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Celeste Presley - Certified Community Action Professional · Look Who's Talking

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You are listening to Look Who's Talking.
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I am Cameron Minter.
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I am your co-host and our host, Jessica Coffey's in the building.
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What it do?
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What it do?
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Good morning, Jessica.
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Good morning, Cam.
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How are you?
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I am doing well.
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I am doing well.
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Fresh off that break, how did you do your break?
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Oh, Andrea.
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I went home to Paducah.
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Home and more today.
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Yes, and I had the best country time.
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The best country time.
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The best country time.
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You know, I feel like Paducah's a little bit more country than it is up here in Lexington.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah, that is.
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So, um.
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First of all, that trip is, I'm sorry.
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It's just small debate.
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Yeah, it's four hours and a time.
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Yeah, it's a time change.
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So, it's kind of like you're warped back.
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It's like you're going to a different state.
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Yeah.
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You know what?
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People usually ask, oh, do they have real roads in Paducah?
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It ain't that bad.
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We don't drive horse and buggies.
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Although, usually downtown, I do ride the horse and the buggy.
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Look at her.
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Look at her.
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So, what did you do?
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Did you cook?
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Man, I know you didn't cook.
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Exactly.
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When I go home, I do not cook.
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You sit up, like.
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You know what?
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I actually go to every restaurant that I miss.
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Okay.
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So, we have like Starnes Barbecue.
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It's the best barbecue you'll ever have.
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Okay.
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It's like smoked.
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So, you don't even have to put hot sauce on it.
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Look at that.
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We don't do that barbecue sauce.
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You don't do that in Paducah?
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No, but we do do a hot sauce.
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Okay.
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But, you know we eat fish and spaghetti together.
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Yes.
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And I heard that that's not a thing, but there it is a thing.
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You can get spaghetti as a side item.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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That is a thing, but it's not a thing.
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Yeah.
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See, I don't do leftovers.
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So, once.
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You don't?
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I mean, twice.
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Twice.
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And then that pot is gone.
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Twice.
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Are you talking specifically?
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Twice.
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I feel like you're talking about a pot of chili.
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Pot of chili, spaghetti, any food.
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You might get two out of me.
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I can do leftovers.
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See, with chili, I'll do a pot of chili.
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I like a bowl of chili with crackers.
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Then I'll do, oh, a chili dog.
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Okay.
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Yes, it will have the noodles and everything on it.
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But you got to change it up.
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Then I'll do chili nachos.
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Oh.
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Then.
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Wow.
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Then I'll eventually get tired of it.
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Yeah, you in in my leftovers.
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Yeah.
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But no, it's only certain leftovers.
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Yeah.
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So, I can do like spaghetti as the main, right?
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Yeah.
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I can do, I got to buy some wings with the spaghetti.
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You know what I'm saying?
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So, I can eat it again and then I'm done.
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So, if you can do wings and spaghetti, why not fish and spaghetti?
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Oh, I can.
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I can.
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I can.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, it's okay.
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You know what people-
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You know the churches here do it.
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Do they?
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Oh, yeah.
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Well, at least Breakdown used to do that.
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Oh.
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Well, people talked about me when I said we eat fish and spaghetti together.
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That's-
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It's two main courses.
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No, it's not.
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Well, well, macaroni and cheese is not a main course, but some people do make it a main
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course.
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Well, that's true.
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You know my aunt, she puts hot dogs and chili.
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Oh, come on, Stephanie.
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Oh my God.
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It's getting bad.
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Listen, baby, she didn't have enough meat one time and she puts some hot dogs in it.
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Well, see, now that's the difference.
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You just need to pressure it with-
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But guess what?
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Yeah.
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It's the best and now, like, we're all like, hey, you make the spaghetti and make sure
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you put hot dogs in it.
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Make sure.
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We don't want no beef.
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No sign of beef in there.
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See, isn't that a sign that I'm real country?
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Well, yeah.
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I mean, but what would be really country is if you knew how to cook all these things.
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I do.
