This week, we explore how working families with young children are navigating the Covid-19 pandemic. To do this, we’ve invited social worker Jamie Lackey, CEO of https://paddlefish-cobalt-sn35.squarespace.com/podcast/2020/08/31/When%20moms%20can%E2%80%99t%20afford%20diapers,%20who%E2%80%99s%20there%20to%20help%20them? (Helping Mamas), to share about her work supporting families in Georgia and beyond. Helping Mamas is a nonprofit that aims to provide diapers and baby supplies to families on the brink. On this episode, Jamie shares what’s she’s hearing about the challenges faced by families who may lack baby supplies and other basic needs. She also shares how as a leader of a nonprofit organization she has been navigating fundraising, donor and volunteer engagement, and providing services through the pandemic.

This week, we explore the immigrant experience in the United States through the lens of film and storytelling with director, cinematographer, and interactive storyteller Theo Rigby. We begin with Rigby’s film Waking Dream, which follows 6 young undocumented people with DACA permits over two years and highlights how they navigate their documentation status in their day to day lives. We then explore Sanctuary Rising, a film about two families staying together in the face of deportation and the communities of faith that accompany them through sanctuary. We discuss a number of topics including the complexity of legal status, the challenge of the term “the American Dream”, and what it means to be an ally working alongside undocumented and mixed status communities.

Policy is often discussed a national level. But most social policy that actually impacts the lives of those served by nonprofits and other social sector organizations happens at the state and local level. With the social transformations currently being brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and #BlackLivesMatter, we invited two professionals to discuss their policy and advocacy work in the areas of mental health, criminal justice, and more. First, Valerie Arendt, Executive Director of NASW North Carolina, discusses the critical role NASW has played in making state-level changes to policies in telemental health, criminal justice, and school social work. She also shares perspectives on racial justice and the social work profession. We then invited Kathy Rogers, Executive Director of Mental Health America Central Carolinas, to share resources for community mental health wellness and discuss the importance of prevention in mental health work. We also remember the life and legacy of Representative John Lewis and his call for all of us to make “good trouble” for social change.

Many cost-burdened families were struggling with housing, childcare, and utilities payments before the pandemic. How is Covid-19 affecting the working poor, and what can we do to help? To answer this question, we've invited Tchernavia Montgomery, Chief Program Officer at Crisis Assistance Ministry, to talk about the challenges many families are facing and how her organization is working to provide financial assistance and resources to families on the brink. Tchernavia also talks about inequality through the lens of racial disparities for Black families - and how working to reduce poverty must also address systemic racism. We also invited Chuck Jones, Executive Director of Commonwealth Charlotte, to talk about financial wellbeing and education for cost-burdened families. Chuck talks about how his work makes banking and financial products more accessible to working families.

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Fundraising is a challenge for many nonprofits, particularly during Covid-19. On this episode we invited Maria Azuri from Network for Good to share strategies for effective fundraising during the pandemic, with a focus on how to get beyond the grant cycle and fundraise with the long-term in mind. She also talks about the importance of cultivating relationships with individual donors as a key piece to the fundraising puzzle. We then spoke with Greer Hannan from St. Vincent DePaul of Louisville, Kentucky, who discusses a new grant her organization has received to support individuals at the intersection of domestic violence and homelessness. She also shares her expertise on how to prepare a successful HUD grant application.

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Mental health providers have moved online. But what's working, and what do we need to work on to improve telemental health practice? We invited Dr. Sonyia Richardson, Owner of Another Level Counseling and Consultation and Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte School of Social Work, along with clinician Matthew Mills to share their experiences using telemental health tools in their practice with clients of color. They also discuss the death of Gregory Floyd and the collective trauma caused by systemic racism from a mental health lens, sharing strategies for engaging in conversations about race and racism in practice settings. For our second interview, we invited Erica Gregory, Owner and Clinical Director at John’s Creek and Alpharetta Counseling for Children and Adults, to share about the work she has done to adapt her practice through social distancing to meet the needs of the clients she serves. Erica also talks about how the pandemic affects the mental health of families and children, and how her organization is finding innovative ways to provide mental health services to first responders, medical professionals, and individuals who have lost employment.

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On this Memorial Day we invite veteran Army physician, pandemics expert, medical advisor, and consultant Dr. Michael Consuelos to the podcast to talk about the impact of Covid-19 on family and child mental health. We also explore the effects of collective trauma on family wellbeing before diving in to deep questions on health/behavioral health care systems integration and how nonprofits and social sector organizations can support their staff through the crisis.

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How are nonprofit and social sector organizations responding in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic? On our first episode, we interview Callan Brown, Program Director at the Nonprofit Center of NE Florida who shares innovative ways nonprofits are navigating the pandemic. We also hear from Brad Firchow, health communications specialist, who provides a framework for how to communicate during as crisis - and answers question we're all having about how to create safe and healthy workplaces.

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On the trailer, Drew, Roger, and Keri share a little about the Common Good Hour and tell a few jokes while reminiscing about the music and television of the 80s and 90s. Subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and sign up for updates at https://www.commongooddata.com/podcast