Podcasts about Governor Snyder

October 23, 2024 ~ Rick Snyder, Former Governor of Michigan checks in from his bus tour to rally support for State House Republican Candidates.

It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with writer and labor organizer Mindy Isser to discuss her recent piece in In These Times entitled "In Labor's Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall." Then, he speaks with Anna Clark, reporter at ProPublica covering issues in the MidWest, to discuss her recent reporting on the Flint water crisis, 10 years later. First, Sam runs through updates on Biden's continuing arms sales to Israel, Israel's goal of settling the Gaza Strip, Michael Cohen's star turn, US inflation rates, climate change, Maryland's primaries, Trump's corruption, Rudy Giuliani, suits against major corporations, and the 2024 Presidential Debates, also diving into appearances from Vivek Ramaswamy and Mike Johnson at the Trump Trials, featuring some live translation during the latter's speech. Mindy Isser then jumps right into the South's long history of anti-union sentiment and politics, looking at the statistics behind the South's union dearth, and the major driving forces of racism and anti-communism that have shaped the elite-driven attack on organized labor from the Congress of Industrial Organizations' (CIO) “Operation Dixie” in the 1940s through the UAW's ongoing expansion attempt today. After expanding on the role race has played in the recent union-busting attempts at the Vance, Alabama Mercedes plan, Sam and Mindy discuss the recent NLRB ruling that established a system card check lite, and how southern politicians are pushing back against it, before parsing more specifically through what the UAW's success organizing the Chattanooga VW plant meant for a union renaissance in the South, and the hope that remains strong heading into the Vance Mercedes plant vote tally. Next, Anna Clark joins, first walking through the now infamous story of Flint, Michigan's water crisis, which began one decade ago this spring with the horrendously executed switch off of Detroit's Lake Huron water supply, followed by a tremendous display and unaccountability and incompetence from the political leadership of Flint appointed by Governor Snyder. After expanding on the devastating health effects faced by the consumers of Flint's toxic water supply (including a two-year outbreak of legionnaires disease), and the lack of transparency in the face of crisis, Clark looks to the attempts at finding justice for the people of Flint, tackling the state of an ongoing class action lawsuit before wrapping up with the failure of various criminal proceedings, and how Flint is still holding out hope for accountability. And in the Fun Half: Sam talks with Kowalski from Nebraska about getting more votes in a 2024 Nebraska Republican primary than Nikki Haley, and why his stance on immigration (among others) worked in his (albeit brief) campaign, Marjorie Taylor Greene's beef with Mike Johnson continues to stew, and Charlie from the North East has an expansive conversation on gun control. The Biden Administration continues their genocide denial, Tim from Boston has a podcast rec, and Eric Adams has a totally-not-racist idea to solve NYC's lifeguard shortage. Sam from Baltimore discusses his perspective on Maryland's David Trone, and Ronald Raygun challenges Sam on the wokification of comedy. Jordan Peterson continues to be a shameless well of content, plus, your calls and IMs! 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Originally posted January 18, 2023. Tony Conley welcomes Brandy Johnson, President, MCCA - Michigan Community College Association. Johnson was selected as the President of MCCA in December 2021. Prior to this role, she served in the Governor's administration, first as Governor Whitmer's education policy advisor and most recently served as a manager of the Office of Sixty by 30 within the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. In 2010, she founded the Michigan College Access Network and served as its Executive Director until 2019. Johnson also was a policy fellow and college access coordinator under Governor Jennifer Granholm. Johnson earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Arizona State University and her master's degree in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Johnson was also appointed by Governor Whitmer to represent Michigan on the Midwest Higher Education Compact and served on Governor Snyder's 21st Century Education Commission. She has been recognized for her leadership and advocacy by the Michigan Association of School Administrators, National College Access Network, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, as well as by the Michigan College Access Network. In their conversation Tony looks to find out from Brandy: Detroiter Magazine Features Community College Executives Leading the New Push to Transform the Talent Pipeline The referenced article may be found at https://issuu.com/detroitregionalchamber/docs/dec22_detroiter_final » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX… » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ Thank you to Benjamin Robinson and Motor City Skyline's music

Testimony exposes Trump's plan to declare himself dictator / What must be done to end the pandemic / Residents outraged after former Governor Snyder and others responsible for Flint water poisoning let off the hook by Michigan Supreme Court

June 29, 2022 ~ Full Show. Andy McCarthy, Former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Fox News Contributor reacts to Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony yesterday. Zack Smith, Legal Fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation previews upcoming Supreme Court Decisions still on the docket. Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Tudor Dixon joins the show. Senior News Analyst Lloyd Jackson on former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick raising money for a new condo and the latest on Dan Gilbert tasking the city for a tax break on his Hudson site project and Honorable Henry Saad Former Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals discusses the decision to not charge former Governor Snyder in the Flint Water Crisis.

