Common Good Podcast

Common Good Podcast x The Liminal Space Episode 1: Welcome to the Liminal Space with Tristan and Rashid

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:00:00 -0400

What happens when imagination meets reality? In this pilot episode, we kick off a special miniseries in collaboration with The Liminal Space Podcast, bringing voices from Cape Town, South Africa to the Common Good conversation. Hosts Tristan Pringle and Rashid Adams introduce themselves, share what drew them to the idea of liminality, and explore the stories that ground them right now, from earth as a shared garden to the liberating power of intuition. The episode closes with a collectively written poem on imagination, storytelling, and the search for glimpses of a better world.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Over seven episodes, this miniseries brings a Global South perspective to the Common Good Podcast’s core themes: the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation, and the structure of belonging. Through conversations with guests in Cape Town, from yoga practitioners in Khayelitsha to musicians, educators, and community organisers, we explore what it looks like to rebuild belonging in the wake of extraction and inherited inequality.

ABOUT THE GUESTS

Tristan Pringle is a life and executive coach, facilitator, and poet based in Cape Town. He works across faith-based, corporate, and grassroots organisations to hold space for dreams of a better world, and to make them real.

Rashid Adams is a musician, songwriter, music producer, and researcher based in Cape Town. His academic work explores how indigenous music-making within decolonial Christian frameworks functions as a form of sacred resistance.

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Walter Brueggemann: Liturgy of Liberation

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:00:00 -0400

Welcome to the Common Good podcast, a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.

Earlier this summer, Walter Brueggemann passed away. His friendship with Peter Block and John McKnight was the spark that inspired the Common Good Collective, and the first three seasons of this podcast captured conversations among these three voices.

To honor Walter’s memory, friends of the Collective are hosting a local gathering in Cincinnati on September 19th in Cincinnati called The Provocation: Practicing Prophetic Imagination in Memory of Walter Brueggemann. We’d love for you to join us.

Today’s episode is a talk Walter gave at the first Common Good Collective gathering in 2018. In it, he turns to the Exodus narrative as a guiding script for social imagination, showing how it helps us uncover hidden meta-narratives and resist the totalizing forces of extractive economies.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change.

Avenue M Podcast with Peter Block: I'm Not Done Yet

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:00:00 -0400

Welcome to the Common Good podcast, a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.

Today’s episode is something a little different. We’re sharing a recent conversation with Peter Block that originally aired on the Avenue M, hosted by Joey Taylor and Haroon Moghul. In each episode they speak with remarkable guests to help unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us.

This rich and intimate conversation centers on Peter Block, a long-time organizational development thinker, and his reflections on mortality, loneliness, freedom, and purpose.

Peter Block is an author and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the co-founder of
Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. Peter is part of the Common Good Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and was a member of his local neighborhood council. His books include Activating the Common Good, Confronting Our Freedom, Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Answer to How Is Yes, Community, and The Abundant Community.

Things referenced in episode:

Avenue M is sponsored by Queen City Diwan, which leads travel adventures, immersive experiences, leadership retreats and religious pilgrimages. Queen City Diwan is excited to share its fall schedule, including an October ‘umrah in Saudi Arabia, a January trip to Andalucía just for college students—and, over Thanksgiving break, we’re planning an incredible tour across three countries. Learn more on our website. Avenue M is produced by Bespoken Live with music by Zach Swelber, who plays in Circle It and Mosant.

This Common Good Podcast was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change.

Kristen Barker: Wholeness, Staying in It, Building Together

Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Chris LaRue, the Director of The Hive, speaks with Kristen Barker.

In addition to being a fellow at the Hive, Kristen Barker is a social entrepreneur and the President and Co-Founder of Co-op Cincy and is a Co-Founder of 1worker1vote. She designs and leads participatory education events with English- and Spanish-speaking co-op workers, and helps worker-owners make their businesses more successful. Kristen also helps our design team determine the feasibility of potential co-op businesses, helps retiring business owners determine whether they can sell their business to their employees, and helps viable co-ops access the capital they need to leverage their ideas.

Chris La Rue has been the Executive Director of The Hive since 2023. As the “chief storyteller,” Chris seeks to amplify the story of transformation The Hive has to tell: one in which people integrate the wisdom of our contemplative traditions in ways that make meaningful collective change possible. He believes that The Hive is uniquely positioned to create a better world by helping individuals find their people, and find their practice.

Check out Co-Op Fest on June 7th.

Here's the writing shared by Howard Thurman: All around us worlds are dying and new worlds are being born; all around us life is dying and life is being born. The fruit ripens on the tree, the roots are silently at work in the darkness of the earth against a time when there shall be new lives, fresh blossoms, green fruit. Such is the growing edge! It is the extra breath from the exhausted lung, the one more thing to try when all else has failed, the upward reach of life when weariness closes in upon all endeavor. This is the basis of hope in moments of despair, the incentive to carry on when times are out of joint and men have lost their reason, the source of confidence when worlds crash and dreams whiten into ash. The birth of a child — life’s most dramatic answer to death — this is the growing edge incarnate. Look well to the growing edge!

Prentis Hemphill: Longing, Belonging & Love

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Sarah Buffie speak with Prentis Hemphill.

Sarah Buffie is the visionary founding director of Soul Bird Consulting ,which believes that nothing has the power to heal like supportive relationships. Specializing in trauma responsive care, Sarah helps organizations and individuals disrupt current models of thinking by building empathy and understanding around the effects of trauma.

Prentis Hemphill is a writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, and therapist. They are the founder and director of The Embodiment Institute and the Black Embodiment Initiative, the host of the acclaimed podcast, Finding Our Way, and author of the book, What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World.

The poem shared was You Must Be Present by Jose Olivarez.

D. Lamar & Chris: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.

This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive, A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future. The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practices to help you navigate this politically tumultuous moment, leading to and through the election.

D. Lamar Hughes is a gifted speaker, poet, leadership coach, and community organizer. Holding a BA from Bluffton University and an MA from Bowling Green State University, he co-creates and uses his education in communication and organizing for the Future Change Makers Movement. Born and raised in Northwest Ohio, D. is a passionate advocate dedicated to fostering inclusivity and driving positive change through faith, mindfulness, anti-racism, group facilitation, and community organizing. Hughes believes that unleashing the power of unity by bridging gaps and breaking barriers across diverse communities will build a world where acceptance thrives and positive transformation blooms.

Chris La Rue has been the Executive Director of The Hive since 2023. As the “chief storyteller,” Chris seeks to amplify the story of transformation The Hive has to tell: one in which people integrate the wisdom of our contemplative traditions in ways that make meaningful collective change possible. He believes that The Hive is uniquely positioned to create a better world by helping individuals find their people, and find their practice.

Resources Mentioned:

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members and The Hive's Executive Director.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

La Shanda Sugg: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Chris La Rue: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0500

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Amy Tuttle: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0400

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Dr. Adam Clark: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.

This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive, A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future. The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practices to help you navigate this politically tumultuous moment, leading to and through the election.

Adam Clark is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University and is committed to the idea that theological education in the twenty first century must function as a counter-story. One that equips us to read against the grain of the dominant culture and inspires one to live into the Ignatian dictum of going forth "to set the world on fire." To this end, Dr. Clark is intentional about pedagogical practices that raise critical consciousness by going beneath surface meanings, unmasking conventional wisdoms and reimagining the good. He currently serves as co-chair of Black Theology Group at the American Academy of Religion, actively publishes in the area of black theology and black religion and participates in social justice groups at Xavier and in the Cincinnati area. He earned his PhD at Union Theological Seminary in New York where he was mentored by James Cone.

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Leslie Hershberger: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0400

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Troy Bronsink: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.

This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive, A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future. The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practices to help you navigate this politically tumultuous moment, leading to and through the election.

Troy Bronsink founded the Hive in spring of 2016 with a desire to collaborate with facilitators from various traditions and backgrounds, making space for transformative individual and group encounters. He brings 25 years of experience in small group facilitation ranging from corporate consulting to community organizing, to spiritual formation. Through the Hive, Troy has developed the curriculum for The Common Good Fellowship, as well as hosting the weekly podcast, From the Hive, interviewing local and global contemplative leaders about their work and practice. Troy is a member of the Living School, an ordained Presbyterian minister, retreat leader, author, spiritual director, entrepreneurship coach, author, speaker, and consultant. He and his family are residents in Northside.

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re hearing from The Hive’s 6 core faculty members.

Here's a link to a loving-kindness meditation (metta practice).

This is the song from the Bengson's sung by Troy at the conclusion of the episode.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

D. Lamar Hughes: Election Brave Space Series

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.

For the next 8 weeks we’re going to drop mini episodes on Tuesday which are being produced in partnership with The Hive, A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future. The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practices to help you navigate this politically tumultuous moment, leading to and through the election.

D. Lamar Hughes is a gifted speaker, poet, leadership coach, and community organizer. Holding a BA from Bluffton University and an MA from Bowling Green State University, he co-creates and uses his education in communication and organizing for the Future Change Makers Movement. Born and raised in Northwest Ohio, D. is a passionate advocate dedicated to fostering inclusivity and driving positive change through faith, mindfulness, anti-racism, group facilitation, and community organizing. Hughes believes that unleashing the power of unity by bridging gaps and breaking barriers across diverse communities will build a world where acceptance thrives and positive transformation blooms.

Kate Hanisian: Microcosm of Healing

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Sam Pressler speak with Kate Hanisian.

Kate Hanisian is a strategist and social change advocate that is deeply driven by the question: How might we design a more connected, sustainable, and inclusive world? She co-founded Design Impact, a non-profit social innovation firm in 2009, building a small idea into a successful nonprofit that addresses complex social challenges through the lenses of innovation, equity, and leadership. She now serves as the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer within the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati and is also the lead facilitator of the YMCA North American Network, where she works with the leaders of the largest YMCAs in the US, Mexico, and Canada.

Check out Connective Tissue Policy Framework

Works Referenced in this podcast:

Pete Davis: Nostalgia & Prophecy

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0400

Joey Taylor & Sam Pressler speak with Pete Davis about Join or Die, which he directed with Rebecca Davis.

Dr. Ian Marcus Corbin: Restoring the Common Good

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Sam Pressler speak with Dr. Ian Marcus Corbin about loneliness as a spiritual and material crisis, agency, world making, and Restoring the Common Good.

Ian Marcus Corbin is a philosopher in Cambridge, MA, serving on the faculties of Neurology and Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, where he co-directs the Human Network Initiative, and is a Senior Fellow at the think tank Capita. He has a book on belonging forthcoming.

Check out Sam's new policy framework.

Works Referenced in this podcast:

Sam Pressler: Commitments, Connections & Communities

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast, a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This week's episode is with Sam Pressler.

Sam is a community-builder, researcher, and writer focused on connecting people to the relationships and responsibilities that make life worth living. He was the founder and executive director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP), the nation's largest community arts organization serving veterans and their families, and has a newsletter on Substack called Connective Tissue.

Check out Sam's new policy framework - Connective Tissues: Regenerating Connection within Communities, Reimagining the Role of Policy

People and Works Referenced in this podcast:

This episode was hosted and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Kay Lindahl: Listening as Gift, Art & Choice

Thu, 30 May 2024 16:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Kay Lindahl about listening as a gift, art and choice before focusing on listening in groups and physical environments that make sacred listening possible.

Kay Lindahl has been described as an inspired presence with passionate energy. For the past twenty-seven years the daily practice of Centering Prayer has transforming her life. She founded The Listening Center with the mission of exploring the sacred nature of listening. Kay conducts workshops and retreats on listening as a spiritual practice. She is a Certified Listening Professional. Kay is the author for The Sacred Art of Listening, Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening and How Does God Listen?

Quotes and works referenced in this episode:

"To 'listen' another's soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another." - Douglas Steere
“When is the last time that you had a great conversation? A conversation which wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, which is what passes for conversation a lot in this culture. But when had you last a great conversation in which you overheard yourself saying things that you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that absolutely found places within you that you thought you had lost and a sense of an event of a conversation that brought the two of you on to a different plain, and then fourthly, a conversation that continued to sing in your mind for weeks afterwards.” - John O'Donhue
Our True Home by Thich Nhat Hanh
Spiritual Listening Practices

Dan Joyner: The Pain of Every Leader

Wed, 22 May 2024 09:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Dan Joyner about participatory leadership, pain, fear and hospitality.

