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Community Possibilities

Welcome to Community Possibilities ®! This In this podcast, I will be joined by community leaders, doing the hard work of social change. We will talk about root causes and dig deep to understand social and health inequities. Let’s imagine all of the possibilities if we learn how to talk to each other, not at each other.

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43:25

Fighting Hate and Extremism in the South: Meet...

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2023/06/07

On this episode, Allisaon Padilla-Goodman, Vice President of the Southern Division of the Anti-Defamation League joins me. As Vice President of the Southern Division, Allison Padilla-Goodman and her team work daily to fight antisemitism and all forms of hate in the Cleveland, Florida, South Central, Southeast and Washington, D.C. regional offices. In this episode we talk about:Allison's origin story - you have to listen! Her early work in academia and as a community organizer and what that

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41:27

Housing as Healthcare: Meet Maryum Lewis of Status:Home

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2023/05/03

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Supporting Moms and Reunifying Families: Meet Amy Ard...

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2023/04/11

In this episode of Community Possibilities, you will meet Amy Ard, Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars. Being a nonprofit leader was not Amy's career plan, but sometimes, life takes you in unexpected places. One profound experience in her life that led her back to her home, Atlanta. We talk about how Amy first become aware of incarcerated women who are pregnant and how this forever changed her life. The fact that shackling pregnant and laboring women was legal in many states,

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60:27

Alternative Ways of Knowing and Healing in Tribal...

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2023/03/29

In this episode of Community Possibilties, Dr. Joe Gone, Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University, joins me to talk about his work at the intersection of culture, coloniality, and well-being in Indigenous communities. An enrolled member of the Aaniiih-Gros Ventre tribal Nation of Montana, he has investigated these issues through collaborative research partnerships in both reservation and urban American Indian settings.We talk about:The historical

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58:27

A Horizon of Possibilities: Meet Sam Gill of the...

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2023/03/07

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41:32

The Wisdom and Uniqueness of Rural Communities: Meet...

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2023/02/09

In this episode of Community Possibilities, Crystal Atson joins me to talk about her work with The Ford Family Foundation and their work in rural communities. We talk about:We dig into why they work in rural communities and what that looks like.How they developed their Community Building Approach and the way it guides their work. The four principles that guide the work of the Foundation.Crystal's take on the power dynamics between funders and grantees. How they recognize and deal with those

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54:20

Defiant Optimism in Response to Gun Violence: Meet...

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2023/02/08

In this episode of Community Possibilities, Whitney Austin joins me to talk about how her life changed during what was otherwise a normal day on the Sept. 6, 2018 during a mass shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio. Three weeks after the shooting, she founded Whitney Strong with her husband, Waller Austin.Episode Highlights: How she and her husband went from knowing nothing about nonprofits to where the organization is now.Why they choose a path of inclusivity and common ground, a hard thing to do when

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44:52

Building Trust-based Relationships Across...

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2023/01/25

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59:09

Our Global Community: Meet Michael Quinn Patton

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2023/01/11

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The Village is the Heart: Meet Kachina Chawla

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2022/12/13

Kachina Chawla from USAID joins Ann to discuss her work in India. Kachina and her colleagues work to prevent and treat Tuberculosis, HIV, and other diseases that otherwise might not be provided for in many communities. Communities are the "epicenter" of this work. Working within communities helps her team reach out to the most marginalized. Kachina offers specific examples as to why drugs alone will not improve health. Kachina educates us on what USAID is, who funds it, and explains her

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58:10

Creating a Space Where Community Happens Here: Meet...

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2022/11/02

Ruth Anne Wolfe has been passionate about social justice in her neighborhood since her daughter attended Pleasant Ridge Montessori in 2006. Between 2006 and 2012, she learned the challenges faced by a public neighborhood school. This experience was the fertile ground for her work today at Community Happens Here. Her journey has been a long and interesting path starting from her mother’s sheep farm to working in Japan, to becoming a Japanese Interpreter in Cincinnati, to getting a law degree and

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57:10

Are You Having a Social Impact? Meet Lovely Dhillon

Community Possibilities ·

2022/10/19

In this episode, Lovely Dhillon joins me to talk about a range of topics from why she made the move from law to work in foundations, and now, consulting. Lovely shares her experience as a BIPOC woman from an immigrant family and how having breast cancer changed her. My favorite moment? She advises us to look for the "tender moments" of transition in social change organizations and to consider their impact throughout the organization and community. Lovely offers some great advice for

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52:11

Understanding Student Behavior as Communication: Meet...

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2022/10/05

When is student behavior "bad?" Jason Byars, a professional educator, explains why student behavior is really communication. Isn't that true of all of us? The last two years have been hard on students and teachers alike. Jason has been a teacher, a coach, and adminsitrator, and a leader at the state level. In this episode he provides an inside perspective of schools with respect to behavior of students, school climate, social-emotional learing, PBIS and more. We also talked about how

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43:06

Jessica Nunan and Caminar Latino

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2022/09/21

Jessica Nunan serves as the Co-CEO of Caminar Latino — Latinos United for Peace and Equity, a national social change organization that addresses domestic violence at the individual, community and systematic level. Jessica has been involved with Caminar Latino for the past 28 years, of which she spent 11 as a volunteer in the youth program. Her mother, Dr. Julia Perilla, was a cofounder of Caminar Latino, and a classmate of Ann's at Georgia State. In this episode, Jessica Nunan shares how

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49:31

Seek First to Understand: Kassy Alia Ray

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2022/08/17

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64:46

Empowering Communities: A Conversation with Dr. David...

Community Possibilities ·

2022/08/03

Episode HighlightsDr. David Fetterman is my guest this week and oh my what a conversation! I love his origin story. Get ready to be inspired. - AnnIn this episode of the podcast, Ann and David discuss:What happens with communties own thier own change process. How he came up with the concept of Empowerment Evaluation and that pushback from others in the evaluator community. The three-step approach to Empowerment Evaluation.The range of obstacles communities face when creating change and how

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48:54

Together for Families: Sarah Winograd-Babayeuski

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2022/07/20

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54:35

Understanding the Why and How of Social Change with...

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2022/06/15

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43:19

Stephanie Malon-Rufi: Social Enterprise as a strategy...

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2022/06/01

In this episode of Community possibilities, Stephanie shares what its like to work with businesses through a lens focused on changing communities.Stephanie is all about social entrepreneurship and loves teaching nonprofits and community organizations about the role of community engagement and evaluation (yes!) in this work. One tip she shares is that you need to make sure the social impact of your business/enterprise is what the community needs and that products are competitive in the market

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60:06

How do Neighborhoods Make Us Sick? Meet Breanna...

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2022/05/11

In this episode of Community Possibilities, guests Breanna Lathrop and Veronica Squires share personal and professional experiences that inspired their book, "How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities."Breanna Lathrop is the Chief Operating Officer at Good Samaritan Health Center and is a nurse practitioner. In this episode she gives a perspective on the social determinace of health from a healthcare worker's perspective. So many of the factors

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