsPNPs TEDxRiceU Talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIe0PwaxRVc RADTalks (Rethinking Social Work):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50gIbkenNJU Email Sultans and Sneakers:  Info@sultansandsneakers.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/sultansandsneakers/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/sultansnsnkrs Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sultansandsneakers/  

New York Women in Film and Television: Women Crush Wednesdays
40th Anniversary Muse Awards and interview with Lynn Novick

New York Women in Film and Television: Women Crush Wednesdays

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 53:41


Happy Holidays Everyone!  Co-host Margarita Sophia Cortes and special guest co-host Mellini Kantayya are here to bring you the highlights of the 40th Anniversary Muse Awards, which honored Gloria Estefan, Kasi Lemmons (Nancy Malone Directing Award), Ann Dowd, Shoshannah Stern (Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award), Anjali Sud and Jane Rosenthal (Career Impact Achievement Award) and the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Anne del Castillo, presented their award to Caroline Hirsch. It was a star-studded gala to say the least! Surprise guests showed up to support including Margaret Atwood and Robert De Niro.  While Mellini was on the red carpet doing her interviews, I was at the table on stage and so the two of us give you the scoop at the event! Plus Janine McGoldrick brings to you a special interviews with Director Lynn Novick and Producer Sarah Botstein to talk about their film COLLEGE BEHIND BARS, which is now airing streaming on PBS.org. Hope you all have a very special Holiday and Happy and Healthy New Year! -- We'll see you in 2020 ! ---- New York Women in Film & Television's Women Crush Wednesdays podcast  please like, share, rate and subscribe! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fire to Inspire
48. LaRonda Sutton "Women in Film, Entertainment, and Television" Episode 048

Fire to Inspire

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 47:32


Todays quote is“Our goal, should never be the loudest or craziest, but to be the most entertaining!”Dwayne Johnson Tony Robins states that , "We are not in an Information Age, we are in an entertainment age."For over 40 years, the Georgia Film Office has been engaged in bringing film and television production to Georgia. With its temperate climate, great variety of locations, the world’s busiest airport, Georgia is now a leading destination in the world for filming.Today we have special guest by the name of LaRonda Sutton, who is an entertainment industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in film, television, and music. Sutton is the Owner/Principal of Entertainment.gov, and is the founding Director of the Mayor's Office of Film & Entertainment for the City of Atlanta.

WeStrive
#49 Co-Founder InHouse produce | Andrew Blume & Trevor Hudson

WeStrive

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 54:13


Andrew Blume & Trevor Hudson are two amazing entrepreneurs that are transforming the ag-tech industry. Trevor is a software engineer who grew up in Asia and speaks fluent Mandarin. Andrew has amassed 10,000 ag-tech hours and has worked in the ag-tech industry with companies like Microsoft, Philips, Ikea, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Southern Company, Agritecture, Square Roots, the Mayor's Office of Atlanta, LACI, Plenty, Aerofarms, and more. What is their product? Using a combination of logistics, servicing, and smart hardware, they set up customers (restaurants) with a hydroponic edible wall that grows and preserves produce until the moment the food is ready to be eaten. Basically, they have a beautiful display of growing leafy greens in restaurants that can be immediately taken from being grown and placed right on the plate. Their vision is to make growing food as easy as eating it. They want to improve food systems and create a new paradigm for the farm-to-table experience. Be sure to check out the WeStrive App on IOS, Android, and if you're a personal trainer check us out at WeStriveApp.com to see if you want to sell your fitness plans or train privately on WeStrive.

Modern Energy Management
City of Orlando's Journey to Modern Energy Management with Ian Lahiff

Modern Energy Management

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 34:30 Transcription Available


In this episode, we're joined by Ian Lahiff, the Energy Project Manager at City of Orlando. With initiatives driven by the Mayor's Office, the City of Orlando has made a major shift to sustainable infrastructure and green building operations. Tune in as we discussIan's journey to Modern Energy Management at OrlandoThe how technology has played a major role in these initiatives Why resiliency is an important factor for city energy managementCool projects Ian is working onTips and advice Ian has for other energy and sustainability prosIf you enjoy our show, please share it with someone you know who might find it interesting as well. Don't forget to leave us a review in the Apple Podcast app. Would you like to come on our show and share your story? Email us at communications@luciddg.com

You Matter!
Episode 14: NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence

You Matter!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 30:56


The Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) develops policies and programs, provides training and prevention education, conducts research and evaluations, performs community outreach, and operates the New York City Family Justice Centers.

Revision Path
316: Sabrina Dorsainvil

Revision Path

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 64:28


Civic design focuses on the common good, and no one quite sums up just how vital that is to our local communities than this week's guest, Sabrina Dorsainvil. As the director of civic design for the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston, MA, she uses her skills as a designer and illustrator to develop strategic, human-centered designs that address some of the city's most complex issues.Of course, I was fascinated to learn more about this, so Sabrina described what civic design is about, how she approaches new projects, and the challenges she faces creating solutions that inform and serve hundreds of thousands of people. She also gave some great advice for designers and creatives who want to get more involved in their local communities, and even talked about her work as a design advisor for NY-based design studio designing the WE. Sabrina attributes trusting her passion as her main motivator for success, and I think you'll get inspired from hearing more about her story and her work!Sabrina Dorsainvil's WebsiteSabrina Dorsainvil on TwitterSabrina Dorsainvil on InstagramNew Urban Mechanics on TwitterLike this episode? Then subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.Subscribe and leave us a 5-star rating and a review! Thanks so much to all of you who have already rated and reviewed us!Revision Path is a Glitch Media Network podcast, and is produced by Maurice Cherry and edited by Brittani Brown.You can also follow Revision Path on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Come chat with us! And thanks for listening!Powered by Simplecast. Sign up today for a 14-day free trial!

You Matter!
Episode 08: Jennifer DeCarli and NYC Family Justice Centers

You Matter!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 22:03


Jennifer DeCarli, Assistant Commissioner for NYC Family Justice Centers and Outreach at the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and colleagues Tracey Downing and Maisie Breit meet with Karen and Sabah to detail the NYC Family Justice Centers' free and confidential assistance for victims and survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, which can include sexual violence, human trafficking, stalking, and intimate partner violence.

Authentically Detroit
EP. 8: Sustainability and the City

Authentically Detroit

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 75:33


We're back! Did you miss us? Well we missed you guys! Catch this week's #FreshOffThePress stories! We also sat down with Joel Howrani Heeres, Director of Sustainability for the city of Detroit in the Mayor's Office and Richard "Ricky" Ackerman, Director of Climate Resilience for Eastside Community Network (ECN) to talk shop about the Detroit Sustainability Action Agenda and ECN's plans for a more resilient Eastside and government and corporate responsibility.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Government Structure: Meeting of September 25, 2019

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 134:10


A special task force on city governance to examine the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Creating the World We Want
What Doesn't the Structural System Work for Everyone? (Councilor Lydia Edwards Part 1/3)

Creating the World We Want

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 22:43


Councilor Lydia Edwards has spent her entire career as an advocate, activist, and as a voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. In 2015, she was named Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability where she was responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to fight displacement and brought together all stakeholders: landlords, management companies, housing authorities, and tenants.Councilor Edwards worked as a public interest attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services focusing on labor issues such as fighting for access to unemployment insurance, back wages, fair treatment for domestic workers, and combating human trafficking. She served as the statewide campaign coordinator for the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers, which advocated for the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Creating the World We Want
How Can We Make an Impact for Social Equality? (Councilor Lydia Edwards Part 3/3)

Creating the World We Want

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 24:39


Councilor Lydia Edwards has spent her entire career as an advocate, activist, and as a voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. In 2015, she was named Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability where she was responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to fight displacement and brought together all stakeholders: landlords, management companies, housing authorities, and tenants.Councilor Edwards worked as a public interest attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services focusing on labor issues such as fighting for access to unemployment insurance, back wages, fair treatment for domestic workers, and combating human trafficking. She served as the statewide campaign coordinator for the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers, which advocated for the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Creating the World We Want
What are the Challenges with the Housing Crisis? (Part 2/3 Councilor Lydia Edwards)

Creating the World We Want

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 21:15


Councilor Lydia Edwards has spent her entire career as an advocate, activist, and as a voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. In 2015, she was named Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability where she was responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to fight displacement and brought together all stakeholders: landlords, management companies, housing authorities, and tenants.Councilor Edwards worked as a public interest attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services focusing on labor issues such as fighting for access to unemployment insurance, back wages, fair treatment for domestic workers, and combating human trafficking. She served as the statewide campaign coordinator for the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers, which advocated for the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Project Recovery
From addicted and homeless to the Salt Lake County Mayor's office with Destiny Garcia

Project Recovery

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 28:48


In part two of this week's episode, we continue Destiny's story and how she was able to overcome her addiction and begin her path to recovery. We also talk about what Destiny is doing now and how she was able to become the Salt Lake County Mayor's office receptionist.

