What's Going On: HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, 💜 iPledge® 2025 – Women Against Abuse, 💡 Finance, AI, and the Future of Work - Philadelphia Community Podcast

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning and welcome to what's going on? A show
about making a difference in our lives and our communities.
I'm Lorraine Ballard. Morrow, we'll hear from Joanna Otera Cruz
of Women Against Abuse on the eighteenth annual I Pledge campaign.
Will also be joined by Alitsia Planska of Morgan Stanley
to talk about how artificial intelligence is shaping finance and

(00:20):
the future of work. But first I'm joined by Christina's
Service Marketing and Communications Coordinator and Cesri Pimentel Rodriguez, Director
of Community Engagement at HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
For more than one hundred and forty years. HMS has
been a vital source a resource for children with complex

(00:40):
physical and communications needs, creating a supportive space where students,
families and staffs celebratabilities and foster independence. They're going to
be talking about the fourth annual Community Day happening on Sunday,
October fifth, from eleven am to two pm at this school.
Thank you both for joining us here today.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
HMS has been serving children with cerebral palsy and complex
needs for as I mentioned, over one hundred and forty years.
Can you share a little bit about the school's mission
and what makes it unique.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Sesar, Yeah, absolutely, First and foremost, thank you so much
Lorrain for having us on. We really appreciate it. HMS,
as you mentioned, has been in existence since eighteen eighty two.
We're celebrating our one hundred and forty third anniversary. Over
the course of those one hundred and forty three years,
hms's mission has continued to evolve, but at the core
of it, it's always been helping students with disabilities. Once

(01:34):
the nineteen sixties rolled around, when we stopped serving students
with polio thanks to the salt vaccine, we really began
to focus our specialty on cerebral palsy and the cerebral
palsy community. So for the last however many years that's
been now, I can't calculate, I think eighty, we've been
really specialized and focused on CP education and helping students

(01:58):
with cerebral palsy. So we offer on site therapies including
speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and recreation therapy along
with all of our educational programs that take place during
the day. As a school, in general, our students tend
to see what a normal neurotypical school would be where

(02:21):
they arrive on campus at eight forty five am via
bus or getting dropped off, and then they leave for
the school day at three forty five pm. So it's
really a comprehensive school where everything kind of takes place
right there on site.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
And just to follow up, I'm sure a lot of people,
and I'd say most people have heard the phrase cerebral palsy,
but they may not understand exactly what that is.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
Can you explain that absolutely so. Cerebral palsy is a
group of neurological disorders that affect movement, muscle tone, and
posture due to damage to the brain and the developing brain.
So this can typically happen before, during, or after pregnancy
and birth, and it can be caused by a lack

(03:08):
of oxygen to the brain. But this can also sometimes
occur due to brain injury, infection, and sometimes even stroke.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
What can people expect when they attend this year's community
Day and what are some of the highlights and families
should look forward to? Christina?

Speaker 4 (03:23):
Sure, so the event takes place from eleven am to
two pm. They can expect a completely free event. You
don't have to be a member of the HMS community
to attend, as long as you're within the area and
that timeframe. We'll have a live entertainment which includes ants
on a log and also another vocal singer, will have
face painting, a photo booth, raffle prizes. We'll have a

(03:47):
therapy pony that they can feed it and pet. Will
have food vendors like Geno Steak, Milk John and Humphy Dumplings,
and again everything is one hundred percent free. We'll also
have the Philadelphia Union mascot saying there to take pictures
and to give out some giveaways, so that's also exciting.
So we just want people to come support our school,

(04:07):
learn more about our students, and enjoy the day.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Well, you had me at ants and a log, so
I love that they're great art. They Oh yeah, Sasri,
you're aiming to raise sixty thousand dollars this year. Can
you talk about how these funds are going to impact
your students and the programs.

