My guest for episode 10 is Jill Mangaliman, executive director of Got Green. Got Green is a south-Seattle based grassroots organization led by low income people and people of color that “cultivates multi-generational community leaders to be cen
My guest for episode 9 is Sue Lenander, program director for Plant for the Planet Seattle. She is also, I learned during our interview, an extremely committed and courageous activist. I wanted to interview Sue to find out how she recruits fam
My guest for Episode 8 is Elmer Dixon, one of the founding members of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the Seattle Panthers, so I was incredibly honored to have the chance to interview Mr.
My guest for today’s episode is author and consultant, Peter Block. Peter has written a number of books, including Community: The Structure of Belonging, which I read recently and learned a lot from. What I love about Peter’s book is that it
My guest for episode 6 is Tim Lennon, executive director of the brand new nonprofit, Langston Seattle. Langston is housed in the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, a beautiful facility in the Central District neighborhood. For the pas
Nora Laughlin is a single parent who was born and raised in West Seattle and lives there today with her 12-year old daughter. Nora started a project in West Seattle called Sharing the Harvest, which connected gardeners who had excess harvest wi
Estela Ortega is the executive director of El Centro de la Raza, a community organization based on Beacon Hill in Seattle. El Centro is s a beautiful and special place that has been providing comprehensive services -- including food assistance,
This is the second part of my interview with King County Councilmember Larry Gossett. We can’t figure out where we’re going until we understand – remember – where we’ve been, and what I love about Larry Gossett is his deep connections to our
This is the first in a series of interviews with King County Councilmember Larry Gossett. We talked about the importance of organizing and building alliances in movements for social change.If you’d like to learn more about Councilmember Gosse
This is the intro episode of Remember, a podcast about building community. Host Carla Saulter talks to guests about ways we can build connected, resilient, inclusive, interdependent communities to help us tackle our nation's -- and our world's