Here's what happened on the full show available on my Patreon.1 – 0:00:00 – No Julius today; welcome in Stu McCallister. Stu's movie ‘Drama Class'. Behind the scenes of Eric's Happy Gilmore commercial. Stu questions comedy. Eric is back to school when show fails. Whisper challenge explanation. Aretha Franklin sings too long.2 – 0:23:39 – The Reverent was loosely based on true events. Free State of Jones. Voting opens for busted mouth contest.3 – 0:35:07 – Ed from Alma with his hot sports take no one asked for. Eric's first GR Drive story since the shotclock incident.4 – 0:43:57 – Stu surprisingly quit his job. Salute to military families. Sports updates.5 – 0:53:54 – Michigan loses to Ohio State. Michigan women more diseased than Flint water. Callers complain.6 – 1:06:35 – Eric loses Kid Rock boner. Huge calls in with conspiracy theory. Unprovoked Trump pro-wrestling rant on an airplane.7 – 1:21:28 – Andrea calls in questioning Stu about McDonalds. Aretha Franklin still singing Anthem from segment 1. Cool callers agree Aretha sucks; idiot callers think it was great.8 – 1:33:59 – The Whisper Challenge.9 – 1:43:06 – Painting rims leads to explosions.10 – 1:49:44 – Fidel Castro dies.11 – 1:58:55 – 10 minutes with Huge. Sports updates.12 – 2:14:25 – Emails. Tom Hanks on Graham Norton Show. Back story of Charity Scam Mike.13 – 2:23:48 – Tom from Gun Lake runs into Governor Snyder.14 – 2:30:24 – Callers / Foot in Mouth. Dying for Black Friday. Replay of Trump hill-jack from segment 6. Audience wants picture with Eric. Most downloaded Holiday songs. Kyle's band.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-eric-zane-show-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kathryn "Kate" worked directly for Senator Joe Biden & other high profile political figures, is an AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter Gunship Pilot, held the title Legislative Liaison Officer for the US Army National Guard, and is now the Executive Director Fisher House Michigan. US Army, 2005-2020 Kate began her career in a research and speech writing position with the Supreme Court of the United States. Later, she would serve in the US Senate, as senior staff to three different US Senators. After September 11, she left the Senate to enlist in the Army. She became an AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter Gunship pilot, and a Legislative Liaison Officer for the US Army National Guard. Ms. Melcher is a seasoned military, non-profit, and private sector professional, with a passion for public service. Since moving home to Michigan in 2017, she has lived her passion, serving as Executive Director of Fisher House Michigan. In this role, she and the FHM Board of Directors are responsible for raising funds and awareness to support Fisher Houses in Michigan. Additionally, she serves in leadership roles in other organizations promoting Veteran welfare, including Region 9 Veteran Community Action Team, Women in Defense - Michigan, and Veterans Radio America. Among her awards and accolades for her service, Governor Snyder named Kate the 2018 Veteran of the Year through the Governor's Fitness Foundation. In 2020, the Mayor of Saline, Michigan (her hometown) also named her Veteran of the Year.

