Thriving Forward

By Megan Lasaponara & Sarah Collins-McGowan

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Too often Rochester, NY is featured in the news for its problems. But this area is rich with community-based organizations striving to improve the lives of its residents. Join local pediatricians Megan Lasaponara and Sarah Collins-McGowan as they interview people who are involved in good works all over the region. We will learn about each organization and how our guests found their path to community-based work. If you are ready to hear good news and feel inspired by what Rochester has to offer, join us as we talk to the people making our community ever better.

Episode Date
Jennifer Philips - Director of Expressive Arts and Music Fundamentals at the Hochstein School.
Feb 07, 2024
Brighid Gavin - Childhood Behavior Solutions
Aug 02, 2023
Pamela Reed Sanchez - President and CEO of the Seneca Park Zoo Society
May 24, 2023
U of R Medical Student Brittany Hodges
Apr 19, 2023
Amanda Gozigian - Ronald McDonald House Charities
Mar 01, 2023
Shawn Gee from SRGMF Creative Brand Consulting
Feb 01, 2023
Flower City Down Syndrome Network with Cheryl Carleton
Jan 04, 2023
Anita O'Brien - Executive Director of Rochester Accessible Adventures
Oct 26, 2022
Tracey Taylor Co-Chair Monroe County LEICC
Sep 21, 2022
URMC Sickle Cell Disease Advocacy Group
Sep 07, 2022
Bill Moehle - Brighton Town Supervisor
Jul 20, 2022
Joe Di Fiore from City Roots Community Land Trust
Jul 06, 2022
Heather Newton - CEO NAMI Rochester
Jun 22, 2022
Calvin Eaton from 540WMain
Jun 08, 2022
Amanda Ashley - Program Director Girls Rock! Rochester
May 25, 2022
Lead Coalition with Dr. Schaffer and Jennifer Becker
May 11, 2022
Dr. Matthew Present from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Rochester
Apr 27, 2022
Santos Jasmine Montanez from Ibero American Action League
Apr 13, 2022
Liza Savage-Katz: KaleidoscopeMe
Mar 30, 2022
Jody Todd Manly - Mt Hope Family Center
Mar 16, 2022
Dr. Jessica Shand - URMC, Bioethics, and Mindfulness
Mar 02, 2022
Dr. Stephen Cook - URMC and NYS DOH
Feb 09, 2022
Cara Rager - WXXI
Jan 26, 2022
Quajay Donnell: Public Art Photographer
Jan 05, 2022
Joy Bergfalk, Executive Director of The Coffee Connection and Project Empower
Dec 01, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Nayak and kids from the COVID vaccine study
Nov 17, 2021
Monica Thomas and Joanne Lathan from Crisis Nursery
Nov 03, 2021
Wayne County First Assistant District Attorney Christine Callanan
Oct 20, 2021
GiGi's Playhouse - Board of Directors Members Carrie Bergeron and Katie Peglow
Oct 06, 2021
Sarah Fitzgibbons - Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC)
Sep 22, 2021
Hinge Neighbors - Shawn Dunwoody and Suzanne Mayer
Sep 08, 2021
Lucienne Nicholson from Inclusive Woods & Us
Aug 25, 2021
Leah Hill - Strong Recovery Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program
Aug 11, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Murray - URMC Pediatric Emergency Medicine, REACH, Bivona, and AAP Spokesperson
Jul 28, 2021
Mrs Kasha Davis - Imagination Station
Jul 14, 2021
Joseph Morelle Jr - Monroe County Legislature District 17
Jun 30, 2021
ROC the Future: Kilolo Moyo-White, Family & Community Engagement Specialist
Jun 16, 2021
Kit Miller - M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence
Jun 02, 2021
Amy Albanese - Community Relations Manager for Person Centered Service
May 19, 2021
Dyson Day Grand Rounds - Rochester Thriving Forward
May 05, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth McAnarney - Distinguished University Professor and Chair Emerita of the Department of Pediatrics URMC
Apr 21, 2021
Karen Zandi - President & CEO of Mary Cariola Center
Apr 07, 2021
Tonia Burton - Monroe County Library
Mar 17, 2021
Dr. Steven Schulz - Pediatrician with Rochester Regional Health
Mar 03, 2021
Dr. Brenda Tesini - URMC Hospital Epidemiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
Feb 17, 2021
Dr. Sarah Collins-McGowan - Pediatric Links with the Community
Feb 03, 2021
Jennifer Muniga - Executive Director of Cameron Community Ministries
Jan 20, 2021
Henry Ignacio Padrón-Morales and Pamela Bailie Co-Owners of Hipocampo Children's Books
Dec 30, 2020
Mitch Gruber Foodlink's Chief Strategy Officer
Dec 16, 2020
Otto Harnischfeger Executive Director of The Pirate Toy Fund
Dec 02, 2020
Deb Turner Program Director 2-1-1 Lifeline
Nov 18, 2020
Prematurity Awareness Month Interview with Carla LeVant from the NICU at URMC
Nov 04, 2020
Lisa Nolan from Willow Domestic Violence Center
Oct 21, 2020
Dr. Sandy Jee from Finger Lakes Children's Environmental Health Center
Oct 07, 2020
Drs. Carol Fries and Katie Rice - September Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Sep 23, 2020
Dr. LeKeyah Wilson - Medical Director of School-Based Health Centers for RRH
Sep 09, 2020
Aaron Lattonzio - Rochester Summer Meals Program
Aug 26, 2020
Rochester Regional Breastfeeding Coalition
Aug 12, 2020
Dr. Yvette Conyers, President of the Rochester Black Nurses Association
Jul 29, 2020
Matt Fico, Community Outreach Coordinator at The Arc of Monroe
Jul 15, 2020
Katelin Pellett - Vice President of Programs at Causewave Community Partners
Jul 01, 2020
Jan Schriefer, Director of Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance Liaison (QAL) for the Department of Pediatrics
Jun 17, 2020
Erick Stephens - Parent Engagement Coordinator for Healthi Kids
Jun 03, 2020
Jackie Dozier Supervisor of the Women's Prevention Project (WPP) in the Innovation Institute at Trillium Health
May 20, 2020
Jennifer Johnson Director of Family and Community Outreach at Golisano Children’s Hospital
Apr 15, 2020
Deb Rosen Executive Director of Bivona Child Advocacy Center
Apr 01, 2020
Shawn Brown from Teen Empowerment
Mar 18, 2020
Hillside Parents As Teachers
Mar 04, 2020
Dr. Dave Topa
Feb 19, 2020
Rebecca Russo from LawNY
Feb 05, 2020
Grandmaster Sung Kim from Master Kim's Taekwondo
Jan 22, 2020
Dirk Hightower from Children's Institute
Jan 08, 2020
Andy Sherman Co-President of Netlife
Dec 18, 2019
Andy Aligne from The Hoekelman Center at the University of Rochester
Dec 04, 2019
Mary Hoffman from Blackfriars Theatre
Nov 20, 2019
Megan Lasaponara from Kids Thrive 585
Oct 30, 2019