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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 41:33 Transcription Available

Breaking Ice - Chapter 2Fear of judgement, the courage of sharing pain, or guilt, or confusion, owning that not knowing is not an excuse for hurting, that humility is hard, that learning hard things is harder, and accepting responsibility is a daily struggle. This is the rocky relational landscape being explored by five BreakIng Ice performers on a bare stage at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. louis, Missouri in the winter of 2019.LISTEN TO Breaking Ice Chapter 1Change the Story / All Episodes Change the Story Collections - Our full catalogue of Episodes in 12 Collections: Justice Arts, Art & Healing, Cultural Organizing, Arts Ed./Children & Youth, Community Arts Training, Music for Change, Theater for Change, Change Making Media, Creative Climate Action, Art of the RuralBIO'sNoël Raymond holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota and a BFA from Ithaca College in New York. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Multicultural Development Center and the Burning House Group Theatre Company which she co-founded in 1993. She is also a company member of Carlyle Brown and Company. She has taught acting classes and theatre movement in multiple settings to children, college students and adults with developmental disabilities. Noël is an Equity actor who has performed with Pillsbury House Theatre, the Burning House Group, the Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Bryant Lake Bowl, and Minnesota Festival Theatres in Minnesota as well as the Hangar Theatre in New York. Noël's directing credits include Underneath the Lintel, An Almost Holy Picture, Far Away, Angels in America: Parts I and II, and [sic] at Pillsbury House Theatre, From Shadows to Light at Theatre Mu, The BI Show with MaMa mOsAiC, and multiple staged readings and workshops through the Playwrights' Center, among others. Noël has served on numerous panels including TCG/American Theatre, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Playwright's Center and United Arts, to name a few.Kurt Kwan has been creating performances and facilitating dialogues around issues of Diversity and Inclusion with the Breaking Ice company since 2001. He also manages the Late Nite and Naked Stages programs. As an actor he has performed with Ten Thousand Things, The Walker, Childrens Theatre Company, Mu Performing Arts, New York Asian American Writers, The History Theatre, and Theatre La Homme Dieu.Notable MentionsDEI programs: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (usually abbreviated DEI) refers to organizational frameworks which seek to promote "the fair treatment and full participation of all people", particularly groups "who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination" on the basis of

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Breaking Ice is Changing DEI One Performance at a Time: Chapter 1

The HBCU Nation Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 39:14 Transcription Available

This episode and next will tell the story my time with Breaking Ice and share what I learned about the program's evolution and history, its impact, and its innovative approach helping workplaces large and small "cultivate courageous dialogue around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. BIO'sNoël Raymond holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota and a BFA from Ithaca College in New York. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Multicultural Development Center and the Burning House Group Theatre Company which she co-founded in 1993. She is also a company member of Carlyle Brown and Company. She has taught acting classes and theatre movement in multiple settings to children, college students and adults with developmental disabilities. Noël is an Equity actor who has performed with Pillsbury House Theatre, the Burning House Group, the Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Bryant Lake Bowl, and Minnesota Festival Theatres in Minnesota as well as the Hangar Theatre in New York. Noël's directing credits include Underneath the Lintel, An Almost Holy Picture, Far Away, Angels in America: Parts I and II, and [sic] at Pillsbury House Theatre, From Shadows to Light at Theatre Mu, The BI Show with MaMa mOsAiC, and multiple staged readings and workshops through the Playwrights' Center, among others. Noël has served on numerous panels including TCG/American Theatre, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Playwright's Center and United Arts, to name a few.Kurt Kwan has been creating performances and facilitating dialogues around issues of Diversity and Inclusion with the Breaking Ice company since 2001. He also manages the Late Nite and Naked Stages programs. As an actor he has performed with Ten Thousand Things, The Walker, Childrens Theatre Company, Mu Performing Arts, New York Asian American Writers, The History Theatre, and Theatre La Homme Dieu.Notable MentionsDEI programs: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (usually abbreviated DEI) refers to organizational frameworks which seek to promote "the fair treatment and full participation of all people", particularly groups "who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination" on the basis of identity or disability.[1]Barnes Jewish Hospital is the largest hospital in the U.S. state of Missouri. Located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, it is the adult teaching hospital for the

