Society and Community

Helping Health Systems Collaborate- Dr. Abiola Abu-Bakr

Dr. Abu-Bakr is the founder of Conduit for Collaboration Consulting, LLC – a healthcare equity, innovation, and strategy consulting firm. She holds a clinical doctorate in public health nursing and combines her expertise in health justice, public health, policy, and nursing with evidence-based practice to support change management, enhance patient experiences, engage communities, promote equitable … Read more

Full Frontal Faith – David Weiss

David Weiss is a prolific writer, theologian, and poet. He is committed to doing “public theology” around issues of ecology, sexuality, justice, diversity, and peace. And David is the creator of the website Full Frontal Faith where you can find much of his work and further connect with him. Connect with David: https://davidrweiss.com/

Affirming Care – Dr. John Gatermann

Dr. Gatermann (he/him) specializes in working with the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community, providing assessment and therapeutic services to early childhood to late adulthood. Dr. Gatermann works from a trauma-informed intersectional framework, which enables him to understand the complexities of identity and mental healthcare. Therapeutically, he believes that people are masters of their journey and therapy can be … Read more

Compassion in Action – Ellie Krug

Ellie Krug is the founder and president of Human Inspiration Works, author of Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty, and Gender Change, and the writer behind The Ripple monthly newsletter. In this wonderful conversation we talk about candidly about Ellie’s challenging but fulfilling work to make the world a more inHey clusive place, … Read more

Dixie Treichel – Fresh Fruit

Dixie Treichel is the producer of the audio documentary “Fresh Fruit: 35 Years of Queer Radio” and a current host of the radio program Fresh Fruit, which airs on KFAI. Fresh Fruit is the longest running queer radio program in the United States. In fact, when it launched, it was one of the only ways … Read more

Val Rubin-Rashaad – Youth and AIDS Projects

The Youth and AIDS Projects—a non-profit organization housed in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Pediatrics—offers HIV testing, HIV/AIDS medical case management, HIV prevention services, and sexual health education programs for young people living in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Val Rubin-Rashaad is YAP’s executive director. She graduated from Concordia University with a B.A. in Political … Read more

Todd Barnes – Equity News Network

Todd Barnes is the founder of Equity News Network (ENN). In this dynamite conversation Jerome and Todd talk about building a new type of media network, the importance of conflict in conversation and in television, and how to develop an organization that is integrated with the communities that it is designed to serve. You can … Read more

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Texas Pride Realty – Fleeing Red States

Listen and follow “Bottomless Coffee Podcast”Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Other Options Hosted by: Jerome EvansGuest: Bob McCranie The overturning of Roe vs Wade and the anti-LGBTQ sentiment that has gripped many Republican-controlled state legislatures has made Red states unattractive to many people. In fact, so many people are leaving Red states … Read more