Trust Your Voice

Trusting your voice requires expanding your knowledge and your perspective, sometimes on complicated topics. In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down to review a brief and topic covered by The Policy Circle, antitrust laws.

Sylvie walks through this topic that can feel rather difficult to navigate and understand, by giving listeners insight into:

To learn more on this topic, The Policy Circle published a brief on AntiTrust - you can find it by visiting thepolicycircle.org.

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with the co-author of her new book to talk about the process of taking an idea all the way through to a published book.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Keri get into and discuss:

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Janice Bond (b. 1984, Houston, Texas) is a photographer and visual artist based in both Houston and Chicago, Illinois. Her works in photography, collage, textile, and video are inspired by intersecting human experiences and nature. Her intention is for others to experience a new form of cultural mapping built on trust, liberation, and love when engaging with her work. Bond has exhibited in a variety of spaces, including Woman Made Gallery (Chicago, IL), Mark Rothko Art Center (Daugavpils, Latvia), SE Center for Photography (Greenville, SC), MANA Contemporary (Jersey City, NJ), and more. In 2020 her photography was featured in” BORDERS”, an international arts and architecture festival in Venice, Italy. Her ongoing projects, Beyond the Binary (2016 - ) and I Still Love Him (2016 - ) affirm that it is imperative for women, particularly women of color to take the lead in documenting each other as well as other marginalized bodies across mediums and platforms. She creates because creating is truth – the most earnest reflection of us all in our most divine formation.

https://www.janicebond.com/aboutme

Our goal is to offer unbiased fact based information that acts as a starting point for you to get involved and have a larger positive impact on your community.

When it comes to civic and community leadership most of us don't know where to start and we definitely don't feel we have all the facts. That’s why each episode of The Civic Leader goes beyond the headlines to bring you facts and data points that will help you understand the role of business, government and its citizens to solve society's greatest challenges.

01:30 The state of the arts and getting to know Janice Bond 

04:30 The creative economy  

12:00 Art, entrepreneurship, and society  

17:45 Technology helped Art expand to a wider market 

28:15 Investing in the creative process  

32:45 Art, the private enterprise and philanthropy 

40:45 Community level support for the arts  

46:15 National level support for the arts  

54:45 Engaging with the creative economy

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Cynthia Noble is an accomplished arts and cultural leader with more than two decades of experience in interpretive programs, partnership cultivation, relationship management, donor engagement and strategic planning at top international cultural institutions and businesses, including theMART, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Guggenheim Museum, Northwestern University and The University of Chicago. Drawing upon this experience, Cynthia is the Executive Director of Art on theMART and leads Noble Private Art Tours and Events, a boutique cultural tourism company offering expert and multilingual access for groups and individuals to the world of art in Chicago and beyond. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-noble-a9761227/

Our goal is to offer unbiased fact based information that acts as a starting point for you to get involved and have a larger positive impact on your community.

When it comes to civic and community leadership most of us don't know where to start and we definitely don't feel we have all the facts. That’s why each episode of The Civic Leader goes beyond the headlines to bring you facts and data points that will help you understand the role of business, government and its citizens to solve society's greatest challenges.

01:00 What is Public Art? 

05:45 How public art is initiated  

07:00 Public Art in Chicago  

13:15 Art on the Mart 

17:00 Switching up the art 

21:00 Thinking long term  

26:45 Art on theMart as a model  

28:15 Starting a public art project  

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Nicole Cline is Director of External Relations and Expansion at The Policy Circle.

She works to promote The Policy Circle among various constituencies through outreach activities and plays a leading role in the organization’s recruitment and growth efforts nationally and internationally. In leading The Policy Circle’s membership initiatives, Nicole is also responsible for policy engagement strategies and leadership development among its members.

Prior to joining The Policy Circle, Nicole was Public Affairs Manager at the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, where she worked with Connecticut’s leading companies to influence the legislative process. 

Nicole is also an accomplished food publisher. Her food photography and recipes have been featured on the websites of Time, Inc., Country Living, Women’s Day, The Huffington Post and Buzzfeed. Her recipes and photos can be found at https://www.seasonlycreations.com/  

Our goal is to offer unbiased fact based information that acts as a starting point for you to get involved and have a larger positive impact on your community.

When it comes to civic and community leadership most of us don't know where to start and we definitely don't feel we have all the facts. That’s why each episode of The Civic Leader goes beyond the headlines to bring you facts and data points that will help you understand the role of business, government and its citizens to solve society's greatest challenges.

1:00 Getting to Know Nicole Cline

4:14 Case Study

10:44 Why Financial Literacy Matters

15:29 Defining Financial Literacy 

27:14 Financial Literacy by the Numbers  

32:59 The Role of the Federal Government  

35:59 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

38:59 State Level 

42:00 Role of the Private Sector 

46:15 Measuring Financial Literacy 

52:30 Teaching Financial Literacy 

54:00 Destigmatizing Talking About Finances  

57:45 Confidence and Personal Responsibility 

1:01:00 Breaking Cycles  

1:05:45 The U.S. Military & Veterans 

1:13:30 How You Can Get Involved

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Did you know for a neighborhood to thrive, there are many factors involved – business development, government relations, housing development, technology, and more?  Every neighbor has a vital role to play in building flourishing communities. Have you identified your role yet?

