Podcasts about state coordinator

Join Meredith as she answers the question, "How do I know my identity in Christ?" with Diane Ippolito from Moms In Prayer.    DIANE IPPOLITO is a joyful follower of Jesus Christ, wife of 40 years to Steve, mother to 3 grown children, and has prayed with Moms in Prayer for 30 years. Steve served in the Air Force for almost 25 years, so they had the opportunity to live in many different cultures and even another country. They have been settled in Pennsylvania for 23 years, and with an empty nest, they are enjoying lots of travel. Diane loves learning, sharing what she learns, reading, cooking, growing flowers, and anything dark chocolate or purple. She is a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for children in the foster care system, brings joy to many with her Therapy Dog, Hope, organizes and cooks for two summer camps, and has been the State Coordinator of Pennsylvania for Moms in Prayer International for the past 7 years. Resources Watch a clip from this interview on Facebook Watch a clip from this interview on Instagram Check out today's video interview on YouTube Moms in Prayer website Psalm 139 - God knew our days and knit us together in our mother's womb Romans 12:2 - Be transformed by the renewing of our minds Genesis 1:26-27 - Created in God's image Exodus 34:6 - I am the Lord who is steadfast, merciful and gracious Hebrews 4:12 - His Word is alive and active Matthew 5:37- Let your yes be yes and your no be no Deuteronomy 6:6-9 - Talk about the Lord all the time   Next Steps Podcast - Identity in Christ Podcast - In Case You Forget Who You Are Start a Bible2School Program in your community Subscribe to our podcast

Gov Okpebholo Suspends  Edo PSR Indefinitely, Ebo Stone Reactshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/gov-okpebholo-suspends-edo-psr-indefinitely-ebo-stone-reacts/14/03/2025/#Life #Benin #Ebo #edo #Okpebholo #PSR ©March 14th, 2025 ®March 14, 2025 8:39 pm Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has indefinitely suspended the operational activities of the state Public Safety Response Team, PSR days after an official of the PSR allegedly dragged steering wheel with the driver of a moving bus – leading to an accident that killed a two-year-old baby in Benin City, this, the State Coordinator of the PSR, Kelly Okungbowa aka Ebo Stone reacted and said he supported the governor for the PSR suspension. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Baby Dead After Bus Driver Rammed Into Pedestrians Running From Edo PSRhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/baby-dead-after-bus-driver-rammed-into-pedestrians-running-from-edo-psr/13/03/2025/#Life #Ebo #edo #Okpebholo #PSR ©March 13th, 2025 ®March 13, 2025 5:35 pm Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the killing of a 2 years old baby after a bus driver rammed the bus into a group of pedestrians while running away from the Edo State Public Safety Response Team, PSR at the highly populated Ring Road in Benin City, this, the State Coordinator of the PSR, Kelly Okungbowa aka Ebo Stone apologized to the bereaved family and promised to take action against the PSR official who allegedly gave the bus driver a chase. #OsazuwaAkonedo

THE Podcast Daily for Thursday is once more a three-thoughts Thursday with Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham.Want to talk even more Ohio State football with the guys? Text us! Send a text to 614-662-4509 to get started and receive your first two weeks free.#OhioStateFootball #bigtenfootball #BigTen #buckeyesfootball #Buckeyes #THEPodcast

The Nolecast is the most successful and longest running Florida State podcast. Bud Elliott and Ingram Smith focus mainly on football, but also dabble in baseball and basketball. Please support the show by using our sponsors: The Legendary Home Loans team, Congruity Solutions, and Charlie Park. The show also supported by our Patrons at https://www.Patreon.com/Nolecast https://www.fsuhomeloans.com/ Email: Matt@Congruityhr.com https://www.TheBattlesEnd.com/ https://www.charlieparkrooftop.com/

This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio Hello and welcome to episode 55 of The DX Mentor and our discussion of Geography and DX. Thank you for joining us. I'm Bill, AJ8B.     If this is the first time you are with us, Welcome! We have a back catalog of over 50 episodes covering many aspects of DX in both podcast and YouTube format. Please check us out. If you are new to DXing, I would really recommend episode 1 as it was recorded with several world class DXers. You will get a feel of the excitement that goes with chasing DX!     Remember, if you like what you find, please subscribe, like, and share!  Our guest today is Ralph Bellas, K9ZO. Here is a bit of bio on Ralph “My interests include technology, entrepreneurship, contesting, DXing, CW, VHF, propagation, and being very active on the HF bands. DXpeditions really excite me!  I'm an Assistant Director, 50 Year Member, and Life Member with the ARRL. I'm a past President, State Coordinator, and former Board member of the Society of Midwest Contesters (SMC) - W9SMC.  I am the former "Contesting on a Budget" column editor for the National Contest Journal, NCJ.  I'm a former member of the Metro DX club. I have earned 10BDXCC, 10 Band WAS, and the Triple Play Award.  I am active with DXCC Challenge with 2911 slots.  For DXCC Honor Roll I have 358 Mixed, 353 CW, 358 Phone, and 319 Digital countries.  I earned 5BWAZ.  I've been fortunate to have been part of DX teams which were awarded "DXpedition of the Year." Joe, W8GEX, an accomplished DXer in his own right will also be with us.  Resources mentioned include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Tawil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morokulien https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/ DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/ Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/

This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio In this episode of The DX Mentor, our Ralph, K9ZO, will share many ways that he has improved his DXing. Ralph is very accomplished as his bio states "My interests include technology, entrepreneurship, contesting, DXing, CW, VHF, propagation, and being very active on the HF bands. DXpeditions really excite me! I'm an Assistant Director, 50 Year Member, and Life Member with the ARRL. I'm a past President, State Coordinator, and former Board member of the Society of Midwest Contesters (SMC) - W9SMC. I am the former "Contesting on a Budget" column editor for the National Contest Journal, NCJ. I'm a former member of the Metro DX club. I have earned 10BDXCC, 10 Band WAS, and the Triple Play Award. I am active with DXCC Challenge with 2911 slots. For DXCC Honor Roll I have 358 Mixed, 353 CW, 358 Phone, and 319 Digital countries. I earned 5BWAZ. I've been fortunate to have been part of DX teams which were awarded "DXpedition of the Year." Here are some of the links that we mention during the discussion: QRZ https://www.qrz.com/ DX Summit http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/ DXCC Country List https://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/2020%20DXCC%20Current%20.pdf Clublog Most Wanted https://clublog.org/mostwanted.php N1MM https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/ DXLabs https://dxlabsuite.com/ Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org DX Code of Conduct : https://www.dx-code.com/ Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/ DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/ Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/

Today our guest is Dr. Chris Clayton the Director of Education Services for the Educator Pipeline and Profession for the Pennsylvania State Education Association. We talk to Dr. Clayton about the importance of developing and supporting a robust educator pipeline. He highlights several of the opportunities available for building pipelines and shares insights on the initiatives already underway in Pennsylvania. Dr. Clayton also details the ways they offer year-round support to new and aspiring teachers—professionally, financially, and in the classroom. Learn More About CharacterStrong:  Access FREE MTSS Curriculum Samples Attend our next live product preview Visit the CharacterStrong Website In addition to his work with CharacterStrong as a Presenter and Consultant, Dr. Christopher M. Clayton serves as the Director of Education Services for the Educator Pipeline and Profession for the Pennsylvania State Education Association.  In this role with PSEA, he is responsible for providing support to over 178,000 educator members on issues involving teacher certification, student achievement, pedagogical best practices and research in teaching and learning and directs the Student PSEA Aspiring Educator Program, serves as the State Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Educators Rising (high school students) Program, and coordinates PSEA's New & Early Career Educator Platform. He earned a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education and an Ed. S. Degree in Education Leadership, Administration, & Policy at The University of Georgia along with a Master's Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Regis University in Denver, CO.  He is a National Board-Certified Teacher (2008, renewed in 2018) who was named the Washington Puyallup Valley Teacher of the Year in 2011 prior to starting with PSEA where he served as a high school English and International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge teacher and coach for over ten years in Southern California and Washington state before becoming a district administrator and Director of Curriculum & Instruction in a large metro-Atlanta school district with 138 schools and over 100,000 students.  He moved to Hershey to begin his role with PSEA in 2014 and happily resides there with his wife, two daughters, son, and granddaughter.

With the first four practices in the books and an insightful press conference with Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, there are already lessons to be learned on that side of the football in training camp. THE Podcast Daily listened back to a few comments from Knowles and tried to put that into context as Bill Landis and Austin Ward get ready for the second week of workouts for the Buckeyes.Want to talk even more Ohio State football with the guys? Text us! Send a text to 614-662-4509 to get started and receive your first two weeks free.

This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio In this episode of The DX Mentor, our Ralph, K9ZO, will share many ways that he has improved his DXing. Ralph is very accomplished as his bio states "My interests include technology, entrepreneurship, contesting, DXing, CW, VHF, propagation, and being very active on the HF bands. DXpeditions really excite me! I'm an Assistant Director, 50 Year Member, and Life Member with the ARRL. I'm a past President, State Coordinator, and former Board member of the Society of Midwest Contesters (SMC) - W9SMC. I am the former "Contesting on a Budget" column editor for the National Contest Journal, NCJ. I'm a former member of the Metro DX club. I have earned 10BDXCC, 10 Band WAS, and the Triple Play Award. I am active with DXCC Challenge with 2911 slots. For DXCC Honor Roll I have 358 Mixed, 353 CW, 358 Phone, and 319 Digital countries. I earned 5BWAZ. I've been fortunate to have been part of DX teams which were awarded "DXpedition of the Year." Here are some of the links that we mention during the discussion: QRZ https://www.qrz.com/ DX Summit http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/ DXCC Country List https://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/2020%20DXCC%20Current%20.pdf Clublog Most Wanted https://clublog.org/mostwanted.php N1MM https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/ DXLabs https://dxlabsuite.com/ Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org DX Code of Conduct : https://www.dx-code.com/ Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/ DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/ Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/

Detective Sergeant Richard Perrault of New Hampshire State Police joined us on Wednesday to discuss the state's D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program. Sergeant Perreault is the D.A.R.E. State Coordinator and has been involved in the program for nearly 15 years. Each year, a 5K fundraising event is held to benefit the work of the organization. This year's event will be held on Wednesday, August 28 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov

The 3rd episode of season 3 of Talk in the Town features Dr. Sangeeta Rajgir from Bhopal, Founder and Member Secretary of the Bhopal Birds Conservation Society and State Coordinator of the Indian Bird Conservation Network of Madhya Pradesh. She is an avid conservationist and researcher working on wetland conservation and avian biodiversity. She has played a significant role in bird conservation efforts, particularly in the Bhoj Wetlands of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Rajgir coordinated a project aimed at the conservation of the Sarus crane, the world's tallest flying bird, which had seen a decline in population in the Bhoj Wetlands. Through community-led conservation efforts, the project successfully increased the Sarus crane population in the region. Additionally, Dr. Rajgir has been involved in birdwatching camps as a key resource person, sharing her expertise and knowledge to educate and engage others in bird conservation. This episode is power-packed with lots of information on birds and how their population is declining, which Dr. Rajgir has explained in a very easy-to-understand manner for common citizens.

Friend of the show Tanner Bruse, MN PF State Coordinator stops by to give a preview of Pheasant Fest and all the great conservation efforts Pheasants Forever has on the table for operators and landowners looking to add wild acres to their landscape. 

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale talks with the Montana Pheasants Forever, State Coordinator, Hunter VanDonsel about Montana's Pheasants. Besides being the State Coordinator for Pheasants Forever, Hunter is also a biologist and knows a great deal about these amazing birds. When you click here to listen to this week's podcast you will learn about how well the Pheasant population numbers are doing and what Montana Pheasants Forever is doing to stop their habitat from shrinking and get it back growing again. Why is their habitat shrinking? You might be surprised by the answer! You will also learn about some of the other programs that Pheasants Forever is working on in the State and how those might benefit more than just Pheasants. In addition to that you will hear Hunter give some interesting hunting tips for hunters that are just starting out and for those that have been hunting Pheasants for a long time. In fact, Hunter even talks about a course you can take online that will teach you how to hunt, not just Pheasants but all Upland Game Birds! Click here if you would like to take this course now, it's free! Yeah, these birds have a lot more to them than just good looks and tasty meat. So be sure and give this podcast a listen especially if you are a parent and would like to get your kids outside and learning about conservation and how to hunt. You are going to be surprised with all your local and statewide Pheasants Forever is up to these days! And best of all just how much money they are putting back into Montana!If you want to learn more about Pheasants Forever in Montana, just click here. If you would like to learn about what they are doing nationally, click here. If you have any questions for Hunter VanDonsel, click here to send him an email. And again, if you would like to take that course on how to hunt Upland Game Birds, click here. As always your old buddy Downrigger Dale would love to know what you thought of this podcast and what topics you want him to cover in future podcasts, so click here to send Rigger and email.Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

“God is faithful no matter what because that's His character. When I'm faithless or my faith wavers, God is and always will remain faithful.” Today we begin a new podcast series called “How Great is Our God”, focusing on the different attributes of our amazing God. This week, Aubrie welcomes Barbara Kemp to the podcast. For 13 years, Barbara has been our International Leadership Developer for Africa and has seen God do more than she could ask or imagine. Today she shares how she has seen God's faithfulness in long awaited answers to prayer in her own family as well as how God is mightily moving throughout Africa. The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org ABOUT OUR GUEST Barbara Kemp has been married to Lloyd for 44 years. She's blessed to be called Mom by two sons and is affectionately “Noni” to her grandchildren. After 29 years, Barbara is still praying for her grown children and grandchildren. She's had the privilege of serving as Roster Manager, Area Coordinator, Regional Coordinator, State Coordinator, Division Coordinator, and International Leadership Developer for Moms in Prayer. In 2008, she took a mission trip to Kenya. Upon her return to Kentucky, Barbara's heart was never the same. She sensed God calling her to serve the women of Africa through Moms in Prayer International. For 13 years, Barbara has seen God do more than she could ask or imagine in Africa and beyond. SCRIPTURES  The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;     his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;     great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,     “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-24 ESV   You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV   For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. Psalm 33:4 NIV   For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 ESV   I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;     with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 89:1 ESV   Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV   LINKS MOMS IN PRAYER New to Moms in Prayer? How to get started Join a Moms in Prayer Group Moms in Prayer Shop Support Our Mission

In this episode, Olivia interviews Christa Hartsook, Small Farms Program Coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the State Coordinator for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE). Listen in as they discuss the grant opportunities SARE offers, who is eligible, where to apply, and when applications are due!   Episode Links:  • North Central Sustainable Agriculture and Education: https://northcentral.sare.org/  • Christa Hartsook: Email: hartc@iastate.edu Phone: 515-294-4430  

On this episode of In Clear Terms with AARP California, host Dr. Thyonne Gordon is joined by Josh Dunning, Vice President and National Director of AARP's Driver Safety Program, and Marvin Kohn, State Coordinator for AARP Driver Safety in California. Today, the duo joins Dr. Gordon to discuss one of AARP's most unique offerings, the Driver Safety Program. This research-based curriculum helps drivers stay current with driving laws and technologies in their vehicles. So join us for this wonderful episode of In Clear Terms with AARP California and learn a little bit about keeping our roads safe. Follow UsTwitter @AARPCAFacebook @aarpcaliforniaInstagram @aarpcaPresented by AARP Californiawww.AARP.org/CA

This week we're celebrating our three-year anniversary of the EcoRight Speaks podcast! Thanks to everyone who has listened, supported and invested their time in the podcast over the last-three years (six seasons). You can join the celebration this week as we welcome our friend, guest and Utah CCL state coordinator Tom Moyer!Tom joins host Chelsea Henderson to share more about how he became active and effective locally on climate change, the progress around Utah regarding conservative support and active leadership on climate change, plus the net-zero house he built in Park City and much more. Don't miss this wonderful conversation as we 'celebrate' another milestone on the podcast!!