Speaker 3 (04:25):
Absolutely, So, this year's Community Day also acts as our
biggest fundraiser of the year for whatever funds we do
receive up to those sixty thousand dollars that we're hoping
to make it does impact our programs directly. So because
HMS is an approved private school, all of our educational
programs are funded through the state. However, our additional programs,

(04:47):
including Summer Camp, which we offer completely free of cost,
are recreational therapies including arts expressive arts therapies, dance movement
are after school activities. These are all things that we
continue to fundraise for and receive funds for throughout the year.
So all of the funds raised during this year's Community
Day and leading up to Community Day directly impact those programs.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
Christina Community Day is free, but you're also looking for
volunteers and donors. How can people get involved to support
HMS before, during, and after the event.

Speaker 4 (05:21):
Absolutely, we have a dedicated communitydy page, so the visit
www dot HMS school dot org slash Community Day you'll
see all the information about the event. You can also
donate through there. We have a volunteer sign up a
list as well, so if you click on the link
there you can sign up there. You can also email
us at development at HMS school dot org to also

(05:43):
ask us any questions that may not be answered through
that dedicated website page.

Speaker 1 (05:48):
I love that the Franklin Institute will be lighting up
green in honor of cerebral palsy awareness. Why is that
visibility so important for families that you serve, Sessre.

Speaker 3 (05:58):
Yeah, it's so important or to be able to have
the community that we live in supporting our families. So
having the Franklin Institute light up green, not just for
the Eagles that day is going to be really special.
Green is the color of cerebral palsy awareness and all
of our families. We do have sixty four students that
are with us this year, so all sixty four of

(06:21):
our families being able to see that community support, not
just at HMS on Community Day, but in the broader
community is so so important for visibility and shining a
light on cerebral palsy and really to destigmatize what cerebral
palsy means.

Speaker 1 (06:40):
And Christina, for someone who's never been to AHMS school
or Community Day, what do you hope that they'll walk
away with after attending?

Speaker 4 (06:48):
As Seth we mentioned destigmatizing our students. We look at
their abilities and something that I love in the almost
two years that I've been at HMS is just how
much our students are able to do. So there's no
limitations on what we're able to expose them to. So
we hope that you come and have a better understanding
when you see somebody in a wheelchair or with a
assistive technology device, that you kind of take a second

(07:10):
and kind of think and don't kind of make them
feel like an outcast, but more so invite them and
just kind of be curious and inquisitive about how they
navigate life.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
I love that. I love that so much. And if
people want more information about not only this event that's
coming up at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral
Palsy SASREE, where do they find out more?

Speaker 3 (07:32):
Yes, you can visit us at www dot hmsschool dot
org and you can also follow us across all social
media accounts Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Speaker 1 (07:44):
Well looking forward to this fourth annual Community Day Sunday,
October fifth, from eleven am to two pm at the
HMS School campus backyard at forty four hundred Baltimore Avenue,
right here in Philadelphia. It's free and it marks HMI
is one hundred and forty third anniversary and aims to
raise sixty thousand dollars to sustain their life changing programs.

(08:07):
Let's come out and support them. Ants on a log
I mean, what more can you want? I want to
thank you both for joining us. Christina Service Marketing and
Communications Coordinator and Cesri Pimentel Rodriguez, director of Community Engagement
at HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Thank you
so much.

Speaker 2 (08:25):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (08:25):
Ing Yes, Today we're speaking with Joanna Otero Cruz, Executive
director of Women Against Abuse, the leading domestic violence service
provider and advocate in Philadelphia, as the organization launches its

(08:46):
eighteenth annual IE Pledge campaign this October one, kicking off
Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Joanna is here to share the
impact of this movement, this year's theme of hope and
the many ways our community can stand together to end
relationship abuse. So Joanna, a pleasure to have you here,
and this year's I Pledge marks the eighteenth Daniel campaign.

(09:07):
Can you share the history of IE Pledge and why
it remains a powerful tradition in Philadelphia?