Dan Joyner is a change management consultant and facilitator in education, government and the civic sector. He has significant senior leadership and ground-level knowledge and experience. As a collaborative consultant, implementing social technologies, coaching and developing leadership capacities are key offerings. Dan’s expertise includes: executive coaching, large group facilitation, narrative practices, participatory leadership, community restoration, classroom/lead teacher coaching, and experiential learning.

Works referenced in this episode

Ari Weinzweig: Dignity & Beliefs

Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. Brad Wise is the host for this episode. He was a Common Good Collective Fellowship participant and he runs an organization called Wolf House Fables.

Today's episode is a live conversation, hosted by Bobby Slattery at Fifty West Brewing Company in Cincinnati, between Ari Weinzweig and Peter Block. They talked about Ari’s new pamphlet A Revolution of Dignity in the Twenty-First Century Workplace.

Ari is the CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses. Ari's unique leadership approach earned him the distinction as one of “The World's 10 Top CEOs (They Lead in a Totally Unique Way)”, and he has written numerous books, including A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Great Business and A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to the Power of Beliefs in Business.

Six Elements of Dignity:

Honor the essential humanity of everyone we work with.
Be authentic in all our interactions (without acting out).
Make sure everyone has a meaningful say.
Begin every interaction with positive beliefs.
Commit to helping everyone get to greatness.
Create an effective application of equity.

More information on the self-fulfilling belief cycle can be found here.

Greg Jarrell: Our Trespasses (part 2)

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.

On this episode, author Greg Jarrell joins host, Courtney Napier and a handful of friends from around the country to conclude the discussion about Greg's new book, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods.

The songs were performed by Dawn Anthony and Troy Conn. Other contributors to this conversation were Daniel Hughes, Dwight Friesen, Rachel VerWys, John Stiefel and Darin Petersen.

Greg Jarrell: Our Trespasses (part 1)

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.

On this episode, author Greg Jarrell joins host, Courtney Napier and a handful of friends from around the country to discuss Greg's new book, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods.

The songs performed by Dawn Anthony and Troy Conn were:

Other contributors to this conversation along with a linked picture of their neighborhood:

Rev. Lesley-Ann Hix Tommey lives in Clinton Hill Neighborhood (Brooklyn)
Paul Sparks lives in Hilltop Neighborhood (Tacoma)
Daniel Hughes lives in Northside (Cincinnati)

Parker Palmer & Peter Block: The Thread of Life

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this episode, we're returning to the the Abundant Community Conversation from October 26 where Amy Howton speaks with Parker Palmer and Peter Block.

Checkout the first part of the conversation here.

This event was produced in partnership with Designed Learning, Abundant Community, Faith Matters Network and Common Change. These conversations happen on Zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme.

The recited poem: Everything Falls Away by Parker Palmer

Credit to Portraits in Faith for picture of Parker

Resources Referenced:

Stand in the Tragic Gap
Pockets of Possibility in Thirteen Ways of Looking at Community
Quotation from Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation - “Our strongest gifts are usually those we are barely aware of possessing. They are a part of our God-given nature, with us from the moment we drew first breath, and we are no more conscious of having them them than we are of breathing."

Tim Vogt: Placekeeping & Holding the Long Story

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode we partner with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Tim Vogt about an article published on Abundant Community's website called The Five Valued Experiences.

Tim is Executive Director of Starfire, a Cincinnati, Ohio, organization which offers programs that address the needs of teens and adults with disabilities.

Other referenced works and resources:

April Doner is a community connector, artist, and mother who is passionate about igniting the intersection between re-weaving neighbor relationships, strengthening local economies, and healing / reconciling inequities and injustices. She is a Steward at the ABCD Institute DePaul University and when not practicing neighboring in her own neighborhood, she trains, coaches, and consults in Asset Based Community Development. April also documents local resilience as well as group processes through various creative means including writing, photography, video, and graphic recording. Since 2020, she has curated content for Abundant Community.

Abundant Community is a place to visit. To read and hear stories of action. More valuable than your daily newspaper. A way to learn about citizen-led action that illuminates a new direction, away from the dominant consumerist and dependency-producing habits that we thought we had to purchase. Communities forever have known how to produce family and neighborhood functions such as raising children, building healthy local economies and caring for people on the margin. This website invites you into this possibility.

This episode was hosted and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

john a. powell: Future of Spirituality & Belonging (part 2)

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and Reverend Ben McBride speak with john a. powell. Greg Jarrell also jumps in to ask a couple questions.

john a. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, structural racialization, racial identity, fair housing, poverty, and democracy. He is also the founding director of the Othering & Belonging Institute, a UC Berkeley research institute that brings together scholars, community advocates, communicators, and policymakers to identify and eliminate the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society and to create transformative change toward a more equitable world. The unique spelling of his name is john’s way of signifying that we humans are part of the universe, not over it.

Excerpts and Works Referenced in the Conversation:

Also, check out our previous episode with Ben about his new book, Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging.

You can also pre-order Greg's new book, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods.

john a. powell: Future of Spirituality & Belonging (part 1)

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and Reverend Ben McBride speak with john a. powell.

john a. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, structural racialization, racial identity, fair housing, poverty, and democracy. He is also the founding director of the Othering & Belonging Institute, a UC Berkeley research institute that brings together scholars, community advocates, communicators, and policymakers to identify and eliminate the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society and to create transformative change toward a more equitable world. The unique spelling of his name is john’s way of signifying that we humans are part of the universe, not over it.

Excerpts and Works Referenced in the Conversation:

Also, check out our previous episode with Ben about his new book, Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging.

Dr. Adam Clark: Collective Change Conversations with The Hive

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, we conclude a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change.

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re talking to The Hive’s 6 core faculty members, all of whom have a unique perspective on navigating collective change.

For this first conversation, Chris La Rue, the Director of The Hive, joins us in speaking with Adam Clark. He is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University and is committed to the idea that theological education in the twenty first century must function as a counter-story. One that equips us to read against the grain of the dominant culture and inspires one to live into the Ignatian dictum of going forth "to set the world on fire." To this end, Dr. Clark is intentional about pedagogical practices that raise critical consciousness by going beneath surface meanings, unmasking conventional wisdoms and reimagining the good. He currently serves as co-chair of Black Theology Group at the American Academy of Religion, actively publishes in the area of black theology and black religion and participates in social justice groups at Xavier and in the Cincinnati area. He earned his PhD at Union Theological Seminary in New York where he was mentored by James Cone.

Here's the poem shared by Troy Bronsink: The Inward Sea by Howard Thurman
There is in every person an inward sea
And in that sea, there is an island
And on that island is an altar
And standing guard before that altar
is the angel with the flaming sword.
Nothing can get by that angel to be placed upon that altar
unless it has the mark of your inner authority.
Nothing passes the angel with the flaming sword
to be placed upon your altar
unless it be a part of the fluid area of your consent.
This is your crucial link with the eternal.

Amy Tuttle: Collective Change Conversations with The Hive

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, Troy Bronsink and Joey Taylor speak with Amy Tuttle as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change.

Amy Tuttle has supported local and international efforts in the field of Creative Arts Programming for the past 10 years. She is the Executive Director of WordPlay Cincy. Tuttle has an MA in “Community Arts: Arts in Transformation” and her experiences range from leading professional trainings around the world to offering creative arts workshops/classes with local organizations. Tuttle loves engaging in community-building via expression/art-making and she especially loves supporting Teaching Artists as they share their gifts with the community. She has also served the community as an Arts & Healing practitioner, supporting individuals and communities with creative expression, story-based connection, and trauma-support. She believes that practices of re-connection and expression play an important role in personal growth, community-building, and cultural transformation. Locally, Tuttle has worked closely with Indigo Hippo, Price Hill Will, Baker Hunt, Imago Earth Center, Cincinnati Arts Association, Pones Inc., and Grailville.

Troy Bronsink founded the Hive in spring of 2016 with a desire to collaborate with facilitators from various traditions and backgrounds, making space for transformative individual and group encounters. He brings 25 years of experience in small group facilitation ranging from corporate consulting to community organizing, to spiritual formation. Through the Hive, Troy has developed the curriculum for The Common Good Fellowship, as well as hosting the weekly podcast, From the Hive, interviewing local and global contemplative leaders about their work and practice. Troy is a member of the Living School, an ordained Presbyterian minister, retreat leader, author, spiritual director, entrepreneurship coach, author, speaker, and consultant. He and his family are residents in Northside.

The music excerpt was Navajo Prayer (When You Were Born) composed by Jody Healy.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Yalie Saweda Kamara: Besaydoo

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Devin Bustin speak with Yalie Saweda Kamara about her new book, Besaydoo.

Yalie Saweda Kamara, Ph.D. is a Sierra Leonean-American writer, educator, professor and researcher from Oakland, California. She currently lives in Cincinnati and is the 2022-2023 Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate.

Her new book of poetry, Besaydoo, will be released on January 9th. Preorder now!

Yalie read the following poems from Besaydoo:

Besaydoo
Space
American Beach

The musical excerpt was Ponta de Lança Africano by Jorge Ben.

Devin Bustin is a writer and teacher who lives in Loveland, Ohio. Growing up, Devin attended well over a dozen schools across Canada and the United States. This gave him a longing to know specific places, to connect with openness, and to create belonging. Raised Pentecostal, Devin wrestles with the faith he inherited, often through fiction, essays, and poetry. He is often working on a song, and his emergent work can be found at devinbustin.com.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Troy Bronsink: Collective Change Conversations with The Hive

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, La Shanda Sugg and Joey Taylor speak with Troy Bronsink as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change.

Troy Bronsink founded the Hive in spring of 2016 with a desire to collaborate with facilitators from various traditions and backgrounds, making space for transformative individual and group encounters. He brings 25 years of experience in small group facilitation ranging from corporate consulting to community organizing, to spiritual formation. Through the Hive, Troy has developed the curriculum for The Common Good Fellowship, as well as hosting the weekly podcast, From the Hive, interviewing local and global contemplative leaders about their work and practice. Troy is a member of the Living School, an ordained Presbyterian minister, retreat leader, author, spiritual director, entrepreneurship coach, author, speaker, and consultant. He and his family are residents in Northside.

There is in every person an inward sea

And in that sea, there is an island

And on that island is an altar

And standing guard before that altar

is the angel with the flaming sword.

Nothing can get by that angel to be placed upon that altar

unless it has the mark of your inner authority.

Nothing passes the angel with the flaming sword

to be placed upon your altar

unless it be a part of the fluid area of your consent.

This is your crucial link with the eternal.

The music excerpt was Woodstock by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

La Shanda Sugg: Collective Change Conversations with The Hive

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, Daniel Hughes and Joey Taylor speak with La Shanda Sugg as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change.

La Shanda says, "I am a translator and healer living in a fat, Black woman's body. My lived experiences in my numerous intersecting identities, along with my gifts and talents, have called me to create safe spaces for exploration, healing, and growth. A native of Detroit, Michigan (stolen land of the Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox)), I now reside in the Cincinnati, Ohio (stolen land of the Kaskaskia, Shawnee, Myaamia, Adena, and Hopewell) area but work nationally to heal relationships - personal relationships, professional relationships, and communal relationships. I bring my full self to my healing work and am a combination of wise sage, standup comic, and passionate preacher. I am. "

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re talking to The Hive’s 6 core faculty members, all of whom have a unique perspective on navigating collective change.

The music excerpt was "My Little Light" by Beautiful Chorus.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Maggie Smith: You Could Make This Place Beautiful

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Your host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Miriam speak with Maggie Smith about her new book, You Could Make This Place Beautiful.

Maggie read the following poems or excerpts:

Talisman
Rose Has Hands
Excerpt from Good Bones
Excerpt from Keep Going: Notes on Loss, Creativity and Change

Musical Excerpt was Harness Your Hopes - B-side by Pavement

She also has a children's book you can preorder now called My Thoughts Have Wings.
This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Daniel Hughes: Collective Change Conversations with The Hive

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, Leslie Hershberger and Joey Taylor speak with Daniel Hughes as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change.

Join us for any or all of these conversations, either in person at The Hive in Cincinnati or online via Zoom.

