LiveGirl - 35th Bigelow Tea Community Challenge - Adam's House
Meet the the leader of LiveGirl, and and learn how to get your daughter involved with this non-profit empowering girls through year-round leadership development and mentoring that builds self-confidence and fosters diversity. Then, visit with Cindi Bigelow, and meet a couple of recipients of The 35th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge. We'll tell you how to get yourself and the whole famil...
56m Aug 28, 2022
56m
2022 Closer to Free Ride pt. 1 - CT Association of School Based Health Centers - Connex Financial Literacy Initiative
This morning we're going to get Closer to Free with the first of two planned interviews ahead of the 2022 Closer to Free Ride supporting research and care at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. We'll speak with the surviving spouse of a Smilow cancer patient who is presenting Beth's Bash to honor his late wife next Sunday with 100% of proceeds going to the Smilow Cancer Hospital. Th...
56m Aug 21, 2022
56m
CT Office of the Arts / Artist Fellowship Program - Aquiline Drones/CSCU Training Program
We're departing from our usual format today to bring you several guests talking about two cool subjects. Our first segment brings together a trio talking about the Connecticut Office of the Arts Artist fellowship Program — providing recognition and funding support for Connecticut artists to pursue new work and advance their artistic careers. Then we're welcoming back the CEO and founder of Co...
55m Aug 14, 2022
55m
CT DPH Monkeypox Adisory - Boys & Girls Village Youth Link Mentoring - Call Before You Dig
How concerned should you be about the global monkeypox outbreak? Connecticut has already seen it fair share of cases, so we're bringing in the state's top doc - Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Manisha Juthani to fill you in on everything you need to know about monkeypox. Then we're replaying a visit with the coordinator of the Youth Link Mentoring Program at Boys and Girls Village. This impo...
56m Aug 07, 2022
56m
Sen. Tony Hwang /Health Insurance Rates - CT Voices for Children - End Hunger Connecticut
State Senator Tony Hwang is helping unpack the complexities related to numerous proposed massive health insurance rate hikes under consideration for 2023. So we'll help explain how you as ratepayers and health insurance consumers can step up and try to help stop or greatly reduce those proposed rate increases. Then we'll welcome Connecticut Voices for Children to talk about their 2022 State of...
55m Jul 31, 2022
55m
East Haven School District ALICE 'Go Buckets' - SHU Social Justice Symposium - CT Dental Assoc.
Today we're unveiling ALICE - Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate - a new initiative rolling out across the state and changing the way police, emergency services, and schools are confronting crises. Hear representatives from the East Haven school district and Police Dept discussing how you can help that community as it prepares to engage this new program in the fall. Then we're going to...
56m Jul 24, 2022
56m
ENCORE: CT Essential Worker COVID-19 Assistance Fund - Veterans for Political Innovation - Susan D. Flynn Oncology Nursing Development Program
This For the People encore segment features State Comptroller Natalie Braswell in last January's chat about Connecticut's new Essential Worker COVID-19 Assistance Fund. With eligibility just expanded to the CDC’s 1C list of essential workers - and the application deadline extended - it's time to find out if you can get compensation for a number of virus-related losses and expenses. Then, we've...
56m Jul 17, 2022
56m
Homes for the Brave Annex - CT Child Tax Rebate - Preservation Connecticut
We're celebrating the opening of the Homes for the Brave Annex, which is delivering comprehensive services and supports for veterans and their families across the entire region. If you are, or you know a veteran or a vet's family who may be in need of health, employment, or financial support, stay tuned. Then we're going to check - in with United Way of Connecticut to remind you that more than...
56m Jul 10, 2022
56m
Watch For Me CT - EnergizeCT - CCM Municipal Guidebook
Each year, about 1,500 pedestrians and 550 bicyclists are hit by cars on Connecticut roadways, leading to serious injuries and fatalities. So we're bringing in a rep from Watch for Me CT a statewide campaign aimed at reducing those numbers through awareness, education, and enforcement to discuss their work and how it can benefit your community. Then we'll welcome back EnergizeCT and the Direct...
56m Jul 03, 2022
56m
DEEP 'Bear Aware' Advisories - NAMI CT - MyHomeCT
Bears aren't just out there somewhere, they're marching into parks and yards, and even breaking into cars and homes. So what do you need to become more 'bear aware' - well, we've got all the answers for you as we visit with a state DEEP Bear and wildlife expert. Then we'll check in with NAMICT, to find out how that agency is responding to the escalation of stress, anxiety, and mental health is...
