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We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments
The Heinz Endowments aims to build an exemplary, sustainable region where everyone prospers and belongs. Endowments President and podcast host Chris DeCardy welcomes thought leaders in the arts & culture, environmental, workforce, veterans and civic participation fields who share their experiences at the intersection of public service, philanthropy and nonprofit communities with honesty, humanity and hope.
Episodes
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsSafety, housing & self-determination for our transgender community w/ SisTers PGH Exec Dir Ciora Thomas (S07EP05)
SisTers PGH and SisTers PHL Founder and Executive Director Ciora Thomas joins Heinz Endowments President and host Chris DeCardy for this episode of “We Can…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsWhy trusted nonpartisan information is vital to our democracy w/ RealClearPolitics' Erin Waters & Charles McElwee (S07EP04)
RealClearPolitics Institute for News & Information President Erin Waters and RealClearPennsylvania Founding Editor Charles McElwee join Heinz Endowments…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsSetting the standard for healthy rivers w/ Three Rivers Waterkeeper's Heather Hulton VanTassel (S07EP03)
Three Rivers Waterkeeper Executive Director Heather Hulton VanTassel joins Heinz Endowments President and host Chris DeCardy for this episode of “We Can Be.”…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsUniting a community of helpers w/ United Way SWPA Pres/CEO Bobbi Watt Geer (S07E02)
United Way Southwestern Pennsylvania President and CEO Bobbi Watt Geer joins Heinz Endowments President and host Chris DeCardy for this episode of “We Can Be.”…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsUplifting culture as the soul of community w/ Kelly Strayhorn Theater's Joseph Hall & Melanie Paglia (S07EP01)
Kelly Strayhorn Theater Co-Executive Directors Joseph Hall and Melanie Paglia join Heinz Endowments President and podcast host Chris DeCardy to kick off the…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsCenter for Media Innovation founding Exec. Dir. Andy Conte: why tech & collaboration is the futre of journalism (S06EP10)
Andy Conte, founding Executive Director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University and author of “Death of the Daily News: How Citizen…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsBuilding futures where economic reinvention doesn't mean displacement w/ Sonya Tilghman Exec. Dir. Hazelwood Iinitiative (S06EP09)
Sonya Tilghman, Executive Director of Hazelwood Initiative, joins Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy for this episode of “We Can…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsFearless conviction: Environmental health advocate Gillian Graber empowers communities to stand up to fossil fuel industries (SO6EP08)
Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Gillian Graber, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Protect PT. The grassroots…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsKendra Whitlock Ingram one of nation's largest downtown cultural districts w/ vision & authenticity (S0607)
Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Kendra Whitlock Ingram, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Kendra leads…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsIndependent journalism innovator Spotlight PA CEO/Pres. Chris Baxter is holding those in power accountable (S06EP06)
Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Chris Baxter, CEO, President and Founding Editor of Spotlight PA, an independent…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsMichelle Naccarati-Chapkis on Women for a Healthy Environment's trailblazing & transformative action (S06EP05)
Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Women for a Healthy Environment Executive Director Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis to “We Can…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsRiverlife's Matt Galluzzo raises the bar for riverfront preservation & community connection (S06EP04)
Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Matt Galluzzo, the president and CEO of Riverlife, which serves as the north star for…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsBreathe Project's Matt Mehalik leads clean air advocacy w/ tech, tenacity & community (S06EP03)
“Together, a network of public health professionals, air quality scientists, advocates and community groups can move the needle on air pollution,” Breathe…
We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments125 years of groundbreaking, life-changing work of Sarah Heinz House w/ CEO Demeshia Seals (S06EP02)
“My dream for every child is that they understand that there are no limits,” Demeshia Seals tells Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsTim Kaulen brings our industrial past into the future in a bold, beautiful & meaningful way (S06EP01)
“The value of public art is the space to ask questions and to imagine answers,” Tim Kaulen, founder and executive director of Industrial Arts Workshop, tells…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsUplifting voices of those facing health effects of fracking w/ environmental health advocate Tammy Murphy
For nearly a decade, Tammy Murphy has been on the front lines of the fight to protect families from the adverse environmental and health effects of fossil fuel…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsRainbow Serpent co-founder Marques Redd is reviving ancient traditions to create the future of art
Marques Redd, acclaimed artist and co-founder of multidisciplinary art collective Rainbow Serpent, is helping create the future of art by reviving ancient –…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsHeinz Award winner & Taproot Earth's Colette Pichon Battle stands up to climate change inequities (S05E08)
Colette Pichon Battle, Heinz Award for the Environment honoree and the vision and initiatives partner for the climate justice nonprofit Taproot Earth joins…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsBringing solar's massive savings & workforce potential to light w/ Sharon Pillar, founder & exec dir Pennsylvania Solar Center (SE05EP07)
Sharon Pillar, Pennsylvania Solar Center founder and executive director, is continuing the solar energy advocacy started nearly a half-century ago by former…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsStrengthening democracy by lessening voter suppression w/ VoterRiders CEO Lauren Kunis (S05E06)
