For the People

We're connecting with the Connecticut Democracy Center and focusing on Connecticut History Day, one of 58 affiliate programs of National History Day, that is encouraging students in grades 6-12 to explore local, state, national, and world history.

Meet the co-founder of Hang Time, and learn how this highly successful program is igniting a grassroots movement to empower and reintegrate ex-offenders back into society by embracing and guiding those suffering from Post-Traumatic & Present Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to urban gun violence.

Are you feeling stressed? Then you are so not alone. But in our opening segment - and the first of several marking Mental Health Awareness Month - our guest and co-founder of Your Village Journey will explain that it's all how you deal with it. And she'll follow up with tips to help take some of the pressure of our everyday world away.

Are you feeling stressed? Then you are so not alone. But in our opening segment - and the first of several marking Mental Health Awareness Month - our guest and co-founder of Your Village Journey will explain that it's all how you deal with it. And she'll follow up with tips to help take some of the pressure of our everyday world away. Then we'll touch base with the co-founder of Hang Time, igniting a grassroots movement to empower and reintegrate ex-offenders back into society by embracing and guiding those suffering from Post-Traumatic & Present Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to urban gun violence. And we're closing with the Connecticut Democracy Center and a special focus on Connecticut History Day, one of 58 affiliate programs of National History Day, that is encouraging students in grades 6-12 to explore local, state, national, and world history.

This segment is delivering you a little culture - literally - as we meet the co-founder of cARTie, a nonprofit mobile art museum bus bridging inequities in education and arts access by providing families and children exciting art and museum adventures.

Tune into our enlightening conversation about domestic and family violence prevention with the CEO from the Domestic Violence Crisis Center. We'll help educate you about financial and technology abuse, and we'll also invite you to support the cause at their upcoming Voices of Courage Luncheon.

It's all ducky on For the People, as we invite you to have a blast while supporting dozens of worthy nonprofits at the 20th Anniversary Duck Race & Festival, in downtown Naugatuck, as more than 15,000 rubber ducks are launched into the Naugatuck River amidst enjoying fun festivities, vendors, games, and live entertainment.

Today it's all ducky on For the People, as we open inviting you to have a blast while supporting dozens of worthy nonprofits at the 20th Anniversary Duck Race & Festival, in downtown Naugatuck, as more than 15,000 rubber ducks are launched into the Naugatuck River amidst enjoying fun festivities, vendors, games, and live entertainment.Then we'll get serious, as we pick up the conversation about domestic and family violence prevention with the CEO from the Domestic Violence Crisis Center. We'll also invite you to support the cause at their upcoming Voices of Courage Luncheon.And we'll close delivering you a little culture - literally - as we meet the co-founder of cARTie, a nonprofit mobile art museum bus bridging inequities in education and arts access by providing families and children exciting art and museum adventures.

This chat re-engages our leading authority on kelp - Professor Charlie Yarish. Is yours one of the growing households that regularly consumes kelp - or maybe you even integrated as part of your Easter Sunday feast? Dr. Yarish explains how and why thinking about being a kelp consumer is good for your health, as well as our local and global environment.

April is World Wish Month, so we connected with Make-A-Wish CT - which is currently working with dozens of qualified families and local children toward granting their wishes. You'll be surprised at how easy it is for you to become a "Wish Maker," so stay tuned and learn how to get involved.

On Easter morning, we delivered introductions and an invitation from 100 Black Men of Stamford. Their reps dropped in to invite all 6th to 12th graders to their FREE, 2nd annual STEMFest - an all-day interactive event with exciting workshops and activities that aims to deliver fun, learning, and connections.

On Easter morning, we're delivering introductions and an invitation - as we welcome 100 Black Men of Stamford. They dropped in to invite all 6th to 12th graders to their FREE, 2nd annual STEMFest - an all-day interactive event with exciting workshops and activities that aims to deliver fun, learning, and connections.Then, since April is World Wish Month, we're connecting with Make-A-Wish CT - which is currently working with dozens of qualified families and local children toward granting their wishes. You'll be surprised at how easy it is for you to become a "Wish Maker," so stay tuned and learn how to get involved.Then, we'll circle back with our leading authority on kelp - Professor Charlie Yarish. Is yours one of the growing households that regularly consumes kelp - or maybe even has it integrated as part of your Easter Sunday feast? Dr. Yarish will explain how and why thinking about being a kelp consumer is good for your health, as well as our local and global environment.

In late March, the Bridgeport Regional Business Council hosted the Engage & Grow Expo and For the People was there - connecting with dynamic leaders from local nonprofit, educational, and business support organizations like SCORE, the CT Institute for Refugees and Immigrants, the Southwest Community Health Center, the Southwest CT Manufacturing Partnership, the Housatonic Community College Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, the Coastal Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, the Center for Family Justice, and more. Check out the conversations - and get prepared to "engage and grow!"

