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May is Mental Health Awareness Month! To commemorate the month and continue ongoing discussions of the mental health crises facing youth today, WCA is releasing a new Ground Truthing podcast episode. This time, it's an...
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WCA Ground Truthing
Hosted by Westchester Children's Association · society · EN
About this Podcast:
Ground Truthing unites community voices from across Westchester County to discuss topics that impact children and families. Guests represent content experts, advocates and youth voices. The show will highlight bright spots and critically question existing policies and practices through data-informed conversations. Hosted by GPS4Kids Program Manager and WCA staff, Erica Ayala.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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What is WCA Ground Truthing about?
Ground Truthing unites community voices from across Westchester County to discuss topics that impact children and families. Guests represent content experts, advocates and youth voices. The show will highlight bright spots and critically question existing policies and practices through data-informed conversations. Hosted by GPS4Kids Program Manager and WCA staff, Erica Ayala.
Who hosts WCA Ground Truthing?
WCA Ground Truthing is hosted by Westchester Children's Association. The show has published 23 episodes to date.
What has WCA Ground Truthing covered recently?
Recent episodes include "From the Podcast Archives: Mental Health Awareness Month with Dr. Adam Weissman" (14 May 2025, 14 minutes), "WCA Ground Truthing - Voices Unheard: Addressing Mental Health in the Asian Community" (18 February 2025, 42 minutes), and "Court Watchers Program with Debora Barrios" (13 July 2023, 14 minutes).
How often does WCA Ground Truthing publish?
WCA Ground Truthing publishes roughly irregularly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 23 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on WCA Ground Truthing?
Booking probability for WCA Ground Truthing is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. WCA Ground Truthing requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. WCA Ground Truthing's contact route on record: public web form.
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The strongest fits for WCA Ground Truthing are Family & Social Services. WCA Ground Truthing has a society audience.
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Westchester Children's Association hosts WCA Ground Truthing, a society podcast with 23 episodes published.
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WCA Ground Truthing
WCA Ground Truthing - Voices Unheard: Addressing Mental Health in the Asian Community
Feb 18, 202542 minS0Why are there mentions of Star Trek, the TV show “Killing Eve”, and ice skating in a WCA Ground Truthing episode about mental health in the Asian community? Join us for a powerful conversation with Dr. Teresa Hsu...
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Court Watchers Program with Debora Barrios
Jul 13, 202314 minS0Debora Barrios, a housing consultant at the Community Resource Center in Mamaroneck, speaks about her experience as a volunteer in WCA’s Court Watchers Program. Launched this summer, Court Watchers trains volunteers...
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WCA Ground Truthing - Youth Justice Rally 2023
Feb 16, 202322 minS0Jasmine Cabrera and Ja'Quan Wallace from the Youth Shelter of Westchester speak about their experiences with discipline, alternative programs, and community advocacy alongside four NYS youth justice bills: Solutions Not...
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Rebroadcast: "Separate and Unequal" podcast - The School-To-Prison Pipeline In Westchester
May 19, 202127 minS0Michael Randall of the Fellowship between Bronxville High School, Mount Vernon High School, Yonkers Public Schools, and Sarah Lawrence College invited our executive director, Allison Lake, along with teachers from Mount...
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WCA Ground Truthing Season 3 Episode 3 - Westchester Youth Leading Change
Aug 18, 202027 minS0Westchester Youth Speakers, Sandra Aderemi and Diego Rivera, speak about how they are active in their communities and striving for change for themselves and others during latest episode of Ground Truthing, a podcast by...
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Ground Truthing Season 3 Episode 2 - Part 2: Child & Youth Homelessness
Jun 23, 202023 minS0Part 2 of our latest episode is full of important insight from our two guests, Dr. Lilian Reynolds and Karl Bertrand, child homelessness and race in Westchester County, New York. In part 1 of this episode, both of our...
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WCA Podcast S3E2-Part 1 Child Homelessness
Mar 25, 202027 minS0WCA Podcast Season 3 Episode 2 - 'Ground Truthing' interview of Dr. Lilian Reynolds and Karl Bertrand regarding child homelessness and race in Westchester County, New York. Hosted by Erica Ayala In part 1 of this...