Daniel Hughes is a gifted speaker, poet, leadership coach, and community organizer. Holding a BA from Bluffton University and an MA from Bowling Green State University, he co-creates and uses his education in communication and organizing for the Future Change Makers Movement. Born and raised in Northwest Ohio, Daniel is a passionate advocate dedicated to fostering inclusivity and driving positive change through faith, mindfulness, anti-racism, group facilitation, and community organizing. Hughes believes that unleashing the power of unity by bridging gaps and breaking barriers across diverse communities will build a world where acceptance thrives and positive transformation blooms.

The Future Change Makers Movement will officially launch the first quarter of 2024 with a 6-week virtual real-time cohort, yearly subscription, weekly group and 1-1 coaching, and a DIY self-paced module. Their mission is to unite a diverse group of changemakers, including those who are just beginning their journey and those at pivotal choice points, to take on intentional leadership in the midst of complexity and uncertainty. Their passion is equipping, supporting, and organizing our people to be paid, promoted, recognized, and valued as themselves, confident, and compensated in their professional lives. They employ transformative theories of change such as H.O.W., Kairos, and P2P, emphasizing mindfulness, the fusion of interests, principles, people engagement, power structure reform, and evolving practices.

The recited poem was An Invitation to Brave Space by Beth Strano which was adapted by Mickey ScottBey Jones. The musical clips were "Eight" and "Nine" by Sleeping at Last.

Leslie Hershberger: Collective Change Conversations with The Hive

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, we begin a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change.

Join us for any or all of these conversations, either in person at The Hive in Cincinnati or online via Zoom. This event will include music, poetry and small group discussion and while this event is free, attendees will be invited to be active participants in this emerging conversation.

The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing, and how can we place them in service of the common good?" In this series we’re talking to The Hive’s 6 core faculty members, all of whom have a unique perspective on navigating collective change.

For this first conversation, Chris Larue, the Director of The Hive, joins us in speaking with Leslie Hershberger, about collective change, three-centered awareness, hope and the importance of practice.

Introductory Resources for the 3 centered Enneagram and the centers.

The recited poems were For the Interim Time by John O'Donohue and Start Close In by David Whyte.

Parker Palmer & Peter Block: Walking One Another Home

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This episode is a snapshot from the Abundant Community Conversation on October 26 where Amy Howton speaks with Parker Palmer and Peter Block. This event was produced in partnership with Designed Learning, Abundant Community, Faith Matters Network and Common Change. These conversations happen on Zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme.

The recited poem: Everything Falls Away by Parker Palmer

Julia Orquera Bianco: Memory, Place & Belonging

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0400

The next Abundant Community conversation is on October 26 with Parker Palmer, Peter Block and Sushama Austin-Connor. You can register here.

You can order Julia's new book, Habitats, here.

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this episode, I speak with multidisciplinary artist and teacher Julia Orquera Bianco.

Julia Orquera Bianco was born in Argentina and lived in Mexico before moving to the United States. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting from Universidad del Museo Social Argentino (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 2012. In 2018 she graduated from the MFA program at Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. In 2020, Bianco earned a Certificate on Sustainability from University of California, Los Angeles. Bianco works through interrogating constructs resulting from Modern Western Culture, collective memory, and the experience of migration and gender. This allows her to speak about an identity constantly being renegotiated and in motion, in deep relation and conversation with the environment. Her explorations use her family legacy of labor as a strategy to connect with worlds that she is foreign to, experiencing them while remembering. She currently teaches at University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her work has been showcased in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States.

The recited poem was Shared Breath from Julia's new book, Habitats. Order it here.

I came out wandering, asking the trees and the singing birds for words to help me understand what it means to be present with others.
Water fell from the gray sky in drops,
sometimes thick and abundant,
sometimes slim and sharp,
sometimes tiny and gentle.
Birds sang next to each other,
asking and answering to their correspondence and inquiries as a whole.
All different songs,
overall a complex melody that I fail to understand,
but that for me blends into a harmony of mystery that hides the clues to my predicament.
We feel alone in a world full of others.
Our souls touch even when our hands and feet remain distant.
The forest is like a family where everyone is essential in its own uniqueness and individuality.
There is nothing I have to do except to embrace this generosity.
One thing I can offer is the presence of a shared breath for me to extend myself for others to expand for us to grow together.

David Brooks & Peter Block: How to Know a Person

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from September 14 where Troy Bronsink speaks with David Brooks and Peter Block about David’s new book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. This event was produced in partnership with Designed Learning, Faith Matters Network, Abundant Community and Common Change. These conversations happen on Zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme.

The next conversation is on October 26 with Parker Palmer. You can register here.

The recited excerpts came from Reverend Ben McBride's book, Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging. You can also check out our previous conversation with Ben here.

Peter also has a new book coming out in November that you can pre-order now. It's called Activating the Common Good: Reclaiming Control of Our Collective Well-Being.

Reverend Sushama Austin-Connor, DMin: Where Do You Go to Collapse?

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this episode, I speak with Reverend Sushama Austin-Connor, DMin about Faith Matters Network, which envisions communities rooted in wisdom, spiritual practice, & healing. FMN is a womanist-led organization that equips justice leaders and heals the healers. Also, Sushama will be the host for the upcoming series of Abundant Community Conversations with Peter Block, David Brooks, Parker Palmer and many more.

The next Abundant Community conversation is on September 14 with David Brooks. You can register here.

The recited poem was "Poetry Should Ride the Bus" by Ruth Forman.

Mary Pierce Brosmer: Taking Our Voices out of Parentheses

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this episode, Devin Bustin and I speak with Mary Pierce Brosmer. Mary founded Women Writing for a Change and for over 30 years WWf(a)C has provided a safe and non-competitive environment for individuals to develop their writing skills, cultivate their creativity and strengthen their voices. We speak to Mary about her poetry, how she holds space, her life as a teacher and what led her to develop the organization.

You can find copies of Mary's recited poems here.

The next Abundant Community conversation is on September 14 with David Brooks. You can register here.

Margaret Wheatley & Peter Block: Who Do We Choose to Be?

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from August 2 where Amy Howton speaks with Meg Wheatley and Peter Block about the new edition of Meg’s book, Who Do We Choose to Be? This event was produced in partnership with The Berkana Institute, Designed Learning, Abundant Community and Common Change. These conversations happen on Zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme.

The next conversation is on September 14 with David Brooks. You can register here.

The recited poem: From the Elders of the Hopi Nation

To My Fellow Swimmers:

Here is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are
those who will be afraid, who will try to hold on to the shore. They are
being torn apart and will suffer greatly.

Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the
shore, push off into the middle of the river and keep our heads above water.

And I say see who is there with you and celebrate. At this time in history,
we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment
that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves. Banish the word
struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.

All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
For we are the ones we have been waiting for.

Amaha Sellassie: Beloved Community is a Present Possibility

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Amaha Sellassie about the Gem City Market, West Dayton Strong and his article, Beloved Community is a Present Possibility.

The recited poem was New Day's Lyric by Amanda Gorman.

Excerpts:
Heed the Word of the Brother by X-Clan
World is MIND from KRS-One
Love Supreme by John Coltrane

This episode was hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Quanita Roberson & Amy Howton: The InnerGround Railroad

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode we partner with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Quanita Roberson and Amy Howton about their book, The Inner Ground Railroad.

The recited poems were On Children by Kahlil Gibran and Still I Rise by Maya Angelou.

Abundant Community is a place to visit. To read and hear stories of action. More valuable than your daily newspaper. A way to learn about citizen-led action that illuminates a new direction, away from the dominant consumerist and dependency-producing habits that we thought we had to purchase. Communities forever have known how to produce family and neighborhood functions such as raising children, building healthy local economies and caring for people on the margin. This website invites you into this possibility.

This episode was hosted and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Rabbi Adina Allen: First Fruits of Creativity & Belonging

Tue, 30 May 2023 10:00:00 -0400

Link to Shavuot prompt. If you’ve created something during this time you’d like to share with us we’d love to see it! You can send an email to Joey at joey@commongood.cc.

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Your host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Miriam speak with Rabbi Adina Allen.

Rabbi Adina Allen is a spiritual leader, writer and educator who believes in the power of our inherent creativity. Adina is co-founder and Creative Director of Jewish Studio Project (JSP), a national organization that cultivates creativity as a practice for spiritual connection and social transformation. JSP builds resilience and empathy, activates prophetic imagination, and inspires new approaches to society’s most pressing problems through the synergy of Jewish learning and creative practice. Adina developed JSP’s core methodology — the Jewish Studio Process — which is used by clergy, educators, activists, artists and lay leaders in hundreds of Jewish communal institutions across the country. Her writing is widely published and can be found at www.adina-allen.com.

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp serves as the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Cincinnati, Ohio. Temple Sholom sets itself apart through dynamic, mission-driven initiatives. Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, a native of Seattle and previous to joining Temple Sholom, she served as chaplain and at the Los Angeles County Men’s jail, the Los Angeles Home for the Aging, as a rabbinic fellow at Temple De Hirch Sinai in Seattle and a national Kol Tzedek fellow for American Jewish World Service. Rabbi Terlinchamp serves as the Immediate Past President of The Amos Project, the largest faith-based organizing body in Ohio with 55 Cincinnati-area congregations. She serves on the national clergy organizing board and the Large Grant Commission of Faith in Action. She is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow and part of the CLAL Spiritual Entrepreneur 2017 cohort incubator, a collaborative partnership between CLAL and the Columbia Business School. Rabbi Terlinchamp received her Masters degree in Hebrew Letters in 2008, was ordained as a rabbi in 2010 at HUC-JIR, Los Angeles, received BA in Philosophy of Religion and Studio Art from Scripps College in Claremont, CA and received additional studio art training at the London Slade School of Art. Rabbi Terlinchamp is a poet, an artist and a mother to two fabulous daughters, Sienna and Magnolia.

Rev. Ben McBride: The Slow Practice of Belonging

Tue, 09 May 2023 15:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Your host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. In this episode, Joey Taylor and I speak with Reverend Ben McBride.

Ben is a native of San Francisco, spiritual leader and longtime activist for peace and justice in the Bay Area. In 2008, he relocated his family to a difficult neighborhood in Oakland called the “Kill Zone” to understand and respond to the epidemic of gun violence, firsthand. During this tenure, he was an instrumental leader of relaunching Oakland’s first successful iteration of Operation Ceasefire, a data-driven, violence reduction strategy, contributing heavily to a 50% reduction in homicides over five years. In 2014 Ben launched Empower Initiative to support bridging and belonging work across the country. Ben is an expert at fostering belonging and serves as a national leader around reconstructing public safety systems and gun violence prevention work, including a background of training over 100 law enforcement departments and executives. Ben joined PICO California, the largest grassroots community organization in the state, representing 450,000 people across 73 cities, in 2015 and serves as the Co-Director. Ben founded the Bring the HEAT campaign, a peacemaking initiative to address police violence, and serves as the Co-Chair of California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board focusing on ending racial profiling in California. Ben was featured in the Sundance Film Festival Award winning film, THE FORCE, focusing on his peacemaking work. Ben is also an experienced trainer around equity, diversity and inclusion; working with companies and values based organizations across the country. Ben and his wife Gynelle have been married for 20 years and have 3 amazing daughters. They reside in Oakland, CA.

Ben's new book (coming out in October) is Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging.

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp serves as the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Cincinnati, Ohio. Temple Sholom sets itself apart through dynamic, mission-driven initiatives. Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, a native of Seattle and previous to joining Temple Sholom, she served as chaplain and at the Los Angeles County Men’s jail, the Los Angeles Home for the Aging, as a rabbinic fellow at Temple De Hirch Sinai in Seattle and a national Kol Tzedek fellow for American Jewish World Service. Rabbi Terlinchamp serves as the Immediate Past President of The Amos Project, the largest faith-based organizing body in Ohio with 55 Cincinnati-area congregations. She serves on the national clergy organizing board and the Large Grant Commission of Faith in Action. She is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow and part of the CLAL Spiritual Entrepreneur 2017 cohort incubator, a collaborative partnership between CLAL and the Columbia Business School. Rabbi Terlinchamp received her Masters degree in Hebrew Letters in 2008, was ordained as a rabbi in 2010 at HUC-JIR, Los Angeles, received BA in Philosophy of Religion and Studio Art from Scripps College in Claremont, CA and received additional studio art training at the London Slade School of Art. Rabbi Terlinchamp is a poet, an artist and a mother to two fabulous daughters, Sienna and Magnolia.