The podcast makes its first visit to the state of Nebraska. UIAAA Connection #118 – Nate Larsen, CMAA, State Coordinator for the Nebraska State Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association is now available. Nate, a life-long Nebraskan, takes us on his journey through athletics in the Cornhusker State. Currently the AD at Loganview, he will be moving to O'Neill high school next fall. His work in assisting the NSIAAA to begin a state cohort is intriguing. You will want to listen to this episode just to hear about the Spud Webb basketball league. Please Listen, Learn and Share! You can subscribe to UIAAA TV on YouTube! This podcast is also available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Breaker, Castbox, Google Podcast, iHeartradio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Sticher and YouTube.

Last year, state lawmakers in Oklahoma passed SB 1369, the Oklahoma Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act. The legislation requires all healthcare providers to enter patient records into an online database. Set to go into effect on July 1st, the measure specifically requires providers to quote “submit health and dental claims data, unique identifiers, and geographic and demographic information for covered individuals to the Oklahoma Healthcare Transparency Initiative”. In advance of implementation, mental health care providers in Oklahoma are raising concerns about patient privacy and confidentiality. We spoke with  Sabrina  DeQuasie, a  therapist in Oklahoma. We reached out to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Oklahoma's Medicaid Agency. This is their statement below.    OHCA Invites Continued Feedback Regarding OKSHINE/HIE   Oklahoma City, OK – SB1369, passed in the 2022 legislative session, requires OHCA to set up a separate office, the Office of the State Coordinator for Health Information Exchange, with responsibility to oversee a statewide health information exchange with patient data from all healthcare providers. The proposed rules for the program were first introduced in September and have gone through two rounds of public comments, resulting in more than 300 comments. These comments, along with input from the public and dozens of stakeholder engagement meetings, are guiding and informing the implementation process. OHCA is grateful for the feedback of Oklahoma patients and providers.   The opportunity to utilize the HIE is significant, with potential to reduce adverse drug events, redundant testing, and promote a culture of improved collaboration among different healthcare providers, resulting in a more streamlined, holistic health care approach for Oklahomans. The agency understands the importance of privacy considerations in this effort and is working to ensure best practices and appropriate privacy safeguards, including all legal and licensure requirements under HIPAA and other applicable state and federal laws.   The proposed rules allow temporary exemptions based on size, technological capability or financial hardship. OHCA is actively engaging with providers to discuss exemption criteria for specific provider types regarding transmission of data restrictions, with a particular focus on behavioral health, and are expecting to revise the proposed rules to apply exemptions based on provider type.   After the passage of SB 1369, the rule proposal is the first step in a thorough process to develop regulations that will achieve the desired benefits for Oklahoma's citizens, serving the needs of providers and patients alike. To ensure your concerns are addressed, OHCA invites you to be a part of the conversation. Please send your feedback through the new comments feature on oklahoma.gov/ohca/okshine. This page will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

Last year, state lawmakers in Oklahoma passed SB 1369, the Oklahoma Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act. The legislation requires all healthcare providers to enter patient records into an online database. Set to go into effect on July 1st, the measure specifically requires providers to quote “submit health and dental claims data, unique identifiers, and geographic and demographic information for covered individuals to the Oklahoma Healthcare Transparency Initiative”. In advance of implementation, mental health care providers in Oklahoma are raising concerns about patient privacy and confidentiality. We spoke with  Sabrina  DeQuasie, a  therapist in Oklahoma. We reached out to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Oklahoma's Medicaid Agency. This is their statement below.    OHCA Invites Continued Feedback Regarding OKSHINE/HIE   Oklahoma City, OK – SB1369, passed in the 2022 legislative session, requires OHCA to set up a separate office, the Office of the State Coordinator for Health Information Exchange, with responsibility to oversee a statewide health information exchange with patient data from all healthcare providers. The proposed rules for the program were first introduced in September and have gone through two rounds of public comments, resulting in more than 300 comments. These comments, along with input from the public and dozens of stakeholder engagement meetings, are guiding and informing the implementation process. OHCA is grateful for the feedback of Oklahoma patients and providers.   The opportunity to utilize the HIE is significant, with potential to reduce adverse drug events, redundant testing, and promote a culture of improved collaboration among different healthcare providers, resulting in a more streamlined, holistic health care approach for Oklahomans. The agency understands the importance of privacy considerations in this effort and is working to ensure best practices and appropriate privacy safeguards, including all legal and licensure requirements under HIPAA and other applicable state and federal laws.   The proposed rules allow temporary exemptions based on size, technological capability or financial hardship. OHCA is actively engaging with providers to discuss exemption criteria for specific provider types regarding transmission of data restrictions, with a particular focus on behavioral health, and are expecting to revise the proposed rules to apply exemptions based on provider type.   After the passage of SB 1369, the rule proposal is the first step in a thorough process to develop regulations that will achieve the desired benefits for Oklahoma's citizens, serving the needs of providers and patients alike. To ensure your concerns are addressed, OHCA invites you to be a part of the conversation. Please send your feedback through the new comments feature on oklahoma.gov/ohca/okshine. This page will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

Former Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson joins Austin and Bill to discuss his decision to take the Tulsa head coaching job, the moving pieces on the Buckeyes' offensive coaching staff and his memories from six years in Columbus.This is THE Podcast Daily for Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. 

Matt Morlock, Pheasants Forever's North & South Dakota's State Coordinator joins the show to discuss the impact of the blizzards and arctic blasts that have pummeled America's bird country.  We discuss the devastating effects these storms can have, current conditions in the field, when to pull the plug on hunts, what hunters can expect for the final weeks, and why it may benefit the overall population to harvest a few more pheasants before your season closes.Presented by North Dakota Tourism (https://www.legendarynd.com/,) Federal Premium Ammunition (https://www.federalpremium.com/,) Aluma (https://www.alumaklm.com,) Walton's (https://www.waltonsinc.com/,) OnX Maps (https://www.onxmaps.com/,) Nutri Souce (https://nutrisourcepetfoods.com/,) & Bear Cave Brewing (https://bearcavebrewing.com)

Creating Synergy is back with a brand new episode with Grant Stevens, Commissioner of the South Australian Police on leading SA through a once-in-a-century pandemic! This episode is jam-packed with real-world leadership insights from the man himself. Grant leads one of the largest police services in Australia with over 5,000 staff and He has been a calm, steady presence over the past few years as State Coordinator for COVID-19, which has been one of the most significant challenges our state has faced in recent history. In this episode, you'll learn:

Don't miss this episode of Mobile and Cyber with Jim Kovach, Zimperium and Special Guest, Arielle Baine, Cybersecurity Advisor and State Coordinator (DE), CISA. Tune in and hear a introduction to CISA and the roles of the organization's State Coordinators. Learn about their mission, uniqueness, size, and scope of work. Hear their shared thoughts on the recent Cyber Grant program, and hear why critical infrastructure partners are vital for CISA.

On The Town With Tanya chats with State Coordinator at The National Blood Transfusion Service, Lokoja Centre Kogi Nigeria, Dr. Matthew Ibrahim. Since the massive floods what has been done to assure the people recieve safe clean blood supply in all areas? On The Town With Tanya is committed to bringing all of the African Diaspora's together in hopes that we come up with solutions and solve our world problems. "together, learn and we grow"- Tanya Thank you Producer/Booker: Steven Izekor Dr. Matthew Ibrahim --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tanya-cooper/support

Kim Kaseman is an all around outdoorswoman with a passion foe conservation education. She's working on completing the Appalachian Trail, she's a hunter and the State Coordinator for the Leopold Education Project. Learn More Here: https://www.aldoleopold.org Buy a Knife from Malone Knives: https://bit.ly/3VmikEh Get 10% off Absolute Aid Products: https://bit.ly/3px2Jnt Discount Code: APTITUDE10 Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/Aptitudeoutdoor More Aptitude Outdoors here: https://bit.ly/2YLp82N

Today we visit with a "Friend of the Show," Mr. Jim Wright, CMAA of New York. Jim is a longtime AD who now serves as the State Coordinator for New York along with hosting TWO of his own Podcasts - The 3 Minute AD and The AD Vantage Point. Jim shares his story along with some Best Practices on THIS episode of THE EDUCATIONAL AD PODCAST! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/educational-ad-podcast/support

Just our 2nd trip to Delaware but a GREAT visit with Joe Thomson, CMAA from Wilmington Friends School. Joe is also the State Coordinator for Delaware and he shares some Best Practices along with a terrific reminder on WHY we need to get involved with our state association and the NIAAA! THIS is The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/educational-ad-podcast/support

We sit down and talk with Barth Crouch who is the State Coordinator of the Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition.  Barth brings us up to speed with what the KGLC is doing to help ranchers better manage their lands for cattle, wildlife, and the future of grasslands in Kansas.

After I posted a video about the Roe hysteria/psyop (https://youtu.be/xmmg9jjfORQ), Vincent James, aka: The Belligerent Agorist called me in on my civics/constitutional ignorance about what had really happened, which inspired me to have him on the show for a deep dive.Find the second half of our chat at: danikatz.locals.com and/or patreon.com/danikatzTo work or collaborate with me, find me at danikatz.comVince's resources/information:https://mystatusselect.com - Professional Status Correction ServicesTo contact your State Coordinator to join your local Assembly: https://tasa.americanstatenationals.org/state-coordinators/To begin your education in freedom, you can start with educating yourself on how to complete your own paperwork and chart a course for education in freemanship: https://tasa.americanstatenationals.org/chart-your-course/www.taoscommonlawyer.com – Frank's personal, brand new website, currently under constructionCommon Law resources; www.commonlawyer.com, www.1215.org, https://theloresociety.com, https://www.iamhassentmetoyou.com, www.awarriorcalls.com.Vince's Bitchute channel:https://www.bitchute.com/channel/MBJ4tIXPTOPy/ - Belligerent Agorist, also on Rumble, YT, Brighteon, Odyseeemail Vince at vincejames@newmexicoassembly.comShow notes:The constitutional miseducation of Dani KatzPersonal experience For The WIN!The Historical Richness of common law AKA Common SenseBabylonian civil law and its need to subjugate and controlReality paradox: Common law when in action deems to attract negative attention from law enforcementMarbury v Madison (1803): All laws in opposition to the constitution are unlawful IE Roe v Wade and mask mandatesWE THE PEOPLEThe case for self-governanceWho are the police REALLY?Learning to assert our rightsThe politicization of Roe v WadeBodily autonomy as a foundation of republicRoe, EPA and States RightsAbraham Lincoln: the untold taleSovereign: The filthiest word in our languageTaking responsibility for our apathy and ignorance is one thing but I'M BORN FREE AS THE WINDThe benefits of tribal lawVoting vs. Electing

Ending Human Trafficking Through Increasing Community Awareness & Prevention Education (CAPE) Organization: Rotary Action Group Against Slavery Every leader has a network they have built over their lifetime. I firmly believe God is calling His church to end human trafficking by mobilizing them where they are to learn more about human trafficking and help elevate Community Awareness and activate the networks God has given them to help implement Prevention Education thereby starting a CAPE plan for their community. This is done through leveraging networks, creating stakeholder partnerships, and helping them achieve their mission. I see this happening through churches and community organizations such as Rotary International. With an estimated

Activist and War Veteran, Bruce Gagnon, rejoins the program to share his extensive knowledge on the military weapons and war crimes being committed against the Russians, Ukrainians, Indonesians, and all the other people of the world. He informs listeners on the tragic realities of Ukraine and what the Globalist war mongers, using the U.S. Military Industrial complex, have planned for the world. You can follow Bruce Gagnon on his daily blog "Organizing Notes" or his organization's website at Space4Peace.org   Please help us fight for Freedom of Speech, consider donating @ givesendgo.com/DefendingFreeSpeech Important Proven Solutions to Keep from Getting Sick Even if you Received the mRNA Shot Protect your family and your assets with Silver & Gold - Contact info@milesfranklin.com, tell them "Sarah sent you" and receive excellent service and the lowest prices in the country, guaranteed! See exclusives and more by becoming a member. You can sign up at SarahWestall.TV or at Ebener MUSIC CREDITS: "Dramatic Trailer" by Media Music Group & "Do You Trust Me" by Michael Vignola, licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio     See on Bastyon | Bitchute | Odysee | Rumble | Freedom.Social | SarahWestall.TV   Bruce Gagnon Biography Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.  He was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. Between 1983–1998 Bruce was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice and has worked on space issues for over 35 years.  In 1987 he organized the largest peace protest in Florida history when over 5,000 people marched on Cape Canaveral in opposition to the first flight test of the Trident II nuclear missile. He was the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (NASA launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that drew enormous support and media coverage around the world and was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes. Bruce has traveled to and spoken in England, Germany, Mexico, Canada, France, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Japan, Australia, Scotland, Wales, Greece, India, Brazil, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Nepal and throughout the U.S. He has also spoken on many college campuses including: Loyola University, Drake University, Syracuse University, Cornell University, University of Michigan, Cal Poly State University, University of Pittsburgh, California Institute of Technology, University of Oregon, University of Alaska Anchorage, Marquette University, Brown University, Hunter College, University of Arkansas, University of Florida, Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), University of Maine, and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (India). Project Censored (from Sonoma State University, CA) named a story on space weaponization by Bruce as the 8th Most Censored story in 1999.  Again in 2005, Project Censored picked an article on space issues by Bruce as the 16th most censored story of the year. Bruce has been featured by artist Robert Shetterly in his collection of portraits and quotes entitled Americans Who Tell The Truth.  In 2006 he was the recipient of the Dr. Benjamin Spock Peacemaker Award. Bruce initiated the Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home in 2009 that spread to other New England states and beyond.  This campaign makes the important connections between endless war spending and fiscal crisis throughout the U.S.  In 2011 the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a Bring Our War $$ Home resolution – their first entry into foreign policy since the Vietnam War. His articles have appeared in publications like: Earth Island Journal, National Catholic Reporter, Asia Times, Le Monde Diplomatique, Albuquerque Journal, Sekai Journal (Japan), CounterPunch, Space News, Z Magazine, and Canadian Dimension.  Bruce published a new version of his book in 2008 called Come Together Right ...

