Outreach With Reggie | Community Advocacy & Mental Health

Reggie Holloway | Community Advocacy & Mental Health

Outreach with Reggie is your weekly podcast on mental health, foster care reform, and community advocacy. Hosted by Reggie Holloway, it dives deep into nonprofit leadership, youth advocacy, and activism to inspire community change and social impact. With topics ranging from child welfare advocacy and trauma informed care to nonprofit strategy and policy advocacy, each episode equips listeners with tools for lasting transformation. Join us to amplify foster youth voices, champion social equity solutions, and lead with purpose in your community.

  1. “Can We Talk?” – What It Means to Create Healthy Spaces & Conversations

    May 30

    “Can We Talk?” – What It Means to Create Healthy Spaces & Conversations

    In this powerful episode of Outreach With Reggie, Reggie explores what it truly means to create healthy spaces and have honest conversations in a world where connection can often feel surface-level and performative. “Can We Talk?” challenges listeners to reflect on the environments, relationships, and conversations shaping their lives. Are the spaces you occupy helping you heal and grow — or are they simply familiar places you’ve learned to survive? This episode dives into the difference between healthy and unhealthy spaces, the impact of performative relationships, the importance of emotional safety, mental health conversations across communities, and how to recognize when it’s time to fight for a space, walk away, or build one of your own. Drawing from lived experience, advocacy, and community leadership, Reggie offers honest insight on vulnerability, accountability, friendship, inclusion, and the courage it takes to create spaces where truth can exist without fear. This week’s challenge: Ask yourself — Are you in a healthy space… or just a familiar one? Because healthy spaces don’t just exist. They are built.

    1h 11m
  2. Never Know What Will Be the Last Words: A Love Letter to My Mother

    May 10

    Never Know What Will Be the Last Words: A Love Letter to My Mother

    In this deeply personal episode of Outreach with Reggie, Reggie reflects on grief, closure, motherhood, and the reality of navigating life after the passing of his mother on Mother’s Day 2024. Continuing his foster care journey from last episode, Reggie opens up about the psychology of loss, the weight of last conversations, healing without closure, and what it means to keep showing up for others while grieving privately yourself. This episode is a love letter to his mother — and to anyone learning how to carry loss while still moving forward.

    56 min
  3. National Foster Care Month: My Story, My Survival, My Purpose

    May 2

    National Foster Care Month: My Story, My Survival, My Purpose

    In honor of National Foster Care Month, this episode of Outreach With Reggie is one of the most personal I’ve ever recorded. This is more than awareness—this is my story. From entering foster care as a child, being separated from my siblings, and navigating constant instability… to facing trauma, loss, and mental health battles during my teenage years—this episode walks through the reality of growing up in the system. I share what it felt like to: • Be placed into foster care for the first time • Reunite with my mother—and lose that stability again • Move from home to home and struggle to build relationships • Experience deep grief while still trying to survive • Have my story publicly shared through FOX 5’s Wednesday’s Child • Face suicidal thoughts and identity struggles as a teen • Lose an adoption opportunity at 17 • Age out of foster care during college—and experience homelessness But this isn’t just a story about what I went through. It’s about who I became. In this episode, I also open up about: • Rebuilding relationships with my family • Reconnecting with my sister and my mother • Graduating from college against the odds • Finding purpose through advocacy, storytelling, and impact This episode is for anyone who has ever felt overlooked, displaced, or misunderstood. And it’s for those who want to truly understand foster care—not just as a system, but as a lived experience. Because behind every statistic… there’s a story like mine. 🎧 Listen. Learn. Share.

    59 min

  4. Apr 17

    Beyond Test Scores: Kevin Cripe on Intelligence, Empathy, and Real Learning

    In this thought-provoking episode of Outreach with Reggie, I sit down with educator, author, and speaker Kevin Cripe for a powerful conversation on what it really takes to help young people succeed—both inside and outside the classroom. With over two decades of experience working with students from diverse and often underserved backgrounds, Kevin brings a perspective that challenges how we define intelligence, measure success, and support the next generation. From building a nationally recognized after-school chess program to shaping the lives of first-generation college students, his work goes far beyond traditional education. We dive into the realities of public education today—where it’s working, where it’s falling short, and what needs to change. Kevin also opens up about his personal journey through adoption, offering insight into identity, family, and the deeper emotional layers that shape who we become. This episode explores: • Why intelligence can’t be reduced to test scores • How parents and educators can better nurture cognitive and emotional growth • The role of empathy and moral development in raising strong leaders • How tools like chess can unlock critical thinking and life skills • What meaningful, long-term change in education actually looks like This conversation is for anyone who cares about young people, systems change, and building a future where every child has the opportunity to thrive. 🎧 Tune in and rethink what learning, leadership, and impact really mean.