Speaker 2 (09:12):
Well, definitely. The twenty twenty five campaign is as you've mentioned,
the theme is hope and is our eighteenth It's a
powerful reminder that everyone deserves to live safe, have a
positive future and it's important for us to come together
that we're all responsible for building that type of future
here in Philadelphia. October first at noon will be We

(09:36):
hope everybody comes out. Iye Pleasure is truly a press
conference is what it is, a community rally and a
resource fair, also uniting community leaders, survivors, advocates, and neighbors
in a powerful statement of solidarity.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
One of the most meaningful parts of I Pledge is
the survivor's story. Can you tell us about Megan's courage
and sharing her journe and why elevating survivor voices is
so important?

Speaker 2 (10:03):
Absolutely, one very meaningful aspect, as you mentioned of EYE Pledges,
that survivor's story sharing their story. This year we have
a courageous individual named Megan. Megan's story demonstrates how emotional, verbal,
and psychological abuse can be just as damaging as physical violence. Oftentimes,

(10:24):
individuals think that domestic violence is physical only, and we
know that it can manifest in many different ways. Her
story underscores the importance of recognizing all forms of abuse,
their critical need for support like services at Women Against Abuse,
what we provide, and how the healing process lasts long

(10:47):
after leaving the abusive relationship.

Speaker 1 (10:51):
Let's talk a little bit about relationship abuse, because one
thing that we know is that it crosses every kind
of boundary that you can imagine. You can be rich,
you can be poor, you can be black, you give
me white, you can be a Latina, you can be
I mean, it's really something that unfortunately is fairly universal.
It can happen to anybody. But I think that there

(11:12):
are so many challenges for people who are actually in
those kinds of relationships getting out of those relationships. Let's
talk very briefly about some of the things that keep
people in those abusive relationships. You often find a situation
where friends and family are going why doesn't she leave him?
And why does she keep going back to this person?

(11:33):
And I wonder if we can just touch on that,
what are some of the very powerful psychological strangleholds that
abuse can can express.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
You know, you mentioned all the complexities of why the
visuals can stay and you don't stay in a relationship.
This is why I think that you know, iye, pledgees
are important and it's raising that awareness about the pervasiveness.
We all know someone who's experienced domess of violence. Stories
going through it, three women one in four men experience
domestic violence. So as you mentioned, it crosses all sectors,

(12:06):
and half of our LGBTQ plus community experience domestic violence.
So it speaks to the prevalence. And I always say
we all know someone. I can't emphasize that enough. And
unfortunately there are many barriers. There's fear sometimes in our
immigrant communities, there's lots of fear of the importation of

(12:27):
being outed, you know, especially given it's always been, but
I think even more so now given our current political climate.
There's lots of fear in leaving. Financially, it is extremely
expensive with inflation, rents going up, everything seems to be
going up, but salaries, and so it makes it a

(12:48):
lot challenging financially to just completely root and leave without
that financial stability, especially if you have children. And there's
cultural barriers as well, you know, where it's oftentimes still
frowned upon, especially if you're in a marriage you are
legally married, where you have children with this partner is

(13:10):
oftentimes frowned upon, and another means of being isolated within
your own family and or community. There's lots of different
barriers that it can exasperate the issues of why individuals stay.
I think as a society we also have to begin
to change that narrative, right, how can we hold the

(13:31):
abuser accountable for their actions and why instead of asking
why does she or he stay in a relationship? Why
is that person hitting someone they're supposed to love right
and care for? And begin to change that narrative and
holding individuals accountable for their behavior versus victim blaming continuously

(13:51):
as a society, we have to do better well.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
Women Against Abuse offer so many resources, whether it's a hotline,
whether it's counseling there it's a phone call that can
help somebody with an exit plan. Tell us about some
of the resources that Women Against Abuse provides for individuals.

Speaker 2 (14:09):
We believe that we're providing life savings work starting with
our hotline. So our hotline is a collaborative with our
sister agencies here in the city of Philadelphia. It is
operated twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
And so if anybody has any questions, you know, maybe
you have doubts about the relationship that you're in and

(14:30):
you're wondering whether or not it is a healthy relationship
or not, and you just want to speak to someone
without judgment. You can call our hotline one eight six
six seven to three three zero one four And we
do use interpretation language for multiple languages up to one
hundred and eighty one languages.

