The New Neighborhood
Welcome to the New Neighborhood, a limited series podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. Each episode features emerging innovations that will create a society where all children and their families can thrive.
Episodes
23 episodes
Tecoria Jones & Emma Johnson on Parent Leadership
Sanaa Sharrieff interviews Tecoria Jones and Emma Johnson about their experiences as parent leaders. Emma and Tecoria reflect on their respective experiences in South Carolina and Nebraska and nationally, and discover some parallels in their jo...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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29:27
Devin Coleman on Parent Leadership
Welcome back to the New Neighborhood! In this episode, Sanaa and Cailin introduce the new season, which will focus exclusively on parent leadership. Then Sanaa kicks off her new solo-hosting role, interviewing Devin D. Coleman of Jacksonville, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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18:19
Wrapping Up Season 3: Highlights and Reflections
In the last episode of the season, Cailin and Sanaa share reflections and highlights of the season, insights into their current work, and updates from past guests.Show notes:www.linkt...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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20:38
Early Learning Coalitions taking Shape Across Idaho
Description: In this episode of the New Neighborhood, we hear from Martin Balben, Tennille Call, and Randy Jensen about the early learning coalitions taking shape throughout Idaho. The conversation delves into the ongoing early childhood effort...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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34:00
Maternal Health Advocacy with and for Parents
In this episode of the New Neighborhood, Tina Sherman and Daphne Alsiyao speak about the power of storytelling and parent advocacy, empowering family leaders to speak up and influencing maternal health policy in North Carolina.
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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22:08
Preventing Evictions in Multnomah County
In this episode, we hear from Linda King and Ari Wubbold from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette about their housing stability work. They discuss the current state of housing and how their eviction prevention program works to keep families i...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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38:15
Power of Two
The third episode of season 3 features the work of Power of Two, a community-based organization in NYC that offers in-home parent coaching, connection to community resources, and community advocacy. We spoke with Kristin Bernhard and Daneele Th...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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23:14
How Can We Reduce Child Poverty?: The Challenge with the Child Tax Credit
We spoke with Elisa Minoff, Senior Policy Analyst at CSSP, and Huong Vu, Parent Leader Network member and Automatic Benefit for Children (ABC) Coalition Parent Advisory Board member, about their policy and advocacy work toward a permanent natio...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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26:59
Back for Season 3: The New Neighborhood
Co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff talk about what brings them to this work and what to expect in season 3. The New Neighborhood Podcast - Center for t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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16:38
Wrapping Up Season 2
Sanaa and Cailin share updates from past guests on The New Neighborhood in our first-ever “Where Are They Now?” segment. And, we reflect on this season of the podcast, especially how we both felt it made a difference to have a parent leader as ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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26:51
Cheese, Child Care, and the Bottom Line: Making Child Care Work for Employees in Rural Wisconsin
An innovative new program in Wisconsin invited businesses to apply for funds to help pay for their employees’ child care. Specialty Cheese in Reeseville, WI, is one of the “Project Growth” grantees. Hear about how this cheese factory in a rural...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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23:07
Early Childhood Work Grounded in Place and Culture on the Navajo Nation
On the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico, Zach Ben and his wife recently founded a social enterprise baby food company producing traditional Navajo foods. Zach shares about Bidii Baby Foods, the BEN Initiative, and how an embrace of tradi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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19:53
A Huge School Readiness Win for Guilford County
Partners in Guilford County, North Carolina, have been working together across sectors to make sure that all families have what they need to help their children be ready for school. Staff of Ready for School Ready for Life and the University...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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18:44
Food Security in Yakima Valley
Yakima Valley Partners for Education, a collective impact initiative in Washington State, provides drive-through food distribution for the Yakama Nation Reservation and other residents of the Yakima Valley. We talked about this program with Luc...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:20
Recreating the Village: Safe Families for Children
Alana Dennis and Jessie Manning from Safe Families for Children join us from Cleveland to talk about how volunteers open their homes to socially isolated families in order to build relationships, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help famili...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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25:38
Meet Your New Neighbors: Introducing Season 2 of The New Neighborhood
New co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff are joined by Joan Lombardi, who launched the podcast last year, to talk about what brings them to this work, why it was important to bring on a parent leader (Sanaa) as co-host this season, and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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19:51
The New Neighborhood: Season 2 Teaser
Welcome to the New Neighborhood, a podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communi...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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0:53
Building Neighborhood Initiatives with Parents at the Center
Join Joan Lombardi for a conversation with leaders in Palm Beach County to hear how they brought community services down to the neighborhood level. Guests: Shaundelyn Emerson, Program Performance Lead at Children...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:21
ConnectFirst Starting with Families During Pregnancy
Learn how early childhood leaders in Tulsa are disrupting intergenerational poverty by connecting with families starting in pregnancy through BEST (Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa) Guest:Catrice Brantley, Direc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:58
Meeting the Needs of Children Under Three
Join us for the newest episode in our New Neighborhood podcast series, where we hear about Baby Bundle, a powerful community wide initiative in Bridgeport, CT, designed to meet the needs of children under the age of 3 and their families. <...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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26:44
Strengthening Partnerships Between Housing and Early Childhood
Learn how Boston advocates developed relationships with parents through connections with housing and development providers.Guests:Cailin O’Connor, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social PolicyAlia P...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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19:05
DULCE: Meeting the Holistic Needs of Families with Infants in Health Clinics
Learn how early childhood advocates in Boston partnered with an affordable housing provider to expand their services for families with young children.Guests:Azieb Ermias, Senior Program Analyst, Center for the Study of...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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17:50
Parent Voice at the Heart of Universal Preschool in Multnomah County, OR
Learn how parents shaped and led a successful ballot measure that provides free education and living wage teaching jobs as a way to address racial disparities and inequity in communities across Multnomah County, OR.Guests:...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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20:28
