“Because people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
—Steve Orusa, fire chief for the city of Fishers Department of Fire & Emergency Services
May is mental health month, and an important conversation in Central Indiana. In this month’s episode of For Good, CICF vice president of community leadership and effective philanthropy, Tamara Winfrey-Harris, talks to individuals from all over the community about their mental health advocacy and personal experiences around mental health. On this episode, hear from: Steve Orusa, fire chief for the city of Fishers Department of Fire and Emergency Services; Chris Paulsen, CEO at Indiana Youth Group; Suzanne Clifford, senior advisor for Give An Hour Indianapolis and Westfield Wellbeing Coalition consultant; and Bre Suggs, program manager for Give an Hour Indiana.
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WHO YOU’RE LISTENING TO
* Tamara Winfrey-Harris – vice president of community leadership & effective philanthropy at CICF
* Suzanne Clifford – senior advisor for Give An Hour, CEO of Inspiring Transformations
* Steve Orusa – fire chief for the city of Fishers Department of Fire & Emergency Services
* Chris Paulsen – CEO at Indiana Youth Group
* Bre Suggs – program manager for Give An Hour Indiana
Welcome to For Good, Central Indiana Community Foundation’s podcast highlighting stories about passion, purpose, and progress in central Indiana. At CICF, we believe in opportunity and equity. We believe that our communities and neighborhoods are stronger because of our diversity. And we believe that with innovation and boldness, central Indiana can be a place where everyone can reach their full potential, no matter their place, race, or identity.
This is our community. And these are your stories.
TAMARA WINFREY-HARRIS: Hello and welcome to For Good. I’m Tamara Winfrey-Harris, the vice president for community leadership and effective philanthropy at Central Indiana Community Foundation. Today we’re recording from Tea’s Me Café, it’s a tea shop that’s been a staple in the Herron Morton and Fall Creek Place neighborhoods for 13 years and is now owned by former WNBA star Tamika Catchings. Yay, everybody loves Tamika.
And in honor of mental health month, I’m joined today by four individuals who are passionate mental health advocates for our conversation today. And first I’d like to have everyone introduce themselves. Suzanne, why don’t we start with you.
SUZANNE CLIFFORD: Hi, I’m Suzanne Clifford and I’m senior advisor for Give An Hour and also CEO of Inspiring Transformations, working with communities like Westfield and Fishers.
STEVE ORUSA: I’m Steve Orusa. I’m fire chief for the city of Fishers Department of Fire and Emergency Services.
CHRIS PAULSEN: I’m Chris Paulsen. I am CEO at Indiana Youth Group.
BRE SUGGS: Hi, my name is Bre Suggs and I’m the program manager for Give An Hour Indiana.
TAMARA: So Suzanne, both you and Brie mentioned Give An Hour, can you tell us a little bit about what that is?
SUZANNE: Absolutely. Give An Hour is an international organization that ...