MyNDTALK with Dr. Pamela Brewer
MyNDTALK The LGBTQ Community Sheila Alexander-Reid

MyNDTALK with Dr. Pamela Brewer

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 31:00


Director, Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs Washington, DC A champion of the LGBTQ community, Sheila discusses the concerns she and her colleagues address via the Mayor's Office and perhaps broadens the perspective of many. You can learn more about the office at lgbtq.dc.gov

Civic
Bonus segment: Kate Hartley on where $600 million for affordable housing would go

Civic

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 19:31


An extended version of our interview with Kate Hartley, who at the time the interview was recorded was the director of the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in San Francisco, about a $600 million housing bond voters will weigh in November.

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography
TCF Ep. 478 - Sheila Pree Bright

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 53:23


Sheila Pree Bright is often described as a "Cultural Anthropologist. Her earliest experience as a photographer began when she spent time in Houston where she began photographing the gangsta rap scene and confronting the dynamic between Hip hop and gun culture. In 2003, she created her MFA thesis photo series, Plastic Bodies, which would later be featured in the film Through the Lens Darkly and go viral on Huffington Post in 2013. Bright earned national acclaim when she won the Center Prize at the Santa Fe Center of Photography in 2006 for her Suburbia series which features images of African American suburban life. In 2008, she premiered her first solo exhibition at the High Museum of Art, featuring her series Young Americans.  In 2014 and 2015, Bright visited Ferguson and Baltimore after the murders of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray to photograph and document the protests. The culmination of these photos would become her series 1960Now which was published by Chronicle Books October 16, 2018. 1960Now series is now in the collection of the Smithsonian African American History and Culture Museum, Washington, DC; The High Museum of Art Atlanta; The Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA; City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and the Pyramid Peak Foundation, Memphis, TN.   Photographer Links:  Listener Intro:   Education Resources:   Candid Frame Resources   Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .    

Boston Public Radio Podcast
Boston Public Radio Full Show 07/19/19: Molly of Denali

Boston Public Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 164:23


Today on Boston Public Radio: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing tomorrow, we opened the lines to ask our listeners for their memories and thoughts about the event. Dorothea Gillim, executive producer of *Molly of Denali, *joined to talk about the new PBS Kids show. Mayor Marty Walsh and new director of the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement Yusufi Vali joined Jim and guest host Shirley Leung to take listeners' calls in "Ask The Mayor." Boston Globe reporter Sean Murphy talked about the latest cases where people have been wronged by a variety of companies and services. WGBH's Callie Crossley spoke about the hazards of multitasking. Will and Dave Willis, owners of Bully Boys Distillers, joined for our Friday News Quiz.

Financially Ever After
How Uncle Sam Gets Involved In Your Settlement

Financially Ever After

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 36:19


Today’s topic is very important and one that a lot of us avoid as much as possible.W e’re talking about taxes - and specifically, the tax law changes that you absolutely need to know. This is going to be interesting, and important. We promise! Stacy Francis talks with Matthew Feigin, a Matrimonial Law group partner at Katsky Korins, who used to work for the Mayor of NYC Michael Bloomberg. Matthew is, as his son describes: “A lawyer who helps people share things.”Matthew shares the rather surprising story of how he came to be practicing the specific type of tax law that he does, and how he ended up in the Mayor's Office. [2:12]When a family with children is separating, it’s important to make sure there is consistency between the different homes that children will be living in. Tax plays an interesting role in making this possible, and recent changes in the tax law mean that the obligations different parties have changed. [4:00]The new laws sound really good on their face, but the upshot of the change in who pays what kind of taxes is that the payers of alimony are now incentivized to provide less money. Matthew and Stacy discuss the new complexities (and political implications!) divorced families find themselves dealing with. [08:00]Stacy mentions that even financial planning softwares don't account for all of these complexities. Matthew provides some insight into how lawyers are handling the implications of different tax brackets. Because it’s a new framework, both the legal and financial services professions are having to adapt - and the news isn’t traveling as fast as anyone would like!  [12:25]Settlement agreements can be unwieldy documents, where a dollar doesn’t always equal a dollar. Matthew talks about some of the situations where what is on paper doesn’t match up with what is in your bank account, and how to navigate these differences. [17:20]Stacy brings up some of the practical implications of varying tax situations, and how the different rates at which your assets are taxed have a major impact on your planning for your future. It’s important to look carefully at the vehicles your assets are stored in, so if you do have to split savings and assets, you know the implications of how that division will work in the future. [20:00]There are tax issues to consider when you’re thinking about how to take care of your children during and especially after a divorce. Matthew explains the specific taxes that will affect them and provides some pointers on the kinds of situations that can cause problems. [25:00]Matthew describes the unique elements of his practice, where he practices something called ConsensUS Mediation. This is a powerful, efficient and compassionate way of developing settlement agreements. These agreements often have more power than the courts when it comes to making provisions for your children. [28:00] Contact Stacy Francis Stacy@francisfinancial.com 212-374-9008Matthew Feigin Katskykorins.com212-716-3259 

The Kelly Golden Show
Mike Seeking for Mayor on what is and isn't going on in the Mayor's Office in the City of Charleston

The Kelly Golden Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 7:07


Mike Seeking for Mayor on what is and isn't going on in the Mayor's Office in the City of Charleston. Plus, what's to come of the old Piggly Wiggly property in West Ashley

WFUV's Cityscape
Q&A with NYC's Sustainability Chief

WFUV's Cityscape

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 30:01


New York City is taking several steps to reduce its carbon footprint, including proposals to retrofit buildings and make more use of renewable energy. As part of WFUV's Strike a Chord campaign, WFUV News Director George Bodarky sits down for a conversation with Mark Chambers, Director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Government Structure: Meeting of June 26, 2019

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 138:53


A special task force on city governance to examine the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Government Structure: Meeting of May 30, 2019

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 76:11


This special task force on city governance examines the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

New York City Bar Association Podcasts -NYC Bar

On February 28, 2019, a panel discussed issues around companion animals and transportation, including the use of service animals on public transportation, pets in ridesharing, and recent incidents in which pets have died during air travel. Moderators: Marissa Hight, Akerman LLP Bari Wolf, Vernon & Ginsburg LLP Speakers: Erin Abrams, General Counsel, Via Kleo King, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities Joel Lopez, Vice President, ASPCA Adoption Center Evan Oshan, Oshan & Associates, P.C. Sponsoring Committee: Animal Law Committee, Christopher Wlach, Chair Co-Sponsoring Committee Transportation Committee, Sanford Balick, Chair Disability Law Committee, John W. Egan, Chair

College Matters
Episode 33: Hire Houston Youth ft. Juliet Stipeche - Mayors Office

College Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 17:46


For this episode on College Matters we had a chance to talk to Juliet Stipeche the director of the Mayor's Office of Education! Juliet tells us about their Hire Houston Youth program which offers youth ages 16-24 opportunities for internships and jobs throughout the Houston area. All positions are from public and private employers and are even compensated! This allows for both the benefit of experience and time. To learn more visit the website at https://hirehoustonyouth.org/

Newark Today
Baraka Highlights Office of Youth and College Affairs

Newark Today

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 59:23


Host Michael Hill of NJTV News is joined by Mayor Ras Baraka along with Shakira McKnight with the Mayor's Office of Youth and College Affairs, to discuss opportunities for young people and their efforts to increase college enrollment among the city's six colleges and universities.

