For the People

We're bringing in a representative from AAA Northeast and covering a lot of ground as we discuss the 100 Deadliest Days, pedestrian / motorcyclist / bicyclist safety, hot car dangers, and the dangers of inferior fake car safety seats.

Our Father's Day program is focusing on playing it safe and protecting yourself and your family from harm all summer long starting off with the Red Cross to brief us on the latest hurricane and storm season outlook, preparedness tips, and opportunities for you to give back as a disaster volunteer - or even more critically - as a blood or platelet donor.

Our Father's Day program is going to focus heavily on playing it safe and protecting yourself and your family from harm all summer long starting off with the Red Cross to brief us on the latest hurricane and storm season outlook, preparedness tips, and opportunities for you to give back as a disaster volunteer - or even more critically - as a blood or platelet donor. Then we'll bring in a represen...

On the first full weekend of Pride Month, we welcomed back a leader and co-founder from Westport Pride to outline a full schedule of events and celebrations welcoming all members of Connecticut's LGBTQ+ communities and all their allies, friends, and loved ones.

For the People continues promoting groundbreaking news in the Naugatuck Valley as we host the second of two representatives from Griffin Hospital to talk about their innovative EmPATH behavioral health unit and why it is designed to provide more effective, compassionate care for individuals who come to the ER experiencing a mental health crisis.

During Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, we brought you a well-versed expert from the Western CT Area Agency on Aging's Senior Medicare Patrol to frame out why folks on Medicare need to be uniquely prepared - not for if - but for when bad actors call or reach out with  convincing and unfortunately successful means of ripping you off, and how you can protect yourself.

It's Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, so we're bringing you a well-versed expert from the Western CT Area Agency on Aging's Senior Medicare Patrol to frame out why folks on Medicare need to be uniquely prepared - not for if - but for when bad actors call or reach out with  convincing and unfortunately successful means of ripping you off, and how you can protect yourself. Then, For the People will c...

We've been there since year one, so we wouldn't miss celebrating 30 years as For the People presents a spectacular preview of the 2025 International Festival of Arts & Ideas. You'll hear about why the festival is especially important this year as it ramps up convening visitors around countless programs, concerts, exhibits, talks, recitals, and more - most absolutely free!

In the final segment of our Mental Health Awareness Month series, For the People wants to introduce you to Team Woofgang & Co., a nonprofit founded by three Fairfield mothers of adults with alternate abilities who were looking to provide daily purpose for them while reducing the likelihood of possible future mental health issues as they "aged out" of local educational programs. 

We're delivering groundbreaking news in the Naugatuck Valley both literally and figuratively as we host the first of two representatives from Griffin Hospital to talk about their innovative EmPATH behavioral health unit designed to provide more effective, compassionate care for individuals who come to the ER experiencing a mental health crisis.

There's groundbreaking news in the Naugatuck Valley both literally and figuratively - and we'll bring in the first of two representatives from Griffin Hospital to talk about it as the health center ramps up development of an innovative behavioral health unit to provide more effective, compassionate care for individuals who come to the ER experiencing a mental health crisis. Then, in the final segm...

Check out an informative chat with Stamford's Top Cop - the city's Police Officer of the Year. We'll hear straight from the front line how law enforcement agencies and officers are facing and addressing some of the top crime and quality of life issues facing Stamford and other communities in Fairfield County.

The next segment of our Mental Health Awareness Month series is going to focus in part on some of the unique challenges addressing mental health issues among some of the state's more rural communities with a representative from the New England Rural Health Assoc.

We're begging you to get the heck out of the house and onto one of the hundreds of diverse and accessible trail networks across the state as we prepare for CT Trails Day 2025 by chatting with a rep from the CT Forest & Park Assoc.

For the People will be begging you to get the heck out of the house and onto one of the hundreds of diverse and accessible trail networks across the state as we prepare for CT Trails Day 2025 by chatting with a rep from the CT Forest & Park Assoc. Then, the next segment of our Mental Health Awareness Month series is going to focus in part on some of the unique challenges addressing mental heal...

The next segment of our Mental Health Awareness Month series re-connects you with the Executive Director of CatalystCT, a regional agency in part addressing  and enhancing behavioral and mental health for children and teens and their families in Fairfield County and beyond.

For the People is celebrating 150 years of science and discoveries that continue to protect and benefit Connecticut residents as we engage a deep dive discussion about the the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

Meet a couple of new members of the For the People resource network - ALEX, Inc. and the  Startford-based Health Care Advocates International. Both of these organizations are offering important stigma-busting support services to individuals and families who are part of the regions LGBTQ+ communities.

Today we're introducing a couple of new members of the For the People resource network - ALEX, Inc. and the  Startford-based Health Care Advocates International. Both of these organizations are offering important stigma-busting support services to individuals and families who are part of the regions LGBTQ+ communities. Then, we'll help celebrate 150 years of science and discoveries that continue t...

We're inviting you to head to one of seven local parks or open spaces for Black Birders Week. We'll hear from an inspired organizer, as well as representatives from Gather New Haven and the Sierra Club about how and why to get involved in all the local Black Birders Week activities.

In the next segment of our Mental Health Awareness Month series, For the People is calling on one of the front line leaders of Wheeler’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Services to talk about how it's responders are focusing on youth mental health support - and addressing stigmas tied to asking for help.

We're checking in with one of the new voices representing a familiar community partner - Green Village Initiative - which is successfully collaborating to address hunger, farming, and food insecurity in greater Bridgeport.

We're going to open with one of the new voices representing a familiar community partner - Green Village Initiative - which is successfully collaborating to address hunger, farming, and food insecurity in greater Bridgeport. Then, In the next segment of our Mental Health Awareness Month series, For the People is calling on one of the front line leaders of Wheeler’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Servi...

We're connecting with the Connecticut Democracy Center and focusing on Connecticut History Day, one of 58 affiliate programs of National History Day, that is encouraging students in grades 6-12 to explore local, state, national, and world history. 

Meet the co-founder of Hang Time, and learn how this highly successful program is igniting a grassroots movement to empower and reintegrate ex-offenders back into society by embracing and guiding those suffering from Post-Traumatic & Present Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to urban gun violence.