This week the podcast welcomes Chrissy Stonebraker Martinez and Jeanne Li from Cleveland Pandemic Response. (CPR) CPR is a network of volunteers who have come together to help provide essential items like food, masks, hygiene items and cleaning supplies to those in need during and after the COVID 19 Pandemic. The discussion includes how CPR uses a volunteer run, nonhierarchical grassroots strategy to try and achieve its vision of Mutual Aid, community care, and liberation for all.

Links –

CPR (Cleveland Pandemic Response) – https://cprcle.org/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cprCLE/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/cprCLE

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cprcle/

Cleveland Recovers - https://cleveland.recovers.org/

Black Spring Cleveland - https://blackspringcle.com/

Fellowship of Reconciliation - https://forusa.org/

The Nap Ministry - https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/

Brown, Adrienne Maree (February 26, 2019) Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, AK Press, ISBN-13 9781849353267

This week the podcast welcomes Alicia Robinson, Assistant Director for the The Women’s Center at Kent State University and Executive Director at Limitless Ambition, a nonprofit that helps young women overcome boundaries to achieve success. The discussion centers on how one can engage in civic and political engagement at the individual level and try to create change within their communities. Dream, Believe and Achieve.

Links-

The Women’s Center at Kent State University - https://www.kent.edu/womenscenter

Limitless Ambition - https://www.limitlessambition.org/

Upward Bound Program - https://www2.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound/index.html

Upward Bound Kent State - https://www.kent.edu/upwardboundprogram

National Urban League - https://nul.org/

Akron Urban League - https://www.akronurbanleague.org/

Urban League of Greater Cleveland - https://www.akronurbanleague.org/

This week the podcast welcomes Dr. Amanda Clark, Elections Specialist for the Supervisor of Elections in Palm Beach County, Florida. The conversation centers on the duties of county elections boards and how they are handling the voting process during a pandemic, including the increased demand for mail in voting.

Links:

VoteOhio - https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/

Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates - https://nova-ohio.org/

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections - https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/

Geauga County Board of Elections - https://boelections.geauga.oh.gov/

Lake County Board of Elections - https://www.lakecountyohio.gov/lakeelections

Portage County Board of Elections - https://www.portagecounty-oh.gov/board-elections

Summit County Board of Elections - https://www.summitcountyboe.gov/

Florida Division of Elections - https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/

Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections - https://www.pbcelections.org/

Vote.org - https://www.vote.org/

This week the podcast welcomes Lawrence Daniel Caswell, Field Coordinator for Cleveland Documenters at Neighborhood Connections. Documenters.org is a program that provides payment for citizens to attend and report on local governmental meetings, providing transparency for the community. The discussion revolves around the 2020 launch of documenters.org in Cleveland, Ohio.

Links-

DOCUMENTERS.org, Powered by City Bureau - https://www.documenters.org/

Cleveland Documenters Open House (Virtual) 09/03/2020 – free with registration at

https://bit.ly/CleDocsOpenHouse

Cleveland Documenters Facebook Event –

https://www.facebook.com/events/2692229777684790

Lawrence Caswell email and phone number for questions –

 [email protected].  

 

Neighborhood Connections - https://class.csuohio.edu/caec/NeighborhoodConnections

Neighbor Up - http://neighborupcle.org/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NeighborUpCle/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/neighborupcle

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/neighborupcle/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcPOnrmOd1DeRk7REQ6zuA

This week the podcast welcomes The Metanoia Project’s Executive Director Heidi Goblisrch and Development and Communications Director Katie Prescott. The Metanoia Project builds positive relationships with the homeless community to better understand, and provide for the needs of this vulnerable population.

Links to organizations mentioned in this week's podcast-

The Metanoia Project - https://metanoiaproject.org/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MetanoiaProjects

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/themetanoiaprojectcle/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ProjectMetanoia

Big Brothers Big Sisters - https://www.bbbs.org/

COHHIO – Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio - https://cohhio.org/

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans - http://nchv.org/

NEOCH – Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless - https://www.neoch.org/

The City Mission - https://www.thecitymission.org/

YMCA - https://www.ymca.net/

YWCA- https://www.ywca.org/

This week the podcast continues the theme, Power of Political and Civic Engagement. Discussions with local elected officials, public officials, and community activists about what civic and political engagement means to them. On this episode, Ashley and Casey talk with Cindy Widuck, instructor in the College of Public Health at Kent State University, about how one’s passion can be transferred to community needs and assets. The discussion centers on the Ready, Set, Grow Coalition, a group that advocates for community gardening, nutrition, environment, and active learning.

Links to sites mentioned in this episode:

Community Engaged Learning Kent State University - https://www.kent.edu/community

The Urban Garden Initiative - https://www.theurbangardeninitiative.org/

Growing Food Connections, Cleveland Ohio - https://growingfoodconnections.org/comminnovat/city-of-cleveland-ohio/

Ohio City Farm - http://www.ohiocity.org/ohio-city-farm

Local Harvest – Kent, Ohio - https://www.localharvest.org/kent-oh

This week the podcast continues the theme of Series 2, Power of Political and Civic Engagement. Ashley and Casey talk with Ethan Lower, Director of Government Affairs for Undergraduate Student Government at Kent State University. Ethan discusses efforts at Kent State to increase voter participation and political engagement in the campus community.

Links to sites mentioned in the podcast:

Kent State Undergraduate Student Government - http://www.kentstateusg.com/

Campus Election Engagement Project - https://campuselect.org/

May 4th 1970 - https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy

National Study for Learning, Voting, and Engagement - https://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve

Kent State Votes - https://www.kent.edu/vote

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KentStateVotes

Twitter - https://twitter.com/kentstatevotes

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kentstatevotes/

This week the podcast introduces Series 2 - and the long running theme of the podcast, Power of Political and Civic Engagement. Ashley and Casey discuss what political and civic engagement mean to them and how this subject is looked at through a social justice lens. The discussion helps set the stage for the local elected officials, public officials, and community activists who will share their insights on future episodes.

This week the podcast continues the theme of Series 2, Power of Political and Civic Engagement. Ashley and Casey talk with Tiera Moore, Undergraduate Student Body President at Kent State University. Tiera discusses her path to becoming the 3rd African American Female Student Body President and how she is representing the student population at Kent State during a unprecedented time.

Links to URLs mentioned in the episode:

Kent State Undergraduate Student Government - http://www.kentstateusg.com/

Kent State Votes - https://www.kent.edu/vote

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KentStateVotes

Twitter - https://twitter.com/kentstatevotes

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kentstatevotes/

This week the podcast continues the theme of Series 2, Power of Political and Civic Engagement. Discussions with local elected officials, public officials, and community activists about what civic and political engagement means to them. On this episode, Ashley and Casey talk with Stephanie McHenry, Vice President of Policy, Advocacy and Strategic Initiatives at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, about her lifetime of civic engagement and nonprofit work. The conversation also looks at how individuals can become more engaged in their local communities.