TalkErie.com - The Joel Natalie Show - Erie Pennsylvania Daily Podcast
Erie's Downtown: John Buchna/John Persinger/Michael Outlaw - April 9, 2019

TalkErie.com - The Joel Natalie Show - Erie Pennsylvania Daily Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 83:46


On our Tuesday program, we visited with John Buchna, the Executive Director of the Erie Downtown Partnership, to get an overview of the latest efforts in downtown planning and revitalization. Then John Persinger, the CEO of the Erie Downtown Development Corporation, returned to our studios for a fast-paced update on the national attention the EDDC is receiving, along with their investments in their focus area. Then Michael Outlaw from the Mayor's Office returned to speak on job opportunities in the Bureau of Police, accompanied by Shantel Hilliard, Executive Director of the Booker T. Washington Center, and Deputy Chief Jon Nolan of the EPD.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Structure of City Government: Meeting of April 9, 2019

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 64:57


This special task force on city governance examines the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Backroom Politics
Awkward Moments with Vice President Joe Biden...and the Magic of Mayor Pete

Backroom Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 52:00


As Democrats (and Republicans) gear up for the possibility of a Joe Biden run for POTUS in 2020... two women have come out accusing the former Vice President of inappropriate touching.  Is this a case of Joe Biden being Joe Biden or is this a situation that could possibly derail his run for the White House?  Also, just when American is starting to learn how to pronounce Pete Buttigieg's name, the Mayor of South Bend, Indian (and Presidential Hopeful) comes up big with a strong showing in first quarter fundraising.  Is the man affectionately known as "Mayor Pete" the real deal?  What is the magic formula for possibly springing this Navy Veteran and openly gay politico from the Mayor's Office to the Oval Office?

Portraits in Color
Creative Placemaking: A conversation with Carlos Contreras

Portraits in Color

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 40:12 Transcription Available


In this episode, we discuss creative placemaking, artists in government, and the gig economy. Carlos Contreras is a national champion poet, artist, and public servant. He currently serves as the Director of Marketing and Innovation in the Mayor's Office for the City of Albuquerque.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Government Structure: Meeting of March 27, 2019

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 134:08


This special task force on city governance examines the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Government Structure: Meeting of March 12, 2019

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 104:52


This special task force on city governance examines the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Railbird's Nest
Cleveland's unredacted Amazon HQ2 bid and Cleveland State University

Railbird's Nest

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 27:32


Bob McDonald flies by the nest to talk about Cleveland's Amazon HQ2 bid on the heels of the Mayor's Office getting court ordered to release the unredacted proposal.

Thrive Leadership Podcast
Episode #18: Aja Brown - Ministry From The Mayor's Office

Thrive Leadership Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 25:24


Listen in on a fascinating conversation that Brad Lomenick has with the honorable Aja Brown, mayor of Compton, CA. This second-term "transparent politician" is Exhibit A when it comes to relying on the faith, focus, and fortitude that it takes to stand firm when God selects you for a task, accomplishing it for His purpose and glory.

Team Human
Ep. 115 Live at Civic Hall Pt. 1: Penny Abeywardena

Team Human

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 47:06


Playing for Team Human today: Penny Abeywardena.In part one of a two-part live Team Human show, Douglas is joined by New York City’s Commissioner for International Affairs, Penny Abeywardena. Penny’s work looks at the synergies between local and global issues. Guided by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Penny is helping make New York City a significant player in global efforts to solve humanity’s most pressing issues of immigration, poverty, climate change, injustice, and inequality. In an era of virulent nationalism, racism at the border, and national disfunction; can cities like New York lead the way in solving global crises? Penny shares her insights and experiences, recorded live at the Civic Hall in Manhattan.Learn more the Mayor's Office of International Affairs here as well as programs discussed on the show; Global Vision | Urban Action and OneNYC. Douglas opens the evening with a monologue questioning the very concept of the nation state. Rushkoff asserts that community, rooted in solidarity – not borders or ethnicity – must be the organizing principle to enact social change. Join us next week for part two which includes technology philosopher and mage Mark Pesce, plus a conversation and audience Q&A with Penny, Mark, and Douglas.Team Human the manifesto is hot off the press! Order yours here. On this episode you heard Fugazi’s “Foreman’s Dog” and Herkimer Diamonds in the intro, plus original music thanks to listener Josh Sitron and the Team Human Band. We also played Team Human Episode 31 guest R.U. Sirius in the transition and outro music thanks to the mighty Mike Watt: beak-holding-letter-man. Check out Douglas’s regular column on Medium where you can read monologues like the one you heard on today's show.Team Human is listener supported. To subscribe via Patreon go to teamhuman.fm/support. You can also help by reviewing the show on iTunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everything Co-op with Vernon Oakes
Deputy Mayor J Phillip Thompson

Everything Co-op with Vernon Oakes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2018 50:20


Appointed Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives in February 2018, Deputy Mayor Thompson is responsible for spearheading a diverse collection of priority initiatives. He oversees New York City's signature Pre-K for All program, which provides free, high-quality pre-kindergarten to 70,000 four-year olds each year, and the continued expansion of the nation's first-ever 3-K for All. He will also ensure the continued success of the Community Schools, Young Men's Initiatives and ThriveNYC, the nation's most comprehensive approach to mental health. Additionally, the Deputy Mayor has been charged with expanding the city's investment in minority and women-owned businesses, leading the Mayor's comprehensive strategy to encourage greater voter participation and improve the way the city carries out elections, DemocracyNYC. Deputy Mayor Thompson's agency portfolio includes the Department of Youth and Community Development; the Department of Small Business Services; the Commission on Human Rights; the Department of Veterans' Services; the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs; the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities; the NYC Public Engagement Unit; and the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development. Deputy Mayor Thompson has an extensive background in New York City Government. In 2003 and 2010 he served as an expert on the NYC Charter Revision Commission, and before that served in the Dinkins Administration as the Deputy General Manager for Operations and Development, where his portfolio included the New York City Housing Authority. Before that he had roles as the Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Coordination as well as the Mayor's Liaison to the NYC Districting Commission. He also served previously an advisor and assistant to the chief of staff in the Manhattan Borough President's Office. Deputy Mayor Thompson received a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University in 1977, a Masters in Urban Planning from Hunter College in 1986, and a PhD from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1990.

Why Food?
Episode 64: Haley Baron: From Food Research to a Community for Women Who Love Food

Why Food?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 53:34


Join cohosts Jenny and Ethan for a conversation with Haley Baron. She's the City Operations Director for pineapple collaborative, a community for women who love food, in NY, DC and SF. She's an accomplished food systems researcher, the team manager for the city-wide evaluation of a food access program administered by the Mayor's Office, and is publishing a suite of articles on the organic supply chain. Why Food? is powered by Simplecast.

Morning No. 1 with Purab
1793: Rj Purab on fight in Mayor's Office (9)

Morning No. 1 with Purab

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 2:55


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Morning No. 1 with Purab
1793: Rj Purab on fight in Mayor's Office (10)

Morning No. 1 with Purab

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 2:42


#RedFM #RedFMIndia #RedFMKanpur #Purab #Morningno1

Morning No. 1 with Purab
1793: Rj Purab on fight in Mayor's Office (11)

Morning No. 1 with Purab

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 3:44


#RedFM #RedFMIndia #RedFMKanpur #Purab #Morningno1

Morning No. 1 with Purab
1793: Rj Purab on fight in Mayor's Office (12)

Morning No. 1 with Purab

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 2:49


#RedFM #RedFMIndia #RedFMKanpur #Purab #Morningno1

For the EVOLution of Business
Inclusive Prosperity through Worker-Owned Cooperatives at OWN Rochester

For the EVOLution of Business

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 48:10


The "EVOLution of Business" is going to require an EVOLution of business ownership structures and worker-owned cooperatives are one promising model of ownership for a future with more Inclusive Prosperity for all. Worker cooperatives are employee-owned companies structured on a one-member, one vote basis. Profits go directly to workers, building local wealth while creating quality jobs and meaningful change for underserved populations. More than half of worker cooperatives in the United States today were designed to improve low-wage jobs and build wealth in communities most directly affected by inequality, helping workers build skills, earning potential, household income and assets. Based on the Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, which has become an innovation model for creating more sustainable regional economies, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren worked with the Democracy Collaborative to create a "Market Driven Community Cooperative" within the Mayor's Office of Innovation. Now an independent, community-led nonprofit, it was rebranded as OWN Rochester and is led by Kate Washington. Kate transitioned to this role after serving a key role in the development of the organization in her tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development for the City of Rochester. Prior to her work in government, she enjoyed a twenty-year career in management consulting where she worked with the highest levels of government leadership in the Caribbean and South America to reduce the cost of energy and build sustainable energy resources. Kate is a Fulbright Scholar and earned her M.B.A. from the Simon School of Business in 2004. Her civic engagement includes leadership in women’s and minority issues, the arts and business.

