Recovery Is – Mental Health Support During Covid
On today’s show, Carol talks with local mental health providers on how Covid is impacting mental health access and services. Guests today are: Dr. Angela Porter and Juno Fraser.
You can find past shows on our blog at RecoveryIs.Life and follow us on twitter at @recoveryradiova
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Carol Olson August 27th, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Journalism – Global and Local
Today Sheri and Carol talk with Mariam Alkazemi about how international journalism looks today and then with Sally Kane about how important local community radio is to communities.
Mariam F. Alkazemi is an assistant professor at the Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Previously, she served as a professor at Gulf University for Science and Technology, a Carnegie fellow at University of North Carolina and a research fellow at the London School of Economics. She has contributed to over 30 peer-reviewed publications on a range of topics. She recently co-edited a volume on the Arab diaspora, which was published by Lexington Books in June 2021. She has received a number of awards for her teaching and research, and she has received funding to support her research activities. She holds degrees from the University of Florida (2014, Ph.D.), Michigan State University (2009, M.A.) and George Washington University (2007, B.A.).
Sally Kane is a successful nonprofit executive with twenty years of experience in the field of community radio. She is a trained facilitator, accomplished fundraiser, and impassioned public speaker. As NFCB’s CEO Ms. Kane led the organization through a comprehensive restructure and built a team that moved the organization into a new chapter that includes impactful national advocacy, industry thought leadership, customized station services, and innovative initiatives that transform community media organizations.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 26th, 2021
Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Back to School with Covid
Today Sheri and Carol talk about going back to school and work during the resurgence of Covid variants. First up is a discussion with healthcare providers: Kaila Cooper, Director of Nursing Infection at VCU and Dr. Angela Porter, Psychologist. We then talk with parents dealing with sending kids back to school or daycare: Timika Brokub, parent in Hanover and ESL teacher; Peggy Lavinder, parent in Hanover, and Juno Fraser, parent in Chesterfield.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 19th, 2021
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend – Music from Afghanistan
Today is a Medieval 2 Metal Series on the Music of Afghanistan.
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Carol Olson Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution August 16th, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: The Politics of Environmentalism with Mary Finley-Brook
Today Sheri talks with Mary Finley-Brook, professor at University of Richmond and liaison with environmental justice movement to discuss the pipeline, environmental racism and how we need to turn the ride toward environmental disaster.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 12th, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: The Politics of Getting a School Built with Kenya Hunter and LaKeisha Williams
Today we are discussing the ongoing debate around getting Richmond City Schools rebuilt and what is the process holding one school back. Journalist Kenya Hunter and parent/educator LaKeisha Williams joins us.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 5th, 2021
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Tea Time
Welcome to today’s Tea! Tea Time is a show wherein three people of color interrupt the white, heteronormative media landscape. Each week will bring you stories relevant to our community and will dissect them through the lens of our intersectional identities. We will also spotlight mutual aid groups here in Richmond that are decolonizing systems of oppression. Join us the second and fourth Mondays of the month at noon.
Hosts are: Shauntelle Hammonds, Jamie Osorio, Justice Smith
Producer: Jenn Gallienne
Jenn Gallienne August 2nd, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics : Free Press with Collette Watson and April Coleman
Today our subject is free press and how Black media is demanding change from embedded colonialism and anti-blackness in media; how the presence of local journalism has been overtaken by mass media and conservative views; and what reparations in media would look like.
Our guests today are: Collette Watson, Vice President of Cultural Strategy at FreePress.Net. Collette helps guide narrative change, community partnerships and strategic communications, working with artists, media-makers, creatives and advocates to shift power toward a just future media system. You can find her on social media at @_ColletteWatson
April Coleman, Vice President of Operations at Richmond Free Press, serving as the news media resource and voice of the African American community. You can follow April on social media at @lirpaac
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 29th, 2021
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Tea Time
Welcome to today’s Tea! Tea Time is a show wherein three people of color interrupt the white, heteronormative media landscape. Each week will bring you stories relevant to our community and will dissect them through the lens of our intersectional identities. We will also spotlight mutual aid groups here in Richmond that are decolonizing systems of oppression. Join us the second and fourth Mondays of the month at noon.
Hosts are: Shauntelle Hammonds, Jamie Osorio, Justice Smith
Producer: Jenn Gallienne
Jenn Gallienne July 26th, 2021
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Recovery Is – SAARA and Youth Outreach
On today’s show, representatives from SAARA of Virginia – Substance Abuse Addiction and Recovery Alliance – about their new youth outreach program along with their other programs.
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Carol Olson July 23rd, 2021
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