Speaker 3 (14:51):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (14:51):
We also provide shelter. We operate the only two domestic
violence shelters in the city of Philadelphia. They are in
confidential locations. Speak about our shelters is we have twenty
four hour security both for our clients and our staff.
It's really important that we keep everyone safe. We operate
the only legal center specifically dedicated to domestic violence victims

(15:14):
for individuals trying to obtain a protection from abuse order
if that is the best option for them, as well
as complex custody cases. And we also provide education. Community
education so important to educate our community about not just
what the resources are, but about the domestic violence, right

(15:34):
you know, the pattern of abuse, the different forms of abuse,
and then of course the resources that are available. We
also have transitional housing program. We know that shelter is
very you know, short stay so you know what happens
next is really important. So providing the longer term housing,
permanent housing is extremely important for someone's sustainability and their safety.

(15:57):
We provide a continuable services for individuals who are experiencing
to mascavona.

Speaker 1 (16:01):
Well, let's get back to the I Pledge event that's
happening in City Hall on the first. It starts at
what time and what can people expect to see when
they attend?

Speaker 2 (16:10):
It is Wednesday, October first, It is at noontime. It
is at the courtyard at City Hall, So we're calling
for really great skies that'll cooperate with us. As I mentioned,
it is a press conference. We are thrilled that this
year we will be presenting the twenty twenty five Social
Impact Awards to the Honorable Joanne McClinton. She is the

(16:33):
Speaker of the House and she is a great leader,
unwavering advocates for survivors across the Commonwealth, and so we
will be honoring her. We're so happy to have you
back ours our MC and host Lorraine. We have several
City Council representatives who have already confirmed to lead us.

(16:56):
Anyone who's present in all of us in a group
pledge against domestic violence. So this is a really meaningful
collective commitment to safety and peace. We invite everyone to
join us on that Pledge and we have of course
invited our Mayor char Parker to be our keynote. We
are still waiting to get confirmation whether her schedule will

(17:20):
allow or not, but we hope she can join us,
but understand that she is a very busy lady. And
then we also have Drexel University's eight to the Bar,
which is a male, non binary, a very capella group,
and they will really kick us off to the great
press conference that we have scheduled for October first.

Speaker 1 (17:41):
I can't wait to be there and I hope a
lot of folks out there will be joining us for
that I Pledge eighteenth annual Eye Pledge campaign and kicking
off on October first at City Hall. Joanna o'tero Cruz,
executive director of Women Against Abuse. What is the hotline number?
One more time and the website.

Speaker 2 (17:58):
The website is Women against Abuse dot org. Our hotline
number is one eight six six seven two three three
zero one four.

Speaker 1 (18:10):
All right, Well, we really look forward to this event
and we want to raise awareness about the importance of
pledging against violence in relationships and also understanding all the
great resources that are available through Women Against Abuse. Joanna
o'terra Cruz. Thank you so much for joining us today.

Speaker 2 (18:27):
Thank you, Lorien.

Speaker 1 (18:33):
Today we're joined by Alitia Planska, Senior vice president and
financial advisor at Morgan Stanley and a leading voice at
the intersection of finance, innovation, and technology. As AI, artificial
intelligence continues to reshape industries, ALI is going to bring
some key insights into how AI is transforming the way
we can work, manage our finances, and plan for the future.

(18:56):
Thank you so much for joining us here today. And
let's start with the big picture. How is AI currently
changing the financial services industry and what does that actually
mean for everyday consumers.

Speaker 5 (19:07):
Well, I'm going to start with saying, Hi, Lauren, thank
you for having me back. What a pleasure? AI is
a pardim shift. I think this is kind of a
common knowledge by now, and it will reshape probably most
of the aspects of our lives. I am going to
reference a lot of data points from an article that
we publish at Morgan Stanley. It's called AI Adoption and

(19:28):
Future of the Work, and I linked that to you
so you can make it available to your listeners. But basically,
what we are seeing is that AI adoption may have
roughly nine hundred and twenty billion dollars benefit today and
this can translate to thirteen to sixteen trillion long term
market value creation potential for S and B five hundred.

