On this week's episode, Phil welcomes Dr. Marijata Daniel Echols, program officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Melyssa Tsai O’Brien, research manager, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University. They discuss the findings of a recent study by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, at Grand Valley State University. The report Health Equity in Grand Rapids’ “Neighborhoods of Focus” found among many other things that Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latina/o/x people have higher infant mortality rates, experience more chronic conditions and disabilities, and die earlier than most white Americans.

More Online: https://johnsoncenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SDOH-Report-Executive-Summary.pdf

In part two of this week's program, Phil chats with Ron Jenkins, Director of Cinderella and a founding member of LionHeart Productions; David Hatter, an actor and assistant director for Cinderella, and Brian Hilbrand, actor and chorus member in Cinderella. LionHeart Productions' presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella runs November 4-6 and 11-12, 2022 at Grant Public Schools Fine Arts Center. LionHeart Productions is a community theater organization based in Grant, Michigan.

Learn more:
https://lionheartproductions.org/current-production/ LionHeart Productions' presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella