City of Albuquerque - Office of Civic Engagement
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This pod is where catalysts, innovators, and risk-takers share what their unique accent is on their work. Like a spoken accent, we all have an inflection or emphasis on where we put our energy. Guests are putting their accents to work building their vision of the future… and YOU can get involved.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It makes Albuquerque's civic life legible through warm interviews about the people, institutions, and relationships behind local problem-solving.
Mariah Harrison meets Albuquerque people whose work connects institutions to daily life, then keeps asking how that work operates and how others can participate.
A food pantry's volunteer shifts are your doorway into Albuquerque's practical side of caring.
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A warm local interview that turns a soccer program into a clear call to volunteer.
Maraih Harrison keeps a Monday conversation with Fia Smith grounded and easy to follow, moving from the season ahead into Smith's work as executive director of the Somos Unidos Foundation.
A local business story that treats wine as a civic relationship, not just a product.
Sean Sheehan's conversation lands less as a pitch for wine and more as a study in how a winery can belong to Albuquerque. Mariah Harrison keeps steering the discussion toward story, community work, and the people around the business, so the episode shifts from personal history…
A grounded philanthropy conversation about place, community voice, and how change gets funded.
Marisa Magallanes is framed as the president and CEO of the Albuquerque Community Foundation and the New Mexico Community Trust, and that role gives the conversation its center of gravity: philanthropy shaped by community voice, relationships, and neighborhood-led change.
A live civic panel that treats volunteering as a range of real experiences, not a single path.
ABQ Accent covers a live panel from Volunteer Fest at the Albuquerque Museum, with the conversation circling the many ways volunteering can matter over both short and long stretches.
A grounded local profile linking youth programming, school partnerships, and community service.
Rebecca Sisneros reads less like a title and more like someone rooted in the daily work of community care. Her role with Boys and Girls Club of Central New Mexico, along with ties to local schools, families, and youth programming, gives the conversation a practical, grounded…
A clear local interview that turns funding pressure into a focused picture of community stakes.
Mariah Harrison's conversation with Tara Gore and Allie Sanchez from The Grant Plant offers a clear, local look at the strain federal funding is putting on Albuquerque nonprofits.
A grounded portrait of leadership as connective work in Albuquerque.
The conversation treats leadership as a form of connective work. Diane Harrison-Ogawa traces a path through corporate law, philanthropy, higher ed, and coaching, but the throughline is consistent: helping people and institutions in Albuquerque do their jobs better.
A nonprofit life shaped by service, travel, and a simple standard for making things better.
Jean Bullock's life on The ABQ Accent comes through as a steady account of nonprofit work, shaped by careful choices about where time and energy were spent.
Mariah Harrison welcomes Katie Anderson from Roadrunner Food Bank.
Jeff Holland talks about the recovery work that has shaped his path.
Benjamin Tobias, manager of student basic needs at Central New Mexico Community College, describes how CNM runs three food pantries and is opening a fourth at Montoya campus next week.
Alice Main, the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Manager in the City of Albuquerque Office of Sustainability, traces her path from a ranching family, Alberta, Halifax, Alaska, and UNM to city climate work.
Mariah Harrison sits down with Tipora Nifesh and asks how New Mexico Thrives works.
Interview with Delaney Swink, director at New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, discussing her work and background.
A Monday conversation starts easy.
Mariah Harrison welcomes Sean Sheehan to ABQ Accent for a conversation about wine, local identity, and community work in Albuquerque.
Mariah Harrison sits down with Marisa Magallanes for a warm, personal conversation about leadership and philanthropy in Albuquerque.
ABQ Accent records a live panel at Volunteer Fest at the Albuquerque Museum.
Mariah welcomes Rebecca Cisneros, her friend and the Community and Government Relations Director for Boys & Girls Club of Central New Mexico.
Mariah Harrison interviews Tara Gohr and Aly Sanchez from The Grant Plant, discussing their backgrounds in grant writing, the impact of federal funding changes on New Mexico nonprofits, and strategies for diversifying funding.
Mariah Harrison welcomes Diane Harrison-Ogawa and opens up the work behind her path in corporate philanthropy, community relations, and coaching.
Deep career retrospective with nonprofit legend Jean Bullock, tracing her 55 years from a teenage fundraiser through decades of board development consulting and nonprofit leadership to current volunteer work with Meals on Wheels.
Mariah Harrison welcomes Lindley Daly and opens with a brief bio before the conversation moves into coaching, strategy, and community purpose.
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Host Mariah Harrison interviews city colleague Ethan Watson about Sunshine Week and the city's efforts to promote transparency through public records.
An interview with a licensed clinical social worker and healthcare executive about his career journey and work in community and clinical linkages.
Host Mariah Harrison interviews Brianna Gallegos about her career journey from part-time community center employee to public information officer for Youth and Family Services.
Host Mariah interviews Peter Rice, editor of Downtown Albuquerque News, about his background and work in local journalism.
Host interviews Shana Baker about her background in law, political campaigning, and founding a member-based giving group in Albuquerque.
Host Mariah Harrison interviews Melora Palmer, Executive Director of Global Ties, about her background and work in community building.
Host Mariah Harrison interviews local innovators Larry and Lieutenant David about their backgrounds and work in Albuquerque.
Host interviews Jodi Jepsen about her background, including overcoming a learning difficulty and speech impediment, and her work with the city of Albuquerque.
Host Mariah Harrison interviews Doug Small, Civic Engagement Manager for Albuquerque, about his background and work in building community pathways.