Social Justice
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 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 MoreYouth Organizing Fellows discuss the City of Ithaca’s People’s Budget [audio]
Members of the Youth Organizing Fellowship of the Multicultural Resource Center in Ithaca discuss “The People’s Budget”. They talked about how they lobbied the City of Ithaca to allocate $ 10,000 from their 2018 budget to go towards projects in the city’s 2nd ward. The students will choose delegates who will go into the community…
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 MoreBridged Ep. 3: Single-Mothers Discuss Living on Section 8 [AUDIO]
This week’s episode of Bridged looks into how family structure presents a barrier to affordable housing in Tompkins County. Over one fourth of Tompkins County children live in a single parent household, according to the Tompkins County Health Department’s Community Health Assessment from 2013–2017. For many single mothers, one income often isn’t enough to support…
Read MoreBridged Ep. 2: The Disabled and Ithaca’s Housing Crisis [AUDIO]
Bridged, a partnership between The Park Scholar Program at Ithaca College and WRFI, continues its investigation into the housing crisis plaguing Tompkins County and how it affects people with disabilities. This episode dives deeper into the struggles of accessibility for people with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities. This episode also looks at accessibility from multiple…
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