Chris Deal gave us a follow up on the Community Academy and other community programs built in Jefferson to prepare students in Greene County and towns in western Iowa for high tech jobs, some connected with a consortium called THE FORGE. Following that we learned from Ronald Cox the director of CIRAS (Center for Research and Service) Since 1963 CIRAS has been partnering with Iowa companies and communities to help them prosper and grow. We closed the program with a visit to the Ames Celebration of Juneteenth organized by Black Lives Matter where we spoke of A'Ja Lyons about issues of injustice that still need to be addressed.
Originally broadcast 06/23/2021