Spotlight on the Community

Spotlight on the Community

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Spotlight on the Community episodes

  • Task Force Teams With Foundation to Close Digital Divide
    Erin Hogeboom, Director of San Diego for Every Child, is joined by Randy Everett, a member of the Interim CEO Team for the Classroom of the Future Foundation (CFF), to chat about their organizations' combined effort to ensure digital equity for students across San Diego County. Hogeboom underscores the importance of closing the digital divide, especially with the prevalence of distance learning. Everett details CFF's commitment to promoting innovative learning environments.
    27 min
  • Commercial Real Estate Professional Lends Expertise to Nonprofits
    Karen Trimble, President of CRE Execution Strategies, discusses how leveraging her real estate acumen has enabled her to be a longtime supporter of local nonprofit organizations. Trimble underscores the value her expertise and training programs bring to lenders, law firms and nonprofits. Trimble also discusses the mutually beneficial relationship that can be fostered between banks and nonprofit organizations.
    27 min
  • Kate Sessions Commitment Cultivates Healthy Communities One Tree at a Time
    Anne Fege, Urban Forester and Co-Founder of Kate Sessions Commitment, discusses the movement's focus on increasing San Diego's tree canopy, engaging communities, and inspiring local climate action. Fege underscores the environmental and psychological benefits of a greater number of trees in the community. Fege also discusses the role youth play in the movement.
    28 min
  • Salvation Army's Adult Rehabilitation Center "Paves Way" to Recovery for Men and Women Struggling with Addiction
    Captain Paul Swain, Business Administrator for the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, details the center's successful methods for helping adults struggling with addiction to get back on their feet. Captain Swain talks about the challenges adults in recovery face and the skills they learn at the center. Captain Swain also discusses the Paver Fundraiser, which allows donors to permanently cement their names into the grounds of the new Rehabilitation Center in Otay Mesa.
    26 min
  • Health Coalition Speaks About Disproportionate Effect of COVID-19 on Latino Communities
    Nancy Maldonado, CEO of the Chicano Federation, speaks on behalf of the newly formed San Diego Latino Health Coalition to underscore the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on Latino communities. Maldonado presents figures depicting the overrepresentation of Latino workers in more susceptible industries. Maldonado emphasizes the Coalition's strong message to only attend holiday gatherings with those in one's household.
    27 min
  • Local Singer Songwriters Discuss Repercussions of a World Without Live Music
    Jorge Israel Luna, Co-Founder, Drummer and Singer for the band ROCIO, is joined by Isabella Pihas, Singer-Songwriter and Psychology and Ethnomusicology student at Bard College, to talk about being a musician in the COVID-19 era. Luna explains the scientific reasons people are negatively affected by a world without live music. Pihas discusses the trend of mental illness in musicians and the impacts of a loss of connection due to social distancing. Luna and Pihas also chat about their creative processes and musical influences.
    29 min
  • Immunotherapy Foundation and UCSD Partner to Fight Cancer
    Christina Jordan, Executive Director of the Immunotherapy Foundation, is joined by Dr. Ezra Cohen M.D., Medical Oncologist and Associate Director of Translational Science at Moores Cancer Center, to detail promising cancer treatment methods. Jordan talks about the foundation's $6 million fundraising campaign and its Help Our Cancer Heroes campaign, which provided meals and PPE to nurses and doctors. Dr. Cohen explains the process of immune system activation for treating cancer and highlights the Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte clinical trials taking place at UCSD.
    28 min
  • Humans Aren't The Only Ones Impacted by Behavioral Challenges Brought On by the Pandemic
    Dr. Gary Weitzman, President and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society, is joined by Amanda Kowalski, the Humane Society's Director of Behavior Programs, to talk about the pandemic's impact on animals and their owners. Dr. Weitzman discusses the unprecedented low number of animals in shelters, as well as his behavioral training books written for families. Kowalski identifies new behavioral challenges pet owners faced in 2020 as they spent significantly more time with their pets since the pandemic began in early 2020.
    27 min

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Cloudcast Media, the national leader in local podcasting, proudly presents its flagship show, Drew Schlosberg’s Spotlight on the Community, now in its 20th season. For 20 years, we have been…

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