The award-winning ‘For the People’, produced by John Voket, focuses on issues related to aging, veterans, youth, education, health and human services, public safety, workforce and consumer issues and the environment. Broadcast segments and guests explore concerns facing communities we serve, and detail how individuals and communities may respond to address and/or mitigate those concerns.
CT Violence Intervention and Prevention - 98th Annual Salisbury JumpFest - Chick Rosnick Boxing Club
Jan 28, 2024
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We're bookending For the People with folks and nonprofits working to address and reduce violence in our communities. First we'll meet the Program Manager at CT Violence Intervention and Prevention who is Connecticut's only representative to the first ever Community Violence Intervention Leadership Cohort at the University of Chicago who is prepping for her upcoming graduation at the White House. Then we're circling back with the Salisbury (CT) Winter Sports Association - which is poised for their 98th Annual JumpFest, the oldest Ski Jumping Competition in New England. But it's not just about ski jumping, this is truly a community and regional festival spanning 3 days in the Litchfield Hills, so tuned in and make plans to be there. And we'll close with the father and son co-founders of the nonprofit Chick Rosnick Boxing Club - dedicated to teaching the art of boxing to boys and girls so its participants can advocate against bullying, learn alternatives to violence and gang culture, and be instilled greater discipline, good character, and good citizenship.
CT Council on Problem Gambling - AARP Connecticut Legislative Agenda - CT Green Bank
Jan 21, 2024
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With An estimated 7 million Americans struggling with gambling addiction, we contacted our source with the nonprofit Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling to discuss a proposal to secure federal funds to treat and research gambling addiction. Then we're welcoming back AARP Connecticut to review some of the high points of their 2024 Legislative Agenda, and to remind local communities and qualified agencies that the next round of AARP Community Challenge grant applications is now open, and features several new areas of focus for applicants in 2024. And we'll close touching base with the CT Green Bank - America's 1st Green bank has just released its Annual Report, so we'll review a few of the agency's accomplishments from the past year, celebrate the 10th anniversary of the C-PACE program, and clue you in on a new way that the agency's Solar MAP program is expanding to support affordable housing developers.
CT DCP Adult Use Cannabis - CT Voices for Children - SustainableCT
Jan 14, 2024
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This week marked the one-year anniversary of Connecticut launching its legal adult-use cannabis marketplace, so we'll connect with a spokesperson from the agency overseeing that program to look back on year one, and give us some insight on how this marketplace will be expanding in 2024. This year's CT Voices for Children State of Early Childhood report is responding to the Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care and a Continuation of Spotlighting Disenfranchised Populations, so we're bringing in the report's two authors to unpack why its details and recommendations are so important. And we're circling back with Sustainable CT to talk about how that agency is committed to equity, and to creating communities where all are welcome and have the opportunity to thrive. We'll put out the recruiting call for summer fellows - and help celebrate Connecticut's first Gold Level certified SustainableCT community.
CHDI / CONNECTing Schools to Care IV Students - The Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service - CTLCV 2024 Environmental Summit
Jan 07, 2024
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Our first guest of the new year is from CHDI discussing their newly launched CONNECTing Schools to Care IV Students initiative to integrate trauma-informed comprehensive school mental health supports into the existing community-based network of care - as well as connecting you to their helpful Connect4Families Toolkit. Then we'll introduce to you the Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service at the University of Hartford. Learn how the Rell Center is promoting ethics in government; civil discourse in politics; and how the Center is looking to encourage students and others to pursue careers in public service. And we'll welcome back the CT League of Conservation Voters. If you've been hearing about eliminating fuel burning vehicles on state roadways or you have growing concerns about our environment, we'll invite you to be part of the CTLCV 2024 Environmental Summit coming up in a couple of weeks.
Best of '23 Replay: Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center - East Coast Greenway - CT Dept. of Education
Dec 31, 2023
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Our New Year's Eve program is visiting a few of our most informative and special segments, including our mid-July chat with the CEO of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center talking about how his team is delivering a wide range of physical, mental, dental and wellness services to neighborhoods that need it the most. We'll also celebrate the opening of the center's new Dixwell Q-House. Then we'll replay our chat about the East Coast Greenway - stretching 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida - and how far along Connecticut is in completing its section, offering a safe place for bicyclists, walkers, runners, and more of all ages and abilities to commute, exercise, and visit new destinations. Finally, we'll encore our visit with the Education Diversity Coordinator from the CT Dept of Education and the state's commitment to fortify our teaching force while expanding the diversity of educators for the benefit of all the children and youths who will be learning from them.
