RadioActive 1/19/17

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: Planned Disrupt J 20 Inauguration Actions and Discussion on Trump’s Nominees’ Impact on Environment and Climate Change

Key Discussion Points:
1) Reporting from Washington DC, the day before the inauguration of Donald Trump, we look at the protests planned for tomorrow, including the Disrupt J 20 direct action blockades of the inauguration entrances.
2) We also look at what Trump’s nominees to head the EPA, the State Dept, the Dept of Energy and the Dept of Interior could mean for environmental health and climate change.
3) We discuss the urgency of climate change and the need for action.

Guest: Janet Redman, climate justice activist, part of coordinating committee of the climate contingent of Disrupt J 20; policy analyst for Oil Change, in Washington DC

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/19/17

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Is there anything sure when it comes to security on the web? Sad to say, the answer is, at least at present, no. That means that we each have to take a few extra steps and make some very personal decisions about what kind of business we choose to conduct over the web. Here are a few thoughts to mix in as you make your online choices.

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Wabanaki Windows 1/17/17

Producer: Donna Loring
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann

Issue: Dawnland Voices Anthology and Wabanaki News Papers and News Letters by New England Native Authors

Program Topic: Native Writers and Tribal Community News

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is the Anthology Dawnland Voices about? Who contributed
b) What can we learn about Native Communities from those articles in the book?
c) What can we learn about the recent past from a New England Native Perspective in the News Papers and Letters written by New England Native authors?

Guests:
Dr. Siobhan Senier, Associate professor, English and Women’s Studies University of New Hamshire
Pam Outdusis Cunningham, Penobscot Nation Tribal Member, Council Member, Master Basket Maker.
Carol Dana, Penobscot Nation Elder, Story Teller and Penobscot Language expert

Websites for more information:
dawnlandvoices.org/collections/items/browse
dawnlandvoices.org/
dawnlandvoices.org/the-book/

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