Gerald Hector talks with Tony Jenkins of Florida Blue

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 59:57

Tony Jenkins is the Market President for the Central Florida region where he provides strategic oversight and leads a team in developing business plans to increase and retain membership, enhance brand visibility and coordinate employee engagement. Tony was instrumental in establishing Florida Blue's diversity efforts in 2001. Prior to joining Florida Blue, Jenkins served as Director of Diversity for CSX Corporation, the largest rail network in the eastern United States, and he spent 18 years with the Walt Disney World Company in various leadership roles, specializing in Hospitality Management and Human Resources. Under Tony's leadership in Central Florida, Florida Blue has been recognized as a Best Place to Work, an Outstanding Diverse Organization and a Corporate Philanthropy honoree. Tony is an advocate for several causes throughout the Orlando Community. He is the past Chair for United Arts of Central Florida and The Florida Commission on Human Relations. He currently serves on the board of Florida Citrus Sports and he is a Board Trustee at Stetson University. Additionally, Tony is the current Chair for the Orlando Economic Partnership board, where he also serves as Chair for their DEI Task Force, engaging Orlando's business leaders across varied industries. Tony has been recognized by the Orlando Business Journal as one of Central Florida's Top 10 Businessmen to Watch and as CEO of the Year. Most recently, he received the publication's Diversity in Business Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also an i4 Business Magazine Business Leader of the Year recipient. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Ga.

183: National Philanthropy Day: How Will You Celebrate? (Robert Touchstone)

Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 51:55

183: National Philanthropy Day: How Will You Celebrate? (Robert Touchstone)SUMMARYAs a nonprofit leader, how can you leverage National Philanthropy Day throughout the year? Learn why it's celebrated across the nation and about some of the local winners worthy of recognition as we talk with AFP Charlotte President Robert Touchstone in episode #183 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership. Robert advocates for the benefits nonprofit leaders realize through an organization like AFP. He also discusses his journey to nonprofit leadership and the lessons he's learned along the way. You'll hear about trends and shifts in funding models, especially related to the United Arts funds that operate across the United States. ABOUT ROBERTRobert Touchstone, CFRE, is a fundraising professional with over 15 years of experience at Charlotte-area nonprofits. He joined the Arts & Science Council team in November 2018 as Vice President of Philanthropy, where he oversees fundraising operations, major gifts and corporate giving. Prior to ASC, Robert worked at Carolina Raptor Center and Actor's Theatre of Charlotte. He currently serves as the Board President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Charlotte Chapter, and in his spare time, enjoys being a dog dad to Lily and Tucker, playing tennis, and fixing things around the house. Robert received his BA in Spanish and MBA from Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. He is also a proud member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCES The Checklist Manifesto by Atul GawandeLearn about the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the AFP Charlotte chapterLearn more about Arts & Science CouncilTake our Podcast Survey and let us know what you want to hear!Check out Patton's new book Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership: Seven Keys to Advancing Your Career in the Philanthropic Sector

Episode 56: Pillsbury House + Theatre - Chapter 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 27:33 Transcription Available