Each April - National Safe Digging Month (NSDM) AND "Call Before You Dig Month" in Connecticut - we bring back an expert to discuss 8-1-1 and the state's Call Before You Dig program that could not only save residents from utility interruptions and worse, while helping train and educate construction professionals on the safest ways to operate when excavating.

Meet a 20-year CT Dept. of Transportation staffer engaged in an outreach effort to help educate state residents about the agency's Active Transportation Plan. If you thought you could never have a say about how Connecticut handles transportation matters, listen in and learn how to lend your voice to improving things on our roadways.

The wait is over. After two years and a number of interviews on For the People, the Greater Bridgeport Symphony has selected its new Music Director - so stick with us as we pick up the conversation with Eduardo Leandro, to let you know what he has in store for the upcoming GBS season.

The wait is over. After two years and a number of interviews on For the People, the Greater Bridgeport Symphony has selected its new Music Director - so stick with us as we pick up the conversation with Eduardo Leandro, to let you know what he has in store for the upcoming GBS season.Then we'll steer ourselves toward a CT Dept. of Transportation staffer engaged in an outreach effort to help educate state residents about the agency's Active Transportation Plan. If you thought you could never have a say about how Connecticut handles transportation matters, listen in and learn how to lend your voice to improving things on our roadways.And as we try to do each April, we'll bring back an expert to discuss 8-1-1 and the state's Call Before You Dig program that could not only save residents from utility interruptions, but also helps train and educate construction professionals on the safest ways to operate when excavating.

The annual celebration of CT Ag Day was held recently at the State capitol in Hartford, and For the People was invited back to humbly receive an award from the CT Agricultural Information Council, and to grab an opportunity to chat with a number of the participants including the CT Nursery and Landscape Assoc., the Farmer Veteran Coalition, the CT Farm Bureau, the UConn Extension, the School Nutrition Assoc. Of CT, Very Alive, the Dean of UConn's College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, and even the state's Dept. of Agriculture's Commissioner. Stay tuned and hear some inspiring stories and important information straight from the folks who tend our farms and deliver Connecticut's farm-grown fare to our markets and tables.

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, so we're taking the opportunity to bring back representatives of the CT Council on Problem Gambling to talk about the latest trends they are seeing here in the state, as well as reaching out to those to offer help and hope if they are trapped in the spiral of problem gambling.

Catch up with representatives from the Greenwich Historical Society to learn more about "Rediscover Greenwich," a new series of interactive programs created in partnership with Untapped New York that will showcase the unique history of Greenwich's neighborhoods, architectural landmarks and more.

If you missed the first part of our interview with Bryan Caferelli - the CT Consumer Protection Commissioner, you can catch up by hitting the Podcast Tab for our last show on any of our radio station websites. In the meantime - we're bringing you Part 2 of that chat, which will give you even more insight on the many ways this agency touches our lives, and protects us all from scammers and bad actors.

If you missed the first part of our interview with Bryan Caferelli - the CT Consumer Protection Commissioner, you can catch up by hitting the Podcast Tab for our last show on any of our radio station websites. In the meantime - we're bringing you Part 2 of that chat, which will give you even more insight on the many ways this agency touches our lives, and protects us all from scammers and bad actors.Then we'll catch up with representatives from the Greenwich Historical Society to learn more about "Rediscover Greenwich," a new series of interactive programs created in partnership with Untapped New York that will showcase the unique history of Greenwich's neighborhoods, architectural landmarks and more.And finally, March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, so we're taking the opportunity to bring back representatives of the CT Council on Problem Gambling to talk about the latest trends they are seeing here in the state, as well as reaching out to those to offer help and hope if they are trapped in the spiral of problem gambling.

Check out some important news and solid advice in the first of a two-part chat with the Commissioner of the state's Dept. of Consumer Protection on the heels of Consumer Protection Week. You'll probably be surprised how many ways this agency touches our lives, and protects us all from scammers and bad actors.

We're catching up with our friends at ARI, to invite you to participate in or sponsor their 19th Annual Walk for Independence. We'll also bring in a member of the Stamford Police Dept. to discuss how officers in that community are training to work more successfully and effectively with alternately abled and neurodivergent individuals they may encounter in the line of duty or elsewhere.

If you live in or near the Meriden / Wallingford area, we want to introduce you to the fine folks at Master's Manna, a very busy nonprofit working to tackle hunger insecurity and supporting individuals and families facing financial challenges.

