Real Good

In our Season 5 finale, Faith and Greg examine the heart of Real Good - the act of listening. Each guest this season spoke about the role dedicated listening played in their own growth. In this episode Faith and Greg reflect on guests' stories about listening, and how those experiences have given them strength and helped shape their personal and professional development. 

Nancy Halpern Ibrahim, Executive Director of Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, joins hosts Faith and Greg to discuss advocating for housing and public healthcare across decades. Halpern Ibrahim insists housing and healthcare are human rights. She has sought out organizing opportunities for public health from the Middle East to Southern Los Angeles, and has helped build programs that train community health advocates, restrict pollution, and give rise to James Beard acknowledged restaurants. Our hosts and guest explore how dedicated service can lead to noticeable change.

In our second episode of Season 4, we delve into the science of community development with Brett Theodos, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute. Brett researches neighborhoods and places, and tries to understand what makes neighborhoods work for the people that inhabit them. In this episode, Brett and our hosts discuss the vital relationship between economic development and community building. 

In the fourth episode of the third season of Real Good, we talk to CEO of Summit Academy OIC Louis King about what it takes to lift someone from poverty into the middle class, the dignity that comes along with a job that can provide for a family, and the value of community-based training programs.

In the third episode of the third season of Real Good, we talk to entrepreneur Houston White about the importance of Camdentown, how society promotes culture without support the people who make it and what it's like to build community up from within.

In the fourth episode of Real Good, we speak with Inez Long CEO and President of the Black Business Investment Fund in Florida about understanding that there's always more to learn, how we need to continue showing up for businesses in need beyond this crisis and how being entrenched in the community you serve can help you identify the real problems it's facing.

In the first episode of Real Good, we speak with Maurice Jones, CEO of the Local Initiative Support Corporation about how even systemic problems must be fought at the local level, why broadband available is one of the biggest problems facing rural America today and how access and opportunity are one in the same.

When the COVID-19 outbreak hit, there was a rush to provide relief for people in need. U.S. Bank partnered with nonprofits around the country to offer support. They looked to the helpers, and the helpers had a lot to say. COVID-19 created struggles we’ve never seen before, but it’s also shining a light on problems our communities face every day – problems that are intersectional in nature. These are the stories of people who are truly making an impact, and the people whose lives are being changed by their efforts.