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Oh, I mean, but you just said, you know, when you go home-
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When I go home, I don't cook.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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But when I'm here, I do.
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Say it.
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Say it like you mean it.
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Say it with your chest.
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Listen, I cook better than people's grandmama.
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Uh-oh.
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Okay?
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Don't play with me.
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So with that, I guess it's time for a coffee break.
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And this is the language spirit for me.
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Today's coffee break is brought to you by Head Start, the greatest experience you will
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Today's affirmation, I just want to say the obstacles you run into make you stronger.
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Don't look at an obstacle as something that you can't achieve or go over.
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You absolutely can.
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And when you come out of that thing, you'll be stronger.
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Stronger on the other side.
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Keep it on up.
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It's today's coffee break.
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Thank you, Jessica, for giving us an encouragement.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Because sometimes when you're going through the storm, all you see is the storm.
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Right.
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When you get on the other side and able to look back and say, look what I came through.
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You know what?
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Something important that I discovered this year is I have to speak positivity into myself.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah.
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It's really, really important.
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Yeah.
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It gets you, it gets your day started right too, you know?
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Because if you're not on your side, you can count on about four or five people might be
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in your life.
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Right.
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Right.
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So you got to be on your side.
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And if, say, that positivity stops when you get it worked, somehow you can make your way
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back to it.
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That's right.
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That's right.
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Well, and when you keep your worth not tied with what you do, but with who you are, that
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is essential.
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I like that.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Yes, ma'am.
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All right.
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Who do we have on the show today?
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Today, we have a very special person.
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She's special.
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To the department of the Office of Head Start, well, not the Office of Head Start, but sorry,
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we done morphed into that.
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But the Office of Child Development, she is our Head Start project manager, Celeste Presley.
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What's going on, Celeste?
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Good morning.
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I'm so excited to be here.
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Thanks for having me.
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We're glad you're here too.
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Gosh, she is a ray of sunshine.
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She is.
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I try.
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I try.
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Do you know the background of her name?
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No.
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Celeste, please tell everyone.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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So I actually had to explain this to someone last night.
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So I'll give you the brief version.
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My mom was a huge Elvis fan.
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So my last name happens to be Presley.
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Just worked out that way.
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And she always wanted a boy.
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So Elvis's name is Elvis Aaron Presley.
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So my first name is actually Aaron, spelled the same way.
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So the boy way.
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So Aaron Celeste Presley.
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So I was literally named after Elvis.
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She said, I don't care what you came out as.
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I've already made plans.
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You are going to be Aaron Presley.
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That's right.
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I love it.
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I love it.
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And you know, and she, her name is Aaron Celeste, but we all call her Celeste.
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Her email is Aaron.
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And we just try to remember what that name is.
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So welcome to the show.
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We're glad to have you here.
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We're going to be talking about Head Start today.
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And you know, we just finished up, what was it?
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Community Action Month.
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Just the importance of Head Start.
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Head Start is one of our longest running programs.
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Is that correct?
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It is.
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And we opened our, excuse me, our Head Start in 1965.
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There it is.
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There it is.
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And that longest running program has morphed into so many different things.
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It's such a vital part of who we are here at the council.
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Right.
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And you know what, Cam?
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I can even Head Start, you know, at least our program has changed even since I've been
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here and that's been about 12 years.
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We had two programs and that was the regional, what we call the regional program and our
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migrant program.
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But since I've been here.
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Since you've been here.
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Yes, we've gained two more programs.
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So I just think that's awesome.
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And just to see the evolution of, you know, how Head Start has changed within a small
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time that I've been here.
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So then, you know, taking it back and learning the history of Head Start and community action
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was really eye opening to me and it made me more passionate about the work I do.
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Now I called myself being caught up, but I'm not caught up because you just said two more
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programs.
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What are the two more programs that we have?
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So those two programs are what we call the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Program
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and then our South Central Head Start program.
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Okay, okay.
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So, yeah.
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So, you know, all together we service, I think our number is 1947.
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And that's in 15 counties.
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Wow.
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We're doing the thing.
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Well, what we got here on the show today?
