Weavers “Weaving Connection: How Relationships Build Stronger Communities”
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Release Date: 09/14/2026
Weavers “Weaving Connection: How Relationships Build Stronger Communities”
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to this season of Rethink Community: The Podcast. Through conversations with leaders from Settled, The Weavers Project, and Samaritan app, we explore how meaningful relationships can transform the way we respond to poverty, homelessness, and isolation. Together, these stories invite us to move beyond temporary assistance and build communities rooted in belonging, dignity, and mutual care. What does it take to create a community where people truly feel seen, valued, and connected? In this episode of Rethink Community: The Podcast, Marlo Fox speaks with Susan Sherman of Weave: The Social...
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Settled “The Power of Neighboring with Dr. Gabrielle Clowdus”
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to this season of Rethink Community: The Podcast. Through conversations with leaders from Settled, The Weavers Project, and Samaritan app, we explore how meaningful relationships can transform the way we respond to poverty, homelessness, and isolation. Together, these stories invite us to move beyond temporary assistance and build communities rooted in belonging, dignity, and mutual care. … What does it really mean to have a home? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Gabrielle Clowdus, founder of Settled, to explore homelessness, belonging, and the power of meaningful relationships....
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Best Of Rethink Community: Real Stories Behind COPE
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to Season 11 of the Rethink Community Podcast: The Best Of! For the past five years, the Rethink Community Podcast has been a space to challenge how we understand and respond to poverty. We’ve shared stories that move beyond theory and spark those “aha moments” that can change perspectives, relationships, and actions. In this special season, we’re bringing you the best of our past episodes—powerful stories, inspiring conversations, and thought-provoking insights that have resonated most with our listeners. You’ll hear from individuals with lived experience in poverty,...
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Best Of Rethink Community: "Telling a Different Story About Community" Steve Gill
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to Season 11 of the Rethink Community Podcast: The Best Of! For the past five years, the Rethink Community Podcast has been a space to challenge how we understand and respond to poverty. We’ve shared stories that move beyond theory and spark those “aha moments” that can change perspectives, relationships, and actions. In this special season, we’re bringing you the best of our past episodes—powerful stories, inspiring conversations, and thought-provoking insights that have resonated most with our listeners. You’ll hear from individuals with lived experience in poverty,...
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Best Of Rethink Community: "Bridge the Distance Across Walls" Jon Adrian Velazquez
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to Season 11 of the Rethink Community Podcast: The Best Of! For the past five years, the Rethink Community Podcast has been a space to challenge how we understand and respond to poverty. We’ve shared stories that move beyond theory and spark those “aha moments” that can change perspectives, relationships, and actions. In this special season, we’re bringing you the best of our past episodes—powerful stories, inspiring conversations, and thought-provoking insights that have resonated most with our listeners. You’ll hear from individuals with lived experience in poverty,...
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Best Of Rethink Community: "When Poverty Becomes Personal" Andrea Carter
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to Season 11 of the Rethink Community Podcast: The Best Of! For the past five years, the Rethink Community Podcast has been a space to challenge how we understand and respond to poverty. We’ve shared stories that move beyond theory and spark those “aha moments” that can change perspectives, relationships, and actions. In this special season, we’re bringing you the best of our past episodes—powerful stories, inspiring conversations, and thought-provoking insights that have resonated most with our listeners. You’ll hear from individuals with lived experience in poverty,...
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Best Of Rethink Community: "Telling a Different Story about Poverty" Mauricio Lim Miller
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Welcome to Season 11 of the Rethink Community Podcast: The Best Of! For the past five years, the Rethink Community Podcast has been a space to challenge how we understand and respond to poverty. We’ve shared stories that move beyond theory and spark those “aha moments” that can change perspectives, relationships, and actions. In this special season, we’re bringing you the best of our past episodes—powerful stories, inspiring conversations, and thought-provoking insights that have resonated most with our listeners. You’ll hear from individuals with lived experience in poverty,...
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From Resignation to Renewal
Rethink Community: The Podcast
In this episode, Brian Dobyns reflects on how living just above the poverty line shaped his sense of what was possible. He shares stories of being excluded from help and discouraged from pursuing opportunities, leading to a mindset of resignation. Together, we discuss the emotional impact of these experiences and how encouragement and small successes can help break fatalistic narratives, emphasizing the need for support and belief in each other.
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When Poverty Becomes Personal
Rethink Community: The Podcast
In this episode, John White welcomes Andrea Carter to unpack how personal experience can radically reshape our understanding of poverty. Andrea reflects on her early years as a teacher, when she held common misconceptions about families in poverty, and describes how her own journey through situational poverty challenged and transformed those beliefs. Andrea shares how repeated judgment can create “forced helplessness” and offers practical advice: build real relationships, include those with lived experience in leadership, and move from “us versus them” to a true sense of shared...
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Rewriting the Poverty Narrative
Rethink Community: The Podcast
In this episode, I speak with Aaron Earlywine and Maddie Mitchell to challenge narratives that assume “poverty is a personal failing” or “people in poverty are helpless.” Aaron shares insights from his work as a pastor and counselor, stressing the value of kindness and community, while Maddie explains how her perspective shifted from making assumptions to recognizing the strengths and agency of families in need. Together, they discuss moving from “doing for” to “walking alongside,” highlight the resourcefulness of those experiencing poverty, and show how listening and respect...
info_outlineWelcome to this season of Rethink Community: The Podcast. Through conversations with leaders from Settled, The Weavers Project, and Samaritan app, we explore how meaningful relationships can transform the way we respond to poverty, homelessness, and isolation. Together, these stories invite us to move beyond temporary assistance and build communities rooted in belonging, dignity, and mutual care.
What does it take to create a community where people truly feel seen, valued, and connected?
In this episode of Rethink Community: The Podcast, Marlo Fox speaks with Susan Sherman of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute, along with Weavers Jaime Encinas and Nesti Castillo, about the everyday people who are strengthening communities by building trust, relationships, and belonging.
Their conversation explores why lasting change requires more than programs and services, how communities can move beyond transactional approaches to helping, and why the people closest to our challenges must also be part of creating the solutions.
As part of our season exploring Think Tank’s pillars of Connect, Compassion, and Influence, this episode takes a closer look at what it means to truly connect.