January 19th, 2012 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
FLORIDA CARIBE
Tuesday / Jan. 24th
9:00 to 10:00 AM
This Wednesday it will be exactly 40 years that an 18-year old activist and New College student was killed while picketing with UFW-affiliated farm workers at the Talisman sugar mill in Belle Glades. A group of students at New College will honor the memory of Nan Freeman with a candlelight vigil
Wednesday at 7 p.m., and two days later, many will join a
protest with farm workers in Naples. In that vein, we will be dedicating the next edition of Florida Caribe to Nan’s memory. With us will be Jordan Buckley, a long-time supporter of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
, to fill us in on the long struggle of farm workers in Florida, and what has changed, and what hasn’t.
As usual, we will provide you with a roundup of news from our neighborhood, the Caribbean and Latin America. So tune in this Tuesday, 9 a.m. to WSLR 96.5 FM.
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January 11th, 2012 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
The January 18 episode of Local Matters was a multi-faceted show that featured Sarasota blogger DIANE DESENBERG updating us on her trip to Occupy Florida in Tallahassee, where the goal was to present Occupy demands from around the state to our state legislature. Read Diane’s coverage of the Occupy movement at www.occupymysoapbox.com
Joe and JP then discussed the big news of the day: the forced resignation of Sarasota City Manager BOB BARTOLOTTA, with audio excerpts from yesterday’s city commission meeting.
We then heard from TIM CALANDRA (Sarasota Film Society) and KAREN KOBLENZ (the Women’s Exchange) on how the recent closing of a previously leased city parking lot is impacting the Burns Square/Pineapple Avenue business district.
We finished this Local Matters show with an interview with STACIA FERNANDEZ, the talented New York address who plays the lead role in Florida Studio Theatre’s production of NEXT TO NORMAL, a contemporary rock musical that addresses the impact bi-polar disorder has on a modern day family.
Tickets remain for the final shows of this powerful theatrical production that runs through Jan. 20. More info is available at www.floridastudiotheatre.org
LOCAL MATTERS…where local folks drop by to talk about local things that matter on WSLR 96.5 FM in Sarasota, Florida and streaming live online at www.WSLR.org
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January 4th, 2012 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
(Producer’s Note – the audio signal for this podcast is somewhat distorted due to an unforeseen technical issue)
Hosted by Joe Hendricks and J.P Fazio, the Jan. 4 Local Matters show featured Occupy Sarasota activists Debbie Wagner, Brandon Crozier and Diane Desenberg, who dropped by the WSLR studio to discuss their participation in the People’s Convention of Florida. They also discussed the proposals that came from the convention, the local follow-up session that took place back in Sarasota and how and why these proposals will be presented to Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida State Legislature at the state capitol in Tallahassee on January 10 when the 2012 legislative session gets underway.
This show will also feature a phone conversation with Occupy Tallahassee activist and FSU student Cecelia O’Brien, who filled us in on Occupy Tallahassee’s role as host to Occupy Florida activists from around the state as they begin to arrive in the state capital beginning Jan. 6
Visit Occupy Sarasota on facebook and also at www.OccupySarasota.com
Read Diane Desenberg’s Occupy My Soapbox blogs at www.occupymysoapbox.com
Visit Occupy Tallahassee at facebook and also at: www.occupytally.org
Visit the People’s Convention of Florida at: www.peoplesconventionofflorida.org
LOCAL MATTERS – Where local folks drop by to talk about local things that matter…
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December 1st, 2011 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
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November 5th, 2011 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
LOCAL MATTERS Podcast
The Nov. 2 Local Matters show featured Sarasota residents Chris Young, Mike Martin, Lori Frary and Jim Galiano discussing their involvement with the Occupy Sarasota movement that coincides with the Occupy Wall Street movements taking place nationwide.
We also heard heard from WSLR listeners Jason, Devin and Francis, who joined the conversation by phone.
Local Matters airs next on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. Our studio guests will be April Glasco from Second Chance-Last Opportunity and Barbara Richards from Project 180.
Local Matters…where local folks drop by to talk about local things that matter…
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