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Well, Celeste, we want to talk to you about kind of what you're going through, what you're
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learning.
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So, Celeste is in a program or it's not necessarily a program, but is obtaining, yes, a certification
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in getting her certified, being a certified community action professional.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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We have at least a million acronyms here.
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Now Jessica and I, we went and got our C-CAP together.
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Yes.
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And I know for me personally, it was a total learning experience because I had been working
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with the council for maybe five, six years.
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I can't even remember now.
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I think it was longer than that.
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Yeah, it had to be longer than that.
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And just to understand some of the things, for me, yeah, the history was what really
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motivated me.
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You said the history motivated you?
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Yes.
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The learning, learning our history and our roots.
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Yeah.
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I know we're going to get into it, but those are the things that really kind of just like,
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wow, I didn't know.
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Yeah.
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I didn't know how rich our history is.
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Exactly.
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And where I was at the time we were taking or going through the process, I'm just going
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to be 100% transparent.
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Come on.
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I was ready to leave.
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I was looking for other jobs because I didn't feel like I had that connection.
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I didn't feel like, what am I doing this for?
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The stress of this job, man, I don't know.
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But once I learned the why, that's really, really important, the why, the why and what
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took place before.
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Once I got through the process of obtaining the certification, my management style changed.
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Exactly.
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My leadership changed and I had so much more appreciation for the job.
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So Celeste.
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Celeste, what you doing with that?
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When do you take your test?
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Next week.
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Oh my goodness.
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Really soon.
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Yeah.
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So Celeste, tell us something that when you started studying for your C-CAP, what's something
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that stood out to you that you were like, wow, I didn't know that about Head Start or
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Community Action?
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Yeah.
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So I started at the council about four years ago and I've been in a couple of different
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positions there.
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So I feel like I've had a nice opportunity to learn just different things about our programs,
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different things about the financial side, about the program side.
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But I never really knew anything about the history.
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So I'm going to echo Cam here.
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The history was really interesting to me.
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And going all the way back to Lyndon B. Johnson and the war on poverty, I had no idea that
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our agency went back so far, that the Community Action Movement went back so far and that
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it was such an integral part of addressing poverty.
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That was the first thing that really struck me.
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I also love the fact that the more you learn about it, you learn about individual histories.
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So when we talk about Sergeant Shriver, for instance, and how he helped impact the Community
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Action Movement and he was kind of placed in a position where he didn't necessarily
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want to be.
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He had some hesitancy about taking on the Community Action Programs and all of that.
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And I think that is reflected really well in some of the work that we do now still,
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because a lot of times, like you said, you were looking for another job before you got
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your C-cap.
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You kind of get burnt out and you wonder what you're doing.
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And it's a hard job to have.
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I think all of us have struggled at some point or another with wanting to leave, maybe do
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something easier.
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But when you get into the history, you get into just how comprehensive the services are
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and how significant they are, it kind of reignites that spark that you have for the work that
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we do and why we want to do it.
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So that's been great.
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Wow.
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That's what I felt.
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I didn't know that we were so entrenched in the Civil Rights Movement.
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I mean, all of that came out in getting my C-cap.
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So we're going to take a quick commercial break.
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And when we come back, we're going to talk more about this rich history we keep teasing
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You are listening to Look Who's Talking and we are here with Celeste Pressley who is the
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Head Start project manager.
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Celeste, we were just talking about how basically Head Start has evolved in the history of Head
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Start.
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So I want to get a little bit into what are some of the programs that excite you for our
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families, our community to have opportunities with?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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So we recently applied for a program of excellence which will be just a great designation for
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our program and for our agency.
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We're really looking forward to that.
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It was a lot of work.
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It was a lot of work.
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Yeah, it was a long process.
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It was all hands on deck for a while.
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It was great.
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So in that process, I was able to learn even more about some of the programs that we offer
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our Head Start families right now.
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And we all know that Head Start began as a way to educate small children, get them ready
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for the next step of their educational journey into kindergarten.
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But now we have so many opportunities.
