Camden Community Voices Podcast
Podcasting Positive News
Camden Community Voices is a program, funded by the Independence Public Media Foundation, that puts the tools of the digital storytelling in the hands of the community to report on the positive news happening in the city of Camden, New Jersey. Camden Community Voices media training includes, podcast production and journalism/blog writing workshops, with facilitators and presenters with local and national media credits.
Participants are empowered to use their training to present a positive perspective of the people, places and things that uplift their community. The result will be four engaging episodes of the Camden Community Podcast, hosted by community participants as well as four inspiring blog posts.
Join Our Community
Subscribe to IDEA's YouTube Channel for updates on our podcasts, and other videos that are uploaded to our site!
Podcast Interviews
Nye Gillespie, Founder, Dare To Dance Academy
Nye talks about her mission to use dance arts as a pathway for Camden's children and adults to find self-affirming artistic expression and the confidence to face the world around them.
Marion Alvarez, 18yr old NASCAR Trainee
Marion waves a flag on how an accidental opportunity to train with NASCAR is offering him a chance to be seen and heard in a different light as a young Black/Latino in Camden.
Tawanda "Wawa" Jones, Founder, Camden Sophisticated Sisters
Tawanda, a nationally recognized cultural arts activist, shares her humble beginnings of being raised by grandparents who, instilled a sense of community and self-love which fueled her vision to create a loving space for children to be nurtured through movement.
Anthony Ways, Social Justice Activist
Anthony Ways tells his story of how being wrongly sentenced to life in prison set him on a path to a personal freedom and a "Can-do" philosophy and truth of what can be accomplished when you truly understand the law and being true to self. His story is now the subject of a new documentary.