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With isolation and division on the rise, what does it take to get people working together? In this podcast, we explore the art and science of collaboration. Host Paul Kuttner talks with connectors, conveners, and bridge builders — people who have dedicated themselves to breaking down the walls that divide us and moving people toward action.
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Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025
44 min
In this episode of Partnership Work, host Paul Kuttner dives into the world of community coalitions with Chioma Nnaji, Senior Program Director at the Multicultural AIDS Coalition. Chioma shares her journey from working in healthcare management to organizing African diaspora communities around public health. They discuss the the process of bringing folks to the table, the significance of identity and culture, and the power of stepping back so the community can lead. Join Paul and Chioma as they explore how to overcome challenges and sustain coalitions for lasting social change.
To learn more about Chioma Nnaji read her bio here.
To learn more about the Multicultural AIDS Coalition, visit their website at https://www.mac-boston.org/
Read about Chioma's facilitation business, Ochoa Transformations, at https://ochatransformations.com/
For more advice on building and maintaining community coalitions, check out this resources from Community Tool Box.
If you want to know what Theatre of the Oppressed is, visit Toplab at http://www.toplab.org/
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Partnership Work is an independent podcast, produced with the support of Urban Media Arts in Malden, MA. Visit them at https://urbanmediaarts.org/
The music for Partnership Work is Revolution, composed by John August Pregler and Bernard James Perry II.
Feb 3, 2025
Feb 3, 2025
42 min
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Partnership Work, a podcast about the art and science of bringing people together. On this episode, host Paul Kuttner chats with Jennifer Mayer-Glenn, Director of University Neighborhood Partners at the University of Utah. Jennifer discusses her work in the K-12 public school system, where she championed partnerships between families and schools, and her transition to higher education, where she's been leading a community-university partnership aimed at establishing a new hospital.
Paul and Jennifer delve into her personal history, discussing the formative influences of her family and early experiences as well as nuggets of wisdom she’s picked over the course of her career. Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the important role of 'place' in collaboration, the balance between structured processes and organic emergence, and how trust and relationship-building are pivotal in bridging divides between marginalized communities and systems. Join Paul and his guest as they uncover the 'method to this partnership madness.'
Learn more about University Neighborhood Partners by visiting them at https://www.partners.utah.edu/
Jenny mentions seeing political theater troupe Teatro Campesino as a child. Learn about Teatro Campesino here: https://elteatrocampesino.com/our-history/
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To subscribe to this podcast, visit https://partnershipwork.podbean.com/ or subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.
Partnership Work is an independent podcast, produced with the support of Urban Media Arts in Malden, MA. Visit them at https://urbanmediaarts.org/
The music for Partnership Work is Revolution, composed by John August Pregler and Bernard James Perry II.
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
1 min
What does it take to reach across the walls that divide us and get people working together to improve our world? That's the question we'll be asking on Partnership Work. Join host Paul Kuttner as he investigates the art and science of collaboration.
For more information, visit https://partnershipwork.podbean.com/ or subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.
Partnership Work is an independent podcast, produced with the support of Urban Media Arts in Malden, MA. Visit them at https://urbanmediaarts.org/
The music for Partnership Work is Revolution, composed by John August Pregler and Bernard James Perry II.
About Partnership Work
The big challenges facing us today require widespread collaboration. No one group or institution or country can solve them alone. At the same time, we’re seeing trends away from collaboration toward increasing isolation, loneliness, and division. Our social lives are becoming more fragmented. There’s been a resurgence of political rhetoric arguing that those who don’t live, or believe, or look like us are something less than human.
Fortunately, wherever there are people putting up a wall between “us” and “them,” you’ll find someone else trying to break it down.
Partnership Work is a podcast about the art and science of collaboration. What does it take to reach across the walls that divide us and get people working together to improve our world? Host Paul Kuttner explores this question through in-depth conversations with people who are out there doing the day-to-day work of building coalitions, partnerships, and alliances, as well as those who study and write about it.
Here at Partnership Work, we're building a hub of knowledge, philosophy, and practical wisdom. We're offering hope, but not with rose-tinted glasses. Rather, we're putting a spotlight on the slow, challenging, often invisible work of human connection.
About the Host
Paul Kuttner is all about partnerships. He is Director of Partnerships at the nonprofit organization Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. In this role, Paul supports an array of projects that bridge between professional researchers and communities at the front lines of addressing health disparities. Prior to this, Paul served as Associate Director at University Neighborhood Partners, a center at the University of Utah that builds partnerships between the university and west side Salt Lake City neighborhoods. Paul also researches and writes about partnership work and community engagement. You can find many of his publications here. Paul lives in the Boston area with his family.