Community Conversation: When the Funding Fades

A Community Conversation: When the Funding Fades is an in-depth, interview-driven television special exploring how recent federal funding cuts are impacting nonprofits across Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. From food pantries to youth programs, housing initiatives to mental health services, this program gives a platform to the organizations, and the people they serve, who are struggling to adapt.

Through candid conversations with nonprofit leaders, local officials, volunteers, and families, the broadcast aims to uncover the human stories behind the headlines. Each segment connects viewers to the broader implications of these cuts, revealing both the challenges and the innovative solutions emerging from within the community.

The program concludes by highlighting how viewers can take action, through advocacy, volunteering, and local giving, to help sustain these vital services.

About the Event

This program will be filmed live from the Univest Public Media Center's Studio A, with opportunity for audience members to ask questions.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Live broadcast begins promptly at 6:00 p.m.