Policy Connecting Communities
The Policy Connecting Communities podcast, produced by AG Consulting & Media, highlights the strategies and efforts that empower communities and advance policy development across culturally diverse populations. Hosted by Anab A. Gulaid—a Somali-American public health consultant, educator, and community development leader—the podcast creates a space where community voices and lived experiences shape conversations around real-world public health challenges and solutions. Through engaging discussions with culturally diverse policymakers, advocates, business and community leaders, service providers, practitioners, parents, students, and stakeholders at all levels, Policy Connecting Communities offers a 360-degree perspective on public health issues through a cultural and linguistic lens. It serves as a platform for elevating voices, fostering dialogue, and amplifying innovative, culturally responsive solutions that drive meaningful impact.
Episodes
In this special combined episode of Policy Connecting Communities, we bring together our Season 2 conversations exploring breast cancer beyond awareness—from personal experiences and survivorship to community support, health disparities, and medical care.
Across these conversations, we hear from survivors, advocates, community voices, and healthcare experts who share their perspectives on the realities of breast cancer and th...
As we come to the final episode of our Breast Cancer Awareness Month series, we bring the conversation back to an important question: What should every woman know about breast cancer? In this episode of Policy Connecting Communities, we speak with Dr. Damé Idossa, an oncologist specializing in breast cancer, including triple-negative and early-onset breast cancer.
Dr. Idossa helps us better understand breast cancer, from risk facto...
Continuing our Breast Cancer Awareness Month conversations, we turn our attention to the data behind breast cancer disparities and the factors that influence access to prevention, screening, treatment, and care. In this episode of Policy Connecting Communities, we speak with Dr. David Haynes, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota and a health geographer specializing in the ways place, community, and social factors shap...
Continuing our Breast Cancer Awareness Month conversations, we take a closer look at what it means to navigate cancer with support, compassion, and community. In this episode of Policy Connecting Communities, we sit down with Talaya Dendy, cancer doula and 15-year cancer thriver, to discuss her personal journey with cancer and the experiences that led her to support others through their own cancer journeys.
Talaya shares insights i...
This month, as we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re going beyond awareness to explore the personal stories, challenges, and experiences behind a breast cancer diagnosis. In this episode of Policy Connecting Communities, we sit down with Martha Lee, breast cancer survivor and founder of Ruthlessly Hopeful, to talk about her journey through diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and life beyond ca...
In this episode, we are grateful for the opportunity to have a conversation with a panel of experts from Mayo Clinic about Hepatitis B and C, and their relationship with HIV. Given the disparity in how these viruses are infecting immigrant communities and African-American communities in Minnesota, we wanted to shed light on the work that is being done to better understand the prevalence of these illnesses in the African population,...
In this episode, we interviewed Ruth Richardson–lawyer, health equity champion, and trailblazer. Ruth made history in 2018, becoming the first Black person elected to represent her district in the Minnesota House. Additionally, Ruth is the first Black woman to serve as President and CEO of Planned Parenthood in the North Central States in its over 100-year history.
From the story of Ruth’s mother’s varied experien...
Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy & Measles
Mawduuc Ku Saabsan Cabsida Talaalka iyo Jadeecada: Somali Language Edition Episode.
Ku soo dhawaada Policy Connecting Communities Podcast. Aniga oo ah Anab Adan Gulaid, xidhiidhiyaha barnaamijka.
Podcastan waxa soo sayaray oo isku dubariday sirkada AG Consulting & Media, oo kashaqaysa how galinta, horumarinta, cilmi baarista bulshada, iyo xog wareysi . ...
In this episode, we invite a panel of community leaders and experts to engage in a discussion about the impact of vaccines in disease prevention and the multidimensional contributing factors resulting from vaccine decline and hesitancy, as well as the recent measles outbreak disproportionately impacting the Somali community in Minnesota.
This month as we unmasked mental health, we dive deeper into what recent data is showing regarding mental health trends in Minnesota with a focus on our students and and populations from diverse cultural backgrounds. With experts from the National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI) MN as well as public health officials and local practitioners, we'll highlight some of the most important data points, key challenges in addressing me...
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