Trust Talks

Episode 16: Working Collaboratively to Address Community Safety (September 2024)

In this episode of Trust Talks, Jai Jones, Program Specialist for the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, is joined by Esther Franco-Payne (Executive Director, Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities), Robert Boik (Vice President of Public Safety, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club), Teny Gross (CEO, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago), and America Campos (Executive Director, U.N.I.O.N. Impact Center), to discuss PSPC’s priorities and accomplishments, its new Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago fund, and the importance of multi-sector collaboration to make our neighborhoods safer and more vibrant.

Episode 15: We Rise Together: For An Equitable & Just Recovery (June 2024)

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 visions communities have for their local economies. This episode is hosted by Christen Wiggins, program director for We Rise Together: For an Equitable & Just Recovery, and features Nedra Sims Fears, executive director for the Greater Chatham Initiative and a We Rise Together Steering Committee member; Griselda Piedra, community relations manager for PODER; and Steve and Nicole VanderVoort, We Rise Together donors.

Episode 14: Building a Robust Media Landscape (March 2024)

In this episode of Trust Talks, we explore the current state of the media, how to reverse the decline in local news outlets, and the importance of leveraging a philanthropic funder collaborative to support local media. This episode is hosted by Lauren Woods, program manager with the Trust’s Building Collective team—and features Silvia Rivera, director of local news at MacArthur Foundation; Mauricio Peña, editorial director of Borderless Magazine; Mackenzie Warren, director of the Medill Local News Accelerator; and Christie Hefner, businesswoman and Press Forward donor.