Jodi Cilley, Founder and President of the Film Consortium of San Diego, chats about the vibrant San Diego film industry and the contributions of veterans and active-duty personnel to the industry. Cilley discusses the Armed Forces Film Challenge and GI Film Festival.

Walter Philips, Chief Executive Officer of San Diego Youth Services, talks about the key issues that face San Diego youth, such as homelessness, bullying and sex trafficking. Philips discusses how his organization help kids mitigate these issues.  

Floyd Strayer, Director and Team Leader of Team VetPics, is joined by Producer, Actor, and Publicist Susan J Farese, and Screenwriter, Producer and Actor, Tommy Anderson, to discuss their film, Life After Oblivion. The trio talks about their team’s mission to showcase films produced and written by veterans that shed a light on critical issues...

Abegale Flores Colmenar, Site Director for BioLabs San Diego, chats about her organization’s supportive role in San Diego’s growing bioscience sector. Colmenar chats about BioLabs’ youth outreach programs. 

Captain Paul Swain, Business Administrator for the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC), is joined by Santiago Ortega, an ARC alumnus. Ortega discusses his journey to recovery and the impact sobriety has had on his life. Captain Swain underscores the center’s success rate and promotes the ongoing Paver Fundraiser, which allows donors to permanently cement...

Chris Stebbins, President of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), San Diego Chapter, talks about the profound benefits well-designed architecture can have on a community’s health. Stebbins explains the social nature of urban plazas, how they strengthen communities, and how they can be implemented into American cities. Stebbins discusses the design philosophy of most...