How to (Not) Kill Your Community

Margaret Guy, executive director of Stop the Violence Prayer Chain Foundation , talks about providing educational and social services to children and families who live at or below the poverty level, and who are often impacted by domestic and gun violence. Stop the Violence Prayer Chain Foundation received $2,500 in grants from the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund to continue providing ess...

In the Season 2 premiere of our Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast, Rob McCreary and Kathleen Seipel from the Family Counseling Center of St. Paul's join us to talk about providing emotional and behavioral health services to uninsured families in low-income communities in Delaware. The Family Counseling Center of St. Paul's received $43,000 in grants from the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Resp...

Bear Library specialist Adriana Camacho-Church talks about the role of libraries in building opportunity. The Bear Library's ESL programs for Spanish and Chinese speakers help people learn how to read, write, find job opportunities and integrate into their communities, benefiting the community as a whole. Camacho-Church also writes a monthly series in Delaware's Out & About Magazine called " Worth...

Rev. Edwin Estevez, senior pastor of Grace Church UMC and the Riverfront Church in Wilmington, talks about the role of the faith community in building opportunity. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, Estevez grew up in North Jersey and is now a proud Delawarean. With his leadership, Grace Church is launching a kitchen incubator to empower people struggling with poverty to learn culinary and restaura...

Diane Laird, executive director of the Downtown Dover Partnership , talks about building opportunity through collaboration and economic development. The DDP drives improved quality of life for the diverse residents, downtown workers, students, tourists, shoppers, kids, families and seniors who spend time in downtown Dover. Our nine-episode Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast series focuses on...

Micheal Crumble, director of the H. Fletcher Brown Boys & Girls Club in Wilmington, talks about building opportunity for underserved youth. Following a 20-year career in the military, Crumble found a second vocation creating opportunities for kids to learn and grow. Under his direction, the H. Fletcher Brown Boys & Girls Club recently opened a digital arts lab, funded in part by the DCF. Our nine-...

"STEM Queen" Jacqueline Means , 17-year-old founder of the Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative, talks about building opportunity for girls through STEM education. Jacqueline grew up in the high-poverty Southbridge neighborhood of Wilmington and is currently a senior at the Delaware Military Academy. She has been featured on The Today Show, Access Hollywood, The Q, and TedX for her work engaging girls...

In our third episode, David Stradley, producing artistic director of Delaware Shakespeare , talks about building opportunity and increasing community through the arts. Our nine-episode Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast series focuses on how can we build opportunity and strengthen community for all. DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delawareans who are building opportunity t...

In our second episode, Bryant Garcia , immigration program coordinator at La Esperanza in Georgetown, talks about building opportunity for Latino communities. Our nine-episode Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast series focuses on how can we build opportunity and strengthen community for all. DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delawareans who are building opportunity through th...

We're excited to welcome you to our Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast! How can we build opportunity and strengthen community for all? Over the next eight weeks, DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delawareans who are building opportunity through the arts, faith communities, libraries and everything in between. Our first episode features James & Deborah Fallows, authors of  Ou...