Dr. Martin Accad: Apicultural Theology of Hope

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode we speak with Dr. Martin Accad about a theology of staying, how it's developed into a theology of hope and resistance and the ways in which it has manifested in his work as an urban beekeeper.

Martin Accad has a DPhil from the University of Oxford, UK. Formerly, he was the Chief Academic Officer at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Mansourieh, Lebanon. Dr. Accad is now the Director the Action Research Associates in Beirut. The vision of the ARA is “To see peace, reconciliation, and a new sense of the common good develop among the various communities of Lebanon.”

Urban Bees Beirut deals with honey production from three perspectives:

An economic perspective, initiating urban honey production in Lebanon.
An ecological perspective, surveying the environment of honey production and locations related to the ecological history of Lebanon in innovative ways.
A normative perspective, protecting ecosystems and developing ecological awareness.

The blessing shared by Jan Richardson can be found here.

This episode was hosted and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Yuki Jackson: Power is Bond

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode we partner with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Yuki Jackson.

Yuki Jackson is a Black and Japanese poet, text-based artist and educator. She focuses on empowerment and enlightenment, specifically seeking to share her perspective and experiences as the divine feminine. Her poetry has been published in literary journals such as Four Way Review and Cream City Review, for which she was nominated for a 2021 Best of the Net Award and the 2020 Summer Poetry Prize. She is a regular contributor for the “Poet’s Notebook” column of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay and has been featured as a poet, speaker and panelist at various institutions, organizations and media outlets, including the University of South Florida, Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, Metro Inclusive Health, 88.5 WMNF radio station and WEDU PBS. Among her commissioned work, she has written and performed a poem for the Goodwin-Procter global law firm.Yuki has taught writing classes as a professor at Ringling College of Art and Design and as a freelance teaching artist for community-based nonprofits such as Keep St.Pete Lit, SpaceCRAFT and Cultured Books. Her work as an arts educator includes being the founder of The Battleground, a youth program serving a historically marginalized community in Tampa, Florida. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Criminology from the University of South Florida.The inspiration for all of Yuki’s work is based on her Soka Gakkai International Buddhist practice, hip-hop lyricism and the art in daily life.

Yuki's recited poems were Power, Rocket Ships and The Sower.

April Doner is a community connector, artist, and mother who is passionate about igniting the intersection between re-weaving neighbor relationships, strengthening local economies, and healing / reconciling inequities and injustices. She is a Steward at the ABCD Institute DePaul University and, while not practicing neighboring in her own neighborhood, she trains, coaches, and consults in Asset Based Community Development. April also documents local resilience as well as group processes through various creative means including writing, photography, video, and graphic recording. Since 2020, she has curated content for Abundant Community.

Abundant Community is a place to visit. To read and hear stories of action. More valuable than your daily newspaper. A way to learn about citizen-led action that illuminates a new direction, away from the dominant consumerist and dependency-producing habits that we thought we had to purchase. Communities forever have known how to produce family and neighborhood functions such as raising children, building healthy local economies and caring for people on the margin. This website invites you into this possibility.

This episode was hosted and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Part 2 - John McKnight & Cormac Russell: The Connected Community

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell discuss their new book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power of Neighborhoods, as a part of the ABCD Book talk on January 19. This week's episode is part 2 of the previous episode so if you haven’t heard the last episode it would be good to press pause, go listen to it and then come back when you’re finished. In this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell continue discussing their new book by responding to questions.

The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities for the future.

The recited poem was Inner Twined by Marcus Amaker.

About the book: We may be living longer, but people are more socially isolated than ever before. As a result, we are hindered both mentally and physically, and many of us are looking for something concrete we can do to address problems like poverty, racism, and climate change. What if solutions could be found on your very doorstep or just two door knocks away?

Cormac Russell is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on uncovering and leveraging the hidden resources, skills, and experience in our neighborhoods. He and John McKnight, the Co-Founder of the ABCD Institute, show how anyone can discover this untapped potential and connect with his or her neighbors to create healthier, safer, greener, more prosperous, and welcoming communities.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

John McKnight & Cormac Russell: The Connected Community

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell discuss their new book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power of Neighborhoods, as a part of the ABCD Book talk on January 19.

The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities for the future.

Six Basic Building Blocks of Community

The contribution of residents
The contributions and other resources of associations
The community-building supports of local institutions
The built or natural environments of local places
Economic and other forms of exchange
Stories, shared heritage, and cultural diversity

Seven Functions of a Connected Community

Enabling health
Ensuring security
Stewarding ecology
Shaping local economies
Contributing to local food production
Raising our children
Co-creating care

The recited poem was Dead Stars by Ada Limón.

Ross Gay: Pedagogy of Love, Precarity & Survival

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, Devin Bustin and Joey Taylor speak with Ross Gay about his books Inciting Joy, The Book of Delights, Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude and Be Holding.

"Ross Gay is interested in joy. Ross Gay wants to understand joy. Ross Gay is curious about joy. Ross Gay studies joy. Something like that."

Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. His new collection of essays is called Inciting Joy.

The recited poems were Thank You and Sorrow is Not My Name.

This episode was guest hosted by Devin Bustin. Devin Bustin is a writer and teacher who lives in Loveland, Ohio. Growing up, Devin attended well over a dozen schools across Canada and the United States. This gave him a longing to know specific places, to connect with openness, and to create belonging. Raised Pentecostal, Devin wrestles with the faith he inherited, often through fiction, essays, and poetry. He is often working on a song, and his emergent work can be found at devinbustin.com.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Walter Brueggemann: Emancipation Myth

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, Brad Wise, Darin Petersen and Joey Taylor speak with Walter Brueggemann about myth, Exodus and how it relates to the work of the Common Good.

The recited poem was Moses by Luis Alberto de Cuenca.

Walter Brueggemann is one of the most influential Bible interpreters of our time. He is the author of over one hundred books and numerous scholarly articles. He has been a highly sought-after speaker. Brueggemann was born in Tilden, Nebraska in 1933. He often speaks of the influence of his father, a German Evangelical pastor. Brueggemann attended Elmhurst College, graduating in 1955 with an A.B. He went on to Eden Theological Seminary, earning a B.D. (equivalent to today’s M.Div.) in 1958. He completed his formal theological education at Union Theological Seminary in 1961, earning the Th.D. under the primary guidance of James Muilenburg. While teaching at Eden, he earned a Ph.D. in education at St. Louis University. Brueggemann has served as faculty at two institutions in his career: Eden Theological Seminary (1961-1986) and Columbia Theological Seminary (1986-2003). He is currently William Marcellus McPheeters professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia. Brueggemann’s primary method with the text is rhetorical criticism. Words matter to Brueggemann, and one can tell that by listening to him speak as he hangs on to particularly theologically significant words. His magnum opus, Theology of the Old Testament (1997), is a rhetorical-critical look at the Old Testament through the lenses of “testimony, dispute, and advocacy.” Many have come to know Brueggemann through his book entitled The Prophetic Imagination. Church leaders find a friend in Brueggemann, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. His work inspires, energizes, and convicts, and he often makes time to interact personally with those to whom he speaks at large events.

Darin Petersen is the co-founder of the Common Good Collective and founder of Common Change.

Brad Wise is the co-founder of three story-driven organizations: Boonrise, Bespoken Live, and Good vs Gooder. He is the chief creative officer for Boonrise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he's not doing all that, Brad is hanging out with his beautiful wife, Leah, and their three kids, Henry, Jane & Eliza. Their crazy dogs, Huck & Lola, are usually close by, as well. Brad was also a Common Good Collective Fellow.

Jenn Hoos Rothberg: Crisis of Connection

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Your host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from November 15 where Peter Block spoke with Jenn Hoos Rothberg, the Executive Director of the Einhorn Collaborative, about "A Call to Connection." Abundant Community conversations happen every couple of months on Zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme.

Jennifer Hoos Rothberg leads Einhorn Collaborative, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to addressing America’s growing crisis of connection by advancing the science and practice of empathy, mutual understanding, and relationship building in the United States. Jenn, who joined in 2007, oversees all aspects of the foundation in partnership with its Founder and Trustee, David Einhorn, including setting strategic priorities and building collaborative partnerships that advance our ability to embrace our differences, see our common humanity, and solve our country’s biggest challenges together. Jenn is a member of the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, the Town School Board of Trustees, and the NationSwell Council. She received her Master’s in Regional Planning and Bachelor’s in Urban and Regional Studies with Honors from Cornell University. She lives in NYC with her husband, two children, and cockapoo, Zucca. You can follow Jenn on LinkedIn and Twitter.

In addition to being the Communications Lead at Einhorn Collaborative, Chi Nguyễn is an interdisciplinary artist who uses textiles and community-engaged practices to examine the intersection of identities in the U.S., explore the concept of belonging, and reflect on her recent transition to motherhood. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, Washington Post, Salon, Ms. Magazine, Huffington Post, BusinessWeek, Vice, and Bustle, among others. She is based in The Bronx, New York where she lives with her husband, daughter, and their dog, Uni.

Here is the recited poem, "Turning to One Another" by Margaret Wheatley:

There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
Ask “What’s possible?” not “What’s wrong?” Keep asking.
Notice what you care about.
Assume that many others share your dreams.
Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.
Talk to people you know.
Talk to people you don’t know.
Talk to people you never talk to.
Be intrigued by the differences you hear.
Expect to be surprised.
Treasure curiosity more than certainty.
Invite in everybody who cares to work on what’s possible.
Acknowledge that everyone is an expert about something.
Know that creative solutions come from new connections.
Remember, you don’t fear people whose story you know.
Real listening always brings people closer together.
Trust that meaningful conversations can change your world.
Rely on human goodness.
Stay together.

Dr. Gary Mangiofico: Head, Heart & Freedom

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0500

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here.

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, we speak with Dr. Gary Mangiofico. You can find more the biography written by Gary about Peter here: Block, Peter: A Prophetic Voice for Freedom.

You can also find more about the conversations in Community: Structure of Belonging and from these videos.

The recited poem was Transformation by Adam Zagajewski. It’s been translated by Clare Cavanagh.

I haven’t written a single poem
in months.
I’ve lived humbly, reading the paper,
pondering the riddle of power
and the reasons for obedience.
I’ve watched sunsets
(crimson, anxious),
I’ve heard the birds grow quiet
and night’s muteness.
I’ve seen sunflowers dangling
their heads at dusk, as if a careless hangman
had gone strolling through the gardens.
September’s sweet dust gathered
on the windowsill and lizards
hid in the bends of walls.
I’ve taken long walks,
craving one thing only:
lightning,
transformation,
you.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson: What will be different because we gathered?

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0400

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here.

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, Brad Wise & Joey Taylor speak with Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson. You can find more about the conversations in Community: Structure of Belonging and from these videos.

The recited poem was "142" by Juliane Okot Bitek.

Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson is a trusted partner for leaders and professionals working to develop people and build organizational capacity for change. She is an applied social scientist and an experienced professional with proven expertise in the areas of leadership development, organizational development, facilitating strategic change and systematic organizing for social change and transformation. She is a certified executive coach and has worked with corporate, non-profit/social profit and public sector organizations, internationally. She is also adjunct faculty for undergraduate and graduate courses in her areas of expertise. Yabome has been named International African Woman of the Year by UK-based Women4Africa and was the first ever recipient of the US-based Organization Development Network’s Emerging Organization Development Practitioner award. She also received the prestigious Harry Jerome Professional Excellence Award in Canada.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Ife Bell: Why is that important to you?

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:00:00 -0400

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here.

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, Brad Wise & Joey Taylor speak with Ife Bell. You can find more about the conversations in Community: Structure of Belonging and from these videos.

The recited poem was "Right Here" by Dane Anthony.

