TRANSCRIPT -How Women-Owned Businesses Lead Pasadena’s Post-Fire Economic Rebuild with Lizzy Okoro Davidson, Director at Pasadena Women's Business Center Episode 165
Apr 14, 2026
Lizzy Okoro Davidson [00:00:00]:
There's a higher success rate with women owned small businesses. There's a greater economic output in terms of, you know, having a woman lead the household and having her be economically sound means that it's a greater impact on the overall family and overall communities. And so I'm...
Apr 14, 2026
A year after the devastating Los Angeles fires in January 2025, Lizzy Okoro Davidson returns to the podcast to share how the Pasadena Women’s Business Center has become a key leader in rebuilding efforts—championing strategies rooted in equity, tactical support, and economic opportunity for women entrepreneurs.
TRANSCRIPT - Sustaining the Rebuild: PCC’s Continuing Commitment to Community Recovery Episode 164
Mar 31, 2026
Leslie Thompson [00:00:00]:
PCC is committed to maintaining its role as a resource hub. Having
people having gone through these pathways that are going to be
ready to get in there and do the actual work that needs to be done.
And it's not just swinging hammers. There's a lot of work to be
done in different...
Mar 31, 2026
What does it actually take to create a sustainable and equitable recovery plan after a disaster? In this episode, host Dr. Salvatrice Cummo, Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development at Pasadena City College and co-host, Leslie Thompson, Director of Operations at Economic and Workforce Development at PCC,...
TRANSCRIPT - The Nation’s First Goods Movement Training Campus at Port of Los Angeles with Gene Seroka, Executive Director of Port of L.A Episode 163
Mar 17, 2026
Gene Seroka [00:00:00]:
We also have an MOU, a Memorandum of Understanding, which is an
agreement to work together between the California Community
Colleges and the Port of Los Angeles to help build curriculum, to
help guide education for certification and training. Those who can
build syllabus and classwork as a...