Patrons & Partnerships

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is Meg Thelosen, Board President of Working Food, a nonprofit which works to cultivate and sustain a resilient local food community in North Central Florida through collaboration, economic opportunity, education, and seed stewa...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guests today are Satchel Raye, the founder of Satchel’s Pizza and Satch2, and Gracy Castine, their Public Relations Administrator. We continue our discussion of the Satch Grant and talk about some of the organizations Satchel's has pa...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guests today are Satchel Raye, the founder of Satchel’s Pizza and Satch2, and Gracy Castine, their Public Relations Administrator. We speak about the history of Satchel’s, why exactly they started taking card payments, and the grant progra...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is Coral Smith, one of the co-directors of Gainesville Girls Rock Camp, a nonprofit that uses music and performance to uplift marginalized voices, encourage self esteem, community and self expression in girls and gender expansi...

Thank you for listening to Episode 18 of Library Partnership’s podcast, Patrons and Partnerships. Our guests for this episode are from the UF Health Cancer Center. January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that cervical cancer is highly treatable if found early and that there are ways to help prevent cervical cancer from occurring? Sarah Szurek, PhD, Program Director for the Office...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is Steve Alcime, an advising specialist with the Blount Center at Santa Fe College. Steve is one of the advisors with the TRIO program at Santa Fe, which includes the Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search, and student support...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District.   Our guest today is Claire Mitchell, the founder and executive director of Brave Harvest, Gainesville’s local urban farm. Claire founded Brave Harvest to increase food literacy and empower youth and adults in Alachua County to make healthy fo...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is Claire Mitchell, the founder and executive director of Brave Harvest, Gainesville’s local urban farm. Claire founded Brave Harvest to increase food literacy and empower youth and adults in Alachua County to make healthy food...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is Brianna Chesteen, MS, the founder and executive director of the Health Education and Training Center (HEAT) of Gainesville, Inc. In this interview, we discuss how Brianna came to found the HEAT Center, the holistic approach...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is Brianna Chesteen, MS, the founder and executive director of the Health Education and Training Center (HEAT) of Gainesville, Inc. In this interview, we discuss how Brianna came to found the HEAT Center, the holistic approach...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District.  Today we have the second half of our interview with JoJo Sacks, the Coordinator of the Civic Media Center, who spoke with us to discuss the history of the Civic Media Center, the services they were able to provide the Gainesville community du...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is JoJo Sacks, the Coordinator of the Civic Media Center, who is here with us today to discuss the history of the Civic Media Center, the services they were able to provide the Gainesville community during the pandemic, and bot...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is E. Stanley Richardson, here with us today to discuss his role as poet laureate of Alachua County, his organization ARTSPEAKSgnv , and his book, Hip Hop Is Dead – Long Live Hip Hop: The Birth, Death And Resurrection Of Hip Ho...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Our guest today is E. Stanley Richardson, here with us today to discuss his role as poet laureate of Alachua County, his organization ARTSPEAKSgnv , and his book, Hip Hop Is Dead – Long Live Hip Hop: The Birth, Death And Resurrection Of Hip Ho...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Today we have the second half of our conversation with Nina Bhattacharyya, the founder of Zero Waste Gainesville and advocate for a zero waste lifestyle. To learn more about ZWG , access resources geared towards living a zero waste lifestyle,...

Welcome to another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. Today, we speak with Eric Kohnen, a Horticulturist with the City of Gainesville, to talk about Gainesville's new Edible Groves program, a new initiative to plant fruit-bearing trees in parks across Gainesville. To learn more about the Edible Groves proj...

A Conversation with Dr. Karen Cole-Smith, Executive Director of Community Outreach and East Gainesville Initiative at Santa Fe College. Dr. Cole-Smith has been involved in empowering citizens and promoting engagement in the community for over three decades. She offers insightful information on resources for those who may need them and on why service to the community matters.   Visit the Alachua Co...

Welcome to another episode of Patrons & Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. In celebration of Pride Month, our guest today is Tamára Perry-Lunardo , the president of the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida.  Tamára is a mother of five and a Gator alum, and she oversees the functioning of the PCCNCF, which covers 13 count...

Welcome to the fourth episode of Patrons and Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. In celebration of National Bike Month, our guest today is Dekova Batey, the Coordinator for Gainesville's Department of Mobility Bicycle/Pedestrian Program. Dekova is a lifelong resident of Gainesville and a dedicated cyclist who has directed the Bicyc...

Welcome to the third episode of Patrons and Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. During the pandemic, when so many of the Library District’s programs have gone virtual, we thought it was the perfect time to begin podcasting. We hope you enjoy hearing about the different partners working to support East Gainesville, interesting stories fr...

Welcome to the second episode of Patrons and Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. During the pandemic, when so many of the Library District’s programs have gone virtual, we thought it was the perfect time to begin podcasting. We hope you enjoy hearing about the different partners working to support East Gainesville, interesting stories f...

Welcome to the very first podcast of Patrons and Partnerships, presented by the Library Partnership Branch of the Alachua County Library District. During the pandemic, when so many of the Library District’s programs have gone virtual, we thought it was the perfect time to begin podcasting. We hope you enjoy hearing about the different partners working to support East Gainesville, interesting stori...