TheCommonGood

My guest today is Rukshana Triem, Founder of the African Fashion Show and the Firmina Foundation. Rukshana’s story of growing up in Africa would be fascinating on its own. But Rukshana has created an event, the African Fashion Show, that includes food, music, and dance that shines a spotlight on the expansive array of cultures […]

My guests today areAlexander Leas, the director, lead actor, and writer, and Joey Porter, associate producer and supporting actor, for a new movie project named “Open.” It’s another local talent making good story which we’re always fans of on The Common Good.

Our guest today is Sesany Fennie-Jones, Chief Executive Officer for Clark County’s Council for the Homeless. Sesany brings a tremendous amount of expertise to the role from her lived experience and her education and work history helping people overcome drug addiction and getting stable housing. For more information about Council for the Homeless, to donate,

On this weeks installment ofThe Common Good, host Joe Clemons interviews Erica Buckley -President and CEO of Buckley & Associates. Since 1983,Buckley & Associates has been serving the Vancouver and Greater Washington region by helping individuals who have been injured due to someone else’s negligence. Their mission is to protect the rights of accident victims

My guest today is Paul Fish, who has been setting up tours for and promoting the Banff Mountain Film Festival for the last 40 years. Paul has brought the films for showings at the Kiggins theater in downtown Vancouver. Paul has been involved with the Banff Mountain Film Festival for over 40 years, starting when

My guests today areElliot McClafferty and Kaden Waldbauer, two locally raised young men who met in high school and then sought to expand their creative horizons by funding and creating their own films. The culmination of their first major effort is their film “Of What Remains,” a film about an American bomber crew in WWII

On this episode Common Good, guest host Michael Sarno has a chance to catch up with Jill Walters.Jill is the Founder of Spark Six Collaborative, where she partners with communities and organizations to accelerate economic and workforce development across Southwest Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Among many things, we get a chance to learn about

My guests today areBrian George, the Commander of Amvets post 16, and Nick Kinler, 2ndVice Commander of Amvets Post 16, based out of Woodland, WA.Brian and Nick help ensure that military veterans in our area get the military honors, they have earned and are entitled to receive, at their funerals. AMVETS Post 16 can be

My guest today isBecky Moore, the Director of the Columbia Dance Center, a non-profit arts organization located in downtown Vancouver, Washington.Becky wanted to let us know about their upcoming Fort Vancouver inspired version of the Nutcracker. Today she came in to talk about that performance, but also what the Columbia Dance Center does on an

My guest today isStephanie VanVolkinburg, the founder andfacilitatorofStay Warm Vancouver.Stephaniesubmitted a grant proposal to the city for an outreach project that provides cold weather survival supplies and warm drinks to people sleeping outside. The grant she got can definitely help but she can’t do this all by herself. We’re going to amplify her voice in