Method To The Madness

Host Ali Nazar interviews Shawn Lani, Director for the Exploratorium's Studio for Public Spaces, on the Bay Area institution's founding story, outreach programs, and preparations for their 50th anniversary.Transcript:Ali Nazar:You're listening to KALX Berkeley in 90.7 FM and this is Method to the Madness coming at you from the Public Affairs Department here at Calex celebrating the innovative spirit of the Bay Area. I'm your host, Ali Nassar, and today I got with me Shawn Lani, he's the Director for the Studio for Public Spaces at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Hey, Shawn, what's going on?Shawn Lani:Hey. Nothing. Just here, jabbing this morning.Ali Nazar:Yeah, thanks for jabbing.Shawn Lani:Yeah, my pleasure.Ali Nazar:Appreciate you coming in. So we're going to talk about a few things. Exploratorium, obviously, is a beloved institution in the Bay Area, but I always ask people when we first start out about organizations like the Exploratorium, they're very unique and they start out with a kind of a problem statement in mind. What is the problem statement that Exploratorium is trying to solve?Shawn Lani:That's a good question. A lot of people think of the Exploratorium as a science museum that was formed in the way that a lot of things were formed, but the culture institutions tend to be a product of their times. They're responding to a need, and at the time, there was an educational reform movement going on in America and the 60s were happening. This is 1969, it was founded and Frank had spent many years-Ali Nazar:Frank Oppenheimer?Shawn Lani:Oh, yes. Frank Oppenheimer had spent many years as a teacher on a ranch kind of perfecting a hands-on method of learning and was convinced that people really needed a place where they can get their hands on things and figure things out for themselves. One of the things he used to do is take his kids out to a junkyard and a very non-traditional approach, take things apart, find out how they work. It was definitely a sense of the authentic was always a driving force and also a trust that people were naturally curious and could be inspired to kind of explore their own inquiry. And that turned out to be a very powerful model for teaching and learning.Ali Nazar:Yeah, and I think any of us have been to the Exploratorium totally get that feeling because that's what the place is all about. But taking just one more kind of step down memory lane, can you tell us a little bit more about Frank Oppenheimer, who he was and how he came to found the museum?Shawn Lani:Yeah. Frank Oppenheimer was Robert Oppenheimer's younger brother, he's sometimes called the Uncle of the Atomic Bomb. He worked on the Manhattan Project, and for many years after that he was ostracized from universities and ended up in a ranch in Colorado. He was a natural teacher. He was very much a humanist, and so as he spent many years out there kind of basically, surviving, he ended up coming to San Francisco. He still had a lot of contacts, a lot of people knew who Frank was and started the San Francisco Project and found the Palace of Fine Arts. He wrote up a rationale for a science museum and ended up stomping around the City Hall drumming up support for it and got a 30-year lease for a dollar a year at the Palace of Fine Arts. Ali Nazar:Wow.Shawn Lani:Yeah. That's not a bad deal.Ali Nazar:Wow, yeah, pretty good. San Francisco real estate.Shawn Lani:Yeah, exactly. Well, the funny thing is even at the time when Frank walked in that behemoth of a building, he already thought, "This isn't going to be big enough," and, in fact, we added onto that building some years later, a second floor. And then eventually, we outgrew the building altogether and moved to Pier 17 just five years ago, Pier 15, sorry, in San Francisco.Ali Nazar:Well, Great. So thank you for that story and understanding kind of where it came from. So we're almost 50 years into the Exploratorium's founding. What's the journey been like? Where are we today?Shawn Lani:Well, the Exploratorium is, I think, necessarily evolving and I think this is true of any cultural institution. They need to evolve with culture in order to respond to it and be relevant. And as we started as a science museum with exhibits that quickly grew into a explainer program that integrated teens on the floor explaining and working with visitors. We started professional development of teachers very early. We were one of the first 600 websites when that started to evolve. And so the museum's always been kind of a slowly growing institution with new feature-sets and more and more of those have become interrelated over time.And so when I think about the Exploratorium, I went there as a child, three and four years old, you kind of fall in love with the place. And even all these years later, I walk through and there's something familiar about the way that we respect humans as learners. And in everything that we do, the way that we approach the work is very much in support of somebody's own sense of wonder and inquiry and to enable people to ask questions of the world and find those questions useful and even to question the answers they get back when they ping the world. We want them to know that they are active learners, they're in control of what they understand. And so that's always kind of been a thread throughout all of our work.Ali Nazar:Yeah, and it's so fascinating to me, as I'm listening to you talk, and think about many times in this show, we have people who have started an organization six months ago or eighteen months ago. They had this dream and this vision and I've been part of founding teams too and I think one of the things that a founding team dreams of is to have something be sustainable and go on for a long time and now, we're sitting with something like that in the Exploratorium. We're almost 50 years in. How does the governance work? How do you guys keep the mission vibrant and alive and even though Dr. Oppenheimer has long since gone?Shawn Lani:Yeah, he passed in 1985. He used to say that the Exploratorium was anarchy and Frank was the anarch and there was a certain kind of a glue that he could bring just through kind of force of personality and his intellect was somebody once said, "Walking through the Exploratorium was like walking through Frank's mind," but in fact the places evolved a lot since frank has passed. And I think that was also by design because just like we've always treated visitors as part of the equation, staff has always felt like it was part of their job to generate new ideas and to figure out new ways of engaging with audiences increasingly diverse and in new ways and on subject matters that are important to them. When I first got there in '93, we were doing some work with the National Science Foundation, which is a long-term supporter.But I was kind of surprised at the number of people doing things that I didn't think at all were related to the Exploratorium. And eventually, we had a Body Show, we had shows about memory, we looked at our Light and Color and Sound exhibitions, we renamed them Seeing and Hearing, thinking more about how people are not only sensing the world but perceiving it and the acts of perception is active. You're construing, you're making sense of the world as you find it. And so reframing the world is actually a really powerful tool for allowing people to see things in a new way, and then from that moment forward, carry that with them. It's not something that happens in the museum for that moment, which is static, it's dead when you leave. You might pick up some information, but that's just information. A way of seeing the world is far more influential I think.And actually, it's far more respectful because what we don't do is say, "This is the right way to look at the world." What we do say is, "Have you thought of it this way? Have you thought about how when you look out at the Bay, say it just all looks like a bunch of water," right? But the long story behind that is where it comes from, the push and pull of the saltwater and the ecologies that live there. And once you tell that narrative, for a lot of people, I think it builds an appreciation for a way of looking at the world that's more animated. It's more animated and it's actually, it's much more fun. It's much more interesting. And so I think that's the way that we've drifted over the years as we added more and more program is how do we do that more? How do we connect with people in such a way that they feel like they're a little different from after they've brushed up against us? And likewise, I think the museum needs to feel like, "Hey, we're being changed by our visitors as well because we're in conversation."Ali Nazar:Yeah. And it's so appropriate. I think for the spirit of the Bay Area because I always think of us being kind of like the furthest on the west of the Western civilization and kind of able to question everything. That's kind of where we're at and just geographically we're the most newest of all the cities to come. And so we can kind of look back and say, "Well, should we think about it this way? Should we be thinking about it that way?" And Exploratorium really embodies that kind of spirit.Shawn Lani:Yes. It's easy to take for granted, especially if you grew up here and I know you're raising some children and once you have kids you start to realize like, "Wow, we are in the middle of so many things." We watch movies, there we are. You hear stories or you see movements come out of the Bay Area that are global. And I've been lucky enough to travel a lot because of the Exploratorium. We have a lot of global influence from the Bay Area and the Exploratorium itself. We do global consulting, we do a lot of professional development. We train over a 1,000 teachers a year. We've trained over 30,000 teachers since the inception of the Teachers Institute. And that's the kind of influence that that continues on. So those 1,000 teachers teach 15,000 students, right? There're 30,000 teachers. Think about all the kids they've reached. And all we've done is given that teacher a new tool, a way of using inquiry and informal approaches to learning about the world, and then they take it and move that forward.So that's the kind of impact I think the Exploratorium, for me, in my mind, when I think of it, I don't think of it as a place as much as a kind of movement and I think it's continuing to be a kind of movement. We occupy space in people's minds sometimes because they went there as a kid or because they bring their kids or they ... But there's something about the place that just glows, and the more we can export that