Illinois State University Stevenson Center

In this podcast, Angela Eastlund, Policy Fellow at the Chicago Jobs Council, talks about her professional practice fellowship and interviews Executive Director, Carrie Thomas, and Director of Policy, Mari Castaldi, on the SNAP Employment and Training program's origins, history, and current effects on Illinois SNAP recipients and beyond.Angela Eastlund is a Master's Degree candidate in Cultural Anthropology and Applied Community and Economic Development at Illinois State University, with the Stevenson Center.

Jalisa Holifiled is pursuing her Master's in Sociology, Applied Community and Economic Development. She serves as an AmeriCorps Member at the Stevenson Center in her second year of the program, advising the McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Podcasts topics include: what Jalisa did to prepare for graduate school; her experience with the Stevenson Center and why she choose them; her experience with the Sociology Department; budgeting and planning advice; and where she is now.

Listen to why I served with AmeriCorps, why I chose Illinois State University and the Stevenson Center, and why I'm working at Housing Action Illinois!I served with City Year Chicago and then Cradles to Crayons through Project Yes! at the Northwestern Settlement House for my AmeriCorps terms. I am now getting my Master of Science in Applied Economics and beginning a career in the public advocacy field.

This episode is a conversation about gentrification.Recommended Resources:Stacey Sutton. “TED Talk: What We Don’t Understand about Gentrification.” https://youtu.be/XqogaDX48nIColin Woodard. 2016. “How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood.” Politico (June 16, 2016) https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/what-works-cincinnati-ohio-over-the-rhine-crime-neighborhood-turnaround-city-urban-revitalization-213969Learn More about the Stevenson Center: https://stevensoncenter.org/

Continued from Season 2, Episode 6! Jon Monsma talks with alum Derek Conley about their experiences as Stevenson Center students and their professional practice with public/private economic development partnership Invest Aurora.

Continued in Season 2, Episode 7! Jon Monsma talks with alum Derek Conley about their experiences as Stevenson Center students and their professional practice with public/private economic development partnership Invest Aurora.

Peace Corps Fellow in anthropology Alesha Klein talks about her past, present and future within community and economic development.

Tune it to hear how Peace Corps Fellow Doug Gass transformed his outlook on communities during Peace Corps service in Uganda and a handful of AmeriCorps assignments.

Lindsey Earl is a graduate student at Illinois State University’s Stevenson Center for Community & Economic Development completing her professional practice with Change Happens. Her major responsibilities include spearheading disaster relief services after Hurricane Harvey, writing and editing grants, program design, and assisting with a comprehensive, resident-driven neighborhood plan. Outside of work, Lindsey lives at a sustainable, egalitarian housing co-operative in the Greater Third Ward. Originally, Lindsey is from Littleton, Colorado, and has a B.A. in Environmental Sociology from Colorado State University. After two years of AmeriCorps NCCC Pacific Region, Lindsey entered the Stevenson Center as a Cultural Anthropology Fellow. For her thesis, Lindsey is researching occupational culture (police, city government, and homeless services) in relation to the system of homeless encampment eviction.

Alyssa discusses the path that led her to her graduate program at the Stevenson Center at Illinois State University. Alyssa is an Illinois native and is a second year ACED Fellow studying Economics at the Stevenson Center, and completing her professional practice with the City of Bloomington, IL.