Religious leaders across the country denounced President Trump’s photo in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington DC Monday. Among them was Bishop Paul Egensteiner of the NY Evangelical Lutheran Church…
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Listen: Leadership Sullivan Coordinator Lisa Schmidt on helping students with school lunches
Now in it’s 20th year, the Leadership Sullivan program trains a class of adults each year to “develop informed and committed leaders from all segments of the community.” The COVID pandemic has…
Listen: Senator Jen Metzger on All Things Considered
Listeners were so eager to hear from Senator Jen Metzger (NY-42) during All Things Considered, one of them even called in to request a question about repealing Section 50-a of the state’s…
Listen: De’Asia Thompson talks to WJFF about helping plan a youth-led protest in Honesdale
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…
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…