Nancy Morgan, coordinator of the BigMoneyOutVA group, advocates for campaign finance reform, which includes passing a U.S. constitutional amendment to allow states and Congress to regulate election spending and getting Virginia, one of only 5 states with no limitations on campaign finance, to finally enact campaign finance legislation. Her background, 20 years as an economist working for the United Nations on governance and food security issues, 10 years with USDA working on policy, and 7 years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Africa, has promoted a commitment to good governance and “getting money out of politics”. She lives in Alexandria with her two cats.
Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Elections, Public Service, and Finance
Gray Montrose is an attorney and Henrico native who is running for Henrico Circuit Court Clerk. Gray’s career has been defined by public service. She worked with the Virginia Office of the Attorney General representing state agencies and taught policy at William & Mary Law School, while also giving back through pro bono service and advocacy. Gray was named a Mental Health Champion for her work on lowering barriers to care for law students and is a current member of the Virginia State Bar Board of Governors for the Environmental Section. She grew up in the West End of Henrico, then spent the past three years restoring a small farm in the East End where she now lives with her husband, baby Josephine, and a menagerie of farm animals.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 3rd, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Community Leaders Discussing Gun Violence – Part II
Today we talk with women in local leadership about the community response to gun violence, the role of funeral services, and the intersection of domestic violence. Our guests today are:
Chenice Brown-Johnson, founder of Just C, is a native of Richmond, Va. She started Just C because she experienced what youth of today currently experience and understands the importance of having a trusted adult in their lives. Chenice uses real life triumphs to mentor young people by connecting, developing, and empowering them to heal and flourish. Aside from her passion for youth, Chenice has three sons and is the wife of a youth football coach. She is a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan and loves exploring new things with friends.
We then share a short NPR documentary on teens and gun violence.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 27th, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: The Politics of Memory and Race – repeat
We have two great guests today on Women & Politics
Mallory Noe-Payne is Radio IQ’s Richmond reporter and bureau chief. She’s covered policy and politics from the state capital since 2016. She was a 2020-2021 recipient of the Fulbright Young Journalist Award. She spent a year in Munich, Germany researching memory, justice, and how a society can collectively confront its sins. Her Virginia-based coverage of home healthcare workers, voting rights, and Richmond’s Slave Trail have won national news awards. Mallory is a graduate of Virginia Tech with degrees in Journalism and Political Science. She is the creator of the podcast: Memory Wars, a five-part series about how Germany has confronted its horrific past and whether America could ever do the same. Reported by Mallory Noe-Payne and featuring conversations with Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Michael Paul Williams.
Ebony Walden is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Ebony Walden Consulting (EWC), an urban strategy firm based in Richmond, Virginia. At EWC, she works with a wide range of organizations to design and facilitate meetings, training, strategic plans and community engagement processes that explore race, equity and the creation of more just and inclusive communities. Before founding EWC, Ebony worked in local government and for non-profit organizations dedicated to citywide and neighborhood level revitalization. Currently, Ebony is an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the City. Ebony’s work has been featured in The Hill, Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Nature of Cities. She holds a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a Bachelors in Business Administration from Georgetown University. Inspired by The Just City Essays, Ebony Walden conceived the idea of an essay collection focused on Richmond (The Richmond Racial Equity Essays) in hopes of bringing together thought leadership and practice to advance racial equity in the region.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 17th, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics – Sharing our platform with Sentimental Garbage
check out this interesting podcast – Sentimental Garbage. this week talking about body image..
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 13th, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics – One Mic – Many Voices – repeat
Today Sheri and Carol, along with other radio producers: Andee Arches and Varsha N share their recent presentation on One Mic Many Voices at the NFCB conference. It’s the annual conference time again and we couldn’t attend this year so brought our presentation last year to you..
Lack of diversity in gender, identity, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic range have long been part of media. Even with the advent of independent community radio, most voices are white, male, and middle class. How can women and non-binary folks intentionally diversify the airwaves? The collective One Mic, Many Voices started to bring diverse voices to community radio through intentional recruitment, training, and facilitation of production. Learn more in this session about their local engagement efforts.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 6th, 2023
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Brain Box Debut!
