Our People & Our Planet: Climate Change, Conservation, & Community in the Triangle

In this podcast episode, Triangle Community Foundation Vice President of Development and Donor Engagement is joined by Bert Armstrong of Armstrong McGuire, and donors Andree and Bill Stanford, to discuss Our Fund for the Triangle and the Impact of Collective Giving. Chapters 1:40 Intro & Pivot from What Matters events to Fund for the Triangle 7:30 Making an Impact 10:30 Importance of the Foundations philanthropic expertise 17:00 Advice to Donors who are looking to participate in giving 23:00 Final thoughts Want to support the Foundation in the immediate needs of the Triangle and become a catalyst for change? Visit our Fund for the Triangle!

On April's special Earth Day episode, Triangle Community Foundation Program Officer Sarah Guidi is joined by Katie Rose Levin, Urban Forestry Manager for the Town of Cary and Tatiana Height, Program Director for Partners for Environmental Justice to discuss Our people and our planet: climate change, conservation, and community in the Triangle.    Chapters:  1:25 Intro + Importance of treating environmental & social outcomes as interconnected   8:40 Addressing Climate Change  17:50 What makes you hopeful?  24:50 Highlighting nonprofits doing this work and getting involved    For more information on Partners for Environmental Justice, click here. To learn more about Town of Cary's projects, click here. You can provide support to Our Impact: Sustainable Communities with our Fund for the Triangle, learn more here. 

On March's What Matters: The Podcast episode, Triangle Community Foundation Director of Marketing and Communications Meg Farrell Buckingham is joined by Jenni Owen from the North Carolina Office of Strategic Partnerships and Ben Money from the Department of Health and Human Services to discuss A year of crisis: What we’ve learned through nonprofit and philanthropic partnerships. Click the video above to watch or find this month’s episode on our Spotify or Apple Podcast channels. Chapters 1:30 Intro & Rapid Response of COVID-19  7:20 Survey and Report on NC Nonprofits  10:20 Student Response Corps 12:10 A year into COVID-19  18:50 What are ways audience members can help? 26:10 Hope for the Future For more information Learn more about the North Carolina Office of Strategic Partnerships, click here and to learn about the survey on how nonprofits are coping with COVID-19, click here. Learn more about the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, click here. To support the Foundation in the immediate needs of the Triangle, click here.

In this new year, Anita Brown-Graham from UNC School of Government, Lori O’Keefe from Triangle Community Foundation, and Jeanne Tedrow from the NC Center for Nonprofits come together to discuss what the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors continue to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic, exposed disparities, and racial inequity.     Time stamps:  1:53​ Intro & A look back on 2020  6:37​ How do we fit the magnitude of this crisis against the resources?  10:30​ Nonprofits Reaching Capacity  16:00​ Addressing Nonprofit Burnout  19:00​ How do nonprofits build opportunities for people of color led organizations?  24:45​ The importance of funding people of color led organizations 27:20: Hope for 2021

On our first episode of 2021, Foundation host Sarah Battersby welcomes guests Tych Cowdin from Communities in Schools of Chatham County, Ricky Hurtado from LatinexEd, and Adeja Cheek, our current Scholarship Intern to discuss Learning During COVID: What’s Changed and Where Are We Going?   Chapters:  1:45 Intro & “How have things changed?”  10:15 What are the immediate needs of students and how can donors help?  18:00 How do we move forward?  27:15 Conclusion

In our last episode of What Matters: The Video Podcast series, our guests highlight what is it like to be an artist during this time, what do the arts do for our community, how funding can play into racial inequity, and from the donor perspective why is it so important to support the arts right now.    Special Guests:  Monét Marshall, Artist/ Arts Consultant: Brandon Cordrey, Executive Director, Visual Art Exchange; Bernard Hsu, Triangle Community Foundation Fundholder [Foundation staff: Sarah Guidi and Alexandria Franklin]   New episodes will be on our website, https://trianglecf.org/impact/what-matters/what-matters-the-video-podcast/, and on Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/6nImeOnfMvkLtaw0wv0kDb

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected students in our region. From concerns over learning loss, food insecurity, and scholarship restrictions to housing and mental health factors, students of all ages have had to make unexpected changes amid an uncertain future. In episode 4 of the What Matters Video Podcast, our guests highlight some of the challenges that students have had to make, and what's still needed to ensure they can all thrive. New episodes will be on our website, https://trianglecf.org/impact/what-matters/what-matters-the-video-podcast/, and on Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/6nImeOnfMvkLtaw0wv0kDb

The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and deepened inequities that already existed in our community. Federal and state laws disqualified undocumented residents from receiving this spring's stimulus checks and continued unemployment benefits.  In episode 3 of the What Matters Video Podcast, our guests discuss why aid was restricted, why this type of funding is vital to our community, and why our donors felt compelled to support this work.    Special guests: Melinda Wiggins, Executive Director of Student Action with Farmworkers and Foundation Board Member; Michelle Bermeo Betancourt, Development Manager of El Pueblo; Bob Healy, semi-retired Professor of Environmental Policy at Duke University; and Kay Edgar, retired CPA and financial planner, both fundholders at the Foundation [Foundation staff: Ebony West and Laurel Shulman]   New episodes will be on our website, https://trianglecf.org/impact/what-matters/what-matters-the-video-podcast/, and on Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/6nImeOnfMvkLtaw0wv0kDb

This week's episode dives in the work of nonprofits led by and serving communities of color—what work they are doing, why their work is important, why they need our dollars, and how their organization and their clients are being especially impacted by COVID-19. In episode 2 of this series, you'll hear from our Triangle Capacity Building Network as they shed light on why this type of funding is vital, highlighting the work being done in the crisis, why our TCBN partners support this work.  Special guests: : Monica Daye, Executive Director of Stand Up Speak Out; Alexandra Zagabayou, Executive Director of Student U; Stacey Donoghue, Executive Director of StrongHER TogetHER; Valerie Stewart, Director, Healthy Communities, Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation; Member, Triangle Capacity-Building Network [Foundation staff: Julia Da Silva and Tanaya Suddreth Lynch]   New episodes will be on our website, https://trianglecf.org/impact/what-matters/what-matters-the-video-podcast/, and on Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/6nImeOnfMvkLtaw0wv0kDb

The COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to adapt to new ways of doing things, and for our region’s nonprofits, that quick pivot was of utmost importance because there were vital needs to be met in our community. In episode 1 of this series, you’ll hear from the donor and nonprofit perspective on why being flexible and maximizing impact was so important, what they saw in the beginning, and what changes they are hopeful will continue into the future. Special guests: Zulayka Santiago, NC Funder Collaborative for Strong Latinx Communities; Diane Amato, Founder of The Art of Giving; and Eric Guckian, President & CEO of United Way of the Greater Triangle. [Foundation staff: Sarah Guidi and Natalia Siegel] New episodes will be on our website, https://trianglecf.org/impact/what-matters/what-matters-the-video-podcast/, and on Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/6nImeOnfMvkLtaw0wv0kDb