Listen LiveCo-hosted by United Way of Greater Charlottesville’s Ravi Respeto and City of Promise’s Price Thomas, Envision Radio is a joint partnership with WINA to have and share authentic and candid conversations about our community with a specific focus on racial equity and its relation to economic mobility rooted in education, health, housing and workforce development.
Listen as Price Thomas discusses early childhood education with Rita Cunningham of ‘Rita’s Bright Beginnings’.
Listen as Price and Marki chat with Jess Harris of the UVA Equity Center.
Listen as Price Thomas talks with Tasha Durrett, Senior Communications Manager for the Southern Environmental Law Center or SELC.
Tasha manages communications for Virginia, as well as for the Land & Community program area and the Environmental Justice Initiative. Her work includes water and energy issues in Virginia and collaborations with the digital team and attorneys on developing advocacy campaigns, social media content, and press releases.
A Virginia native, Tasha likes working at SELC because she believes many solutions to national problems (and not just environmental ones) start in the South.
Listen as Price Thomas and Ravi Respeto talk with Erin Flowers, a mom and local business owner who talks about her local business and the services she offers to kids and families.
Jerrod Smith is with Willow Tree and he joined the show to talk about their impactful work in our community and more.
Deric Childress is with the UVA Equity Center and he joined the show to discuss DEI and much more.
Tamara Wilkerson Dias is the Executive Director of African American Teaching Fellows and she joined the show to discuss retaining and recruiting black teachers in our community and more.
Niya Bates is with the City of Promise and she joined the show to discuss empowering underserved youth in our community and more.
Monica Johnson-Quarles joined the show to describe her role as a counselor at Tandem Friends School and much more.