Today's Guest: Nilsa Alvarez   In September of 2015, Nilsa came on board as Regional & Faith Director for the Republican Party of Florida in preparation for the Presidential, Senate, & local races for the 2016 Elections and went on to manage the Hialeah Campaign Office for then- candidate Donald J. Trump on behalf of the GOP.   After the 2016 elections, Nilsa continued to serve the state party as a liaison to RECs in 15 different counties, training them in grassroots, voter registration techniques to commit the vote, and help lead the state in registration metrics and community engagement with Project Majority Red led by State Representative Blaise Ingoglia. During that time, Nilsa became the NC's go-to trainer for the Republican Leadership Initiative where she trained emerging Republican chapters such as the Asian GOP and the National Committee of Romanian American Republicans. In 2018, Nilsa managed the Broward County Campaign Offices for the FL mid-term elections, representing all Republican nominees down the ballot with a field team that contributed towards a victorious outcome for Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Rick Scott, and many others. As of 2019, she serves as an Independent Political Strategist and Project Manager alongside a team of Christian political operatives at Footprint Ideas LLC for several conservative political organizations such as: The Faith & Freedom Coalition, Bienvenido, Latinos for Tennessee, volunteered as the State Coordinator for Evangelicals for Trump TN, and serves the great state of Tennessee as a member of Governor Bill Lee's Hispanic Advisory Board while serving as part of the Governor's Economic Recovery Group during the 2020 pandemic. ————————————————————————————— Help us fund the operation here: www.ToddCoconato.com/give Get up to the minute news here: www.Remnant.News Download our new app at www.ToddCoconato.com/app Follow Pastor Todd here: www.toddcoconato.com/findme Go to our store for special deals for Remnant Warriors here: https://remnant.news/hanews/deals-for-remnant-warriors/  

“If Jesus comes at the end of this school year, did we do all we were supposed to do?” What a great question!  If this is our last school year to pray, to teach, to point the next generation to Jesus, are we making the most of every opportunity we have been given?  Today Stacy talks with educator, author and Moms in Prayer South Carolina State Coordinator, Vanessa Frazier.  Listen in as Vanessa inspires us with what a difference even one Christian educator can make.  You won't want to miss the contagious passion in this episode because now is our time, our opportunity to make a Kingdom impact. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Vanessa Frazier is South Carolina's State Coordinator for Moms in Prayer International.  With over 25 years of experience walking and talking with God in national and international schools, she continues to go forward with the Great Commission—making disciples of public school teachers. She acknowledges Jesus Christ as her Teacher and Lord, keeping passion and zeal on her side while diligently striving to inspire teachers to gravitate toward the Word of God for daily direction, counsel, and guidance.  The author of the book, Dear God, Welcome Back to School, Vanessa serves as a Christian Education coach with the God-given ability to equip and encourage teachers throughout the year. The end result allows educational professionals to draw on the power of God to make extraordinary changes in their classrooms.  She recently completed her ED.S in Educational Leadership at Columbia International University and plans to complete her Doctorate in Education in the near future.    SCRIPTURES: (NIV unless noted) I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Joshua 1:3 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:10 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  Ephesians 6:12 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.1Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NKJV)   BOOKS BY VANESSA FRAZIER:  Dear God, Welcome Back to School https://redemption-press.com/product/dear-god-welcome-back-to-school/   LINKS: Disciples in Education   MOMS IN PRAYER New to Moms in Prayer? Find Out More!  PRAY with Moms in Your Community for Your Children Support Our Mission

“At the time of our creation, God knit into you and me all we would need to fight the battle for our children's return.”  God is so good!  Today Stacy speaks with our Mississippi State Coordinator, Teresa Newcomer.  Teresa has walked through many storms in this life and she is going to point us to the hope that is strong and trustworthy, an anchor for our souls.  This episode will encourage everyone who is looking for hope, especially hope for prodigals.  About our Guest: Teresa Newcomer is honored to serve as Mississippi's first Moms in Prayer State Coordinator. She first became a group leader and started a group for her son's school in 2013, not realizing God was preparing her for leadership as an Area Coordinator and then State Coordinator in 2017. Nothing makes her happier than sharing the joy of praying for children and schools. She enjoys every opportunity to speak to churches and women's groups about the power of prayer. Teresa and her husband, Will, have been married nearly 35 years and have a daughter, 27, and a son, 22. They enjoy traveling, discovering new places and   have been blessed by many years of being involved in volunteer missions both at home and abroad. Links: https://momsinprayer.org/get-involved/join-a-group/moms-praying-for-prodigals/ https://momsinprayer.org/get-involved/start-a-group/             To give to the ministry of Moms in Prayer: Support Our Mission | Moms In Prayer International             Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org Scriptures:  Psalm 71:14 (NIV) “As for me, I will always have hope.” Isaiah 60:4 (NIV) “Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.” Jeremiah 31:16-17 (NIV) This is what the Lord says “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord.“They will return from the land of the enemy. So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the Lord. “Your children will return to their own land.” Luke 18:7-8 (NIV) And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?  I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” John 16:33 (NIV) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Acts 17:25 (NIV) “And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.“

सुनिए शक्ति सिंह झाला के जीवन की प्रेरक कहानी। वर्तमान में शक्ति सिंह झाला छात्र संगठन एनएसयूआई के सोशल मीडिया के प्रदेश चेयरमैन के पद पर कार्यरत है। आपको बतादें ग्रामीण परिवेश में पले-बड़े शक्ति सिंह झाला एक ऐसे परिवार से ताल्लुक रखते है जहां सभी राजनीति से जुड़े है। इनके दादा राजनीतिक पार्टी के सदस्य रहे है। वही परिवार के अन्य सदस्य भी राजनीतिक पार्टी से ही जुड़े है, ऐसे में बचपन से इनकी जुड़ाव भी राजनीति की ओर रहा था। इन्होंने अपनी प्रारंभिक शिक्षा गाँव के ही सरकारी स्कूल से पूरी की। और फिर अच्छी शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के उद्देश्य से इन्होंने उदयपुर शहर के एक स्कूल में अपनी पढ़ाई की। और फिर अरावली कॉलेज ऑफ़ इंजीनियरिंग एंड मैनेजमेंट से बी.टेक करने के दौरान ही धीरे धीरे छात्रों की समस्याओं की ओर इनका ध्यान गया। और फिर ये धीरे धीरे एनएसयूआई संगठन से जुड़े। और संगठन के कार्यों में अपनी पूर्ण भागीदारी निभाई। और आज ये एनएसयूआई संगठन में मजबूती से कार्य करने वाले एक युवा शख्स है। आपको बतादें संगठन के प्रति इनकी निष्ठा इस कदर गहरी थी जिसे देखते हुए संगठन ने इन्हें जिला प्रवक्ता के रूप में नियुक्त किया और फिर तीन साल तक इन्होंने जिला प्रवक्ता के रूप में कार्य किया। और फिर संगठन के प्रति इनका समर्पण, इनकी निष्ठा को देखते हुए इन्हें प्रदेश संयोजक पद पर नियुक्त किया गया। और फिर सोशल मीडिया पर इनकी सक्रियता को देखते हुए संगठन ने इन्हें एनएसयूआई राजस्थान सोशल मीडिया के प्रदेश चेयरमैन के पद पर नियुक्त किया । विगत एक साल से ये इस पद पर रहते हुए प्रदेश स्तर पर सोशल मीडिया के ज़रिये संगठन को और अधिक मजबूत बनाने का प्रयास कर रहे है। पूरी कहानी पढ़ें: https://stories.workmob.com/shakti-jhala-government-politicsवर्कमोब द्वारा #मेरीकहानी कार्यक्रम के माध्यम से एक नयी पहल शुरू की गयी है जिसके ज़रिये हर कोई छोटे बड़े बिज़नेस ओनर्स अपनी प्रेरक कहानियों को यहाँ सभी के साथ साझा कर सकते है। क्योंकि हर शख्स की कहानी में है वो बात जो जीवन को बदलकर एक नयी दिशा दिखाएगी, और ज़िन्दगी में ले आएगी आशा की एक नयी चमकती किरण। #प्रेरककहानियाँ #शक्तिसिंहझाला #एनएसयूआई #छात्रसंगठन #सोशलमीडिया #प्रदेशचेयरमैन #इंजीनियरिंग #बीटेक जानिए वर्कमोब के बारे में: जुड़िये वर्कमोब पर अपनी कहानी साझा करने और प्रेरणादायक कहानियाँ देखने के लिए। ये एक ऐसा मंच है जहां आप पेशेवरों, लघु व्यापारियों, उद्यमियों और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं की वीडियो कहानियां देख सकते हैं और दूसरों को प्रेरित करने के लिए अपनी व्यक्तिगत और व्यावसायिक कहानी सभी के साथ साझा कर सकते हैं। आपकी कहानी में लोगों को आशा देने, प्रेरणा देने और दूसरों का जीवन बदलने में मदद करने की एक अद्भुत क्षमता है। यह 100% मुफ़्त है। इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें और देखें प्रेरक कहानियां https://stories.workmob.com/हमारे ऐप्प को डाउनलोड करें: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workmob iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/workmob/id901802570 

Welcome to January 4, which goes by many names. It’s National Trivia Day, according to nationaldaycalendar.com. It’s also National Spaghetti Day and National Missouri Day, two more pieces of information you might not necessarily need to know, but there you are. Another piece of information is that this is Charlottesville Community Engagement. Who is the host? Send me your best guess.Charlottesville Community Engagement is a service of Town Crier Productions that depends on contributions from readers and listeners. Sign up for free today and decide later if you’d like to support the show with a subscription.  On today’s show:A winter storm has caused various delays and power outages through the region with the effects still being felt this morningThe ARB seeks changes to a three-story self-storage building proposed at the intersection of U.S. 250 and Crozet Avenue The Blue Ridge Health District will hold a town hall on the pandemic tonight, and people between the age of 12 and 15 are now eligible for the Pfizer boosterGovernor Youngkin appoints more staff as well as key positions in veteran services Virginia sets up a mortgage relief fund Today’s first subscriber-supported public service announcement goes out to Camp Albemarle, which has for sixty years been a “wholesome rural, rustic and restful site for youth activities, church groups, civic events and occasional private programs.”Located on 14 acres on the banks of the Moorman’s River near Free Union, Camp Albemarle continues as a legacy of being a Civilian Conservation Corps project that sought to promote the importance of rural activities. Camp Albemarle seeks support for a plan to winterize the Hamner Lodge, a structure built in 1941 by the CCC and used by every 4th and 5th grade student in Charlottesville and Albemarle for the study ecology for over 20 years. If this campaign is successful, Camp Albemarle could operate year-round. Consider your support by visiting their website to make a donation. Storm aftermathThousands of homes throughout the region continue to be without power a day after a winter storm charged through the area one day after temperatures in the sixties. Downed tree branches due to heavy snow have knocked out power lines. As of 9 a.m. this morning, Dominion Energy reported 21,152 customers without power in Albemarle and 4,619 customers in Charlottesville. Nearly all customers in Louisa remained without power as the sun rose. Around two-thirds of Fluvanna customers were without power. Consult their outage map for updated information. The storm canceled the meetings of both the Louisa County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council. Louisa will meet tonight beginning at 5 p.m. to select a chair and vice chair before going into closed session. The new City Council will meet tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. to go into closed session before an open session scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Trash service in the city of Charlottesville was delayed yesterday and has been canceled for today. That will mean a two-day delay for city residents beginning tomorrow when Monday’s service will resume. The service week will conclude on Sunday. Learn more in this release.Elsewhere in Virginia, I-95 south of D.C. remains close at publication with reports of thousands of stranded drivers. That includes Senator Tim Kaine. Pandemic update: FDA approved Pfizer booster for 12+The omicron surge continues in Virginia with the Virginia Department of Health reporting another 15,449 new cases and the percent positivity statewide has now increased to 29.9 percent. The percent positivity in the Blue Ridge Health District is at 22.8 percent and there are 326 new cases. District officials will hold a virtual town hall meeting tonight beginning at 7 p.m. and the main topic is local guidance on new CDC rules related to quarantine and isolation following a diagnosis. (meeting info)On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in three ways. Individuals between the age of 12 and 15 will soon be able to get a single booster dose. They’ve also allowed a shortening of the time between completing the first two doses and the booster to a minimum of five months. Thirdly, children between five and 11 with certain immunocompromised conditions will also be able for a third shot of the primary series. According to a press release, the FDA analyzed data from Israel where the booster has been authorized for those between 12 and 15. They argue the data shows the benefits of protection from new variants outweighs the potential risks. Virginia Mortgage Relief If you or someone you know is having trouble paying your mortgage, the Commonwealth of Virginia has a new relief program. Applications are now open for the program, which follows on the heels of the Virginia Rent Relief Program. “The Commonwealth has implemented rent and mortgage relief programs through designated state and federal resources,” reads a press release from outgoing Governor Ralph Northam. “Combined, these programs have provided more than $519.5 million in 106,621 rent relief payments for more than 76,500 households across Virginia.”The funding source for the new program comes from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Homeowner’s Assistance Fund. To be eligible, households need to demonstrate a reduction of income after January of 2020. For more information, visit virginiamortgagerelief.com.Youngkin names top staff, two key Veterans’ positionsGovernor-elect Glenn Youngkin will take office in less than two weeks, and he continues to flesh out his cabinet. Yesterday he names a chief of staff and other top positions. Richard Cullen will serve as Counselor, Jeff Goettman will serve as Chief of Staff, and Rebecca Glover will be Assistant Chief of Staff and Communications Director. Eric Moeller will be the Chief Transformation Officer. Cullen is a senior partner at the law firm McGuireWoods who served as Attorney General in 1997. Previous clients have included former Vice President Mike Pence and former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Learn more about the appointments in a release on the transition website.This morning, Youngkin appointed Craig Crenshaw to serve as his Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs. Crenshaw is a former marine who is currently the president of Claxton Logistics Services. Dan Gade will be the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services. Gade is a veteran of the second Iraq War who lost his right leg in 2005. He is the co-founder of The Independence Project and was also the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in the 2020 race won by Senator Mark Warner. More 2022 General Assembly bills  Eight days to go until the 2022 General Assembly begins, and volume of pre–filed bills is still low enough to report. Once the session begins, action moves fast. Senator John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) filed a bill requiring the state Registrar to amend death certificates within 30 days if there is new evidence and information. (SB55)Senator Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) filed legislation to establish a Foster Care Prevention program intended to encourage children to be placed with relatives. (SB56)Senator Favola has another bill that would establish the School Health Services Committee to provide guidance on any proposals that might require local school boards to provide health services. (SB62)Senator Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) filed a bill to amend the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act to exempt gift tickets or admission fees if the responsible person is using them to perform official duties. (SB57)Delegate Ronnie Campbell (R-24) wants to add zoos to the list of entities from which animals can be seized if they are being treated cruelly. (HB53)Incoming Delegate Karen Greenhalgh (R-85) would require absentee ballots to sorted by precinct. (HB54)Greenhalgh also submitted a bill to require the State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit a list of recent deaths to the Department of Elections on a weekly basis for the purpose of taking the deceased off the voter rolls. Currently they must do so monthly. (HB55)Delegate Bill Wiley (R-29) filed a bill to provide enhanced retirement benefits for juvenile detention specialists. (HB56)Incoming Delegate Tim Anderson (R-83) would limit the power of a governor’s declaration of emergency to 45 days without General Assembly approval. (HB57)Delegate Glenn Davis (R-84) has a bill that would prevent localities from placing minimum wage and benefit requirements when procuring services from contractors. (HB58)Delegate John McGuire (R-56) would require school principals to notify law enforcement of any acts that could be construed as a misdemeanor. (HB59)McGuire has another bill seeking permission for the Town of Louisa to appoint five to seven members to an economic development authority. Currently the code specifies seven. (HB60)McGuire has another bill that would allow individuals who work as both an employee and a volunteer for a public entity to be able to earn overtime for the employment portion of their service. (HB61)Senator Travis Hackworth (R-38) filed a bill to require the chief of police of a dissolved department to relinquish records to the sheriff of that locality. Seems specific. (SB59)Hackworth has another bill that would move the deadline for political subdivisions to provide information on emergency sheltering capacity to the State Coordinator of Emergency Management from May to August. (SB60)Hackworth also filed legislation to allow judges, law-enforcement officers, attorneys, and judges to carry concealed weapons in areas where they may otherwise be prohibited. (SB61)Distilleries would be allowed to sell products directly to consumers via the Internet if a bill from Senator Frank Ruff (R-15) becomes law. (SB65)Today’s second subscriber-supported public service announcement: The Charlottesville Jazz Society at cvillejazz.org is dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and perpetuation of all that  jazz, and there’s no time like now to find a time to get out and watch people love to play. The Charlottesville Jazz Society keeps a running list of what’s coming up at cvillejazz.org. This Thursday, the Charles Owens Trio will play Potter’s Craft Cider and on Saturday the Eric Franzen Trio plays at Early Mountain Vineyards. Sign up today to see the rest!Further delays for Smith Aquatic CenterJanuary 3 had been the expected reopening day for the Smith Aquatic and Fitness Center in Charlottesville, but further repair is needed for the facility which opened in 2010. However, a release that went out this morning now states that Smith will remain closed until a “spring 2022 reopening.”Smith has been plagued with ventilation issues since soon after it opened. According to a 2015 Daily Progress article, the facility closed for several weeks in 2015 for installation of new exhaust systems. The pool closed again in April 2019 for repairs and was slated to be closed in the spring of 2020 for a $1.8 million repair that has not yet been completed. Crow Indoor Pool is open. ARB seeks smaller scale for Crozet self-storage facilityThe winter storm yesterday ended up canceling all three of the government meetings scheduled including the Albemarle Architectural Review Board. That group last met on December 20 when they weighed in on a self-storage facility proposed for the intersection of U.S. 250 and Crozet Avenue. Margaret Maliszewski is a planning manager who works with the ARB. (watch the meeting)“The proposed building is three stories tall with a 30,000 square foot footprint,” Maliszewski said. “The building as shown on the plan measures 260 feet by 120 feet.”Staff is concerned about the size of the building in relation to what’s around it. Maliszewski said the developer submitted a design with architectural treatments intended to break down the design, but continued to have concerns with the preliminary design. The property is zoned for highway commercial, so the use is allowed but must comply with entrance corridor guidelines. Doug Bates, a member of the Downtown Crozet Initiative and the Crozet Community Advisory Committee. During public comment, he said the project is not consistent with a Crozet Master Plan that seeks to build larger structures closer to downtown and now on U.S. 250.“I can’t think of a more important corridor to deal with Crozet and I would urge this Architectural Review Board to consider your broader responsibilities to keep the community coherent,” Bates said. Another member of the public urged the county to deny the whole proposal. “I think we’re giving too much importance to by-right and not enough to what really needs to go there,” said Brenda Plantz. “It’s a Scenic Highway.” However, Virginia law is clear that property owners are entitled to uses laid out in the zoning code as explained by ARB Chair Dade Van Der Werf. “I think I can speak on behalf of the board to say we certainly appreciate and share the appreciation that this is a significant intersection on these entrance corridors and I think our charge on the ARB aligns with the desire for coherence in the order of the county,” van der Werf said. “We are not empowered to affect zoning or use. That’s kind of the responsibility of the Planning and other commissions.”However, ARB members did express concerns such as this one from Frank Stoner.“I took struggle with the scale of this building,” Stoner said. “It’s very close to the intersection. If there was a way to push it back on the site and make it sort of an ancillary use to something more appropriate that was on the corner, I think I could be supportive.” ARB member Fred Missel also wanted to look very closely to see how the entrance corridor guidelines could be applied at this location.“In my opinion, this project is precisely an example of what the guidelines are designed to help us guard against,” Missel said. “I think we have to not only take our guidelines seriously but also ask the applicant to spend some significant amount of time looking through our guidelines, really understanding them, reflecting on them, and addressing them both visually and also narratively  the next time we speak if its in a work session which I think is probably smart.” Missel said the ARB cannot comment on the use but said the scale is incompatible with the county’s guidelines. The ARB voted 4-0 on a resolution stating their lack of support with one member recusing himself. Recommendations including trying to make the building seem more like a two-story building and looking at other buildings along the corridor to find compatibility. Support the program!Special announcement of a continuing promo with Ting! Are you interested in fast internet? Visit this site and enter your address to see if you can get service through Ting. If you decide to proceed to make the switch, you’ll get:Free installationSecond month of Ting service for freeA $75 gift card to the Downtown MallAdditionally, Ting will match your Substack subscription to support Town Crier Productions, the company that produces this newsletter and other community offerings. So, your $5 a month subscription yields $5 for TCP. Your $50 a year subscription yields $50 for TCP! The same goes for a $200 a year subscription! All goes to cover the costs of getting this newsletter out as often as possible. Learn more here! This is a public episode. 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Happy Christmas Eve Eve everyone! Today my podcast just got a little merrier! I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen RoyI first connected with Karen a couple of years ago on LinkedIn and during my first Abilities Expo in Phoenix, I got to meet her in person!What makes Karen unique is how she has handled adversity since the spinal cord injury she sustained in 1987, as the result of a gunshot wound to the back. She was the victim of an armed Robbery during her sophomore year at Louisiana State University.After completing her rehabilitation, she went on to finish her BA in Psychology. Next, sheobtained a Master's Degree in Social Work, also from Louisiana State University, and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 1996. Most of her Social Work career was spent working with patients in physical rehabilitation hospitals. For the past six years, she has worked at Numotion and is now the Numotion Brand Ambassador. In her role as Brand Ambassador Karen hosts a disability-related podcast, which is called Life Possible with a Disability and can be found on most podcast platforms. Karen also works in both government and payer relations as part of her role with Numotion. Another passion of Karen's is co-leading the Numotion Disability ERG, the Disability Alliance Network.Karen's passion is advocacy for people with disabilities. This includes over a decade of being on the board for the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Association of Louisiana, which is also the Louisiana Chapter of United Spinal Association. Karen is also the State Coordinator for Ms. Wheelchair Louisiana and an active peer mentor for the United Spinal Association. She was Ms. Wheelchair Louisiana 2018 and won Ms. Wheelchair America 2019. The Ms. Wheelchair America organization's competition is completely based on the woman's history of advocacy and the ability to articulate her platform.Please give her a follow on social media @lifepossiblekr or Life Possible with Karen RoyFollow me @offthecrutchpod

