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Voices of the Community

George Koster, Voices of the Community

Welcome to Voices of the Community, we strive to amplify solutions facing where we live through featuring residents like you, along with change makers, and thought leaders to support our fellow residents and people visiting or working in our area. “Our goal is to feature the unheard comments and stories from communities across our region in hopes to create dialogues to address our common problems and support the change of the status quo.” - George Koster, Creator/Host

society & culture documentary

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01:08:25

Live Panel with Word for Word, LavaMaeX,Children's...

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2021/08/26

“I feel like George has brought together the pieces of a puzzle of equity with people, your organizations are approaching it from the arts, and from hygiene and literacy, it's just, lovely to see these different nonprofits surviving in this very difficult time and doing such great work”- RisaOur featured voices are Executive Director of Simply the Basics, Meghan Freebeck, Interim Executive Director, of the San Francisco Girls Chorus Adriana Marcial, the CEO of LavaMaeX Kris Kepler, Word for Word’s

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00:24:26

Youth Spirits Artworks

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2021/08/19

"The Tiny Homes project was going on during the Trump administration and and during and COVID and, it was really a means of people, expressing and keeping hope alive at a time when they were not feeling so much hope" - SallyIn this episode the featured voices are the Executive Director of the Youth Spirit Artworks Sally Hindman and the Social Media Manager Reginald Gentry. We wanted to host Youth Spirits Artworks on the show because they have developed both the first tiny homes village for our

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00:29:24

Shipyard Trust for the Arts

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2021/08/19

"We want to expand the artists footprint and not just preserve what we have, but create more studio space for artists and make this the place where the creative people of San Francisco can thrive and afford to be" - Barbara In this episode our focus and theme is on our artists, and how making art and community engagement is supporting the development of studio spaces to support both our artists and a more diverse community of artists. Our featured voice is the ceo and president of the Shipyard Trust

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00:32:25

St. Anthony's

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2021/08/12

"I think there's a big learning about like the fragility and humanity and all our interactions. Right. And recognizing that we all belong to each other" - NilsIn this episode we wanted feature the voice of a legacy social service organization that’s approach to providing a hand up to our low-income and unhoused community members is that of seeing them as guests and walking with them on their journey. Over the past 70 years, St Anthony’s has been providing a holistic approach to supporting families

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00:38:20

East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative

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2021/08/05

"As the San Francisco Bay Area experienced its rapid changes as the population exploded. And in some ways, even as a diversity in the bay area exploded the folks who you didn't see, in those new faces, those new careers, those new ways of being where black and brown folks, particularly legacy and long time black and brown Oaklanders"-Noni SessionsIn this episode our featured voice is the Executive Director of the East Bay, Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Noni Session. We wanted to host the east

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00:20:20

Rebuilding Together San Francisco

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2021/08/05

"I think we all realize from the pandemic we all belong. We all matter. Human connection is very important and we all have to look out for each other"- Mahogany RolandIn this episode our featured voice is the Executive Director of Rebuilding Together San Francisco Mahogany Roland. In this week’s show we continue our focus and theme on housing and share voices and solutions to our long-term housing issues. Mahogany shares with us their ongoing work to support our seniors and the disabled community

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00:34:10

Coalition on Homelessness & Street Sheet Newspaper

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2021/07/29

For folks out on the streets, those who were not lucky enough to get a Shelter In Place hotel room. It's been very, very brutal, not having access to water. A lot of the food sources were cut off not being able to use bathrooms in cafes, et cetera - Jennifer FriedenbachOur featured voices in this episode are the Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness, Jennifer Friedenbach and Street Sheet Editor, Quiver Watts. In this episode we continue with our theme in featuring voices of nonprofit

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00:38:08

Miracle Money - Direct Cash Transfer to Un-Housed People

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2021/07/22

I think sometimes people make the assumption that if someone is unhoused, there's nothing in common with someone who's housed. And that's a real misnomer because I feel like we're all, ultimately one paycheck away from being unhoused - Jen RoyIn this episode, our featured voices are the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, Kevin Adler, Miracle Messages Friend Program volunteer Jen Roy along with Miracle Money Program participant Ray.The pandemic has exposed how fragile the economic health is of most

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00:29:24

Miracle Message & San Francisco Marin Food Bank Update

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2021/07/15

“These are people often who are experiencing homelessness, who use the ICU as a waiting room”- Kevin AdlerIn this episode our featured voices are the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages Kevin Adler and the Director of Community Engagement with the San Francisco Marin Food Bank Katy McKnight. We are working on a full half hour show for next week’s KSFP broadcast on July 22nd with Kevin and two guests to discuss their pilot program Miracle Money which provides direct cash transfers to our un-housed

