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...
55m Nov 14, 2021
55m
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
Food Rescue US - Hartford Regional Lead Treatment Center - The National Association For Amateur Radio
In Connecticut, 1 in 7 people, including 1 in 6 children are at risk of hunger. So we'll chat with the CEO of Food Rescue US about how it is working with the Connecticut Food Bank / Foodshare to incorporate Feeding America practices for Food Rescue US volunteers at four new locations. Then we'll circle back to the topic of lead poisoning, which is affecting countless children across Connecticu...
55m Aug 29, 2021
55m
Stratfield Village Association 'Lincoln Parkapalooza' - Neighborhood Music School - Immigration Help (encore)
Meet a truly grassroots neighborhood organization, learn how the Stratfield Village Association of Fairfield got behind a number of important community improvement efforts - and how its founders are ramping up plans for a day of tribute, family fun, food, vendors and live music at its September 11 'Lincoln ParkaPalooza. Then, hear from the director of New Haven's Neighborhood Music School (NMS...
55m Aug 22, 2021
55m
Yoga In Our City - Enroll In A Day - Aquiline Drones
As we hit the midpoint in the Connecticut-wide Yoga In Our City movement that's continuing through mid-October we're replaying a spring segment introducing listeners to free virtual yoga classes to stay in shape and achieve peace of mind from the comfort of your home, or the 2021 season of outdoor community yoga classes designed by Civic Mind, and sponsored by ConnectiCare.   Then we'll let y...
55m Aug 15, 2021
55m
Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board - Norwalk Community Health Center
This 'Special Report' on workforce development puts the focus on team members at the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board. We'll hear all about possible new careers, job training, and other information about special fields like plastics and advanced manufacturing - and how the board can help you connect with a high paying job as well as getting the training necessary to succeed, even i...
55m Aug 08, 2021
55m
Circle of Care - Closer to Free Ride - Boobstock 2021
We've got a program we know will touch a lot of people today, because cancer touches so many of our lives here in Connecticut - so we'll kick things off  with our friends for Circle of Care discussing all the great work and support they are providing to pediatric cancer patients and how to get involved in their incredible Art From The Heart initiative. Then get ready to ride Closer to Free - a...
56m Aug 01, 2021
56m
Swim Across America Fairfield County - Yale Substance Abuse Center - UR Community Cares
We're reminding you about The 15th annual Swim Across America Fairfield County, an open water swim  in Long Island Sound, and encouraging all swimmers, boaters, kayakers and those interested in being on land volunteers to participate in this huge annual fundraiser for Connecticut's Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy. We're checking in a researcher and community educator from the Yale School of M...
55m Jul 25, 2021
55m
Connecticut Folk - FrontlineCT - Abilis
We're happy to be reconnecting with the director of Connecticut Folk - that's coming back in a big way for 2021. We'll hear about their debut concert, and clue you in on where you can check out some of the coolest folk shows happening anywhere in the region at a brand new site. Then we're going to pick up on a conversation we started during National EMS Week with a brand new  nonprofit called ...
56m Jul 18, 2021
56m
Operation Hope Mortgage Assistance - Career Resources - Random Hacks of Kindness, Jr.
We're circling back to replay a  segment with Operation Hope - zeroing in on this nonprofit's efforts to educate folks who may be at risk of losing their home due to foreclosure - and we'll chat with Senator Tony Hwang about how he planned that effort at home, and in the statehouse. Then - whether you are an employer looking for qualified and motivated workers, or someone who is looking for a ...
55m Jul 11, 2021
55m
Boys & Girls Village - Connecticut Data Collaborative - National Veterans Council for Legal Redress
Summer's here and kids should be having a blast, but there are hundreds of kids involved with the Boys & Girls Village Foster and Therapeutic Foster care programs who are looking for a caring family to help them feel at home again. So stay tuned, learn more and see if you can get involved. Then we're going to talk about data - who uses it, why, and how data can be accessed and applied to impro...
55m Jun 27, 2021
55m
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition - Pride Month / Triangle Community Center - The Arts Alliance of Stratford
It's been awhile since we touched base with the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition, and the recent release of the agency's State of the Child 2020 Report is a perfect reason to reconnect and discuss this important online publication. Then, as we do each June - we'll celebrate pride month promoting resources for the region's LGBTQ community - this year welcoming the director of the Triangle Co...
