COMMUNITY SOUP: A Podcast Powered by Community Schools

Knock Down Barriers & Build Coalition | Jenna Smith & Robbie Teel

I sit down with two Community School Coordinators Robbie Teel (Lincoln Avenue Elementary School) & Jenna Smith (O.W. Holmes) who lead transformation efforts at their respective sites in Milwaukee, WI. We get a deep and introspective look into how these two community leaders take on transformation at their schools.

Wisconsin State Coalition Building (ft / Sarita Foster, Jamie Racine, Pancho Sanchez)

State wide coalition efforts lead to deep and meaningful conversations on what makes Community Schools so special to the communities where it exists and supported. * Sarita Foster, Community Schools Manager Madison Metropolitan School District * Jamie Racine, Community Schools Program Coordinator Sun Prarie School District * Pancho Sanchez, Director, Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership - United Way

"Stories of Transformative Youth Voice"

Witness the work in real time! Episode 11 is a unique experience in which we are sharing highlighted snippets taken directly from MCSP's TRANSFORMATIVE YOUTH VOICE presentation in which we led in Atlanta, GA during the Annual National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference (May 28 - 30) co-facilitated by: * Dr. Julissa Ventura, Professor School of Education, Marquette University  * Gianna Holschbach, Community School Coordinator, Browning Elementary - SSNC * Peter Hulbert, Community School Coordinator, JMAC High School - YWCA * Dom Portis, Community Schools High School Manager, United Way

"Time. Talents. & Treasure." | James Wilbern

Recorded in August of 2023; I sit down with James Wilbern, Assistant Executive Director at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and lead agency manager for Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership at Browning Elementary located on Milwaukee's Northwest side. Our first sit down with a MCSP lead agency to discuss SSNC programming, history of the Westlawn neighborhood and how synergy and collaboration within the community schools model has helped transform both Browning and the surrounding community.

“Intergenerational Leadership” | AUER Avenue Youth Council

What better way for the Community Schools Youth Council at AUER AVENUE to close out their year than inviting both myself and MCSP Director Glenn Carson into their space to interview us on our current journeys and our outlook on what it means to be a good leader. Youth Leaders - Eniya Gomez, Malaki Brooks, Ta'Laylia Tatum, Merikale Gomez, and Shauntayvia Mitchell-Terry with the support from Community School Coordinator Kim Bikulcius lead us through an engaging intergenerational conversation on leadership.