In Community & Company: Recent Episodes
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A podcast program presenting inspiring conversations about how communities galvanize. Galvanize means "shock or excite (a community) into taking action". How does a community spark into action? Produced by the Community Engagement Program at Point Park University. This podcast examines the challenges of communities and how they come together, fall apart and galvanize. The program is co-produced and hosted by Eric Sloss PhD student at Point Park University, Executive Producer, Dr. Heather Starr-Fiedler, Studio Coordinator, Nick Ruffalo, and recorded in the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University in front of a live studio audience. For tickets to watch a taping of IC&C email esloss@pointpark.edu.
In this episode we speak to India Christian, President and CEO of Christian Home Healthcare, to discuss how helping older generations and those experiencing disabilities can rally a community
Shred Your Fears gives women, trans and/or non-binary people a safe and comfortable space to learn to skateboard. If you are looking to try something new, get out of your comfort zone, and challenge yourself, this event is for you. There is no experience necessary to attend Shred Your Fears.
we talk with Cody Walters, a music festival producer, who started a small music event to help define a neighborhood of the Northside of Pittsburgh, PA USA and turned it into a global brand with hundreds of bands playing in a two day bonanza.
We often overlook how important maintaining the items in one’s home is and the things inside it.We often like to think we are way more advanced in designing our home than we think. The way we position our photos in our home for example, or the art that we hang on the walls, or the way we position our furniture is very thoughtful. What is it about furniture that is so impactful in ones everyday life? We explore in this episode.
In this episode we explore how fashion can activate a community. We do this with Tereneh Idia a Pittsburgh raised and internationally based fashion designer and the founder an Creative Director of global eco-design fashion house IdiaDega . Her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Afropunk, and Super.selected. Tereneh speaks and conducts workshops on issues of sustainability, adornment, appropriation, global design, and creativity all over the globe. You can find out more about Tereneh – her work, her collaborations, at www.idiadega.com
In Robert Moor’s seminal book On Trails, he writes, “On a trail, to walk is to follow. Like a prostration or apprenticeship, trail walking both requires and instills a certain sense of humility.” Trails have such an remarkable influence not only on one’s psyche, helping people contemplate and commune with nature, yet they take us places of discovery. That’s exactly what the Pittsburgh to Erie trail imitative is doing, connecting the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region with Erie, PA. We walk with Courtney Maronich Vita, Director of Trail Development at Friends of the Riverfront and Kim Harris, Recreation Specialist for the Oil Region Alliance who are instrumental on this massive endeavor and how trails impact communities and people’s lives forever.
Galvanize means "shock or excite (a community) into taking action". How does a community spark into action? In this episode we talk about how taking care of our older adults can galvanize a community. We discuss this with Randi Vega, Project Manager of Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh. Age Friendly acts as a catalyst to promote policy, program and systems change that improves quality of life for all people, particularly for our oldest generations. They provide a neutral forum for collaboration, education, networking and advocacy.
The philosophy of Sprezzatura is that food is love. Food and hospitality are the source of belonging, nourishment, growth, and community, Jennifer exclaims, while committing to giving back to the community in many ways. Recently, she launched a storytelling engagement experience with food centered around cooking remembered recipes from grandmothers. More about Sprezzatura at https://sprezzaturapgh.com
We sit down with Bonnie Baxter, Founder/Doors Open Pittsburgh and architect Paul Tellers to discuss how architecture and neighborhoods galvanize communities. DOORS OPEN celebrates Pittsburgh's unique architecture and history with an annual event, bus and walking tours, and virtual storytelling.
Street performers and buskers Bill Shannon, Katie Clark, lead singer of Hard Fought Theory, Noetic, and Martin the Troubadour come to the studio to talk about how street performers can make a community through art and music. Arts in Community is a special section of In Community and Company investigating how art builds community.
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Eric Hulsey about how prevention, treatment and recovery from substance use disorder impacts a community. Dr. Hulsey is an expert in substance use disorder and has over 15 years studying the challenges communities face dealing with overdose issues.
In this episode, Justin Forzano, Executive Director of Open Filed, pays a visit to talk about how soccer builds community around the world.
Street performers and buskers Bill Shannon, Katie Clark, lead singer of Hard Fought Theory, Noetic, and Martin the Troubadour come to the studio to talk about how street performers can make a community through art and music.
We speak to Zaheen Hussain, Sustainability Director from New Sun Rising about how a natural disaster can bring people together to create a sustainable community
We sit down with Jake Milofsky of Tree Pittsburgh to discuss how trees can galvanize a community
In this episode In Community & Company takes a deep dive into the relationships between the millennial generation and their commitment to how a company or organization is committed to making good in a community through corporate social responsibility. Our guest Dr. Brittany McDonald helps us investigate the nuances of this new working class and their demands on institutions to make good in the world.
Annie Fiffick, PhD student at Point Park University and Veronika Panagiotou, PhD Candidate answer how food insecurity galvanize a community into action.