54m Jun 26, 2022
54m
Teach Connecticut - Disability:IN Connecticut - The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement
Today we're opening our final week of the school year program with a representative of Teach Connecticut talking about the many rewards of teaching and how Teach Connecticut can provide a huge range of information and resources whether you're thinking about applying your current career expertise to teaching, or you're ready to step out into the workforce for the first-time as an educator. The ...
55m Jun 19, 2022
55m
2022 Tunnel to Towers Run/Walk - CT League of Conservation Voters Pt. 2 - IRIS World Refugee Day
You can help honor the ultimate sacrifice of one brave 9/11 responder by being part of the 2022 Tunnel to Towers Run & Walk on June 26. So we'll help reinforce what it's all about and how to get involved as we chat with the race organizer at the Bethel High School event site. Then we'll bring you Part 2 of our CT League of Conservation Voters discussion about critical environmental legislation...
55m Jun 12, 2022
55m
Triangle Community Center - EAPA - the Employee Assistance Professionals Association - CT League of Conservation Voters
Pride Month is here and we're checking in with the director of Connecticut's leading LGBTQ+ support agency - Norwalk's Triangle Community Center - to learn how they are helping members of these communities across the state with services and advocacy. Then we'll meet a couple of representatives of EAPA - the Employee Assistance Professionals Association - to learn how its members help those fac...
55m Jun 05, 2022
55m
HVA Explore-a-Thon - Yale Mood Disorders Research Program - Susan D. Flynn Oncology Nursing Development Program
We're continuing our mission to connect you with cool adventures, so stay tuned for our guest from the HVA - the Housatonic Valley Association - hosting a month-long Explore-a-Thon this June with all kinds of prizes, local brewery gatherings, and cool, fun ways to learn more about protecting our environment. Then as we close out Mental Health Awareness Month, we'll turn to Dr. Hilary Blumberg,...
55m May 29, 2022
55m
CT Trails Day - B&GV Youth Link Mentoring Program - Yoga In Our City 2022
Today we're bringing you a couple of fantastic ways to get outside while improving your own and your loved ones' health and wellness. CT Trails Day is the first weekend in June and so we'll be revealing all the ways you can get out hiking, biking, horseback riding, running, maintaining, kayaking, bird watching, letterboxing, and maybe learning a thing or two in the process. Then we'll visit wi...
55m May 22, 2022
55m
Domestic Violence Crisis Center - PACT: Pledge to Advance CT - LEVO International
We're circling back with Domestic Violence Crisis Center to discuss the critical role men play in setting examples that help prevent domestic violence - and inviting you to honor Connecticut's own Michael Bolton and Jeff Benedict at the DVCC Voices of Courage Luncheon this week in Darien. This segment that is a must-listen for anyone who is getting involved in the financial aid application pro...
56m May 08, 2022
56m
BHCare's A Chance To Shine - Council On Environmental Quality - SWIM Across America
Meet the community engagement specialist from BHCare discussing several of the public health crises his agency is responding to throughout the Naugatuck Valley, shoreline and greater New Haven areas - and how you can help support their efforts by attending their June 4 A Chance to Shine celebration and benefit at Quarry Walk in Oxford. Then it's time for our annual visit with Connecticut's Cou...
55m May 08, 2022
55m
ENCORE: Essential Worker COVID-19 Assistance Fund - CT Center for Nursing Workforce - Problem Gambling Awareness
As we head into May we're taking an opportunity to encore a few segments we've gathered over the past four months that still focus on critical issues facing your community and our state: We'll start with a previously recorded segment featuring Connecticut's new Comptroller Natalie Braswell, discussing a brand new benefit for front line responders who may have suffered financial issues as a res...
56m May 01, 2022
56m
CT Urban Forest Council - CT Psychological Association LGBTQ+ Support - GSOFCT 'Summer In The City' Program
We're going to pick up on a conversation we started earlier this year with the Connecticut Urban Forest Council to hear about seven more projects recently awarded Urban Forestry Climate Change grants - and how these projects will create positive health and environmental benefits for us all. We're tapping a Clinical Psychologist from the CT Psychological Association to talk about how events and...
