Do You Remember Me? October 19, 2006 Broadcast
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Description:
Homeless individuals in Danbury, CT share their stories on Ideas at Work and Beyond in an effort to educate others and perhaps to end the silence and invisibility that have hunted them for years.
Why This Topic?
It is important for us to listen to their stories because they are part of the solution to end Homelessness in America.
Homeless individuals in Danbury, CT share their stories on Ideas at Work and Beyond in an effort to educate others and perhaps to end the silence and invisibility that have hunted them for years.
Why This Topic?
It is important for us to listen to their stories because they are part of the solution to end Homelessness in America.
Overcoming Self-Doubt in Education. October 12, 2006 Broadcast
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Presenter:
Danbury Attorney, Jerry Leaphart
Description:
Show accepts as true the persistence of an 'achievement gap' in educational outcomes as between white students, locally and nationally, and students of color or of Hispanic origin, again, locally and nationally.
Supporting Data Source:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/pdfs/ca.pdf
Next, we discuss the social conditions that contribute to the continuation of the achievement gap, touching on several of a long list of factors that have a role in causing underachievement. We then turn our thoughts to immediate and long-term solutions to the problem of underachievement in education and plan ways to try to implement these solutions locally, in Danbury Connecticut.
Suggested Reading:
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"Thinking about Race" by Naomi Zack
Danbury Attorney, Jerry Leaphart
Description:
Show accepts as true the persistence of an 'achievement gap' in educational outcomes as between white students, locally and nationally, and students of color or of Hispanic origin, again, locally and nationally.
Supporting Data Source:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/pdfs/ca.pdf
Next, we discuss the social conditions that contribute to the continuation of the achievement gap, touching on several of a long list of factors that have a role in causing underachievement. We then turn our thoughts to immediate and long-term solutions to the problem of underachievement in education and plan ways to try to implement these solutions locally, in Danbury Connecticut.
Suggested Reading:
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"Thinking about Race" by Naomi Zack
Mayor Mark Boughton On His Trip To Brazil. October 5, 2006 Broadcast
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Description:
Mayor Mark Boughton passionately discussed the two-day conference he attended in Brazil on immigration and fraud prevention.
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News:
Leading the way: Danbury and Darfur. September 28, 2006 Broadcast
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Guests:
Danbury High Assistant Principal, Tim Salem and Danbury High students
Description:
The September 28th, 2006 show featured guests from Danbury High School speaking about the ongoing atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan. David Suero and I accompanied this group to the September 17th "Save Darfur" rally in Central Park, New York City. Clips from the rally are shown in this segment. The students interviewed a woman from Darfur who recently left the region and attended the rally to plead for immediate intervention on behalf of her people. I interviewed the group from Danbury High to focus on upcoming events related to their continual efforts on behalf of the civilians of Darfur. Additionally I challenged African-Americans to become more intimately involved with this issue within the Danbury community and nationwide.
Part 1
Part 2
Danbury High Assistant Principal, Tim Salem and Danbury High students
Description:
The September 28th, 2006 show featured guests from Danbury High School speaking about the ongoing atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan. David Suero and I accompanied this group to the September 17th "Save Darfur" rally in Central Park, New York City. Clips from the rally are shown in this segment. The students interviewed a woman from Darfur who recently left the region and attended the rally to plead for immediate intervention on behalf of her people. I interviewed the group from Danbury High to focus on upcoming events related to their continual efforts on behalf of the civilians of Darfur. Additionally I challenged African-Americans to become more intimately involved with this issue within the Danbury community and nationwide.
Part 1
Part 2
