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The search for innovative solutions to women’s economic insecurity in ϳԹ

On November 14th, Disrupted held a live event at Quinnipiac University to talk with leaders from across our state about the economic inequities that women face. The discussion focused on housing, childcare and economic mobility and coincided with the release of a report titled ".” First, Michelle Riordan-Nold of CTData Collaborative and Jenny Steadman of Aurora Women and Girls Foundation spoke about the findings of the report. Then, Jenny Steadman of Aurora Women and Girls Foundation, Karen DuBois-Walton of Elm City Communities, Emily Byrne of ϳԹ Voices for Children and Karen Lott of the Women’s League Child Development Center talked about potential solutions to the issues women are facing.

The report was created by and funded by and . To read the report, you can go to .

GUESTS:

  • Michelle Riordan-Nold: Executive Director of
  • Jenny Steadman: Executive Director of
  • Karen DuBois-Walton: President of
  • Emily Byrne: Executive Director of
  • Karen Lott: Executive Director of the . She is also on the board of Aurora Women and Girls Foundation.

Special thanks to our interns Lateshia Peters and Joey Morgan.

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Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for ϳԹ Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in ϳԹ and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
Wayne Edwards is a freelance producer at ϳԹ contributing to multi-platform productions, including ‘Disrupted’, ‘Where Art Thou?’, and ‘Cutline in the Community’.

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on ϳԹ.
Meg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows for ϳԹ where she oversees the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at ϳԹ.

Funding provided by:
The ϳԹ Office of Film, Television and Digital Media

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