All Episodes
Gathering Ground — 89 episodes
Episode 89: Leaving It Better: Teresa Younger on 13 Years at Ms. Foundation
Episode 88: Research as Resistance: 25 Years of the Institute for Research on Race
Episode 87: Thriving Out Loud - The GenderCool Project
Episode 86: The Power of Survivors: Art, Advocacy and the Fight to End Gender-based Violence
Episode 85: Leading from the Inside Out: Rockwood Leadership Institute at 25
Episode 84: Funding Justice: Community Power and the Future of Philanthropy
Episode 83: Burn It Down or Build It Better? Reckoning with Power in the Nonprofit Sector
Episode 82: State by State: The Ongoing Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
Episode 81: Who Gets to Stay: Land, Memory, and Belonging in a Changing City
Episode 80: Best of 2025: Stories of Care, Creativity, and Collective Power
Episode 79: Living Out Loud: Queer Visibility in Action
Episode 78: 50 Years of Care: Howard Brown Health, Legacy, and the Future of LGBTQ+ Health
Episode 77: News at the Crossroads
Episode 76: Environmental Justice and Community Power
Episode 75: Fireside Chat with Tracie and Angelique
Episode 74: 40 Years of Collective Power: Chicago Foundation for Women
Episode 73: Tracy Baim on 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Health and History
Episode 72: The Future of Philanthropy: Shifting Power, Centering Community
Episode 71: Live with Natalie Moore on Stories That Matter
Episode 70: Workforce, Wealth & the Clean Energy Economy
Episode 69: The Future of the Arts: Representation, Innovation, and Impact
Episode 68: Ignite and Shine with Stephanie Piccirilli
Episode 67: Journalism, Community, and the Future of Media
Episode 66: Best of 2024
Episode 65: Fireside Chat with Angelique and Tracie
Episode 64: Elevate to Action: Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act
Episode 63: Charting a Path Forward: DEI Strategy and Advocacy
Episode 62: Voices for Change: Andrea Sáenz and Sol Flores
Episode 61: Elevate: A Journey into Climate Justice
Episode 60: Celebrating 50 Years of Impact: A Conversation with Monique Brunson Jones of Forefront
Episode 59: Crafting Change: The Intersection of Art, Culture, and Justice
Episode 58: The Next Act (Continued) with Imani Rupert Gordon
Episode 57: Leaving a Legacy
Episode 56: The Power of A Story
Episode 55: The Next Act: Succeeding a Long-time Leader
Episode 54: Leading with Joy
Episode 53: The Push and Pull with Race to Lead
Episode 52: Zooey Zephyr and Dani Hess
Episode 51: Nina Rose Fischer
Episode 50: Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
Episode 49: Gina Torres
Episode 48: Gathering Ground Best of 2023
Episode 47: Tonika Johnson and The Folded Map Project
Episode 46: The Leadership Institute
Episode 45: Axelson Center
Episode 44: Gina Yashere
Episode 43: 2023 Fireside Chat: Angelique Power and Tracie Hall
Episode 42: What's on the Forefront: Trends in the Social Impact Sector
Episode 41: Radical Self-Care
Episode 40: Arts as Activism
Episode 39: Inside MG: Executive Placements
Episode 38: Amina Dickerson and Janine Hill
Episode 37: What's making voters vote?
Episode 36: Nothing About Us Without Us - Disability Justice
Episode 35: Roe v. Wade - What Now?
Episode 34: Tracie Hall and Angelique Power (Part 2)
Episode 33: Tracie Hall and Angelique Power
Episode 32: Dr. Diana N. Derige
Episode 31: Michelle Saddler and Lisa Brown Alexander
Episode 30: "Co-leadership: A New Division of Labor"
Episode 29: Dr. Cathy J. Cohen
Episode 28: Bridgit Antoinette Evans
Episode 27: Chicago Freedom School
Episode 26: Equity in State Government
Episode 25: Sean Thomas-Breitfeld and Race to Lead: Revisited
Episode 24: "Gathering Ground" Revisited: Arts in the Age of COVID-19
Episode 23: Angelique Power and Tracie Hall
Episode 22: One Year Into COVID: Where Do We Go From Here?
Episode 21: READI or Not: The FIRE Grant
Episode 20: READI Symposium II
Episode 19: READI Symposium
Episode 18: Chicago Foundation for Women
Episode 17: Amina Dickerson and Janine Hill
Episode 16: Dorri McWhorter & Mark Ishaug
Episode 15: Katie Carter
Episode 14: How to Build Community: Philanthropy's Response to Difficult Times
Episode 13: Eric Ward
Episode 12: Arts In The Age of COVID-19
Episode 11: Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet
Episode 10: Pamela Newkirk
Episode 9: Tracie Hall & Angelique Power
Episode 8: Ms. Foundation CEO Teresa Younger
Episode 7: Vu Le
Episode 6: Darlene Nipper
Episode 5: Kaethe Morris Hoffer
Episode 4: Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Episode 3: Yolanda Caldera-Durant
Episode 2: Sol Flores
Episode 1: Edgar Villanueva