Voices of the Community
Welcome to Voices of the Community, we strive to amplify solutions facing where we live through featuring residents like you, along with change makers, and thought leaders to support our fellow residents and people visiting or working in our area. “Our goal is to feature the unheard comments and stories from communities across our region in hopes to create dialogues to address our common problems and support the change of the status quo.” - George Koster, Creator/Host
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 181
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
In this episode, we feature the voice of Michael Tubbs. We have broken the episode down into two parts.
Part one takes place back in the summer of 2016 when I caught up with Michael Tubbs who was at …
Unedited Episode 12 The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Changing its history by making history
In episode one my associate producer Nick (MaClindon) spoke with Rebekah Fenton about Michael Tubb’s love of the power of the Spoken Word and the metaphor of Stockton’s rise from the ashes of Bankrup…
Unedited Episode 11 Changing its history by making history
How do you change a 40+ year long Negative Narrative?
Multiple generations of South, East, and downtown Stockton residents have suffered the impacts of the City's policies of economic apartheid and corruption. This, in turn, created the deadly outcomes …
Unedited Episode 10 How do you change a 40+ year long Negative Narrative?
Poverty shortens lives by 20 years
In this episode, we feature the voices of Barb Alberson, Benita Ortez, as well as Horacio Viramontes along with students from the Franklin High School Spanish Club.
The first voice is Barb Alberson, …
Unedited Episode 9 Poverty shortens lives by 20 years
Doing the Work that Dr King and Malcolm X Left Behind for us to do!
The Summer Success Leadership Academy was co-created in 2010 by Stockton natives Ty-Licia Hooker, and Michael Tubbs. The one-week residential program is free to about 50 minority high school students…
Unedited Episode 8 Doing the Work that Dr King and Malcolm X Left Behind for us to do!
Trust your voice and your story
As was mentioned by Lange Luntao in Episode Five part of the mission of the community group Reinvent South Stockton Coalition created by then-Councilmember Michael Tubbs is to empower its residents t…
Our strength is our diversity
Stockton was home to the largest community of Filipinos outside of the Philippines and they were segregated to a four-block area called Little Manila in downtown Stockton. In this episode, we feature…
Be the change you want to see
Lange Luntao is the Director of the Stockton Scholars and the Executive Director of the Reinvent Stockton Foundation, a charitable organization that aims to expand opportunity and build hope by attra…
All your preconceived notions are wrong
Fred has worked over twenty-five years with STAND developing over 400 units of affordable housing in South Stockton as well as working with residents and the police department to implement and manage…
What choice are you going to choose today?
Samuel Nuñez, Executive Director of Fathers & Families of San Joaquin is a state and nationally recognized expert in the field of youth development, violence prevention and community organizing for s…
Unedited Episode 6 Our strength is our diversity 18
Unedited Episode 5 Be the change you want to see 17
Unedited Episode 4 All your preconceived notions are wrong
Owning Your Own Destiny
Nicholas Hatten is the Founder and Executive Director of the San Joaquin Pride Center (SJCP). A proven leader and agent for change, Hatten has challenged the San Joaquin County and Central Valley to …
It Takes a Village
Rebekah Fenton a pediatrics resident at Seattle Children’s Hospital and longtime friend of Michael Tubbs, shares her insights into both her support of the creation of the Phoenix Scholars as well as …