TALK OF THE TOWN

Talk of the Town welcomes the new President and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis, Arrey Obenson. The organization has provided resettlement and integration services for nearly every new immigrant population in the St. Louis region since 1919. For more information, you can check it out HERE.

Talk of the Town welcomes, Ron Himes – founder and producing director for The Black Rep. It’s one of the largest, not-for-profit professional African-American theatre companies in the nation and the largest African-American performing arts organization in Missouri.

For more info, please click HERE.

Lauren speaks with Bernie Hayes, the Interim Executive Director for the National Blues Museum. They discuss how the facility educates guests in an entertaining environment that includes high impact technology driven experiences, a state-of-the-art theater, artifact-driven exhibits and robust public programming. Click HERE for more info and to get tickets.

Talk of the Town welcomes Mike Woods, co-founder of Dream Builders 4 Equity to the show! Mike talks about his goal to provide at-risk youth with access to a diverse and broad set of assets through mentorship, entrepreneurship, scholarship, and leadership training.

For more info on DB4E go to, www.dreambuilders4equity.org/

Jeff Briggs, Earthquake Program Manager of Missouri State Emergency Management Agency to discuss being prepared for the next one.

Here are a few links and resources we discussed:
www.centralusquake.org sema.dps.mo.gov/earthquake_preparedness/summit.php
www.shakeout.org/centralus/missouri/

Talk of the Town welcomes Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager, Missouri Botanical Garden’s EarthWays Center, St. Louis! For more info, click HERE. Useful tips and local product and service sources can be found online at www.mobot.org/sustainability. The EarthWays Green Resources Answer Service is available at greenresources@mobot.org or (314) 577-0246.

Talk of the Town welcomes Givable Executive Director, Jared Opsal and Sarah Javier, President & Executive Director of APA of Missouri to chat about the January raffle benefitting the APA!

For more info on the STL 50/50 raffle: stl5050.com
For more info on the APA of Missouri: https://apamo.org/

Lauren and Tim from Talk of the Town welcome Veterans Community Project President, Jason Kander (yes, that Jason Kander!!!) to the show to chat about the new St. Louis campus of tiny homes for homeless veterans in our city. For more info on VCP, click HERE.

Talk of the Town welcomes Cathy “MamaCat” Daniels
Founder/CEO- PotBangerz Feed The Body Mission to the show.

PotBangerz is a St. Louis based family of community leaders who fight injustice by uplifting the community, meeting nutritional needs, helping our unhoused families navigate their way to permanent housing, and advocating for them when they need it the most. When we have rebuilt and transformed the lives of our unhoused families we can say mission accomplished. Click HERE for more info!

Lauren and Tim welcome Habitat for Humanity’s St. Charles Affiliate to the program. We chatted with Leah Manis, Director of Marketing and Annual Giving about how Habitat brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. For more info, click HERE.

Talk of the Town welcomes, Joy Millner, co-founder and co-director of ‘The Fit and Food Connection’. They provide access to healthy food, fitness classes, holistic group wellness education, and one-on-one coaching to communities in need. For more info, please click HERE.

Lauren and Tim speak with Jamie Wallace, Director of Operations for Urban Harvest STL. They grow healthy produce across a network of eight rooftop urban farms in the heart of St. Louis and donate the majority of the harvest to nonprofit partners serving communities with limited or non-existent access to healthy, nutritious food. Urban Harvest STL also educates and engages the surrounding community in these efforts. To learn more about these incredible rooftop farms, click HERE.

Talk of the Town welcomes Jill Pritchard — News Services Coordinator at Missouri Department of Conservation and Host of Nature Boost Podcast. She explores everything nature has to offer – from health benefits and wildlife viewing, to outdoor recreation and unbelievable conservation stories. To check out her podcast, click HERE.

Lauren and Tim from Talk of the Town speak with Lt. Col. Bob Webster, Salvation Army Midland Divisional Commander to discuss the mission and programs that help all walks of life through the support of the Salvation Army! For more info on how to volunteer and donate, click HERE.

Talk of the Town welcomes Alison Thornton, Executive Director of LUNG CANCER CONNECTION to the show to discuss the Virtual Run/Walk/Breathe event happening all November long!

For more info, click HERE.