55m Apr 24, 2022
55m
Random Hacks of Kindness Jr / Sustainable Southbury - Westport Farmers' Market - Reason For Hope
We're hopping your way Easter morning and inviting kids to help tackle food waste with Random Hacks of Kindness Jr & Sustainable Southbury - partnering on a virtual 'Coding for Good Hackathon' on Saturday, April 23. Then we're talking agriculture with the Westport Farmers' Market - since 2006, the market and its farmers & vendors have provided fresh, healthy food while promoting education and ...
56m Apr 17, 2022
56m
ARI - Veterans for Political Innovation - State’s Attorney’s Violence Eradication and Disruption (SAVED)
We're welcoming back ARI - working with around 100 disabled individuals through several programs in lower Fairfield County helping them learn and grow in order to achieve a higher level of independence - and inviting you to get involved supporting their 70th Anniversary Ball, an upcoming golf tournament and the April 24 ARI Walk for Independence. Then, meet a local representatives of Veterans ...
56m Apr 10, 2022
56m
CMAK Foundation/Race $ Chase - Families Network of Western CT - Keystone House
Do you have an older or unused bike you'd like to see out of your garage or basement and put to good use, or maybe you know a child or youth who's got a lot of energy and is looking for a great way to use it? We've got a way you can take care of both, so check out our chat with the CMAK Foundation's Race 4 Chase founder to learn more. Then we'll introduce you to Families Network of Western CT,...
55m Apr 03, 2022
55m
Infinite Strength - Community Foundation for Greater New Haven - WBDC
We're introducing a brand new community partner - Infinite Strength - the only nonprofit in the country to offer monthly financial assistance to underserved single mothers with Metastatic Breast Cancer. We'll let you in on how they do it, and how you can get involved. Then we're circling back with the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to chat about the upcoming Great Give, and a new p...
55m Mar 27, 2022
55m
Alzheimer's Assoc. CT Chapter - The Connecticut Democracy Center - World Heritage Cultural Center
Did you know by 2025, Connecticut is on track to have more than 90,000 residents living with Alzheimer's? This morning For the People is opening with our long-time partners at the Alzheimer's Association talking about important research, as well as ways for you to support the association - especially on March 30 - 'Advocacy Day' at the State Capital. Then we'll hang around Hartford to chat wit...
56m Mar 20, 2022
56m
8th Annual Spotlight on Anxiety Forum - Jersey Mikes / Special Olympics CT - The Waterbury Palace Theater
If you think you've been experiencing heightened anxiety over the past couple of years, imagine what it's doing to our kids. So we're checking in with the Anxiety Program at the Yale Child Study Center to see how they've been trying to help, and we'll talk about what's in store at their 8th Annual Spotlight on Anxiety Forum for Concerned Parents and Professionals. Then we'll get you hungry for...
55m Mar 13, 2022
55m
Wheeler Health Problem Gambling Support - CT Audubon 'State of Birds' - US EPA Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, so  For the People is turning to a top resource at Wheeler Health for some straight talk about what to do if you or someone you know - even a teen or young adult - is experiencing unhealthy gambling habits. Then we're flipping to an important environmental concern with the Connecticut Audubon Society talking about why Connecticut is losing a serious a...
56m Mar 06, 2022
56m
Health360 - CT League for Nursing/CTData - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut
We're introducing you to Health360 the home to Northwestern Connecticut's Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Learn how this nonprofit is developing a pipeline for future health care professionals who are prepared to practice in Connecticut’s underserved communities. Then, on a related subject - we'll tap an exec from the CT League for Nursing & CT Center for Nursing Workforce to discuss an i...
55m Feb 20, 2022
55m
FDA Super Bowl Foodborne Illness Prevention - Fairfield CARES - CT Essential Worker COVID-19 Assistance Fund
Super Bowl Sunday is here - and if you are planning your Super Bowl feast, we're bringing in a food safety expert from the USDA to run us through all the game day details you need to know to put the blitz on foodborne illness whether you're doing all the cooking yourself, or ordering in. Then we're going to meet Fairfield CARES - the community's prevention council. We'll talk with a student ad...
55m Feb 13, 2022
55m
AARP CT Legislative Agenda - CT PURA / Green Bank Energy Storage Solutions - Lt Governor Susan Bysiewicz
We're opening up with AARP Connecticut reviewing their 2022 agenda for the upcoming Legislative session, which is packed with advocacy for programs and benefits for everyone in our state.  Then we're going to talk about a brand new battery storage system program from PURA and the CT Green Bank that can protect you and your home or business from extreme weather and power outages - along with in...
