Envision Radio

Our guest for this week's episode of Envision Radio is Yunina Barbour-Payne, a UVA Drama scholar and artist focusing on Africana studies, Appalachian studies, folklore and performance. Markiana and Price ask her about how she thinks Africana and Appalachian studies interconnect (including the term “Affrilachian”), her experience as a performer, dramaturg, director and playwright, and much mor...

Our guest for this week's episode of Envision Radio is Daisa Pascall, full-time art teacher and owner of We Grow plant shop in Scottsville! Markiana and Price chat with her about how she juggles the myriad of roles in her life (teacher, florist, entrepreneur, mom, farmer, designer–phew!), her inspiration to start We Grow, how her experience as an artist has impacted her floral design, the res...

On this episode of Envision Radio Markiana and Price chat with Hashim Davis, Assistant Director for the National History Academy. They discuss his extensive list of prestigious fellowships in Holocaust and Genocide studies, his career teaching public school history for 25 years, how he shows the global connections between Jim Crow in America and the Nuremberg Racial Laws in Germany, his leadership...

On this episode of Envision Radio Markiana and Price chat with Juandiego Wade, Mayor of the City of Charlottesville! They discuss how growing up in Charlottesville helped shape the person and leader he has become, his journey in local government from starting with serving on the Charlottesville School Board, his passion for youth mentorship, and more.

In this episode, Markiana and Price chat with James "Littlez" Dowell Jr., Co-Founder of Prolyfyck Run Creww! They discuss the inspiration to start a running club, how Prolyfyck expands beyond just running, the group's focus on community and abundance over competition, being named one of eight Emerging Leaders for the 2025 Running USA Industry Conference, and more.

On this week's episode of Envision Radio Markiana is joined by guest co-host Tasia White of Piedmont Housing Allaince to chat with Victoria "Tori" Maxey, who is a mentor, life & career Coach, community advocate, and currently the Community Resource Navigator at UVA Pipelines and Pathways! They discuss her inspiration to become a life and career coach, how she uses "resource...

Markiana and Price welcome guest Alyssa Waller, a professional currently at University of Virginia and community leader. They discuss her leadership bringing the Tapestry 2025 By Us. For All! celebration to Orange County, serving on serve on the NAACP youth committee and the Orange County Academic Scholar Institute board, the ASPIRE values, and more!

This week Markiana and Price are chatting with guest Melody Pannell, founder and CEO of Destiny’s Daughters Inc., a therapeutic, spiritual mentoring program dedicated to the holistic healing of Black women and girls. They'll discuss her experience being a mentor through programs like RISE Together, her roles in academia, healthcare leadership, and ministry, her view on "radical hope,&quo...

Markiana and Price welcome guest Justin Reid, a social change investor, public historian, and co-founder of Griffin Blvd Archives, a rural sustainable development and cultural heritage advocacy and support network in South Central Virginia. They discuss his involvement with the Moton Museum, his work at Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, balancing his roles as historian, cultural organizer...

This week on Envision Radio, Markiana and Price welcome guest Raven Morris, creator of Super Hijinx, an action-adventure-comedy audio series about a homeschool family with superpowers. They discuss her background in engineering and computer science, making the jump into digital media design, her passion for storytelling through various mediums and featuring diverse characters, and more! 

Markiana and Price chat with our guest Tiffany Edwards of TME Coaching and Consulting, LLC. They discuss her philosophy on learning, the importance of giving back to your community, the importance of an organization's culture, values, and vision, leadership advice, and more.

Markiana and Price welcome Dr. Irène Mathieu to the studio to chat about how she brings together medicine and the arts in her work, why it's important for her to focus children's health equity, the poetry she's written and published, her most recent book milk tongue and more.