Ife Bell believes that “Leadership is a Lifestyle” and is dedicated to expanding individuals’ capacity to bring their very best selves to every aspect of their lives. She is a thought leader and compassionate coach with over 15 years of experience working with organizations, communities, education institutions, and nonprofits, to increase business performance and develop strategies that focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Ife’s career track shows measurable success working with organizations and C-level leaders to increase business performance. As Chief Strategy Officer for To Be Consulting, LLC, she develops strategies that promote leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion across all levels of an organization. She holds a master’s degree in Executive Leadership & Organizational Change and is a certified John Maxwell Coach. Her passion for providing guidance and effective solutions has driven her to pursue a Doctorate in Organizational Development and Change from Bowling Green State University. She graduates in the summer of 2023.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

David Whyte: Phenomenology of Conversation

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. The host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from September 15 where Rabbi Miriam spoke with David Whyte and Peter Block. Abundant Community conversations happen every couple of months on zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme.

David Whyte's writing explores the timeless relationship of human beings to their world, to creation, to others, and to the end of life itself. He makes his home in the Pacific Northwest, where rain and changeable skies remind him of the other, more distant homes from which he comes: Yorkshire, Wales and Ireland. He has traveled extensively, including working as a guide in the Galapagos and leading trips into the Himalaya; much of his work chronicles a close relationship to landscapes and histories. He speaks to the suffering and joy that accompany revelation, and the necessity of belonging to families, people and places. David Whyte's poetry can be heard in the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, the hallowed halls of educational institutions, and from the stages of literary festivals and theological conferences. In each of these disparate settings, his work and compelling speaking style is moving and relevant, transcending the confines of any individual context.

Peter Block is an author, consultant and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. His work is about chosen accountability, and the reconciliation of community. Peter is the author of several best selling books including "Community: The Structure of Belonging" and he co-authored "The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods" with John McKnight. His writing is about ways to create workplaces and communities that work for all. They offer an alternative to the patriarchal beliefs that dominate our culture. His work is to bring change into the world through consent and connectedness rather than through mandate and force. He is founder of Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed by Peter to build the skills outlined in his books. Peter serves on the Board of Directors LivePerson, a provider of online engagement solutions, and the Cincinnati Access Fund; he also serves on his local neighborhood council. He is director emeritus of Elementz, an urban arts center in Cincinnati and is on the Advisory Board for the Festival in the Workplace Institute, Bahamas. He was the first Distinguished Consultant-in-Residence at Xavier University. You can visit his websites at peterblock.com, abundantcommunity.com, designedlearning.com, restorecommons.com and asmallgroup.net. He welcomes being contacted at pbi@att.net. He lives with his wife, Cathy Kramer in Cincinnati, and helped raise a bunch of kids.

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp serves as the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Cincinnati, Ohio.

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Maegan Scott: Do You Want to Experience True Liberation?

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, Brad Wise & Joey Taylor speaks with Maegan Scott & Courtney Ng. You can find more about the conversations in Community: Structure of Belonging and from these videos.

The recited poem was "Sweet Darkness" by David Whyte. David Whyte will speak with Peter Block about the phenomenology of conversation. Join us on September 15th at 2pm ET. Register at convowhyteblock.eventbrite.com

Maegan Scott is an organizational change luminary who leads with a racial justice lens. She founded Wayfinding Partners to create an affirming space for people of color wishing to dismantle systems of oppression and make way for a reimagined, liberated society. Maegan’s team has partnered with over 30 nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sector organizations. Some of her accomplishments include designing and launching Leadership Montgomery’s Racial Equity Action Leadership (REAL) Inclusion cohort-based program and supporting the reconstitution of A Way Home America’s board into one with a majority of youth with lived expertise of homelessness. Maegan brings more than 15 years of experience in philanthropy and nonprofits to Wayfinding. Her approach to facilitating change is emergent, holistic, and healing-centered. She is a Reiki practitioner who cultivates spaces where individuals' energetic, emotional, and physical selves are seen, heard, and respected. She resides in Kensington, Maryland with her husband and their entitled cat.

Courtney Ng is a racial equity advocate who fosters spaces where individuals and organizations can be vulnerable, learn together, and dream of a liberated world where all can show up fully as themselves. In her role at Wayfinding, she does this by designing and running cohort programs and workshops that bring together practitioners from different fields to engage in meaningful dialogue about race and racism. She brings mindfulness and yoga practices to these offerings to foster the presence, wellness, and self-compassion needed for sustainable equity work. She lives in New York City with her cat, Penelope Simone. She loves to dance, write, sip wine, and get lost in a jigsaw puzzle.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Dr. Rama Naidu: Confrontation & Support

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. The previous episodes explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We journeyed through invitation, possibility, ownership, dissent, commitment and gifts. For the next five episodes, we’ll speak to practitioners who are using these conversations in the world. Today, Brad Wise speaks with Rama Naidu about how he was exposed to Peter’s conversations and how he translates them into his South African context and work by emphasizing confrontation and support.

What happens when you try to have a real conversation and why are they so difficult? How are silence and vulnerability forms of invitation to authentic encounter? Does anyone survive a real conversation? David Whyte will speak with Peter Block and Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp about the phenomenology of conversation. This event will draw on David's poetry and attendees will be invited to be active participants in this emerging conversation. Common Good Collective is hosting a series of Abundant Community Conversations with authors, social innovators, change agents – people who have dedicated their lives to helping citizens develop their capacity to produce their own collective well-being. Join us on September 15th at 2pm ET for this important conversation. To register, go to convowhyteblock.eventbrite.com

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos on Peter's website.

The recited poem was "Everything is Waiting" for You by David Whyte.

Dr. Rama Naidu is a social activist & disruptor of conventional thinking. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of leadership, social justice, and organizational development and has held senior leadership positions in large organizations in South Africa. His work on transformation and diversity has taken him all around the country and the continent. He presently consults (6 Degree Shift) with a wide range of clients with the intention to shift their thinking into spaces of undiscovered possibilities and exploring ways of making it their current reality. He has a Doctorate from the University of KwaZulu Natal and is a past fellow of Northwestern University in Chicago. He has graduated from the International iGold Gestalt and Leadership program and has also completed a two-year organizational development program across East, North and South Africa.

Brad Wise is the co-founder of three story-driven organizations: Boonrise, Bespoken Live, and Good vs Gooder. He is the chief creative officer for Boonrise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he's not doing all that, Brad is hanging out with his beautiful wife, Leah, and their three kids, Henry, Jane & Eliza. Their crazy dogs, Huck & Lola, are usually close by, as well. Brad was also a Common Good Collective Fellow.

Peter Block: The Gifts Conversation

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This is the final episode in the series focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We’ve journeyed through invitation, possibility, ownership, dissent and commitment. Now, we land the plane with the gifts conversation. These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities.

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos on Peter's website.

The recited poem was written by your host, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp:

I saw the owl again tonight
Wings spread like silver fingers
A screech
Deep dive
Making all the rabbits scatter
When I was little
It was all bramble and trees out here
And you never heard the highway
Which now gives the feel of a distant raging river whose torrents crest their way through the thick foliage
With it’s perfectly manicured trails
Back then the tree in the front yard was as high as the house
Now it towers above the roof
A foot for every year
Evergreen and growing
My home
My heart
Is a great owl hiding between the crush of traffic and the deciduous saplings
Hunter and prey equal in size
Hoot hoot hooting
With the tensions of time

Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson is an award-winning organizational development leader and scholar who centers equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all she does. Throughout her career, which has spanned the public, private and non-profit sectors, she has helped people and organizations build capacity for transformational change to advance EDI and belonging in workplaces and society. On January 5th, 2022, Yabome was named SFU’s first Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion. Yabome served as the Chief People Officer for the British Columbia Lotteries Corporation, Executive Director of Organizational Development for Fraser Health, and Regional Lead of Organizational Development for Vancouver Coastal Health, as well as a leader of several provincial leadership development and engagement healthcare committees. She is also the founder of Supporting Learning and Development Consulting Inc., which has helped mission-driven organizations, including SFU, UBC and Lululemon, advance leadership, organizational development and processes for systemic and social change.

Peter Block: The Commitment Conversation

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This is the fifth episode in a series of six episodes focusing on the six conversations from Peter Block’s work. Beginning with invitation, possibility, ownership and dissent, we now turn to the commitment conversation. The final conversation for the next episode is the gifts conversation. These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities.

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos on Peter's website.

The recited poem was written by guest host, Devin Bustin:

39 miles into your road
You woke in a dark wood
The whole way was wholly lost
Shadow the noonday sun

Further into every fear
You can’t go back
You can’t stay here

Noises you can’t name
Song without a shape
If you find a path
Then it’s not your path

Blind to all light
Except the spark
Flicker behind the fright
Just step and let it leap to flame
And whirl at the weakest wave

Further into every fear
You can’t go back
God knows what’s here

Notice how the ground
Wants to pull you down
Fire in its core
Fire in your core

Let it light your song
Brittle but your own
Everything will change
Every time you change

This episode was guest hosted by Devin Bustin. Devin Bustin is a writer and teacher who lives in Loveland, Ohio. Growing up, Devin attended well over a dozen schools across Canada and the United States. This gave him a longing to know specific places, to connect with openness, and to create belonging. Raised Pentecostal, Devin wrestles with the faith he inherited, often through fiction, essays, and poetry. He is often working on a song, and his emergent work can be found at devinbustin.com.

This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Peter Block: The Dissent Conversation

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This is the fourth episode in a series of six episodes focusing on the six conversations from Peter Block’s work. Beginning with invitation, possibility, and ownership, we will now focus on the dissent conversation. The final two conversations for the next two episodes are commitment and gifts. These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities.

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos on Peter's website.

The recited poem is “Matching Pairs" by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp.

There is no match
A single
Blue cloud white toe
Or
Faded red to almost pink
Or
The black one that cost me $12
Waiting because I know that the matching partner
The one that makes them a pair
That makes them useful
Is still out there
So until then
they collect
heaped in a corner
of the laundry room
growing a community
of other lost ones
trying to sell their mismatched existence as hope
for the forgotten
lost
destroyed
until one day
I take a look
Pair what I can pair
And then
Throw the rest away.

Maegan Scott is the Founder/CEO of Wayfinding Partners. She is an organizational change luminary who leads with a racial justice lens. She founded Wayfinding Partners to create an affirming space for people of color wishing to dismantle systems of oppression and make way for a reimagined, liberated society. Since its founding, Wayfinding has blossomed into a team of seven full-time staff members and a cadre of more than twenty racial equity training specialists. Maegan’s carefully curated team has partnered with over 30 nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sector organizations. Some of her accomplishments include designing and launching Leadership Montgomery’s Racial Equity Action Leadership (REAL) Inclusion cohort-based program and supporting the reconstitution of A Way Home America’s board into one with a majority of youth with lived expertise of homelessness. Maegan brings more than 15 years of experience in philanthropy and nonprofits to Wayfinding. Her approach to facilitating change is emergent, holistic, and healing-centered. She is a Reiki practitioner who cultivates spaces where individuals' energetic, emotional, and physical selves are seen, heard, and respected. Maegan has a bachelor’s degree from American University, an executive certificate in nonprofit management from Georgetown University, and a master’s in organization development from the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University. She resides in Kensington, Maryland with her husband and their entitled cat.

This episode was hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.

Peter Block: The Ownership Conversation

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This is the third episode in a series of 6 episodes focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We began with the invitation conversation and the possibility conversation and today we will focus on the ownership conversation. The final three conversations for the next three episodes are dissent, commitment and gifts. These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities.

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos on Peter's website.

The recited poem is “Prayer During a Flood" by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp.

Inside each of us
An ocean
Of roaring waves,
And amid the endless torrent of water
There is an island.
Your toes find the sandy bottom
Your feet the dry ground
On that island
An altar
Do you see it?
The sacred spot
Where you lay down
Your fear
Your panic
Your obsessions
Your loneliness, anger, and suffering
the thrashing rhythm of your soul
dies in that place.
So, leave it there.
An offering to the Source
A blood letting price you pay to live
In
Through
and
Beyond
The flood waters.
The boat you are building
Loves your sea legs
Reminds you
That you have oceans within you
That you know how to take the waters
One wave at a time
Until you emerge
Into your fullest self
And breathe air again.

Peter Block: The Possibility Conversation

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Last episode we started a series of 6 episodes focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We began with the invitation conversation and today we will focus on the possibility conversation. The final four conversations for the next four episodes are ownership, dissent, commitment and gifts. These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities.

