Swim Across America-Fairfield County - Greater Bridgeport Pride - Make Music Day / CT Office of the Arts
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! Then, the next segment in our Pride Month series features Greater Bridgeport Pride - an organi...
59m Jun 16, 2024
59m
Pride Month Series Pt. 2 - EqualityCT
Where can the LGBTQ+ community in greater Waterbury and statewide turn for statehouse leadership - as well as growing social and support networks? For the People is picking up on our Pride Month series introducing @EqualityCT - a queer-led, grassroots organization rooted in social justice values, advocating for progressive change, celebrating Connecticut’s queer culture, and supporting statewi...
14m Jun 11, 2024
14m
AARP-CT's Legislative Lookback
Did this year's General Assembly session produce any legislation aimed at the state's rapidly aging population that benefits all of us? For the People is going to start unpacking some of the results of the 2024 General Assembly session with our colleagues from @AARPCT. Hear about new legislation that may be affecting you - whether you are old enough to be an AARP member or not!
22m Jun 11, 2024
22m
Meet CT's Director of Tourism!
Who wants to @VisitConnecticut - or even 'stay-cation' here, you ask? Well - last year Connecticut welcomed 68 million travelers exploring the state, generating over $1.1 billion in revenue across our 169 cities and towns. How are we going to beat that in 2024 and beyond?? We'll clue you in as For the People chats up Connecticut's new uniquely experienced and home grown Director of Tourism!
21m Jun 11, 2024
21m
CT's Director of Tourism - Equality CT - AARP Legislative Lookback
Who wants to come to Connecticut - or 'stay-cation' here, you ask? Well - last year Connecticut welcomed 68 million travelers exploring the state, generating over $1.1 billion - with a 'B' - in revenue across our 169 cities and towns. How are we going to beat that in 2024 and beyond?? We'll clue you in as we bring in Connecticut's uniquely experienced and home grown Director of Tourism to discu...
1hr Jun 09, 2024
1hr
Pride Month Series Pt. 1 - State Rep Dominique E. Johnson
June is here - and that means it's Pride Month - so listen in as we participate in an engaging and empowering conversation with Connecticut State Rep Dominique E. Johnson - proudly serving Norwalk and Westport. After being out for over three decades, hear how Rep. Johnson advocates for some of the youngest and most marginalized members of our LGBTQ+ communities, and her views on how we can do b...
18m Jun 04, 2024
18m
Pride Month '24 w State Rep Dominique E. Johnson - Epilepsy Foundation of CT / BioHaven - Read to Grow
It's the first weekend of June and that means it's Pride Month, so listen in as we participate in an engaging and empowering conversation with Connecticut State Rep Dominique E. Johnson - proudly serving Norwalk and Westport. After being out for over three decades, hear how Rep. Johnson advocates for some of the youngest and most marginalized members of our LGBTQ+ communities, and her views on ...
1hr Jun 02, 2024
1hr
Read to Grow
Over nearly the past quarter century, Read to Grow has helped promote and sustain healthy reading habits and literacy for tens of thousands of children and families. Stay tuned and learn how you can get involved.
19m May 28, 2024
19m
Epilepsy Foundation of CT / BioHaven
Tune in and learn more about a health issue impacting over 30,000 individuals across the state - epilepsy - with two knowledgeable reps from the Epilepsy Foundation of CT touting their upcoming golf tourney and this summer's Camp Courage - and we'll meet a rep from BioHaven who will help see if you are qualified for that company's two latest epilepsy studies.
22m May 28, 2024
22m
BHCare / A Chance to Shine
We want to lure you out to Oxford on June 1 for one of the Naugatuck Valley and Shoreline's biggest celebrations benefiting BHCare - A Chance to Shine. The funds raised at this huge family event and the online auction happening now will help countless children, adults and families in your community as they strive to recover from mental illness, substance use, domestic violence and other health-...
14m May 28, 2024
14m
BHCare / A Chance to Shine - Epilepsy Foundation of CT / BioHaven - Read to Grow
Today we're going to open luring you out to Oxford on June 1 for one of the Naugatuck Valley and Shoreline's biggest celebrations benefiting BHCare - A Chance to Shine. The funds raised at this huge family event and the online auction happening now will help countless children, adults and families in your community as they strive to recover from mental illness, substance use, domestic violence ...
55m May 26, 2024
55m
CT Main Street Center
Are you loving your downtown? We're chatting about the teachers and tireless cheerleaders for Connecticut’s downtowns and village centers who are part of CT Main Street Center. Recognizing our downtowns serve as the social and economic heart of our communities, find out how this agency is helping others understand the significant impact thriving main streets have on our towns and cities.
21m May 24, 2024
21m
CT Council on Environmental Quality
We're turning our attention to our water, air, our open spaces, and our environment as we review some of the high points of the latest Annual Report issued by Connecticut's Council on Environmental Quality. How are we doing? There's a few surprising new developments - some not so good.