    1h 25m
  5. The Power of Therapy: Unlocking Youth Mental Health

    Apr 10

    The Power of Therapy: Unlocking Youth Mental Health

    In this episode of Outreach With Reggie, we delve into the transformative power of therapy in promoting youth mental health, especially within foster care and community advocacy contexts. Host Reggie Holloway explores how therapy can serve as a critical tool in trauma informed care, fostering systemic change and personal healing for vulnerable populations. Through engaging personal stories and expert insights, listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the role of therapy in nonprofit leadership and social impact. Join us to learn how embracing therapy can amplify youth voices and inspire meaningful community development and policy advocacy.

    52 min
  6. Misunderstood: The Truth About Foster Youth & Juvenile Justice | Trauma Informed Care Insights

    Apr 7

    Misunderstood: The Truth About Foster Youth & Juvenile Justice | Trauma Informed Care Insights

    In this powerful episode of Outreach with Reggie, we delve into critical issues surrounding foster care, youth mental health, and juvenile justice. Too often, young people navigating the juvenile justice system—especially those from foster care backgrounds—are misunderstood. This episode explores the connection between foster care and juvenile justice, highlighting how trauma, instability, and early life experiences shape behavior and contribute to the pipeline from foster care to incarceration. We examine gaps in the current system, including the widespread lack of trauma-informed care, and how these challenges call for systemic change driven by community advocacy and youth advocacy. Through personal stories and social research, we learn why punishment alone fails these youth and why social impact efforts must center on understanding and compassion. Join host Reggie Holloway as he calls on listeners to rethink foster care reform, mental health awareness, and juvenile justice policies. This conversation is a crucial step toward fostering real community development and inspiring nonprofit leadership committed to supporting vulnerable youth and championing equity within social systems.

    45 min

  7. Mar 31

    Community Advocacy and Foster Care Reform: Insights from Outreach with Reggie Season Three Premiere

    Outreach with Reggie is a weekly podcast dedicated to community advocacy, youth advocacy, foster care reform, and social impact. Hosted by Reggie Holloway, the show delves into critical topics such as child welfare advocacy, nonprofit leadership, mental health, trauma-informed care, and policy advocacy, providing listeners with valuable insights and practical strategies for creating community change. Through in-depth research, lived experiences, and engaging conversations with advocates, professionals, and change-makers, Outreach with Reggie highlights real stories and actionable solutions to systemic challenges affecting our communities. The podcast emphasizes social equity solutions, foster youth voices, and nonprofit strategy to inspire and empower listeners to take impactful action. Whether you are a community leader, social worker, advocate, or passionate about fostering social justice and supporting vulnerable populations, Outreach with Reggie offers thoughtful discussions on nonprofit funding, outreach, activism, and social research designed to inform and motivate meaningful change.

    11 min

  8. Mar 21

    Season Two Finale: Advancing Social Impact and Foster Care Advocacy

    In our Season Two Finale of Outreach with Reggie, we reflect on the most impactful moments around social impact, foster care, and community organizing from this season. Host Reggie Holloway brings together insights from advocacy, social research, and nonprofit leadership to highlight how collective efforts are driving social policy impact and meaningful community change. Tune in to hear inspiring discussions and actionable strategies that empower listeners to become effective advocates in their communities. Whether you're involved in social activism or nonprofit leadership, this finale offers a powerful look at the progress made and the work still ahead in building stronger, more supportive environments for vulnerable populations.

    29 min
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Outreach with Reggie is your weekly podcast on mental health, foster care reform, and community advocacy. Hosted by Reggie Holloway, it dives deep into nonprofit leadership, youth advocacy, and activism to inspire community change and social impact. With topics ranging from child welfare advocacy and trauma informed care to nonprofit strategy and policy advocacy, each episode equips listeners with tools for lasting transformation. Join us to amplify foster youth voices, champion social equity solutions, and lead with purpose in your community.

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