55m Feb 06, 2022
55m
2022 State of Tobacco Control - CT Psychological Assoc. - Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate
We're watching out for your health and the health of those you love as we open up the latest American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control report to try and figure out why Connecticut is failing its residents when it comes to funding tobacco education, awareness, and cessation programs. Then we're circling back with the Connecticut Psychological Association for a candid conversation abo...
55m Jan 30, 2022
55m
CTLCV Environmental Summit - CT Office of Health Strategy - NOFA 40th Winter Conference Preview
Later this week the CT League of Conservation Voters will be hosting their 2022 Environmental Summit, so we'll check-in to see what's in store as lawmakers, advocates, policy experts, and the public discover what key environmental issues are on the table for the 2022 state legislative session. Then we'll visit with the director of CT's Office of Health Strategy to look into the business of hea...
55m Jan 23, 2022
55m
The Beardsley Zoo @100 Pt. 1 - USDA Conservation Easements - Community Mindfulness Project
As we have often said - there's always something wild happening at Connecticut's only zoo - and 2022 marks the 100th Anniversary of The Beardsley Zoo. So we're kicking off a year's worth of zoo-centric segments with zoo director Gregg Dancho to learn about its history, and what's in store for this centennial year. Then we're going to check in with a pair of conservation experts from the state'...
56m Jan 16, 2022
56m
Connecticut Urban Forest Council - CT Paid Leave - Red Cross Volunteer Opportunities
We're introducing the Connecticut Urban Forest Council's top official to hear about plans to plant thousands of new trees in several local cities. Will you be seeing a patch of new trees in your neighborhood? Stay tuned. Did you know you might be eligible to apply for CT Paid Leave right now? We'll get a refresher on what you need to know right now, whether you are an employer or employee from...
56m Jan 09, 2022
56m
ENCORE: Yale Child Study Center - IRIS - CIRI - Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Happy New Year - we're kicking of 2022 playing four encore 'For the People' segments starting with a reminder about two clinical trials going on right now for teens and adolescents experiencing extreme stress at the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program at the Yale Child Study Center.  Then we'll replay the first two segments of our series 'Open Arms, Open Hearts - Connecticut's Role In The Afgha...
57m Jan 02, 2022
57m
CT(Cannabis) Social Equity Council - Housatonic Valley Association - Assisted Living Services
Meet a key official as Connecticut moves ever closer to opening its legal adult cannabis marketplaces as we ring up the interim director of Connecticut's Social Equity Council to begin a series of conversations to help inform and educate both state residents and stakeholders. The we're off to the riverside to engage the Housatonic Valley Association, a tri-state nonprofit citizen’s environment...
55m Dec 26, 2021
55m
Eco59 Seed Project - Homes For The Brave - ElderHouse
Interested in sustaining native plants and vegetables on local farms and in your garden? We're introducing you to a spokesperson for Eco59, a newly launched initiative growing and providing ecotypic seed to restore native plants in Connecticut and throughout farms across the northeast. Then, we'll check in with our long-time partners at Homes for the Brave. We'll key in on critical work that a...
56m Dec 19, 2021
56m
Asperger / Autism Network AANE - BCAC/RYASAP 'State of the Child' - National Association For Amateur Radio
Do you know a kid or adult with Asperger syndrome or who is on the autism spectrum? Then meet a Connecticut spokesperson for AANE - the Asperger / Autism Network and learn about all the services and supports available, the work the agency is doing regarding advocacy and de-stigmatizing, and how to get involved. Then we're circling back with the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition / RYASAP to d...
55m Dec 12, 2021
55m
Staywell Health Center - LGBTQ+ Health & Human Services Assessment Survey - The Barnum Museum
For the People is celebrating 50 years of caring for Greater Waterbury with Staywell Health Center, and to let you know - wherever you are in Connecticut - that  Staywell is ready and waiting to take good care of you and your family, too! Then we'll reconnect with the head of Connecticut's Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity to begin discussing the state's first ever L...
56m Dec 05, 2021
56m
CT Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI) - American Lung Association of CT - Green Village Initiative
The next segment in our new series called 'Open Arms, Open Hearts - Connecticut's Role In The Afghan Refugee Crisis' welcomes the CEO of The Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. (CIRI), talking about an important new partnership with the Bridgeport Rescue Mission, and how the agency is working hard assisting refugees coming into the state from Afghanistan.   Then we're circ...
