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Queen City Stories

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -

In each episode of Queen City Stories, we explore Charlotte's narrative through interviews with community activists, organizations, citizens, and city officials who support community uplift. If you are passionate about social justice and your community and want to make a change, this podcast is for you. Join us from your car, home, work, or anywhere you can!

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Episodes

Hosts Nicole Collins and Jennifer Bray interview Alli Burt

November 20, 2019 19:00 - 11 minutes - 7.85 MB

This episode is our first show involving students. Jennifer and I were joined by Kaila Dawkins, a senior at Providence Day School who assisted our middle school Librarian, Corley May with the recording process, and our guest was Alli Burt, also a senior at Providence Day School, who spent her summer interning with the Echo Foundation here in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Queen City Stories with Alli Burt

November 20, 2019 19:00 - 11 minutes - 7.85 MB

This episode is our first show involving students. Jennifer and I interview Alli Burt, a senior at Providence Day School who spent her summer interning with the Echo Foundation here in Charlotte, North Carolina. We are also lucky to have Kaila Dawkins, also a senior at Providence Day School, assisting our middle school Librarian, Corley May with the recording process. 

Queen City Stories with Andrea Downs

May 03, 2019 12:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB

Today's guest is Andrea Downs, a Middle School Art Teacher at Providence Day and the artist behind the "Airing Out the Dirty Laundry" Movement, an ongoing collaborative traveling art exhibit.

Queen City Stories with Erin Brighton

March 01, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 9.9 MB

Today's guest is Erin Brighton, Director of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Food Policy Council and local food advocate.

Queen City Stories with Braxton Winston

February 01, 2019 05:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MB

Today's guest is Braxton Winston, a community activist, citizen-journalist, and Charlotte City Council Representative. 

Queen City Stories Josh Burford

December 20, 2018 14:00 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MB

Today's guest is Josh Burford, an award winning historian, archivist and educator with over 20 years of experience creating stronger communities for Queer and Transgender people across the U.S. Josh has worked to preserve and make accessible the Queer history of the American South through the development of archival collections and oral histories, and his work has been displayed at the Levine Museum of the New South here in Charlotte. 

Trailer

November 28, 2018 16:00 - 46 seconds - 444 KB

Queen City Stories with Janeen Bryant

November 27, 2018 16:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MB

Today's guest is Janeen Bryant, an inter-sectional educator, facilitator, nonprofit leader and founder of Facilitate Movement, an organization that moves ideas to action and is a catalyst for building innovate solutions with a community center focus.