VoteRiders CEO and Executive Director Lauren Kunis is clear about what is at stake when it comes to those who are using false claims of voter fraud as the…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsNarrowing the maternal & infant health gap w/ health equity expert Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew (S05EP05)
Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, Allegheny Health Network’s first chief clinical diversity, equity and inclusion officer, wrote in a widely shared 2023 op-ed…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsCommunity Kitchen Pittburgh founder Jen Flanagan is changing lives at intersection of food insecurity & living wage jobs (S05EP04)
Jen Flanagan is founder and executive director of Community Kitchen Pittsburgh, an employment-based social enterprise that empowers people through food service…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsLeah Penniman “Farming While Black” author, Soul Fire Farm cofounder & Heinz Award honoree (S05E03)
Leah Penniman, “Farming While Black” author, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and Heinz Award for the Economy honoree has a deep commitment to sharing regenerative…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsFearless champion for cleaner air Dr. George Thurston NYU Grossman School of Medicine (S05E02)
Dr. George Thurston, internationally respected scientist, professor and pioneer in the study and communication of the effects of air pollution’s impact on…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsUplifting Black artists' beauty, depth & vision w/ Kilolo Luckett of art platform ALMA I LEWIS (S05E01)
Kilolo Luckett, nationally renowned art curator & founding executive director of ALMA | LEWIS, believes in the transformative power of art for both artist &…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsBreaking down the hydrogen hub hype w/ Joanne Kilgour, exec. dir. Ohio River Valley Institute (We Can Be S04EP16)
Ohio River Valley Institute Executive Director Joanne Kilgour joins host Philip Johnson, the Endowments’ senior program director for Environment & Health, in…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsGroundbreaking Post-9/11 veterans data w/ Dr. Daniel Perkins, founder Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness @ Penn State Uni.(S04EP15)
Dr. Daniel Perkins, professor, founder and principal scientist of the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State University, leads the…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsBlack Urban Gardeners’ Raqueeb Bey is growing food, minds & leaders (S04EP14)
Raqueeb Bey, the founder and executive director of Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh, joins this episode’s host, Endowments Vice President of…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsPBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown: Yes, the arts are essential & here’s why (S4E13)
Jeffrey Brown, PBS NewsHour chief correspondent for arts, culture and society, joins “We Can Be” host Janet Sarbaugh, The Heinz Endowments’ vice president of…
We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments”Your dreams are possible” w/ Dr. Kathy Humphrey, trailblazing pres. of Carlow University (S4E12)
“I’ve had letters from young Black girls saying ‘I now know this is possible,’” Carlow University’s groundbreaking president Dr. Kathy Humphrey, tells “We Can…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsGrant Oliphant on gratitude, speaking truth to power & making room for everyone (We Can Be S4EP11)
The importance of gratitude, what makes a community great, & his hope for what the future holds for the social change realm are among subjects Grant Oliphant…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsFacing America‘s crisis of connection w/ Jenn Hoos Rothberg, Einhorn Collaborative Exec. Dir. (We Can Be S04EP10)
“The circle of concern has to be wide enough for all of us to fit inside,” Jenn Hoos Rothberg tells host Grant Oliphant on this episode of “We Can Be.” Jenn is…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsThe New Climate War author Michael Mann & the fight to take back our planet (We Can Be S04EP09)
Michael Mann, one of the world’s preeminent experts on climate change, said in a Boston Globe editorial published shortly after the devastating storm made…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsAppalachia‘s battle b/w wish & hope w/ energy industry researcher Sean O’Leary (We Can Be S04EP08)
Energy industry researcher and “The State of My State” author Sean O’Leary zeroes in on the role of coal, natural gas and petrochemicals in the economies of…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsEnvironmental Health News investigative reporter Kristina Marusic uncovers hard truths & arms public w/ facts (We Can Be S04EP07)
Kristina Marusic is an investigative reporter covering environmental health & justice issues for Environmental Health News, a nonprofit and nonpartisan…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsThe true cost of military service w/ War Horse founder/journalist Thomas Brennan (We Can Be S04EP06)
Thomas Brennan is Founder and Exec. Director of The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom that has gained international respect for reporting on the often-unspoken…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsReinventing Social Change author Nell Edgington on embracing abundance, joy & power of “yet” (We Can Be S04EP05)
Nell Edgington, author of “Reinventing Social Change: Embrace Abundance to Create a Healthier and more Equitable World,” has traveled coast to coast in her…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsDr. Barry Kerzin, personal physician to Dalai Lama & Altruism in Medicine Institute founder on power of compassion (We Can Be S04EP04)
Dr. Barry Kerzin is foremost a kind, giving, smart and all-around inspirational human being. And if that were all he was, it would be more than enough. But…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsRebuilding Appalachia for a new energy economy w/ Coalfield Development CEO Brandon Dennison (We Can Be S04EP03)
Coalfield Development CEO Brandon Dennison & his team are rebuilding the Appalachian economy one job at a time, with gumption, grit & grace as their guide. The…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsHow & why radical generosity works w/ GivingTuesday co-founder Asha Curran (We Can Be S04EP02)
