Stories Still Unsung with Alamance Achieves: Recent Episodes
Alamance Achieves
Stories Still Unsung is brought to you by Alamance Achieves, a local education equity initiative in Alamance County, NC. Join us to hear the stories and voices of our community as we highlight those who have been working to break down barriers, advocate for systems change, and support our communities.
This month we are kicking off summer with two special guests - Sheree Vodicka, CEO of the NC Alliance of YMCAs, and Walter Britt, CEO and Executive Director of the Alamance County Community YMCA. In this episode, Sheree and Walter discuss their collaboration with other youth-serving organizations to advocate and lobby for $19.8 million in CARES Act funding to support North Carolina students and families during virtual learning at the onset of COVID-19.
Join members of the Alamance Achieves backbone staff as they explore and discuss the impacts of reading Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown. Emergent strategy is a set of tools and approaches that helps groups to transform complex systems through intentional, small-scale interactions. Learn how Alamance Achieves is using our new understandings to shape and create more possibilities through critical connections and the patterns around us.
Join us for the first episode of Season 2 with LaShauna Austria, founder of Seeds of Change Consulting and an aspiring farmer. In this episode, LaShauna shares her journey with Kindred Seedlings from the dining room to the farm and her dream to create a new way of being with food, farming, and community.
Join us for Season 2 of the Stories Still Unsung podcast as we continue to uplift the voices of champions in our community, and share insights into the conversations and collaborations driving collective impact work in Alamance County, NC.
This month we are joined by Shineece Sellers, Executive Director of the African-American Cultural Arts and History Center. Join us for a conversation on the impact and importance of uplifting Alamance County’s local histories.
Sara Kiehn joins us this month for a conversation about the landscape of early childcare in Alamance County and the importance of early childhood mental health. In her role at the Alamance Partnership for Children, Sara strives to be an advocate and champion for our youngest citizens and their educators.
This month we are joined by Alison Harman, Data Manager at Alamance Achieves, to talk about all things data. By harnessing the power of data and community voice we can begin to cultivate a shared understanding of root causes and work to create shared goals that move us towards action.
Join us for a conversation with Tyronna Hooker, Executive Director of Alamance Achieves, to explore the work her organization is doing to rally a community around education equity and how storytelling can be a powerful tool for systems change.
Learn about season one of Stories Still Unsung from host Sylvia Ellington, Kenan Community Impact Fellow at Alamance Achieves. Sylvia opens the floor for a series of conversations with folks that are breaking down barriers and advocating for systems change in Alamance County, North Carolina.