QNA: Questions Need Answers

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This where we discuss community, culture and politics in Black Miami and across the diaspora.

  1. 6d ago

    What Does It Mean to Educate Beyond the Classroom? | Ashley Toussaint

    What does it mean to educate beyond the classroom? In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with longtime educator, coach, mentor, and community advocate Ashley Toussaint for a conversation about education, identity, youth development, community building, and the responsibility to pour back into the places that helped shape us. Ashley reflects on more than two decades in education and the experiences that shaped his philosophy of seeing the whole child, building relationships with students, and recognizing that education is about much more than content and test scores. We talk about teaching in Miami and New York, coaching, mentoring younger educators, Haitian-American identity, running as a tool for community building, and Ashley's eventual return home to Miami. The conversation also explores his involvement with the Little Haiti Revitalization Trust, neighborhood development, scholarships, preserving Little Haiti and Black Miami, and why residents need to better understand the local institutions and decisions affecting their everyday lives. Throughout Ashley's journey, education keeps showing up in different forms. Sometimes it's a classroom. Sometimes it's a track. Sometimes it's a conversation. Sometimes it's helping someone understand what's happening in their own community. So we ask: What does it mean to educate beyond the classroom?

  2. Aug 14

    What Does It Take to Deliver Results in a Divided Government? | Shevrin Jones

    What does it take to deliver results when government is increasingly divided? In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones for a conversation about legislative experience, political division, bipartisanship, accountability, affordability, and what it takes to turn relationships into results. Drawing from 14 years of legislative experience, Shevrin reflects on how Tallahassee has changed and how navigating an increasingly polarized political environment has shaped his approach to governing. We discuss his work on Florida's police body-camera legislation, protecting incarcerated pregnant women, building relationships across party lines, and why he believes effective governing sometimes requires leaders to “lead with people and not lead with policy.” The conversation also turns toward accountability. Shevrin discusses allowing constituents to evaluate his performance, remaining accessible outside traditional political spaces, and why elected officials need to listen even when the feedback isn't what they want to hear. Now, as he seeks to take his legislative experience to Congress, we ask: What does it take to deliver results in a divided government? QNA doesn't tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

  3. Aug 14

    How Do You Put People in a Position to Win? | Broadway Harewood

    In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with Broadway Harewood for a conversation about community service, homeownership, economic stability, financial knowledge, and moving from helping people with immediate needs to addressing the systems behind those needs. Broadway shares his own experience of working, saving, buying property, learning how to maintain it, and using ownership as a tool for building greater stability. But his story doesn't end with his own success. After learning how to navigate homeownership, Broadway says he helped more than 14 other people become homeowners because he believes people have a moral obligation to share information that can help someone else move forward. We discuss housing, income, credit, ownership, economic stability, community advocacy, nonprofit work, and why simply helping someone acquire a home isn't enough if they aren't economically positioned to sustain it. Broadway also explains how years of community service and policy advocacy eventually pushed him toward seeking elected office. After repeatedly working to get lawmakers to address community concerns, he decided he wanted to move from asking others to act to being in a position to help make those decisions himself. At the center of the conversation is a simple question: How do you put people in a position to win? QNA doesn't tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

  4. Aug 14

    What Happens When Schools Start Listening Again? | Thera Johnson

    What happens when schools start listening again? In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with Thera Johnson, write-in candidate for Miami-Dade County School Board District 1, for a conversation about making public education more responsive to the students, parents, teachers, and communities it serves. Thera discusses the importance of giving students a larger voice in education, creating stronger communication with parents, supporting teachers, and understanding why some families are choosing alternatives to traditional public schools. We also talk about literacy, early intervention, career readiness, trades, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, technology, arts education, and whether we're preparing students for the world they're actually entering. The conversation expands beyond the classroom into the economic impact of the school system. Thera argues that local and minority-owned businesses need better information and clearer pathways to compete for contracts and participate in the opportunities created by public-school spending. At the center of her approach is a simple idea: before deciding what students, parents, and teachers need, listen to them. So we ask: What happens when schools start listening again? QNA doesn't tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

