Today we’re talking with Tom Wheeler about the importance of housing, the homebuying process, and how discrimination can sometimes creep into that process. Tom is an owner of the real estate company HomeFound Minnesota and he also has a business presence in Idaho. The stark differences between the legal protections afforded to people in Minnesota … Read more
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
Pastor Austin Nelson about Christianity and inclusion. Austin has been a vocal advocate for inclusion in the church and he has overcome both targeted attacks and systematic barriers. That advocacy has come with a price as not all congregations as welcoming to LGBTQIA+ folk as they should be. In this conversation Jerome and Austin talk … Read more
Mattie Laidlaw is a Community Engagement Systems Planner at the Center for Health Equity and the LGBTQ+ Community Liaison for the Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities Branch for the Minnesota Department of Health. In this conversation Jerome and Mattie walk through the differences between the way that COVID-19 and Mpox show up in our bodies, … Read more
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
Ryan Berg is the program manager for Avenues for Youth’s ConneQT Host Home Program. ConneQT provides LGBTQI+ youth with culturally responsive housing within their community of chouice. In ConneQT, youth choose which community member they live with, and those community members provide housing and food while Avenues provides wrap-around services and support. Ryan started with … Read more
Kate Murry is the Program Manager for Long COVID / long haulers syndrome for the Minnesota Department of Health. This conversation reflects what was known about Long COVID in the scientific and public health community up to Spring of 2022. Jerome and Kate talk through the ins and outs of Long COVID or long haulers … Read more
Coordinating Pandemic Response Bianca Virnig is the Regional COVID Coordinator to Twin Cities metro area schools and a School Board member for Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. In this conversation Jerome and Bianca talk through her work in helping to coordinate the way that school districts respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Related Conversation
Guest Dr. Nathan Chomilo is the former director of vaccine equity for the Minnesota Department of Health. Dr. Chomilo sat down with Jerome to discuss how health officials at the highest levels decided who would get first access to the COVID-19 vaccine when it was still in short supply.
Guests Teto Wilson of Wilson Image Barbers & Styles and Kelly Robinson of Messianic Care talk about how their passion for helping their community has led to a long running and very successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Teto and Kelly’s Coronavirus work continues to this day! Visit Wilson’s Image Barbers and Stylists: 2126 W Broadway Ave, … Read more
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