Bliss Browne BBC Interview

To celebrate the uniquely collaborative space of the BBC's new headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, Radio Scotland has a monthly series called Quay Conversations in which Janice Forsyth talks to some top public figures whose work is helping shape the future of Scotland. On the evening of Monday, 31st March, Janice plays host to Bliss Browne from Imagine Chicago, a pioneering urban regeneration project, whose work is now being used a model here in Scotland. In 1991, Bliss Browne - banking executive, mother of three, and an ordained Episcopal priest (she was the first woman ever to preach at Westminster Abbey) - gave up a sixteen year corporate career to found Imagine Chicago. Saddened by seeing whole communities within her home city written off as having no future, her aim was to inspire civic engagement, foster links between cultures and generations, and cultivate hope and aspiration. The processes her organisation has developed for bringing together fragmented communities have now been picked up as a model for regeneneration and renewal across the globe, including projects in Scotland. Join Janice and Bliss for a glass of wine and the opportunity to hear about the life and work of a woman who dreams of a society in which "nothing and no-one is wasted". The evening will consist of a 30 minute interview followed by audience questions, with drinks from 6pm, recording starting at 7pm. The programme will be broadcast at 1.15 pm on Wednesday 2nd April on BBC Radio Scotland. Please email us mailto: quayconversations@bbc.co.uk if you would like to come along. In addition, if you have a question you'd love to put to Bliss then please let us know. Contact at the BBC is Lucy.Adam@bbc.co.uk. We understand that the list for the event may now be full as at 28 March. You can pick up the broadcast on Wednesday 2 April at 1.15pm