glow, the better. Right?Ali Nazar:Yeah. Bottle it up.Shawn Lani:Bottle it up. Yeah. But don't commercialize it. There's that beautiful blend of sharing. It's a kind of sharing.Ali Nazar:Yeah. And the amplification effect is so much what's so special about founders in my mind is someone has this idea in their brain and if they're successful, like Dr. Oppenheimer was, look at the amplification effect and how many lives he's touched just because he pursued that thought in his brain of, "Well, people should have experiential learning."Shawn Lani:That's right.Ali Nazar:And look what's happened since 50 years later.Shawn Lani:That's right.Ali Nazar:And it's really amazing. So we're talking to Shawn Lani, he's a Director for the Studio for Public Spaces at the Exploratorium in San Francisco right here on Method to the Madness on KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM. Shawn, so let's talk a little bit about the Studio for Public Spaces. So there're lots of programs there, but before we get into that, I want to just get a little bit of your background. Tell us about yourself.Shawn Lani:Well, I grew up in the Bay Area primarily. I was born in San Leandro, lived in Oakland and so definitely a Bay Area person. I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time out on a ranch in eastern Nevada and was inspired by just the raw nature of that landscape. And, in fact, it brought a lot of that work into the Exploratorium and that way of seeing those landscapes. And I studied at Davis and really enjoyed English and art history. I studied a lot of things. And the funny thing was I wasn't a science guy. I was handy and I could fix things on the ranch, but mostly when I was supposed to be digging holes, I was staring at springs or watching birds and so it wasn't a great rancher either.So somehow I landed up, ended up at the Exploratorium. I got a Masters in Museum Education and Design at John F. Kennedy University. And I just never thought I could work in a place that wonderful. I didn't even think to apply and it popped up, but it seemed faded. I lived only three blocks away from it. I was just extremely lucky to find it and that place changes over time. We've gotten a lot bigger and its mission has shifted not unnecessarily. And I was able to slot into a place and then move through the museum and experience what the global impact is like, what it's like to work locally. And then in 2008, we opened a show at Fort Mason. It was an outdoor Exploratorium and rather than introducing phenomenon like we do in the museum, we capture it out there.We framed it and we looked at the landscape as kind of a subject matter and tried to do these conceptual framings that allowed people to see the world in a new way and was really hooked, really fascinated with the idea that you didn't have to go inside the museum to have a really poignant experience. And, in fact, I was struck by how different it was. I wouldn't say better, but having it be a part of your daily life seemed to make it much more accessible and far more interesting as a developer, as a designer because then it's like you're in the ultimate a flea market, right? Like, "What's that? How did that happen? What the?" All these questions come to mind and sometimes when you dig a little bit, you find the most amazing answers. We're curious, Pete Richards, a senior artist at the museum, he'd heard the Golden Gate Bridge moved up and down because of the heat.So we put a GPS tracker on it. We talked to Leica. We really did our research and it turns out, sure enough, it moves up and down a foot or two depending on the temperature of the day. And there's kind of a mean temperature in the middle. So we put a scope on the bridge from a mile and a half and actually, it's three miles away with a little line in the middle. And we called it a bridge thermometer if it was a hot day, the bridge would be low and it was a cold day, the bridge would be up. And it was just such a lovely kind of observation that Pete had brought along. And then we were doing evaluation later and a runner came by and she stopped and she looked at it and she took off and our evaluator chased her down and said, "Well, that's usually not a good sign if somebody just does a glancing blow."And she said, "No, I just like to see where the bridge is every day when I went by, I want to see what the bridge is doing." So it was such a wonderful thing to think of reframing that big static thing in the distance, not as kind of a thing that doesn't move, but a thing that's being responsive to temperature. When the sunrises, it takes a couple hours for the bridge to heat up and sag. So there's all these beautiful thermodynamics going on and it's that kind of animation that really caught our attention.Ali Nazar:That's super cool. I mean it reminds me of just in such a hyper-creative environment of almost in I would think like Saturday Night Live where you have all the writers around pitching ideas. There're like lots of ideas. How does it work? Because I would think that the staff there is super-creative and comes up with all sorts of interesting thoughts like that.Shawn Lani:Yeah.Ali Nazar:How does the process of getting something approved and funded go?Shawn Lani:Well, we prototype a lot and you might have an idea, but if you don't test your idea, nobody's going to believe you. And the ultimate test is how the public responds to it in the final form. And so one of the things we do, we utilize evaluation in a more formal way but also in an informal way. We tinker about, we try things. And that's true of most subject matters. Even as we move into the social sciences and thinking about stereotypes and thinking about how do you exhibitize some of those experiences? You don't really know until you go out and you try it with people. And the beautiful thing about that isn't that there again to prove or disprove what you thought was right they're most likely going to inspire you to do something that you wouldn't have otherwise thought of. That collaborative effort extends far beyond your immediate development team. I mean we might beat each other up about whether we think it's a good idea or not, but that kind of healthy criticism can only really be verified by the end-users.Ali Nazar:Sure, which is very much part of the spirit of San Francisco tech life. Lean startup and 20th-century design, hi-tech.Shawn Lani:Starting in '93 there was no tech, there was no ... I didn't have a computer on my desk. If you wanted something, you called the old guy that worked at the part shop and you told him what you needed, right. But the language started to come from tech eventually started to seep and some of it was familiar and some of it sounded kind of, I wouldn't say naive but there was the beginnings of that ... Because that kind of iterative culture, the prototyping culture takes a long time to get good at. Not 20 years, but a few years, and the lessons that tech learned sometimes it's in this much shorter cycle so they'll learn part of the lesson. But the full lesson really is, I think, it goes to the maturity of an organization and as a creative person and who's able to work with others and also listen, it's not an easy thing, but when you get it right, you understand why it works.Ali Nazar:Yeah. Well, so back to your story, so you joined in 1983. It sounds like you just lucked into the perfect job for you, which is congratulations.Shawn Lani:Yeah. Yeah.Ali Nazar:You've been there for a long time now, so that's awesome. So you're right now on this Studio for Public Spaces project. So tell us about that and how it came to be.Shawn Lani:Yeah. So as an exhibit developer, back then, you would develop exhibits for the floor for people have experiences they learn from those. It was something that you learned. It took about five or seven years I got my chops. And that project at Fort Mason was interesting because we had this kind of instrumented landscape, right? You can walk through and experience it, but what I think we missed, I found out later with subsequent projects, is that places have people in them and those people are part of that landscape. That social landscape is also the raw material of future experiences, future exhibits, you can instrument the landscape, but you can also help instrument people's behaviors and how they're moving through the world. And so after we opened Pier's 15, 17 we did the first living innovation zone on market street.And that was through the Mayor's Office of Innovation with Mayor Lee. And we worked with Neil Hrushowy over in city planning and Paul Chasan and others. And it was a remarkable experience because we put a pair of listening vessels, which are eight-foot-tall dishes done by Doug Hollis on Market Street. At the Yerba Buena Lane and nobody really knew what to expect, including us. But we had this notion that that inquiry's a natural kind of social lubricant and that there were lots of rules on Market Street. We know this, right? You don't look people in the eye, you don't talk to anybody, you don't put your bag down. It's like a human freeway. Right? So we put these listening vessel's kind of diagonal to that freeway and people really responded. I think they responded in a better way than I had even hoped.They were willing to talk to strangers. They were kind of joyous and celebratory. They would watch each other play and figure this thing out. They tried to find out where it was plugged in. So these dishes, you can whisper in these dishes and hear each other from 50 feet away very clearly. And it's also very intimate because it sounds like somebody's just in your ear because the way the sound is focused with the parabolic dishes. And so after that, the Studio for Public Spaces was founded with the goal of bringing more of these inquiry-like experiences to public spaces because the audience is vast. The impacts are amazing really in terms of how it shifts people's behavior in real-time, in real space in cities. And so since then, we've done many projects throughout the Bay Area, San Leandro. We're working on a project currently on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the library across from City Hall.And to bring this methodology work the way they explore terms work traditionally the prototyping, the integration, the respect for the learner to a public space. And I think especially with social sciences, understanding how we construe the world, what science can teach us about how we understand things and how and why we process the world. Exploring that in a public space, especially when it challenges you in Plaza and The Civic Center, it's improving. There're