Celebrating the African Spirit: the main ingredient is passion
We Are All Artistic Beings; We Can’t Forget the Ancestors
CultureConnect: Opening Up Worlds with Local Youth and Families
On this episode of The Good Work Hour, co-hosts Terri and Aja are joined by Rosie Rosenthal and Jenni Ruiz, board members of Rhinebeck-based CultureConnect. Through its many programs (CommunityConnect, ArtsConnect, CollegeConnect, CultureConnectClub, MadagascarConnect, and WorldConnect), CultureConnect helps empower the youth and families of our communities to create a future of social justice, global engagement, and cultural competence. Learn how this organization supports the families of students in whose homes English is not the primary language, helps high schoolers become first-generation college students, offers unique art experiences, and engages students in immersive multi-cultural experiences.
Rosie Rosenthal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with a private psychotherapy practice in Red Hook. She became a social worker because of her passion for social justice, and spent many years working in nonprofits before opening a private practice. She believes that focusing locally is the best way to effect change, and is dedicated to serving the communities of Red Hook and Rhinebeck via CultureConnect’s mission to support the growth of compassion and cultural competence in our young citizens.
Yesenia “Jenni” Ruiz was born in Puebla, Mexico and raised in Los Angeles, California. She spent many years working with Latino youth and undocumented families in New York City and Passaic, New Jersey. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Anthropology, at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Yesenia has two children in the Rhinebeck school district. She is proud to raise her family in a bilingual household.
For more info, visit www.cultureconnectrbk.org or @cultureconnectrbk on IG.
Hospicing Modernity
From Ella Fitzgerald to Just Transition-aligned investment
M.A.D. – Celebration of the Arts EXPO
The Resistance Show
Communities for Local Power
This episode was hosted by Micah and he sat down with Susan H. Gillespie is co-founder and President of the Board of Directors of Communities for Local Power and Jess Mullen the Executive Director of CLP.
Shawn Young: Driving racial justice and social equity through the Bard Prison Initiative and All of Us
Co-hosts Terri and Susan welcome Shawn Young to the Good Work Hour. Shawn is the Co-founder of All Of Us Community Action Group, a Black-led grassroots organization and the Upstate Reentry Coordinator for Bard Prison Initiative(BPI), a program of Bard College that provides college education to people in prison and offers a network of support upon their return to the community. Shawn’s experience includes community organizing, activism, and advocacy. Currently, Shawn is an integral member of the community leadership of the Greater Capital Region, which demands that Black Lives Matter, and calls for an end to police brutality and state sanctioned violence. As the co-founder of All Of Us, Shawn has led civil actions, community conversations, and facilitated the leadership development of young people throughout the Capital Region.
Shawn’s email: [email protected]
All Of Us Community Action Group
Mission: To support and strengthen marginalized communities in the fight for Black Liberation and an end to all forms of racism, oppression and exploitation; uniting people across socially created divisions.
Vision: To imagine, create, and utilize systems of equity and justice in our communities that are not based in punishment, policing and the carceral state.
To receive emails from All of Us, visit https://bit.ly/AllOfUsIn2022
Social Media at @UntitledAndFree
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Donate to All Of Us online at: https://bit.ly/JusticeAndFreedomForAll
The Importance of Local Journalism
On this episode of The Good Work Hour, co-hosts Terri and Helene welcome two guests whose Good Work is focused on local journalism. With so many ways that we receive and consume news, especially with social media, why is local journalism important? What do our communities lose when we don’t have readily accessible local news coverage? How can we get involved in supporting and making sure that we have trustworthy local news sources? We discuss these questions and more.
Mark Fuerst has lived in Rhinebeck with his family for 25 years. Before moving to Rhinebeck, he was General Manager of public radio station WXPN in Philadelphia and executive producer of “The World Cafe” national radio service. For the last twenty years , Mark has been studying the impact of digital media on public radio and television in the United States. And over the last five years, he has focused on the role of public radio as a force in local journalism. This year, Mark decided to apply the research he was doing to help rebuild local news in the Hudson Valley.
Phillip Pantuso is helping lead the Times Union’s coverage of the Hudson Valley. Previously, he was managing editor of The River Newsroom. He has contributed to The Guardian, The New York Times, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He earned an M.A. in journalism from NYU, teaches in the journalism department at SUNY New Paltz, and lives in Kingston.
Resources:
Art, Change, and the Handmade with Beth Humphrey
Humanity Cash and Community Currencies with Fennie Wang
