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A Passion to Serve
by Don Kuchnicki
A Passion to Serve is a podcast about migrant and seasonal farm workers and the individuals who work on their behalf. Host Don Kuchnicki interviews a variety of guests who are passionate about their role serving the farm worker population.
Episodes
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Latino Leaders for the Enhancement of Advocacy and Development (LLEAD)
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with LLEAD President Al Flores about the recently published 2021 Annual Report. During the inerview they discuss LLEAD's meeting with Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, the Michigan Latino Report regarding the 2020 Census and Latino community...
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New York Times Best Selling Author Harlan Cohen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki talks with Harlan Cohen about taking risks and how to successfully navigate change. During this episode they discuss strategies to help youth and adults successfully confront and move through adversity and failure as well as creating more educational and...
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Alliance for Fair Food & Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Worker-Driven Social Responsibility
A Passion to Serve Host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Uriel Zelaya-Perez, National Faith Co-coordinator with the Alliance for Fair Food and Leonel Perez, activist with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. During the interview they discuss the Fair Food Program (FFP) as well as their current boycott of...
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on MiLEAD Project Recruiter Michael Mompremier
A Passion to Serve Host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Michael Mompremier about available services provided through Michigan Works! Berrien-Cass-Van Buren. Michigan Works! Berrien, Cass, Van Buren is part of the family of brands and has a focus on education, training, and building a skilled workforce...
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on Megan Kupres, Manager of Workforce Development at Southwestern Michigan College
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Megan Kupres about working with students of all ages at Southwestern Michigan College and assisting them in achieving their career goals and objectives. Education | Southwestern Michigan College (swmich.edu)
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on Clara Franklin, Community Development Coordinator with Aetna
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Community Development Coordinator Clara Franklin about the importance of understanding insurance as part of one's financial planning goals and objectives. Clara talks about insurance as protection and reaching out and communicating with people who...
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on Donald Roberts, Managing Attorney at Legal Aid of Western Michigan
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Donald Roberts, Managing Attorney with Legal Aid of Western Michigan during the 2022 Show Me the Money Day event. Legal Aid of Western Michigan is a nonprofit law firm providing free legal advice and representation in a broad range of areas...
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on MSU Extension Coordinator Janice Zerbe
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Janice Zerbe, MSU Extension Coordinator for Van Buren County. During the interview Janice and I discuss her role at the Show Me the Money Day event, such as speaking to youth about money and helping them budget for both needs and wants. Janice…
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on Jim Sebree, former Telamon Corporation AmeriCorps Volunteer
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Jim Sebree about the importance of the Show Me the Money Day Event and learning how to make sound financial decisions.
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Show Me the Money Day Event: Spotlight on Organizers Maria Zavala and Michelle Tule
During this episode of A Passion to Serve, host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Telamon Housing Program Coordinator Maria Zavala and AmeriCorps Volunteer Michelle Tule about the Show Me the Money Day event. During the interview we discuss the importance of meeting of one-on-one with individuals when...
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Sometimes education can be a misnomer because people worry that they aren’t smart enough, and that’s certainly not the case. It’s all about empowerment.
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Veronica Depotty, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grant Manager & Housing Education Specialist with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). During the interview they discuss housing counseling services, client success…
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Michigan's 6th Annual Hispanic/Latino Statewide Graduation Ceremony
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Dr. Isabel Montemayor-Vazquez. Executive Director with the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan (HLCOM). During the interview they discuss HLCOM's 2022 strategic planning goals and objectives, including the 6th Annual Hispanic/Latino Statewide...
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"The principal goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done." — Jean Piaget, Swiss cognitive psychologist
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Ilda Martinez, Program Manager for the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association. During the interview Ilda talks about her family's experiences as farmworkers in the United States, the importance of education and her current work with...
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“Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
During this episode of A Passion to Serve, host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Alma Cooper, a 2019 Okemos High School graduate in the State of Michigan and current West Point cadet. During the interview Alma discusses the desire to give back to her community and country. Alma is currently serving in...
