ICYA Raw
A (roughly) weekly podcast from Inner City Youth Alive, a non-profit Christian ministry in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba. For the past 35 years ICYA has been building relationships with at-risk and gang-affected youth in the inner city through a drop-in program, a wilderness camp, a recording space called The Story Studio, and community outreach. Listen to Season 2 now!
Episodes
17 episodes
Flutes and Support
In this episode we are joined by Cindy Molacek and and Aleah Isaak. Cindy will tell us a unique story about her trip to Jerusalem, while Aleah will continue the topic of good supports from last episode.
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Episode 3
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27:03
The John Episode
In this episode we hear from John Vasili, Howard Jolly, and John Janzen. John Vasili speaks about his trip back to Africa and the importance of knowing your roots. Howard Jolly speaks in response to the bodies of 215 children found in Kamloops....
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Episode 2
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33:36
ICYA RAW: Season 2 - Episode 1 - The Urban Edge
Welcome to Season 2 of ICYA Raw! Enjoy stories told by our own Executive Director Kent Dueck, and both the familiar and new voices of ICYA Raw.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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26:44
ICYA Raw Christmas Features #4 - Emma Jankovics Year-In-Review
It's the last day of 2020 so in this interview we talk to Emma J. who works in the ICYA Drop-In. We talk about her very eventful year - a year that included a 3-month sabbatical, the loss of a friend, the end of a relationship, along with some ...
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Episode 4
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23:11
ICYA Raw Christmas Features #3 - John Janzen Christmas Message
Director of Development at ICYA, John Janzen, shares a sermon from a previous Christmas, about how Christmas itself reveals a God who doesn't avoid difficult situations, but instead, runs toward them.
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Episode 3
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24:25
ICYA Raw Christmas Features #2 - Jonas Mitchell Simard and Jeremy Zehr: Year In Review
One of our Community Ministers, Jeremy Zehr, sits down for an interview with Jonas, a young guy from the community that Jeremy has known for a decade. About Jonas, Jeremy says:"I have known Jonas for 10 years. He grew ...
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Episode 2
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19:42
ICYA Raw Christmas Features #1 - Andrew Reimer: This Isn't Bethlehem
This is the first in a series of ICYA Christmas Features, a few short podcast episodes to accompany you through your holiday isolation. First up we have Andrew Reimer, a long-time Community Minister at ICYA, who wrote a poem a few years ago cal...
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Episode 1
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16:26
Episode 10 - From South Sudan to Winnipeg - John Vasili
John and JJ sit down to talk about about John's life journey - from life as as a four-year-old escaping civil war in east Africa to the streets of Winnipeg and the ICYA drop-in.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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40:17
Episode 9 - Gaming and Crime - Ronald, JJ, and Andrew
In this episode, recorded in August 2019, Ronald Traverse proposes a theory on why the gang life has become somewhat less attractive to the youth he works with - online gaming is better, and fills some similar need.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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40:46
Episode 7 - Inner City Activism - Sel Burrows and Kent Dueck
Kent sits down for a chat with Sel Burrows who lives in Point Douglas and has spent his life advocating for social change in the inner city.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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37:01
Episode 6 - The First Nations Indigenous Warriors - Vern DeLaronde and Joe Munro
This week Kent talks to Vern DeLaronde and Joe Munro, two long-time North Enders who formed a group called the First Nations Indigenous Warriors. FNIW can frequently be seen around the North End getting involved in situations where help is need...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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45:21
Episode 5 - Being an Indigenous Police Officer - Lawrence Letander
Our Executive Director Kent Dueck sits down to speak with Lawrence Letander, an RCMP officer from Dauphin River, about his experience working as a police officer while many advocate to Defund the Police.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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54:26
Episode 4 - "Snitches Get Stitches" and its Effect on the Inner City - Ronald Traverse and Harvey Rempel
Ronald and Harvey work at ICYA, Ronald in the drop-in and Harvey as a community outreach worker. Before his life went in a significantly different direction, Ronald ran with the Indian Posse , a well-known Winnipeg gang. Harvey has been connect...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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53:20
Episode 3 - Does God Love the Meth Addicts too? - Bob Ekblad
In March, just before COVID hit, Bob did a week-long training event at ICYA. This podcast is the message he gave at a public event we held at Canadian Mennonite University about the meth crisis in Winnipeg, and how it relates to what they do in...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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47:48
Episode 2 - Growing Up in the Gang Life - and Finding God - Melvina Guiboche
This episode features the life story of Melvina Guiboche. Melvina grew up surrounded by gangs, addiction, and the pain related to the issues of generational trauma. But God showed up and told her a different story about who she really is. Melvi...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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55:38
Episode 1 - Community Outreach During COVID - Jeremy Zehr, Harvey Rempel
Executive Director Kent Dueck sits down to chat with Jeremy Zehr and Harvey Rempel, community outreach workers at ICYA who spend a lot of time with at-risk and gang-affected youth in the North End of Winnipeg. Jeremy and Harvey describe some of...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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42:34