Norwalk TALKS is a podcast production of Norwalk ACTS. We are a collective impact partnership dedicated to ensuring that every child in Norwalk, Connecticut has the opportunity to thrive.
Join us as we bring together community leaders, students, and families, and community members to discuss the challenges, successes, and honest conversation driving real change in our city and Connecticut.
Finding Safe Spaces for your Mental Health in Norwalk with Norwalk ACTS Board Member Chrissy Mahanna, LCSW
Chrissy Mahanna and Compass Consulting & Coaching partnered with the City of Norwalk on the Youth Mental Health Gap Analysis Report. Learn more about Norwalk ACTS & Community Mindfulness Project Board Member Chrissy Mahanna and her involvement in the community.
The Community Priority Plan for Youth Mental Wellbeing Roundtable Series is January 14th & February 11th at the EnVision Center. Visit www.thenorwalkpartnership.org/events for more information.
Important Links
https://www.norwalkacts.org/youth-mental-health-gap-analysis-report/
https://www.thenorwalkpartnership.org/
https://www.communitymindfulnessproject.org/
19 Dec 2025
Ensuring community members with lived experience have a S.E.A.T. at the table w/ Kim Bianca Burgess
Applications are being accepted for the Norwalk cohort of the SEAT Program. www.seatct.orgNorwalk TALKS sits down with Kim Bianca Burgess, Curriculum Author & Lead Trainer for SEAT CT. The SEAT Program helps prepared under-resourced Black and Latino community members to take up first-time nonprofit board service.
3 Dec 2025
Join your neighbors at the Community Listening Forums with Mayor-elect Barbara Smyth
Community Listening Forums with Mayor-elect Barbara Smyth
December 10th - Community Room @ City Hall
December 18th - SoNo Library 6 - 7:30 PM
27 Nov 2025
Engaging the community and families to fight childhood hunger with Paola Arango, Family & Community Engagement Coordinator of Filling in the Blanks
Engaging the community and families to fight childhood hunger with Paola Arango, Family & Community Engagement Coordinator of Filling in the Blankswww.fillingintheblanks.org (www.fillingintheblanks.org)
14 Oct 2025
Supporting Families with Purpose at the Odyssey Family Executive Center of South Norwalk with Julienne Foy, LMSW, M.Ed., Executive Director
https://www.odysseyfec.org/ (https://www.odysseyfec.org/)
October 23, 2025 - https://givebutter.com/diningdark (https://givebutter.com/diningdark)
https://fccfoundation.org/2025-soul-of-philanthropy-awardees/ (https://fccfoundation.org/2025-soul-of-philanthropy-awardees/)
6 Oct 2025
Get to know Mayor Candidate: Barbara Smyth
Get to know Mayor Candidate: Barbara Smyth
www.barbarasmyth.com
6 Oct 2025
Get to know Mayor Candidate: John Kydes
https://www.facebook.com/KydesForCouncil
6 Oct 2025
Meet Mayor Candidate: Erik Vitaglione
https://www.facebook.com/erik.vitaglione
6 Oct 2025
Get to know Mayor Candidate: Vinny Scicchitano
https://vinnyforthepeople.com/
6 Sept 2025
Manresa WILDS: A once in a lifetime opportunity for all of Norwalk with Jessica Vonashek, Executive Director of Manresa Island Corporation
Jessica Vonashek, Executive Director of Manresa Island Corporation sit down with Norwalk ACTS Deputy Director, Jesse Buccolo and Manager of Communications, Brandalyn Fulton Williams to understand the endless opportunities Manresa Wilds will provide for all of Norwalk.
This is just the beginning to witness the impact of philanthropists Austin & Allison McChord.
Learn more about upcoming events here (https://www.manresawilds.org/events).
For more information about Manresa Wilds visit their website (https://www.manresawilds.org/).
12 Aug 2025
Let's talk about a safe place for kids with Kids in Crisis Counselors Chitra Suresh & Ed Milton
Kids in Crisis Website
24/7/365 Helpline - 203.661.1911
Kids in Crisis Events (https://www.kidsincrisis.org/sub/events/)
21 Jul 2025
The EnVision Center: A Model Approach to Place-Based Partnerships & Collaboration with Sherreida Reid, MPH
The Envision Center model is a forward-thinking, collaborative approach to community development that goes beyond housing.
NHA's ROSS Summer Social
Saturday, August 9, 2025
12:30pm to 4:00pm
Roodner Court (261 Ely Ave. Norwalk, CT)
This event marks the official launch of NHA’s Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program at Roodner Court, which connects Roodner Court residents with community partners to support their journey toward self-sufficiency in the areas of:
Economic empowerment
Health and wellness
Educational advancement
Character and leadership
There will be food, music, and fun activities for children and families.
7 Jul 2025
Norwalk Community College Foundation and the Power of Philanthropy with Nancy von Euler
Norwalk Community College Foundation and the Power of Philanthropy with Nancy von Euler, President & CEO of NCC Foundation & Outgoing Norwalk ACTS Board Chair
Support the Night of Brilliance: Celebrating 60 years of building bright futures on October 23, 2025!
https://ncc-foundation.org/
17 Jun 2025
The Role of Local Government with Lamond Daniels
The Role of Local Government with Chief of Community Services, Lamond Daniels.
City of Norwalk Community Resource Hub
5 Jun 2025
A Candid Conversation with our outgoing Data Director, Paula Palermo
Join Norwalk ACTS as we sit down with our outgoing Data Director, Paula Palermo. Paula was the first employee of Norwalk ACTS as it moved from a volunteer coalition to a staffed organization in 2014. Don't miss this important conversation about the importance of data in systems change work.
7 May 2025
Podcast Launch with Anamilena Moreno Lonergan
It's our first episode of Norwalk TALKS.
Join us as we talk about Norwalk ACTS, the goals of Norwalk TALKS, and meet Backbone Staff Member & Norwalk resident, Anamilena Moreno Lonergan, Social Emotional Health Manager.
About Norwalk ACTS (www.norwalkacts.org)
Norwalk ACTS uses a Collective Impact approach that brings people, organizations, and systems together in a structured way, around common goals to achieve social change. It is rooted in the belief that no single organization or entity alone can create lasting social change on its own.
Norwalk ACTS Backbone Staff (https://www.norwalkacts.org/about/staff/)
The backbone staff of Norwalk ACTS is the coordinating body of the partnership. They provide cornerstone capacity, convene and facilitate meetings, and align the efforts and resources of members and community partners who work to improve agreed-upon community-level outcomes.
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