The Eichelberger Center For Community Voices at WYSO
The Eichelberger Center For Community Voices At WYSO Public Radio is a collaborative space for audio training, production, and storytelling. Have a story to tell? Learn hands-on audio production and digital storytelling skills from public radio professionals in a supportive studio environment.
Our mission is to amplify community voices. We welcome storytellers of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels. Scroll down to listen to some of the stories produced by WYSO's Community Voices producers. For information on upcoming Community Voices training opportunities, email communityvoices@wyso.org
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Will Davis/WYSOCommunity Voices producers Heidi Arnold and Courtney Alspaugh discuss the power of community support in helping formerly incarcerated people rebuild their lives. They share personal stories about bridging prison and outside communities and advocate for employment opportunities. -
Will Davis/WYSODan Patterson, producer of Blue Skies and Tailwinds, takes his Sinclair Community College aviation students to Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. -
Tatyana Alanis/NPRWill Davis, director of WYSO’s Eichelberger Center for Community Voices, talks with Janet Woojeong Lee and Steve Drummond, the journalists behind the NPR Senior Podcast Challenge. -
Dayton played a key role in pioneering mid-air refueling, as engineers at McCook Field worked to extend the range of military aircraft. Early attempts included a “wing walker” with a 5-gallon gas can strapped to his back.
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A century of aerospace growth has propelled Dayton to new recognition. The report highlights the area's long-standing ties to military innovation, which Dan Patterson digs into for the latest episode of Blue Skies and Tailwinds. -
Trae Grace joins the Columbus chapter of GirlTrek, a movement of more than 1.3 million using walking to support Black women's health, healing and community. And, there's a chapter coming to Dayton. -
Conscious Connect, a Springfield nonprofit founded by Dr. Karlos Marshall and Moses Mbeseha, celebrates distributing 100,000 free books to children and families across the Miami Valley. -
WYSO producer Trae Grace talks with Black campers during an intergenerational camping trip at Glen Helen Nature Preserve, led by the BIPOC Food and Farming Network. -
A group of teens from Dunbar High School's Urban Agriculture Program speaks to WYSO producer, Trae Grace, about its project to build bridges and walkways at Highview Hills Park in Dayton.
