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Civic Circles: Increasing Community Involvement
In this interview, I talk with Karen Delaney, Executive Director of the Volunteer Center about ways you can get more involved in creating positive change in our community. VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TO HOST CIVIC LIFE TOWN HALL EVENTS TO INSPIRE POSITIVE...
Beyond Juneteenth – furthering the movement toward real liberation: a conversation with Thairie Ritchie and Esabella Bonner (part 2)
Esabella Bonner is a long-time Santa Cruz resident, entrepreneur, and visionary working to help bridge our local community. She has been active in making changes in our community by increasing awareness, amplifying Black & POC voices, exposing implicit bias, and...
Beyond Juneteenth – furthering the movement toward real liberation: a conversation with Thairie Ritchie and Esabella Bonner (part 1)
Esabella Bonner is a long-time Santa Cruz resident, entrepreneur, and visionary working to help bridge our local community. She has been active in making changes in our community by increasing awareness, amplifying Black & POC voices, exposing implicit bias, and...
UCSC’s Humanities Institute fosters community engagement
On Talk of the Bay, join host Suki Wessling in a conversation about how UCSC's Humanities Institute is nurturing graduate students and a connection with the Santa Cruz Community. UCSC Dean of Humanities Jasmine Alinder says that students and faculty are happy to be...
Unheard Voices with Ayo Banjo
On Friday, September 24th at 3pm host Thairie Ritchie welcomed Ayo Banjo, the former UCSC student body president, and current chair of the campus NAACP. They discussed current social justice issues affecting Santa Cruz and the nation. Unheard Voices looks at...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, September 19th, 5-6 PM: The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation. Who are those guys?
The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation: Who are those guys? On Sustainability Now! Sunday, September 19th, 5-6 pm Sustainability Now! is underwritten by the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation. But what is SSRF? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz and new co-host...
Selflessness, Identity, and Inclusion: Balancing the Relative and Absolute
One of the defining characteristics of Buddhism is its explanation of two modes of existence: the absolute and the relative, or conventional. On the absolute level, we say that everything is merely labelled by the mind, nothing exists inherently, or independently. But...
The Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center – Artistic Director Micha Scott on dance, culture, and artistic collaboration
Micha Scott has performed on stages around the world as a 13-year senior member of the renowned Garth Fagan Dance. Ms. Scott was a teacher at the Garth Fagan Dance School in Rochester, NY, and has taught master classes and workshops for the company worldwide. While in...
Solving the Housing Crisis: A talk with Prof. Steve McKay
In this segment I talk with UCSC professor Steve McKay about the extent of and solutions for the current housing crisis in Santa Cruz. During the Covid year, already astronomical rental prices in the area skyrocketed nearly 40%. What is driving the price increase...
Keith McHenry’s Mission to Nourish and Sustain
On Good News Santa Cruz, Thursday, May 13, 2021 host Janet Quinn talks with Keith McHenry, cofounder of Food Not Bombs. Keith is a community organizer, activist, as well as an artist who has had a outsized impact on many lives here in Santa Cruz. Food Not Bombs is an...