Community Possibilities

Send us Fan Mail Nancy Friauf is a tireless leader in the work to prevent interpersonal violence . We met several years ago when Nancy hired CES to help PADV develop a strategy for better demonstrating their outcomes. In this episode we talk about: How Nancy came to do this work. The programs and services PADV offers. The many assumptions people make about victims of interpersonal violence. The pa...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Martha Brown joins me for an honest conversation about how being trauma-informed can help us help our communities. Martha generously shares her personal stories and how that led her to restorative justice and now trauma-informed work. Grounded in indigenous practices, Restorative Justice practices are centered on relationships. Circles equalize power through a structured proce...

Send us Fan Mail Community Psychologist, evaluator, facilitator, and caretaker, Dr. Kim Broomfield-Massey loves her clients and you will love her to. She describes herself as a caretaker. That is not something you hear very often among evaluators.  Like me, Kim wanted to be a clinician, but discovered Community Psychology.  It was a personal decision. The information people share is not just numbe...

Send us Fan Mail Many of us say   we support our military.  Qwynn.  Galloway-Salazar  has spent her entire professional career doing just that. A veteran herself, Qwynn knows and understands our veterans and their families.  She talks about the "moral injures of war" and how our veterans are affected in ways you and I can't know. Some of these injuries resurface at the end of their...

Send us Fan Mail I am so excited to bring you this episode! Get ready for a rich conversation about listening, loving, and growing. Folami and I met in grad school years ago. Today she is a passionate leader and facilitator of learning for organizations and communities. Folami Prescott-Adams, Ph. D. is the CEO of HTI Catalysts. She is best known for her effective style of facilitation that offers...

Send us Fan Mail Sherrye Willis leads by faith and acts in service to marginalized communities. You will love this episode and be inspired by Sherrye. She has been working in communities and with nonprofits and foundations for more than 30 years.  Sherrye was drawn to service through the example of her father, an ordained minister, and her mother. Her deep faith guides her work today. As the Execu...

Send us Fan Mail For those of us working in communities, communicating is a critical skill. Now more than ever, we have to present data and information in a way that is accessible, creates trust, and motivates community-based organizations to take action. Long written reports are not going to make that happen! Ann Emery is a highly sought after data visualization expert and teacher and I know you...

Send us Fan Mail According to the Brennan Center , 47 states have enacted restrictive voting laws since the 2020 election  even though there is very little evidence of widespread voter fraud. In my adopted state of Georgia, the state legislator recently passed SB 202 . During and after the vote, outside parties poured millions of dollars into the state with positive messages about this legislation...

Send us Fan Mail I have always believed that those of us working to change our communities in some way, whether that be through education, mental health, social issues, or public health, come to this work for a reason. We may or may not always admit that. Meet LaTreece Roby. Her family history drives her to the work of substance abuse prevention, and as an ACOA myself (Adult Child of an Alcoholic)...

Send us Fan Mail Christine VanHorne is a public health consultant, speaker, trainer, facilitator, patient advocate and a fearless advocate for race equity and health disparities. I met Christie in Heather Sager's Speak Up to Level Up Class. Her journey from undergrad student  majoring in Genocide studies, to the Peace Corps, to Public Health,  will motivate you. We have a great conversation a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Susan Wolfe, a fellow community psychologist, evaluator, and one of my business besties.  Susan's evaluation work focusses on community coalitions and racial inequities.  We talk about the meaning of systems and environmental change and how to engage community members in hard conversations about racism. We touch on white privilege, defundin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I am joined by Michael Waller, Executive Director of Georgia Appleseed. Georgia Appleseed is one of my Favorite non-profits and in this episode, you will learn why.  As Executive Director, Michael Waller leads the Georgia Appleseed team in the development of innovative policy solutions and tools to keep Georgia’s children safe at home and in school, and out of the...

Send us Fan Mail In our inaugural episode, I am joined by Dr. Kyrah Brown, a community psychologist, evaluator, and Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology’s Public Health Program. She is the Director of the Maternal and Child Health Equity Lab.  Her research focuses on addressing social and structural factors that shape racial inequities and disparities in women’s/maternal health acr...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Community Possibilities ! This episode is a brief introduction to the podcast and what I hope is the start of many deep conversations about how we can change our communities for the better. In this podcast, I will be joined by community leaders, doing the hard work of social change. We will talk about root causes and dig deep to understand social and health inequities....