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00:21:36

Bayview Opera House

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2021/07/08

“We've definitely been listening to the needs of artists and artists of color not only opening ourselves up as a venue for them, but also making sure that we're helping them be successful out in the grand world”- AshleyIn this episode, our featured voice is the Program Manager of the Bayview Opera House Ashley Smiley.The Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre was founded in 1989 and is one of six city-owned cultural centers operated by nonprofit arts organizations providing cultural and

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00:27:54

San Francisco Radio Club

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2021/07/08

“It's for the community. We're trying to serve the community. We all live here. You know, how are we going to serve our community going forward?” - Greg In this episode, our featured voice is the president of the San Francisco Radio Club Greg Albrecht. The San Francisco Radio Club was formed in 1909 by a handful of radio enthusiasts with the objective of exchanging messages over the air. We wanted to host the San Francisco Radio Club on the show because it is another one of our wonderful nonprofits

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00:18:57

Oasis For Girls

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2021/07/01

“I think just due to pervasive sexism, racism, classism in our society, the needs of under-resourced women of color are often overlooked”- Anu MenonIn this episode, our featured voice is the Executive Director of Oasis for Girls Anu, Menon who shares about Oasis for Girls programs which are really modeled on youth development, best practices that show that girls really thrive when they have multifaceted programming that is safe. It's in a safe environment, culturally relevant, and girl-focused with

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00:36:36

Jennifer Baity - Mental Health Expert

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2021/07/01

“Really there's nothing that's going to stop the revolving door of clients that have very severe psychiatric conditions, periodically because these are chronic conditions where people do have relapses from time to time” - JenniferIn this episode, our featured voice is Jennifer Baity, a therapist in private practice who does training on motivational interviewing and other topics for various agencies throughout the bay area and beyond.One of the reasons we wanted to host Jennifer on the show is the

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00:47:52

Vital Arts and the Northern California Community Land...

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2021/06/24

"When the private equity money comes in, that's when unfortunately you see the human equity and the cultural equity and the racial equity tends to disappear. Suddenly it's equitable only for the people that have brought the billions of dollars to play." - Ian WintersWith the health and financial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and a low inventory of housing, especially live work and warehouse space, the focus of this week’s episode is on housing for our artists community members. Our featured

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00:26:37

Compass Family Services

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2021/06/17

"Our families are still facing a collective total of about a million dollars in back rent, which is profoundly stressful” – Mary Kate BacalaoOur featured voice in this episode is the Director of External Affairs & Policy of Compass Family Services Mary Kate Bacalao. The focus of this week’s show is on how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting our un-housed and low-income children and families. We hear from a San Francisco legacy social service organization Compass Family Services about their work with

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00:31:50

Raphael House

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2021/06/17

“My joy is seeing the families as they first walked through the door and that support that they feel and that relief that they feel that, finally they have a place that for now they can call home until their real next home is achieved”- Marc SlaterOur featured voices in this episode are Cecilia Ferber the Director of Family Services and Marc Slater the Executive Director, of Raphael House. With over 15 months into the pandemic our most vulnerable families are continuing to face housing problems and

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00:22:40

Stern Grove Festival

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2021/06/10

"We made the commitment that even with an expected deficit, we want to give this gift to the city. It's so necessary for the community to come back together" - Ilan VasconcelosIn this episode we feature the voice of the Director of Development of Stern Grove Festival Ilana Vasconcelos. With the State of California officially reopening on June 15th of 2021 and performing arts organizations working their way through all of the ever changing health and safety protocols we wanted to feature one of the

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00:25:00

Californians for the Arts

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2021/06/10

"There's become a recognition again, internally that artists are seeing themselves as laborers and essential workers and that it is okay to proclaim that doesn't take away of the integrity of your work and your creation" - Julie BakerIn this episode we feature the voice of the Executive Director of Californians for the Arts Julie Baker. Julie shares with us how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting our creative economy and its workforce as well as how Californians for the Arts is working with the state

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01:00:55

How are our Small Businesses Doing?

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2021/06/03

"So we see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm trying not to use the word pivot anymore. I feel like I've pivoted so many times that I'm just pivoting in a big circle right now" - Tracey SylvesterWelcome to our one-hour special panel discussion on small businesses. In today’s special episode we wanted to provide a broader understanding of the status of our small businesses by bringing together voices from small business owners, members of merchant associations which represent multiple small

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00:26:11

Literacy for Environmental Justice

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2021/05/27

We talk about all the pollution and all the issues that surround the Bayview and all the history such as the shipyard and all the changes in land that has happened in the Southeast - Alex VelascoIn this episode our featured voices are Executive Director Justice Patrick Marley Rump, Senior Development Consultant LeeAndrea Morton, and Community Program Coordinator Alex Velasco of Literacy for Environmental JusticeThe focus of this week’s show is on how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting our youth and

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