During this conversation, Sylvie and Heather Way Kitzes discuss the importance of each of these factors and how one affects the other's success.  Listeners will also learn simple actions they can take to build their own communities.

1:30 Introduction

6:33 Understanding Neighborhoods

12:17 Why They Matter 

18:03 The Role of the Federal Government 

22:18 The Local Government 

26:38 How Are Neighborhoods Changing Through Small Businesses 

29:00 Effects of the Digital World on Neighborhoods

30:47 Tax Incentives and the Amazon Effect

31:50 Social Infrastructures 

37:42 Zoning

42:34 What Does This Mean for the Future of Neighborhoods and How We Can Get Involved

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Lainna Callentine, MD, MEd, is a pediatrician and member of the Physicians Resource Council of Focus on the Family. She is a speaker, teacher, missionary doctor and the founder of Sciexperience. Her work as an author includes the book series God’s Wondrous Machine a hands-on curriculum for children showcasing the human body. Follow Dr. Callentine at sciexperience.com.

In this episode, we take a deeper look into the state of healthcare, health insurance, and government policies that surround healthcare in the USA.

Our goal is to offer unbiased fact based information that acts as a starting point for you to get involved and have a larger positive impact on your community.

When it comes to civic and community leadership most of us don't know where to start and we definitely don't feel we have all the facts. That’s why each episode of The Civic Leader goes beyond the headlines to bring you facts and data points that will help you understand the role of business, government and its citizens to solve society's greatest challenges.

5:30 Why Talking About Healthcare Matters

9:45 How health insurance started  

13:00 Where Do Americans Get Insurance?

20:15 Government’s Participation in Health Insurance

25:00 What We Need to Improve With the Current Health Policy

33:30 The Cost of Prescription Drugs

44:15 The Affordable Care Act 

51:45 Medicare for All

54:45 The Single-Payer System 

1:04:15 Employer-Based and Private Insurance

1:11:45 The Role of Technology

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Megan Cummings Hansen is Vice President of Political Affairs at Detroit-based Rock Central, a professional services company that supports Rocket Mortgage, Quicken Loans and the Rocket Family of Companies.  In that role, she leads Rock Central’s political strategy and fundraising at the federal, state and local levels.  Megan also leads the company’s federal government affairs team, advocating for Rocket Companies’ legislative priorities in Congress.

Megan got her start in politics working at the Bellwether Consulting Group, a political fundraising firm, she also served as Finance Director at the NRCC.

A Washington, D.C. native, Megan is a graduate of the University of Richmond.  She lives in D.C. with her husband, Chris, and son, Owen.

In this episode, Megan discusses the value and role of campaign financing and why it matters as our expression of free speech.

Our goal is to offer unbiased fact based information that acts as a starting point for you to get involved and have a larger positive impact on your community.

When it comes to civic and community leadership most of us don't know where to start and we definitely don't feel we have all the facts. That’s why each episode of The Civic Leader goes beyond the headlines to bring you facts and data points that will help you understand the role of business, government and its citizens to solve society's greatest challenges.

1:30 Getting to Know Megan Cummings Hansen  

2:45 Why Campaign Finance Is a Form of Free Speech  

7:00 Are Politicians Bought Out by Large Contributions?

10:45 What Are Election-Related Organizations?   

18:00 527s AND 501Cs  

25:15 The Role of the Government in Campaign Finance

29:00 Campaign Finance Legislation  

34:15 Significant Court Cases That Affected Campaign Finance 

42:45 Contributing to Campaigns 

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Mary Dunne is a Communications Associate for Ballotpedia. She spent several years dedicated to national and then global humanitarian work before her lifelong interest in politics led her to pursue a degree in Political Science. Mary is based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she lives with her partner and their three dogs.

In this episode we talk about everything you need to know when voting from registration to elections. Furthermore, we dive deep on how to become an active voter, and how to properly assess your candidates.

Our goal is to offer unbiased fact based information that acts as a starting point for you to get involved and have a larger positive impact on your community. When it comes to civic and community leadership most of us don't know where to start and we definitely don't feel we have all the facts. That’s why each episode of The Civic Leader goes beyond the headlines to bring you facts and data points that will help you understand the role of business, government and its citizens to solve society's greatest challenges.  

1:45 Mary Dunne’s thoughts on diplomacy, voting, and the election process 

4:15 Registering to vote  

9:15 Where to go on Election Day  

12:30 What to bring when voting  

16:30 Researching a candidate  

23:45 Ballot Measures   

30:45 Poll Workers   

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