Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 18: Supporting Our Immigrant Communities
The truth about immigration in the United States is that unless you are Native American, we all came from somewhere else. Yet, in…
Trust Talks
A podcast by The Chicago Community Trust, each episode of Trust Talks highlights a different strand of the Trust’s strategic priority to grow wealth and well-being in underinvested communities — and improve the region for all in Chicago.
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Episode 19: Confronting Homeownership Barriers (June 2025)
In this episode of Trust Talks, host Matt Shomo, program manager for Homeownership & Home Equity at The Chicago Community Trust, is joined by Noreen Sugrue, research fellow at the Latino Policy Forum; Meegan Dugan Adell, director of New America Chicago; and Paul Hawkinson, co-founder of Transform Capital.
Together, they examine some of the unique challenges homeowners in underinvested communities in the Chicago area face in converting homeownership into wealth.
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 17: Leveraging the Power of Data
The Chicago Community Trust’s strategic focus on addressing the racial and ethnic wealth gap was informed by data on the stark differences in…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 16: Working Collaboratively to Address Community Safety
In this episode of Trust Talks, Jai Jones, Program Specialist for the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities, is joined by Esther Franco-Payne…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 15: We Rise Together: For An Equitable & Just Recovery
In this episode of Trust Talks, we discuss We Rise Together’s impact and what’s next, including how the initiative—and donors—can continue to fuel the…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 14: Building a Robust Local Media Landscape
In this episode of Trust Talks, we explore the current state of the media, how to reverse the decline in local news outlets,…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 13: Planning for Equitable Neighborhood Development
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore the role of planning in neighborhood development, current efforts to increase investment in…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 12: Closing the Homeownership Gap
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore the work of 3C, how community-centered collaboration can help close the homeownership gap,…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 11: Accessing Federal Funds for an Equitable Recovery
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore the barriers nonprofits face in accessing government funds, as well as opportunities to…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 10: Creating a Lasting Legacy for the Chicago Region
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we explore how the Trust’s endowment and bequests made decades ago continue to address the most…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 9: Civic Engagement Through a Racial Equity Lens
Under the Trust’s Building Collective Power strategy, The Chicago Community Trust commissioned the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 8: Building Neighborhood Wealth w/ Community Investment Vehicles
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, learn about what Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs) are and the wealth building opportunities they could create…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 7: Solving Our Workforce Challenge
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, as we approach the tenth anniversary of the inception of the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, we…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 6: Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, Anna Lee, Senior Director of Community Impact, sits down with members of the Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership–Lee…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 5: Making Philanthropy Your Own
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, Kristin Carlson Vogen, Senior Director of Philanthropic Services, explores how the Trust helps donors make philanthropy…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 4: Media Makers
In three segments, this episode of the Trust Talks podcast explores the different ways the Trust is strengthening local media and storytelling platforms…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 3: Catalyzing Neighborhood Investment
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, Michael Davidson, senior director of community impact leading the Trust’s Catalyzing Neighborhood Investment portfolio, sits down…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 2: Fund for Equitable Business Growth
In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, guests Mambu Sherman, vice president of global philanthropy at JP-Morgan Chase; Eya Louis, contract development coordinator at Elevate Energy;…
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Trust Talks, The Podcast – Episode 1: Violence Prevention in Chicago
In this inaugural episode of the Trust Talks podcast, we sat down with Anna LauBach, program director at the McCormick Foundation, Deborah Bennett, senior program…