Audio Archives from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine

Democracy Forum 9/10/12

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters
Engineer: Joel Mann

Program Topic: Educating Voters; Educating Citizens

Key Discussion Points:
a) the difference between educated voters and well-informed voters
b) the role of public education in cultivating civic engagement
c) what can citizens do?

Guests:

A) Professor Jennifer Hochschild, the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, www.gov.harvard.edu/people/faculty/jennifer-hochschild
B) Elisabeth MacNamara, the 18th president of the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) and chair of the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF), www.lwv.org/content/elisabeth-macnamara

Call In Program: No
Political Broadcast: No

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WERU News Report 9/4/12

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Issue: Independent Local News

International peace activist and author Kathy Kelly spoke in Bangor, Maine on August 23rd, after returning from one of her many trips to Afghanistan. She described the work of Afghan Peace Volunteers, and day-to-day life, under the shadow of the on-going U.S. military presence in that country. Today we pick up where we left off last week, with part 3 (of 3) of Kathy Kelly’s talk at her stop in Bangor:

Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence

FMI: www.vcnv,org www.livewithoutwars.org/ , www.facebook.com/groups/AfghanPeaceVolunteers/
Some of the videos referenced in this talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSjKrYDmBmk&list=UUqLgo4v6w-BJtv_00XTs70g&index=126&feature=plcp www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CG6_zMH4NA&list=UUqLgo4v6w-BJtv_00XTs70g&index=62&feature=plcp

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Common Ground Radio 9/7/12

Producer/Host: MOFGA – Melissa White Pillsbury

Topic: Teaching Kids about Food and Farming

Why is it important to educate youth on farming and agriculture?
What programs & opportunities exist for Maine youth to learn about food & farming?
What’s happening on Friday at the Common Ground Fair for kids/school groups?

Guests:
Ellie Libby, Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Jim Ahearne, Common Ground Country Fair Director, MOFGA

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Sustainable House Sketchbook 9/7/12

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh

“School”

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RadioActive 9/6/11

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission and outreach for commissioner nominations

a) This spring, a Declaration of Intent to commit to a truth and reconciliation process was signed by the Wabanaki tribal governments of the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkmikuk, the Aroostook Bands of the Mic Macs, the Houlton Band of the Mailiseets and the Maine state government. This is the first of it’s kind Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process.

b) October 1st is the deadline for nominations for the five commissioners for the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission .

c) Over the next 27 to 33months, commission members will collect stories from the five tribal communities and from non-tribal Maine residents and will compile a final report. The stories expected to be shared will come from both direct experiences and the conveyed experiences of others who were impacted by historically overt federal and state child welfare practices to assimilate indigenous children. The TRC also will observe how the separation of children from their communities has impacted the tribes. The Truth and Reconciliation process aims to collectively recognize history, improve child welfare practices and facilitate a process of decolonization for tribal and non tribal Maine residents.

Guests:
A) Esther Attean Altivator,Passamaquoddy tribal member, Muskie School of Public Service lead staff person on the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission process
B) Carolyn Morrison, Interium Director for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

www.mainetribaltrc.org
mainetribaltrc.org/documents.html
archives.weru.org/wabanaki-windows/wabanaki-windows-62111
archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-52611
fsrn.org/audio/maine-tribes-and-state-leaders-create-first-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-its-kind-us/87
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/06/08/wabanaki-tribes-maine-sign-historic-foster-care-trc-37338

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 9/6/12

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Passwords are part of daily online life. So is passwords getting hacked. Here are some ways to make it more difficult for hackers to get at your passwords.

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Healthy Options 9/5/12

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman, L.Ac
Co-producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Joel Mann

“The Eyes Have It!”
Program Topic: Natural Eye Health and Holistic Vision Care

Key Discussion Points:
What is natural eye health and holistic vision care?
What are some exercises that we can do at home to maintain and improve healthy vision?
What nutritional supplements and foods help with healthy vision?
What is the connection between eyesight and the brain?
How does stress affect our vision?
How does vision affect our ability to learn?
How does vision affect the whole body?

Guest:
Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, D.B.O., M.A.