If you live in or near the Meriden / Wallingford area, we want to introduce you to the fine folks at Master's Manna, a very busy nonprofit working to tackle hunger insecurity and supporting individuals and families facing financial challenges. Then we'll catch up with our friends at ARI, to invite you to participate in or sponsor their 19th Annual Walk for Independence. We'll also bring in a member of the Stamford Police Dept. to discuss how officers in that community are training to work more successfully and effectively with alternately abled and neurodivergent individuals they may encounter in the line of duty or elsewhere. And we'll wrap things up with some important news and solid advice in the first of a two-part chat with the Commissioner of the state's Dept. of Consumer Protection on the heels of Consumer Protection Week. You'll probably be surprised how many ways this agency touches our lives, and protects us all from scammers and bad actors.

Connecticut's Northeast Organic Farming Association - or CT NOFA - held their 43rd Winter Conference last weekend at Eastern CT State University, and For the People was there to put together a live Special Report that digs into everything from worms and bugs to a proposed state Constitutional Amendment and making agriculture more sustainable and equitable - especially for veterans, minority community members, and new Connecticut farmers. So stay tuned and hear from participants including She Worms Composting, the CT Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), CT NOFA's Director of Advocacy, the CT Land Conservation Council, Phocas Seeds, CT REsource & Conservation Development, and the New CT Farmer Alliance.

The CT Data Collaborative just released an important report on "How New Federal DOT Policy Would Disadvantage Connecticut, Especially Our Urban Centers.” So, we'll unpack that as well as examining highlights from CTData's latest annual report. Data was never so timely and important - find out why!

Meet the entire leadership team from Impact Fairfield County. We'll talk about their 2nd Impactful Conversation of the 2024-2025 grant year on the topic of “Gaining Space for Mental Wellness,” exploring how peer pressure, isolation and attachment to technology are shaping children, families and local communities, and let you know how to get involved in - or support future activities.

Thanks to an amazing $5 million endowment announced just days ago, the transformation of Greenwich Library from a traditional library into a comprehensive cultural and educational center will pick up where Connecticut's most visited library left off with its recent "Reimagine" renovation project. So we'll call on the Library Director to expand on this news - and to let patrons and the public know what's in store for the future.

Thanks to an amazing $5 million endowment announced just days ago, the transformation of Greenwich Library from a traditional library into a comprehensive cultural and educational center will pick up where Connecticut's most visited library left off with its recent "Reimagine" renovation project. So we'll call on the Library Director to expand on this news - and to let patrons and the public know what's in store for the future.Then we'll welcome the entire leadership team from Impact Fairfield County. We'll talk about their 2nd Impactful Conversation of the 2024-2025 grant year on the topic of “Gaining Space for Mental Wellness,” exploring how peer pressure, isolation and attachment to technology are shaping children, families and local communities, and let you know how to get involved in - or support future activities.And we'll wrap things up with the CT Data Collaborative. The agency just released an important report on "How New Federal DOT Policy Would Disadvantage Connecticut, Especially Our Urban Centers.” So, we'll unpack that as well as examining highlights from their latest annual report.

We want to introduce a couple of members from the Chi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. This local chapter is dedicated to giving back, and they're hosting a FREE Annual Youth Symposium March 8 to empower and inspire youth ages 8-18 through engaging workshops, music, and community connection. So tune in and we'll let you in on how to get involved.

We're circling back with a couple of folks from reSET - which is providing coworking space, accelerator, and mentoring programs, while supporting entrepreneurs responding to community challenges. reSET just acquired New Haven based Collab, so we'll find out why, and how this newly fortified nonprofit is going to work advancing Connecticut’s future.

PreservationCT - formerly the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation is turning 50 this year, so we'll kick off a series of interviews with its representatives to learn more about how this agency is going to continue sustaining and preserving critical buildings, sites, even social and cultural practices that helped shape the state we live in.

PreservationCT - formerly the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation is turning 50 this year, so we'll kick off a series of interviews with representatives to learn more about how they're going to continue sustaining and preserving critical buildings, sites, even social and cultural practices that helped shape the state we live in.Then we're circling back with a couple of folks from reSET - providing coworking space, accelerator, and mentoring programs, while supporting entrepreneurs responding to community challenges. reSET just acquired New Haven based Collab, so we'll find out why, and how this newly fortified nonprofit is going to work advancing Connecticut’s future.And we'll close with a couple of members from the Chi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. This local chapter is dedicated to giving back, and they're hosting a FREE Annual Youth Symposium March 8 to empower and inspire youth ages 8-18 through engaging workshops, music, and community connection. So stick around and we'll let you in on how to get involved.

Meet two leaders from Liberation Programs, a key substance abuse and prevention agency serving Fairfield County. We'll talk about a bill they are supporting in the statehouse this session that has the potential to save thousands of lives in the state, as well as how they are working with schools to help ensure kids never venture down the road to substance use.

