February 2019

Randy Burk, Children and Climate, CIS, Child Survivor

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 02/27/2019
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Our program today started with a Promo for tonight's Pantorium Session when reporter Greta Anderson interviewed Randy Burk, who will be performing tonight at 7 p.m.  A report from last night's Ames Public Library event " Using the Courts to Kick Start Climate Action  : Can Children Show Us a Direct Path Forward?" presented by Channing Dutton, Atty followed.  Reporters Ci Ci Iversonand Susan Franzen interviewed Dutton and  played segments of his presentation.  We heard from Central Iowa Symphony's Music DirectorEric McIntyre describing the music to be performed at the CIS Young Artists Concert this Sunday.  Chabad Rabbi Leibel Jacobson came into the studio to tell us about "An Evening with Dr. Inge Auerbacher" the youngest survivor of Terezin concentration camp, who will be speaking at Great Hall ISU Memorial Union, 6 p.m. Monday, March 4. 

Project SEARCH, Immigration Matters

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 02/25/2019
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Maegan McColley

Host, Gale Seiler, spoke with Linda Lind, the Director of Project SEARCH at ISU, and Maegan McColley, who is an intern with the Project. The program provides campus internships for young people with disabilities, and they are having a Business Summit to forge partnerships with businesses interested in employing graduates of the program.

Ursula Ruedenberg interviewed Reverend Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, President of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, who will hold a dialogue on Friday evening with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller about reframing our societal and legal approach to immigration. This event is part of the annual Theologian in Residency Weekend organized by the United Church of Christ in Ames. This year’s theme is Immigration Matters: Joined Together, Finding Solutions. 

Crystal Davis, from the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau, was delayed by snowy roads, so we shared information on upcoming local events, which Crystal sent to us. 

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