Michael's hometown of Flint, MI was poisoned for no other reason than racism and greed — and the people & banks responsible still haven't faced justice. On this week's episode, Michael welcomes back returning guest & investigative journalist Jordan Chariton to talk about his latest piece for the Guardian investigating why racketeering charges were dropped, why Governor Snyder is looking at a slap on the wrist, and what YOU can do about it. ***** Governor Gretchen Whitmer: 517-335-7858 or e-mail her at this link: https://somgovweb.state.mi.us/GovRelations/ContactGovernor.aspx Attorney General Dana Nessel: 517-335-7622 or e-mail miag@michigan.gov ***** Read Jordan's latest report on the poisoning of Flint for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/17/flint-water-poisoning-charges And follow his independent grassroots journalism with Status Coup: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pCsHlEEmCfxllZSlRB2Og ***** Sign-up for Michael Moore's FREE email list at MichaelMoore.com A full transcript of this episode will be available shortly after release on our website. https://rumble.media/category/podcast/transcripts/ ***** Podcast Underwriters: 1) Anchor.fm makes can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. 2) Go to Truebill.com/RUMBLE to save on your unwanted recurring subscriptions 3) Wondrium helps you learn through documentaries, how-to's, and engaging learning experiences. Go to wondrium.com/rumble for a free 22 day trial. 4) Watch Don't Look Up, the Academy Award nominated satire from comedy legend Adam McKay, on Netflix ***** The Moore Store Check out The Moore Store where you can buy hats, shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers – and a portion of proceeds will go to progressive groups and organizations fighting to teach the arts and civics in public schools: https://store.michaelmoore.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore/message

On this episode, Maxwell Goss interviews Kurtis Wilder, a former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who now practices law at the Detroit firm Butzel Long. Justice Wilder talks about his interesting career as a jurist – first as a trial judge, then appellate judge, and finally a supreme court justice. He also discusses a very interesting appeal involving the law of wills and trusts and the rules of professional conduct. Throughout the conversation, Justice Wilder provides valuable insights on the art of appellate advocacy. ---------- “The appellate panel is thinking about how to place the facts of this case within the context of all the other cases that deal with similar issues of law. And what they're thinking about is the fabric of the law.” -Kurtis Wilder ---------- 00:18 – Introduction 01:04 – About Kurtis Wilder 04:15 – Mediations and COVID-19 08:52 – Trial experience and the appellate judge 15:23 – Papazian v. Goldberg (In re Mardigian Estate) 22:28 – Wills and trusts versus contracts 27:50 – The role of the legislature 29:41 – Tips for effective appellate advocacy 34:40 – Judicial perspective on private practice ----------- Former Justice Kurtis T. Wilder is a shareholder of Butzel Long. He concentrates his practice in litigation and appeals. Justice Wilder was appointed by Governor John Engler as judge of the Washtenaw County Circuit Court in March 1992. In December 1998 Governor Engler elevated Justice Wilder to the Michigan First District Court of Appeals where he served four terms from 1998-2017. On May 9, 2017, Governor Snyder appointed Justice Wilder to the Michigan Supreme Court. Justice Wilder graduated from the University of Michigan with an A.B. degree in Political Science in 1981, and from the University of Michigan Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1984. ---------- https://www.butzel.com/attorneys-kurtis-wilder.html (About Kurtis Wilder) http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/opinions/final/coa/20151008_c319023(137)_rptr_136o-319023-final.pdf (In re Mardigian) ---------- The Litigation War Room is hosted by litigation lawyer Maxwell Goss. Max represents clients in intellectual property and business cases throughout Michigan and around the country, bringing forceful advocacy and creative solutions to every case he handles. ---------- https://www.thelitigationwarroom.com/ (Show Website) https://twitter.com/LitWarRoom (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-litigation-war-room-podcast/ (LinkedIn) https://www.facebook.com/The-Litigation-War-Room-Podcast-111235441143108 (Facebook)

Jon and Alex, Artist and Founder of A State of Copper, talk about the power of art and how we can all tap into our creativity. Alex E. Teselsky is founder and artist at A State Of Copper, a family owned and operated, copper art company he started in 2016 in his basement and now has a network of over 70 dealers throughout Michigan. Alex’s copper art creations have been presented to V.P. Joe Biden, Michigan’s Governor Snyder, Japan’s Gov. Taizo Mikazuki, Uof M's football coach, Jim Harbaugh and are presented as gifts from Pure Michigan to companies throughout the world. Forbes Magazine recently did a 7- page article about the unconventional success of his copper art business. Before devoting his fulltime work and focus to his copper art company Alex; Was a finance manager for over 30 years Was a professional photographer Founded Customer Management Systems, a customer retention, time and success management company that served over 200 car dealerships nationwide Founded Hi-Tech Video, a video production company Founded Magnum Sports, sporting goods store Alex married Rebecca Shaler in 1974 and have three children; Alex R. Teselsky, Peter Jacob Teselsky and Anastacia Nicole Teselsky.   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon’s Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Alex E. Teselsky: Website: https://a-state-of-copper.square.site/ 

Jordan Chariton of Status Coup has dropped bombshell stories about Flint, former Governor Snyder, the Iowa caucuses, the DNC. So why are people so mad at him?

