Philadelphia Community Podcast

Are you running out of ideas for engaging your kids that are fun and educational? I speak with author Sharla Feldscher who has written a book called 400 Easy and Fun Ideas for Kids 2 to 8 Years Old. www.kidfunandmore.com Out of Love, a podcast exploring different perspectives on love and relationships, in partnership with Ian Farmer of bands Slaughter Beach, Dog and Modern Baseball has released of...

How do you lift families out of poverty? It’s not just about raising a salary. It’s about building assets. I speak Marquita Morris Lewis from Compass Working Capital which is helping families build assets and achieve financial security. https://www.compassworkingcapital.org/ Dr. John D. Carpten is an internationally recognized expert in cancer research and a member of the American Association for...

There’s so much that’s new for this November 3rd election and to help us sort out what we need to know we talk with Kelly Chambers from the nonpartisan group HeadCount. https://www.headcount.org/ The Barnes Foundation is sponsoring a series of virtual talks on Race and the first kicks off Monday October 12th on Colorism. Kathleen Ogilvie Green, Curator of Public Programs at the Barnes Foundation....

Vote like our nation depends on it because – it does. I speak with James Haynes, President and CEO of OIC of America about the work they are doing to get out the vote. https://www.oicofamerica.org/2020/08/24/ourvote/ We chat with Keisha Jordan, Executive Director of the Children’s Scholarships Fund of Philadelphia about how parents can apply for a scholarship to tuition based schools. https://www....

The COVID pandemic has created more challenges for people with substance use disorder. I speak with Jennifer King - Executive Director of the Council of Southeast Pennsylvania and Victor Scott - 61-year-old celebrating 10 years in recovery about the special challenges of individuals living with substance abuse disorder and clearing the path to recovery. Aids walk Philly is coming up October 18th a...

The show kicks off with our monthly segment with Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati’s VLS Journeys Vanesse interviews Sili Recio the author of If Dominican Were a Color and Sili Recio. For her feature “What is Philadelphia Reading? Vanesse speaks with children’s book author Jamilah Thompkins Bigelow who is an educator and writer who centers Black and Muslim children in her work. Her latest book is Your Name i...

This week I turn over the show to my producer Daija Moore-Evans. As a twenty something Daija was in the perfect position to gather four peers to discuss the issues facing their generation including careers, relationships and coping with a pandemic. Joining Moore-Evans are Alexis Beckett, Julien Carroll, Gabe Henry and Jasmine Daniels whose resilience, drive and creativity was inspiring.

This week I turn over the show to my producer Daija Moore-Evans. As a twenty something Daija was in the perfect position to gather four peers to discuss the issues facing their generation including careers, relationships and coping with a pandemic. Joining Moore-Evans are Alexis Beckett, Julien Carroll, Gabe Henry and Jasmine Daniels whose resilience, drive and creativity was inspiring.

We take public transportation for granted but it’s key to a vibrant economy and during this time of COVID – it’s been critical for transporting essential workers to their jobs. We talk with Leslie Richards, Septa’s General Manager about the future of the transit authority as we continue to navigate through the pandemic. http://septa.org/index.html First – November 11th marks the 17th Annual PA Con...

We take public transportation for granted but it’s key to a vibrant economy and during this time of COVID – it’s been critical for transporting essential workers to their jobs. We talk with Leslie Richards, Septa’s General Manager about the future of the transit authority as we continue to navigate through the pandemic. http://septa.org/index.html Black women are dying of breast cancer at higher n...

Kelly Lyons is an award winning children’s book author and I speak with her about her new book about Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice Inspired Generations. https://www.kellystarlinglyons.com/ The deadline for filling out the Census is coming September 30th. I talked with Stephanie Reid, Executive Director of Philly Counts. https://www.phila.gov/programs/philly-counts-2020/ https://2020census.gov/...

Kelly Lyons is an award winning children’s book author and I speak with her about her new book about Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice Inspired Generations. https://www.kellystarlinglyons.com/ The deadline for filling out the Census is coming up September 30th. I talked with Stephanie Reid, Executive Director of Philly Counts. https://www.phila.gov/programs/philly-counts-2020/ https://2020census.g...

