As a pre-med student, Michael Sutton didn’t have enough training to serve on the front lines of fighting but he still wanted to help. So he joined a brand-new national organization started…
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Listen: Janus Adams on the importance Juneteenth
As the nation continues its renewed reckoning with racism in the wake of a string of killings of unarmed African Americans, we finally arrived at Juneteenth. Many are renewing calls for it…
Listen: Steven Teague of the TriVersity Center for Gender & Sexual Diversity in Milford
As part of our ongoing coverage of Pride Month at WJFF, we check in with Steven Teague of the TriVersity Center for Gender & Sexual Diversity in Milford. He tells us about…
Listen: Lori Rivenburgh , Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club
Father’s Day is this Sunday but for some it’s an especially hard day. Lori Rivenburgh , Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club, talks about celebrating Father’s Day in a way…
Listen: Ellenville Chapter of the NAACP President Maude Bruce
Maude Bruce was born in the deep south during the Jim Crow ‘40s, committed herself to civil rights after marching with Dr. King in the early ‘60s, lost a son when an…
Listen: Hurleyville Performing Arts Center’s Cinema Director Michael Coney and Gallery Coordinator Ellyane Hutchinson
It’s Pride month, coming up is the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall, also Juneteenth, and we’re still emerging COVID shutdown. Will all of that in mind, Hurleyville Performing Arts Center is hosting…
Listen: Jennifer Baker, Writer/Editor and creator of the Minorities in Publishing podcast
Last week, all of the Top Ten books on the New York Times combined print and e-book non-fiction bestseller list were about racism. Tim Bruno spoke with Jennifer Baker, Writer/Editor and creator…
Listen: Poison Love’s Dan & Joanne Brinkerhoff on getting creative about creating music
Many musicians have been live-streaming performances during the pandemic. Dan Brinkerhoff of local band Poison Love suggests holographic projection could be next but for now he’s settling for drive-in concerts at a…
Listen: Art Riegel, Professor of Economics at SUNY Sullivan on recession in the region
Last week, The National Bureau of Economic Research Economists announced that the nation is officially in a recession in the shortest amount of time it’s ever taken to make that kind of…