James Wallace

Listen to Mark Hickman chat with Leah Fremouw, Community Programs Manager, and James Wallace, Fresh Foods Advisor, at Virginia Community Capital.

Joel Bassin – Firehouse Theatre

Joel Bassin, Producing Artistic Director at Firehouse Theater, joins Mark Hickman to talk about his new role at the company, his experience in Richmond so far, and Firehouse’s new season called “Radical Change.”

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Firehouse Theatre

WRIR

Today Carol talks with Thad Williamson, Director of the Office of Community Wealth Building established by Mayor Jones in 2014. The creation of the Office of Community Wealth is to coordinate the City of Richmond’s poverty reduction and wealth building initiatives. A part of this project is the Maggie L. Walker Initiative for Expanding Opportunity and Fighting Poverty.

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Lin…

On today’s show, Alan Hutson interviews Ryan Rinn to talk about what is new with Storefront for Community Design and their collaborations with the community.

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WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio

Storefront for Community Design

Elaine Summerfield interviews Rodney Lofton from the Renewal Projects, talking about HIV prevention and intervention. Richmond ranks at 17th in the Nation for HIV prevalence, with Petersburg at 12th. Learn more about how HIV is continuing to effect our community.

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WRIR 97.3 FM 

The Renewal Projects

Corey Humphrey- Virginia Mentoring Partnership

Today we talk to Corey Humphrey of The Virginia Mentoring Partnership.

Virginia Mentoring Partnership provides training and technical assistance to mentors and mentoring programs to increase the quality and quantity of mentoring for Virginia’s youth.

Their vision is that: Every child who needs a mentor has a mentor.

Virginia Mentoring Partnership (VMP) is an independent, 501 (c) 3 organization…

Mark Hickman interviews Sarah Mullins, Co-Founder of UnboundRVA. A company dedicated to helping startups start up. The founders, Sarah Mullins and Richard Luck, of Unbound RVA had a vision of a city where every person can utilize their potential to create opportunity for themselves and their communities. Their mission is to provide talented individuals from low-income communities a path to…

Patricia Turner Jones- Chesterfield Domestic and Sexual Violence Coordinator

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and this month Inspire Indeed will be featuring agencies addressing domestic violence in the community. Today we are talking to  Patricia Turner Jones, coordinator of The Chesterfield Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Center. Today you will hear such topics as funding for these critcial programs, community resources, a new national campaign called…