This is the second chapter of the Pillsbury House + Theatre story. At the corner of George Floyd Square & the Pandemic, PH+T is breaking the community development mold using the power of the arts & culture to stimulate community health, ownership & justice. https://change-the-story-chan.captivate.fm/episode/episode-55-pillsbury-house-theater (Missed Chapter 1? Go To CSCW EP 55, Pillsbury House + Theater Chapter 1) BIO'sSigne V. Harriday is Artistic Producing Director at Pillsbury House + Theatre. Signe is a fierce visionary and powerful storyteller who crafts theatre that awakens our individual and collective humanity. As a director, multidisciplinary artist, activist, and facilitator, she uses theatre as a catalyst to ask questions about who we are and who we are in relation to each other.Past accomplishments include: Associate Company Member of Pillsbury House Theatre. Co-founder of Million Artist Movement, a collective of artists committed to Black liberation. Co-founder of the award-winning synchronized swimming team, The Subversive Sirens. Founder of Rootsprings Coop, a retreat center for BIPOC artists/activists/healers. Co-founder of MaMa mOsAiC, a women of color theater company whose mission is to evoke positive social change through female centered work. Core team member of REP Community Partners. Signe earned her MFA in Acting at the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard and Moscow Art Theatre. Current projects: Director of Bridgforth's bull-jean stories, Associate Director of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower Opera, Choreography for Love of Silver Water, Playwright for Dysmorphia. Recent directing credits: Dining with the Ancestors, Fannie Lou Hammer Speak On It, Hidden Heroes Noël Raymond is the Co-Artistic Managing Director at Pillsbury House + Theater. Noël holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota and a BFA from Ithaca College in New York. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Multicultural Development Center and the Burning House Group Theatre Company which she co-founded in 1993. She is also a company member of Carlyle Brown and Company. She has taught acting classes and theatre movement in multiple settings to children, college students and adults with developmental disabilities. Noël is an Equity actor who has performed with Pillsbury House Theatre, the Burning House Group, the Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Bryant Lake Bowl, and Minnesota Festival Theatres in Minnesota as well as the Hangar Theatre in New York. Noël's directing credits include Underneath the Lintel, An Almost Holy Picture, Far Away, Angels in America: Parts I and II, and [sic] at Pillsbury House Theatre, From Shadows to Light at Theatre Mu, The BI Show with MaMa mOsAiC, and multiple staged readings and workshops through the Playwrights' Center, among others. Noël has served on numerous panels including TCG/American Theatre, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Playwright's Center and United Arts, to name a few. Mike Hoyt: Mike is a visual artist and Pillsbury's Creative Community Liason. For nearly twenty years he has been producing, managing, and directing arts-based community development projects and youth development programs, while making his own art in his community. Creating and facilitating unique shared experiences that connect diverse and often non traditional art audiences drive his art practice. Hoyt's work has been exhibited locally and abroad at the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Arts At Marks Garage in Honolulu, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Pillsbury House + Theatre, Soap Factory, Soo Visual Arts Center, Intermedia Arts, Franconia Sculpture Park, Art Shanty Projects, and the Walker Art Center among others. He has received awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, a Northern Lights.mn Art(ists) on the Verge Fellowship, a Jerome...

Poems by E.V. Noechel

Vita Poetica Journal

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 8:39

E.V. Noechel reads her poems, "A Nick, to the Heart, Is a Fatal Wound" and "A Desperate Plea from Your Buddhist Serial Killer." E.V. Noechel lives with OCD, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, severe chronic pain, and an assortment of delightful rescued animals. Her work has received multiple Pushcart nominations and generous support from the North Carolina Arts Council, Vermont Studio Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, United Arts, Culture and Animals Foundation, and I-Park. This is our last episode of the season, but don't miss these other works published in our Summer 2022 issue: Thought in Lévy Flight | Yuan Changming methuselah's beard | Dan MacIsaac Three Poems | Gale Acuff A Sonnet for Freshman Year | Claude Clayton Smith Night Calls | Stephen Reilly Morning Ruckus | Mira Martin-Parker House of Words: Finding Comfort in the Dwelling Space of Sheltering Mercy Kathryn Sadakierski Soul Care Rhythms: A Year of Exploration | Judy Ko and Laura E. Peluso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

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Episode 55: Pillsbury House + Theater - Chapter 1

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

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 42:44 Transcription Available