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos, the first of which is called, "The Possibility."

The recited poem is "There is No Going Back" by Wendell Berry.

Peter Block: The Invitation Conversation

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Today’s conversation is between Peter, Rama Naidu and Louise van Rhyn. For the next 6 episodes we will be focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. This was recorded at the outset of the pandemic and you’ll hear that moment in history referenced a few times throughout the episode. For those who are new to Peter’s work, the 6 conversations are invitation, possibility, ownership, dissent, commitment and gifts. These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities.

You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos, the first of which is called, "The Proposition."

The recited poem is “Prayer for an Invitation" by David Whyte.

Pauline Hassan Burkey & Mayra Martinez: Belong Circles & Belong Theology

Fri, 27 May 2022 14:00:00 -0400

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Today’s conversation between Pauline Hassan Burkey, Mayra Martinez and three people from the Common Good Team - Courtney Napier, Greg Jarrell and, our producer, Joey Taylor. We talk to Pauline and Mayra about Belong Circles and the concept of Belong Theology.

Pauline Hassan Burkey Experienced is the Belong Lab Manager at PICO California. She is a strategist, social architect and leader. Pauline is a natural fixer and approaches new projects with creativity and a desire to develop functioning teams and programs. She is a woman, an immigrant, and a trailblazer for her family and in her community. She has lived at the intersections of identities her whole life and as a social change agent, she believes impact is made when our organizations adopt an intersectional lens that cultivates inclusion and belonging.

Mayra Martinez works in Boyle Heights at a parish called Dolores Mission Church (DMC). She has the Youth Ministry Coordinator at DMC for four years, where she coordinates the faith formation of young people. Because DMC focuses on supporting the whole person she often finds herself supporting in a variety of ways. Mayra was born and raised in East LA.

Courtney Napier is a writer, journalist, gatherer, and liberation coach from Raleigh, North Carolina. She has written for national outlets like NewsOne and The Appeal, as well as regional and local publications such as Scalawag Magazine, WALTER Magazine, The Carolinian, and INDY Week. She is also the founder of Black Oak Society, a collective of Black creatives in the greater Raleigh area. Their flagship publication, BOS Magazine, is a literary magazine focused on giving Black Raleigh her flowers now. Finally, Courtney has coached individuals and organizations as they seek to lead and live in a way that undermines white supremacy and honors the humanity of all people. She loves to love her spouse, David, of ten years, and her two little humans who are endless hilarious meme reels.

Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC. He uses words and music to work for a just pursuit of the common good. Greg is the author of A Riff of Love: Notes on Community and Belonging, and is currently at work on Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Making (and Taking) of Neighborhoods. He is also an in-demand saxophonist in North and South Carolina, and has performed with legendary musicians including Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Natalie Cole.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. This episode was produced by Joey Taylor with music from Jeff Gorman.

Dr. Olivia Saunders: Sovereignty & Abundance

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0500

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Today’s conversation is between Dr. Olivia Saunders, Peter Block, Greg Jarrell and our producer, Joey Taylor. We talk to Olivia about her book. You can find the transcript here.

https://commongoodpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1735634/10178787-dr-olivia-saunders-sovereignty-abundance

Dr. Olivia Saunders is a professor at the University of the Bahamas. She is also the former director of the Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Capital Fund and the Small Business Development Centre of The Bahamas.

Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC, where he shares life with his wife, Helms, their two kids, and a host of other neighbors who have become kin. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective and assists with the Common Good reader.

Tom Kent: Sanctuary & Acceptance

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0500

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This is the Abundant Community Conversation between Peter Block, Tom Kent, Courtney Napier, Greg Jarrell and Darin Petersen.

Now retired, Tom Kent was the Executive Director of Elementz for 12 years. Elementz is Cincinnati’s premier Hip Hop Cultural Art Center. It was created to give voice to young people in the urban core and is committed to the preservation, protection and promotion of Hip Hop as art, culture and a global creative force.

Your host for this episode is April Doner. She is the content curator of Abundant Community and steward at ABCD Institute.

Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC, where he shares life with his wife, Helms, their two kids, and a host of other neighbors who have become kin. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective and assists with the Common Good reader.

David Cayley: Ivan Illich, Freedom & Friendship

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0500

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, we’ll hear the Abundant Community Conversation between David Cayley, Peter Block and John McKnight. Every couple of months the Common Good Collective helps to produce these interactive conversations on Zoom and they always contain music or poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme with a community practitioner. In this Abundant Community Conversation, John and Peter speak with David Cayley about Ivan Illich and his understanding of freedom and friendship.

David Cayley is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. He has produced and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, including two five-hour series with Ivan Illich, and published seven books, among them The Rivers North of the Future: The Testament of Ivan Illich & Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey.

Courtney Napier sings a rendition of Nina Simone's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free." She is a freelance journalist and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the founder of Black Oak Society —a community of Black writers and artists in the greater Raleigh area—and the editor of BOS Zine. Her work can be found in INDY Week and Scalawag Magazine, as well as on her blog, Courtney Has Words. Courtney chose to write because she wanted the untold stories of marginalized residents to be shared and preserved for generations to come. Her spouse and two children are a daily source of love and inspiration. She is also in charge of the Common Good Reader.

Be on the lookout for upcoming Abundant Community Conversations. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. This episode has been guest hosted and produced by me, Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman.

Shirley Leung interviewed by Robin Young: The American Dream

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0400

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.

Shirley Leung is a columnist and associate editor at the Boston Globe. She has written on everything from the intersection of business and politics to gender and diversity issues in the workplace. She has been a three-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary. In 2018, Boston Magazine named her to its list of the “100 Most Influential People in Boston.” Shirley is also a contributor to WGBH’s “Boston Public Radio” and “Greater Boston,” as well as a regular guest on New England Cable News. Previously, Shirley served as the Globe's interim editorial page editor. She also has been the Globe’s business editor, where she oversaw its award-winning coverage of the 2008 financial crisis. Prior to the Globe, Shirley was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal. A graduate of Princeton University, she started her career at her hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun.

Robin Young is the award-winning host of Here & Now. Under her leadership, Here & Now has established itself as public radio's indispensable midday news magazine: hard-hitting, up-to-the-moment and always culturally relevant. A Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Robin has been a correspondent for ABC, NBC, CBS, and the Discovery Channel. She is a former guest host of The Today Show on NBC, and one of the first hosts on Boston's ground-breaking television show, Evening Magazine. Robin has received five Emmy Awards for her television work, as well as two CableACE Awards, the Religious Public Relations Council's Wilbur Award, the National Conference of Christians and Jews Gold Award, and numerous regional Edward R. Murrow awards. A native of Long Island, Robin holds a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College. She has lived and worked in Manhattan, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, but considers Boston her hub. Follow Robin on Twitter, @hereandnowrobin and like the show, Here & Now on Facebook.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. This episode was guest hosted by Manjulika Das and produced by Joey Taylor with music from Jeff Gorman.

Casper ter Kuile: Ritual & Possibility

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This week’s episode is the Abundant Community Conversation between Casper ter Kuile and Peter Block, which happened on June 22nd. Every couple of months the Common Good Collective helps to produce these interactive conversations on Zoom and they always contain poetry, small groups and an exploration of a particular theme with a community practitioner. In this Abundant Community Conversation, Casper and Peter speak about crossroads, possibilities, ritual and gifts.

Casper ter Kuile is helping to build a world of joyful belonging. In the midst of enormous changes in how we experience community and spirituality, Casper connects people and co-creates projects that help us live lives of greater connection, meaning, and depth. He is the author of The Power of Ritual (HarperOne) and the co-host of the award-winning podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. He's also a Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School and the co-founder of startup Sacred Design Lab - a research and design consultancy working to create a culture of belonging and becoming. He co-authored “How We Gather” and his work has been featured in the New York Times, Vice, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. He holds a Masters of Divinity and Public Policy from Harvard University, and before moving to the U.S. co-founded Campaign Bootcamp and the UK Youth Climate Coalition, both training and mobilizing young activists.

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp serves as the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Cincinnati, Ohio. Temple Sholom sets itself apart through dynamic, mission-driven initiatives. Most notable is their pioneering approach to “sacred marketing.” Through the release of over 40 innovative videos, Temple Sholom has delivered Jewish content to a growing viewership of more than 700,000 people. Rabbi Terlinchamp is the Director of JustLOVE, a multi-faith initiative that seeks to empower individuals with the knowledge, inspiration, and spiritual strength to be their best selves and do justice in this world. She writes for several media outlets including The Enquirer Board of Contributors and The Times of Israel Blogs. Rabbi Terlinchamp is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow and is a member of the esteemed GLEAN Spiritual Entrepreneur 2017 cohort, a collaborative incubator formed in partnership between CLAL and the Columbia Business School. Rabbi Terlinchamp received her masters degree in Hebrew Letters in 2008, and was ordained as a rabbi in 2010 at HUC-JIR, Los Angeles. She received her Bachelors degree in Philosophy of Religion and Studio art from Scripps College in Claremont, CA and received additional studio art training at the London Slade School of art.

Troy Bronsink founded the Hive in spring of 2016 with a desire to collaborate with facilitators from various traditions and backgrounds, making space for transformative individual and group encounters. He brings 25 years of experience in small group facilitation ranging from corporate consulting to community organizing, to spiritual formation. Through the Hive, Troy has developed the curriculum for The Common Good Fellowship, as well as hosting the weekly podcast, From the Hive, interviewing local and global contemplative leaders about their work and practice. Troy is a member of The Living School, an ordained Presbyterian minister, retreat leader, author, spiritual director, entrepreneurship coach, speaker, mixologist, musician, and consultant. He and his family live in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Northside.

Be on the lookout for upcoming Abundant Community Conversations. Check the show notes for everyone’s bios and information. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. This episode has been guest hosted and produced by me, Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman.

Segun Idowu: Shall We Rest in These Ruins?

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0400

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.

Since it’s founding over 30 years ago, the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts’s mission has been to create local, green, and fair economies. Every year SBN hosts an annual conference to promote this mission and on June 4th, with the help of the Common Good Collective, our 31st Annual Conference was held virtually. We sought to inspire collaborative action which will contribute to developing an economy that is local, green, and fair. Over the coming weeks, presentations and discussions from the Conference will be featured here, on the Common Good Podcast. The first keynote presentation we’d like to feature is from Segun Idowu, the Executive Director of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA). Segun discusses Black Wall Street, Juneteenth and asks if we will rest in these ruins. After Segun speaks, Laury Hammel, the Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts responds to Segun’s remarks.

Segun Idowu is the Executive Director of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts. Segun Idowu is one of the foremost leaders in Boston, and was recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the City of Boston" by Boston Magazine (May 2020). He has led the conversation on empowering Black communities in Massachusetts, and has made significant breakthroughs at the State House advocating for Black-owned businesses, holding city and state governments, to equity standards in contracting. With Segun's leadership, BECMA raised $1.5 million last year through an initiative called the Greenwood Challenge, the majority of the funds for which are expected to go toward a technical-assistance program for Black-owned businesses.

Laury Hammel is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts. Laury Hammel is the President and CEO of The Longfellow Clubs of Massachusetts, which encompasses health and sports clubs, holistic health centers, children’s centers, and camps that serve 15,000 members. Laury has helped dozens of Independent Business Alliances and other local business coalitions get started. Additionally, he founded the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) in 1988, Business for Social Responsibility in 1991 and, in 2001, co-founded the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. This episode has been guest hosted by Manjulika Das and produced by Joey Taylor with music from Jeff Gorman.

Greg Jarrell: A Riff of Love

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0400

The Common Good Podcast, which is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Courtney Napier talks to Greg Jarrell about his book, A Riff of Love: Notes on Community and Belonging.

Join the Common Good Collective on Tuesday, June 22nd, for an Abundant Community Conversation between Casper ter Kuile, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and Peter Block. Register here.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. This episode has been guest hosted by Courtney Napier and produced by Joey Taylor with music from Jeff Gorman.

Terence Lester: Narrative Justice

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -0400

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, we talk to Terence Lester about his work with Love Beyond Walls, his video series on empathy (here & here), and his book, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together.

