CTC's 19th Annual Women of Innovation
In just a few weeks, 45 accomplished Connecticut women will be honored for their achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the 19th annual Women of Innovation awards, hosted by the Connecticut Technology Council. So we'll talk to the CTC's Director, and a former Woman of Innovation finalist about how these honorees are inspiring the next generation of young wome...
22m Sep 18, 2024
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CTC's 19th Annual Women of Innovation - Housatonic Museum of Art 'Art For All' - Alzheimer's Assoc. CT Chapter
In just a few weeks, 45 accomplished Connecticut women will be honored for their achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the 19th annual Women of Innovation awards, hosted by the Connecticut Technology Council. So we'll talk to the CTC's Director, and a former Woman of Innovation finalist about how these honorees are inspiring the next generation of young wome...
57m Sep 15, 2024
57m
Creative U / reSET
Are you ready to unleash your inner entrepreneur - or to gather contacts and skills to boost your talent wherever you may be working? Then check out our chat with the founder of Creative U - who is partnering with the nonprofit reSET, and presenting a two-day educational session in mid-October to help propel you to the next level of professionalism.
14m Sep 11, 2024
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One Voice, One Vote Pt. 3 with AARP CT
Folks over age 50 are the majority of voters in every election, and they are stretched to the limit. They want to see politicians address their day-to-day challenges like caring for their loved ones and protecting their hard-earned Social Security. That's why we're bringing in the Senior Advocacy Director at AARP Connecticut for the next part of our "One Voice, One Vote" series to help unpack a...
23m Sep 11, 2024
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CT Foodshare End of Summer Check-In
Connecticut Foodshare supports individuals and families – from one end of the state to the other – by addressing root causes, creating long-term solutions, and distributing nutritious food through local partner programs in an effort to alleviate hunger. Sept. is Hunger Action Month, so check-in and check out how CT Foodshare is doubling down on educating folks about the extreme hunger issues he...
17m Sep 11, 2024
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CT Foodshare - One Voice, One Vote Pt. 3 with AARP CT - Creative U / reSET
Connecticut Foodshare supports individuals and families – from one end of the state to the other – by addressing root causes, creating long-term solutions, and distributing nutritious food through local partner programs in an effort to alleviate hunger. Sept. is Hunger Action Month, and CT Foodshare is doubling down on educating folks about the extreme hunger issues here in the state while help...
56m Sep 08, 2024
56m
CT DMHAS LiveLOUD
For the People is touching base with Connecticut' Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services following International Overdose Awareness Day – to provide an added voice amplifying the agency's LiveLOUD campaign, which is designed to inform and support those who are actively using fentanyl, heroin, or prescription opioids, as well as their families and communities.
16m Sep 04, 2024
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Your Voice, Your Vote Pt. 2 with Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas
We're bringing back Connecticut's Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas for a new conversation to unpack what you need to know about navigating our state's new Early Voting program, the No-Excuse Absentee Voting ballot question that voters will consider in November, and a few things key points about about election misinformation and misconceptions.
19m Sep 04, 2024
19m
Bridges Healthcare / Folks On Spokes
Check out our chat with Bridges Healthcare, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, providing comprehensive, innovative, and effective mental health, addiction recovery, and integrated healthcare services to individuals of all ages - and find out how to walk or ride for them at their upcoming Folks on Spokes & Step Forward Ride + Walk For Mental Health.
24m Sep 04, 2024
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Bridges Healthcare / Folks On Spokes - Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas - CT DMHAS LiveLOUD
Check out our chat with Bridges Healthcare, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, providing comprehensive, innovative, and effective mental health, addiction recovery, and integrated healthcare services to individuals of all ages - and find out how to walk or ride for them at their upcoming Folks on Spokes & Step Forward Ride + Walk For Mental Health. Then, we're bringing back Connec...
1hr 1m Sep 01, 2024
1hr 1m
Disability:IN Connecticut
For the People is reconnecting with Disability:IN Connecticut, which is supporting businesses in Connecticut committed to disability inclusion in the workplace and supply chain. We'll hear about their latest annual meeting and celebration of a number of state companies that are making it their business to hire and train alternately-abled residents for productive and fulfilling careers in our st...
22m Aug 28, 2024
22m
Special Report: CT Psychological Assoc. Back to School
Join For the People as we check in with a rep from the CT Psychological Association who is poised to send her own child off to kindergarten this fall! She will provide parents, caregivers, and educators some important and relatable tips to help minimize the anxiety that often presents around the first few days and weeks of a new school year.