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Rights We Protect: The National Labor Relations Board
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Regional Director Elizabeth Kerwin of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). During the interview they discuss the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and how it protect the rights of employees and employers, encourages collective bargaining,...
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“It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career." —Carlton Fisk
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Lily Salas, outgoing director of the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Western Michigan University. During the interview they discuss her work administering CAMP services as well as her new role as Community Investment Officer at the...
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National Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Association: Helping Member Agencies Provide Quality Comprehensive Services to all Farmworker Children and their Families
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Cleo Rodriguez, Executive Director of the National Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Association. During the interview they discuss a variety of ongoing initiatives such as the Vaccine Project, the Summer Internship Program and the Healing Voices...
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Public Justice Food Project: Gaining Access to Workers Compensation Insurance for All Michigan Farmworkers
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with David Muraskin, Senior Litigation Attorney with the Public Justice Food Project. During the interview we discuss the lawsuit that was recently filed in the State of Michigan to ensure undocumented workers have access to workers compensation...
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“Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.” Albert Einstein
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with outgoing director Dr. Ruben Martinez about his work and career with the Julian Samora Research Institute. The Julian Samora Research Institute is the Midwest’s Premier Latino Research Center, with a history of research on Latino communities, farm...
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Protecting the rights of our essential immigrant workforce.
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with staff attorney Anna Hill from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center about their campaign to ensure undocumented workers have access to worker’s compensation insurance.
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A new vision for the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan.
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Dr. Isabel Montemayor-Vázquez, who was recently appointed Executive Director of the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan (HLCOM). During the interview we discuss her vision for the HLCOM and how she became interested in this work.
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Season Three Episode Eighteen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Amador Díaz Jr., Assistant Division Director with the U.S. Department of Labor-Wage and Hour division. During the interview Amador and Don discuss wage protections for farmworkers and Labor Rights Week.
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Season Three Episode Seventeen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Johnny Alcivar and Dana Cowsert from Proteus, Inc. During the interview Johnny and Dana speak about the work being done on behalf of migrant and seasonal farm workers, including healthcare and workforce development programs and services.
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Season Three Episode Sixteen
During this episode of A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Juanita Bocanegra, who became Ottawa County’s first Hispanic judge in 2021. Juanita also speaks about her role with the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan.
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Season Three Episode Fifteen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Consuela Barber-Lopez, Executive Director of AMANDLA and Commissioner with the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan. During the interview we discuss her advocacy work and how she engages with law enforcement to achieve positive outcomes for…
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Season Three Episode Fourteen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Telamon AmeriCorps member Michelle Tule and Telamon Housing Program Coordinator Maria Zavala about their work helping people strengthen their financial literacy skills.
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Season Three Episode Thirteen
Florensio Hernandez, Senior Admissions Counselor at Michigan State University and Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan board member, speaks with A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki about his professional work and how the importance of access to opportunity continues to motivate him.
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Season Three Episode Twelve
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Bonnie Johnson, Marketing Specialist with agcareers.com. The mission of agcareers.com is to provide global talent solutions in agriculture and food.
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Season Three Episode Eleven
Felipe Lopez Sustaita, Executive Director of the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan, was part of the Talks at Google seminar series. During the interview Felipe discusses his experiences as a migrant farmworker and how it has influenced his personal and professional decision making.
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Season Three Episode Ten
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Program Manager Jessica Ledesma from the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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Season Three Episode Nine
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki shares an interview between motivational speaker Lefford Fate and Jose Velazquez from the Hire Military YouTube channel.
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Season Three Episode Eight
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki features a Facebook Live Event from the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP). In 2020 leaders from the nonprofit farming community spoke about their work lifting up black and brown voices in agriculture and combating the racism that is…
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Season Three, Episode Seven
Hispanic /Latino Commission of Michigan (HLCOM) Executive Director Felipe Lopez Sustaita and Daniel Carreon-Camberos speak with HLCOM Commissioner Consuela Barber-Lopez about her work as a community activist in the City of Detroit.
