RQI's Keila Perez writes about the Empowerment Program's work with SNAP Employment and Training programs in 2025. She offers thoughts about challenges these programs faced amid the government shutdown, eligibility changes, budget turmoil, and other uncertainties. At the same time, she describes resilience of case managers who have gone above and beyond to help clients.
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In the second installment of a two-episode series on the Learning Vibes Podcast, RQI's Sarah Westbrook and Kimberly Douglas dive into the steps of the Question Formulation Technique, exploring the role and rationale behind each step.
RQI's Sarah Westbrook spoke to Kimberly Douglas on the Learning Vibes Podcast, exploring topics such as the power dynamics that often come into play around asking questions, different cultural norms, the skill of being strategic with questions, and more.
Naomi Campbell, director of RQI's Empowerment Program, was a guest on the Curated Questions podcast.
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The podcast Choose to Be Curious recently featured a conversation with Patty Gómez, an educator in South Florida who is chair of the world languages department at her school. When using the Question Formulation Technique, "We can definitely be sure that we are going to set curiosity in motion; it's going to happen," she said.





