For Evansville

One of the barriers that keeps our neighbors from flourishing in our Evansville community has to do with ethnic and cultural background. More than half of our black youth experience poverty. Why? We're diving into the sociology and history of Evansville to understand why those gaps exist, and what we can do to address them. Guests: Dr. Rob Shelby, Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Evansville. Kelley Coures, Executive Director of the Department of Metropolitan Development

Do you love Evansville? A core value to everything that we do is listen first. We want to understand our city well. You can’t love what you don’t know, and unless you love the place you live, you can never be an agent in its transformation. Ross Chapman, Executive Director and Jonathan Boettcher, Director of Communications & Storytelling at For Evansville spend this teaser episode talking about why we're so excited about Season 1 coming February 1st. Follow us at @forevansville on Instagram to join the conversation!

Before we begin hearing from local experts about the needs in our city, we sat down to talk about the value of research and listening with people who interact with data on a regular basis.

ON THIS EPISODE:

Liz Tharp, Learning & Impact Officer for the Welborn Baptist Foundation

John Benton, Wrap-Around Care Coordinator for Dream Center Evansville 

Ross Chapman, Executive Director at For Evansville

Jonathan Boettcher, Director of Communications & Storytelling at For Evansville

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