19m Aug 28, 2024
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RVNAhealth Pt. 2
Check out the second part of our mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Learn how your philanthropy and volunteerism can continue helping RVNAhealth provide exceptional home and community health care services, like they've been doing for over 100 years.
18m Aug 28, 2024
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RVNAhealth Pt. 2 - Special Report: CT Psychological Assoc. Back to School - Disability:IN Connecticut
Check out the second part of our mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Learn how your philanthropy and volunteerism can continue helping RVNAhealth provide exceptional home and community health care services, like they've been doing for over 100 years. Then we'll check in with a rep from the CT Psychological Associa...
1hr 1m Aug 25, 2024
1hr 1m
MitoCure
Check out our information-packed conversation with a co-founder and researcher representing MitoCure. This nonprofit exists to educate communities about Mitochondrial Disease and to generate financial support for the most promising research for a cure, by providing 100 % of all donations directly to research efforts around the world. Learn more about the cause, the important work being done to ...
22m Aug 20, 2024
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Naugatuck Valley COG - Kinneytown Dam Removal
If you live on or anywhere near the Naugatuck river, you are potentially impacted by the detrimental environmental harm being caused by the Kinneytown Dam. So we're connecting with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments to get the details you need to know, and inviting you to be part of the solution at an important public info session next week that will be mapping out the dam's removal pr...
23m Aug 20, 2024
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Mini-series: RVNAhealth Pt. 1
Check out the first part of a mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Hear how RVNAhealth has been providing exceptional home and community health care services, supports public health and safety, and has promoted the highest quality of life for over 100 years.
13m Aug 20, 2024
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RVNAhealth Pt. 1 - Naugatuck Valley COG / Kinneytown Dam Removal - MitoCure
Check out the first part of a mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Hear how RVNAhealth has been providing exceptional home and community health care services, supports public health and safety, and has promoted the highest quality of life for over 100 years. Then - if you live on or anywhere near the Naugatuck rive...
1hr Aug 18, 2024
1hr
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
For the People is circling back with the CEO of New Haven's Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center. A recent story about the abrupt closing of another similar facility in town got us thinking about agencies like this one  facing even greater challenges as the regional pool of mental health and addiction service providers continues to dry up. Tune in and find out how Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center i...
15m Aug 14, 2024
15m
Girl Scouts of CT Legacy of Leadership
Hang with us as we celebrate the 2024 honorees who will be introduced at the Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Annual Legacy of Leadership fundraising event coming up in September in Bridgeport. We'll catch up with the organization's new CEO and chat briefly with all three of these legacy honorees.
37m Aug 14, 2024
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CBYD 8-1-1-Day
It seemed appropriate to open our August 11 program focusing on Call Before You Dig - since it was National 8-1-1 Day! So, sit tight and get all the information you need to know about this critical public safety program that identifies any underground utilities that may be in the way of where you want to dig - whether it's in your garden, putting up a new mailbox, or excavating to put in a pool...
9m Aug 14, 2024
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CBYD 8-1-1-Day - Girl Scouts of CT Legacy of Leadership - Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
It seems appropriate that we open our August 11 program focusing on Call Before You Dig - since it's National 8-1-1 Day! So, sit tight and get all the information you need to know about this critical public safety program that identifies any underground utilities that may be in the way of where you want to dig - whether it's in your garden, putting up a new mailbox, or excavating to put in a po...
1hr 2m Aug 11, 2024
1hr 2m
TriCircle
For the People is proud to introduce you to TriCircle - an organization that provides resources for individuals, families, and communities affected by the disease of addiction. Through education and community engagement, you'll learn from its founder how TriCircle is dedicated to providing the tools that build strong futures!
19m Aug 07, 2024
19m
CT Cannabis Ombudsperson
Get ready for a serious chat with Connecticut's - and the nation's - first Cannabis Ombudsperson. Hear all about how this unique government post came to be, and how residents and constituents can engage and access its information resources, support and guidance.
25m Aug 07, 2024
25m
Green Village Initiative
After some transitions, the Bridgeport-based Green Village Initiative, and its neighborhood garden program and Reservoir Community Farm are growing again. So check out our spirited conversation with GVI's new outreach coordinator to find out how you can support or benefit from this unique agricultural cooperative.
15m Aug 07, 2024
15m
TriCircle - CT Cannabis Ombudsperson - Green Village Initiative (GVI)
After some transitions, the Bridgeport-based Green Village Initiative, and its neighborhood garden program and Reservoir Community Farm are growing again. So check out our spirited conversation with GVI's new outreach coordinator to find out how you can support or benefit from this unique agricultural cooperative. Then, get ready for a serious chat with Connecticut's - and the nation's - first...
