Conversations With The Citizen

This week we welcome our own columnist and podcast host Bren Sheriff.  Bren discussion today was,; "What Happens When We Are Not Prepared... And Our Houses Are Not In Order.  Listen In To See If Something That Is Said Here Motivated You To "Get Your House In Order".

<span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&quot;Conversations with the Citizen&quot;, welcomes Bren Sheriff to this weeks episode. &nbsp;Bren is a certified senior advisor and columnist for &quot;Get Your House in Order,&quot; column which appears weekly in the Citizen Newspaper. She has been a financial professional for more than 50 years.</span>

Thank you Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel &quot;Chris&quot; Welch for joining us for another Episode of &quot;Conversations With The Citizen&quot;.&nbsp; Speaker of the House Emanuel &quot;Chris&quot; Welch recently celebrated his fifth year as Speaker of the House. He is also the 7^th District Illinois State Representative. Welch began his career in public service at the local school council.

<span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Wendy Thompson joined us in studio this week for another informative episode of &quot;Conversations with the Citizen.&quot; &nbsp; Wendy Thompson is the CEO of Friend Health, which was founded in 1997. &nbsp;Friend Health&#39;s mission is to provide access to quality health for communities in Chicago with the goal of &nbsp;teaching patients how to live healthier lives.</span>

&quot;Conversations with the Citizen&quot; guest today is none other than Stacy Davis Gates. Stacy Davis Gates is the President of the Chicago Teachers Union and the President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias Join us today of a episode of &quot;Conversations with the Citizen&quot;.&nbsp; Giannoulias continues to improve the services of his office for the people of Illinois.&nbsp; Making state services convenient for seniors and all residents who are in need of state services.&nbsp; Listen in to see what he had to say.

Quandra Speights join us in today to talk about her vision and plans that were conceived during the Covid season.&nbsp; Quandra dreams and thoughts are soon to be a reality in the Woodlawn community.&nbsp; Quandra, is the Founder of Urban Market Exchange.&nbsp; The UME will soon be a space for where entrepreneurs and creatives can flourish and grow. Listen in to the interview.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&quot;Conversations with the Citizen&quot;,&nbsp; welcomed back in the studio&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Clerk Monica Gordon.&nbsp; Clerk Gordon stopped by to discuss the workings of her office since occupying the seat.&nbsp; Gordon wants young people to be more engaged in the civic process.&nbsp; &nbsp;On September 2nd her office will be implementing a new process, one that will speed up the lines for getting vital records.</span>

Katrina Adams is the Executive Director of STARR Community Services International, Inc., which was founded in 2020 and provides STEAM programs for students, beginning in Pre-K, and the community.

<span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Attraction, Arts, Culture and Entertainment is what you can expect at a Teatro Zinzanni show. &nbsp;Teatro Zinzanni can be described as a Circus without animals. It&rsquo;s an acrobatic, theatrical, fun-filled and stage production that includes melodies of music from many genre. &nbsp;Theodis Rogers is the man behind the production&rsquo;s sounds. &nbsp;Joining us in the studio today for another episode of &ldquo;Conversations with the Citizen&rdquo; is Teatro Zinzanni own music man, meet Theodis Rogers. Rogers said he loves music. &nbsp;He has worked with entertainers such as Angela Bofill, Curtis Mayfield and Ramsey Lewis and others.</span>