Entrepreneur and small business owner Chelsie Henderson of Rural Soul Music Studio explains how she developed a values-driven, collaborative business in her rural home region and shares:

-What her first years as a public school teacher looked like.

-How teacher burnout led her to pursue community-based work.

-Why collaboration is the key to the grassroots, experimental approach she has developed in her music business.

-The values and practices that allow her to build a one-of-a-kind creative business.

Transcript & Background

About Us

Follow Us On Instagram

Contact Us: [email protected]

How does disability inclusion happen? Janae Romano, a nurse and Advocate for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs, explains:

-Why it is imperative to use a disability inclusion model in kindergarten.

-How family financial resources directly impact a disabled child’s access to public education and literacy.

-The dangerous form of censorship experienced by people with communication-related disabilities.

-What public institutions and businesses can do to improve access for complex communicators.

Janae has more than 20 years of experience working with individuals with neurological conditions impacting speech-typical communication. This is part 2 of our 2 part conversation with Janae Romano.

Transcript and Links

About Us

Follow Us On Instagram

Contact Us: [email protected]

Janae Romano, a disability inclusion proponent, nurse with 20+ years of experience working with individuals with neurological conditions impacting speech-typical communication, and advocate for individuals with complex communication needs, explains:

-The surprising reason most people haven’t heard of complex communication needs.

-The large number of medical conditions that can impact speech-typical communication.

-The neurological reasons our communication abilities can change from moment to moment.

-Why some fields urgently need to normalize multi-modal communication.

Transcript and Links

About Us

Follow Us On Instagram

Contact Us: [email protected]

Hudson Crossing Park is a bi-county public park on an island, situated between the Hudson River and the Champlain Canal, in upstate New York. We interview Kate Morse, Executive Director of Hudson Crossing Park, about the design and operational choices encouraging the park’s high level of civic engagement, and learn:

-Why the unusual and exciting playground design reflects the park mission and future 

-How values of inclusivity and engagement have created unique opportunities in the design and operation of the park 

-How Hudson Crossing Park has modeled the power of public engagement in its region

-The contribution public art makes to accessibility goals and other core elements of the park mission 

Transcript & Background Info.

About Us

Follow Us on Instagram

Get in touch:

[email protected]

Hudson Crossing Park is a bi-county public park on an island, situated between the Hudson River and the Champlain Canal, in upstate New York. We interview Kate Morse, Executive Director of Hudson Crossing Park about the design and operational choices encouraging the park’s high level of civic engagement, and learn:

-How community collaboration was built into the park from the beginning  

-How the founder’s civic values are revealed in the park design

-The design outcomes of stewardship vs ownership

-Why you are likely to find adults (and kids) playing on this playground

Episode Transcript & Background Info.

About Us

Follow Us on Instagram

Get in touch:

[email protected]

Reverend Peaches Gillette is a poet, prison chaplain, diversity consultant, school board member, and educator originally from Park Slope, Brooklyn. She shares her thoughts with us about inclusivity in public space:

-The impact of pushing past perceived differences and instead looking for commonalities

-Why it’s crucial to help each other feel belonging

-How to interrupt racism and indifference with one of the 4 kinds of love

-What a variation of the game of tag can teach us about strengthening our communities

Episode Transcript & Background Info.

About Us

Follow Us on Instagram

Get in touch:

[email protected]

Reverend Peaches Gillette is a poet, prison chaplain, diversity consultant, school board member, and educator. She shares her thoughts about unequal access to public space:

-What it means to belong

-How to think about the human costs of exclusion

-The missing piece in the study of racism and racial injustice

-Why we must carefully guard against indifference

Mentioned on the podcast:

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Southern Poverty Law Center

The National Museum of African American History and Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Episode transcript and background information:

Episode #001

About Us:

Kinderpublic

Follow Us:

Kinderpublic Instagram

Get in Touch:

[email protected]

Towards a Kinder Public is the podcast of Kinderpublic, an interdisciplinary design consultancy. We are working to create kinder public space: more inclusive, accessible, equitable, and sustainable.  Interviewing experts from a variety of roles and backgrounds, from architects, poets, conservationists, equity consultants, farmers, scientists, disability advocates, to historians, we discover the meaningful role that each of us can play in the work of making things better.  The first step is becoming aware of the experiences of the people around us - this podcast tells those stories.

Transcript & Background Info:

Transcript

About Us:

kinderpublic

Follow Us:

kinderpublic IG

Get in touch:

[email protected]