Just Cincinnati

Today we release a bonus episode with Mr. Harold Jones, Board Member of Juneteenth Cincinnati who highlights for us the events of this weekend and what this Juneteenth means to him.

Find out more at www.juneteenthcincinnati.org 

In this episode we speak with the Reverend Olivia Hamilton who serves as the Curate at Calvary Episcopal Church in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, and until very recently served as a full-time chaplain at Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital in the Psychiatry department. She feels deeply called to working with children with mental illness and their families. 

Olivia received her Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School in 2015. For two years after that she served as an assistant chaplain to college students through the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard. Olivia’s family includes her wife Molly (who is a nurse practitioner in the Children’s Hospital Trans* Clinic), their adopted daughter and foster son, as well as their rescue. 

Both Olivia and Molly are Cincinnati natives, who enjoy cooking, spending time in the woods, and hanging out with their big extended family.
 
As you’ll see during our time together, Olivia discusses some important points about how we can bring about a more just Cincinnati in relation to the LGBTQ+ community and our communities of faith.

In this episode of Just Cincinnati, we speak with Benita Munnerlyn. She’s the Food Rescue Dispatcher at Last Mile Food Rescue – they’re an amazing organization that’s working hard to bring about a more just Cincinnati in the areas of food insecurity, food waste, and even the environment.

Last Mile Food Rescue: https://lastmilefood.org/

Last Mile Food Rescue App (Apple): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/last-mile-food-rescue/id1535559876

Last Mile Food Rescue App (Google): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.lastmilefoodrescue.app

If you’re like us, the last two years have been overwhelming in light of the injustices brought to light and laid bare for the world to see. Racism, police brutality, environmental injustice, and healthcare disparities. The list could go on and on. Many of us began waking up to these injustices, only to feel overwhelmed, small, and insignificant, wanting to help but feeling in adequate and unsure of how to make a difference. And so what many of us have done, is well...nothing. We have become paralyzed with our inability to make a difference or to even know where to start.

There are a number of great podcasts that highlight the injustices of our time…and, there are also quite a few podcasts that highlight the news and the politics of the Greater Cincinnati area. But what we saw time-after-time was that there were no podcasts focusing specifically on the injustices in our region, the Greater Cincinnati area.

And so, this podcast will work to do just that. Each week, we will highlight the injustices in our community, amplify the local voices working for justice, and finally, we hope to empower you, the listeners, with practical, tangible, and local ways to bring about a more just Cincinnati.

In the coming weeks, we will be interviewing some amazing people doing courageous work, right here in our own backyard. And we know you’ll walk away inspired and with a nugget or two of really good information on small steps you can take to be a part of the change for good. 

Join us next week as we work together to bring about a more just Cincinnati.