Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 18: Supporting Our Immigrant Communities
The truth about immigration in the United States is that unless you are Native American, we all came from somewhere else. Yet, in…
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Episode 18: Supporting Our Immigrant Communities (April 2025)
In this episode of Trust Talks, we share insights into the immigrant experience, examine immigrants’ contributions to our communities and region, and discuss how misperceptions fuel stereotypes and false narratives about immigration.
This episode is hosted by Ayom Siengo (Senior Director of Critical Needs at The Chicago Community Trust). It features Eréndira Rendón (Vice President of Immigrant Justice at The Resurrection Project), Fasika Alem (Programs Director at United African Organization), Robert Quinn (Quinn Family Fund and Illinois Immigration Funder Collaborative Steering Committee), and Heather Steans (Board Chair of Steans Family Foundation).
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 17: Leveraging the Power of Data
The Chicago Community Trust’s strategic focus on addressing the racial and ethnic wealth gap was informed by data on the stark differences in…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 16: Working Collaboratively to Address Community Safety
In this episode of Trust Talks, Jai Jones, Program Specialist for the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, is joined by Esther Franco-Payne…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 15: We Rise Together: For An Equitable & Just Recovery
In this episode of Trust Talks, we discuss We Rise Together’s impact and what’s next, including how the initiative—and donors—can continue to fuel the…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 14: Building a Robust Local Media Landscape
In this episode of Trust Talks, we explore the current state of the media, how to reverse the decline in local news outlets,…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 13: Planning for Equitable Neighborhood Development
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore the role of planning in neighborhood development, current efforts to increase investment in…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 12: Closing the Homeownership Gap
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore the work of 3C, how community-centered collaboration can help close the homeownership gap,…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 11: Accessing Federal Funds for an Equitable Recovery
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore the barriers nonprofits face in accessing government funds, as well as opportunities to…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 10: Creating a Lasting Legacy for the Chicago Region
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore how the Trust’s endowment and bequests made decades ago continue to address the most…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 9: Civic Engagement Through a Racial Equity Lens
Under the Trust’s Building Collective Power strategy, The Chicago Community Trust commissioned the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 8: Building Neighborhood Wealth w/ Community Investment Vehicles
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, learn about what Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs) are and the wealth building opportunities they could create…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 7: Solving Our Workforce Challenge
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, as we approach the tenth anniversary of the inception of the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, we…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 6: Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, Anna Lee, Senior Director of Community Impact, sits down with members of the Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership–Lee…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 5: Making Philanthropy Your Own
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, Kristin Carlson Vogen, Senior Director of Philanthropic Services, explores how the Trust helps donors make philanthropy…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 4: Media Makers
In three segments, this episode of the Trust Talks podcast explores the different ways the Trust is strengthening local media and storytelling platforms…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 3: Catalyzing Neighborhood Investment
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, Michael Davidson, senior director of community impact leading the Trust’s Catalyzing Neighborhood Investment portfolio, sits down…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 2: Fund for Equitable Business Growth
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, guests Mambu Sherman, vice president of global philanthropy at JP-Morgan Chase; Eya Louis, contract development coordinator at Elevate Energy;…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 1: Violence Prevention in Chicago
In this inaugural episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we sat down with Anna LauBach, program director at the McCormick Foundation, Deborah Bennett, senior program…