15m May 24, 2024
15m
Girl Scouts of Connecticut
Girl Scouts of Connecticut just welcomed a new chief executive officer, and we connected to bring you one of her first media interviews! Listen to what this accomplished attorney and human resources executive has to say, learn about her lifelong connections to the Girl Scout movement, and how she plans to put her unique stamp on its leadership here in Connecticut.
20m May 24, 2024
20m
Girl Scouts of Connecticut - CT Council on Environmental Quality - CT Main Street Center
Girl Scouts of Connecticut just welcomed a new chief executive officer, and we connected to bring you one of her first media interviews! Listen to what this accomplished attorney and human resources executive has to say, learn about her lifelong connections to the Girl Scout movement, and how she plans to put her unique stamp on its leadership here in Connecticut. Then we're turning our attent...
59m May 19, 2024
59m
Yoga in Our City
Are there any free local and public facing exercise programs available where I live this summer? For the People wants to give you a great reason to better maintain or kick-start a healthier, happier life right down the street. Yes, the 2024 season of Yoga In Our City is ramping up now - so stick around and learn how you can be part of this popular and growing yoga movement that provides all of...
15m May 13, 2024
15m
The 29th International Festival of Arts & Ideas
How many cool, must-see and free events are being provided at the  International Festival of Arts & Ideas this year? For the People is heading to New Haven, because it's almost time for the main events of the 29th International Festival of Arts & Ideas. We'll catch up with the festival's very busy executive director to brief you on all the highlights we can pack into a 20-minute chat to entice...
20m May 13, 2024
20m
RYASAP - Recovery-friendly Workplaces
Could your employer do a better job at - or benefit from - retaining and supporting workers in recovery? For the People is circling back to discuss how workplaces are continuing to play a growing role in the successful recovery of folks fighting to escape from addiction and substance use disorder. Our reps from RYASAP - the Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership - will join us to talk ...
22m May 13, 2024
22m
RYASAP Recovery Friendly Workplaces - 29th International Festival of Arts & Ideas - Yoga In Our City
Today we're talking about how workplaces are playing a growing role in the successful recovery of individuals fighting the good fight to escape from addiction and substance use disorder. Our reps from RYASAP - the Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership - will join us to talk about how your workplace can be part of the solution when it comes to recovery. Then we're heading to New Haven,...
59m May 12, 2024
59m
Goodwill of Western/Northern CT
How can you de-clutter, get a tax write off, and help alternately-abled folks overcome homelessness or employment challenges? Batting clean-up for the first For the People of May is the new Co-CEO from Goodwill of Western & Northern CT. She'll be reminding everyone why getting your spring cleaning done can help job seekers, support homeless veterans, individuals with alternate abilities who ju...
24m May 07, 2024
24m
10th Annual ACS Women Leading the Way to Wellness Luncheon
How did a group of women and cancer survivors establish a decade-long tradition of recognizing heroes in the fight against cancer? For the people called on a couple of organizers for the 10th annual Women Leading the Way to Wellness Luncheon luncheon benefiting the American cancer Society and delivering important information to attendees about awareness, advocacy, and early detection that coul...
20m May 07, 2024
20m
Impact Fairfield County
Which local nonprofits will be learning this week if they are receiving up to $100k in transformational grants? On May 8, Impact Fairfield County - one of the County’s leading female giving organizations - will be awarding five finalists transformational grants for as much as $100,000. So, tune in and  learn more about these nonprofits and this collective giving organization whose mission is t...
18m May 07, 2024
18m
Impact Fairfield County - 10th Annual WLWW Luncheon - Goodwill of Western/Northern CT
On May 8, Impact Fairfield County - one of the County’s leading female giving organizations - will be awarding five finalists transformational grants for as much as $100,000. So, tune in and  learn more about these nonprofits and this collective giving organization whose mission is to empower women to engage in local philanthropy. Then, meet a couple of organizers for another great event that'...
1hr 4m May 05, 2024
1hr 4m
AAA Northeast Seasonal Update
For the People is welcoming back our source at AAA Northeast to focus on the rapidly increasing incidents of  pedestrian / cyclist tragedies, legislative initiatives related to traffic safety, EV trends, gas price escalation, and some good news about getting you the air travel refunds you may have coming.
21m Apr 29, 2024
21m
CT Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas
As Connecticut charts its course toward election season, For the People caught up with Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas to discuss civics education, civic engagement and several things voters need to know as they consider participating in early voting for the August 13th primaries and November Presidential Election.
