From Honesdale to Philly and back again: De’Asia Thompson, an activist and biracial woman who grew up in the Honesdale area tells WJFF why she helped plan a youth-led protest in her…
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Listen: Delaware Valley Action! Co-founder Ed Gragert on civil rights protest in Milford
Delaware Valley Action! is a civil rights and social action advocacy group that formed after the 2016 election. Co-founder Ed Gragert tells WJFF about the civil rights protest in Milford PA on…
Listen: Dr. Amy Nitza of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz on mental health
If you haven’t written the great American novel during quarantine, don’t sweat it. Joining WJFF for its first installment of “Mental Health Monday,” Dr. Amy Nitza of the Institute for Disaster Mental…
Listen: Judy Balaban & Martin Colavito on the failure of the county to focus on Human Rights
On Sunday, Judy Balaban resigned from the Sullivan County Human Rights Commission, saying that the body has lost commissioners that have not been replaced and there has been no executive director since…
Listen: HVALF President and Middletown NY Alderman, Sparrow Tobin talk to WJFF on current events
The Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation released a statement saying “labor will not allow ourselves to be divided along racial lines.” HVALF President and Middletown NY Alderman, Sparrow Tobin, told WJFF why…
Listen: Shannon Wong, Director of the Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union on current events
As the nation reels from the killing of George Floyd, Shannon Wong, Director of the Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, returns to WJFF to talk about why…
Listen: Hillary Smith of H.Smith & Co. on the impact on her Catskills wedding & event planning business
If people can’t safely gather in large numbers, they aren’t having big weddings or other parties in The Catskills. What does that mean for business? We talk to Hillary Smith of H.Smith…
Listen: New York Law School’s Professor Jefferey Wice on what really counts in the Census
How much does Jeffrey Wice like the Census? He’s currently working on his FIFTH census, this time with NY Counts. The Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at the New York Law School…
Listen: Camp IHC owner Joel Rutkowski on his summer plans
Joel Rutkowski went to Equinunk as a teenager to work at camp one summer, and he never left! He met his wife there and now, 26 years later, they own Camp IHC….