Terence Lester is a speaker, activist, author, and thought leader in the realm of systemic poverty. He’s known for nationwide campaigns that bring awareness to issues surrounding homelessness, poverty, and economic inequality. In 2013, Terence founded the non-profit, Love Beyond Walls, and has helped hundreds of individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty rebuild their lives. In 2019, Terence launched the first museum in the U.S. that represents homelessness out of a shipping container called, Dignity Museum. Terence has written four books. He holds four degrees and is working towards his PhD at Union Institute & University in Public Policy & Social Change. He is happily married to his best friend, Cecilia Lester and they have two amazing children, Zion Joy and Terence II.

Courtney Napier is a freelance journalist and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the founder of Black Oak Society—a community of Black writers and artists in the greater Raleigh area—and the editor BOS Zine. Her work can be found in INDY Week and Scalawag Magazine, as well as on her blog, Courtney Has Words. Courtney chose to write because she wanted the untold stories of marginalized residents to be shared and preserved for generations to come. Her spouse and two children are a daily source of love and inspiration. She is also in charge of the Common Good Reader.

As a writer and storyteller, Shannon Mannon invigorates community and inspires social healing through conversation. Currently, Shannon’s at the helm of 3-Minute Storyteller which creates digital stories featuring movement makers of all stripes— from astronauts to entrepreneurs to New York Times bestselling authors. Her work has been published in places like USA Today, Allsides.com, The Good Men Project, and she’s a regular contributor at Living Room Conversations, which uses conversation to bridge divides.

Join the Common Good Collective this Thursday April 29th for a Jazz Listening Party with special guests Dayramir Gonzalez, Greg Jarrell, & John McKnight. Register here.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Reverend Lisa Yeboah: Falling in Love with Liberation

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, we talk to Reverend Lisa Yaboah about her pastoral address to her church in the wake of the last presidential election.

Reverend Lisa Yaboah is the campus pastor at Southeast Raleigh Table. She has a conversation with Greg Jarrell, Courtney Napier and Joey Taylor from the Common Good Collective.

Joey Taylor is the producer of the Common Good podcast and the director of Bespoken Live.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Cierra Hinton: Abolishing the Fourth Estate

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, we talk to Cierra Hinton about her article, It's Time we Abolish the Fourth Estate.

Cierra is Scalawag's Executive Director-Publisher. She has an undying love and passion for the complicated South, which she brings to her work at Scalawag. She has found community across the South, including in Tennessee and Mississippi, but calls North Carolina home.

Cierra has a conversation with three individuals from the Common Good collective. Here are their bios:

Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC, where he shares life with his wife, Helms, their two kids, and a host of other neighbors who have become kin. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective and assists with the Common Good reader.
Courtney Napier is a freelance journalist and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the founder of Black Oak Society—a community of Black writers and artists in the greater Raleigh area—and the editor BOS Zine. Her work can be found in INDY Week and Scalawag Magazine, as well as on her blog, Courtney Has Words. Courtney chose to write because she wanted the untold stories of marginalized residents to be shared and preserved for generations to come. Her spouse and two children are a daily source of love and inspiration. She is also in charge of the Common Good Reader.
As a writer and storyteller, Shannon Mannon invigorates community and inspires social healing through conversation. Currently, Shannon’s at the helm of 3-Minute Storyteller which creates digital stories featuring movement makers of all stripes— from astronauts to entrepreneurs to New York Times bestselling authors. Her work has been published in places like USA Today, Allsides.com, The Good Men Project, and she’s a regular contributor at Living Room Conversations, which uses conversation to bridge divides.

Join us on April 13th for The Common Good Collective’s Abundant Community Conversation between John McKnight, Peter Block and Dr. Deborah Puntenney. Learn about a community that dramatically improved the health of the community through building social capital. Using Rochester’s community-owned health improvement plan as an example, Dr. Deborah Puntenney will speak about how the best practices there can apply to life in the pandemic. Register here.

You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change. It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Tim Dutton, Lisa Lawrence Brody, Roxanne Fixsen: Humane Eviction Policy

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:50:00 -0400

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week’s conversation, three people from the greater Tampa Bay Area have a conversation about evictions, policy and housing as a human right. This episode follows the last episode where Courtney Napier described her experience of being evicted, which built on Bree Newson Bass presenting the relationship between housing and policing.Tim Dutton is the change agent behind Unite Pinellas, an organization that grew out of the 2015 Tampa Bay Times series, Failure Factories. That series sparked a coalition of forces to join together to address issues of equity, not just in education but across sectors. Dutton was brought on board as executive director in January 2018 with more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit world. Dutton and Unite Pinellas are taking a structural approach to equity, and implementing a three-pronged approach to change our systems as we know them.Lisa Brody joined Bay Area Legal in 2004 as team leader of the St. Petersburg office and is currently the firm's assistant deputy director. She focuses on the firm's regionalization efforts in its surrounding counties: Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, and Manatee. Lisa's experience as a legal services attorney, extensive background in housing law, and providing access to justice and legal education to marginalized communities continues to guide her work at the firm. She earned a bachelor's in Political Science from the University of Oregon, received her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law, and obtained a certificate in nonprofit management from the University of Tampa. Lisa is very active in her local community and the legal services community, and currently serves as chair of the St. Petersburg Bar Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.Roxanne Fixsen is the Chief Activation Officer at the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. She is responsible for ensuring the engine of social change operates to accelerate race equity by implementing actions which delivers on the Foundation’s mission. In this role she leads, organizes, and manages internal and external implementation of projects to maximize the impact of the Foundation’s mission to close race equity gaps. Roxanne supervises the Community Engagement Advocates and the Mission Support Team. Roxanne has a diverse professional background both in the legal profession and social work profession. Roxanne has practiced law for eleven years, nearly ten of those with Trenam Law, where she served with distinction and was a partner. She was honored as a Florida Super Lawyer, Rising Star from 2013-17 and received the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Award in April 2017. Her practice focused on business litigation and appellate work. Prior to attending Stetson College of Law, where she graduated second in her class and was on the Stetson Law Review, Roxanne worked for fifteen years with children and families involved in the foster care system. She was the chief operating officer for the nonprofit agency responsible for the first district-wide privatization of foster care in Pinellas and Pasco Counties. In that role, Roxanne was responsible for the safety of thousands of children, and managed hundreds of staff, hundreds of foster parents, and dozens of contracted agencies. In addition to her law degree, Roxanne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Nebraska and a Master’s degree in counseling from the University of South Florida.Join us on April 13th for The Common Good Collective’s Abundant Community Conversation between John McKnight, Peter Block and Dr. Deborah Puntenney. Learn about a community that dramatically improved the health of the community through building social capital. Using Rochester’s community-owned health improvement plan as an example, Dr. Deborah Puntenney will speak about how the best practices

Courtney Napier: "Being Evicted Will Change Your Life"

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:38:21 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week’s conversation, our producer Joey Taylor talks with Courtney Napier about her experience being evicted when she was young. Courtney’s story follows last’s week’s episode with Bree Newsome Bass where she discussed the relationship between housing and policing. In addition to being in charge of the Common Good Reader, Courtney is a freelance journalist and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the founder of Black Oak Society—a community of Black writers and artists in the greater Raleigh area—and the editor BOS Zine. Her work can be found in INDY Week and Scalawag Magazine, as well as on her blog, Courtney Has Words. Courtney chose to write because she wanted the untold stories of marginalized residents to be shared and preserved for generations to come. Her spouse and two children are a daily source of love and inspiration. She is also in charge of the Common Good Reader.Next episode we’ll move into discussing policies around the current eviction crisis in our country. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Bree Newsome Bass: Black Cops Don’t Make Policing Any Less Anti-Black

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:49:35 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, we talk to Bree Newsome Bass about her article, Black Cops Don’t Make Policing Any Less Anti-Black. Bree Newsome Bass is an award-winning artist and activist known for her historic act of civil disobedience when she removed SC’s confederate flag in 2015. She wrote the article as a part of Abolition for the People, a series brought to you by a partnership between Kaepernick Publishing and LEVEL. Walter has a conversation with five individuals from the Common Good collective. Here are their bios:Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC, where he shares life with his wife, Helms, their two kids, and a host of other neighbors who have become kin. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective and assists with the Common Good reader.Courtney Napier is a freelance journalist and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the founder of Black Oak Society—a community of Black writers and artists in the greater Raleigh area—and the editor BOS Zine. Her work can be found in INDY Week and Scalawag Magazine, as well as on her blog, Courtney Has Words. Courtney chose to write because she wanted the untold stories of marginalized residents to be shared and preserved for generations to come. Her spouse and two children are a daily source of love and inspiration. She is also in charge of the Common Good Reader.As a writer and storyteller, Shannon Mannon invigorates community and inspires social healing through conversation. Currently, Shannon’s at the helm of 3-Minute Storyteller which creates digital stories featuring movement makers of all stripes— from astronauts to entrepreneurs to New York Times bestselling authors. Her work has been published in places like USA Today, Allsides.com, The Good Men Project, and she’s a regular contributor at Living Room Conversations, which uses conversation to bridge divides.Demetries Edwards is a native Oaklander who loves his city and it's people. Demetries currently serves as pastor of the Twenty-third Avenue Church of God in Oakland. Demetries is involved in social justice work as a member of the Bay Area Clergy Cohort and Pico California. Demetries was educated in the Oakland Public School System and is a proud alum of McClymonds High School and continued his educational journey at Laney College and then Dallas Baptist University in Dallas, Texas. Demetries is happily married to Chantrelle Renee and they have three children Savaugn, Demi and Madison. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective.In addition to being the producer of the Common Good podcast, Joey Taylor is also the Director of Bespoken Live. Find the entire poem, On the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou here: https://commongood.cc/reader/on-the-pulse-of-morning/Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp is your host. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Walter Brueggemann: Not Numbed Inside

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:52:32 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, we discuss Walter Brueggemann’s article, Not Numbed Inside: https://churchanew.org/brueggemann/not-numbed-inside Walter has a conversation with five individuals from the Common Good collective. Here are their bios:Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC, where he shares life with his wife, Helms, their two kids, and a host of other neighbors who have become kin. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective and assists with the Common Good reader.As a writer and storyteller, Shannon Mannon invigorates community and inspires social healing through conversation. Currently, Shannon’s at the helm of 3-Minute Storyteller which creates digital stories featuring movement makers of all stripes— from astronauts to entrepreneurs to New York Times bestselling authors. Her work has been published in places like USA Today, Allsides.com, The Good Men Project, and she’s a regular contributor at Living Room Conversations, which uses conversation to bridge divides.Demetries Edwards is a native Oaklander who loves his city and it's people. Demetries currently serves as pastor of the Twenty-third Avenue Church of God in Oakland. Demetries is involved in social justice work as a member of the Bay Area Clergy Cohort and Pico California. Demetries was educated in the Oakland Public School System and is a proud alum of McClymonds High School and continued his educational journey at Laney College and then Dallas Baptist University in Dallas, Texas. Demetries is happily married to Chantrelle Renee and they have three children Savaugn, Demi and Madison. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective.Courtney Napier is a freelance journalist and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the founder of Black Oak Society—a community of Black writers and artists in the greater Raleigh area—and the editor BOS Zine. Her work can be found in INDY Week and Scalawag Magazine, as well as on her blog, Courtney Has Words. Courtney chose to write because she wanted the untold stories of marginalized residents to be shared and preserved for generations to come. Her spouse and two children are a daily source of love and inspiration. She is also in charge of the Common Good Reader.Darin Petersen is the co-founder of the Common Good and founder of Common Change.A Seeming Stillness by David Whyte can be found here: https://www.pauljhowell.com/poetry/a-seeming-stillness-david-whyteRabbi Miriam Terlinchamp is your host. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Walter, Peter and John: Well-Sown Seeds of Departure

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:51:35 -0400

Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. For this episode, we returned to the relationship of John, Walter and Peter. This conversation was recorded last Wednesday and they discussed the current events surrounding racial justice and their role, as three white men, in the movement of this moment. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

