The Breakwater Podcast

Join Stephanie Gyldenvand, Community Health Strategist & Breakwater Steering Team member as she interviews Lynnsey & Michael about housing in Winnebago County. Lynnsey Erickson is a Community Health Strategist with Winnebago County Health Department focused on housing, and Michael Rust is the CEO of the Winnebago County Conflict Resolution Center. Both Lynnsey & Michael give us a picture of housin...

In this discussion, I am joined by Chris Wardlow, Stephanie Gyldenvand, and Christine Christensen – three people who work on substance use and substance use prevention, in three different ways. We wanted to have this discussion to highlight that substance use prevention happens everywhere, all around us – all the time. Whether it is intentional or ancillary – whether we think of our work as 'tradi...

Breakwater Youth Representative Makayla interviews Kit & Emmanuella about their time with Youth 2 Youth, their work on the Youth of Color report, and how getting involved helped shape who they are today. Interested in getting involved or joining us as a youth representative? Visit www.breakwaterwi.org to learn how! Find the youth of color report here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KyWWuVZ2iBK8b...

In this episode, we sit down with Alex Belville, owner of Mirrorless Productions. Mirrorless productions has been working with Breakwater on a PSA style short film. We talk about that project, Alex shares some personal stories and we share ideas on how coalition work can make an impact in our community.

Join us for the first episode of the Breakwater Podcast! Two of our Steering Team members (Dan Haak, Sue Panek) share why they volunteer their time with Breakwater, how substance use has shaped impacted them, and how they talk to the kids in their lives about substance use. For more information, visit www.breakwaterwi.org, and be sure to follow us on social media! Information referenced in this ep...