Special guest Joe Moorhead, Penn State's offensive coordinator from 2016-2017, joins PennLive's Dave Jones to talk about his time with the Nittany Lions. He discusses the 2017 Rose Bowl, some of his favorite — and most frustrating — moments and why he chose to move on from Oregon to coach at Akron. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Date: 08.09.2021 (Season 3, Episode 10, 54:13 min.) To read the complete Utah Dept. of Culture & Community Engagement show notes for this episode (including topics in time, photos and recommended readings) click here.  Interested in other episodes of Speak Your Piece? Click here for more episodes.National History Day, along with Utah's affiliate program, Utah History Day, offers a year-long academic extra-curricular program which focuses on historical research, interpretation and creative expression for students between the 4th and 12th-grades. Students may produce websites, exhibits, theatrical pieces, research papers, and short documentaries. Public school students Camellia and Acacia Yuan from Logan, Utah, have participated in National History Day for a number of years; and have been fortunate enough to win at both state competitions and at the national level, the latter in College Park, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.Along with Dr. Wendy Rex Atzet (Statewide Coordinator and Public History Manager, Utah Division of State History), the Yuan sisters describe the topics and arguments for three of their National History Day submissions, along with their research process (including digital resources and conducting hands on research with one-of-a-kind manuscript source materials housed in local academic libraries), visiting local museums, performing taped interviews, and the travel they pursued during their research quests. This interview is an excellent introduction for teachers, parents and students who are considering getting involved in the National History Day program.Bio: Dr. Wendy Rex-Atzet is the State Coordinator for National History Day in Utah; a Utah Division of State history statewide program. Wendy has more than ten years of experience managing the National History Day program at the state level in Colorado and in Utah. Wendy is passionate about helping young people connect with history through hands-on, relevant learning experiences. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she specialized in cultural and environmental history of the American West. She holds an M.A in history from San Diego State University, and a B.A in communications from the University of Utah. Bio: Camellia "Camie" Yuan will be an upcoming senior at Logan High School, Logan Utah. National History Day(NHD) has played a huge role in her life since 7th grade. Besides learning about history, she also does debate, serves as the Service VP in Logan High's Student Government, founded Asian Student Association and S2S (Student to Student) Non-profit and is an Ambassador for 4H National and Utah Center for Legal Inclusion. In her near future, she would like to help speak up for underrepresented individuals.Bio: Acacia Yuan is a 7th grader at Thomas Edison Charter School, Nibley Utah. She loves history, math, zoology, tennis, singing and figure skating because they are fun! She served in the Student Lighthouse and Ambassadors team to organize school events. Being an animal rights fighter, she is motivated to open a shelter for all stray animals as her lifeDo you have a question or comment, or a proposed guest for “Speak Your Piece?” Write us at “ask a historian” – askahistorian@utah.gov

Nick chats with Matt Morlock, the new ND PF State Coordinator on late season hunting opportunities, habitat that holds birds, and how to plan next spring's plantings for wildlife on your land in this week's installment of Our Outdoors Radio. 

On this season three premiere episode, we sit down with Sarah Frey, Employment Director for Work for Warriors MS and Dr. Mangle Shanks, State Coordinator for Building Healthy Military Communities (BHMC) for an in-depth discussion about employment services, various resources and family programs for our Veteran population. For more information about Chalkboard Ch@t - An MPB Education Podcast visit: chalkboardchat.mpbonline.org or education.mpbonline.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Special #MakeHerstory edition of #VoteHerIn, a collaboration of Two Broads Talking Politics & author Rebecca SiveWith Illinois Deputy Gov Sol A. Flores and strategist Alex Sims.Sol Flores serves as deputy governor in Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's administration overseeing Health and Human Services since February 2019. As Deputy Governor, she helped oversee the administration's response to COVID-19, including housing relief and vaccination efforts. Additionally, Flores spearheads the administration's efforts around poverty alleviation, hunger relief, expanding healthcare access to all, and strengthening the state's safety nets for its most vulnerable residents. She was the founding executive director of La Casa Norte, a non-profit organization established in 2002 that has served more than 30,000 youth and families confronting homelessness. Flores built La Casa Norte from two employees to a multi-million-dollar organization delivering inspiration, hope, and critical services. She is a tireless advocate, having served on numerous working groups, commissions, and nonprofit boards. Flores was raised by a single mother who came to Chicago from Puerto Rico, who was recognized as a national Champion of Change by President Barack Obama.Alexandra (Alex) P. Sims believes that one's birthplace and economic status shouldn't negatively affect one's life journey, and her career has taught her that real change is brought about when there is synergy, empathy, and aligned purposes among all public affairs sectors: business, government, philanthropy, and grassroots organizing. Alex came to Chicago from metro Detroit to attend Northwestern University. Awarded the prestigious CORO Fellowship, Alex was assigned by the CORO program to serve in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Motivated by President Barack Obama's education and social policies, Alex was appointed to head his 2012 Presidential campaign for the St. Louis region. Following Obama's victory, Alex continued as a State Coordinator with Organizing for Action (OFA), relocating to Chicago. It was in Chicago there that she founded Every Vote Counts, where she directed the registration of over 120,000 voters in 4 four months - the largest voter registration campaign in the country that year. While Senior Advisor to the City of Chicago Treasurer, she launched an aggressive and strategic agenda of financial equity and access. Now, founder and CEO of APS and Associates, she counsels numerous clients, including The Obama Foundation and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.Both Sol and Alex are graduates of the women in public leadership initiative created by Rebecca Sive for the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Corporal Kent Smith is the State Coordinator for Project Lifesaver. He talks with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson about the Aviation Unit's search and rescue efforts to locate Alzheimer's and Dementia patients who wander off.

Originally aired June 19th, 2021. This episode features Timothy Hughes, hailing from Nashville, TN, discussing the first-ever federally recognized Juneteenth in the United States. Timothy explores the history and meaning behind Juneteenth, discusses the January Capitol riot, and dives into the contemporary political landscape from an intersectional lens.

How can posting fake sex ads help disrupt the sex market? To share real stories of impact we invited Nick Lembo, State Coordinator for Just Men Arizona, which works to train a group of men to disrupt the commercial sex market. Nick explains the process by which his team interacts with potential buyers through fake sex ads, but rather than "naming and shaming" they want to "grasp the humanity" out of that person, by painting a picture of who they could be. Through their program Just.Men Academy, Just Men AZ is mobilizing men through education to learn both causes and solutions to exploitation and how they can take what they've learned to advocate for the voiceless. If you'd like to donate to Just Men AZ or learn more about their training, visit their website: https://justmenaz.org/

Mark Gebhards, Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Illinois Farm Bureau, on activities affecting agriculture and rural America in Congress. Broadband access, Infrastructure funding, climate change, the need for permanent disaster aid relief funding, WOTUS rule changes were discussed. On the state front, the status of the energy bill was highlighted. The IFB Resolutions Committee meets next week, and Mark provided a preview in advance of the session.Kelly Estes, State Coordinator for the Illinois Pest Survey Program on current pest reporting including cicadas, Japanese beetles. Sweeping has begun for the statewide survey. She talked about the need for volunteers for rootworm traps across the state to further investigate the population.Mark Schleusener, National Ag Statistics Service on the June 30 crop acreage and grain stocks report.Dave Fischer, retired Extension Dairy Educator, on his career and his recent recognition by Holstein Association, USA with the Distinguished Leadership award.DeLoss Jahnke from the National Red Power Roundup at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. He met with one of the organizers, Jerome Ripperda from Clinton County. He talks about his involvement with the antique tractor club at the state and national level and his passion for antique International Harvester and Case IH tractors.

Melissa McGinn, MSW, LCSW, is currently Director of Community Prevention Programs for Greater Richmond Stop Child Abuse Now or “SCAN”) and she also serves as State Coordinator for Virginia’s Trauma Informed Community Networks. In our discussion, we cover the upcoming observance of Resilience Week in Virginia (May 2 - 8), along with the state's growing number of Trauma Informed Communities. Melissa also shares a number of resources related to both trauma and resilience. Resources mentioned in this episode:Greater Richmond SCAN website: http://www.grscan.org​PACEs (Positive & Adverse Childhood Experiences): http://www.acesconnection.com​ (there is no "p" in the URL address) Book - "What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD & Oprah Winfrey (Amazon link): https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-...​ Sponsor Information:Teen Connections - https://www.plannedparenthood.org/pla...​ Contact: Malinda Britt, PPSAT Community Health Educator Malinda.Britt@ppsat.org / (540) 315-2130

Mike O'loughlin speaks with Sophie Underwood, State Coordinator of the Planning Matters Alliance.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 202 categorically disenfranchising Black and Brown voters across the state, in direct response to the democratic voter-turn out and historic democratic flip that took place with the senate run-off election. Fenika Miller, State Coordinator for Black Voters Matter explains what's in the SB 202 and what Black Voters Matter is doing to defend the Black and Brown Vote in Georgia. To learn more about Black Voters Matter, and ways you can support their mission-critical work visit https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Fenika Miller, State Coordinator for Black Voters Matters breaks down GA's infamous SB 202 and its implications for Black and Brown Voters across the state, and details BVM's strategy to defend the Black and Brown Vote. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 202 categorically disenfranchising Black and Brown voters across the state, in direct response to the democratic voter-turn out and historic democratic flip that took place with the senate run-off election. Fenika Miller, State Coordinator for Black Voters Matter explains what's in the SB 202 and what Black Voters Matter is doing to defend the Black and Brown Vote in Georgia. To learn more about Black Voters Matter, and ways you can support their mission-critical work visit https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kia-croom/support

When Georgia’s state legislature enacted Senate Bill 2020, an unabashedly regressive voter suppression law, it revealed more than an assault on Black and low-income voters. Governor Brian Kemp was making a direct attack on Black Voters Matters, the nonprofit that partners with Black voters to make real change happen, particularly in rural southern states. This legislation is retaliation against BVM’s historic win in Georgia, which sent Senators Warnock and Ossoff to the U.S. Senate. It reveals a white backlash against a highly effective organization whose leadership dares to speak explicitly about race, politics and power. As Fenika Miller, State Coordinator in Georgia explains, BVM was founded in 2016 to build out the infrastructure of local organizations that are lifelines in their communities but are often underinvested and underestimated. It invites marginalized communities to radically reimagine what access and equity looks like. Now in 10 states, with forty staff members, BVM exemplifies what can happen when organizations are founded in core beliefs and led by those who honor their community every day. Listen to Fenika to know what unstoppable leadership looks like.        

Mike O'loughlin speaks with Sophie Underwood, State Coordinator of Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania.

Brianna Coyle is an activist and leader in the New York Libertarian Movement. She is the Outreach Director for Outright Libertarians and a State Coordinator for both the Libertarian Radical Caucus and Youth Caucus of New York. We talk about Libertarian Centrism, coalitions with the left, and the misconceptions of the Libertarian Party.