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WCA Podcast Groundtruthing S3E1 Dones
Oct 18, 201930 minS0Interview with WCA's Advocacy Breakfast keynote speaker, Marc Dones, for our 1st episode of Season 3 for 'Ground Truthing'. Dones is the Executive Director of National Innovation Services that specializes in tackling...
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Ground Truthing Season 2 Episode 6: Karen Blumenthal 'Helping Kids Thrive in School'
Jul 29, 201937 minS0Welcome to Season Two of Ground Truthing, Westchester Children’s Association's monthly podcast where we offer policy insights from the ground up by featuring community voices from Westchester county. Hosted by Erica...
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Ground Truthing Season 2 Episode 5: Advocacy through Storytelling
May 3, 201937 minS0Nicholas Kristof has been a columnist for The New York Times since 2001. Over his career, Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes, along with many humanitarian awards. This year, he will receive the Edith C. Macy Award for...
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Ground Truthing: Getting Westchester Youth 'READI' feat. John Tolomer
Apr 1, 201922 minS0This month, our guest is John Tolomer, President and CEO of Westchester Bank. John has 40 years of experience in the banking industry and it all started with an internship. Since then, John has focused on paying it...
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Building Community through Collaboration: Part II of an interview with Dr. Bostic
Feb 19, 201929 minS0On Season 2, Episode 2 (Part II) of Ground Truthing, we welcome Reverend Dr. Jim Bostic to the show. Dr. Bostic is the co-chair of the Yonkers My Brother's Keeper initiative, one of 10 MBK communities recognized by the...
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Ground Truthing: Dr. Bostic, Yonkers MBK building community through collaboration
Jan 3, 201927 minS0On Season 2, Episode 2 (Part I) of Ground Truthing, we welcome Reverend Dr. Jim Bostic to the show. Dr. Bostic is the co-chair of the Yonkers My Brother's Keeper initiative, one of 10 MBK communities recognized by the...
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Ground Truthing Season 2 Episode 1: Flipping the Script on Vote for Kids
Oct 31, 201816 minS0In 2013, the Westchester Children’s Association launched the Vote for Kids campaign that aims to elevate Westchester’s children and youth to the top of the public agenda among candidates, elected officials, media and...
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BONUS EPISODE: Vision 0 to 3 Conference
Sep 21, 201812 minS0We are gearing up for the second season Ground Truthing, set to launch next month. Until then, enjoy a special BONUS EPISODE ahead of our Vision 0 to 3 Conference on Tuesday, October 16 at the Doubletree Hotel in...
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Season Finale: Students Speak on Gun Violence
Aug 8, 201819 minS0The first season of Ground Truthing has focused on creating positive learning environments for children in Westchester County. We would be remiss to omit the issue of gun violence before closing out this season. Earlier...
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GROUND TRUTHING EXTRAS: Local student organizes March for Refugee Families
Jun 26, 20184 minS0Listen to a short interview with Daniel Marshall, rising senior at Irvington High School and rally organizer. Daniel talks to GPS4Kids Project Manager Erica L. Ayala about organizing the June 20th March for Refugee...
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Ground Truthing Episode 5: Data on the Ground
May 23, 201819 minS0This month, we are joined by Katie Pfeifer, the Director of Programs & Evaluation at Volunteer New York. Katie brings a strong professional and volunteer service background to Volunteer New York!. In her current role...
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Ground Truthing Episode 4: Beyond Just Sports
Apr 18, 201821 minS0This month, we are joined by Danny Bernstein, the Executive Director of Backyard Sports. Backyard Sports was created to bring these powerful youth sports experiences to today’s aspiring young athletes. In 2010 Danny...
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Diego Rivera
Director of Field Operations, Defend the Guard Initiative
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Nicholas Kristof
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times columnist, The New York Times
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Daniel Marshall
musical director, organist and composer, Alabama Center for Employee Ownership / Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
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Dr. Adam Weissman
Weissman Children's Foundation
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