a lot of things going on there now, but there's also a lot of friction. It's right in the middle of it. I mean you had to put a pin in San Francisco and say, "Where's the middle of it?" It's right there. And it's a powerful medium to be in. And I'm exploring topics like how do we categorize it? Why do we so immediately categorize people? Why do we stereotype folks? What biases are driving ourselves? This is all a way of thinking about the human mind.What you know of the world is directly proportional to what you know of yourself. And to understand how we're thinking on a meta-level is incredibly empowering because it allows you not to be a victim of your own fast-twitch thinking. You can slow down and you can reconsider. You can look for the options when you look at a scene. Not only, "This is what I think about what's happening," but, "Why am I thinking that and what other alternatives might there be?" So it's been fascinating and I think also humbling to have such a dynamic mix of emotions, cultural issues, and then trying to do this place-making maneuver in the middle of a place that is kind of inherently inhospitable.Ali Nazar:We're speaking with Shawn Lani, he's the director for the Studio for Public Spaces at Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco here on Methods of the Madness on KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM. I'm your host, Ali Nassar, and Shawn, so you're talking about different projects that you might be doing in different municipalities across the Bay Area. So take me through how does that work? I mean, this sport team can't just parachute in, "Hey, we're going to do this," right. "Get out of the way."Shawn Lani:That's the worst case, man. You never go where you're not invited. That's the rule.Ali Nazar:How do you guys build these projects?Shawn Lani:Yeah. They're very complex networks of partnerships. So that city is one level, but we also have formal relationships with the Gladstone Institute, NASA, the Smithsonian, UC Davis, UCSF. We've worked on the Resilience by Design design challenge with Tom Leader through the Bay Observatory. And so those networks have been forming over the last 50 years, literally. And I think the last 30 and even 20 years, we've really accelerated that partnership. There're strategic partnerships, meaning that we have partners where we benefit from each other's expertise. And we've always brought in a lot of Ocher Fellows, which is a program where we have visiting scientists who've had Nobel laureates, we've had Poet Laureates, right? We've had MacArthur Geniuses, four or five of those coming through the program in order to do enrich the work.And I think that's the natural mode for the museum now is to have many, many receptors. Because what we can do, I think, is make some of that really important work, especially when it comes to the environment, environmental issues. We can provide a platform for people to understand that the complex issues that are going on around them, and a way of sorting through the information and figuring out what they think is important and not telling them what's important. It's not that kind of advocacy. It's advocacy for the visitor to feel like they understand what's happening. So they could make a more informed decision, which is very much about one of the tenants of Frank's founding, the Exploratorium was we need an informed citizenry to have a healthy democracy. You can't have it without that.Ali Nazar:Now, more than ever.Shawn Lani:Now, more than ever. And I think the need continues to increase. It's never gone away. And the notion of learning is what the body of work that we learn about is a bunch of facts. That's not true. It's the cultural pursuit of what we collectively value and that shifts over time. So only through partnerships and only through this way of thinking can the Exploratorium remain relevant. So with our work in the Studio for Public Spaces, we're working with urban planning. We work with the mayor's office, we worked with REC and Park, we work for the Trust for Public Land. We work with other people that are invested in public spaces. So oftentimes there're community groups, groups like Green Streets over in Buchanan Mall, Citizen Film.They're smaller nonprofits, but they play an incredibly important role as guides in how to make this work. And guess what? Mayor Lee used to say for the first [inaudible], "We're going to make this a bureaucracy-free zone, so you guys going to come in and do ... So it turns out it was actually bureaucracy-light. There was still a lot of bureaucracy.Ali Nazar:Yeah, that was aspirational.Shawn Lani:Yeah, it was aspirational, but you got to reach and it got us in, right? It got us the gig. But to be able to go through those permitting processes with DPW or with MTA and have a good working relationship and even watching those departments bend a little when they're not totally sure it's going to be okay. I think it's really a hopeful sign. I mean there are so many good smart people working in city government. I know that sounds crazy, but I am shocked at how dedicated they are and how willing they are to bend a little and to help things that might not be known as this is going to be a total success. But the way we work is two-year pilot projects very often. It's worth the risk to find out does this help? Are we prototyping a way for the city to work in the future and what can we learn from this lesson? It's heartening to see how many people will support that kind of activity.Ali Nazar:Yeah, I think so much as to do with the vision. So we had Ben Davis on the program who was the thought leader behind the Bay Light Shore Bay Bridge. He had to get a few different municipality organizations together to make that happen. But the vision was so strong and everybody loved that bridge. So they were like, "Yes." Like, "I get it, we want to do it," and I think you guys have that power too because you have a vision that people, like you said, you feel it's not just about when you're at the museum, it's about the next day or that night.Shawn Lani:Right.Ali Nazar:I feel that with my kids when we take them there because we're members of the Exploratorium and they talk about it for a few days afterwards, "Remember that thing? Remember that thing?" And it's a vision that's so powerful that I think is galvanizing for people to get behind.Shawn Lani:Yeah. I always joke, "It's almost a cheat when you come into a situation that's in a public space." The Exploratorium comes and like, "Oh, you guys are here." Oh, he's always so happy to see you. Like, who's going to fight with Exploratorium? Like, "We don't fight. We just want to come here and have some fun and talk about things," and so it really is a leg up to build on that many years of goodwill and tradition and I think that's super important. When it comes to brand value, people don't want a brand the Exploratorium has always striven or strived, striven? Stroven?Ali Nazar:Strove? [inaudible].Shawn Lani:Thank you. To be authentic, it doesn't lie to people. I mean, I remember, this is how crazy we can get. If you have a box of wires, it's always a question whether or not you could make it out of plexi or you should make it out of wood because if you can't see it, you might not trust that it's not just going through or connecting up. So oftentimes we'll reveal the back of an exhibit just so people can kind of test it. And I wish government was like that actually, that radical transparency, right? "Is it doing this?" And like, "I don't know, try it out." I mean if you can't tell, that's not a good exhibit. Right?That's not a good experience if you're wondering, you're scratching your head and wondering if somebody just put one over on you. And so we have always tried to have that kind of relationship and that really pays off when we go for partnerships. They sense that we're not going to get between what it is that they think is important and what they're trying to show and what the visitors are going to take in. We're all about facilitating that understanding.Ali Nazar:Well, it's, it's super cool work that you're doing and thanks for coming in this morning. I do want to ask you just next year's the 50th anniversary?Shawn Lani:Yeah.Ali Nazar:So it's such an amazing institution that we're all proud of in the Bay Area. What can we expect for next year to happen at Pier 15 or across the Bay Area?Shawn Lani:Well, we'll be opening the Social-Psychology show in July of 2019 and so that is going to be 12 to 14 exhibits outside Public Space Installation and that's going to be paired with a show about identity at the Exploratorium. This is a really interesting move I think for the museum to move into the social sciences because they're not traditionally easy to approach. But I think they are incredibly relevant, given the time. And so those are going to be two peak ... Now, we also have a lot of ongoing programming about the environment and ecologies. So we have conversations about landscapes, we have Lab and Lunch.We just hosted the climate summit, several talks about the climate summit, so we're going to be continuing that work moving forward. And also our After Darks, are every Thursday nights and those are heavily programmed. So we're kind of like a piece of broccoli in that way. You have the broccoli sprout but then you have a lot of other little things going on and then you have a lot of other things going on. But those are some of the big lobes but there's lots of other stuff going on as well.Ali Nazar:Okay, I'm sure everybody knows how to get ahold of the Exploratorium, so how about for the Director, for the Studio for Public Spaces? If people want to learn more about that, how would they learn more about it?Shawn Lani:Well, just type in Studio for Public Spaces at the Exploratorium, and you'll see the website that has a list of our projects and also a lot of the thinking and the framing of the work. We have some publications there as well, and an ongoing blog.Ali Nazar:Okay, well, great. Well, we've been talking to Shawn Lani this morning, the Director for the City for Public Spaces at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Shawn, thanks for coming in.Shawn Lani:Oh, my pleasure. Thanks so much.Ali Nazar:And you've been listening to Method to the Madness on KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM, University of California, a listener-supported radio. I'm your host, Ali Nazar. Thanks for listening everybody and have a great Friday. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IBM thinkLeaders
Creative Collisions & NYC Tech feat. Jeremy Goldberg, Deputy CTO, City of New York