55m Jun 20, 2021
55m
Red Cross Hurricane Preparedness - MOVIA Robotics - Norwalk Health Dept WinWinWin
We're going to help you get prepped for the 2021 Hurricane Season with a representative of the American Red Cross — providing tips on how to stay safe and sound during a hurricane or other disaster, cluing you in on how to be a Red Cross volunteer, and why it's so important for blood donors to support the thousands of folks undergoing cancer treatments this June. Then we'll meet a principle wi...
58m Jun 13, 2021
58m
Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary - CT Dept of Veterans Affairs - Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
This morning we're circling back to speak with Jenn Hubbard - whose daughter Catherine was lost in the Sandy Hook tragedy - to find out all the exciting things ramping up for summer at the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, and to invite you to participate in the upcoming 5k Race For Catherine. Then we'll touch base with the Commissioner of Connecticut's Dept of Veterans Affairs. On th...
56m Jun 06, 2021
56m
CT DECD 'Kids Are Free' - UConn Health Disparities Institute - CT Paid Leave
Provided lawmakers approve the program, we're going to see a lot of no-cost opportunities  for kids to discover the state's museums and sights through the proposed 'Kids Are Free' program, which previewing today. Then we'll find out why now more than ever, the first of its kind State of Health Equity among Boys and Men of Color Summit is the right event at the right moment in time - and why yo...
55m May 30, 2021
55m
AARP Manufacturing Mentors - Annual EMS Week Celebration - NWF Garden for Wildlife
If you are one of the thousands of men and women who have worked in, or are nearing retirement from Connecticut's manufacturing workforce, we'll tell you how to help inspire and mentor the state's next generations of manufacturing professionals through a brand new program from AARP. Then as we wrap up the 46th annual celebration of National EMS week we'll be speaking with a seasoned EMT and tr...
55m May 23, 2021
55m
Allergies & Heart Health - Veteran Angler Charters - Eversource Hurricane Preparedness
So your sniffling, sneezing, got those itchy watery eyes, yes allergy season is in full bloom here across Connecticut, but could those allergy symptoms be masking COVID-19 - or impacting your cardiovascular health? We're going to tap Dr. Stephen Sinatra, a former state cardiology specialist, to discuss allergies, and how you might be able to tackle those symptoms naturally, while protecting you...
55m May 16, 2021
55m
Access Health CT Special Enrollment - Domestic Violence Crisis Center - TEACH Connecticut
Have you heard that The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) will make health insurance coverage more affordable for many CT residents? If you're ready to take advantage of these savings, Access Health CT has opened a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) running through August 15, and we'll introduce you the the CEO of Connecticut's exchange to tell you all about it.   Then we'll hear from the D...
56m May 09, 2021
56m
ImmigrationHelp.org - Connecticut's First LGBTQ+ Survey - NAMI Walks 2021
Meet a co-founder of ImmigrationHelp.org and learn how this grassroots organization is making immigrating to the United States easy, safe, and free by combining the power of technology with attorneys to help everyone who is qualified  achieve the American dream.  Then get clued in on Connecticut's first statewide LGBTQ+ Survey as we chat up the director of the General  Assembly's Commission on...
56m May 02, 2021
56m
Call Before You Dig Month - Connecticut Children's Youth Suicide Prevention - CT State Colleges & Universities
Early last winter we ran a segment that helped homeowners and excavation contractors get prepared for spring and all the planned outdoor projects involving excavation. Now that April and Call Before You Dig Month has arrived, we're replaying the segment to remind you about a new educational resource and certification program from Call Before You Dig that will help ensure any deep dig projects y...
55m Apr 25, 2021
55m
The WECARE Coalition - CT Psychological Assoc - JAGFC Virtual Career Exploration Fair
We're introducing a really important subject for the very first time - parentage - and how Connecticut's WECARE Coalition and one Yale professor is championing proposed legislation that will ensure access to legal parenthood for all children, including those with unmarried, same-sex, or non-biological parents.  Then meet the president of the CT Psychological Assoc. and learn how the COVID pand...
55m Apr 18, 2021
55m