55m Nov 21, 2021
55m
Great Blue Research / SHU - Westport Winter Wonderland - IRIS
Have you heard about the latest statewide poll from Sacred Heart University’s Institute for Public Policy and Civic Engagement? We're connecting with the CEO of their polling partner Great Blue Research to hear where state residents stand on the governor's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and several other issues reflected in this new polling. Then we'll zip through calls with nonprofits, Li...
56m Nov 14, 2021
56m
CT DRS Tax Amnesty Program - SustainableCT - United Way of CT
We're talking taxes, and if you owe any here in Connecticut - how you can wiggle out of any outstanding penalties and a good amount of the interest you may owe as we speak with state Dept of Revenue Services Commissioner Mark Boughton about the 2021 DRS Tax Amnesty Program. Then we'll celebrate the latest round of Connecticut communities that have become SustainableCT certified, with that agen...
56m Nov 07, 2021
56m
SPECIAL REPORT: Farm Aid 2021
Each year, Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price host a Farm Aid festival to bring together a wide variety of artists, farmers and fans for one mission: keeping family farmers on the land.  For the second time in its nearly quarter century run, Farm Aid came to Hartford, and for the 5th time, the award-winning For the People was invite...
55m Oct 31, 2021
55m
Arts In CT - Connecticut Data Collaborative - Connecticut Yankee Council BSA
Meet a veteran music educator who saw the need for arts and cultural programs in our schools and communities and founded Arts In CT - a non-profit academy serving anyone statewide who wants to engage in a variety of performing and visual arts experiences. Then, we're circling back with the Connecticut Data Collaborative to find out the latest information that agency is crunching - including im...
56m Oct 24, 2021
56m
Domestic Violence Crisis Center - Western CT Area Agency on Aging - A Promise to Jordan / Voices for Non-Opioid Choices
As we move through October - Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we'll circle back with the leader of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center to learn how that agency is doubling down to help educate communities to prevent domestic violence and supporting those who are impacted by it. Then we'll visit with the Western CT Area Agency on Aging to get an update on their CHOICES initiative and why it's...
56m Oct 17, 2021
56m
Yale Child Study Center - Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter - Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
You've been hearing about it on 'For the People' and today we're going to provide all the background on two clinical trials going on right now at the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program at the Yale Child Study Center. If you have or know of a child or teen suffering from anxiety, participation in one of these trials may provide relief, so stay tuned.   Then we'll hear about a grassroots effort...
55m Oct 10, 2021
55m
ENCORE: Boys & Girls Village - FrontlineCT - UR Community Cares
We're replaying a few encore segments and starting off with a reminder  that there are hundreds of kids involved with the Boys & Girls Village Foster and Therapeutic Foster care programs looking for a caring person or family to help them feel at home again. So stay tuned, learn more and see if you can get involved. Then we'll replay a conversation promoting FrontlineCT - a nonprofit supporting...
55m Oct 03, 2021
55m
UConn Master Gardeners Program - Little Britches Therapeutic Riding Program - Shoreline Arts Alliance
We're digging into some important news to help you connect with your gardens and landscape - while serving your community through the UConn Master Gardeners Program. We'll tell you all about it and how to get signed up for their next round of certification training. Then, meet a southern Litchfield County nonprofit that's bringing unique and successful equine therapies to folks on the autism s...
55m Sep 26, 2021
55m
CT Advisory Board for Suicide Prevention Pt. 2 - USDA Rural Development Grants - Dana's Angels Research Trust
Check out the second of a two-part conversation here during September which is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month with Dr Kathleen Chapman of the CT Psychological Association and the CT Advisory Board for Suicide Prevention on how to recognize warning signs, and immediately engage a person you believe might be considering ending their own life. Learn why the US Dept. of Agricultur...
55m Sep 19, 2021
55m
CT Advisory Board for Suicide Prevention - 34th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge - Wheeler's 'Healthy Kids in the Kitchen'
Check out the first of a two-part National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month conversation with an authority representing the CT Psychological Association and the CT Advisory Board for Suicide Prevention, talking about this public health crisis that is tragically increasing among teen girls and kids as young as middle school age. Then learn more about the Center for Family Justice and the ...
55m Sep 12, 2021
55m
HRRA Glass Recycling Program Update - Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center Olive Oil Study - AARP Community Challenge Grants
We're circling back with the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority to learn how that agency is transforming a successful pilot program promoting glass recycling to include the entire region, and how bringing the program statewide can make a huge and positive environmental impact. Then we'll catch up with a primary researcher from the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in Derby to talk a...
56m Sep 05, 2021
56m