Sun, 5 October 2014
Schools Not Prisons - #DoTheMath, #NoMorePregnancyDiscrimination, #StepUpNFL, and It's Time 4 America 2 #LeadOnLeave
This show starts by covering how to break the cradle to prison pipeline in a country, our country, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our next segment how people across the country are fighting back against pregnancy discrimination. Hear the story of one mom-to-be, a police officer, who after her gun belt wouldn't fit anymore was denied light duty and put on unpaid leave. And hear how she's fighting back. Then in the next interview we're tackling the NFL and getting the inside scoop on a meeting that just happened with NFL executives. Last but far from least, we hear from Latifa Lyles of the U.S. Department of Labor about their new campaign, It's time for America to #Lead on Leave
*Thank you to special guests, including: Mary Lou Fulton, The California Endowment; Elizabeth Edgemark, A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising; and Latifa Lyles, Director of the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor.
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Sun, 28 September 2014
We come Off the Sidelines this week with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Then our next segment covers voting-- and why your vote, your neighbors vote, your friends and families votes, matter. Then the next interview is with the award-winning author of many books, including most recently, A Blind Spot for Boys. Hear how to be a good story teller and keep people riveted in conversations, speeches, and at the dining room table. Last but far from least, we discuss ROCK STARS, yes Rock Stars, with Rock the Vote. |
Sun, 21 September 2014
First up, we talk about moving GIANT ABC building blocks on the front lawn of the US Capitol, along with Democrat and Republican members of Congress. You don't see that kind of working together very often these days. Find out why! #BuildUpKids Our next segment covers how some local moms in Missouri are fighting a toxic waste dump that's smoldering underground near nuclear waste and harming their children. Hear the lowdown. #
*Special guests include: Sarah Francis, MomsRising and Percolator Consulting; Dawn Chapman, Just Moms STL; Jennifer Owens, editor in chief of Working Mother Magazine; Dream Hampton, author, filmmaker, activist, MomsRising consultant, board member of Color of Change, and frequent public commentator.
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Sat, 13 September 2014
On the #RADIO show this week, first up we hear from the researcher whose data sparked a New York Times article with this title: "The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus --- A Child Helps Your Career, if You’re a Man." Our next segment covers former Raven's player, Ray Rice, domestic violence, and masculinity with NFL veteran, media commentator, college football Hall of Famer, and all around super star, Don McPherson. Then the next interview covers the historic vote that recently happened on the Paycheck Fairness Act: Get the inside scoop on what happened and next steps! Last but far from least U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, will join us to talk early learning, education, tips for parents, and…. bus rides. You're not going to want to miss that segment.
*Special guests include: Dr. Michelle Budig, University of Massachusetts; Don McPherson, NFL veteran, media commentator, advocate, educator, and college football Hall of Famer; Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women (AAUW); and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
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Sat, 6 September 2014
First up: We get the inside scoop on what's going on in Ferguson, Missouri right now and where we are in the fight for #JusticeForMikeBrown. Our next segment covers the latest in efforts to advance gun safety policies. California just made a major advance. Find out how. Then the next interview covers one of the biggest monetary return on investments in our nation right now: Childcare! Last but far from least we get tips on how you can take great pictures of yourself, #SELFIES!, friends, kids, and well pretty much everything.
*Special guests include: Jamala Rogers, Organization for Black Struggle; Josh Horritz, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence; Helen Blank, National Women's Law Center; Latosha Francis, professional photographer, The Captured Life.
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Sat, 30 August 2014
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Sat, 16 August 2014
First up on the radio show this week: We talk about gerrymandering, sneakily redrawing the Congressional lines in Florida, and voter suppression. Our next segment shares the importance of… drum roll please… VACATIONS to working productively! Then the next interview covers how to compel people, politicians, and colleagues to listen to you. Last but far from least we hear the latest about the growing food justice movement and about how we all can work together to address police brutality.
*Special guests include: Deirdre Macnab, President of the League of Women Voters of Florida; John Neffinger, author of the book, Compelling People; Brigid Schulte, Washington Post write and author of the best-selling book, Overwhelmed; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising.
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Sat, 9 August 2014
First up: We hear about how Ted Wafer, the man who killed Renisha McBride, the unarmed teenager who was shot on a porch through a locked door as she was seeking help after a car accident, was finally convicted in Michigan. Our next segment gives an update on the child refugee crisis happening right now in our nation. Then the next interview covers the FAMILY Act and paid family leave, AKA maternity/paternity leave. Last but far from least we hear the latest about the Staten Island dad who died from a police chokehold, a death that was recently ruled to be a homicide, and we talk about addressing police brutality.
*Special guests include: dream hampton, writer, activist and filmmaker from Detroit, and campaign consultant with MomsRising; Jennifer Podkul, Migrant Rights and Justice Program; Vicki Shabo, National Partnership for Women & Families; and Matt Nelson, ColorOfChange.org.
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Sat, 2 August 2014
On the show this week we hear about the link between domestic violence and spyware, as well as get an update on what's going on in our nation's capital on gun safety and domestic violence--and how the two are interlinked. Our next segment covers the criminalization of motherhood, including an update on the mom who was arrested for letting her 9 year old play in the park while she worked. Then the next interview covers football, violence against women, and how if abuse can be provoked by triggering the aggressor as some have said, then there would be a lot more violence towards the sports world's most powerful men and coaches too. Last but far from least we hear from a mom who just got back from sharing her personal story with an entire U.S. Senate Committee. Find out what she had to say!
*Special guests include: Kim Gandy, president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence; Dr. Michele Goodwin, Professor of Law at the University of CA, Irvine and Director for The Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy; Byron Hurt, award-winning documentary filmmaker, published writer, anti-sexist activist, and lecturer; Jennine Soto, MomsRising member and Director of Durham Connects.
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Sat, 26 July 2014
First up on this show, we get an update on the situation with the water shutoffs in Detroit. Our next segment covers the expected impact of the powerful Latino vote in the upcoming elections. Then the next interview is an update the fight to increase the minimum wage to a livable wage that is raging in Congress right now. Last but far from least we hear about the criminalization of motherhood, including an update on the mom who was arrested for letting her 9 year old play in the park while she worked.
*Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, MomsRising; Matt Barreto, Professor and University of Washington and the director of the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race; U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan; Shireen Mitchell, Women's Media Center (WMC).
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