Author: Tom Walker

Ilana Marks, writer & director of Mind The Gap, will be our first guest. llana is an author, international lecturer, and radio /TV host. She hosted the very popular live call in radio and television talk shows “On the Mark” in Boston for over ten years.Ilana trained as a stage actress in London and acted […]

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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