THE AMNER MARTINEZ PODCAST

In this episode, Amner sits down with Melissa Vine and discuss her work with the Beacon, that supports adult women in central Iowa who have experienced trauma and systemic inequity.

Melissa Vine is a single mother of four boys, a businesswoman, and current Director of a non-profit where she advocates for women coming out of trauma.

Ten years ago, she left an abusive marriage and nearly lost everything. Overnight, she went from a wealthy small business owner to having $0 to her name.

At that moment, she made a promise to herself and her four boys that she would rise up from rock bottom. She began checking groceries at HyVee, earning $8.50 an hour to provide for her family.

In this episode, Amner and co-host Chris Noth, sit down with Des Moines School Board candidate, Patrick Dix, and deep dive into topics such as: understanding the budget, strategic partnerships, parent involvement with students/school decisions, highlighting and advocating that Des Moines area is capable of much more.

In this episode, Amner and co-host Chris Noth sit down with Mayoral Candidate, Connie Boesen and discuss matters such as the impact the mayor can make on the community, school district budgets, rural Iowa, population trends and priority problems she would tackle if elected.

In this episode, Amner and co-host Chris Noth sit down with Mayoral Candidate Josh Mandelbaum and discuss what he would bring to the table if elected. They dove into different topics such as area beautification, undocumented immigrants, public transportation, and drug reform regarding marijuana possession and changing the criminal justice system when it comes to punishment.

In this episode, special guest: Angela D. Williams, divulges a variety of topics that contain critical & valuable information regarding how to help organizations/groups/businesses with topics that are sensitive and often uncomfortable.

Angie encourages providing a structured professional atmosphere to educate, encourage understanding, and promote positive change as it pertains to racial injustice and inequity experienced by African American and people of color.

Angela is the founder & CEO of (Time4ChangeBlackTableTalk, LLC) where she provides consultation services and educates on topics such as:

(Systematic Racism in America/ How to Check Your Unconscious Bias/ The “One Drop” Rule: A Legal Principle of Racial Classification /What is White Privilege?)

My goal is to help them understand their heritage and to prevent them from experiencing the same negative impacts of racial bias I have experienced.

- Angie

In this episode, Amner sits down with Doctors in the metro community and discuss experiences in healthcare and how quality and representation matter. In celebration of Latino Heritage Month & NATIONAL LATINA/O PHYSICIAN DAY (NLPD)Special guests: Dr. Maria Guevara Hernandez/ Dr. Carlos Alarcon-Schroder/ Dr. Diego Marquez/ Dr. Arthur Santos give their experiences working as Latino/a doctors in the Des Moines Metro & the importance of quality & representation of the Latino community in healthcare.

#podcast #community #representation #latino #Amplifieddsm #healthcare #respect #connection #NLPD #Physicians #desmoines

Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact Executive Director: Robert Barron, makes a special guest appearance on THE AMNER MARTINEZ PODCAST. Tune in as they talk about Iowa community engagement🎤🔥

#podcast #politics #community #amplifieddsm #Latinx #Desmoines #leaders #involvement #education

In this episode we have the cool opportunity to sit down with special guest, Kayla Bell-Consolver, Director of Drake Student Counseling Center

In this open conversation, Kayla broadens general understanding and explains perspective on LGBTQ+ and how people can have conversations in the community.

Aniekanabasi White blesses the studio with his presence. Amner & Basi deep dive everything behind the origins of his characters, to the social complexities that mirror our own reality and how everything down to the last detail has a meaning.

Pan African Story Telling

As Iowa's first black comic production company, Sensiil Studios aspires to bring representation to the science fiction and fantasy genres. In many stories the "diversity" seen is usually by fictional races that often dramatize stereotypes of other cultures or represent minorities in an aesthetically distasteful manner. When we do get movies or stories it's always about slavery or segregation.

Check him out at https://www.sensiilstudios.com

Samantha Mesa, WE ARE IOWA Channel 5 News Television Anchor/Reporter shares her experiences of delivering devastating news, how it can have an effect on the anchor and how to deal with it. She also takes us on a behind-the-scenes look and shares her perspective that viewers don't always get to see on television.

#experience #television #Emotionsincheck #professionalism #Composure #News #NewsAnchor #breakingnews