Norwalk ACTS Communications

Norwalk TALKS

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Norwalk TALKS is a podcast production of Norwalk ACTS. We are a collective impact partnership dedicated to ensuring that every child in Norwalk, Connecticut has the opportunity to thrive. Join us as we bring together community leaders, students, and families, and community members to discuss the challenges, successes, and honest conversation driving real change in our city and Connecticut.

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Finding Safe Spaces for your Mental Health in Norwalk with Norwalk ACTS Board Member Chrissy Mahanna, LCSW 13.01.2026 32:49

Chrissy Mahanna and Compass Consulting & Coaching partnered with the City of Norwalk on the Youth Mental Health Gap Analysis Report. Learn more about Norwalk ACTS & Community Mindfulness Project Board Member Chrissy Mahanna and her involvement in the community. The Community Priority Plan for Youth Mental Wellbeing Roundtable Series is January 14th & February 11th at the EnVision Cente...

Ensuring community members with lived experience have a S.E.A.T. at the table w/ Kim Bianca Burgess 19.12.2025 41:41

Applications are being accepted for the Norwalk cohort of the SEAT Program. www.seatct.org⁠Norwalk TALKS sits down with Kim Bianca Burgess, Curriculum Author & Lead Trainer for SEAT CT. The SEAT Program helps prepared under-resourced Black and Latino community members to take up first-time nonprofit board service.

Join your neighbors at the Community Listening Forums with Mayor-elect Barbara Smyth 03.12.2025 15:04

Community Listening Forums with Mayor-elect Barbara Smyth December 10th - Community Room @ City Hall December 18th - SoNo Library 6 - 7:30 PM

Engaging the community and families to fight childhood hunger with Paola Arango, Family & Community Engagement Coordinator of Filling in the Blanks 27.11.2025 37:57

Engaging the community and families to fight childhood hunger with Paola Arango, Family & Community Engagement Coordinator of Filling in the Blanks www.fillingintheblanks.org

Supporting Families with Purpose at the Odyssey Family Executive Center of South Norwalk with Julienne Foy, LMSW, M.Ed., Executive Director 14.10.2025 49:05

https://www.odysseyfec.org/ October 23, 2025 - https://givebutter.com/diningdark https://fccfoundation.org/2025-soul-of-philanthropy-awardees/

Get to know Mayor Candidate: Barbara Smyth 06.10.2025 21:49

Get to know Mayor Candidate: Barbara Smyth www.barbarasmyth.com

Get to know Mayor Candidate: Vinny Scicchitano 06.10.2025 29:51

https://vinnyforthepeople.com/

Get to know Mayor Candidate: John Kydes 06.10.2025 15:34

https://www.facebook.com/KydesForCouncil

Meet Mayor Candidate: Erik Vitaglione 06.10.2025 28:13

https://www.facebook.com/erik.vitaglione

Manresa WILDS: A once in a lifetime opportunity for all of Norwalk with Jessica Vonashek, Executive Director of Manresa Island Corporation 06.09.2025 1:04:27

Jessica Vonashek, Executive Director of Manresa Island Corporation sit down with Norwalk ACTS Deputy Director, Jesse Buccolo and Manager of Communications, Brandalyn Fulton Williams to understand the endless opportunities Manresa Wilds will provide for all of Norwalk. This is just the beginning to witness the impact of philanthropists Austin & Allison McChord. Learn more about upcoming events...

Let's talk about a safe place for kids with Kids in Crisis Counselors Chitra Suresh & Ed Milton 12.08.2025 54:22

Kids in Crisis Website 24/7/365 Helpline - 203.661.1911 Kids in Crisis Events

The EnVision Center: A Model Approach to Place-Based Partnerships & Collaboration with Sherreida Reid, MPH 21.07.2025 42:00

The Envision Center model is a forward-thinking, collaborative approach to community development that goes beyond housing. NHA's ROSS Summer Social Saturday, August 9, 2025 12:30pm to 4:00pm Roodner Court (261 Ely Ave. Norwalk, CT) This event marks the official launch of NHA’s Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program at Roodner Court , which connects Roodner Court resi...

Norwalk Community College Foundation and the Power of Philanthropy with Nancy von Euler 07.07.2025 47:43

Norwalk Community College Foundation and the Power of Philanthropy with Nancy von Euler, President & CEO of NCC Foundation & Outgoing Norwalk ACTS Board Chair Support the Night of Brilliance : Celebrating 60 years of building bright futures on October 23, 2025! https://ncc-foundation.org/

The Role of Local Government with Lamond Daniels 17.06.2025 42:34

The Role of Local Government with Chief of Community Services, Lamond Daniels. City of Norwalk Community Resource Hub

A Candid Conversation with our outgoing Data Director, Paula Palermo 05.06.2025 38:36

Join Norwalk ACTS as we sit down with our outgoing Data Director, Paula Palermo. Paula was the first employee of Norwalk ACTS as it moved from a volunteer coalition to a staffed organization in 2014. Don't miss this important conversation about the importance of data in systems change work.

Podcast Launch with Anamilena Moreno Lonergan 07.05.2025 17:39

It's our first episode of Norwalk TALKS. Join us as we talk about Norwalk ACTS, the goals of Norwalk TALKS, and meet Backbone Staff Member & Norwalk resident, Anamilena Moreno Lonergan, Social Emotional Health Manager. About Norwalk ACTS Norwalk ACTS uses a Collective Impact approach that brings people, organizations, and systems together in a structured way, around common goals to achieve...