1hr 1m Aug 04, 2024
1hr 1m
Special Report: Homegrown By Heroes Farmers Market
For the People spent a recent weekend proudly patronizing the Homegrown by Heroes Farmer’s Market at Guardians Farm in Southbury. We took the opportunity to meet and chat with a number of inspiring and aspiring veteran farmers along with representatives of several agencies supporting the cause. So, check out our conversations with the Guardian Farm founder, the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Conn...
58m Aug 02, 2024
58m
United Way of Connecticut - 988 Anniversary
We're checking in with United Way of Connecticut, which is celebrating 988 - the National Suicide Prevention hotline. We'll learn why callers to 988 in Connecticut connect to caring, well-trained intervention and support specialists, as well as a wealth of resources that can help address the very issues causing callers' anxiety and hopelessness.
17m Jul 26, 2024
17m
Career Resources, Inc. - 'Thor Tour'
Listen in as we take a call from the Iowa / Wisconsin border to speak with a cross country cyclist and board member for Career Resources, Inc. who is pedaling from Norwalk to Oregon to raise over $100,000 to support the job training, workforce development, and second-chance career opportunities for thousands of qualified individuals in the region.
21m Jul 26, 2024
21m
All Our Kin
We're thrilled to bring back the co-founder of All Our Kin, a national nonprofit organization  training, supporting, and sustaining family child care educators. There's lots to chat about as All Our Kin turns 25 years old, celebrates its latest career training class graduates, and prepares for their upcoming first-ever gala.
19m Jul 26, 2024
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All Our Kin - Career Resources, Inc. 'Thor Tour' - United Way of Connecticut 988 Anniv.
We're thrilled to bring back the co-founder of All Our Kin, a national nonprofit organization  training, supporting, and sustaining family child care educators. There's lots to chat about as All Our Kin turns 25 years old, celebrates its latest career training class graduates, and prepares for their upcoming first-ever gala. Then, we'll take a call from the Iowa / Wisconsin border and speak wi...
59m Jul 21, 2024
59m
New Haven Legal Assistance Assoc.
We're catching up with the New Haven Legal Assistance Association - celebrating 60 years of providing legal advice, brief service, and full representation to qualified individuals; while strategically prioritizing legal work to make systemic improvements benefitting low-income people; all while engaging in community education and outreach.
17m Jul 18, 2024
17m
AARP Connecticut
We're continuing our conversations with AARP Connecticut, unveiling seven organizations throughout the state receiving 2024 Community Challenge grants. We'll also prep you for a new round of grants available to implement quick-action projects to help communities like yours become more livable by improving public places; transportation; housing; digital connections; and more.
21m Jul 18, 2024
21m
Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter
Branford's Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter is a temporary home to guinea pigs, chinchillas, rabbits, dogs, puppies, cats and kittens, who would love to be part of your family. But the shelter is also facing unique challenges that could use your help - so along with educating you on their work, we'll be inviting you out to the shelter's upcoming Music & Food Truck Festival.
20m Jul 18, 2024
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Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter - AARP Connecticut - New Haven Legal Assistance Assoc.
Branford's Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter is a temporary home to guinea pigs, chinchillas, rabbits, dogs, puppies, cats and kittens, who would love to be part of your family. But the shelter is also facing unique challenges that could use your help - so along with educating you on their work, we'll be inviting you out to the shelter's upcoming Music & Food Truck Festival. The, we'll continue our ...
1hr Jul 14, 2024
1hr
Connecticut Clean Energy Industry Report
This segment dives into another aspect of our environmental health - specifically the state' clean energy industries - which continue to multiply their reciprocal returns to the tune of $7.68 billion to the state’s Gross Regional Product. We'll bring in a principal from the firm that put the report together to unpack what it all means, so tune in!
16m Jul 10, 2024
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CT Rides Climate Challenge
We're heading to the intersection where transportation meets environmental health - as we bring in a panel talking about the Connecticut DOT 2024 CT Rides Climate Challenge. During the Challenge, residents across Connecticut united to reduce their carbon footprint by choosing sustainable travel options rather than driving alone.
22m Jul 10, 2024
22m
Closer to Free Ride 2024
Our first program of July introduces you to an invested "spokesperson" to chat about how you can get involved in the 2024 Closer to Free Ride fueling research and care at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center while giving riders of all levels the chance to experience five professionally designed and fully supported routes ranging from 10 to 100 miles.