We're connecting with ConnCORP - the Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program - which is focused on economic development and providing opportunities to New Haven’s underserved residents. ConnCORP just launched its 'State of Black Business' survey, so we'll explain how you can participate - and why it's so important.

We're keeping things flowing with our first segment, as we visit the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (COG) to continue our series about the ongoing Kinneytown Dam removal project. How could the removal of one deteriorating dam have regional - even global environmental implications? Tune in and find out.

We're keeping things flowing with our first segment, as we visit the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (COG) to continue our series about the ongoing Kinneytown Dam removal project. How could the removal of one deteriorating dam have regional - even global environmental implications? Stay tuned and find out.Then, we're connecting with ConnCORP - the Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program - which is focused on economic development and providing opportunities to New Haven’s underserved residents. ConnCORP just launched its 'State of Black Business' survey, so we'll explain how you can participate - and why it's so important. And we're closing with two leaders from Liberation Programs, a key substance abuse and prevention agency serving Fairfield County. We'll talk about a bill they are supporting in the statehouse this session that has the potential to save thousands of lives in the state, as well as how they are working with schools to help ensure kids never venture down the road to substance use.

We're continuing our regular visits with CT Foodshare. How is the current state of affairs impacting hunger in our state, who are the ones most at risk for hunger insecurity, and what can you do to try and help as many of our kids and families access a sufficient and nutritious supply of food? We'll unpack these issues and more - stay tuned.

Check out what the leader of the CCM Foundation for Youth has to say about supporting and advising on strategies related to Young People First and the associated crisis of youth disconnection in the state's educational system. You'll learn how declining education funding at the state level has resulted in a negative impact on taxpayers at the local level.

Meet Kids Helping Kids - an organization that has inspired over 1,500 students to participate in youth-led service projects in their communities. Their upcoming 'Hope Day' mental health fair is bringing together numerous mental health resources - so, we'll tell you all about it, and how to get involved!

We're leading off with two important segments focusing on Connecticut's young people, and starting with Kids Helping Kids - an organization that has inspired over 1,500 students to participate in youth-led service projects in their communities. Their upcoming 'Hope Day' mental health fair is bringing together numerous mental health resources - so, we'll tell you all about it.Then, we'll chat with the leader of the CCM Foundation for Youth - supporting and advising on strategies related to Young People First and the associated crisis of youth disconnection in the state's educational system. Stay tuned and learn how declining education funding at the state level has resulted in a negative impact on taxpayers at the local level. And we'll close continuing our regular visits with CT Foodshare. How is the current state of affairs impacting hunger in our state, who are the ones most at risk for hunger insecurity, and what can you do to try and help as many of our kids and families access a sufficient and nutritious supply of food? We'll unpack these issues and more - stay tuned.

Get to know our partners from the Thin Line Peer Support Team - which is working hard providing one-on-one connections to help our first responders and military service members address issues including depression and PTSD. Tune in and find out how you can help by sponsoring or playing in their upcoming golf tournament!

For the People is circling back with AARP Connecticut to unpack some of the most important elements of the organization's 2025 Legislative Agenda. These are not just initiatives that are important to older residents, so stay tuned and learn how these issues impact you.

CT NOFA's 43rd Winter Conference is coming up, featuring a series of virtual workshops in the lead up to a full day, in-person gathering and celebration on March 1. So, we're connecting with NOFA's leader to learn all about it and tell you how to get involved.

CT NOFA's 43rd Winter Conference is coming up, featuring a series of virtual workshops February 25-27 in the lead up to a full day, in-person gathering and celebration on March 1. So, we'll open connecting with NOFA's leader to learn all about it and tell you how to get involved. Then, we'll circle back with AARP Connecticut to unpack some of the most important elements of the organization's 2025 Legislative Agenda. These are not just initiatives that are important to older residents, so stay tuned and learn how these issues impact you. And we'll close with our partners from the Thin Line Peer Support Team - which is working hard providing one-on-one connections to help our first responders and military service members address issues including depression and PTSD. Tune in and find out how you can help by sponsoring or playing in their upcoming golf tournament!

Join us as For the People explores how the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the lives of your kids and children's lives across Connecticut and the nation as we connect with the real live authors of a brand new report from Connecticut Voices for Children.

We're living in interesting political times, so we'll tap into a conversation with the Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service that will help you better appreciate why your voice and presence in some type of public service may be more critical today than ever.

If you've been gripped by the tragedy and loss stemming from the Los Angeles wildfires, there's an opportunity for you to be a hero to fire and disaster victims and others right here at home by becoming a Red Cross Disaster Services volunteer - tune in and we'll tell you all about it.