Y Advancing Equity Podcast

Join us as we talk with Mayor Jeff Williams about many, many amazing aspects of the great city of Arlington. He speaks about the award winning Unity Council. What you may love the most about this episode is that Mayor Williams calls out by name so many people who are work in our community to keep us great!
He is a true servant leader with more to do in Arlington. We discuss the pandemic, Snow-ma-gedon and more. 

To equip, empower, and employ individuals returning home from prison and provide support and assistance for families and communities impacted by Incarceration. This is the mission statement of the nonprofit organization called Miles of Freedom.  This episode we meet Richard Miles, he was wrongly convicted and served 15 years in prison.  In 2015, he was finally declared to be "truly innocent".  This podcast he tells his story and shares with us the importance of his work in the community. 
One of our most compelling episodes. 

This episode we welcome Dr. Jacquelyn Minor.  An advocate for women in our community. Get to know her and what Women's Empowerment means to her. This is a great conversation with a truly inspirational leader in our community. 

Oh my gosh! This episode is amazing! Dr. Jason Shelton, chair of the Unity Council in Arlington, TX is our guest. He brings his knowledge and perspective about race, religion and community. 
What we know is that as a community we needed to unify. Through Dr. Shelton's leadership the City of Arlington, created an unprecedented council. This episode we talk about finding that middle ground in conversations and how the Unity Council is creating change.

A real life story of a young professional, a vivacious and proud Asian American and her journey to empower diversity in her career and her circle of influence. 
As she walks us through a journey of love for her work, love for her family and her appreciation for those that has supported and mentored her, you can hear her passion for her community and her bright future. 

One out of six Tarrant County adults have been diagnosed with a depressive disorder (Tarrant County Public Health, September 2019). Women are more likely to report ever having a depressive disorder. We know the pandemic has been difficult in our community. 
Mental Health-Mental Well-being is an important topic. Join us as we speak to former Tarrant County Commissioner, Andy Nguyen about his passion for more education and ending the stigma around mental health. 

When it comes to cancer there is no discrimination.  However, there are disparities. Did you know collectively, blacks have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group?  Did you know that Hispanic women are 30% less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women. 

Cancer Care Services is an organization that helps cancer patients, care-takers, and survivors. Their support has become even more intentional and focused on closing the gap. Listen to our guests talk about Cancer Care Services. This is such a great episode for those of us who have been affected in some way by cancer. 

She has a story that describes her experience as a young girl. Her story describes the difficulties that can come with immigrating to the US. Her story also describes how she created the Veronica Garza Law Firm to create a better experience for those who come to the US for a better life. 
Veronica tells us what she feels is the biggest misconception about immigrants. This episode helps educate us about the experience of immigration. 

Join us while we get to know Kenneth Rose, CEO at Texas Health Mansfield. He talks about opening a hospital, the challenges of COVID-19 and how they respond to the overwhelming task of health care during a pandemic. 
We get to know Kenneth and the Advent Health Care philosophy on caring for people. 
This is a great perspective from one of our community leaders. 

Why is there a Fund to Advance Racial Equity in Fort Worth? Why is funding this conversation so important to our community? These questions and the conversation about advancing racial equity are in this episode. 
Donna James Harvey is the liaison for the FARE Fund. We couldn't be more grateful to the fund and to her for the support of this podcast. 
As their only Arlington recipient of the fund we are proud and hold ourselves to the commitment to continue to create valuable conversations about advancing equity in our community, while highlighting the importance.