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We have a great focus on the whole family approach and that is something that I think
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is just really great about our program.
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So we have gone from an education agency to an agency that really cares and invests in
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the community.
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So some of my favorite projects that we're working on right now would have to be the
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mobile food market that we have that goes around to our communities and offers shelf
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stable and fresh produce and items like that.
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I think that's a great initiative.
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I know that a lot of people have worked really hard on that.
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And I think it addresses a very serious need in our community to provide healthy food and
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things that are affordable and good for our kids.
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So I love that.
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I also think that the job opportunities, the job training that we offer, CDL, CDA, CNA,
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depending on where you are in our communities.
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I think, you know, again, that emphasis on the whole family approach is really significant
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when we talk about poverty and the effects of poverty on, you know, multi-generational.
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And while we're there, we're hiring.
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We are.
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Who are we hiring?
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We are hiring teachers, teachers, assistant teachers.
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If you just want to be agreed on, you need to let me know.
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We'll make it work.
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We hire for everything.
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Everything.
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Everything.
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What?
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But, Celeste, you were just talking about some of the initiatives and the projects that
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we're doing.
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And I think it's important for everyone to know that this isn't, Head Start isn't where
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you just drop your kids off and we watch your kids.
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Yeah.
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Exactly.
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There are things for the entire family.
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You mentioned the two-generational approach to where, you know, it's not just the child
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learning but we have parent engagement where parents learn as well.
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And I just think that's awesome.
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Yeah.
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I love that we have so many family engagement events and opportunities, everything from
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learning something new with your kids to helping them prepare healthy meals to, you know, field
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trips and things like that.
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I think we offer a lot to families and I know family engagement is something that's really
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important to our program.
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So parents, if you're listening, we would love for you to be more involved with our
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program.
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There are lots of ways to do that.
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Yeah.
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I, one thing, you know, every time I talk to someone who has been in the Head Start
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program they always mention the meals, learning like, oh, we got to pick our own bread and
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scoop our own food.
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And you know, you don't think about that.
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Like, it's like, oh, what's so important about that?
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But in a child's mind, giving them that individuality and allowing them to like learn that, oh,
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I spilled this milk, that's a learning opportunity.
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And sometimes we don't look at things like that.
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Absolutely.
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And sometimes we still baby our children when you all are teaching them to be more independent.
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Independent, yes.
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And you know, I mentioned in one of the shows that that was my grandma, my wife, who is
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with our granddaughter, you know, she's still cutting up her sausage and stuff.
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And my granddaughter is just sitting back like, yeah, you can do it all.
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Although she went through the program and I know she's pouring milk.
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I know she's serving herself and, you know, helping others.
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So yeah.
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Yeah.
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So Celeste, let's talk about then and now.
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Again, we know you are going through this process of becoming a C-CAP, a Certified Community
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Action Professional.
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You got it.
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You did.
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Yes.
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So learning the history back then and seeing, you know, living now, what do you see?
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Like, you know, the fight back then, are we still fighting?
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Like, what's going on?
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Yeah.
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I mean, I think absolutely.
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We are still in the same battle that we've been in.
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And in some ways that can be discouraging, right?
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Because we know that we want to make progress.
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We know that we want to move people out of poverty.
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And that's something that we aim to do as an agency, as a Head Start program in particular.
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I think it's important to recognize that we have made strides.
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We have the data.
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We have the statistics specifically for our own programs.
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For example, we know that parents who engage with our CDL program were able to move on.
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They were able to get steady, decent paying jobs.
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And being able to offer that opportunity is something that not everyone can do and not
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every nonprofit can do.
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So I think that, yes, we are making an impact.
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I think that there's still a lot of work to be done.
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You know, we are following our mission and our vision and our values.
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But I think it's also important to recognize that, you know, this war on poverty is not
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over.
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It didn't end in the 60s.
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It's still very much ongoing.
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If you look at poverty rates, we know that they have stayed the same and in some cases
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increased.
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That's obviously not what we want to see.
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But I think it does speak to the importance of our programs.
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Great.
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Absolutely.