Our new show Brain Box, in collaboration with the Science Museum of Virginia, begins today at 12pm! Our first local expert is Justin Bartel, Assistant Director of Education, Astronomy Programs and manager of The Dome theater. Please join us every 1st Monday as we unpack science together!
One Hit Wanda July 3rd, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics – Sheri and Carol do the primary election recap
It’s just us talking today all about the post election blues.. 🙂
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Carol Olson Women & Politics June 29th, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics – a Juneteenth show
Hi folks, we are off this week for Juneteenth and sharing our platform with a couple audio interviews: The History of Juneteenth and a VPM broadcast on Developing Equity in Educational Systems.
Happy Juneteenth.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics June 22nd, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics with Jess Anderson and Mary Barthelson
Next week is the election folks. Because in Virginia, we are always electing someone. Today our guest candidates today are:
Jessica “Jess” Anderson – House District 71
Jess is a lifelong Virginian, wife, mother, community activist, and runner, and has raised her family in the district, which includes parts of New Kent County, James City County, and the entire City of Williamsburg. Anderson currently works as a part-time front office receptionist at an elementary school in her district. Anderson’s priorities include strengthening the public education system, protecting reproductive rights, enacting family care policies, and passing common sense gun safety reforms. Anderson is the Democratic nominee running to represent the 71st District in the Virginia House of Delegates and be a voice for all Virginians. The general election will take place on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
Mary Barthelson – House District 7
Mary is an accomplished systems engineer in the space industry who is equally dedicated to community service and human rights and is most known for her work on behalf of the unhoused and low-income families in Fairfax County as well as her promotion of STEM education. She will be a genuine advocate who leverages her engineering expertise in Richmond to ensure that Virginia’s laws keep pace with the rapidly evolving technological landscape.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics June 15th, 2023
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Community Leaders Discussing Gun Violence – Part I – reair
Today we talk with women in local leadership about the community response to gun violence, the role of funeral services, and the intersection of domestic violence. Our guests today are:
Nickia Bland
Nickia Bland is a native of Petersburg, Virginia. She is a 96 graduate of Matoaca High School. She obtained her bachelor’s from Hampton University in 2000. Nickia currently serves at the CEO of her family business, Bland Funeral Homes in Petersburg, Virginia. Her grandfather began the business in 1952. Preserving the rich legacy her grandfather and parents passed down to her is something she values deeply. She is committed to ensuring that the same caring, dignified, professional and personal services she watched them provide to the community continues to be the hallmark standard in which she operates the family business. They have been blessed to serve the community for 70 years this year!
Nickia is also the Lead Business Counselor for the Women’s Business Center of RVA. The WBC Richmond provides one-on-one counseling, training, technical assistance, networking, and resources vital to the success of women and minority entrepreneurs in the Richmond area. She absolutely loves working in this role because she has a passion for helping women achieve their entrepreneurial goals. Nickia believes that one of the most important factors needed to grow and transform our communities is through economic development. It is important that we connect with one another and support one another to ensure that this happens, especially in the communities that are suffering. She firmly
believes that being a “boss” means nothing if you are not helping others elevate with you.
In the community, Nickia is a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church, Petersburg and is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is the mom to four beautiful children,
Cindy CaprilesCindy joined the Safe Harbor team in 2015 as a bilingual counselor and is now the Clinical Director. She provides trauma-informed individual and group therapeutic counseling services to adult and child survivors of sexual and/or domestic violence and human trafficking.
She earned her License as a Clinical Social Worker in 2017. Cindy received her Master’s degree and Bachelor degree in Social Work from VCU. She was recognized in Style Weekly 30 under 30 in 2020.Cindy is passionate about her work with those who have experienced complex trauma and has focused her career in the field of trauma, sexual/domestic violence, and human trafficking. She supervises Safe Harbors interns and staff working toward becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia. Her professional training includes play therapy, family therapy, EMDR, TF-CBT, and mindfulness.
Cindy helps her clients recognize their own resilience, and her work is informed by her strong belief in the human capacity for healing and growth.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics June 8th, 2023
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