WY We Serve

36 – Veteran's Rock: Rock Solid Support for Homeless Veterans, Veterans in Need, and their Families

In this episode, Thomas and Kristen speak with Cindy Stockdale and Bob Dockins from Veteran's Rock, a small, passionate non-profit that provides a broad array of essentia

35 - City Kids Wilderness Project: Building Resiliency. Broadening Horizons. Ensuring Skills for Success.

After a brief hiatus, Thomas and Kristen talk to Katie Guerin from the City Kids Wilderness Project. City Kids is a non-profit organization founded on the belief the enri

34 – Raymond Macchia, LAW

On Kristen and Thomas' first podcast without Hugh or Dan, we interview Raymond Macchia, the Executive Director of Legal Aid Wyoming (LAW),a federally funded, non-profit l

33 - Laramie County Library: Connecting Communities Through Reading

On Hugh and Dan’s farewell episode, we interview Carey Hartmann, the County Library for Laramie County. Carey has been with the Laramie County Library System for over 40

32 - Amy Spieker: Public Health in Laramie County

After a week's hiatus, we're back with another great interview! On Thomas' first episode as a cohost, we sit down and chat with our good friend Amy Spieker, Director of C

31 - Planning and Development in the City of Cheyenne

On Kristen's inaugural podcast as a cohost, we sit down with Charles Bloom and Mark Christensen.  Charles is the head of Planning and Development with the City of Cheyenn

30 - Kristen and Thomas: Introducing the New Hosts of WY We Serve

We have a very special episode today.  Hugh and Dan introduce and interview the new hosts of the WY We Serve podcast, Kristen and Thomas, who will be taking over the show

29 - Community Action of Laramie County: Poverty Reduction Through Self-Sufficiency

Happy Frontier Days!  This week we interview Rebecca Minyard, Program Director of Kinship Support Services and Self-Sufficiency with Community Action of Laramie County (C

28 - Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation: Japanese American Mass Incarceration in WWII

This week we are joined by Shirley Ann Higuchi, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and author of Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain an

27 - CASA: Court Appointed Advocates for Children

This week we are joined by Sarah Urbanek, the Executive Director of CASA of Laramie County. CASA, or Court Appointed Advocates for Children, are community volunteers who

26 - WyoGives 2021: Hope Lives When WyoGives

How does one create and coordinate a statewide fundraising event, raising over half-a-million dollars for 130 nonprofits in the midst of a global pandemic? To find out we

25 - Food Insecurity in Wyoming: A Panel Discussion

This week we host our first panel discussion featuring three incredible leaders working to solve food insecurity in Wyoming.  On panel includes: Taylor Albert - Executi

24 - My Front Door: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Homeownership

To wrap up our Affordable Housing Awareness Week discussion series, we chat with Brenda Birkle, Executive Director of My Front Door.  My Front Door is a non-profit operat

23 - Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County: Habitat Heroes

For Thursday of Cheyenne's first Affordable Housing Awareness Week, we sit down with Kate Wright, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County–as well as

22 - COMEA: Sheltering the Journey Home

As part of our Cheyenne Affordable Housing Awareness Week spotlight on housing, we talk with Robin Bocanegra, Executive Director of the COMEA Shelter in Cheyenne Wyoming.

21 - Climb: Economic Mobility for Wyoming's Single Mothers

This week, we interview Misty Savage, the Cheyenne Program Director for Climb Wyoming.  Climb's mission is to help low-income single mothers discover self-sufficiency thr

20 - Revisiting WY's Civil Legal Services Act

Ken Wallace returns for the second installment of an oral history on Equal Justice Wyoming's 10th Year Anniversary. See Ep. 10 for Part I. This time, he is joined by Com

19 - Matt Kaufman: Cowboy, Lawyer, & Pro Bono Extraordinaire

ICYMI: We've updated our name and branding to reflect our expanded area of focus across the entire Cowboy State! This week we talk to Matt Kaufman, partner at Hathaway &

18 - VISTA Voices: Dana T.

On our concluding episode of VISTA Voices, we talk to Dana Thompson, who is serving with the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.  Dana tells us about her work this year imp

17 - VISTA Voices: Leora and Grant

Apologies for missing our Monday release schedule, but not to worry! We have a very special Tuesday episode for you. On our penultimate edition of VISTA Voices, we interv