23m Jul 10, 2024
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Closer to Free Ride 2024 - CT Rides Climate Challenge - Connecticut Clean Energy Industry Report
Our first program of July is going to introduce you to an invested "spokesperson" to chat about how you can get involved in the 2024 Closer to Free Ride fueling research and care at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center while giving riders of all levels the chance to experience five professionally designed and fully supported routes ranging from 10 to 100 miles. Then we'll combine tran...
1hr 2m Jul 07, 2024
1hr 2m
Northwest Region Workforce Investment Board (NRWIB)
For the People is connecting with the boss from the Northwest Region Workforce Investment Board (NRWIB) - which has a lot to celebrate lately as they facilitate the launch of a number of programs fortifying our state's high-tech manufacturing businesses, our state environmental protection agency, and providing opportunities for youth and adults to explore and become well compensated contributor...
16m Jul 03, 2024
16m
CatalystCT
Tune in and learn about the new name and stepped up mission of a long-tenured and extremely vital human services organization: RYASAP is now CatalystCT, and For the People is chatting with its President and CEO to discover what's behind this new image and how the agency is stepping-up its game supporting underserved and marginalized youth, families, and neighborhoods in our region.
22m Jul 03, 2024
22m
Connecticut Foodshare
While summer offers a great break - especially for many young people and college-age students - it's also the time of peak hunger, putting increasing pressure on hundreds of food pantries and other agencies. So, For the People is bringing in the Connecticut Foodshare's CEO to explain why and what you can do about it.
20m Jul 03, 2024
20m
CTFoodshare - CatalystCT - Northwest Region Workforce Investment Board
While summer offers a great break for many young people and college-age students, it's also the time of peak hunger and visits to the hundreds of partners working with CTFoodshare. That's right, our state's hunger crisis goes into overdrive every summer, and we're bringing in the CEO from CTFoodshare to explain why and what you can do about it. Then we'll learn about the new name and stepped u...
1hr Jun 30, 2024
1hr
Pride Month Series Pt. 4 - Triangle Community Center
Our Pride Month Series continues with new voices representing a long-established LGBTQ support agency - Norwalk's Triangle Community Center. Meet the agency's two top leaders who have each recently arrived in those jobs bring with them a wealth of professional and life experiences to help propel Triangle to do even more to welcome and support our LGBTQ communities across the region and beyond.
17m Jun 28, 2024
17m
CT Humanities
Check out our chat with the director of Connecticut Humanities about a very important session he will be part of at this year's International Festival of Arts & Ideas, as well as his team's work encouraging curiosity, understanding and critical thinking by producing programs throughout the state connecting people and ideas.
20m Jun 28, 2024
20m
CT Housing Partners
Connecticut's "housing crisis" isn't a sensational catch phrase - it's a fact. And the combined shortage of housing units and lack of affordable places to live for our families and workforce is negatively affecting our economy and even the quality of life in many communities across the region. So, we're bringing back Connecticut Housing Partners to learn how they're applying decades of experien...
20m Jun 28, 2024
20m
CT Housing Partners - Triangle Community Center - CT Humanities
Connecticut's "housing crisis" isn't a sensational catch phrase - it's a fact. And the combined shortage of housing units and lack of affordable places to live for our families and workforce is negatively affecting our economy and even the quality of life in many communities across the region. So, we're bringing back Connecticut Housing Partners to learn how they're applying decades of experien...
1hr Jun 23, 2024
1hr
Make Music CT / CT Office of the Arts
And we'll close getting you ready to hear or make music right in your own community or neighborhood. Make Music Day Connecticut is this Friday, so we'll chat about it with our State Troubadour and a rep from the CT Cultural Coalition. We'll also brief you on how to apply to be our next State Troubadour or Poet Laureate - and the upcoming round of grant opportunities from the state Office of the...
17m Jun 18, 2024
17m
Swim Across America-Fairfield County
Whether you want to swim, boat, paddle, or just hang out on dry land and be part of the festivities and fundraising for critical, groundbreaking cancer research, there's a place for you as part of the upcoming 18th Swim Across America-Fairfield County. Tune in and learn all about how to get involved!
19m Jun 18, 2024
19m
Pride Month Series Pt. 3 - Greater Bridgeport Pride
 The next segment in our Pride Month series features Greater Bridgeport Pride - an organization 14 years strong raising awareness of the vibrant local LGBTQ+ community, offering a platform for creative expression, and connecting the community to work opportunities for queer creatives. There's big news and a huge celebration planned for Pride Week starting Monday, so stick with us to hear all ab...
21m Jun 18, 2024
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