GCC Community Talks
Join us for a community conversation featuring diverse voices and perspectives on topics of interest to the greater Germantown area.
Episodes
Join hosts Kim Grant and Tony Keys as they welcome Germantown Police Chief Mike Snow back to the studio for a conversation on Student Resource Officers (SROs) and community relationships with the Germantown Police Department. We are grateful to Chief Snow for sitting down with COMMUNITY TALKS and his willingness to tackle tough subjects. Finding ways to talk with one another is key to bridging divides and bringing about understandi...
Join hosts Victor Dione and Tony Keys as they welcome guest John Norcross for a timely discussion on hate groups and their influence on school boards in our area.
Be About It:
· Read about Moms for Liberty in Wisconsin “Moms for Liberty is Growing in Wisconsin as Critics Call Them Extremists”
· Educate others on why things like banning books and prohibiting inclusive curriculum is harmful to all students
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Hosts Victor Dione and Kim Grant welcome District 4 Trustee Phil Hudson for an insightful conversation on all things Germantown village government. Please forgive our audio technical challenges in this episode. We will be bringing Phil back for a second recording next season to make up for it. The conversation is too important to not release this episode so we hope you will bear with this and still learn something new along the way...
Join hosts Victor Dione and Tony Keys as they welcome Peter Adamczak for a discussion about disability, accessibility, equity, and inclusion. How well do we really do as a community making people with disabilities feel welcome and valued?
Be About It:
- Read about being a better ally to people with disabilities. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/humandevelopment/become-a-disability-ALLY.html#:~:text=ALLY%3A-,Acknowledge%20and%2...
Welcome back to another great season of COMMUNITY TALKS!
Join hosts Kim Grant and Victor Dione as Tony Keys climbs into the guest seat to talk about his experiences moving to Germantown while black. It's important for us to take time and intention to view the world through another person's perspective in order to have empathy for their lived experience and to see how we impact their experience good and bad.
Be Ab...
"But that doesn't happen in our community..."
Join hosts Kim Grant and Tony Keys with Victor Dione in the guest seat for an important conversation about what it's like to be black while working in the predominantly white suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, including Germantown. Decades of some of the worst segregation in the country continues to take a toll on non-white community members. It's time to talk about...
Join hosts Kim Grant and Victor Dione with special guest Ricardo Galaviz, aka Ricky Royale, for a celebration of drag! Despite attempts to attack and even ban the art of drag performing, drag continues to be a beautiful and creative way for people to express themselves. Let's learn about it and then let's be about it!!!
Be About It
- Listen to 88nine Radio Milwaukee’s BeSeen podcast Tracing the roots of Wiscons...
Join hosts Kim Grant and Tony Keys for an enlightening discussion with Pastor Janis Doleschal from St. John United Church of Christ. St. John's is an affirming and accepting church where ALL are truly welcome. Learn about Rev Jan's impressive background and what drives her to be such a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. You will even get a free sermon on the real lessons of Sodom and Gomorrah. Let's talk a...
Hosts Victor Dione and Kim Grant welcome Lynn Grgich and Joletta Kerpan from the Germantown Chamber of Commerce. Join them for an informative conversation about all things The Chamber does for our community!
Be About It:
• Check out The Chamber’s website to learn even more including their calendar for activities in our area to join https://www.germantownchamber.org/
• Follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook....
COMMUNITY TALKS welcomes Tony Keys for his hosting debut along with regular host Victor Dione as they talk with Barseana Simond and Hadwat Sankari the founders of Just Us of Washington County. Learn about this fantastic new non-profit supporting BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community members in our area.
Be About It:
• Check out Just Us on social media to learn more and stay up to date on ways to get involved https://www.faceboo...
Join hosts Kim Grant and Victor Dione as they welcome special guests Bex Streit the Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Program Coordinator at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center and John Plaski who is a teacher at Germantown High School and advisor for the Sexual and Gender Equality (SAGE) student group. Let's talk about LGBTQ+ topics and say gay!
Be About It:
• Read LGBTQ+ authors to understand their life e...
Hosts Kim Grant and Victor Dione welcome Germantown Police Chief Mike Snow for a discussion about Student Resource Officers in the Germantown School District.
Join hosts Victor Dione and Kim Grant, with special guest Haley Miller of Children's Hospital Wisconsin, as they discuss the youth mental health crisis facing our nation and community. What is causing the crisis, what are the resources available, and how can we better help the children of our community with their mental health needs.
Join hosts Victor Dione and Kim Grant, along with special guest Jennifer Adams, for a new feature on COMMUNITY TALKS, "Positively Gtown." Periodically, we will feature people and organizations in our Positively Gtown spotlight to highlight their contributions to making our community a better place for ALL. We are excited to start with Jennifer from Germantown Youth Futures. Learn all about how this amazing organization go...
Join hosts Kim Grant and Meg Maikowski along with an area mom whose son created the popular PRIDE display at the Germantown Community Library for the past two years. This year's display upset a small, vocal segment in our community who have demanded future PRIDE displays be banned. Let's talk about it and then let's BE ABOUT IT!
Season 3 Premiere! The overturn of Roe v. Wade marked the first time constitutional rights were taken away in our country. Join hosts Victor Dione and Kim Grant, along with special guest Lisa Boyce from Planned Parenthood, for an important discussion about what this means for our community. Building a safe, welcoming community FOR ALL is what GCC is all about. Unfortunately, this decision is a step backwards from achieving that mis...
Join hosts Victor Dione and Kim Grant, along with special guest Megan Kitze-Ward, for a discussion in recognition of Autism Awareness Month. Megan shares her experience as the mom of a child with Autism and tips on how we can make the world a more inclusive place for people with Autism.. Let's talk about it and then BE ABOUT IT!
Join hosts Victor Dione and Meg Maikowski, along with special guest Michael Aronow, for a discussion about GCC's first STRONGER TOGETHER community workshop. Michael is an Economics and World History teacher at Germantown High School as well as the faculty advisor for the Multi-Ethnic Student Association (MESA).
Register for our next community workshop HERE!
Victor Dione is back behind the mic! Join Victor and Kim Grant as they welcome Trisha Smith, Director of Germantown Community Library, for a discussion on book banning. Since the start of the 2021-2022 school year, the ALA says it’s seen an “unprecedented volume of challenges” aimed at books by, and about, people of color, and books that tackle topics like racism and sexual or gender identities. Let's talk about it.
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