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So this has just been a rich conversation because there's so much to learn and there's
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so much like evolution that's happening.
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We have evolved, but there's still room to grow.
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What are some of the things that you would like to see as a Head Start agency, as a community
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action employee, some of the things that you are like, hey, I would like to see this or
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us tackle this conversation?
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That's a good question.
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Well I think that we, you know, as an agency are very involved in community matters.
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I know that we have staff who participate in different marches downtown and, you know,
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events and things like that in their own time, of course, but sometimes we as an agency really
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need to step forward.
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I think one of the important obstacles that we have right now is addressing universal
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early childhood education and, you know, really bringing Head Start to the forefront as something
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that is universal.
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It is important to our kids.
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It is making a difference and an impact in our communities.
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And to me, that's definitely a big one.
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Head Start is universal.
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It is.
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It is.
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And you know, and that's something important that I want everyone to know because, you
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know, when you talk about early childhood education, Head Start is the foundation.
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Absolutely.
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Head Start is the foundation of early childhood education and I think we already have the
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infrastructure in place.
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We have the success that's already happened and it continues to happen.
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So yes, that's my phrase for the year.
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Head Start is universal.
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It is universal.
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And, you know, it's always important to, you know, have your horn, you know, toot your
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horn every now and again because, you know, if we don't recognize our accomplishments,
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then, you know, others will not either.
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So it's just great to work in such a program that is continually expanding its roots.
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You know, she mentioned the mobile food market.
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That's going beyond the classroom, but that's through Head Start.
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So it's this program is trying to accommodate and deal with the entire family.
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And that is one of the best things that separates us from other programs.
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Right.
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Yes, you can get some education for your child, but these other things, we're on, you can't
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play with us.
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We're top notch.
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So I like that we go beyond the classroom.
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Go beyond.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah.
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I think that goes back to the whole family approach.
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We really put an emphasis on making sure that a family's needs are addressed.
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It's not just about the educational component.
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It's not just about the social component.
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It's about really ensuring that our families have what they need to succeed, whatever that
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looks like for them.
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And during the program of excellence application, I was able to communicate with staff from
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programs all over the U.S.
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And people were amazed at some of the things that we were doing.
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The mobile food market was a big one.
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I had another agency tell me that they wanted to try and roll something out similar because
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they were so impressed and they really love that idea.
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And I think it really makes our program stand out that we have so many unique opportunities
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to engage with our community and our families.
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And we also encourage our parents, our staff, whoever to make your voice heard.
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So a lot of our projects come from us talking to staff, talking to families, talking to
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parents and assessing the need.
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But also we want to make sure that they're able to advocate for children.
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They are able to, you see what's going on in Congress with the debt ceiling and all
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of that.
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So just making sure, and I want to put a big, big push this year on making sure you register
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to vote because your vote matters.
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Absolutely.
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And going through the CCAP preparing us, you realize that we were really entrenched in
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being able to give people with low income a voice.
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And so that's why we also talk about, you know, make sure you're registered to vote.
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It doesn't matter who you vote for, what you believe, blah, blah, blah, but use your voice.
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And that was something that we learned and are still doing.
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We're still impacting the vote here at Community Action Council.
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So the advocacy is the other tentacle that we at Community Action are doing.
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You know, we're trying to deal with all those different issues that affect people with low
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income and voting is one.
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Yeah, and is really, really important.
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You see with the debt ceiling, what folks don't realize is that affects funding all
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across.
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So you know, on the news this morning, they were talking about, man, if this is going
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to affect SNAP, well, how many people are on SNAP?
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You know, that's a lot.
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You know, it could also affect whether we're able to pay our staff or not.
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So making sure that you have someone fighting on your behalf.
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That's why it's so important to go out and vote.
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Absolutely.
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It makes me think of Michael Jackson's change.
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I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
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You just love singing, don't you?
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I do.
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I'm going to make sure I sing.
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I can confirm this.
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We sing often in our office.
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Absolutely.
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And it doesn't matter if it's on key or not, right?
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We just singing.
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We are here in these streets singing.
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