(19:50):
That is staggering, that huge, amazing impact that this new
technology may have on the world as we know it.
But I think specifically as you ask about the financial world,
what I would it kind of leads to more personalization
and customization. Right the AI was the technology was adapted
for many years already, but we're in that tipping point

(20:12):
when it's becoming very widespread, and when it's this widespread,
attaches all the different levels of workforce and our life,
and that means for us in finance, it means administrative tasks,
the research, the product development, and all of those things
that used to take a lot of time now can
be done a lot quicker. So if you look at

(20:34):
even my own personal team here at Morgan Stanley, we
used to dig for days for research, you know, multiple
people digging for it, and then what would spend hours
dissecting the research we had and everything will take a
long time, and now it's done relatively quickly. Really, the
effect for consumer is that we have more time to customize,

(20:56):
we have more time to have personal attention for everyone.
We have more time to be more efficient with how
much data we review. I can actively monitor risk, I
can effectively monitor which time in spending. All of those
things became much more easy to use.

Speaker 1 (21:13):
Yeah, well, I think that certainly it's streamlined a lot
of basic tasks that we have to encounter. I know
it's really made a huge difference for me in terms
of research. But I think the thing that a lot
of people are really concerned about or thinking about is
the impact on the workplace and unemployment for the future.
Because they've already talked about how a lot of entry

(21:35):
level coding jobs, for instance, are going to be replaced
by AI doing those jobs, those entry level PAARA legal
jobs or entry level legal jobs. I wonder if you
can talk broadly about what you think the impact is
going to be. Is it going to eliminate a lot
of jobs or a lot of jobs going to be

(21:56):
replacing the ones that are being eliminated new jobs opportunities.

Speaker 5 (22:01):
The research that Morgan Stanley did was to kind of
look at the past, at all of the technological innovations
in the past, right, So we looked at eighteen hundreds
with electrification, the nineteen hundreds with the tractor, in nineteen
seventies when the computer came to play, right, the word processing,
and then in the eighties we had the spreadsheet. The
nineties and two thousands we had the Internet and the smartphone,

(22:24):
and all of them were very revolutionary.

Speaker 3 (22:27):
Right.

Speaker 5 (22:27):
It changed the way the labor force was and even
though we had some displacement through those transitions, the labor
force kind of stayed steady. Certain dements that were unconceivable
before appeared, and certain demands for labor disappeared entirely, but

(22:48):
at the end of the day, the labor force remained
relatively equal. So I cannot say if history will repeat
itself this time, but we have no reason to be
believed that this is not going to happen with AI.
It's extremely adaptable. It is one of those technologies like
I always say, you know, when I came to a workforce,

(23:08):
I had to learn how.

Speaker 2 (23:09):
To use computers.

Speaker 5 (23:10):
Right, Is it true that we're going to have to
adopt that now? When you're going to be looking for
a job, you have to look at the job with
the perspective of the find that AI exists and it
can do a lot of things that you no longer
provide value by knowing how to use it, but maybe
that will create new, potentially still unconceivable demands and will
have to adapt to those new demands.

Speaker 1 (23:31):
A lot of folks are trying to look ahead to
see what the impact of AI is going to have
on their personal finances. You're talking about, you know, the
person who has just a small savings account to the
person who's dealing with millions and millions of dollars. But
for the average person, let's say, what would you say

(23:52):
is the best way for individuals and small businesses in
particular to prepare financially for a future shaped by the
automation of AI driven tools.