Pillsbury House + Theater is a groundbreaking “new model for human service work that recognizes the power of the arts and culture to stimulate community participation, investment and ownership.” This is the first of two PH+T chapters. BIO'sSigne V. Harriday is Artistic Producing Director at Pillsbury House + Theatre. Signe is a fierce visionary and powerful storyteller who crafts theatre that awakens our individual and collective humanity. As a director, multidisciplinary artist, activist, and facilitator, she uses theatre as a catalyst to ask questions about who we are and who we are in relation to each other.Past accomplishments include: Associate Company Member of Pillsbury House Theatre. Co-founder of Million Artist Movement, a collective of artists committed to Black liberation. Co-founder of the award-winning synchronized swimming team, The Subversive Sirens. Founder of Rootsprings Coop, a retreat center for BIPOC artists/activists/healers. Co-founder of MaMa mOsAiC, a women of color theater company whose mission is to evoke positive social change through female centered work. Core team member of REP Community Partners. Signe earned her MFA in Acting at the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard and Moscow Art Theatre. Current projects: Director of Bridgforth's bull-jean stories, Associate Director of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower Opera, Choreography for Love of Silver Water, Playwright for Dysmorphia. Recent directing credits: Dining with the Ancestors, Fannie Lou Hammer Speak On It, Hidden Heroes Noël Raymond is the Co-Artistic Managing Director at Pillsbury House + Theater. Noël holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota and a BFA from Ithaca College in New York. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Multicultural Development Center and the Burning House Group Theatre Company which she co-founded in 1993. She is also a company member of Carlyle Brown and Company. She has taught acting classes and theatre movement in multiple settings to children, college students and adults with developmental disabilities. Noël is an Equity actor who has performed with Pillsbury House Theatre, the Burning House Group, the Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Bryant Lake Bowl, and Minnesota Festival Theatres in Minnesota as well as the Hangar Theatre in New York. Noël's directing credits include Underneath the Lintel, An Almost Holy Picture, Far Away, Angels in America: Parts I and II, and [sic] at Pillsbury House Theatre, From Shadows to Light at Theatre Mu, The BI Show with MaMa mOsAiC, and multiple staged readings and workshops through the Playwrights' Center, among others. Noël has served on numerous panels including TCG/American Theatre, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Playwright's Center and United Arts, to name a few. Mike Hoyt: Mike is a visual artist and Pillsbury's Creative Community Liason. For nearly twenty years he has been producing, managing, and directing arts-based community development projects and youth development programs, while making his own art in his community. Creating and facilitating unique shared experiences that connect diverse and often non traditional art audiences drive his art practice. Hoyt's work has been exhibited locally and abroad at the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Arts At Marks Garage in Honolulu, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Pillsbury House + Theatre, Soap Factory, Soo Visual Arts Center, Intermedia Arts, Franconia Sculpture Park, Art Shanty Projects, and the Walker Art Center among others. He has received awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, a Northern Lights.mn Art(ists) on the Verge Fellowship, a Jerome Visual Artist Fellowship, and a McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship. Hoyt has the added benefit of raising a family three blocks from PH+T and is honored to have the opportunity to engage local...

Episode 70 - Ashley Allen, Reaching Your Destiny As An Entrepreneur

Goal Camp

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 21:11

As a child, our guest said she would attend the University of Nairobi. She forgot that goal but years later she attended the University of Nairobi and her mother reminded her of the goal she set many years before. Hear this story and more about Ashley Allen's destiny with entrepreneurship. Acacia trees thrive in adverse conditions and thrive in healthy climes. They are remarkably strong and resilient. Ashley Allen fosters that same strength and resilience in her clients. As president of Acacia Insights LLC, Ashley helps individuals, teams and organizations transform from good to great: enhancing awareness, increasing productivity, managing change and accelerating growth. With a focus on interactive workshop development and facilitation, leadership coaching, personal brand and strategic planning, her client list is diverse: entrepreneurs, multi-unit nationals and global organizations. She has extensive domestic and international experience, in recent years having facilitated programs in 13 countries. Prior to launching her own company, Ashley was an executive with Tribune Company's Orlando Sentinel for more than two decades – with vice president roles in new business development, planning and corporate communications, among other business management and marketing positions. She has been engaged in the community for many years, serving on the regional boards of directors of organizations including Junior Achievement and United Arts, and has mentored managers throughout the U.S. for WOMEN Unlimited. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ashley both advocates and exemplifies lifelong learning. She was graduated from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and attended the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Amherst College, the University of Tulsa and the Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University.

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Ep. 94 Opera For Everyone Meets United Arts Studies

Opera For Everyone

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 118:59

What does Salvador Dali have in common with opera? Listen to this episode to find out! This episode features special guests soprano Elizaveta Ulakhovich and baritone Perry Sook talking about their work and lives as an operatic couple. Their newest project is a YouTube series that connects their love of opera and their exploration of the visual arts. Join us for a unique episode featuring romance, creativity, and adventure. Hosted by Pat and Grant

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Erie's United Arts Fund: Patrick Fisher - Oct. 18, 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 41:00

Our guest on the Monday edition of the Joel Natalie Show was Patrick Fisher, executive director of Erie Arts and Culture. Patrick joined us to discuss the 2021 United Arts Fund. Together with their Cultural Service Partners, Erie Arts and Culture has made it their goal to raise $750,000 collectively during this year's fund drive.

