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The Handoff: Bridging the Gap

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

Hello and welcome to The Handoff: Bridging the Gap, an EmpowerMT project. The Handoff: Bridging the Gap is a community-based podcast centered on issues, challenges, and successes of the youth and elders of the community. The reason for this gathering of minds and souls is to help bridge the gap between generations, as they are often in different rooms, areas, discussions, and environments. This gap has, at times, hindered development, growth, and the ability to transfer knowledge that can help increase and promote well-being, purpose, and commitment to the betterment of a rapidly changing comm...

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Being Black in Big Sky Country, The Handoff: Bridging the Gap - Episode 3 17.12.2025 1:08:53

Episode 3 is a polarizing, intergenerational conversation about the Black experience in America, specifically as Black women and as Black people in rural Western Montana. The discussion will explore how age, identity, and perspective shape how one navigates success, challenges, racism, sexism, and cultural voids.

The Handoff: Bridging the Gap - Episode 2 - Gridiron and Generations 07.05.2025 51:30

Listen to the second episode of The Handoff: Bridging the Gap brought to you by EmpowerMT. Rajiem Seabrook hosts Gridiron and Generations , featuring Murray Pierce, Ja'Ton Simpson, Blake Schulte, and Sammy Akem. Four generations will come together to share their unique perspectives and lived experiences, offering insight into the challenges, resilience, and evolution of Black life in Montana. Visi...

The Universal Oppressor that We All Face, Age - Session 2 03.03.2025 22:15

The Handoff Podcast: Bridging the Gap continues, an EmpowerMT project. Listen to the second session of The Universal Oppressor We All Face, Age with guests Evyn Kolczak-Hardy (he/him) and Dr. Dick Blank (he/him). Host, Rajiem Seabrook, facilitates furthers the open conversation about the different perspectives they hold being on different ends of the age spectrum. Evyn Kolczak-Hardy is a first-ye...

The Universal Oppressor that We All Face, Age - Session 1 03.03.2025 39:17

Listen to the first episode of The Handoff: Bridging the Gap hosted by Rajiem Seabrook, an EmpowerMT project. Special guests on this episode are Evyn Kolczak-Hardy (he/him), Youth Advisory Council member and Dr. Dick Blank (he/him), Missoula Aging Services. Evyn and Dick discuss the challenges and personal experience of the universal oppressor we all face, age. Evyn Kolczak-Hardy is a first-year s...