Education
Students from Cornell Minds Matter Discuss Mental Health Awareness Week [AUDIO]
Carumey Stevens and Chelsea Kiely of the Cornell Organization Cornell Minds Matter, discuss the mental health challenges facing students on campus. They also talk about the barriers for students seeking mental health care. The organization is one of the sponsors of Mental Health Awareness week at Cornell, and Stevens and Kiely provide information about upcoming…
Read MoreNAMI-Finger Lakes Panel on Mental Health Court in Ithaca [AUDIO]
This past summer, the City of Ithaca announced its intentions to establish a Mental Health Court. The National Alliance on Mental Illness-Finger Lakes, held a panel discussion on Sunday, October 7, to provide information to the community about the planned Mental Health Court. In this feature, different representatives from the mental health community, the court…
Read MoreCornell Professor Matt Evangelista talks about “Paths to Peace” [AUDIO]
Matt Evangelista, Professor of Government at Cornell University, talks about “Paths to Peace”. The series of events taking place in September honors the legacy of peace activist and scholar Randall “Randy” Forsberg, who died in 2007. Some of the events on the Cornell campus are lectures, films and art exhibits examining the issues of nuclear…
Read MoreFriends of Stewart Park Organize Community Build of New Inclusive Playground [AUDIO]
Rick Manning, Executive Director of Friends of Stewart Park, and Lucas Raley, Cornell graduate student and organizer of the community build talk about the upcoming playground construction project. They discuss the features of the future playground and why it will be inclusive and accessible to all. They also talk about the types of jobs that…
Read MoreBehind the scenes of the Community Unity Music Education Program (CUMEP) at Southside Community Center [AUDIO]
We take a look at what goes on at Southside Community Center every summer. WRFI’s Jimmy Jordan recently visited their Community Unity Music Education Program (CUMEP), a unique program where kids learn about music and discussing social justice. Jordan spoke with Southside’s Dr. Nia Nunn and Dr. Baruch Whitehead and captured some magical, musical moments. …
Read MoreDon Rakow of Citizens Climate Lobby talks about Carbon Fee and Dividend System [AUDIO]
Don Rakow, Associate Professor in Cornell University School of Integrative Plant Sciences, is a member of the local chapter of the Citizen’s Climate Lobby, also known as the CCL. He describes his organization’s proposal to Congress that they enact legislation that would establish a a carbon fee-and-dividend system. CCL believes that such a system would…
Read MoreJoey Steinhagen of Running to Places talks about the Theatre Program’s new Home [AUDIO]
Joey Steinhagen, Artistic Director of the youth theatre program “Running to Places”, talks about how his organization will be building a new theatre. He talks about the reasons why the program has decided to find a permanent home, and the special features of the future theatre that will be established at the Ithaca Mall. This…
Read MorePete Meyers of the Tompkins County Workers Center talks about the Living Wage Rally [AUDIO}
Pete Meyers, Coordinator of the Tompkins County Workers Center comes into the studio to talk about the rally for a living minimum wage in Tompkins County, that will be taking place on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, on the commons. He also discusses the new initiative in which a variety of local stakeholders is discussing the…
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