On this episode, Margaret McConnell and co-host Samantha Shaak, Executive Director of the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health, welcome Laura Ballek-Cole, Director of Community Engagement for Cohesion Network, to examine what it takes for residents to carry everyday leadership into public systems and civic institutions.
Laura talks about the launch of Cohesion Network's Civic Leadership Academy, a nine-month program that equips residents with the knowledge, skills, and network to step into public leadership roles, and how it seeks to solve the issue of so many residents caring about their community but being unsure how to shape it.
Catch The Well-Being Report the third Monday of every month from 6:30 to 7:00 PM following Lehigh Valley Arts Salon.
(Original air-date: 8/17/26)