IBM thinkLeaders

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 19:00


In this episode, we are joined by Jeremy Goldberg, Deputy CTO (Managing Director NYCx and NYC Digital) at City of New York, Mayor's Office of the CTO. We discuss smart cities, creating cultures of innovation in government and community, and New York as a startup environment. Follow @IBMthinkLeaders on Twitter - https://twitter.com/IBMthinkLeaders Join the IBM thinkLeaders LinkedIn group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3299993/ Subscribe to our Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/ibmthinkleaders

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Structure of City Government: Meeting of September 13, 2018

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 135:43


This special task force on city governance examines the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Second Chances
Nason Buchanan's Second Chance

Second Chances

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2018 77:44


Nason Buchanan is Senior Regional Program Coordinator, Mayor's Office of Public Safety.  Born on the Southside of Chicago and raised in Gary, Indiana, Nason's purpose and goals are to empower youth and their families, he has become a dedicated and influential man of service in Los Angeles. Since 2011 Buchanan has lead within the GRYD office facilitating various initiatives including the city’s Gun Buy Back program and President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative. He also assisted with the Mayor’s Office Domestic Violence initiative across the city. Sponsored by Chapelure Media http://chapeluremedia.com and Dimensions Recovery Centers http://dimensionsrecovery.com

American Planning Association
People Behind the Plans: Kate Hartley

American Planning Association

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018


Kate Hartley laughs when talking about what could have been if she had chased a career in legal history, the academic path she started out on while at the University of California, Berkeley. But after taking a couple urban planning classes on a whim, she never looked back. Nowadays, Kate focuses on all things housing as the director of the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) in San Francisco. She and Courtney discuss how the Affordable Housing Bonus Program leverages incentives to create affordable housing and why it's so difficult to deliver units for middle-income households in the city. Kate praises the Mission Action Plan 2020, which focuses on decelerating the rate of eviction and displacement in the famed neighborhood. She talks about the challenges inherent in her work but also projects from other cities that inspire her, such as Vancouver's investment in modular housing for homeless households.

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on the Structure of City Government: Meeting of May 14, 2018

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 127:50


A special task force on city governance to examine the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office. Presentation: Results of Work Completed by the City's Guidance Team on Effective Government

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.
Victor Calise: Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018


Subways/buses, work areas, parks-live, work, play places-accessible to all-including the disabled! Victor Calise, Comm. the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, is passionate about his job to make NYC even more accessible-nye.gov/disabilities

Additional Meetings Podcast
Task Force on Structure of City Government: Meeting of March 23, 2018

Additional Meetings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 189:13


special task force on city governance to examine the structure and powers of the Common Council and its committees and the structure and powers of the Mayor's Office.

Fogcast: The Bay City Beacon Politics Podcast

The Beacon team discusses the shocking gentrification of the Mayor's Office by so-called "progressives" and Interim Mayor Mark Farrell.

Deconstructing Dallas
Deconstructing the Mayor's Office 1.15.18

Deconstructing Dallas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 33:49


In this episode, we deconstruct the Mayor's office with Chief of Policy and Communications, Scott Goldstein.

Air1 Radio News
‘Will Work For Food’ Reality for City Panhandlers

Air1 Radio News

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2018 8:40


A van labeled 'There's A Better Way' drives up to panhandlers in Albuquerque and offers minimum wage to clean up local streets and parks. Hundreds of people hungry for opportunity have jumped at the chance to do an honest day’s work. Air1's Felipe Aguilar talks with Allan Armijo of Mayor's Office about the city's cash-for-work program.

K-LOVE News Podcast
‘Will Work For Food’ Reality for City Panhandlers

K-LOVE News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2018 8:39


A van labeled 'There's A Better Way' drives up to panhandlers in Albuquerque and offers minimum wage to clean up local streets and parks. Hundreds of people hungry for opportunity have jumped at the chance to do an honest day’s work. K-LOVE's Felipe Aguilar talks with Allan Armijo of Mayor's Office about the city's cash-for-work program.

She Geeks Out
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs with Kara Miller from the City of Boston

She Geeks Out

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2017 47:19


Kara Miller from the Mayor's Office of Boston stopped by She Geeks Out HQ to talk about WEBOS happening October 16-20! We talked about what WEBOS is all about, and why it's so important to support women entrepreneurs. Felicia and Rachel start off by geeking out about their favorite podcasts at the moment before we get to the serious stuff! For more, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

PHL Diversity Podcast
Nellie Fitzpatrick, Director of the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia

PHL Diversity Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2017 26:23


Nellie Fitzpatrick, Director of the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia talks about LGBT advocacy in Philadelphia and the City’s support of LGBT meetings and conventions.

I Found This Great Book
Ni'cola Mitchell - Talking With Authors - Episode 6

I Found This Great Book

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2017 36:45


Today on "Talking With Authors" we speak with the dynamic Ni'cola Mitchell. Ni’cola Mitchell, Founder of Girls Who Brunch Tour, Best-Selling Author and recently featured in Black Enterprise 2015 as one of the 5-Follow Worthy Bloggers to Watch. She entered the literary scene with one main objective: To Stimulate Your Mind, One Word at a Time. Through her independent publishing company NCM Publishing, Mitchell published numerous titles which have been featured on various best-selling lists throughout the country. Mitchell’s distinctive writing talent has led her to become a featured columnist for Urb Society Magazine, a nominee for the 2014 I Am a Diva Literary Awards, and was recognized by University of Nevada Las Vegas, Upward Bound Program as their 2015 Honoree. Mitchell has also received Proclamations for her Philanthropic services through Girls Who Brunch Tour from the Mayor's Office of Charleston, SC, the Mayor's Office of Houston, TX and the Congressional Office of Houston, TX, and a Letter of Recognition from Governor Nathan Deal of the state of Georgia. Follow Ni'cola Mitchell and purchase her books:   www.nicolacmitchell.com www.ncmpublishing.com www.girlswhobrunchtour.com http://www.fromthepenofnicola.com   Ni'cola's Amazon Page

Straight Talk Africa - Voice of America
DC Mayor's Office of African Affairs - Straight Talk Africa

Straight Talk Africa - Voice of America

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2016 60:00


The Washington, DC Mayor's Office on African Affairs envisions the city as a community that thrives on the full engagement of its ethnically, linguistically and socially diverse residents. Mamadou Samba Director or the Mayor's Office on African Affairs and Loide Rosa Jorge, Vice Chair on Mayor Muriel Bowser's Commission on African Affairs join host Shaka Ssali to explore to work of the OAA.

Straight Talk Africa
DC Mayor's Office of African Affairs - Straight Talk Africa

Straight Talk Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2016 60:00


The Washington, DC Mayor's Office on African Affairs envisions the city as a community that thrives on the full engagement of its ethnically, linguistically and socially diverse residents. Mamadou Samba Director or the Mayor's Office on African Affairs and Loide Rosa Jorge, Vice Chair on Mayor Muriel Bowser's Commission on African Affairs join host Shaka Ssali to explore to work of the OAA.

LST's I Am The Law
Criminal Justice Advocacy From Within The L.A. Mayor's Office (CA)

LST's I Am The Law

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2016 21:54


This episode is presented by The United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corp. When someone is jailed for a crime, the punishment often extends beyond the sentence because formerly incarcerated people face structural barriers in their transition to freedom. In particular, limited employment prospects too often lead to a cycle of crime that's difficult to escape. The City of Los Angeles, under the leadership of Mayor Eric Garcetti, established the Office of Reentry in response to this problem. Through programming, policy development, and outreach the office seeks to not only help the formerly incarcerated rejoin the public, but also to alter conditions that lead to jailing in the first place. Kimberley Baker Guillemet, a 2005 graduate of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, helped Mayor Garcetti open the office in the fall of 2015. In this episode, she talks about how her background as a lawyer prepared her to tackle this job and how the intersection of law and policy can make a difference in millions of people's lives. This episode is hosted by Kyle McEntee, executive director of Law School Transparency. It is sponsored by Barbri and Top-Law-Schools.com. Episode Links LA Mayor's Office Ballotpedia: California Proposition 47, Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative (2014) Office of Reentry works to give second chances

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.
Comm. Loree Sutton, MD-Mayor's Office of Veterans' Services

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016


Comm. Loree Sutton, MD, of the Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs discusses programs and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors facing the challenges of unemployment, mental health issues, and homelessness.

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.
Comm. Loree Sutton, MD-Mayor's Office of Veterans' Services

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016


Comm. Loree Sutton, MD, of the Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs discusses programs and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors facing the challenges of unemployment, mental health issues, and homelessness.

