Civil Society is a periodic podcast seeking to provoke more thinking about issues affecting nonprofit effectiveness and success. Moderated by Barry Silverberg, Director, Center for Nonprofit Studies, Civil Society is produced in collaboration with Instructional Video and the Teaching and Learning Excellence Division of Austin Community College.
Civil Society Guests and Topics
(alphabetical by guest’s last name)
- Raul Alvarez, Executive Director, Community Advancement Network (CAN Austin) – Community Well Being
- Kim Anderson, AISD Alt Ed Satellite Campus School Counselor – Youth in Prison
- Fayruz Benyousef, Founder Fayruz Benyousef Consulting – Being Muslim in America
- Juanita Budd, CEO, Austin Free Net – Consequences of Unequal Digital Access; Digital Equity in Central Texas*
- Ruben Cantu, CEO, LevelUp Institute – Digital Equity in Central Texas*
- Michael Cargill, Owner, Central Texas Gun Works – Guns on Campus*
- Flor Castellanos, Board Member – Chair of Outreach Committee, Multicultural Refugee Coalition – Refugees in Central Texas*
- Chris Cervini, Associate Vice President, Community and Public Affairs, Austin Community College – Guns on Campus*
- Christina Collazo, Founder / Executive Director, Todos Juntos Learning Center (formerly Sí Se Puede (SSP) Learning Center) – Refugees in Central Texas*
- Brooke Crowder, Founder/The Refuge for DMST – Sex Trafficking in Central Texas*
- Lynn Dixon, Chief of Police, Austin Community College District Police Department – Guns on Campus*
- Gavin Garcia, Chair, City of Austin Music Commission – Music & Musicians in Central Texas*
- Tam Hawkins, President and CEO, Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce – Diversity and Equity in Central Texas*
- Dr. Stephanie Hawley, Associate Vice President of Equity and Inclusion at Austin Community College – Diversity and Equity in Central Texas*
- Matthew G. Hinsley, Executive Director, Austin Classical Guitar – Using Music to Heal
- Bill Hopkins, Partner at Shackelford Bowen, McKinley & Norton Law Firm – Diversity and Inclusion (What does it feel like to be the only person of color on a board
- Ann Howard, Executive Director, Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) – Homelessness in Central Texas*
- Dr. Meeta Kothare, Managing Director, Adjunct Professor, Sustainability and Social Innovation Initiative, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin – Social Entrepreneurship
- Mark Kiester, Retired CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin Area – Empowering Youth
- Colin Kendrick, Chairman, President and Founder, Black Fret – Music & Musicians in Central Texas*
- Frances Kunreuther, Co-Director, the Building Movement Project – Racial Gaps in Nonprofit Leadership
- Sharon Lowe, Former Executive Director, Foundation for the Homeless, Inc. – Homelessness in Central Texas*
- Shannon Brooke Manstrom, Executive Director, Leap to Success – Unemployment Possibilities
- Susan McDowell, Executive Director, LifeWorks – Homelessness in Central Texas*
- Toni McKinley, M.A., LPC, Director of Therapeutic Services, The Refuge Ranch – Sex Trafficking in Central Texas*
- Sandra Molinari, Community Education Director, SAFE – Ending Sexual Harassment; Sex Trafficking in Central Texas*
- Desire Nizigiyimana, Refugee Program Assistant, Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT) – Refugees in Central Texas*
- Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President & CEO of Huston-Tillotson University – Diversity and Equity in Central Texas*
- MariBen Ramsey, Nonprofit & Philanthropy Consulting, LLC – Austin Philanthropy
- Jesse Richardson, Founder, The School of Thought International – Teaching Children How to Think, Not What to Think
- Jason Sabo, Founder and Principal, Frontera Strategy – Political Strategy for Nonprofits and Philanthropy
- David Smith, CEO, United Way for Greater Austin – State of Human Services
- John Speirs, Program Manager, City of Austin Digital Inclusion Initiative – Digital Equity in Central Texas*
- Bill Stotesbury, CEO and General Manager, KLRU – Public Television Role in Fostering Civility
- Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Co-Director, the Building Movement Project – Racial Gaps in Nonprofit Leadership
- Steve Wanta, Executive Director, JUST – Changing Lives One at a Time
- Tomar Williams, Lead Singer, Tomar and the FCs – Music & Musicians in Central Texas*
*panel discussion