Beth Brubaker, State Coordinator of Invent Idaho (USA) and two of her young innovators, Annelise Chavez, inventor of Bee Gone! and Grace Gardiner, inventor of DMAP, both state level Invent Idaho winners and National Invention Convention winners.   Join Innovation World in Inspiring Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in K-12 and Beyond. www.innovationworld.org 

Last year, the Georgia State Legislature created a new position here at DECAL designed to help support social and emotional health in a child’s critical early years of life. Despite the budget challenges caused by COVID-19, the Legislature approved an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Director for Georgia. Joining us to talk about Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health is Laura Lucas, the new Director of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health here at DECAL; and Dallas Rabig, who holds a similar position as Laura, in the state of Alabama as the State Coordinator for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Support the show (http://www.decal.ga.gov)

Aaron Greenberg is the Arboretum Manager for Laurel Hill and West Laurel Cemeteries, where he oversees gardens, grounds, and a collection of over 4,000 trees. He is also the State Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Champion Tree Program which documents the largest trees of each species in the state. Aaron is a Board Certified Master Arborist with the ISA, and Tree Risk Assessment Qualified. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantatrilliontrees/support

How does Moms in Prayer work in countries where believers in Christ are the very small minority, and how do moms pray when their children may be persecuted for their faith?  Today, Lee is joined by Moms in Prayer’s Asian International Leadership Developer, Stephanie McDermott, and Indian national, Sneha Thomas to discuss the ways God is moving among His people to call intercessors for children and schools in Asia.  This is a must listen episode.  About our Guests: Sneha Thomas holds her Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and her Masters in Computer Applications.  She is married to Dr. Thomas George, interventional cardiologist, and the mother of two boys. Sneha is a full time homemaker and bondservant of Jesus Christ. She serves as a teaching leader with Bible Study fellowship, Kottayam at Baker chapel and as a International Contact Person and Leader of a Moms in Prayer group in Kottayam. Stephanie McDermott has been with MIPI in a leadership role for over 16 years. She has lived in 5 different countries spanning the Middle East, Europe, Asia Pacific and India, and has been a MIPI leader in each country she has lived in. Hosting groups in her home, other women’s homes, in churches, villages Stephanie is always willing to spread the 4 Steps of Prayer. She has trained many moms that still continue to lead groups in all the countries. Now back in USA, Stephanie holds the position of State Coordinator for Florida and also has a role on the Global Ministry side of MIPI. She is an International Leader Developer for India, Singapore & Sri Lanka. Her life is an eventful one, as each new day brings her alongside wonderful opportunities to introduce moms to the power of prayer; and cover our next generation of leaders for Christ and His Kingdom’s work; here in USA and Asia Pacific. Stephanie is a mom of two third culture kids, and along with her husband William, they all support her passion for MIP. Stephanie loves hosting dinners for friends and family and taking care of her 4 cats: Joy & Hope from Singapore and Grace and Jeremiah from India.   Scripture:  Jeremiah 31:3- “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.” Links: To give to the ministry of Moms in Prayer: Support Our Mission | Moms In Prayer International To learn more about the Global Day of Prayer and Fasting on January 13, 2021:  https://momsinprayer.org/events/global-day-of-prayer-fasting-2021/ Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org

Juli Shively interviews Beth Brubaker, State Coordinator of Invent Idaho and two of her young innovators.  Annelise Chavez, inventor of Bee Gone! and Grace Gardiner, inventor of DMAP, both state level Invent Idaho winners and National Invention Convention winners.  

Melinda speaks with State Coordinator of Braver Angels

Simon Johnson, State Coordinator of Sports Chaplaincy Australia is our guest speaker today. Simon's sermon is "The Power of a Wave". He asks 3 questions - Who are you waving to? Who are you waving with? And Who are you waving for?

Virtual Book Launch Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries SEPT 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT This book provides a global overview of agricultural extension and advisory services, assesses and compares extension systems at the national and regional levels, examines the performance of extension approaches in a selected set of country cases, and shares lessons and policy insights. Drawing on both primary and secondary data, the book contributes to the literature on extension by applying a common and comprehensive framework — the “best-fit” approach — to assessments of extension systems, which allows for comparison across cases and geographies. Insights from the research support reforms — in governance, capacity, management, and advisory methods — to improve outcomes, enhance financial sustainability, and achieve greater scale. Hear from the book’s editors on how this book can be applied as a valuable resource for policymakers, extension practitioners, and others concerned with agricultural development. Welcome and Introduction: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) Overview: Kristin Davis, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Remarks: Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Professor, Makerere University Hur Ben Corrêa da Silva, State Coordinator, Personnel and Career Development, Paraná, Brazil Conclusions and Recommendations: Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow & Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI Moderator: Catherine Ragasa, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI LINKS: Book: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755 Websites: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM): http://pim.cgiar.org/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-agricultural-extension-global-status-and-performance-selected-countries Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Happy Monday Friend! Today's episode is all about climate change, climate justice and what we can do as individuals and groups to help. Our guest today, Claire Rogers, is an active member of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition having just finished up a year of being State Coordinator. She is also currently studying a double degree of Politics and Science! She's awesome and we seriously loved having a casual conversation with her about the complicated conversation of climate change :)Here is a link to the survey Claire spoke about with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition to collect data to present to Origin. We hope you enjoy this episode and if you'd like to support us, subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, leave a super nice review, and screenshot the episode/show us where you're listening to us by posting on your instagram story and tagging @samandemhaveproblems :)  Our recommendations this week were:Sam - Bronson by BronsonEm - A salt lamp Claire - Immunity Tea (recipe below) Climate Change Activist Groups Claire suggested:Australian Youth Climate CoalitionGreenpeaceTomorrow Movement350.org AustraliaSeed Indigenous Youth Climate Action NetworkImmunity Tea recipe:Fresh ginger (grated fine), turmeric, a little bit of black pepper, lemon, honey  and a dash of apple cider vinegar. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook:@samandemhaveproblems Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/samandem Music by The Vinyl Press - Outside@thevinylpress Your hosts are Emily Judd (emily_judd) and Sam Wallis For business enquiries please email samandem.podcast@gmail.com

Shameka is a disability advocate and consultant she provide resources to people with disabilities, their families and community organizations. She currently is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Self-Advocacy Association of NYS. The Self-Advocacy Association of New York is an organization for and run by people with development disabilities. SANYS helps people with developmental disabilities speak up for themselves and others. Shameka is the author of the children's book Butterfly on Wheels and has collaborated with other author book projects such as Behind the Smile : 15 Women Who Survived the Storm Shameka is a member of the Commissioners Advisory Council of the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. She also serves on the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, The board of Catholic Charities Disability Service. Shameka has an Associates Degrees in Business Management from Mildred Elley Business School. In 2006, Shameka was the title Ms. Wheelchair NY after being second runner up in 2005. Ms. Wheelchair America is an organization that promotes Disability Awareness and celebrates and the accomplishments of women and girls in wheelchairs. In 2013 Shameka became the State Coordinator for the Ms. Wheelchair NY Program When she is not working Shameka loves traveling, listening to music and going to Zumba and Yoga classes. Make a contribution to: https://www.paypal.me/Disabilityempowered --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-full-set-podcast/support

All morning long, Dan and Amy had the latest on the riots in downtown Chicago Lt. Col. James Carafano is Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation and author of  Wiki at War: Conflict in a Socially Networked World and Private Sector, Public Wars – Contractors in Combat he joined Dan and Amy to explain why he believes why Trump’s TikTok battle with China is worth fighting Roger D Klein, MD, JD is an expert with the Regulatory Transparency Project’s FDA and Health Working Group. Former Director of Molecular Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic, former advisor to the FDA, CDC, CMS, and HHS. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about the latest news in the COVID outbreak Latasha Fields is the Co-Founder and Overseer of Our Report Ministries & Publications, Founder/Teacher of Ky’Ijel Group Christian Academy (Homeschool Academy), Director of Christian Home Educators Support System (C.H.E.S.S.), State Coordinator of Illinois for ParentalRights.org. She joined Dan and Amy to talk about the state of public and private education in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak

The civic responsibility and strategy with Jessie Leger. State Coordinator for TeenPact in Louisiana

Learn more about “military friendly schools” when Abby Rodriguez, State Coordinator for Military Connected and At-Risk Students in the Highly Mobile and At-Risk Student Programs Division for the Texas Education Agency, shares details about the Texas Purple Star Campus Designation with MCEC MSTC Kamilah Antoine.   MCEC MSTC Programs at: https://www.militarychild.org/programs/military-student-transition-consultants-programs TEA Purple Star Campus Designation at: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/other-services/military-family-resources Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children at: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/other-services/interstate-compact-on-educational-opportunity-for-military-children TXschools.gov at: https://txschools.gov/ OH Purple Star Designation at: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Other-Resources/Ohio-Network-for-Military-Families-and-Veterans/Supporting-Ohio-s-Military-Families/Purple-Star-Award The  Virginia Purple Star Designation Program for Schools at: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/student_family/military/va-psdp/index.shtml This podcast has been made possible thanks to the generous support provided by the Fort Hood Spouses’ Club.

Bringing science, history & culture together can be so rewarding for learners! In this episode, we chat with Allyson Mitchell who is the Outreach Programs Manager for Penn Museum, also known as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. From interactive virtual learning to science & cultural engagement programs onsite and beyond, there's a lot happening near the heart of Philadelphia. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About Allyson Mitchell Throughout her professional and scholastic careers, Allyson Mitchell has focused on how technology can act as a bridge to connect formal and informal educational spaces and programs. Prior to joining the Penn Museum, Mitchell served as the Curator of Education at the Delaware History Museum, where she created a new Distance Learning studio and supporting programs.  During her time in Delaware, Allyson acted as the State Coordinator for the National History Day program for two consecutive years. Mitchell has held a variety of positions within the Education Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she primarily worked to assist K-12 educators in integrating museum collections and technology into their classroom curriculum.  She graduated with high honours from Tyler School of Art at Temple University with a Bachelor's degree in Art History and minor Italian. She earned a Master's degree in Museum Education at the University of the Arts and recently received her certification in Global Education Leadership. Mitchell has presented at the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museum Conference and the 2017 American Association of Museum Expo and Conference to discuss the implications of distance learning in a museum setting. In Summer 2019, Mitchell served as Guest Editor for the Journal of Museum Education, 44:3- Virtual Visits: Museums Beaming in Live to which she also contributed an article focusing on her work at the Penn Museum. Penn Museum Website: www.penn.museum Programs: Interactive Virtual Learning Programs Page for families, educational groups, and adults. Quick links to digital resources: Great Lecture Playlists, Digital Daily Digs, At-Home Anthropology for Kids Artifact Lab Blog: https://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/ Center For The Analysis of Archaeological  Materials (CAAM) https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/caam Virtual Learning Journal of Museum Education, 44.3 – ‘Virtual Visits: Museums Beaming in Live!' link to full issue *Be in touch with mallysonconsult@gmail.com for information about specific articles Links to Authors Institutions EarthEco International – Click here to learn more about their view into science through Interactive Virtual Learning workshops! Cleveland Museum of Art –Discover more about looking at objects as artists with a LIVE virtual visit by clicking here Find out more about these and more Content Providers at the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration Philadelphia Science Festival https://www.fi.edu/psf About the FizzicsEd Podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rivers State chapter of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria has mandated hotel guests in the state to wear facemasks before they can be attended to by workers in such facilities. State Coordinator of FTAN, Eugene Nwauzi, stated this saying the decision is part of measures being taken by hotels in the state to check the spread of COVID-19. Nwauzi added that any guest who flouts the guidelines would not receive the attention of hotel attendants. He, however, lamented that the tourism industry in the state had lost over 15 billion naira as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that aviation and hotels were worse hit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I actually recorded my first LIVE podcast during a Bridal Open House at the Detroit Historical Museum.  I interview Brandy Lane, the State Coordinator for the Association of Bridal Consultants, David Robinson, DJ Steel Detroit, and Nick Hardy, from the Elysium Experience (audio/visual production company) Listen to hear each of their perspectives on various aspects of #weddingplanning for your #BigDay, such as: 1) "Keeping the End in Mind"  2) Utilizing the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) to choose your Wedding Coordinator; 3) Monitoring your Guest Count, and MUCH MORE!    

My guest for this episode is Christa Gannon, the founder and CEO of FLY program – Fresh Lifelines for Youth—which was formed as a nonprofit in 2000. FLY began with one staff member and a handful of volunteers serving youth in a few neighborhoods in San Jose. Today, with 55 staff and more than 200 volunteers, FLY serves approximately 2,500 youth annually in 25 cities throughout the Bay Area. The agency and Christa have received numerous local, state, and national awards.    Christa is an honors graduate from University of California Santa Barbara, where she earned a B.S. in Sociology and Law and Society and was a first-team Academic All-American basketball player. Christa continued on to Stanford Law School, graduating with honors, and is now a member of the State Bar of California. While at Stanford, she created a volunteer program using law students who taught basic law curriculum to incarcerated youth. The program received a California State Department of Education award for violence prevention, and the course and model became FLY’s flagship program. After completing a yearlong clerkship for Federal Judge Napoleon A. Jones, Jr. at the Southern District Court of California, Christa was selected as one of ten people in the United States to receive funding from the George Soros Foundation to develop an innovative criminal justice program. With this seed funding Christa launched FLY. In recognition of Christa’s abilities, in the fall of 2000, she was selected to be California’s State Coordinator of Law-Related Education. For several years in that role she supported individuals and organizations that wanted to start law-related education projects. Christa has received numerous awards including: • 2001, City of San Jose Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Award  • 2003, Santa Clara Law School Bay Area Woman of Distinction Award* 2006, Stanford Law School - Inaugural Alumni Public Service Award • Winter 2009, Jefferson Award from CBS 5 News • Winter 2010, Named an Ashoka Fellow one of the first juvenile justice fellows in the country • Fall 2013, In Harmony with Hope Award, Social Entrepreneurs Who Change Young Lives • In 2018, Christa was one of 10 nonprofit executives in California to receive a 2018 Cal Wellness Sabbatical Award Christa is a former member of Stanford’s National Haas Advisory Board. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits and is a guest lecturer at Stanford University. Christa is also a wife and the mother of two children. In this interview, Christa shares words of wisdom for other nonprofit executives, based on her 21+ years of experience. Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Let me know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that, and follow us, on Facebook. To get the free guide I created for you go to: How to Engage Your Board in Fundraising To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.hilandconsulting.org. To learn more about Christa and FLY go to https://flyprogram.org/

Lettermen Row Director of Recruiting Jeremy Birmingham and staff writer Spencer Holbrook break down the news of Jeff Hafley leaving the Buckeyes program for Boston College and what it means to Ohio State's recruiting efforts moving forward. #OhioStateFootball Check out Lettermen Row for more: https://lettermenrow.com/ Follow Lettermen Row here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LettermenRow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LettermenRow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lettermenrow/

Meet Odilia Romero and Janet Martinez. Odilia is the General Binational Coordinator of the Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales, an organization created by indigenous migrants in South Central Los Angeles in 1991 and Co-Founder of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo. Janet Martinez is the Women State Coordinator for  the Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales and Co-Founder of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo. Odilia and Janet are Zapotec. They are mother and daughter, co- founders and partners in continuously pushing to keep the representation of indigenous people alive. Both women are constantly carrying the weight of the indigenous world on their shoulders by simply maintaining existence in a world where indigenous people are trying to be erased. Coming from two different generations, they both understand the necessity of their purpose and they are truly PODEROSAS.     

Meet Steve Baker, NASSP State Coordinator.

Brock Kerchner, State Coordinator for Operation Lifesaver of Pennsylvania.A serious discussion about the fact that every three hours in the U.S., a person or vehicle is hit by a train.