  5. Aug 13

    How Do You Fight Poverty Through Policy? | Christine Sanon Jules

    How do you fight poverty through policy? In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with Christine Sanon Jules, candidate for Florida State Senate District 34, for a conversation about poverty, economic stability, housing, jobs, healthcare, and what government can do to help families move beyond simply surviving. Christine shares how community activism and voter engagement shaped her approach to public service and explains why she believes leadership should begin long before someone receives an elected title. We discuss her proposed Florida Stability Act, which she describes as a revolving emergency fund designed to help qualifying residents cover approximately three months of expenses during unexpected financial hardships. The conversation also explores housing affordability, increasing homeownership and business ownership, creating jobs, bringing film and television production back to Florida, mental-health resources, telehealth, and making government assistance more accessible to the people who need it. But Christine also challenges the idea that communities have to wait on Tallahassee to solve every problem. When asked about her first legislative session, she talks instead about bringing community leaders together immediately, listening to residents, and identifying what people can begin doing collectively right now. At the center of the conversation is a bigger question: How do you fight poverty through policy? QNA doesn’t tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

  6. Aug 13

    How Do You Build People, Not Just Programs? | Marshall L. Davis

    In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with Marshall L. Davis, longtime arts administrator, community leader, and congressional candidate, for a conversation about what it takes to intentionally invest in people and communities. Marshall reflects on his decades of work with the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center and the philosophy behind helping transform it into an institution focused on serious arts education, cultural development, discipline, exposure, and opportunity. We discuss why successful programs need strategy, structure, systems, expectations, and measurable outcomes—and why the real measure of a program isn't simply that it exists, but what happens to the people who experience it. The conversation expands into education, vocational training, marketable skills, housing, economic opportunity, and Marshall's belief that young people should leave our educational systems better prepared to build independent and productive lives. For Munch, this conversation is also personal because of his own connection to the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center and firsthand experience with the institution Marshall helped build. At the center of it all is a simple question: How do you build people, not just programs? QNA doesn't tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

  7. Aug 13

    What Does It Take to Make Our Public Schools the First Choice? | James Wright

    What would it take for our public schools to become the first choice for families? In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with James Wright, candidate for Miami-Dade County School Board District 1, for a conversation about what it takes to build a safer, more responsive, and more competitive public school system. Drawing from his experience in law enforcement, executive leadership, public administration, small business, and procurement, James explains the perspective he wants to bring to the School Board. We discuss student safety, academic performance, leadership, teacher retention, communication with parents, school facilities, data-driven decision-making, and preparing students for college, technical education, trades, apprenticeships, and life beyond graduation. We also get into a part of the school system that often receives far less attention: its economic impact. James challenges the focus on how many small businesses are certified to work with public agencies and asks a different question—how many are actually receiving contracts? At the center of the conversation is James's belief that families already have educational choices, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools should work to become the option they choose first. QNA doesn't tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

  8. Aug 12

    How Do You Turn Problems Into Policy? | Oliver Gilbert

    How do you turn the problems people experience every day into policy that actually changes their lives? In this episode of QNA: Questions Need Answers, Munch sits down with Miami-Dade County Commissioner and former Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert for a conversation about leadership, problem-solving, economic development, affordability, and building stronger communities. Oliver reflects on his experience leading Miami Gardens and serving in county government, explaining how he approaches issues by identifying the underlying problem and looking for policy solutions that can actually get done. We discuss economic development, zoning, public safety, parks and youth programs, housing, healthcare, wages, organized labor, education, small businesses, homeownership, and what it takes to build wealth in communities that have experienced generations of poverty and disinvestment. We also get into Oliver's argument that social programs can help people survive today—but long-term progress requires creating opportunities for people to own homes, build businesses, earn better wages, and participate in the economy. Now, as Oliver seeks to take his experience to Congress, we ask: How do you turn problems into policy? QNA doesn't tell you who to vote for. We ask the questions so you can hear directly from the people seeking to serve our communities and make an informed decision for yourself.

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This where we discuss community, culture and politics in Black Miami and across the diaspora.

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