This week’s season 3 finale is a conversation with Panhandle PBS’s Karen Welch about the new series, Living While Black. The series is Thursday nights on Panhandle PBS and showcases interviews from some of our Black neighbors. We also talk with one of the featured interviewees, Ms. Melodie Graves.  Ms. Graves, a TEDx featured speaker and Amarillo native, shares her perspective of living while Black in Amarillo and how she is hoping to create a better place for her child through activism.  For more information on the project: https://www.panhandlepbs.org/livingwhileblack/

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Learning more about Panhandle PBS's project: Living While Black

This week, we sit down with Anna Lisa Ramos, owner of Cocina on the Go!  Ms. Ramos received the first loan from Communities Unlimited to purchase the food truck she currently uses.  She is no stranger to our podcast; this is her second special episode, and we can’t wait for you to hear the exciting updates Anna Lisa shares.  Here’s more on Anna Lisa: Cocina on the Go Her first time on the podcast

Sitting down with Cocina on the Go

This week, we sit down with Communities Unlimited, a new organization in our community, to learn about their various programs. Katy Parrish shares details of their first loan and how they plan to create self-sustainability throughout our region.

Sitting Down with Communities Unlimited

In this week’s episode, we sit down with newly-promoted No Limits No Excuses Program Officer, Kimberly Anderson. An Amarillo native and Palo Duro High School graduate, Kimberly currently serves on the Amarillo ISD School Board. We talk education and how Kimberly was never going to follow her mother into teaching but is now a self-confessed public education advocate!

Sitting down with Kimberly Anderson

This week we sit down with Spearman native and entrepreneur, Suzanne Bellsnyder.  Ms. Bellsnyder had worked in Austin for decades but coming back to her roots proved to be a great place to raise a family and start a couple of new businesses.  In the interview, Ms. Bellsnyder shares her view of this year’s legislative session and how a self-described policy wonk views policy for our area.   

Sitting down with Suzanne Bellsnyder

This week we sit down with Dr. Pam Kirby, a local Licensed Clinical Psychologist.  Dr. Kirby talks about mental health in the era of COVID, what she is seeing in her practice, and what you can do to improve your mental health during a global pandemic.      Documents mentioned in the podcast:    Click HERE for American Psychological Association 

Sitting Down with Dr. Pam Kirby

This week we are sitting down with Dr. Scott Milton, Infectious Disease physician at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, and the Public Health Authority with the City of Amarillo. We have a conversation about how the increased COVID cases affects our local hospitals, what that means for our community, and how you can help keep the infection rates down.

Sitting Down With Dr. Scott Milton

We sit down with Representative Ken King in this week’s episode.  He talks about the upcoming legislative session and how the state is continuing to be impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Representative King shares why he loves his district and the work he’s done to make the Panhandle an even better place to live.  

Sitting Down with Representative Ken King

The top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle is filled with amazing people and places. This podcast will introduce you to those people as they share their stories of how they are making their communities better.

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