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Episode 1: Immigration Policy – Does Consensus Exist?
Join Dr. Catherine Wilson, as she discusses the climate of today’s immigration debate and the possibility of a comprehensive immigration policy that would bridge areas of contention. In this episode, we’ll also explore the positive, cultural contribution immigration has made in the United States and how nonprofit organizations serve as community representatives for immigrant populations.
Episode 2: Public Service and Spirituality with Dr. Wesley Proctor
Dr. Wesley Proctor shares how he turned family tragedy and his spirituality into a career, helping hundreds of organizations obtain 501(c)(3) status. In this episode, Dr. Proctor also discusses today’s nonprofit climate and why the number of nonprofit organizations is increasing.
Episode 3: Villanova MPA Talks the 2020 U.S. Census
What do you know about the U.S. Census? Join Danielle Gadson, PhD, as she discusses the history of the Census, its evolution and the critical information it provides. In this episode, you’ll learn the importance of filling out the 2020 Census and how it will make an impact on American society over the next ten years.
Episode 4: Key Strategies in Advancing Community Health Equity
In this podcast, Dr. Danielle Gadson, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Villanova University discusses the importance of equitable health services in the public realm. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop, she outlines three major strategies for going beyond the traditional call for equality towards the critical need for social equity in solving contemporary challenges in public administration.
Episode 5: Actively Working Together: The Next Frontier for Business, Government, and Individuals
In this first podcast of the Actively Working Together series, Ansa Yiadom, MPA ’14, Global Procurement Lead – Sterile Injectables Operating Unit at Pfizer, will lay important groundwork about what actively working together looks like at the organizational, community, and individual levels. He will also share with our listeners the relevance and significance of an intersectoral approach in the field of public service.
Episode 6: Actively Working Together: Inclusive Capitalism – Is it Possible?
In this second episode of the Actively Working Together series, an esteemed panel consisting of a conservative scholar, a moderate Wall Street executive, and a socialist editor react to this prompt: Can capitalism be more inclusive? Despite today’s environment of rancor between those with opposing views, the panelists emerge from this discussion with both strong areas of agreement and a framework from which we can all build solutions towards a more inclusive economic system.
Episode 7: Actively Working Together: Is Mental Health Public Health?
In 2021, it is an understatement to say that Americans are struggling with their mental health. The global pandemic, or what some have called a “double pandemic” – COVID-19 and its accompanying social isolation – has certainly put an increased spotlight on mental health and wellness. Janice Beauchamp, SVP of HR- Colleague Experience at Pfizer, Jared Fenton, Founder and Executive Director of the Reflect Organization, and Kate Fox, MPH, Public Health Policy Advisor, Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual and Disability Services, are our distinguished panelists on today’s episode of the Actively Working Together podcast series. Janice, Jared, and Kate discuss how they are addressing mental health challenges in their respective lines of work and brainstorm on how the three sectors can work together to provide long-term solutions to aid all members of our society on the path to mental wellness.
Episode 8: Actively Working Together: The Great Resignation
As everyone deals with the losses and disruption from the pandemic, it is clear the workplace is not immune to changes needed to meet the needs of their most important resource, their people. Three Villanova MPA alumnae join moderator, Dr. Lauren Miltenberger, Ph.D., to discuss The Great Resignation – its causes and impacts, and how it is a wakeup call to reexamine how workplace teams function and how employees are treated.
Episode 8: Actively Working Together: The Effects of Past Policy Decisions on Current Policy Choices
Public administrators face decisions every day – some large, some small – and research and theory-building try to help explore the decision-making process. The historical context of a decision – usually based on previous decisions – is often an overlooked variable. These precedents and antecedents can be one of the major reasons a policy succeeds – or fails. On this episode of the VU iMPAct podcast, The Effects of Past Policy Decisions on Current Policy Choices, our moderator Dr. Adam Kuczynski will explore this potential missing piece from three angles with three professionals that exhibit the passion of public service: from the academic viewpoint of the importance and value of historical context in decisions; from the viewpoint of a decision-maker within a nonprofit organization; and from the individual viewpoint from someone who worked in the federal and local governments.
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