David Korten interviewed by Charles Holmes - Relationship as Possibility

Tue, 26 May 2020 17:27:04 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In this episode, we talked to David Korten. David is the founder and president of the Living Economies Forum; co-founder of YES! Magazine; and a full member of the Club of Rome. Check out his recently published paper which was mentioned on the episode: council.science/human-development/latest-contributions/wellbeing-versus-gdp-the-challenge-and-opportunity-of-human-development-in-the-21st-century/Because the context for this podcast is relationship, we asked Charles Holmes, David’s friend and a gifted facilitator with the Common Good Collective, to interview David about wellbeing, economics and this unique moment in history. You can find more info about Charles at ceholmesconsulting.comTo register for the Common Good Conversation on June 16th please visit commongood.cc/conversations/conversation-with-david-korten/You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Parker Palmer – Aging as an Asset

Tue, 12 May 2020 19:27:35 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In this episode, John and Peter interview Parker Palmer (couragerenewal.org/parker/) on the Abundant Community Webinar. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Abundance in this Wilderness

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:19:34 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. For this episode, because of the Coronavirus crisis, we decided to consult past guests from the podcast. We asked them, “How are they experiencing abundance in the wilderness of this moment?”Pastor Daniel Hughes was a guest on the final episode of season 2 (June 25, 2018). He leads Incline Missional Community in Price Hill (connectwithimc.com).Sarah Buffie MSW, LSW, was a guest on the fifth episode of season 2 (June 10, 2018). She is the founding director of Soul Bird Consulting (soulbirdconsulting.info). Sarah believes that nothing has the power to heal like supportive relationships. Specializing in trauma responsive care, she helps organizations and individuals disrupt current models of thinking by building empathy and understanding around the effects of trauma. Sarah has worked in community organizing- specifically, Asset Based Community Development, for over a decade and has a deep passion for her work. Her focus is to spread awareness about how trauma affects the brain and body, and teach effective approaches for developing resilience within the people organizations strive to serve, and the people closest to the work, caregivers and direct providers.Troy Bronsink was the host of the first two seasons. He is the founder and director of The Hive – A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action (cincyhive.org).Dr. Adam Clark was a guest on the second episode of season 2 (May 20, 2018). He is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University and is committed to the idea that theological education should equip students to read against the grain of the dominant culture and inspires them to live into the Ignatian dictum of going forth “to set the world on fire.”Brad Wise was a guest on the fifth episode of season 2 (June 10, 2018). He is the Chief Creative officer at Rebel Pilgrim Creative Agency and Executive Director of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org). With a background in graphic design, Brad has made a career in visual storytelling on stage, page, and screen.Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Walter, Peter and John – Forgiveness, Friction & Proclamation

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:55:10 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. For this episode, we continue to draw on the wisdom of John, Walter and Peter. This conversation was recorded last week.One thing we have in common? Our dependence on one another. In a time of “social isolation” we arebecoming increasingly aware of our interconnectedness and perhaps even more so the need we all share for true connection. And yet, we have a long way to go – and have come a long way - to recognize the importance of inclusion of those with disabilities! Read this article on Common Good Collective’s Reader at [https://commongood.cc/reader/the-disability-advantage-by-al-etmanski/] and join AlEtmanski on April 27th at Common Good Collective’s Abundant Community Conversation by registering at [http://cgc-al.eventbrite.com]Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Walter, Peter and John – Rootage & Permission to Narrate

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:57:40 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. For the last couple of episodes, we’ve been bringing you conversations with practitioners who are enacting the Common Good in local, tangible, and relational ways….But, because of the current situation, we wanted to return to the wisdom of John, Walter and Peter. This conversation was recorded at the outset of the crisis, where things were beginning to be closed and cancelled. One thing we have in common? Our dependence on one another. In a time of “social isolation” we arebecoming increasingly aware of our interconnectedness and perhaps even more so the need we all share for true connection. And yet, we have a long way to go – and have come a long way - to recognize the importance of inclusion of those with disabilities! Read this article on Common Good Collective’s Reader at https://commongood.cc/reader/the-disability-advantage-by-al-etmanski/ and join AlEtmanski on April 27th at Common Good Collective’s Abundant Community Conversation by registering at http://cgc-al.eventbrite.comCommon Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Deborah Puntenney – Collective Action

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:59:33 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In this episode, John and Peter interview Deborah Puntenney (dpuntenney.com) on the Abundant Community Webinar about her work with the Greater Rochester Health Foundation (thegrhf.org). Deborah’s work uses the asset-based approach to addressing neighborhood health issues. Much of Deborah's work focuses on how engaged citizens can become effective co-producers of their own health and well-being. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

Mike Mather - Seeing & Falling in Love

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:37:53 -0500

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In this episode John and Peter interview Mike Mather on the Abundant Community Webinar about asset-based work, the importance of relationship, and making the invisible visible. Mike Mather is the pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. His book is called, Having Nothing, Possessing Everything: Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

S3E5: Loneliness, Institutions & Time

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:33:08 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the friendship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities. In the 5th episode of season 3, Walter, Peter and John reflect on the role of time and institutions in the empire and how loneliness can be a force for belonging and collectivity. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

S3E4: Place & Debt

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 21:12:03 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the friendship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities. In the 4th episode of season 3, Walter, Peter and John reflect on Wendell Berry, draw a sharp distinction between land and a place, and unpack the obstacle of toxic debt in the formation of neighborhood. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

S3E3: Agency & Active Verbs

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:22:23 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the friendship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities. In the 3rd episode of season 3, Walter, Peter and John discuss agency and being the subject of active verbs,. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

S3E2: Story, Surprise and Departure

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:10:24 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the friendship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities. In the 2nd episode of season 3, Walter, Peter and John discuss story, surprise and departure. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

S3E1: Jubilee & Exodus

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:57:15 -0500

Common Good Podcast is a conversation at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the friendship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities. In the first episode of season 3, Walter, Peter and John discuss Jubilee, the Exodus, and the importance of place. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced and edited by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.

S2E7: Damon Lynch III & Daniel Hughes - Justice at the Village Well

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:20:06 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In this episode Pastor Damon Lynch III and Pastor Daniel Hughes discuss the power of small groups, agency and justice. Pastor Lynch leads New Prospect Baptist Church and The Summit Center. Pastor Daniel Hughes leads Incline Missional Community.You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor, and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S2E6: Awhina Cameron & Glen Bennett - Friendship & Eldership

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:54:42 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In this episode Awhina Cameron and Glen Bennett discuss about friendship, eldership and cross cultural relationships accented by dimensions of historical trauma and privilege. Check out this article for some historical context: https://mailchi.mp/f2b6ebd999c3/sacredsecular-calendar-may-2018Awhina Cameron is a mum, active tribal member and CEO of Tū Tama Wahine o Taranaki a Tangata Whenua Development and Liberation Organization. Previous areas of work have included community based research and project management of Taranaki Ora – the implementation of a Taranaki based Whānau Ora Action Plan. Recent development projects include Tu Tangata Whenua, a "masterclass in active citizenship."Glen Bennet manages a social enterprise in Taranaki, New Zealand, works nationally in a leadership capacity with Incedo Inc, and volunteers with Community Taranaki, an organization committed to nurturing and empowering active citizens within his province.You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor, and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S2E5: Sarah Buffie & Brad Wise - Abundance & Self-Care

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 23:53:31 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In the fifth episode of the second season, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp speaks with Sarah Buffie and Brad Wise about abundance, trauma, and the need to care for one another and ourselves. Sarah Buffie MSW, LSW, founding director of Soul Bird Consulting (soulbirdconsulting.info), believes that nothing has the power to heal like supportive relationships. Specializing in trauma responsive care, she helps organizations and individuals disrupt current models of thinking by building empathy and understanding around the effects of trauma. Sarah has worked in community organizing- specifically, Asset Based Community Development, for over a decade and has a deep passion for her work. Her focus is to spread awareness about how trauma affects the brain and body, and teach effective approaches for developing resilience within the people organizations strive to serve, and the people closest to the work, caregivers and direct providers. Brad Wise is the Chief Creative officer at Rebel Pilgrim Creative Agency and Executive Director of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org). With a background in graphic design, Brad has made a career in visual storytelling on stage, page, and screen. He and his wife, Leah, have three kids under six years old and one wild hound dog. Cincinnati, Ohio is where they call home.You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is guest hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, produced by Joey Taylor and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S2E4: Dr. Rama Naidu - Stewardship & Freedom

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:42:39 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In the fourth episode of the second season, Dr. Rama Naidu speaks about stewardship, responsibility, ownership and confronting people with their freedom. Rama is a professional organizational development practitioner, consultant, social activist and leader, who has worked nationally and internationally on issues of leadership, diversity, transformation and the art of community building. He is currently the Executive Director of the Democracy Development Programme (DDP) whose aim it is to educate, activate and mobilize citizens. His passion lies in empowering citizens and communities to reclaim their voices and acknowledge their gifts and possibilities. He is a facilitator for the Partners for Possibility Programme (pfp), a national program whose aim it is to make schools the center of community. His work is based on the twin philosophies of co-creation and inspiring the art of abundance rather than scarcity. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted and produced by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S2E3: Mary Kerrigan - Delight in the Built Environment

Sun, 27 May 2018 23:13:42 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In the third episode of the second season, Mary Kerrigan speaks about the built environment, delight, ribcage and ribbon development and shares a number of important stories. From the province of Ulster in the north of Ireland Mary Kerrigan (RIBA MRIAI) is a scholar, architect-urbanist consultant - practitioner. Mary's specialisms include: leadership, heritage, and strengths based, possibilities oriented community engagement. She is all about a world of belonging and delight. On the ground this translates into distinctive, connected communities of delight. For the past five years or so, Mary has been growing awareness of the contribution our built world makes to support, or undermine our deep need to connect meaningfully with each other - and naturally occurring neighborliness. Mary has just completed a 2018 Scholarship at the Getty in L.A - researching for her intended publication 'A Place Reshaped'. In this ongoing work she examines the re-shaping of the place of her childhood: Enniskillen in south west Ulster; and the city that has been home for thirty years: Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland, through the prism of the politics of peace building, asking what learning there might be for other places emerging from conflict or division? En route to Ireland Mary presented a number of her co-creative visioning and community building projects from northwest Ulster at the Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2018 in Cincinnati, and was invited to participate in the Common Good Fellowship at the Hive. Check out a talk she gave here: youtube.com/watch?v=FS4sSmIYYqEAlso, check out The Seeing Eye Project, a sequence of five interactive workshops designed to open the eyes of 7/8 years old children so they truly see their built heritage world. The project uses historic windows as the learning resource. Mary created it for Derry~Londonderry UK City of Culture 2013 while Education Officer at Walled City Partnership - a heritage led regeneration program in the walled city of Derry. www.seeingproject.co.uk/windowsonyourworld/resources/You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted and produced by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S2E2: Dr. Adam Clark - The Beloved Community

Sun, 20 May 2018 22:10:03 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In the second episode of the second season, Dr. Adam Clark speaks about Martin Luther King, Jr's vision of the Beloved Community and the inherent danger within that vision. Adam is the Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University and is committed to the idea that theological education should equip students to read against the grain of the dominant culture and inspires them to live into the Ignatian dictum of going forth “to set the world on fire.” To this end, Dr. Clark is intentional about pedagogical practices that raise critical consciousness by going beneath surface meanings, unmasking conventional wisdoms and reimagining the good. He currently serves as co-chair of Black Theology Group at the American Academy of Religion, actively publishes in the area of black theology and black religion and participates in social justice groups at Xavier and in the Cincinnati area.You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted and produced by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S2E1: Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp - Allies on the Journey

Sun, 06 May 2018 18:31:03 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. In the first episode of the second season, Troy speaks with Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp about abundance in her congregation and the importance of the journey. Miriam has been the Rabbi of Temple Sholom since 2010 and is one of the core organizers of the Common Good.You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted and produced by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor and Jeff Gorman produced the music.

S1E5: Commitment, Covenant & Paradox

Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:54:04 -0400

S1E4: Liturgy of the Common Good & Abundance

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:01:48 -0400

S1E3: Sabbath and Scale

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 11:47:14 -0400

S1E2: Performance of Neighborliness

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:00:07 -0400

S1E1: Remembering, Belonging & Place

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:42:44 -0400

Common Good Podcast is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities.In this pilot episode, Walter, Peter and John discuss their own unique contributions and explore the concept of "dancing with the devil."You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship and the daily email at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action (cincyhive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted and produced by Troy Bronsink, produced by Joey Taylor and Jeff Gorman produced the music.