Today's program started with a discussion between Carolyn Raffensperger and Pat Schlarbaum about how science can shape policy. Then Betty Andrews, president of the Iowa Nebraska NAACP, told us about the virtual Town Halls taking place over the next two weeks, in which national and local experts will examine the disparate impact that COVID-19 has had on the Black Community nationally and locally, answering the most pressing questions around the Corona Virus. Al Womble described another powerful event that took place on Saturday, May 23 in Des Moines -- "No Hate In Our State," the community response to the hate crime beating of DarQuan Jones. Then Sara Jordan-Heintz ended our program with a story inspired by an unmarked grave of from the time of the Civil War.