22m Apr 29, 2024
22m
CT SOTS Stephanie Thomas - AAA Northeast - Encore: Child Health & Development Institute
This week, we're visiting with Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas to discuss Civics Education, Civic Engagement and the SOTS CEO program, as well as a few things voters need to know as they turn attention toward participating and early voting for the August 13th primaries and the November Presidential Election. Then we'll welcome our source at AAA Northeast to focus on the rap...
1hr 1m Apr 28, 2024
1hr 1m
Live from the floor at the 2024 Connecticut Cannabis Expo
Back in late February we rolled into the Mohegan Sun convention facility to spend some time talking with folks who are part of the growing medical and legal consumer cannabis industry participating in the 2024 Connecticut Cannabis Expo. So relax, breathe deep, and groove to our chats with the event's founder, Advance Telemedicine, Gold Coast Farm, the CT Social Equity Council, Cannacticut, the ...
1hr Apr 21, 2024
1hr
Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury
Click here if you would like to listen to or download individual interviews from our April 14, 2024 program. For the People is helping you get help from - and support Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury, which offers victims of domestic violence and sexual assault free, confidential services in a safe, caring environment; while striving to raise awareness through community education and outreach. ...
17m Apr 17, 2024
17m
EnergizeCT
Click here if you would like to listen to or download individual interviews from our April 14, 2024 program. This week, the award-winning For the People gets to celebrate some other very deserving award winners. We'll connect with with the manager of energy efficiency programs at Eversource, whose EnergizeCT initiative just captured its 9th national ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Ex...
21m Apr 17, 2024
21m
Connecticut's All In Movement
Click here if you would like to listen to or download individual interviews from our April 14, 2024 program. This week, the award-winning For the People gets to celebrate some other very deserving award winners. Listen and learn about the growing All In Alliances movement with NVP - the Naugatuck Valley Project - and TEAM Inc. This collective fighting for social justice, food security, and a p...
23m Apr 17, 2024
23m
Connecticut's growing All In Movement - EnergizeCT - Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury
This week, the award-winning For the People gets to celebrate some other very deserving award winners in their own right. First up, we'll chat with reps from two of the dozens of agencies that have joined growing All In Movement here in Connecticut: NVP - the Naugatuck Valley Project and TEAM Inc. who were just recognized with the 2024 Citizen Planner Award from the Connecticut Chapter of the A...
1hr 3m Apr 14, 2024
1hr 3m
Discover how to support the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
Click here if you would like to listen to or download individual interviews from our April 7, 2024 program.
15m Apr 12, 2024
15m
Protect yourself from scams with AARP Connecticut
Click here if you would like to listen to or download individual interviews from our April 7, 2024 program.
21m Apr 12, 2024
21m
Connecticut's Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
Click here if you would like to listen to or download individual interviews from our April 7, 2024 program.
23m Apr 12, 2024
23m
CT Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities - AARP Scam Alert - Greater Bridgeport Symphony
This program features a conversation with Connecticut's Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO). They're working hard to eliminate discrimination, to establish equal opportunity and justice for all persons - and they want to invite you to a couple of upcoming events so you can learn more about how they can go to work for you! Then we're connecting with AARP Connecticut to get brief...
1hr 1m Apr 07, 2024
1hr 1m
Making the rounds at CT Ag Day 2024
We harvested a bounty of great interviews from our recent visit to Connecticut Agriculture Day at the Capitol. Why is CT Grown so important? Stick around and learn why as we chat with folks from the Association of CT Ag Fairs, the UConn's Sea Grant Aquaculture Program, the regional USDA Rural Development Office, the School Nutrition Assoc. of CT, the Connecticut Nursery & Landscape Assoc., the ...
1hr 7m Mar 31, 2024
1hr 7m
Homes for the Brave - Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service - ARI of Connecticut
Every day thousands of Connecticut veterans and their families experience homelessness or are at risk to become homeless. So, we're reconnecting with Homes for the Brave -  working and growing to serve more vets and their loved ones with a range of critical supports and services, and inviting you out for a few laughs to benefit the agency at its 8th Annual 'For Veterans, By Veterans' Comedy Nig...
59m Mar 24, 2024
59m
Wheeler’s Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program - CT Insurance Commissioner Andrew Mais - Filling in the Blanks
It's a good bet most folks are unaware March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month - a time to acknowledge the challenges of problem gambling. But for those living with a gambling issue, we're connecting with an expert on the subject helping to remind you that hope and recovery are possible through Wheeler Health network’s Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program. Next, we'll hear from Connectic...
55m Mar 17, 2024
55m
Opportunity Youth - Jersey Mike's Month of Giving / Make-A-Wish CT - CT's Chief Manufacturing Officer
Today we'll help you form some perspective on severely disengaged and disconnected youth in Connecticut. A growing coalition of organizations has just released a series of recommendations to state policymakers to address the 119,000 Connecticut youth in need of guidance and support to get back on track. So stick around and learn how you can help inform your state lawmakers about supporting Oppo...
