Author: Tom Walker
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This Wednesday, February 13 at 9am, our first guest in the studio will be Lee E. Hayworth, former Chief Judge, Twelfth Judicial Circuit; court liaison, Early Childhood Court and Delinquency Intervention Team; and moderator, Suncoast Technical College’s Law and Sarasota educational program. Judge Hayworth has received many honors, including the Thomas Paine Award from the Florida Veterans for […]
Tomorrow we’ll have as a guest Shirley Bascom of the Venice Interfaith Community Association. She’ll tell us about their series of events this month “American Racism – Yours, Mine and Ours.” There are three events left in the series: February 11: Building the Beloved Communitywith Rev. Dr. Marvin McMickleDr. Martin Luther King Jr’s prescription for […]
Today we had Ryan Stanley talking about an important event coming this Thursday. She writes “The event I’m promoting is called An Evening for Healthy Start. All the proceeds of this super fun event — at Sarasota Architectural Salvage on Thursday at 6:30pm — go directly to The Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County. In […]
This Wednesday, January 23rd at 9 a.m., popular Herald-Tribune columnist Carrie Seidman will be with us to talk about mental health and trauma-informed care. Her year-long fellowship project and documentary Facing Mental Illness was widely praised. At 9:30 Outreach Director, Jordan Cadavid of The Haven will explain the many ways The Haven acts as a […]
At the beginning of our show this Wednesday, January 16 at 9am, we’ll remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and tell you about all of the activities next week surrounding the celebration of his life, starting with the MLK Memorial Breakfast and Service Awards at 7:30 a.m. January 21 at the Robert L. Taylor Community […]
This Wednesday, January 9, at 9 a.m. we’ll have in the studio Demetrius Jifunza, paralegal, speaker, social activist, NAACP VP & Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Chapter President, Sarasota. He’s also Pastor at the Mt. Olive CME Church in Arcadia, FL. He’ll talk about the press conference being held on Amendment 4 implementation at 8:30 a.m. […]
This Wednesday January 2 our first guest was Kirk Baily, Political Director of the ACLU of Florida. Kirk talked about the implementation of Amendment 4 which restores the right to vote to over 1.4 million Floridians. Tuesday, January 8 at 9 a.m. is the first opportunity for former felons to register. Just go to registertovoteflorida.gov or […]
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This Wednesday Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Ron Turner was in the studio with us to analyze the November election results. We also talked about the implementation of Amendment 4 which restores the right to vote to so many Floridians. By the way, Ron will also be at the CONA (Council of Neighborhood Association) meeting […]
This Wednesday December 12, our guest in the studio was be Andy Mele with Suncoast Waterkeeper. Andy is the former Executive Director of a major Hudson River environmental group that was instrumental in forcing General Electric to remove 300,000 pounds of toxic PCBs from the Hudson. He is author of Polluting for Pleasure (W.W. Norton), the book that […]