Nonprofit Spotlight

In this episode of  Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Renee Kargleder, the founder and Executive Director of the Resilience Project. The Resilience Project is a dynamic research-based nonprofit dedicated to care and servicing of Survivors of Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault (SV/SA). The Resilience Project uses evidence-based approaches in the disciplines of art, music, and garden th...

In this episode of  Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Tara Laurie-Manson, the founder, and CEO of Youth World Education Project (YWEP). She recognizes one of the best ways to bring about change is through education. Following high school, she pursued her academic studies in psychology and education, earning a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Wayne State University and a Master’s...

In this episode, Miranda Schubert shines The Nonprofit Spotlight on Abby Hungwe, Managing Director of Owl & Panther . The mission of Owl & Panther is to inspire and support refugees and society in embracing change, life and hope through healing-centered engagement in expressive arts, community outreach and collaboration. They work to foster belonging through the creation of safe and nurtur...

In this episode, Miranda Schubert shines The Nonprofit Spotlight on Mary DeCamp, President of the Tucson Peace Center . The Tucson Peace Center supports the movements for peace, social justice, environmental justice, and labor equity. Among other things, they publish a print version of the Tucson Peace Calendar, maintain the online Calendar, and host an annual Tucson Peace Fair and Music Festival....

In this episode of Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Rocky Baier, co-founder of Tucson Repair Café . Rocky shares the history of repair cafés and the vision of Arizona’s first repair café to create a more sustainable Tucson. From a broken toaster or lamp to a PlayStation circuit board, Tucson Repair café will take a crack at fixing just about anything. Tucson Repair Café volunteers ac...

In this episode of  Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Julie Robinson the first and new Executive Director of Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace the nonprofit that manages Mission Garden . Julie shares how Mission Garden started ten years ago and how they have grown to fulfill their mission to preserve, transmit, and revive the region’s rich agricultural heritage by growing garden plots re...

In this episode of  Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Michelle Don Carlos, the President and Founder of Mending Souls. Michelle shares how Mending Souls partners with a variety of organizations like the Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse, Youth on Their Own, and Human Society as well as hospitals and first responders to manufacture and donate supplies for the communities they serve....

In this episode of  Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Caroline Isaacs , the Executive Director of Just Communities Arizona , formerly part of the American Friends Service Committee . Caroline shares JCA’s unique approach to the punishment system in that “punishment doesn’t cultivate safety—relationships and human connection does. Together, we’re creating a world free of prisons and pu...

In this episode of  Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Katie Rogers the Senior Attorney for the Begin Again Expungement Project at Southern Arizona Legal Aid whose mission is to provide equal access to justice in a self-empowering and dignified manner. Katie goes in-depth about the services of the Begin Again Expungement Project and the day to day, person to person work that entails ac...

In this episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight, Stephanie Engs talks with Ren Manning Co-Director and Director of Education at BorderLinks about the reality of life on the borderlands being much more complex and unjust than most people realize. BorderLinks offers experiential learning opportunities that explore the difficulties of migration and life along the U.S./Mexico border, and beyond the border...

This week Stephanie Engs talks with Oliver Kammeyer Marketing & Donor Relations Manager of the Easterseals Blake Foundation about their partnership with Aviva Children’s Services for their Holiday Toy Drive .    

https://kxci.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-10-21-to-11-23-21-NonprofitS-BICAS.mp3   In this episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight, Cheron Taylor talks with Shruti Kaul from BICAS  ( B icycle  I nter- C ommunity  A rt &  S alvage) a worker self-directed nonprofit 501(c)(3) bicycle center located just north of downtown Tucson. Relying largely on generous donations from our community, and respon...

This week we are rebroadcasting a previous episode from  August 2020. Thank you for visiting KXCI.org Elva De La Torre talks with Roxanne Torres from SAAVI Services for the Blind about who they serve in our community and how they have adapted their programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ScholarshipsA-Z is an immigrant-youth led organization that cultivates the power of Undocumented youth to create spaces where immigrant families have access to the educational and social resources they deserve and where youth work alongside educators to transform Arizona’s educational landscape. For most of its history SA-Z has been fully-volunteer led. In June of 2020, SA-Z hired its first-full t...

In this episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight, Bridgitte Thum talks with Logan Greene about promoting a youth driven music and arts community here in Tucson. Groundworks is a relatively new (2019) youth-driven community arts space in Tucson. They are a team of artists, musicians and educators. Sharing the goal of developing creativity and talent in Tucson’s youth arts scene. Groundworks is looking fo...

No More Deaths/No Más Muertes is a humanitarian organization based in southern Arizona. The mission of No More Deaths is to end death and suffering in the Mexico-US borderlands through civil initiative: People of conscience working openly and in community to uphold fundamental human rights. Our work focuses on the following themes: Direct aid that extends the right to provide humanitarian assistan...

Elva speaks with Acting Deputy Director Lillian Aponte about the work of The Florence Project, how they have been continuing to serve their clients during the Covid-19 crisis, and what those clients are currently experiencing while they are held in detention facilities. This episode originally broadcast on 91.3 FM July 2020

In this episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight, Cheron speaks with Magdalena Verdugo, CEO of the YWCA of Southern Arizona, about the organization’s services and programs drive its mission to eliminate racism and empower women.

In this episode of The Nonprofit Spotlight, Cheron spoke with Sister Jose Women’s Center Executive Director Jean Fedigan about the organization’s work offering practical support and a pathway out of homelessness for area women.

Cheron spoke with Dawn Bell, Executive Director of Educational Enrichment Foundation, to learn more about the organization’s work throughout the Tucson Unified School District.

Elva spoke with Liz Petterson, Executive Director of Arizona Land and Water Trust about the organization’s work throughout Southern Arizona.

Elva spoke with Executive Director Scott Bennet about 3rd Decade’s program for teaching young people important financial skills. To find out more about the organization visit 3rd Decade .

Elva spoke with Dr. Steve Dudley, Director of The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center about the Center’s work and how they have supported Arizona Department of Health Services during the Covid-19 crisis by being the point of contact for community members with specific questions about the virus.

Elva recently spoke with Connie Phillips, President and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest about their programs. One program that Connie highlighted was their Refugee Youth Mentorship Program. Learn more by listening to the segment.

Elva De La Torre recently spoke with Haley Coles, Executive Director of SPW, about their mission and work across the state.