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Season Three, Episode Six
A Passion to Serve host Don speaks with Isabel Gross, Occupational Safety & Health Project Coordinator with Farmworker Justice. During the interview we discuss the Medicaid enrollment initiative, which has the intent of disseminating reliable information about Medicaid so marginalized populations...
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Season Three, Episode Five
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Dr. Felipe López Sustaita, Executive Director of the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan.
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Season Three, Episode Four
In 2020 A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki was part of an alumni panel put on by Michigan Sfate University’s (MSU) College of Arts and Letters. The theme was employment opportunities with nonprofits. MSU students submitted questions such as what to expect after graduation as well as how to...
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Season Three, Episode Three
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Edgar Torres-Salina about his work as a Labor Program Coordinator with Great Lakes Agricultural Labor Services, LLC. Great Lakes Agricultural Labor Services, LLC has been in operation since 2015 and supports growers by meeting their agricultural...
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Season Three, Episode Two
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki rebroadcasts a Facebook Live event from the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP). In July, 2020 AFOP employee Kendra Moesle spoke with Mexican American Council CEO Eddie Garza about strategies to empower Farmworker youth. Enjoy.
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Season Three, Episode One
During this episode of A Passion to Serve, host Don Kuchnicki discusses the Jobs for Americas Graduates Program that is being implemented in the State of Indiana by Telamon-TRC. Learn how this program helps high school students plan and prepare for both educational and employment opportunities!
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A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with attorneys Anna Hill and Diana Marín from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center about the public health order requiring mandatory Covid-19 testing of ag
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with attorneys Anna Hill and Diana Marín from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center about the public health order requiring mandatory Covid-19 testing of agriculture and food processing employees.
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Season Two, Episode Twenty Five
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks Rob Anderson from the Michigan Farm Bureau about the impact of Covid-19 on the the agricultural industry and their opposition to the public health order that requires mandatory Covid-19 testing of Ag and food processing employees.
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Season Two, Episode Twenty Four
A Passion to Serve host speaks with Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos and Dr. Alexis Handal about the Michigan Farmworker Project. The Michigan Farmworker Project’s goal is to improve working and living conditions for Michigan farmworkers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Season Two, Episode Twenty Three
During this episode of A Passion to Serve, host Don Kuchnicki shares a recording from Telamon Corporation’s Facebook Live Event that discusses how we can impact community change through voting and community action. The episode features moderator Kalyn Miller and guests Mitchell Brown from the...
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Season Two, Episode Twenty Two
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with AmeriCorps volunteer Jim Sebree about his work in Telamon Corporations housing counseling line of business.
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Season Two, Episode Twenty One
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Brian Rakovitis from the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM). During this episode Brian discusses CEDAM programs and initiatives as well as the 2020 Economic Development Leader of the Year award.
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Season Two, Episode Twenty
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Dale Freeman, Director of the Office for Migrant Affairs. During the episode Dales talks about overcoming challenges to meet the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
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Season Two, Episode Nineteen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Monica Reyes, Director of the Great Lakes Bay Hispanic Leadership Institute and Chair of the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan.
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Season Two, Episode Eighteen
A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with Feliciano Paredes, one of the founders and creators of AgHelp. AgHelp is a mobile platform that helps agricultural employees source, retain and attract local and national talent while connecting workers with local support services.
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A Passion to Serve is a podcast about migrant and seasonal farm workers and the individuals who work on their behalf. Host Don Kuchnicki interviews a variety of guests who are passionate about their role serving the farm worker population.
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A Passion to Serve is a podcast about migrant and seasonal farm workers and the individuals who work on their behalf. Host Don Kuchnicki interviews a variety of guests who are passionate about their role serving the farm worker population.
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A Passion to Serve is created and hosted by Don Kuchnicki.
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