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Unsung Stewards
by ReThink Health an initiative of The Rippel Foundation
In Season 4, you’ll hear inspiring stories of stewards who are creating transformative change in their communities by expanding the vital conditions for health and well-being—and bringing others into the work.
Episodes
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Hope and Spirituality Fuel Belonging and Civic Muscle
Content warning: Please note, this episode contains mention of suicide, suicidal ideation, and depression. Listener discretion is advised. If you'd like to avoid this content, skip minutes 12:44 -15:15. In this episode of Unsung Stewards, we’re joined by Robin Wright-Pierce, Founder and CEO of...
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Building Belonging and Civic Muscle Across Generations
In Season 6, Episode 2 of the Unsung Stewards podcast, Rippel President and CEO Becky Payne sits down with Alex Edgar, co-founder of Youth250, an initiative of Made By Us. Together, they discuss how Alex’s organization is using the 250th anniversary of the United States as a moment to reimagine...
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Belonging and Civic Muscle Unlocks a Deeper Way to Build a Thriving Washington State
In this episode, host Becky Payne sits down with Michael Brown, Chief Architect at Civic Commons, to discuss how building belonging and civic muscle can transform communities from the ground up. Drawing on his deep experience of facilitating place-based collaborations in King County, WA, Michael...
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Building Belonging and Civic Muscle Through Journalism
In this episode of Unsung Stewards, Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds, a second-generation publisher of the Black Voice News and founder of Voice Media Ventures, shares her journey rooted in journalism and stewardship. Growing up with a deep legacy of civic engagement and storytelling, Paulette shares how...
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Relationships Strengthen Health and Well-Being in the Lehigh Valley
Episode 3 of the Unsung Stewards podcast features Samantha Shaak, PhD, Executive Director of The Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health and Vice President, Community Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network. Samantha illustrates how stewardship begins with connecting the dots within communities,...
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Stewardship Begins with Listening in South Texas
Discover the power of listening in this episode featuring Yvonne Pacheco, a lifelong resident of Laredo, Texas, and Community Connector with Methodist Healthcare Ministries (MHM). As a Community Connector at MHM, Yvonne’s work involves building relationships in communities across South Texas to...
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The Stories and Legacies We Live By
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Arvind Singhal, a professor of communications and Director of the Social Justice Initiative at The University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Singhal has been a teacher, advocate, and organizer for many years. We consider him to be a kindred spirit within the Movement...
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Building a thriving community in Winston-Salem
Season 4 of the Unsung Stewards podcast kicks off with Kellie Easton, President and CEO of Action4Equity, an organization working to transform the education system in her hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In Episode 1, Kellie starts off by grounding us in Action4Equity’s whole-school,...
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A Path to Thriving: Lifting Up Youth Voices
Episode three features four guests from Florida and Washington State who discuss their work with young people experiencing poverty, trauma, and homelessness. The conversation illustrates how critical it is to provide trauma-informed services, center youth voices, encourage creativity, and support...
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Empowering Care Workers as Worker-Owners
In Episode Two, Mo Manklang and Terrell Cannon discuss the importance of agency and a sense of belonging in the workplace, along with the vital role that caregiving plays in the health and well-being of a community. Mo, the Policy Director at the U.S Federation of Worker Cooperatives, tells a...
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Building Community in Niagara Falls, NY
In this episode, you will hear from Brian Archie and Evelyn Harris of Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative. Both lifelong residents of Niagara Falls, NY, Brian and Evelyn are working to address the legacies of structural racism and disinvestment that have affected their community…
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PART 2: Community Vanguards in Maywood, IL
When Covid-19 hit the village of Maywood, Randy, Chris, and Lena mobilized community relationships to address food insecurity, mental health, and other needs exacerbated by the pandemic. The three share poignant stories of the experiences of individual community members in Maywood, which has a...
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PART 1: Community Vanguards in Maywood, IL
When Covid-19 hit the village of Maywood, Randy, Chris, and Lena mobilized community relationships to address food insecurity, mental health, and other needs exacerbated by the pandemic. The three share poignant stories of the experiences of individual community members in Maywood, which has a...
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Community-Driven Response to the Pandemic
In times of crisis, organizations can resort to top-down responses. But when his community faced COVID-19, Pat McNamara threw that playbook out the window. What if local leaders were the ones naming their needs and aspirations? In the first episode of #UnsungStewards, Pat shares how his team...
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The Power of Food to Connect Communities and Address Trauma
Joy opens up about her family’s legacy in community gardening, shining a light on the food insecurity that became so prevalent and exposed with the onset of COVID-19. Joy discusses how food goes beyond providing sustenance and nourishment—highlighting how it can serve as a connector, a cultural...
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Amplifying LGBTQIA+ Voices to Advance Equity
In Episode 2, we spotlight another steward, Sterling Cruz-Herr, a teacher, executive, and entrepreneur committed to creating an equitable culture to advance trans individuals and communities through training and coaching.
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Working Toward an Inclusive Future for People with Disabilities
In the debut episode of Season 2, Colin Killick, Executive Director of the Disability Policy Consortium, shares his vision for an equitable future while addressing the social, medical, and political frames that shape disability rights as well as the legacies that his work is built upon.
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Stewardship at the Street, Scholarly, Spiritual & System Levels
When COVID-19 hit, many schools across the country were unprepared for remote learning. Wanda Stansbury worked to equip families in Trenton, New Jersey with the resources children needed to continue to reach their educational potential while learning from home. From the interfaith student protest...
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Collaborating for Health Equity Amid Trauma
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many health systems did not prioritize Black and Brown communities. When faced with this reality in Pittsburgh, Fred Brown founded the Black COVID-19 Equity Coalition to increase COVID-19 testing and address the social determinants of health for his community. From a...
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Demystifying Public Policy to Achieve Health Equity
When the city of Roanoke received federal HUD funds, Shauneequa Owusu, Chief Strategy Officer at ChangeLab Solutions, along with the NY Academy of Medicine, supported the city through a public deliberation process to empower residents to shape the investment decisions. As we look towards…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In Season 4, you’ll hear inspiring stories of stewards who are creating transformative change in their communities by expanding the vital conditions for health and well-being—and bringing others into the work.
HOSTED BY
ReThink Health an initiative of The Rippel Foundation
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In Season 4, you’ll hear inspiring stories of stewards who are creating transformative change in their communities by expanding the vital conditions for health and well-being—and bringing others into the work.
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Unsung Stewards is created and hosted by ReThink Health an initiative of The Rippel Foundation.
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