Speaker 5 (24:04):
Practice education, of course, is the most important. You touched
upon something else. I think a lot of research at
Morgan Stanley doesn't cover just AI, it also covers the robotics, right,
so there's this combination of AI and robotics revolution happening
on at once. I think for small business and individuals
this means we really really have to get educated on

(24:27):
those new technologies. And again, they are very adaptable, so
it's not something we we have to go to school for,
but practicing it will make a huge impact on small business,
on big business speaking to someone who can help them realize.
If it comes to investments, what are the most opportunistic
ways to invest in AI? Or where is the risk

(24:48):
if you to invest in AI? How can you benefit
from this change from the investor perspective, not as much
as an employee, but also as an investor. Right so,
all of those things are in front of us right now,
and we have to embrace it and we have to
get educated about it.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
Looking ahead, what is one way you think AI will
positively transform our financial lives that people are not expecting,
you know.

Speaker 5 (25:12):
I think what already happened is the STrenD towards customization
and personalization. So that's very very good, and I hope
it's going to be more widespread. I hope we'll be
able to go to any service industry and speak to
an individual who will no longer be typing on a
computer while asking us predesigned questionnaires. I think it's going
to be a lot more customized and personalized, So that's wonderful.

(25:35):
We work with a lot of AI innovation companies that
talk to us. We have venture exposure, we have you know,
private equity exposure, and a few things that I recently
heard that were very interesting to me, and I think
it's going to really positively change the way we live
every day. Is three ideas that people are working on.
As one of them was, you know, there's a company

(25:55):
out there who is working very diligently on controlling the
amount of information and the amount of contacts we're getting
on our private cell phones. Right, we get emails, we
get calls. Because of that, sometimes we get exposed to
fraud or identity theft and phishing and all of those things.

(26:15):
That is potentially going to be technology out there very
soon that allows us to kind of repossess our cell phone. Right,
we will be able to control it. We will not
be scared of opening an email, will not be scared
of answering the phone. That would be fantastic. I think
that would really positively change our life. And that a
very interesting thing I was hearing during our conversations with
some of those very early stage ventures. They are working

(26:37):
on changing how we answer calls when we work for
big corporations. Like right now, you call a company and
you may have to die down multiple digits before you
get to speak to someone, and sometimes you'll go through
that loop and end up in some kind of general
voicemail again. Right, So these are things that can be fixed,

(26:58):
and I may provide fixed for that. And finally, I
would say the AI and robotics combination. I feel like
I spend a lot of time putting things together. I
don't know about you, Loraine, but you know now we
order something on Amazon, it comes in, it's in pieces,
and instead of being with my family or doing my work,
I am putting a thing together, right, and it may

(27:19):
take hours. With this new revolution, there is some innovations
out there that made me believe that we are very
close to potentially not having this problem anymore. We will
be able to purchase something and it will be either
improved on that transportation level or on a delivery level
with some kind of a robotics attached to it, where
those things will not take us this much time to

(27:40):
put together. So overall, I know there is a lot
of risk withd AI and a lot of talk out
there what could go wrong, but I feel there it's
so much positive change that this new revolution brought, and
I think we just need to adapt, We need to
pivot and know it's here to stay. Wouldn't you agree?
I don't think it's going away. We just need to adopt.

Speaker 3 (28:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (28:02):
Absolutely, I can't wait for that robotic machine that will
put together my Ikea coffee tables or deal with all
the inbox spam that I get all the time every day. Anyway.
So if people want to get in touch with you
because you are an expert in finances, how do they
do that?

Speaker 5 (28:21):
Oh? Thanks, Lauren. They can definitely give me a call.
My work number is two one five four nine seven
seven zero seven four. They can shoot me an email
at my first name Alitia A l I c JA
dot last name P l O N Ska at Morgan
Stanley dot com. And again, thank you so much for
the interview. Lovely talking to you again.

Speaker 1 (28:41):
Alysia Planska Ali as we call her, she is a
senior vice president and financial advisor at Morgan Stanley.

Speaker 2 (28:49):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 5 (28:50):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (28:51):
You can listen to all of today's interviews by going
to our station website and typing in keyword community. You
can also listen on the iHeartRadio app ye Words Philhladelphia
Community Podcast. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at Lorraine Ballard.
I'm Lorraine Ballard Morrel and I stand for service to
our community and media that empowers. What will you stand for?

(29:11):
You've been listening to what's going on, and thank you.

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