Markiana and Price chat with Jackie Morris, local multi-hyphenate ("daughter, sister, aunt, wife and aspiring mother" and also "a caregiver, a creative, a dancer, a lover of music, food, and art"). She also works at Central Virginia Community Justice as a Restorative Justice Facilitator. They discuss going from attending Charlottesville City Schools to now working with them, he...

On this episode of Envision Radio, Markiana and Price welcome Yolunda Harrell, co-founder of New Hill Development, to the studio! They discuss her experience as a CEO and entrepreneur, the history of Vinegar Hill and Black communities in Charlottesville and their inspiration on her work, how she lives by the Golden Rule (to give more than you receive), what makes a community thrive, and more.

We chat with Kori Price, who owns her own photography business Kori Price Photography! She talks to Markiana and Price about managing her diverse professional interests (including both art and engineering), acting as the current president (and founding member) of the Charlottesville Black Arts Collective, being a writer in-residence at McGuffey Arts Center among other arts centers, and more. Her w...

Markiana and Price chat with Kristina Smith, Executive Director of Georgia’s Friends about her experience supporting individuals impacted by addiction, mental health challenges, and systemic barriers, working in the foster care system, the power of being seen and supported, and more!

For this week’s episode, we are chatting with Sydney Shuler of the Center for Community Partnerships! She sits down with Markiana and Price to talk about her time in journalism at The Daily Progress, traveling to India as a 2022 Pulitzer Reporting Fellow, her interests in environmental justice, how she uses storytelling in her current work, and more!

This episode is a special one for Envision Radio! Welcome to Markiana and Price's Summer Special! Our cohosts recap the exciting things they've been up to this summer, discuss the Mississippi Miracle, chat about the Charlottesville nonprofit community, and more. 

We're welcoming Shymora Cooper to the studio for this week's episode! She'll chat with Markiana and Price about her work at Piedmont Housing Alliance as the manager of their Financial Opportunity Center and Housing Hub, her insights after 20 years working to expand affordable housing and homeownership in our region, how being a mother has shaped her approach to community development...

This week we're welcoming Melissa Vargas to the #EnvisionRadio studio. She brings an extensive background in nonprofits and reproductive justice to her current work with Mama Bees Collectiva and her training to be a Spanish-speaking Full spectrum doula. Join as we discuss how she elevates and centers the stories of Latinx mothers and caregivers, how Mama Bees currently supports Spanish-speaki...

This week on #EnvisionRadio we're chatting with Sarad Davenport, owner of Davenport Strategic Innovation & Design and Chief of Operations for Vinegar Hill  Magazine , and Marketing Chair on our own Board of Directors! We'll chat about how to tell stories that resonate, how to contribute meaningfully to your community, and more.  Brought to you in partnership with Jefferson School Fou...

This week on # EnvisionRadio we're welcoming Charley Burton to the studio! Charley is a native of Charlottesville and shared his life story about surviving abuse, addiction, mental illness, and gender dysphoria in his book The Boy Beneath My Skin. We'll also discuss his other projects including founding STEP (Supporting Trans Elder Project), becoming a public speaker through his organiza...

This week on #EnvisionRadio Marki and Price chat with Terrel White of the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF)! They'll discuss his work in social change and nonprofits, launching his agency Werq Consulting, being a part of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity , his appreciation for Virginia's vineyards, and more! Brought to you in partnership with Jefferson School Foundation . 

This week's #EnvisionRadio guest is Lisa Harris, who has spent more than 20 years working in academic, health systems, automotive, HR, marketing, and financial services sectors. She's been with University of Virginia Human Resources since 2018 and even ran her own educational consulting business, LA Harris Dare to Bear Fruit, LLC before that. We'll chat about her professional experi...

This week we're welcoming Simona Holloway to the #EnvisionRadio studio! Join in as we talk about how she spent 36 years helping clients find transportation solutions for all budgets, lifestyles, and more with Colonial Auto Center, her role as a community leader over the years via organizations including JABA Charlottesville and Women United in Philanthropy , her passion for the arts and invol...