Back Yard Beekeepers Assoc. - CT Age Well Collaborative - AdvanceCT
Dec 24, 2023
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Hey, it's not too late to consider giving someone you know one of the most special and unique gifts ever - tuition to Bee School which comes with membership to the Back Yard Beekeepers Association (BYBA), so we'll feature an association member who will be sharing knowledge about beekeeping, and is dedicated to educating beekeepers and promoting the benefits of beekeeping to the public. Then, it's time to look back and take stock, to look forward and make plans as 2024 makes us all a year older. Perhaps those plans involve supporting an aging loved one, or if you are an older Connecticut resident, disrupting ageism and ableism. So, we're bringing back the director of the The Connecticut Age Well Collaborative to talk more about how her agency is supporting that effort in 2024. And finally, we'll dispense a few gifts of wisdom to entrepreneurs and business community members across the region from the leader of AdvanceCT - a private nonprofit economic development organization that drives job creation and new capital investment in Connecticut through business attraction, retention, and expansion, in close cooperation with state, regional, and local partners.
AFL Foster Caregiver Program - Bye-Bye Mattress - Harbor Watch @ Earthplace
Dec 17, 2023
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Holidays mean visiting with loved ones - and if you notice developing issues related to aging, we'll connect you with experts from Assisted Living Services and one of Connecticut's Area Agencies on Aging to explain the little-known Adult Family Living-Foster Caregiver Program that can help loved ones continue aging in place at home. Then we're revisiting Connecticut's groundbreaking mattress recycling program with the state's Mattress Recycling Council and the director from one of the states regional recovery authorities to help educate consumers about where to go and what to do when you're ready to recycle your bedding. And we'll close meeting some folks from Harbor Watch - a program of Earthplace in Westport - who just finished hosting their Annual Student Symposium on local water quality findings. So, we'll hear about that and some of the activities at Earthplace's nature center.
Touting the Food Farmacy of Greater Danbury - The Barnum Museum, work in progress
Dec 03, 2023
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For the People hits the road again, landing at thge region's first of its kind Food Farmacy of Greater Danbury - that's Farmacy with an 'F'. We'll visit folks who helped create this unique public health program as well as the facility to help support it and hundreds of families it's already serving since it opened a few weeks ago. Then we'll head from the 'Hat City' to the Park City for a candid conversation with the director and curator of Bridgeport's Barnum Museum. We'll discuss how the 'Barnum' recently received its rightful place on the National Register of Historic Places - after a disastrous 20-year journey that had more twists, turns, and unfortunate detours as the life of P.T. Barnum himself!
Special Report: A visit to the Green Village Initiative's 2023 Harvest Fest
Nov 26, 2023
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Our on site visit to this year's Green Village Initiative Harvest Fest was bittersweet. While it preceded a major change for this urban agricultural nonprofit that has done so well supporting equity, community, anti-racism, wellness, knowledge-sharing, and youth mentorship, along with responding hunger and promoting food justice - the festival also provided an opportunity to meet and learn about numerous individuals in greater Bridgeport who have learned from and benefited as a result of their ties to GVI. So stay tuned and get ready to meet some of these enterprising individuals as well as hearing about the coming changes from the nonprofit's leadership.
Child Health and Development Institute - CT Health Foundation - Wheeler Foster & Adoption Network
Nov 19, 2023
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The Child Health and Development Institute's latest research produced a blueprint for strengthening Connecticut's behavioral health workforce for our children, so tune in and be among the first to learn how this report can help fast-track the help our kids need! Then....we'll hear how grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to more immigrants and to ensure that those who are eligible can get covered. And hey, it's National Adoption Month. So, if you think you can be the best part of a child's challenging life, For the People is welcoming a rep from Wheeler’s Foster Care programs to discuss the options, support and benefits you can receive.
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