57m Mar 10, 2024
57m
Central Connecticut Coast YMCA - Ruth's House - Encore: AdvanceCT
We're heading back to the Y - The Central Connecticut Coast YMCA. We'll chat with their new CEO about this tried and true charitable, not-for-profit, community service organization that remains dedicated to putting principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all the 25 communities they serve. Meet the founder and director of Ruth's House, a home in S...
56m Mar 03, 2024
56m
WBDC's IGNITE Grant Program - Beardsley Zoo's FrogWatch - Ann's Place
Since For the People provided WBDC's founder with her first radio interview oh so many years ago, we brought her back, in part, to announce and invite women to apply for the Women's Business Development Council's brand new IGNITE grant program, and to come out to the upcoming Women Owned Business Day at the Connecticut Capital. Then, we're welcoming two Beardsley Zoo educators to talk about a ...
57m Feb 25, 2024
57m
Annie C. Courtney Foundation - McCall Behavioral Health Network - Connecticut Psychological Association
We're visiting a co-founder of the nonprofit Annie C. Courtney Foundation - assisting families and individuals touched by all aspects of the child welfare system. Did you know as many as half of our youths exiting foster care experience homelessness by age 26 and many more are unstably housed. Stick around and learn how you can help Annie C. do something about it. Then we're pivoting to the le...
57m Feb 18, 2024
57m
2-1-1 Day - New Haven Legal Assistance Association - Valley Community Foundation
February 11 isn't just Super Bowl Sunday - maybe more importantly it's 2-1-1 Day here in Connecticut, the day when we celebrate and recognize 2-1-1-Infoline, which had its humble beginnings right here in our state and last year, provided assistance to 1.7 million people. Then, we're heading to the Elm City to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, which o...
56m Feb 11, 2024
56m
Choose Love Movement - CT Forest & Park Association - LIV IT UP
It's CHOOSE LOVE AWARENESS MONTH, so we're going to talk about how you can choose love as defined by the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement and its founder Scarlett Lewis - who is on a mission to create safer and more loving communities through proven programs suited for all stages of life and everybody from you and your family, to your entire community and even your workplace. Then we're introd...
55m Feb 04, 2024
55m
CT Violence Intervention and Prevention - 98th Annual Salisbury JumpFest - Chick Rosnick Boxing Club
We're bookending For the People with folks and nonprofits working to address and reduce violence in our communities. First we'll meet the Program Manager at CT Violence Intervention and Prevention who is Connecticut's only representative to the first ever Community Violence Intervention Leadership Cohort at the University of Chicago who is prepping for her upcoming graduation at the White House...
56m Jan 28, 2024
56m
CT Council on Problem Gambling - AARP Connecticut Legislative Agenda - CT Green Bank
With An estimated 7 million Americans struggling with gambling addiction, we contacted our source with the nonprofit Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling to discuss a proposal to secure federal funds to treat and research gambling addiction. Then we're welcoming back AARP Connecticut to review some of the high points of their 2024 Legislative Agenda, and to remind local communities and qual...
56m Jan 21, 2024
56m
CT DCP Adult Use Cannabis - CT Voices for Children - SustainableCT
This week marked the one-year anniversary of Connecticut launching its legal adult-use cannabis marketplace, so we'll connect with a spokesperson from the agency overseeing that program to look back on year one, and give us some insight on how this marketplace will be expanding in 2024. This year's CT Voices for Children State of Early Childhood report is responding to the Governor's Blue Ribb...
56m Jan 14, 2024
56m
CHDI / CONNECTing Schools to Care IV Students - The Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service - CTLCV 2024 Environmental Summit
Our first guest of the new year is from CHDI discussing their newly launched CONNECTing Schools to Care IV Students initiative to integrate trauma-informed comprehensive school mental health supports into the existing community-based network of care - as well as connecting you to their helpful Connect4Families Toolkit. Then we'll introduce to you the Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Ser...
55m Jan 07, 2024
55m
Best of '23 Replay: Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center - East Coast Greenway - CT Dept. of Education
Our New Year's Eve program is visiting a few of our most informative and special segments, including our mid-July chat with the CEO of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center talking about how his team is delivering a wide range of physical, mental, dental and wellness services to neighborhoods that need it the most. We'll also celebrate the opening of the center's new Dixwell Q-House. Then we'll...
55m Dec 31, 2023
55m
Back Yard Beekeepers Assoc. - CT Age Well Collaborative - AdvanceCT
Hey,  it's not too late to consider giving someone you know one of the most special and unique gifts ever - tuition to Bee School which comes with membership to the Back Yard Beekeepers Association (BYBA), so we'll feature an association member who will be sharing knowledge about beekeeping, and is dedicated to educating beekeepers and promoting the benefits of beekeeping to the public. Then, ...
56m Dec 24, 2023
56m