“Praying scripturally using the Moms in Prayer pattern of intercession ensures we are covering much spiritual ground during our prayer times.”  Today Lee is joined by Division Coordinator of the Appalachian Region, Joy Moreau, and Arizona State Coordinator, Liz Arnold to discuss the fourth step of a Moms in Prayer hour, Intercession.  Together they discuss the flow of the intercession time, ways to make sure all the school staff and students are covered, and ways that moms with adult children can remain prayerfully engaged in their communities.  About our Guests: Joy Moreau is the Appalachian Division Coordinator for Moms in Prayer International. She leads a church based group in Charlotte NC. The moms in her group are seeing God guide their children through life and make himself known on their school campuses.   LizArnold is honored to serve as the State Coordinator for Arizona. Shehas been married to her husband, Gary for 35 years, and they have 2 adult children, daughter Leah in Portland, OR, and son Kenny in Tempe, AZ.  Liz & Gary live in the cool pines of Prescott, AZ.   Liz has been involved with Moms in Prayer for 17 years.    Download the Faithful prayer sheet for this month’s training: http://momsinprayer.org/resources/prayer-tools/prayer-sheets/ Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org

Praise transforms every situation reminding us of God’s power and presence in every situation and moment our family faces.  Today Lee is joined by Division Coordinator, Marta Gemelli and State Coordinator, Stacy Callender to the first step of our Moms in Prayer hour, praise!  About our Guests: Marta Gemelli is married to Mike and has four grown children, if you count her  son-in-law. She loves meeting Moms in Prayer moms in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan through her work as Great Lakes Division Coordinator. Marta learned about praying with other moms in California and actually started praying in Moms in Prayer in Minnesota. She moved to Illinois where she spent 6 years as Illinois State Coordinator before her current role in the ministry. Prayer is Stacy Callender’s passion. As Moms in Prayer Southern California State Coordinator, prayer has also become her first resort, privilege and joy. She has been involved with the ministry since her oldest daughter went off to kindergarten in 1999. Stacy and her husband, Scott, have been married for 23 years. Together they have four amazing children. Their oldest just graduated from college and the other three are following close behind. Stacy enjoys spending her free time cheering on her four children in cross country, soccer, lacrosse and track and field events, as well as reading and hiking.   Download the Faithful prayer sheet for this month’s training: http://momsinprayer.org/resources/prayer-tools/prayer-sheets/  Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org

Julie Roys, Christian author, speaker, blogger and host of The Roys Report –Sunday’s at 7pm on AM 560 The Answer, previews her expose on the Pinterest Whistle Blower with Dan & Amy. Noted Economist, Wall Street Journal columnist and author of Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy, Stephen Moore, gets a lesson in Illinois economics from Dan & Amy. Latasha Fields, Director of Christian Home Educators Support System and State Coordinator of Illinois for ParentalRights.org, shares with Dan & Amy how her story and experiences put her at the receiving end of a Rep Illhan Omar attack, and Award winning author of Don’t Ever Get Old, Daniel Friedman, warns Dan & Amy on How Free Speech Dies OnlineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Water, water and more water! That's one of the main topics on Episode #32 of The Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Podcast. The Mississippi River is so high that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to open the Morganza Spillway. Then they decided not to. It's all up in the air right now. We'll try to wrap our arms around it in our news headlines segment. The 2019 Louisiana Legislative Session is now in the history books, so Louisiana Farm Bureau Lobbyist Joe Mapes checks in to give us a wrap up on how agriculture fared in the session. We'll go “In the Field” to hear from Avoyelles Parish farmer Luke Sayes to hear how he's coping with all of the water. All of this water is affecting both the grain and cattle markets, so we'll hear from Grayson Close and Dave Foster to get an update on how the markets are handling the chaos. We'll check the Louisiana Ag Calendar to see what's happening, and hear from Taylor Frey, State Coordinator of the Louisiana Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative about a couple of workshops they have coming up in July. Then we'll wrap up the podcast with a special song that Taylor Frey wrote and recorded about the struggles that her family faced the last time the Morganza Spillway was opened in 2011. It's called “Too Much Water, Not Enough Rain.”

Water, water and more water! That's one of the main topics on Episode #32 of The Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Podcast. The Mississippi River is so high that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to open the Morganza Spillway. Then they decided not to. It's all up in the air right now. We'll try to wrap our arms around it in our news headlines segment. The 2019 Louisiana Legislative Session is now in the history books, so Louisiana Farm Bureau Lobbyist Joe Mapes checks in to give us a wrap up on how agriculture fared in the session. We'll go “In the Field” to hear from Avoyelles Parish farmer Luke Sayes to hear how he's coping with all of the water. All of this water is affecting both the grain and cattle markets, so we'll hear from Grayson Close and Dave Foster to get an update on how the markets are handling the chaos. We'll check the Louisiana Ag Calendar to see what's happening, and hear from Taylor Frey, State Coordinator of the Louisiana Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative about a couple of workshops they have coming up in July. Then we'll wrap up the podcast with a special song that Taylor Frey wrote and recorded about the struggles that her family faced the last time the Morganza Spillway was opened in 2011. It's called “Too Much Water, Not Enough Rain.”

Selective Mutism can hide behind labels like “shy” and often gets missed by parents, educators and even therapists. I had the pleasure of talking to Patsy Butterworth, a State Coordinator for Selective Mutism.org and a mom to a child with Selective Mutism. Patsy has been a huge advocate for her son through his journey. She now supports other parents, connecting them to resources and spreading knowledge about Selective Mutism. In my interview with Patsy, she helps us understand what Selective Mutism is and what it is not. She also talks about how to advocate for your child, get a proper diagnosis and how parents can help their child with Selective Mutism. Resources for Parents Raising Kids with Selective Mutism: https://www.selectivemutism.org/ Find a Treating Professional https://www.selectivemutism.org/find-help/find-a-treating-professional/ Find a state/international coordinator https://www.selectivemutism.org/find-help/find-a-state-coordinator/ Resources from the selective mutism and anxiety research and treatment center: https://selectivemutismcenter.org/resources/ Support groups by state https://www.selectivemutism.org/find-help/smg-support-groups-by-state/ Here's a link to the Child Mind Institute's selective mustim page https://childmind.org/topics/disorders/selective-mutism/ Here's a video from Dr. Annie Simpson. She condensed a lot of information and practical tools into a one hour video. It's my favorite one to share with teachers and providers. https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/video/selective-mutism-giving-kids-voice-dr-annie-simpson https://duluth.citymomsblog.com/mom/hear-me-roar-selective-mutism/ https://anxietycanada.com Books on Selective Mutism: Selective Mutism Assessment Guide https://amzn.to/2DSj7Hc Overcoming Selective Mutism: Parents Field Guide https://amzn.to/2Yc81Vb Children’s Books: Lola’s Voice Disappeared https://amzn.to/2Ves9cj Lola’s Voice Disappeared Activity Book and Journal https://amzn.to/2JiuHyS *** This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.comInterested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Click below to join us!http://www.atparentingcommunity.com Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172Take one of my online classes:To view the entire online school library, go to:http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.comClasses include:How to Crush Social Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-social-anxietyParenting Kids with OCD http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/child-ocdCrush Moral OCD in Kidshttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/moral-ocdTeaching Kids to Crush Anxietyhttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-anxiety Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviorshttp://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/difficult-behaviorsHelping Kids Who are Scared to Sleep

In this episode we meet Aaron Brulc from Lexington, KY (A270383). Aaron is a  network infrastructure project manager and a  ESP/SSP and CCP Master, and has been an IDPA member since 2014. Aaron also serves as the State Coordinator for Kentucky. This Episode is brought to you by: Use the Promo code USC20 to save 20% off your order! Use these Links to Support Unload and Show Clear Our goal is to visit matches around the country to meet more amazing people and share their stories. Your support can help us meet that goal. Become a Patron of the Show Listen on RadioPublic Buy Unload and Show Clear Stickers Buy Unload and Show Clear T-Shirts Shop at Amazon. Shop at GunMagWarehouse. Shop Firearms and accessories at Palmetto State Armory. Shop at ShootSteel.com Shop for everyday cigar deals at Cigar Page Get Regular Refills Coffee Subscriptions at the Dunkin' Donuts Shop! Join the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network Get in Touch Visit our Contact page and leave us a message! Please tell your friends about us, leave an iTunes review, and like us on Facebook Join our Facebook group for fans of Unload and Show Clear Follow us on Twitter @UnloadC And search for us on Instagram Check Out More at Our Website Subscribe and Listen Apple Podcasts / iTunes RadioPublic TuneIn Stitcher Spotify CastBox.fm Overcast

