OC TALK RADIO

What festivities are scheduled for the 64^th Annual Swallows Day Parade and Mercado Street Fair in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, March 23?

Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Fiesta Association President Jim Taylor and 1^st VP & Mercado Chair Michelle Erca. They’re Fiesta Association members helping to organize the annual non-motorized parade and street fair which celebrates the return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano. They talk about the parade and the day-long mercado that will go on in San Juan Capistrano. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.swallowsdayparade.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Gomez, CEO Orange County Escrow and 2022 OCHCC Estrella Awardee Member of the Year. Talking about the Orange County Hispanic Chamber's Residential REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE.

Salvador Ramirez, Director, Corporate Affairs, KROGER/FOOD 4 LESS joins us to discuss all the work they do in Our Community.

Reuben Franco, President of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, gets the rare privilege (and pleasure) to interview the legendary jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Including how he fled his childhood home in Communist Cuba, how he met and was helped by the great Dizzy Gillespie and the many Grammy Awards he's won thru the years, starting with Irakere (an influential jazz group that brought Afro-Cuban music to the US, winning a Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980).

All in preparation for his rare, upcoming appearance here in Orange County Feb. 16 and 17 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra as part of their new Pop Series LATIN FIRE.

How does the Family Assistance Ministries fulfill its mission to assist people in need with food, shelter, and personalized coaching on their journey to independence? Find out, by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Family Assistance Ministries Development Director Teresa Schickling. She talks about the “whole person approach” the organization follows to provide services to people who need them. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.lovefam.org

 

 

How do Orange County Grantmakers advance equity by creating strategic alignment and cultivating transformational relationships and leadership among OC philanthropists and nonprofits? Listen to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Orange County Grantmakers Executive Director Taryn Palumbo. She talks about how OCG envisions an Orange County where philanthropists and nonprofits work together as partners to achieve equity for our most impacted communities. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.ocgrantmakers.org

How does Working Wardrobes achieve its mission to help women, men, young adults, and veterans overcome challenges so they can achieve the dignity of work and the power of a paycheck? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Working Wardrobes Chief Executive Officer Bonni Pomush and Working Wardrobes 2023 Impact Honoree UBS Market Executive for the Pacific Desert Market Justin Frame. They talk about how Working Wardrobe clients work with individuals and corporations to boost their career readiness. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.workingwardrobes.org

 

 

Joaquin Tijerina, Director of the Coachella Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) joins us to discuss his work there helping small businesses thrive and grow (and get started). And with the overall Riverside County Office of Economic Development that helps fund this center and so many other programs like Riverside County's Small Business Thrive Program, Business Assistance NOW Program, International Trade, and Innovation Programs, partnered with the University of California Riverside, the State of California and the US Small Business Administration (among others).

Hear all that's happening in Riverside County today from warehouse logistics to more tech savvy agriculture (that's pioneering how to grow more with less). Along with thriving tourism in the Coachella Valley to continued wine growth in Temecula. And the promise of turning the abandoned area around the Salton Sea into the "Lithium Valley": of the future, Staring a new "gold rush" for more mineral extraction and the processing needed to drive the booming EV market.

On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.

SBDC Business Consultant Troy Small on his extensive work with Veterans and Government Contracting. Following his own extensive career in the Marines (including procurement) and later military contracting. And how he now helps veterans start small businesses and take advantage of all the special programs that the government has put in place to help vets get certified for (and secure) government contracts.

On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.

Mihai Pătru (Executive Director of the Caravanserai Project) and Carolina Rosas-Saavedra (Director of the Small Business Development Center's new CARAVAN CENTER opening Feb. 15 in Palm Springs). Talking about this new partnership between the CARAVANSERAI PROJECT and the SBDC (funded in part by the US Small Business Administration and the State of California). Designed to foster and grow more Hispanic Entrepreneurs and startups within this community. "Circling the wagons" (as it were) and helping each other along the way (in true "caravan" fashion). Training these startups and "wannabe Entrepreneurs" thru each stage of this journey. And protecting them from making the type of mistakes so many "solo entrepreneurs" make along the way.

Providing a special place for Hispanic entrepreneurs to gather and grow TOGETHER. With education, mentorship and access to financing and capital as well for this very specific group of entrepreneurs. A group not often targeted by other Entrepreneurial Centers.

On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.