GivingTuesday co-founder Asha Curran has been key in producing 20 billion social media impressions & raising nearly $2.5 billion dollars to help others in a…
We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments“Diversity Explosion” author/demographer William Frey on where America is headed & why it's good for us (S04EP01)
William H. Frey (“Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America”) joins host Grant Oliphant in diving into new census data - and shares…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsBridging gap between university & community: The Center for Shared Prosperity (WeCanBeSpecEp)
Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab leader Illah Nourbakhsh, & Raqueeb Bey, exec. dir. of Black Urban Gardeners & Farmers of Pittsburgh join host &…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsDesigning cities for justice w/ Toni Griffin, “Patterned Justice” co-editor & Harvard’s Just City Lab lead innovator (We Can Be S03EP12)
Toni Griffin, head of the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City Lab and co-editor of “Patterned Justice,” joins host Grant Oliphant for this episode of…
We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments“Reach” author & BMe co-founder Trabian Shorters on the astounding power of asset framing (We Can Be S03EP11)
Trabian Shorters, international expert on the cognitive structure of “asset framing” and co-founder and CEO of the Miami, Florida-based BMe, joins host Grant…
We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments"White Fragility" author Robin DiAngelo: why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism (S03EP10)
Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism,” began an 85-week run on The New York Times Bestseller List upon its…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsArtist & cultural agitator D.S. Kinsel protests w/art & leads w/heart (SE0309)
D.S. Kinsel is – in his own words – a “multidisciplinary artist and cultural agitator” who in 2014 co-founded BOOM Concepts, an art collective “dedicated to…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsThe radical imagination of PolicyLink founder Angela Glover Blackwell is building a more equitable world (S03EP08)
The very fact that our country is having a conversation about equity now is due in no small part to the groundbreaking work of Angela Glover Blackwell, who…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsThe fight against climate racism w/ NAACP Environmental Justice program dir. Jacqueline Patterson (S03EP07)
Communities of color breathe in nearly 40 percent more polluted air than white communities, and African-American children are three times as likely to suffer…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsElection safety & equity in algorithms w/ cybersecurity expert David Hickton (S03EP06)
The nation’s leading cybersecurity expert, David Hickton, founding director of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security joins…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsJustice, poetry, race & activism in education w/ Dr. Valerie Kinloch (WeCanBeS03EP05)
Author, scholar & education visionary Dr. Valerie Kinloch joins host Grant Oliphant for this episode of “We Can Be.” Valerie has penned “Harlem on Our Minds…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsWhy tackling climate change is absolutely doable w/ Jonathan Foley, Ex. Dir. Project Drawdown (S0EP04)
Dr. Jonathan Foley, world-renowned environmental scientist, sustainability expert, author, and executive director of Project Drawdown, joins host Grant…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsHow Indigenous wisdom can help heal inequities w/ Decolonizing Wealth author Edgar Villanueva (S03EP3)
Edgar Villanueva, Lumbee Indian tribe member and author of “Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance,” shares with host Grant…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsColumnist Tony Norman & the "revolution in attitudes" fueling social change (S03EP02)
For the past 24 years, renowned Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist and book review editor Tony Norman has written about the most pressing issues of the day…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsArtist Mikael Owunna reveals inherent beauty, power & dignity of Black & LGBTQ+ bodies (S03EP01)
Mikael Chukwuma Owunna has described himself as a “queer Nigerian-Swedish American photographer, Fulbright Scholar and engineer” who “imagines new universes…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsTruth in science advocate Dr. Todd Woylnn on a COVID-19 vaccine & what it unveils about our society (Stronger than This series EP8)
Nationally renowned vaccine expert Dr. Todd Wolynn, co-founder of the vaccine-advocacy group Shots Heard Round the World, joins host Grant Oliphant to discuss…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsEmmai Alaquiva on using art to expose truths in historically trying times (Stronger than This series EP7)
Emmy-winning composer, director & photographer Emmai Alaquiva joins host Grant Oliphant to discuss the role of art in fighting “the radical particles that have…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsWhat COVID-19 reveals about food insecurity w/ 412 Food Rescue’s Leah Lizarondo (Stronger than This series #6)
Global Leadership Award winner Leah Lizarondo, founder & CEO of 412 Food Rescue, talks with host Grant Oliphant about what COVID-19 reveals about food…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsAir quality & COVID-19 w/ Clean Air Task Force’s John Graham (Stronger than This series EP5)
Dr. John Graham, a senior scientist with the Clean Air Task Force, talks with host Grant Oliphant about the effects COVID-19 is having on the air we breathe…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsKids & COVID-19 w/ Patrick Dowd, Exec. Dir. Allies for Children (Stronger than This series EP4)
Patrick Dowd, executive director of Allies for Children, joins host Grant Oliphant to talk about the myriad of ways COVID-19 is affecting our young people…
We Can Be - The Heinz EndowmentsRedirecting anger into action w/ Monica Ruiz, ED of Latino advocacy entity Casa San Jose (Stronger than This series EP3)
Monica Ruiz, executive director of Latino advocacy entity Casa San Jose, joins host Grant Oliphant to talk about the unique ways COVID-19 is affecting…