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CUSLAR Endorses Poor People’s Campaign [AUDIO]
Tim Shenk, coordinator of the Committee for US-Latin American Relations, and Baruch Whitehead discuss the Poor People’s Campaign, specifically touching on how the local community plans to engage with this national activist movement.
Read MoreThere’s An App For That: Cornell Law Clinic Tech Connects Immigrants with Legal Resources [AUDIO]
Far too often, simply understanding and accessing legal resources stand as an impassable barrier for immigrant communities living in the U.S.. This major issue became the motivation for a new clinic at Cornell Law, which uses phone and computer app development to support legal access for immigrants across the country, and right here in Tompkins…
Read MoreOpen Doors takes on youth homelessness in Tompkins County [AUDIO]
November is homeless and runaway youth awareness month, locally and at the national level. To learn more about this major social concern, WRFI News Director Katelyn Harrop spoke with Jeci Brown of Family and Children Services in Ithaca.
Read MoreClimates of Change: A Civic Ensemble Production [audio]
Sarah K. Chalmers of the Civic Ensemble theatre company, and Sara Warner, member of the Cornell University Department of the Performing and Media Arts, talk about the new theatre production, “Climates of Change”. The production is a cooperative effort between Tompkins County community members and Cornell students. It will be performed from December 1 to…
Read MoreDorothy Roberts Explains Racism and the New Racial Science [Audio]
WRFI’s Lori Sonken talks with University of Pennsylvania Professor Dorothy Roberts about the mixing of science, politics and race in what she calls the “new racial science.” [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/university-of-pennsylvania-professor-dorothy-roberts-explains-racism-and-the-new-racial-science/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]
Read MoreHabitat for Humanity Breaks into the Ithaca Market [AUDIO]
WRFI News’ Katelyn Harrop speaks with Shannon MacCarrick, Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties. Habitat for Humanity has been serving Tompkins County for three decades, but two current projects mark the organization’s first in Ithaca. MacCarrick tells us about the two local families buying new homes through TC Habitat for Humanity,…
Read MoreA solution to uncontested elections – Discussion with Leslie Danks-Burke & Anne Koreman [AUDIO]
Leslie Danks-Burke of Trailblazers PAC & Anne Koreman, newly elected Tompkins County Legislator talk about being a new candidate and how to reduce uncontested elections by helping new candidates to run. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/lesley-danks-burke-talks-about-how-to-reduce-uncontested-local-elections/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]
Read MoreHilary Lambert, Executive Director of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network-November 14th, 2017 [audio]
Hilary Lambert, Executive Director and Steward of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, provides an update on the health of the lake. She gives an overview of the recent fall meeting of the network, discusses the algal blooms that occurred on the lake in the late summer, and talks about outbreaks of the invasive plant, hydrilla. …
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