Guest Information:   Name: Bridgette Kelch, Main Street Director Organization: Downtown Washington, Inc. Website: https://www.downtownwashmo.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downtownwashmo Twitter: https://twitter.com/downtownwashmo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/downtownwashmo/   Visit the Meet Me Downtown Podcast Website: https://www.meetmedowntownpodcast.com/ Show Transcript:  M=Megan Tsui B=Bridgette Kelch M: Hello, in this episode I talk to Bridgette Kelch from Washington, Missouri. She’s been their Main Street Director for over 18 years and they’ve done some pretty amazing things in that time. I recorded our pre-interview and it was so great that I just converted it into a real episode so we jump right in where I’m learning more about Bridgette and her downtown. M: But yeah, such a fun job, and you’ve been in it a long time. B: Yeah, sometimes I wonder, too long? But no. But I started right out of college so I’ll be 41 this month, but I’ve been here since I was 22. M: Wow, you are dedicated. B: Well, you know, I didn’t expect to be here but my passion is historic preservation so that’s what my degree is in. And I really thought I was going to work in a museum and now I kind of just view downtown as a big giant outdoor museum. M: It kind of is, I mean in a lot of towns it actually could be. B: Yeah and so then I liked it and I stayed and yeah we’ve grown a ton in that time frame. So starting out of, this year is 30 years for the organization, that we’ve been doing Main Street. We were a pilot program for Missouri in 1989. So I kind of always joke that they got through the really hard years you know, where you’re like struggling to find out who you are, what you’re going to do. And it was so hard when I started, I mean we were still playing the game of someone needs to pay their pledge so we can make payroll and those kinds of games. But yeah we’re past those points now, hopefully, so it’s exciting. We’ve been able to take on some pretty big projects. I think that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of, you know, we couldn’t find somebody to do what we wanted we did it ourselves. M: Right. I’m very intrigued by the idea that you guys own and operate the post office and a B&B. B: It was never planned, you know. M: It never is. B: Yeah it just came along, so I would say the majority of our growth has come since 2006. I started in 01, which is funny because that’s like right before the recession you know and we didn't feel that as much. I mean we certainly did feel it. But I don't think it's such big, you know such large swings in the Midwest. I think just by nature we're a more conservative bunch and so we don't feel those giant swings as much. And I could be wrong but that's how I view it. So 2006 you know we didn't really have a state program before that. And I mean there was one, I think I met the other managers or executive directors like once or twice and I really met a dynamic one and her name was Gayla Roten from Branson, Missouri and she kind of took me under her wing. And then as the years rolled by, you know in 05, and we decided to start our own state program because we needed it. And so our statewide program, coordinating program, was started by the executive directors that were left standing. The state booted the program basically and so now you know she's our state director. She was just a local director and now she's our state director. I think we're in our 11th, no 12th year, yeah 12th year. And so I still serve on that state board and so I think you know getting involved at that level and then really just the folks that were doing Main Street in Missouri at that time, they were really following the rules and so that was the culture that I was kind of brought up in. And so we really embraced the four points and in 2006 was a big change for us was that we finally were reviewed for accreditation again and they had a National Main Street Center person on site and we thought we were doing great and we didn't get accredited that year. M: Oh no. B: And if for very good reasons. Of course, at the time I was really mad and upset and Gayla and I both cried over it but I think it was really kind of that spark that we needed to say, "OK let's look at ourselves. You know we've got to fix this." And then we really just started to fly and one of the biggest things was our board president at the time, he just took a huge stance and said, "Training, we have to go and attend training. And it can't just be the executive director going to these trainings and trying to come back and share it with us. We need a new initiative ourselves and go attend training." And so that was something that we put into a board contract, Kathy La Plante helped us with that. And we move forward and then around that time there was a building that had been owned by the city, that was owned by the chamber, and that was back in the city’s hands. And the Mayor is like, “we need to tear that down, so there’s more parking for the Catholic church.” You know small towns. M: Oh, that sounds so familiar. That’s like right here, right now. B: And so I don’t know how it happened, but it was after, I think it was around the time that the National Main Street, I still call it the National Town Meeting, whatever they call it now; the conference, was in Cincinnati and so they have it, we're a very German cultured area and one of my designs here had been on that, had gone to that national meeting and he just loved all their farmers markets and their over the Rhine area. And so he's like, "you know we could do something with that building." So he literally that day, you hear this but it's true, we sketched it on a napkin, because he's set up the napkin and it's framed and he went to the chamber and he said to the chamber exec and he's like, "What do you think?" Because our farmer's market wasn't downtown at that time, it was actually out in our fairgrounds, and so he convinced the chamber exec. The chamber exec didn't ever understand why all this didn't work well together. He's like, "I don't understand why you know we all don't work together." I'm like I don't know. I just know for some reason that it's Rob with us and the city and I you know, I came in you know being born and raised here but not understanding the politics. So I think that was best of all old wounds you know. And so he really made a concerted effort he said, "you know if all three of us work on things together we're pretty unstoppable." And I was young and that and I was like, "yeah sure you know bring me along for the ride."And so long story short somehow though my design chair and the Chamber exec convinced the mayor this was a good idea, that it was a joint project so we all were like well. So the city owned the property, it's our second oldest building on Main Street. And we did it together we turned it into a farmer's market and a civic Pavilion. So you have this 1856 building that was in atrocious shape. We did you know, we did put a pavilion around it so that wasn't staying exactly true to it, but it was a compromise you know for it to live long a longer life. And so it became our weekend farmer's market meets there and all the special events are out of there and now people get married and do all kinds of fun things under that. It's really an anchor on one side of our downtown. And so the city put in 250 in kind and work and 250 in cash and the Chamber put in like 220 in cash, which is basically almost their whole savings. And we had no money, like nothing. So we wrote a grant to our, it's called Neighborhood Assistance Program it's something I think is specific to Missouri, but we were able to get approved and then we sold, basically sold tax credits and that's how we got our $250,000. And so as you know within kind of work it was definitely a million dollar project. And I say that and it's still not lost on me that that is a huge project. If you would have told me before that I would have said no we're too little, no we can't do that. And we did it, at the end of the day no one wanted to own the property and so we were like we'll own it. So we own the property and we lease the first level back to the city so they maintain the public restrooms and the event space when someone rents it. And then there's a second and third floor and we kind of just mothball that and I'll go faster if I talk too long. There's kind of five projects that I'll roll out of it. So we mothball that second and third floor even though we know it's time. We're always saying redevelop your second and third floor for residential and we're like we're sitting on ours for the time being. At that time, our office is located in the oldest unique structure in the area, which is an 1834 log cabin and that's where our office had been since the mid 90s. Kind of you know, fun things in the Main Street world, that you know when the toilet water froze we got a day off. So a great building. So we're kind of rolling along and a few years later we kind of start here rumblings from the postal service that you know, we have a long history with the Postal Service. They initially tried in the 90s to close our downtown location and so saying it wasn't big enough for all the mail sorting and everything and so the town actually had banded together in the mid 90s and secured the property on either side and said This property is available we'll even help you buy it if you just stay downtown. And the Postal Service was like oh I guess these people are serious. Well we'll leave you have this one open but we're going to go ahead and open one on the highway. So a town of less than 15,000 and we had two post offices. So we kind of knew that you know the writing was going to eventually be on the wall that we would have to do something and that was about you know 2008 is when we started hearing those rumblings. And the new postmaster came in, he's directed to close the downtown location and sell it. And then just consolidate operations out on the highway. So he let us know, and so we said OK what if we buy the building and then you can just rent from us and we'll do stuff with the other parts of the building and they're like no. And we're like OK well if you stay for free and we'll renovate the building, you stay for free and then we'll do stuff with the other part of the building, we'll take care of all the maintenance and everything. There's 700 P.O. boxes here and while they're not all always rented at the same time, that was a lot of foot traffic and this would be the first piece of government that would have left the downtown district. City hall is still here, Police, DMV you know all that is still downtown. And we just really thought we don't want to let this post office go because then it would make it easier to say oh we're going to move the police station out here and City Hall. And as we've seen happen you know hundreds of times. And so we really kind of drew a line in the sand and they said, "Well we're not going to stay in this building in any shape or form. So why don't you buy the building, you renovate it and you run the downtown post office" and of course we had no idea that was even possible but it's called a contract Postal Unit. Some of them these days are called Village Post Offices VPO or CPU. So like how it works is that you know we are just like a regular post office. We sell the stamps for the same price. We ship packages just like they do. We don't do some of the ancillary services like bulk mail but we get a percentage. So the Post Office pays us nothing except the percentage of postage stamps that we sell and packages that we ship. So we get 10 percent. We always looked at it, we just wanted it to break even and if it made money that would be exciting. M: So I’m assuming you have to staff this? B: Yeah absolutely. Yeah. So yes. So we renovated the building again with this Neighborhood Assistance Program and then just a myriad of fun and nutty different fundraisers. They don't normally allow P.O. boxes to stay. And it was because a clerk, there are seven unions in the postal service believe it or not. And you would be taking a union job by that. So because it's not normal to have P.O. boxes but that was our putting our foot down, if you take the P.O. boxes out of this location we will not, we won't do this. And they really wanted a CPU here, an additional unit. So we have been running, we renovated the building and we opened March 1st of 2011. So we've been running a post office for the last eight years and it's been going well. It definitely pays for itself. Our office has moved into the post office. So that left that little cabin vacant and so we kind of mothballed it for a while saying we'll figure out what to do with it eventually. And we're in this new beautiful building and our events coordinator, I'd already thought about this but there's always these things that push you over the edge to make you go, she had a terrible apartment and she's like "God I wish you know, I want to live downtown but it's either like so expensive I can't afford it or it's holy smokes it's scary and yucky." And so that's kind of where our residential was like opulently renovated or Holy crap I think that cockroach is as big as my cat. So we didn't have any middle ground and we were exhausted but somehow I convinced the board that we should go ahead and renovate that second and third floor back at the farmer's market. And I told them, because they were like oh we don't want to be landlords and had to collect rent and I was like well what else are you going to do. Here we are preaching to all these building owners that they need to be doing something on their second and third floor, and what are we doing. We're sitting here. Oh that's true you know. So I said, well I already have the apartments I think mostly rented and they're like really you do? And I'm like well Amy our event coordinator and they're like oh that's nice she won't do anything bad. And then I said and one of my friends who's a police officer. And I was like well I better make good on that so I took off. I did take my friend through and it was like dead pigeons up there and you know just totally a mess on the upper floors. And I was like you could imagine living here, couldn't you? He's like Oh yeah totally. I mean he was kind of being sarcastic but he did move in, him and Amy each an apartment. So we renovated that, they were physically and mentally exhausted. I had an amazing board at the time and throwing water heaters out a second-floor window and you know repairing plaster and refinishing floors. M: How did you finance that part? B: That one we did it old school loan, we went to the bank. M: Because you had equity in the building. B: So at this point we had a loan on the farm on the post office. We took out a second loan. So what we did is we actually paid full price for everything, except for the demolition work, because we said we want this to be a true case so that we can go to other property owners and say, "OK we had a second and third floor. It was a hot mess; dead pigeons, falling plaster this is what it looked like, this is what we paid. Here's the return on the investment, it's there and it's a mid-range apartment. It's not crazy opulent and it's not scary gross. It's right in the middle. And here we have you know a young professional and a police officer living there and went over so well, huge. And then you know like a year later - a couple of, no it's been more than a year, we kind of had to take a breath after that because like I said we were physically mentally and moneywise exhausted. And so just kind of truck in, keep on doing your four-point approach and all the events that we do and all this craziness. And it's like hey we still have a building, a really cool building that's sitting vacant. Our cabin. And so we start to talk about, you know in the beginning of 2013 we had no, really no B&B's. There were like two left. We have a park and we have two hotels out on the highway like a Best Western and a Super 8 and we recently got our little downtown boutique hotel opened. But as far as for someone that wanted to stay in a unique kind of a B&B setting, we just didn't have a lot. So our tourism director was like you guys should do like lodging in there and we're like what. So I was like OK this kind of sounds cool. No kidding we totally funded that whole project. We furnished the cabin off of Facebook. M: Wow B: We put a call out and said hey we think we're gonna do this, what do you think? Anybody got a bed? And so a local furniture company donated a king bed and mattresses to us. And the reason we got it is their roof had leaked and there was like one brown spot on the corner of the mattress you know. And so here we have it, and then it just kind of all came and we ended up getting like hutches that were from like founders of the community. It's crazy. So we have been running the bed and breakfast in there since the latter half of 2013. And you know we caught bed tax just like our other lodging and resubmitted to the city for our you know bed, tax and tourism and yeah we're just, we're nuts. M: And that’s staffed I assume. B: Yes, when I started they were stretching the executive. When I started in 01 there was a full time executive director and a part-time bookkeeper admin. And then the chamber kind of poached him and said Okay well you can do both. So he was part time at downtown, part time at the Chamber which freed up some funds for them to hire me. And I come in as this Project Coordinator full time. So I guess we had one full time and two part-time and then over the years we have morphed and we're short one worker right now. But if we were full force we'd have four full time one part-time. M: And what happens if someone doesn't show up for work, calls in sick. Who goes and covers at the post office, who goes and makes the beds and does the laundry? B: So we have a cleaning lady that takes care of the cabin so that which we had to. Does the laundry and everything, but we all actually, I mean I know how to do everything over there so. And there has been a case you know when the cleaning lady is on vacation and I go over and I clean it and put it back together and get it ready for the person. Everybody in the office is cross-trained, so all of us can run the post office window. There is one likely, Anna works there full time, that's her thing. You know she's 40 hours up there but you know there is some downtime so she does Main Street stuff too as far as you know mailings, but that's her main goal. But yeah so we have a new event coordinator, Cassidy, and she's been here with us since April but she had to learn how to work at the post office. That's the hardest part. It's not like it's rocket science but it's just a lot to remember. M: A lot of details I would think and you can’t screw up. B: I will say at the end of the day the last line of defense if no one else is here, Bridgette has to come in. I mean and I will and I do it. And we're open, the post office is open on Saturdays from 8 to noon. M: Everybody kind of take a Saturday and rotate it a little bit? B: No, we have someone, one of our part-time people. We said that Saturdays was a definite like that’s what you need to be here. So it's not perfect and things don't always go right but it's just how we morphed and how we are today. M: That's so fascinating and I think that you know Red Wings Downtown Main Street has been around since 1996 I believe and it was just a downtown Corporation of you know businesses that would meet and they didn't have a clear structure and they, of course, weren't a part of the Main Street program because that didn't come in until about 2010-2012. So and we were one of the first communities in the Main Street program. So we've been around a long time. And one of the things I've been feeling is that it's time for some transformational projects, it's time to think bigger and think bolder. And of course with that comes risk and comes more investments and more creative solutions on those kinds of things and so it's really fun to hear where you are now and what your organization has decided to focus on. B: And there definitely were some risks. M: Absolutely. B: I mean we sort of had to stick our necks out and we could have failed. I mean we definitely could've failed. We've had some sort of a merchant's organization, they officially incorporated in 1973. And they mostly just did promotions. So you know I mean even before that they met, there was a merchants group that met but it was funny they incorporated in 1973 and they called themselves the Downtown Washington Shopping Center. Coincidentally the year before our first shopping center opened out on our main highways. So yeah I mean we never were a slipcovered shuttered downtown and we've always been able to you know remain. I mean there were definitely some desolate days and when the tumbleweeds are rolling, we're rolling down the streets. So we didn't have a lot of, I mean we definitely had buildings that are mucked up, but not as you know, I'm always like I'll never get that big reveal where they pull off the cover and voila there's this gorgeous structure. And one of my friends who has a lot of those in her town in, Chillicothe Missouri and she's like oh shut up. M: Yeah you don't necessarily want those. You know that's such a different hard problem you know and we all have. And I think Red Wing you know the same thing. I mean we have a couple of buildings that are bank owned, that are for sale, that are priced you know in my opinion way too high for the value that you get for those. And so, but they're not in, you know they're not boarded up, they're not vandalized they just are empty. So you know but then we have really some core businesses that have been around a long long time and of course there's the session planning issues with those as we go forward. But we've been lucky to not have a lot of the challenges that other towns have. Are you as a county seat? B: No, we're not. We are the largest town in the county but we are not the county seat, the town next to us is. M: OK we're a county seat and I think that that might have a little bit to do with the stability that we've had for our downtown. But it's just fascinating and I think there's so much to learn about thinking bigger. And do you think that it was, was it a board, was it at the board level that they were open to thinking bigger. Did you have to drag them along or were they willing participants? B: I think we, actually what's funny because we've had to tell the story so many times now. And then when we all sat around, Donovan Rypkema, was in not too long ago last year or so and he wanted to know how things happened and he talked to us individually. He's like, "whenever the main street directors are in the room they can't shut up."And it's true though he interviewed them and interviewed everybody kind of separately and it was funny because the story that they told, because me if I'm excited about something then I cannot, you never wonder what I'm thinking because it's all over my face, which can be good and bad. So I go in like I could, I vividly remember the post office because I wanted to do it and I thought how am I going to convince them to do this. You know I think they're going to be scared I'll get out.And so I went in there and I was literally I was so excited I was bouncing in my seat you know to tell them this is the plan and this is what we should do. And they went for it. And now as we look back and then they tell what they were thinking they were like, "well we didn't think we could do it, but you were so sure that we could do it that we said Okay let's try." You know so we were both faking each other into I’m pretty sure we can do it. M: Right, which is terrifying. B: It is because those board members signed on and personally guaranteed our loan. M: Oh gosh. B: That’s a big thing, that’s huge. And now we have you know, we own three structures. And so now we have equity and you know we secure our own loans. You know we have two loans still, one on the farmer's market and then one here on the post office still that we make monthly payments on that. We have a, we are only in one part of the post office. We rented the other part of the post office out to a financial planner. And so he pays us rents and that rent pays the mortgage. And the apartments you know over the farmer's market, that make us enough that brings in, pays the insurance and the mortgage. M: So are these revenue generators for you? B: Right now they're paying for themselves. M: Just breaking even then. B: Yes. But in a sense, we're not paying rent. M: Right, so you have some added benefits. B: So when we pay them off, they will be revenue generators. And the post office, I mean sorry, or the bed and breakfast, it’s called Gottfried's Cabin. I mean we’re not rolling in the dough but we were paying. With those logs, you can’t just turn the heat, have no AC and no heat. I mean so whether it was vacant or occupied, we had to keep the heat on. And so there was electric bills year round and gas bills and so that was, it was an expense no matter what. And so now it turns a profit. Like I said it's not huge but it's active. It's a part of the community, it's you know paying its dues as far as taxes and yeah. And it's really nice. You know our chamber loves us because of the other lodging it is sought after. We have quite a bit now. I mean with AirBnB and VRBO and all that nuttiness. I mean there's over, you know besides the hotels, the three hotels, there's 20-22 different properties collecting the bed tax now. But they're all you know a little reluctant to donate and sometimes you just need to be able to put a package together with a night's stay. So that's been the biggest thing. M: That’s great. B: You know I mean like we can let the cabin go for free and use it to promote the community as a whole. M: What a great, oh my gosh, it’s so inspiring. B: And if you had told us all that we were gonna be doing all this stuff you know from all the way. You know it's just by time. You know somebody looks at us now and they're probably like God you people are nuts or you know but it just came like I said little by little that it seemed like it was a good idea to do all this craziness. M: Well and that's usually what it does, it's you know it's not one big bite it's tiny little nibbles and all of a sudden you have a post office, a B&B and a farmer's market and you're managing all of that. And you know I think it's, does it ever feel like you have gotten away from the mission or does it feel like you've just absolutely wrapped those up and put them and made them a part of the mission. B: I think that we've made them a part of the mission we did start. Before I came here, they had lost their 501C3 status in like 98 or 97, and they didn't know that what they were doing was wrong. They were kind of acting like a chamber of commerce offering benefits for membership, and you know that's not how a C3 is supposed to function. And it was actually a volunteer that had gotten disgruntled that turned them in. M: Oh no. B: Yeah so we functioned as a C6 for so long that we actually formed our own, we asked about going backwards and like trying to revert back to a C3 and the IRS is like no, you’re better off just starting a new one and so we did. So in 2006, we started our Historic Washington Foundation and how you get to be on that Board of Directors, one of the requirements is that you have to be, you have to have been president of the Main Street Board. M: Oh wow. B: So yeah, I do have in a sense I guess, two boards. I mean I work for the Main Street Program Downtown Washington Incorporated, but we do, I essentially serve as staff for our foundation as well. So they are two separate entities, file separate tax returns, two separate board of directors, but they meet together and so it’s definitely, I guess for us we view it as one and for the outside world, they view it as two just legally. And so I have to say having the flexibility of choosing who I want to be in the moment, a C3 or a C6 has been great too. Like we definitely haven’t, we’re not perfect, we screw things up. Things don’t go right, you think it’s going to go one way and it goes another and we worry. Especially, I worry, I don’t want this to sound jerky or anything, but I’m willing to do all of this and one day when I leave, is someone else going to for the pay? And that’s a concern and so I was, I thought I was going to be forever single and I actually ended up meeting my husband late in life, I mean I was 35 when I met him. So we met in 2012 and I started to use all my time and it was like a little growing pain for my board and stuff. And it’s like well she’s not there, and it’s like well yeah, I’m actually using my vacation time, shocking I know, isn’t it? M: I’m working only 8 hours in 1 day. B: So I do talk about that a lot like you know, I’ve been able to do a lot of consulting that I absolutely adore and so I’ve gotten to go to Michigan and I’m headed to Louisiana this month, and Oklahoma and Illinois. And I just absolutely adored every little consulting gig that I’ve gotten in Florida and stuff. That’s what I say, we’re not perfect we do a lot of really cool things, but there are things that we need to do better. The work is never done. After we won GAMSA everybody is like what’s next? I hate that when they do that, it’s like what are you going to do to top yourself. Like god, just running the organization, isn’t that enough. It’s a lot of work. M: But we do it to ourselves more than anyone else does it. B: Oh yes. It’s like what are you adding, I’m like nothing. M: I just need to take a breath. B: We cannot add one more thing. Everyone is like, you should do this event. I’m like no we’re done. That’s another thing that we, in the past must have gotten in trouble for, you know having that nice diverse mix of funding. Well, one of the reasons that we didn’t make that accreditation back in 06 was because like 75% of our budget came from special events, weather dependent special events. M: Not sustainable, you can’t count on that. If you have a bad year, it rains out, you have to lay somebody off. B: You’re in trouble. So that’s one of our things that when we get reviewed they check that and so far we’ve been very good about getting it down. But you know for all the really cool amazing things we’ve done, we still screw up and we don’t do things right all the time and you know that’s a beautiful thing about being in a non-profit working with a bunch of volunteers. And then the next board comes in and you’re like ok what are you guys going to focus on and what are we going to do. It’s been amazing because it’s always different. There are things that you know, wear me down and I think that sometimes the thing that’s going to make me eventually leave is, well number one, they could use some fresh ideas. You know you do get set in your ways the longer you’re at a place. But the one thing about that is that so many Main Streets, like the average, is like 3 years or something like that. It’s hard, that’s hard to get momentum. That’s like the one thing I think about me being here so long is that there is a comfort level. M: It’s easier to take those kinds of risks if you know the person is going to be around to fix it if it doesn’t work. Or even if it doesn’t work, there are risks to running a B&B, there are risks to running a post office. There’s just even over the initial hump of the investment and renovations. Now all of a sudden you have multiple businesses that are happening that somebody has to know how to run and know how to problem solve. And you’re not leaving, but I also think that as Main Street Directors we can sometimes do a big disservice to our organizations by providing, too much isn’t the right word, but not a realistic workload. Where all of a sudden in order to replace you they have to hire 3 people than the business model is broken. You can’t leave until all the loans are paid off because they're going to need that money. B: I’m always saying yeah I’m going to finally leave and all these loans are going to get paid off and we’re going to be freaking rolling in the dough. M: Yeah and why would you leave then, that’s easy. I mean what the heck? And there’s a certain something about the Main Street directors that I have met where I don’t think there’s a single person doing it because they’re getting rich, not monetarily anyway. It’s a passion. B: It’s a career, it’s a passion. God, it’s different every day. M: Right, good and bad. B: I mean I would say the one thing that I do feel like I’m doing worse at as time goes on is the grumpy merchant. M: The negative nellies. And I’ve only been in this position for about two years and when I first started I thought, I’m going to convert all those grumpy folks. B: When one leaves another one takes their place. M: Yeah, and what I’ve started doing is, I don’t know if this is the right answer or not, but every time someone complains I ask what committee they want to be on. And it typically does the job of you can’t complain if you’re not a part of the solution, but it just gets tiring. B: It does. M: When you’re working more than you’re supposed to be getting paid for. B: That is the really cool thing about having a state director that has actually been one of us, is that she does get that and so while she doesn’t want us to sit down and just have, excuse my language, a bitch fest. But sometimes we just need to say it in a safe space and get it off our chest. It’s so funny, we have training that you know the state puts on and we go and we attend and once a year she brings in some kind of like a positive speaker, basically, we feel like she’s bringing a psychiatrist because we feel like she thinks we’re one step from the looney bin. But it’s funny, I mean we’ll end up laughing and crying and it’s good because you build a support network so you can call someone that’s around the state and still understands how your state works and everything but it’s a safe person to be like if I have one more merchant. M: Yeah and I think it’s so important to know that there’s nothing, there’s sometimes nothing you can do to change a situation. You can give them, that merchant or that community member, that volunteer the world and it’s still not going to satisfy them and you just need someone to tell you that that’s ok and it’s not your fault and you didn’t do anything wrong and to move on and to focus on the hundred other people who love what you’re doing and value it. But it’s so easy to get focused on that negative person or that negative situation. And I suppose the longer you’re in this kind of a position, you have that kind of wisdom of knowing that, but it also adds up. I mean there’s kind of two sides to it like intellectually you can know that some people are just going to complain, but on the other side, you can think, well that isn’t how I want my Main Street to be. I want my Main Street to be one happy family that gets along and supports each other and everyone is on the same page, but that isn’t necessarily realistic. So it’s good to have those others, at least for me too, in Minnesota, to have those other Main Streeters. I just can’t say enough about how important that is. To keep our sanity. B: Yes, that is definitely it. Am I crazy am I not crazy? Oh, you have that too? M: Well it’s just been such a pleasure to talk to you! Is there anything else you want to make sure we talk about, or that you wanted to make sure that the people know about your town. Edit out 40:46 to 40:51 B: Well I mean, we are, I’ll just give you a little spiel in town a little bit. But yeah, we’re about 45 minutes west of St. Louis on the Missouri river. Founded you know folks in the area, in the late 1700’s early 1800’s here. But we were officially founded as a community in 1839 by Lucinda Owens. M: A woman? B: Yes, a woman. We were supposed to be founded a few years earlier but her husband was shot in the back while on his way over to the county seat to formulate. So he had to sign the paperwork, so we were founded by a woman. No photo, of course, exists of her, plenty of her male relatives but not of her. Her house is still in downtown so that’s really exciting that we still have that right outside of our downtown district. Right over Missouri river so we do enjoy being near the water. We actually just got our brand new bridge, a $16 million project. Our big tourism draw, we’re in the heart of wine country so within an hour of Washington there’s something like 36 wineries. Actually, there’s more than that. Within a half an hour there’s 36 and within an hour of Washington, there are 68 wineries. We certainly enjoy our beverages of all kind here, goes well with our German heritage. So that is definitely something you’ll see at our festivals, it’s celebrating that German heritage. While we have children’s festivals, we do have plenty of adult festivals where we partake in beverages. M: Well you have to have a balance. B: It’s a good balance, yes. It’s definitely something that we enjoy. And my biggest piece of advice I think from being in this so long is go to training. And go to trainings more than with just the one staff person. Find a way to excite your board members and your volunteers and get them to go. We do not pay for our board members to attend training. M: They pay themselves? B: They pay themselves and I was very lucky, early on I got to go to D.C. for two years for a couple of weeks to do the certified Main Street Manager and that was unbelievable. We did not have the money for me to do that, a travel agent donated my airfare one year. A board member used the miles on his credit card another year to fly me there. Another board member used their credit card points to get my hotel room. The rotary and alliance paid for my hotel stay the second year. So really, just don’t be afraid to do crazy things to piece it all together. Where there is a will, there is a way. And if you’re excited about something, can share that enthusiasm, it is infectious. It has been huge for us to be partners, equal partners, with our city and our chamber. We’re not in competition with them, we’re working together to make a better community. And as long as you remember and as long as you can get comfortable with not having to be the one that gets credit, you’re going to go a really far way. It will give you a lot of longevity. You know, it's not always perfect but we try really hard. One of the things that we do is that our city administrator, our chamber exec and myself, we meet once a month over beverages and we’re just friends. There’s so much time that you’re spending together to make your community a great place, why not have a great friendship out of it. And I know that’s not going to happen for everyone, but just remember, you never know what kind of a day someone’s had. Being that positive person, smiling and pushing through, it can really go a long way. M: I think it helps to have those people. They know firsthand the challenges that you’re facing. B: Yeah and they know the same people probably. M: Yeah and a lot of times there’s somebody in our community, there was a city council person that was not a fan of Downtown Main Street for a while. Then he turned his sights on one of the other organizations and I was like yeah, sorry but that too shall pass. He’s one vote so it’s just nice to have that camaraderie when things are though. It’s almost more important than when things are good. It’s easy to have a good relationship when things are good. B: Agreed, yeah I totally agree. Just dig into the other resources. I get these great emails, I think her name is Joan Garry, and I actually printed out something on one of the emails she sent and it’s taped right next to my desk. And it’s called the 8 habits of a highly effective non-profit leader and I just love them because sometimes I just have to look at them like yeah yeah. One is to ask for help. Two is to talk less, listen more. Number three is exude passion, number four is ask really good questions. Number five is touch the work, be the work. Number six is get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Number seven is apologize more often, even if it’s not your fault, I added the even if it’s not your fault. M: Yeah that’s tough. B: Number eight is to be joyful and she added the ninth one which is sharpen the saw. Which really is, go to training be around people like you. Even the national conference, sometimes if nothing else, even if you don’t go to the classes, you should go to the classes, but even if you don’t, just being around your people is huge. M: Right, that’s why I love the conferences because you are around people that love their communities, they love people, they love history and it’s my people. And that’s why I wanted to do this podcast too because I can’t be the only one, wondering how everyone else is doing it. How are they staying positive and making big changes and little changes and having influence in their communities and facing burnout and working through it? So that’s why I thought I love these people, they’re the most fun and they’re the most accepting people and I just think we’re so lucky to work around people who believe in their community. And community I think that translates to the main street program. B: It does and I think your mentors come from all over. When I started, my National Main Street person was Sheri Stuart, who is now the State Coordinator for Oregon, and she always told me that she believed in me and that was huge. It was huge. So when we won GAMSA in 2012 I had to let her know that I am who I am today as an Executive Director because of Gayla Rosen and Sheri Stuart. Our state person now is Norma and she is a rockstar, I mean she supports us in every aspect. She was, again I think this is important, same with Sheri, same with Gayla, they were Main Street Executive Directors. And I think that’s a huge piece and Kathy La Plante, I adore all these women and that’s really a big part of, I think, where I am today and having those wonderful influences and knowing where to go and find them. M: Well those relationships and knowing that you have people that have your back, that can help you get out of a sticky situation if you find yourself in one, I think helps you take bigger risks. Because you know that you’re not alone, and even if, let’s say one of your projects would have flopped, that wouldn’t have changed how they feel about you. That’s in and of itself a lesson. So having those people behind you and nurturing those relationships, I think, makes it so much easier to take risks. I know that if I have a crazy idea I call one of the main street other coordinators, or managers or executive directors and then we talk about it. And then I talk to the Minnesota coordinator and it helps you think everything through so much better and it’s a better idea by the time you get it to the community or to the board or whatever. You just have so many more resources. B: That’s what I think about Main Street, it’s a beta copy and probably you are not having an original idea and someone has tried it before so learn from their successes. M: I don’t know anybody that owns a post office Debora Jet. I love it! B: I don’t know of any. M: That’s pretty special. B: Yeah pretty stupid one. M: I am not judging. This has been so fun and I am so glad we got the chance to talk and that you’re out there and that you’re working hard. Your years of experience, obviously, are invaluable to those of us who are still new to this. I can’t wait to meet you, I will be at the conference in Seattle. B: Oh great! Did you go to Kansas City? M: I went to Kansas City, I was really sick. I took one of the classes there so it’s all kind of a blur, but I’m hoping that Seattle I’m going to make the most of Seattle and make up for lost time.   B: Well cool, I will definitely be there. I’m going and like I said I’m going to Louisiana for training, I’m doing promotions for them later on in the month so I will definitely mention your podcast, see if I can get you some more listeners. M: Well thank you, I really appreciate it and I’d like to include if you have a website or any personal information about your consulting and include that too if that’s something that you want to do. B: I don’t have a website for that, I just kind of get asked by Norma or Kathy or Gayla says, oh you need to talk to this person, and so that’s like how I got the Florida and the Oklahoma gig. M: We’ll make sure to include your email so people can get a hold of you for that too and I can’t wait to see pictures of your post office, your B&B and the pavilion. We’ll include all that in the show information on the website so that people can see what we’re talking about and it’s truly inspirational. So thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today and I look forward to meeting you in person soon.  