Foodstuffs
Episode 7- Free Kitchens & Government Process

Foodstuffs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2015 34:38


Episode 7 looks at two examples of what it takes to get communities to come together to feed their people. First, Bryan heads to the Dixie Gurdwara to understand how an amorphous group of volunteers ensure that a hot meal is available to anyone- Sikh or non-Sikh- 24/7. And then we peek inside the process involved in getting six communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality a Mobile Food Market. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THANKS! Big thanks this week to Jaswant Singh, volunteer for the Ontario Khalsa Darbar (http://dixiegurdwara.com/). And thanks to Heather Monahan and Ali Shaver from Nova Scotia Public Health and Josh Bates from the Mayor's Office for talking with Jess about the proposed Mobile Market for Halifax. We will keep everyone posted on the initiative's progress come Spring. Thanks always to Erik Betlem, Ken Stowar and Sam Petite and CIUT for the use of their recording facilities. If you would like to donate to the CIUT Funding Drive, you can do so here (http://ciut.fm). And thanks very much to Chris Foster (www.chrisfoster.ca) for our Foodstuffs logo. Cheers! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Center for Active Design
Active Design for a Just + Equitable City

Center for Active Design

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2015 89:48


Communities around the world recognize New York City’s track record of high profile Active Design projects that spark neighborhood transformation and support healthy behaviors – from the High Line, to Brooklyn Bridge Park, to a pedestrianized Times Square. While these celebrated initiatives are certainly laudable, new conversations are emerging about how Active Design can be leveraged to address social equity – particularly in neighborhoods that grapple with the greatest health and economic disparities. --- This is a recording from the Active Design for a Just + Equitable City panel discussion from June 23, 2015. This event was hosted by the Center for Active Design, and featured Nilda Mesa (Director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability), Eric Boorstyn (Associate Commissioner at the NYC Department of Design and Construction), Nupur Chaudhury (Senior Project Manager at Rebuild by Design), and Jon Denham (Co-President at Denham Wolf).

Deal VikingCast!
Ep.20 - #DealGivesBack

Deal VikingCast!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 10:06


Today Deal students embodied the essence of service-learning during our annual #DealGivesBack. Join 100 6th grade students and teachers in Freedom Plaza for the #Heart4thehomeless rally as we march around the DC Council and Mayor's Office to raise awareness for issues relating to homelessness in DC. Then listen-in to the 6th grade basketball fundraiser tournament! These are only a portion of the amazing community service projects that over 1,000 Deal students participated in today across DC! "Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time." -Marian Wright Edelman

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.
Nisha Agarwal, Mayor's Office-Immigrant Affairs

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2014


Comm. Nisha Agarwal of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs is enthusiastic about the organization's efforts on behalf of more than 2 million people-60% of NYC's population- who are foreign born. Comm. Agarwal outlined current and future initiatives.

MayorWatch
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe on tackling gang crime

MayorWatch

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2014 18:50


Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe addresses delegates at an international summit on gang crime, hosted at City Hall on June 2nd 2014 by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.

University Communications
City Biking: New Bike Lanes at Penn and Beyond

University Communications

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2013 2:13


Biking is one of the most efficient ways to navigate busy city streets and is an increasing popular way to navigate around campus. In recent years, the University has seen the number of bikes on campus double. But biking on city streets can pose a number of safety risks to riders, according to Maureen S. Rush, Penn's vice president for public safety. Specifically, cyclists riding in dedicated lanes on the right side of streets must steer around SEPTA and LUCY buses that pull over to drop off or pick up passengers. In addition, parked vehicles can create obstacles by temporarily blocking the lanes, and driver's-side doors can quickly open in a cyclist's path. In an effort to improve public safety, the Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have moved the bike lane on Walnut Street to the left side, starting at 22nd Street and continuing to 48th Street. The new buffered bike lane on the left side of Walnut Street makes riding safer for cyclists pedaling from Center City to West Philadelphia. Riding on the left side of the street minimizes the interference from buses and cars, and can lower the potential for accidents and injuries. Bicycle safety on campus is one of the key components to the Division of Public Safety's annual "Share the Road" campaign. "Share the Road" educates bicyclists and motorists about local laws and basic safety practices. The city will resurface the entire length of Walnut Street, and plans to add left-side buffered bike lanes on Walnut that will stretch from 22nd to 63rd streets.

Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy
Nuclear Hotseat #59 - Anti-Nuclear Consciousness Raising w/West Hollywood Mayor's Office

Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2012 27:15


Anatomy of a consciousness raising meeting with an aide to the Mayor of West Hollywood - a basic how-to for activists. PLUS: Japanese anti-nuke demonstrators get pushy at their Parliament building; Extreme increase in mortality from heart attacks in Japan since Fukushima disaster began; Southern California Edison laying plans to restart San Onofre by November while activists launch their "Hell, no!"; US nuclear power production at 9-year low because of heat and drought; and the Numnutz of the Week Award returns because the TVA and Brown's Ferry deserve it.

Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy
Nuclear Hotseat #59 - Anti-Nuclear Consciousness Raising w/West Hollywood Mayor's Office

Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2012 27:15


Anatomy of a consciousness raising meeting with an aide to the Mayor of West Hollywood - a basic how-to for activists. PLUS: Japanese anti-nuke demonstrators get pushy at their Parliament building; Extreme increase in mortality from heart attacks in Japan since Fukushima disaster began; Southern California Edison laying plans to restart San Onofre by November while activists launch their "Hell, no!"; US nuclear power production at 9-year low because of heat and drought; and the Numnutz of the Week Award returns because the TVA and Brown's Ferry deserve it.

CUNY TV's City Talk
Fatima Shama, NYC Comm. of Immigrant Affairs

CUNY TV's City Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2011 28:19


Joining Doug to talk about immigration and immigrants, their needs, hopes and the New York City government's role, is Fatima Shama, the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.

CHIASMOS (video)
Sister Schools Abroad Conference: Arts and Culture

CHIASMOS (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2010 50:47


If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Sister Schools Abroad Conference represented a partnership between Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Mayor's Office of International Relations, the Center for International Studies, and the International House at the University of Chicago.The purpose of the conference was to bring together principals and teachers of schools interested in the Chicago Sister Schools Abroad Program to consider ideas for further internationalizing taught subject areas and also using existing programs at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the basis for developing joint projects between CPS schools and schools abroad.

CHIASMOS (video)
Sister Schools Abroad Conference: Closing Remarks & Performances

CHIASMOS (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2010 23:51


If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Sister Schools Abroad Conference represented a partnership between Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Mayor's Office of International Relations, the Center for International Studies, and the International House at the University of Chicago.The purpose of the conference was to bring together principals and teachers of schools interested in the Chicago Sister Schools Abroad Program to consider ideas for further internationalizing taught subject areas and also using existing programs at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the basis for developing joint projects between CPS schools and schools abroad.

CHIASMOS (video)
Sister Schools Abroad Conference: Opening Remarks

CHIASMOS (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2010 29:33


If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Sister Schools Abroad Conference represented a partnership between Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Mayor's Office of International Relations, the Center for International Studies, and the International House at the University of Chicago.The purpose of the conference was to bring together principals and teachers of schools interested in the Chicago Sister Schools Abroad Program to consider ideas for further internationalizing taught subject areas and also using existing programs at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the basis for developing joint projects between CPS schools and schools abroad.

CHIASMOS (video)
Sister Schools Abroad Conference: Technology

CHIASMOS (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2010 41:43


If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Sister Schools Abroad Conference represented a partnership between Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Mayor's Office of International Relations, the Center for International Studies, and the International House at the University of Chicago.The purpose of the conference was to bring together principals and teachers of schools interested in the Chicago Sister Schools Abroad Program to consider ideas for further internationalizing taught subject areas and also using existing programs at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the basis for developing joint projects between CPS schools and schools abroad.

CHIASMOS (video)
Sister Schools Abroad Conference: Science and Environment

CHIASMOS (video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2010 46:07


If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Sister Schools Abroad Conference represented a partnership between Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Mayor's Office of International Relations, the Center for International Studies, and the International House at the University of Chicago.The purpose of the conference was to bring together principals and teachers of schools interested in the Chicago Sister Schools Abroad Program to consider ideas for further internationalizing taught subject areas and also using existing programs at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the basis for developing joint projects between CPS schools and schools abroad.

CUNY TV's City Talk
Comm. Fatima Shama

CUNY TV's City Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2009 27:30


Doug is joined by Fatima Shama, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. They discuss how immigration affects New York City differently than the rest of the country.

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.
Hon. Guillermo Linares

CUNY TV's Eldridge & Co.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2008


Ronnie welcomes Hon. Guillermo Linares, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. The two discuss New York City's vast immigrant population and the problems they face on a daily basis.