Vincent Noth: food and kinship

About this episode

Sister Julia Walsh interviews Vincent Noth about food, kinship, and the intersection of faith and social issues in Milwaukee.

Episode 97 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with Vincent Noth, executive director of the Kinship Community Food Center in Milwaukee. They explore faith, segregation, inequality, systemic racialized poverty, mystical experience, food as entry point to community, mutuality, accompaniment, and much more. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Email | RSS | More A transcript of the show is available. "The gospel germinates in the brokenness of our lives. And when our lives, when our woundedness, is being cultivated and nourished with the other people around us, and when we can be authentic and messy....the Eucharistic life is flowing through us into one another." -Vincent Noth Vincent Noth ABOUT THE GUEST Vincent Noth, a Milwaukee native, grew up attending public school on the northside. He has been the Executive Director of the Kinship Community Food Center (formerly Riverwest Food Pantry) since 2013. He has worked in Milwaukee’s urban service and nonprofit sector since 1999, as the Director of Programs for Summit Educational Association and as Pastor of the Youth and…

People in this episode

Host: Sister Julia Walsh

Guest: Vincent Noth

Topics covered

• food
• kinship
• faith
• segregation
• inequality
• systemic racialized poverty
• community

Keywords

• food
• kinship
• community
• inequality
• faith
• poverty
• Eucharistic life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kinship Community Food Center, Peace Corps, Summit Educational Association, Eastbrook Church, Carnegie Mellon University, Trinity International University

Places: Milwaukee

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