No. 79: Pam McDaniel, JoEllen Wilhoite, Buffy Lawson - The Nest We Built

About this episode

JoEllen Wilhoite, Pam McDaniel, and Buffy Lawson discuss their collaboration on the children's book 'The Nest We Built' and its mission to prevent abuse and neglect.

JoEllen Wilhoite, Director of Corporate and Annual Giving at the Nest, along with artist and illustrator Pam McDaniel and singer-songwriter Buffy Lawson, discuss their heartwarming collaboration on the children’s book "The Nest We Built," launching June 16 at Arts Place. Jo Ellen talks about the Nest’s holistic mission to prevent abuse and neglect, and how the idea for the book was inspired by nature and community at Duncan Park, paralleling the cooperative spirit found both in wildlife and t...

People in this episode

Host: Kate Savage

Guests: JoEllen Wilhoite, Pam McDaniel, Buffy Lawson

Topics covered

• children's book
• collaboration
• community
• nature
• preventing abuse
• illustration
• music

Keywords

• children's book
• collaboration
• the Nest
• Pam McDaniel
• Buffy Lawson
• JoEllen Wilhoite
• Duncan Park
• Arts Place
• nature
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: the Nest, Arts Place

Books & works: The Nest We Built

Places: Duncan Park

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