The mission of the Project HOME community is to empower adults, children, and families to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Their motto says it all “None of us are home until all of us are home.” On September 16th Project Home’s Largest fundraiser goes virtual. To tell us more I speak with Annette, Jeffrey VP of Development and Communications and Edel Howlin, External Affairs Officer fo...

How would you like to enter a field that offers family sustaining jobs? JEVS Human Services offers training programs in the construction field and the jobs there are in demand. I speak with from JEVS I speak with Kristen Rantanen, SVP Communications and Public Affairs, Lead Employment Specialist Tamika Gary and Jabari Adams - Learning Coach. https://www.jevshumanservices.org/ The mission of the Pr...

Mass Media shapes our reality and when there’s diversity in media – our world opens up to possibility. Color Farm Media’s mission is to build an ecosystem that fosters greater equity, inclusion, and diversity in media and that empowers and elevates voices that are underrepresented, overlooked, and undervalued. I spoke with co-founders Ben Arnon who brings a depth of experience in tech and entertai...

Mass Media shapes our reality and when there’s diversity in media – our world opens up to possibility. Color Farm Media’s mission is to build an ecosystem that fosters greater equity, inclusion, and diversity in media and that empowers and elevates voices that are underrepresented, overlooked, and undervalued. I spoke with co-founders Ben Arnon who brings a depth of experience in tech and entertai...

Ryan White has a youth of 13 years who acquired AIDS through a blood transfusion. This happened in the early eighties when an AIDS diagnosis was a death sentence and he was only given a few months to live. Instead Ryan White survived five more years living a life with significance. Shunned by his community, he found his voice and became an advocate for tolerance and a better understanding of HIV a...

I spoke with Dr. Harry Williams, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, about the new study, The State of Opportunity in America, 2020 about our fragile communities faced with deep poverty and racial bias. You’ll be interested to hear what he says about Philadelphia https://advancingopportunity.org/ In the middle of a pandemic and in the wake of the social unrest following the tr...

Ashley Dubose is a performing and recording artist from Philly but based in Minneapolis. I had the chance to check in with Ashley whose music is both beautiful and socially conscious. https://www.ashleydubose.com/home When you think of poverty – many of us imagine it simply has to do with how much you make –In fact Assets are a stronger predictor than income of financial well-being and economic mo...

Ashley Dubose is a performing and recording artist from Philly but based in Minneapolis. I had the chance to check in with Ashley whose music is both beautiful and socially conscious. https://www.ashleydubose.com/home When you think of poverty – many of us imagine it simply has to do with how much you make –In fact Assets are a stronger predictor than income of financial well-being and economic mo...

More than 110 thousand men women and children are currently waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, 20 die each day waiting. In this region more than 50000 people are on the waiting list. Gift of Life has coordinator more 50 thousand lifesaving organs for transplant and about a million life enhancing tissue transplants. I'm a registered organ donor and have my wishes known in my living will and...

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. The goal is to raise awareness about the importance of registering as an organ donor in multicultural communities. 60% of the 110,000 men, women and children waiting for a life-saving transplant are from communities of color. I speak with Leslie Jean-Mary, Multicultural Outreach Coordinator for Gift of Life, Kim Phillips, R.N., BSN, CCTC, Educatio...

The numbers tell us too many people experiencing the symptoms of heart attack and stroke are not taking themselves to the ER out of fear of the corona virus. I spoke to Main Line Health patient Gerry Gdanski, who almost died of a heart attack because of a reluctance to get to the hospital. The American Heart Association’s newest campaign - Don't Die of Doubt focuses on the importance of patients c...

Our first segment is our monthly feature VLS Journeys hosted by Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, founder The Literary and the African American Children’s Book Fair. In a timely interview Vanesse speaks to Jabari Asim, author of Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis and the illustrator of the book, world renowned artist E.B. Lewis. https://www.amazon.com/Preaching-Chickens-Story-Young-Lew...

We begin with the interview with Philadelphia City Councilman Derek Green who tells us about upcoming hearings to look at existing racial and abelist disparities made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. It’s happening Tuesday July 28th at 10 am and you can stream it live on www.phlcouncil.com/watch If you’d like to testify email Derek. Green@phila.gov . 1:00 These are challenging times for small bu...