Unsung Stewards

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In Season 4, you’ll hear inspiring stories of stewards who are creating transformative change in their communities by expanding the vital conditions for health and well-being—and bringing others into the work.

  1. MAR 26

    Belonging and Civic Muscle Unlocks a Deeper Way to Build a Thriving Washington State

    In this episode, host Becky Payne sits down with Michael Brown, Chief Architect at Civic Commons, to discuss how building belonging and civic muscle can transform communities from the ground up. Drawing on his deep experience of facilitating place-based collaborations in King County, WA, Michael describes how local organizations have invested in relationship building— and how that has resulted in lasting change in health, housing, and economic opportunity across the region. Tune in to learn what’s possible when trust, collaboration, and a shared sense of belonging are driving community transformation.

    27 min

  2. 12/11/2025

    Building Belonging and Civic Muscle Through Journalism

    In this episode of Unsung Stewards, Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds, a second-generation publisher of the Black Voice News and founder of Voice Media Ventures, shares her journey rooted in journalism and stewardship. Growing up with a deep legacy of civic engagement and storytelling, Paulette shares how her family's service shaped her approach to community media. Learn about her work with the Inland Empire Community Foundation, the Inland Empire Journalism Innovation Hub + Fund, and her efforts to foster thriving communities through the vital conditions and shared stewardship. This conversation highlights the power of local media, the importance of belonging, and the role storytelling plays in building belonging and love for one's place.

    31 min

  3. 09/29/2025

    Relationships Strengthen Health and Well-Being in the Lehigh Valley

    Episode 3 of the Unsung Stewards podcast features Samantha Shaak, PhD, Executive Director of The Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health and Vice President, Community Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network. Samantha illustrates how stewardship begins with connecting the dots within communities, understanding partners and people, and nurturing these relationships to build a healthier, more resilient region. In this thoughtful conversation, Samantha reminds us that even amid constant change, purpose and the people we work alongside are what truly keep us moving forward.

    28 min
  4. Stewardship Begins with Listening in South Texas

    06/05/2025

    Stewardship Begins with Listening in South Texas

    Discover the power of listening in this episode featuring Yvonne Pacheco, a lifelong resident of Laredo, Texas, and Community Connector with Methodist Healthcare Ministries (MHM). As a Community Connector at MHM, Yvonne’s work involves building relationships in communities across South Texas to understand what residents need to thrive, and support their unique efforts to expand the vital conditions for health and well-being. She shares how growing up in a vibrant, tight-knit border community shaped her approach to stewardship, inspiring her to show up consistently, listen deeply, and create space for honest dialogue around the stories that define a place. Stream Episode 2 to learn how these practices are essential for building trust and cultivating meaningful relationships in South Texas and beyond. Special thanks to our guest host, Dr. Ruth Thomas-Squance, Co-Executive Director of the Building Healthy Places Network, who is also deeply committed to advancing racial equity through cross-sector partnerships and fostering community-centered solutions.

    26 min

  5. 03/07/2025

    The Stories and Legacies We Live By

    Join us for a conversation with Dr. Arvind Singhal, a professor of communications and Director of the Social Justice Initiative at The University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Singhal has been a teacher, advocate, and organizer for many years. We consider him to be a kindred spirit within the Movement to Thrive Together and his work on the positive deviance approach–a way of developing community-driven solutions by honoring successful outliers and out of the box thinking–is a strong example of shared stewardship in practice.

    25 min

  6. 10/09/2024

    Strong Partnerships Are Helping to Create a Thriving Lehigh Valley

    Unsung Stewards

    29 min

  7. 09/11/2024

    Stewarding Systems Change: From Global to Local

    Unsung Stewards

    31 min

  8. 07/19/2024

    Building a thriving community in Winston-Salem

    Season 4 of the Unsung Stewards podcast kicks off with Kellie Easton, President and CEO of Action4Equity, an organization working to transform the education system in her hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In Episode 1, Kellie starts off by grounding us in Action4Equity’s whole-school, whole-community, whole-child approach, demonstrating the connection to the other vital conditions, and how we can do systems change work at multiple levels so that everyone can thrive—in Winston-Salem and beyond. Our conversation with Kellie reveals an approach that is deeply rooted in racial justice and strong shared stewardship, heard in her call to, “build a table that's big enough and long enough for everyone to have a seat.”

    28 min
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In Season 4, you’ll hear inspiring stories of stewards who are creating transformative change in their communities by expanding the vital conditions for health and well-being—and bringing others into the work.

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  • Creator
    ReThink Health an initiative of The Rippel Foundation
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright ©2024 The Rippel Foundation
  • Show Website
    Unsung Stewards

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