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#OSNow: Disney lobbying to cut streaming video taxes, Happy Puzzle Day, local Grammy winners, and United Arts’ Flora Maria Garcia retiring (Ep. 349)

Orlando Sentinel Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 20:07

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. After launching Disney Plus, Disney is lobbying Florida lawmakers to cut taxes on streaming video (1:24) Happy Puzzle Day! Scavenger hunt tests your Orlando knowledge (8:12) Opera Orlando director Gabriel Preisser wins first Grammy Award (12:41) Departing United Arts after 8 years, Flora Maria Garcia retires ‘on a high note’ (14:53)

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#293 – All The Paychecks

Cinema Crespodiso

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2018 96:30

In episode 293, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn are joined by first time guest, from UdoU and the United Arts of Central Florida, marketer and filmmaker Chris Majocha! The Streaming Pick of the Week is Thor Ragnarok AGAIN because why not, that movie is great! Dr. Drew gives his two cents on crowdfunding MOGWAI. The... The post #293 – All The Paychecks appeared first on Cinema Crespodiso.

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9-16-11 - Margot Knight quits United Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2011

One of the most important figures in Central Florida's arts scene resigns. We'll have a conversation with Margot Knight, president and CEO of United Arts, about her decision to leave the organization to take on a new role in California.

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11-27-09 - Margot Knight of United Arts of Central Florida

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2009

Margot Knight, President and CEO of United Arts of Central Florida –offering a unique perspective of local arts and culture; what we're doing right and what we could stand to change.

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2/6/09 - ArtsFest

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2009

ArtsFest is a 10-day celebration of local arts & culture and all events are free. The festival opens United Arts annual fundraising campaign. For information, see Red Chair Project.com or get a brochure at any Bank of America branch.

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10/3/08 - Newcomer & the Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2008

If you're new to town, United Arts of Central Florida wants to help you get plugged in to local arts and culture. In Your Backyard: Where Newcomers Meet the Arts is a new series of gatherings - the first is October 8.

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IC 1-31-07 Mad Cow and St Francis House

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2007 16:13

Mad Cow Theatre asks me my availability and interest in performing in their cabaret festival. If you are that Fat white woman supporting UCF who honked at me for going slow...I hate you. Jim is available for the Mad Cow gig. St Francis House benefit February 11. One week before my performance at Dirty South improv Festival. Rental car is not recerved. I don't want to be around a bunch of advertising creatives, but I will go to "Florida Creatives" Feb 11 at 4pm after the Enzian Film Slam at 1pm. Chase is playing guitar. Go to wanzie.com for more info on the benefit. Feb 14th: NYC Fringe application is due. United Arts called.

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IC United Arts Hearing 1-23-07

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2007 10:36

I recorded the experience and spliced together my answers to their questions.

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IC Grant hearing and Artist Conferences

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2007 5:05

Driving to the United Arts grant hearing in Maitland at the Maitland Arts Center. Both Charleston videos are on youtube. 130 views on my blog the day I posted the video from Staurday's performance but only 15 views of the video on youtube. Yesterday I spoke at the Artist Conferences for the Orlando Fringe Festival, 11am and 6pm. I was more prepared for the 6pm. Buying coffee at 7-11. Abrubt ending due to a call.

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Scheduling without Jim

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2007 19:56

12-15-06: Scheduling out of town gigs is hard without Jim, the first time I perform this show out of Orlando will be with a new accompanist, reason for traveling: reviews and experience, Frigid Fringe is first come first serve and I didn't get that, United Arts grant, I'm teaching musical improv workshops in February 2007, I order at Taco Bell, rewrite of Charleston website mention of the show, made photo for show for Miami website, do I send a press release about Miami so soon after sending one out about Charleston?, I have a crapload of stuff but no job to show for it

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Accepted to Charleston Comedy Festival!