PathBreakers
by The Kresge Foundation
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Dr. Jennifer Avegno is treating public health holistically
Dr. Jennifer Avegno is treating public health holistically
About this podcast
PathBreakers is a video podcast from The Kresge Foundation featuring community leaders who are reimagining what's possible in American cities. Hosted by Tracey Pearson and Jamie Bennett, with special guest hosting by Rip Rapson, each episode is an intimate conversation about the vision and determination it takes to create change. Season 2 goes into four cities with one central question: Who has power to shape what happens in their city? Detroit. New Orleans. Memphis. Fresno. Sixteen conversations with the community leaders and mayors building the future of their cities block by block.
Episodes
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- Dr. Jennifer Avegno is treating public health holistically · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 16The office of Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services sat empty for 8 years in New Orleans, until Mayor Helena Moreno reinstated the role when she took the Mayoral office in…
- Tap Bui is strengthening green infrastructure with community heritage · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 15When Vietnamese families resettled in the US after the war, many came to New Orleans with the idea that its subtropical delta climate, French influence, and sizable Roman…
- Mina Seck is farming for food sovereignty · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 14Food access is an on-going challenge in New Orleans – a city mapped by a history of segregation, and a city with a track record of inconsistent re-investment since Hurricane…
- Mayor Helena Moreno is closing financial deficits while supporting civic and cultural infrastructure · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 13Cities across the country are confronting one of the defining questions of our era: Who has the power to decide how a city prepares for – and survives – climate change? And New…
- Danielle Bergstrom is building a newsroom around transparency · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 12Danielle Bergstrom began her career as a city planner. That work, which she did in Fresno for 10 years, put her up close and personal with the goings-ons of City Hall. And seeing…
- Dr. Sarait Martinez is leading with language justice · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 11More than 200,000 immigrant farmworkers power Central California's agricultural industry, including over 60,000 people from many diverse and distinct Indigenous Mexican…
- Hugo Morales is preserving culture and protecting community over the airwaves · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 10Hugo Morales grew up picking produce in the farm fields of Fresno with his family. When he returned to Fresno after college, he saw that his community – the Central Valley’s…
- Mayor Jerry Dyer is building Fresno’s economy beyond the farm · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 9Fresno, California is smack-dab in the middle of the state, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a city surrounded by farmland. But Fresno is the 9th most diverse city…
- Anna McQuiston is Toppling Barriers to Collaboration in the MidSouth · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 8Anna McQuiston says the MidSouth is at a tipping point. While the region – which comprises 6 counties and 38 cities across West Tennessee, East Arkansas, and North Mississippi –…
- Archie Willis and Alex Willis-Boddie are Restoring Neighborhood Anchors · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 7Most real estate developers have dollar signs in their eyes. But in the rare instance when the developers actually come from the communities being redeveloped, they are able to…
- Marlon Foster is Stabilizing Families in South Memphis · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 6There’s a two-mile corridor along Walker Avenue in South Memphis that Marlon Foster calls The Knowledge Quest Kid Zone. It’s a multi-site neighborhood campus dedicated to…
- Mayor Paul Young is Fighting for Memphis Families · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 5Memphis is a city with serious momentum and serious ambition. Neighborhoods that were written off are being reinvested. Families who have been here for generations are choosing…
- Simone Sagovac is Organizing for Community Benefits · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 4When a $6 billion bridge comes to your neighborhood, who decides what the residents get in return? Simone Sagovac and the community-elected Southwest Detroit Community Benefits…
- Caitlin Murphy is Leading Neighborhood Development without Displacement · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 3A commercial corridor in Detroit went from 10% occupancy to a thriving neighborhood hub–and they’re just getting started. In this episode, co-hosts Tracey Pearson and Jamie…
- Orlando Bailey's Newsroom is Accountable to its Readers · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 2You can’t shape your neighborhood if you don’t know what’s happening to it. In this episode, co-hosts Tracey Pearson and Jamie Bennett talk to Orlando Bailey about how he runs a…
- Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield is Tending to Every Neighborhood · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 1Season 2 of PathBreakers opens in Detroit — Kresge's hometown and a city whose comeback story has been told for a decade. But as hosts Tracey Pearson and Jamie Bennett note, that…
- Trailer: PathBreakers Season 2 Premieres May 13th! · 2 min · Season 2Four American cities. Sixteen people working to improve where they live. One central question: Who has power to shape what happens in their city? In Detroit, New Orleans…
- Rip Rapson is Leading Kresge into a New Chapter · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 13In this special season finale episode, hosts Tracey Pearson and Jamie Bennet welcome Kresge Foundation President & CEO Rip Rapson back to reflect back on the stories heard…
- Dr. Darrick Hamilton is Utilizing Academic Research for Social Action · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 12What is the purpose of an economy? What if economies were centered on people instead of money? What if everyone had access to both income AND wealth? These are the questions Dr…
- Dr. Beverly Wright is Cultivating the Next Generation of Climate Leaders · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 11Dr. Beverly Wright has been working in climate and environmental justice since before the movement had a name. After 30+ years of leading groundbreaking community-based…