In this week's programme, we hear from Sally Ulrisch, acting State Coordinator for NSW/ACT, with Blind Citizens Australia.  She informs us of a very interesting project to get people "Life Ready".  Also, an interesting talk with Stella Glorie, from Vision Australia about a podcast series she has produced focusing on issues related to well-being for people who are blind or vision impaired.

Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. Between 1983–1998 Bruce was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice and has worked on space issues for 30 years. In 1987 he organized the largest peace protest in Florida history when over 5,000 people marched on Cape Canaveral in opposition to the first flight test of the Trident II nuclear missile. He was the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that drew enormous support and media coverage around the world and was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes. Host Stuart Richardson speaks to Bruce about the newly proposed "Space Force", the lunacy of creating a massive new military expenditure and how the government is planning on funding it. And what we can do as citizens to stop these projects by envisioning the money being spent on more human centered programs like climate change which is a win, win ,win as it creates jobs, mitigates climate change and moves us towards peace.

Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. Between 1983–1998 Bruce was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice and has worked on space issues for 30 years. In 1987 he organized the largest peace protest in Florida history when over 5,000 people marched on Cape Canaveral in opposition to the first flight test of the Trident II nuclear missile. He was the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that drew enormous support and media coverage around the world and was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes. Host Stuart Richardson speaks to Bruce about the newly proposed "Space Force", the lunacy of creating a massive new military expenditure and how the government is planning on funding it. And what we can do as citizens to stop these projects by envisioning the money being spent on more human centered programs like climate change which is a win, win ,win as it creates jobs, mitigates climate change and moves us towards peace.

Margaret McCarron, WA Brand Ambassador for Colonial Brewing Co. and State Coordinator for the Pink Boots Society, has been absolutely killing it in the industry and we're excited to sit down and chat her! We find out what's happening at Colonial, learn a little more about Pink Boots Society, impress her with our cheese selection and generally make things awkward like usual. Learn more about Colonial Brewing Co here: https://www.colonialbrewingco.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/cbco_/ https://www.facebook.com/ColonialBrewingCo/ And learn more about Pink Boots Society here: https://www.pinkbootssociety.org/ https://www.instagram.com/pinkbootssociety/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/pinkbootssociety/

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, June 8, 20184:20 pm: Sutherland Institute Public Policy Director Derek Monson joins Rod to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision regarding the Colorado baker and how that decision shows the way to a more elevated dialogue4:35 pm: Kimberly Myers, State Coordinator for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services at the Utah Department of Human Services, joins the show to discuss the results of a new study showing suicide rates on the rise in Utah and across the nation6:05 pm: Kaysville Police Chief Sal Oberg joins the show to discuss the suicide prevention training their officers are put through and the results on the streets6:20 pm: Jorg Rugemer, an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Utah, joins the show to discuss a new initiative aimed at improving affordable housing in Salt Lake City6:35 pm - Listen Back Friday: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations with Richard Davis, chair of the United Utah party, on the changes he would like to see to Utah’s ballot initiative laws, and (at 6:50 pm) with Heritage Foundation Legal Analyst Hans von Spakovsky on the smear campaign against State Department nominee Ron Mortenson

Taking a close look at the opioid crisis with veteran substance abuse expert Felicity DeBacco Erni, Director of Pennsylvanians Against Underage Drinking and State Coordinator of Students Against Drunk Driving.

On Episode #4 of The Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Podcast we check the latest news headlines in Louisiana agriculture and hear from Louisiana's 5th District Congressman Ralph Abraham about the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill. We'll go “In the Field” to talk to Evangeline Parish farmer Richard Fontenot about his rice and soybean planting progress. We'll look inside the markets with analysis from Greg Fox and Mark Tall with the Louisiana Farm Bureau Marketing Association, and get insight on the cattle market from Dave Foster, CEO of Cattle Producers of Louisiana. Then we'll wrap up the podcast by looking at the Louisiana ag calendar where we will talk to Taylor Frey, State Coordinator for the Louisiana Grazing Lands Conservation Institute about their Louisiana Farms Bus Tour coming up on May 9th-11th.

On Episode #4 of The Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Podcast we check the latest news headlines in Louisiana agriculture and hear from Louisiana's 5th District Congressman Ralph Abraham about the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill. We'll go “In the Field” to talk to Evangeline Parish farmer Richard Fontenot about his rice and soybean planting progress. We'll look inside the markets with analysis from Greg Fox and Mark Tall with the Louisiana Farm Bureau Marketing Association, and get insight on the cattle market from Dave Foster, CEO of Cattle Producers of Louisiana. Then we'll wrap up the podcast by looking at the Louisiana ag calendar where we will talk to Taylor Frey, State Coordinator for the Louisiana Grazing Lands Conservation Institute about their Louisiana Farms Bus Tour coming up on May 9th-11th.

This week on the show we have the Arkansas’s State Coordinator of Computer Science, Anthony Owen (@AnthonyOwenADE) on the show. He talks with us about the Computer Science programs and opportunities in Arkansas. We have music from Gooseneck and the Google Tip of the week.

This week on Tell Somebody. Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean, and Staci Pratt, state coordinator for Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP). If someone viciously and brutally murdered a loved one of yours – a child, a spouse, a parent - could you get past rage and grief to forgive? Or even just to accept? I'm not sure I could. Unless we've experienced such a loss, most of can't ever know for sure. I hope I never have to find out. But as citizens, don't we all have an obligation to consider the issue? Society has to deal with such, otherwise we leave it to surviving loved ones to forgive or not. To act in retribution or not. Sister Helen Prejean returned to Kansas City on October 30 2015 thanks to MADP and The Center for Global Studies and Social Justice at Avila University. In between her speaking engagements at Avila University and Unity on the Plaza in Kansas City, I recorded interviews with Sister Helen and with Staci Pratt, State Coordinator for MADP. ​​Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @TellSomebodynow “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook:  www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Jennifer Bristol is the State Coordinator for Texas Children in Nature which connects over 300 organizations with the children & nature movement in Texas. Prior to becoming the first State Coordinator for TCiN she created award-winning conservation education curriculum and youth development programs for Camp Fire and served as a park ranger for Texas Parks and Wildlife.

It's becoming more popular to opt-out of traditional education and homeschooling has been one such option for parents seeking to help their kids get an education. However, how does that change things when it comes to planning for college? Beverly Burgess is a homeschool mom of three, and is the state coordinator for ENRICHri in Rhode Island, and she joins the podcast today to answer those questions. Afterward, we tackle a question about how students can get help if they're in an upper middle income family but won't have financial support from their parents.

I highly recommend the Project Citizen curriculum, a product of the Center for Civic Education. There are several curricula available for varying age groupings (beginning with a grade 4-8 text) that guide students through the decision to do a project, development of an action plan, implementation of that plan, and evaluation and presentation of the results. A benefit of the curriculum is that students who participate in the program (beginning in fifth grade) are eligible to compete by sharing their projects with other Project Citizen participating teams.To obtain a copy of the Project Citizen curriculum, teachers must receive training. Pam Bledsoe is the Regional Coordinator for Southern Nevada for Project Citizen and is eager to help teachers receive the training needed to participate in the process. Additionally, Marcia Ellis is the Law-Related Education Coordinator and State Coordinator for Project Citizen. She can also help with training and assistance throughout the program. Please contact either Pam or Marcia if you have an interest in expanding your service learning experience through the use of the Project Citizen materials and methods.An invitation to participate in Nevada competition is available here. Information about the research supporting use of civic education programs including Project Citizen is available here.