Melvina Gibouche + Wendi Park: Bridge the Distance through Care
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Release Date: 06/03/2022
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...
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Leading With Lived Experience
Rethink Community: The Podcast
What if the stories we believe about poverty are holding us back from real change? For generations, narratives of blame, pity, and resignation have shaped how we respond to poverty-often with harmful consequences. But what happens when we center the voices of those who live these realities every day? In this series, we unpack the unproductive narratives that keep communities stuck and discover how new stories -rooted in lived experience- can spark meaningful change for everyone. In our first episode, we hear from John White, a leader with decades of experience in public and community service,...
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Communicate with Dignity: Paul Hemminger
Rethink Community: The Podcast
The divisions in our country are not just caused by disagreements; they’re fueled by misunderstanding and even contempt, and they can be healed with dignity. Join us in a conversation with Paul Hemminger, a dignity builder and storyteller, and learn how each of us can be changemakers right where we are.
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Unlock Wisdom from Within: Shandell Jamal
Rethink Community: The Podcast
Have you ever encountered a moment when a member of your team shared a personal experience or an insight that facilitated connection or unlocked a solution to a challenge you were facing? Inside our teams and communities lies a wealth of knowledge and experiences. Yet, fear of judgment and misunderstanding creates barriers, hindering open communication. This month, join us for a session with Shandell Jamal, a consultant, catalyst and bridge builder, who shares valuable insights on honoring and valuing everyone's experiences and wisdom within your organization.
info_outline Sometimes it is difficult for us to see how our nation's past has shaped its current pain. In Canada today, 7% of all children are Indigenous - yet shockingly make up 52% of all children in foster care. Two leaders with CareImpact, a faith-based nonprofit organization in Winnipeg, Manitoba, offer us a lens for our own communities, by exploring how Canada's history with Indigenous peoples have led to the wounds still carried today - and how personal relationships and the church can bridge the distance to truth telling, hope, and healing.
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