*Here's what happened on the full show available on* *Patreon!* ( https://www.patreon.com/Ericzane ) *:* *Stu McCallister filling in during this week of shows. * 1 Doing morning radio. Critiquing Doane and his F ups on skipping / repeating segments on the Podcast responsibilities. 2 – Energy emergency in Michigan. Governor Snyder sucks. 3  – EZ Show Memorial Day recognition plans 4 – Veteran Mike calls in for Memorial Day. 5 – Veteran Bobby calls in for Memorial Day. 6 – Another Veteran Mike, Veteran Brendan, and Bill calls in for Memorial Day. Eric Zane Show comedy night idea. Eric spits on Sam. Eric's Dad growing up. 7 – 10 minutes with Huge. 8 – Jenny Garone in for Ron talking movies. Concluding the mistaken identity with Jenny from last week. 9 – National Spelling Bee ends in a tie. 10 – Scott Devries from Al & Bob's Sporting Goods 11 – Dave Jaconette in studio. 12 – Jeffrey Willis updates. 13 – 1st appearance of Eric's Dad (before Dear Meathead segment was a thing). Sports updates (kinda). * *

The Flint Water Crisis hit the national airwaves and the public consciousness in 2016. Via an "Emergency Manager Law", Flint was stripped of its right to democratically self-govern. Flint lost this right--because it was poor and black. Since the city of Flint was cash-strapped, Governor Snyder enacted the Emergency Manager Law and assigned a city manager, who then switched the source of Flint's water from Lake Huron---to the heavily polluted Flint River.   Lead poisoning reached astronomical levels in the children of Flint. If there ever was a case of environmental racism--this is it. The majority of citizens are low income and people of color. Now, after some 6 plus years, the politicians responsible for making a series of decisions which ultimately resulted in the poisoning of Flint's children; Michigan has a responsive Attorney General, Dana Nessel. AG Nessel filed criminal charges against the politicos that were responsible for this attack on the people of Flint---including criminal charges against former Governor Rick Snyder.  Come listen to the story, and to the quest for justice.  Jeanine

After Flint’s Crisis, An Algorithm Helps Citizens Find Lead Pipes It’s been nearly seven years since the beginning of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis, when high levels of lead from corroded lead pipes led to water shortages and health issues for city residents. Since then, many other cities around the country have had their own problems with lead. Researchers estimate that millions of Americans are living with pipes that need to be replaced. As Wired reported earlier this month, Toledo, Ohio is one of the latest cities trying to get ahead of its legacy of lead plumbing, with the help of an algorithm created by University of Michigan researchers. The model was originally created to help the city of Flint more quickly—and less expensively—target which homes were most likely to need their pipes replaced. The same researchers are now working as a private company, called BlueConduit, to help other cities do the same work. And in Toledo, they’re working in close partnership with the city and community organizations. Ira talks with University of Michigan professor and BlueConduit co-founder Eric Schwartz, and Alexis Smith of the nonprofit Freshwater Future, about the work ahead for Toledo, and why deploying an algorithm effectively depends on community trust and input. Curious if your own water pipes contain lead? EPA-funded project Crowd The Tap has a free tutorial for finding your water service line—and determining the materials of your pipes. The organization’s mission is to ensure safe drinking water in the United States. By sharing what you observe, you can help identify areas for tap water testing and infrastructure replacement. Learn about your pipes, and how you can help at CrowdTheTap.org. Former Michigan Governor, Other Officials Charged for Flint Water Crisis In Flint, criminal and civil cases stemming from the city’s lead tainted drinking water crisis are converging this week. New criminal charges may be coming while many in Flint still question whether they will ever get justice. Nearly seven years ago, government leaders here pushed the button that switched the city of Flint’s drinking water source from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River. The intent was to save money. The result was a complete disaster. Improperly treated river water damaged pipes, which then released lead and other contaminates into the city’s drinking water. Eighteen months later the water was switched back, but the damage was done. Blood lead levels soared in young children. People were forced to use bottled water for drinking and washing clothes. The city was forced to rip out thousands of old pipes. While testifying about the Flint water crisis before Congress in 2016, former Governor Rick Snyder acknowledged the mistakes. “Local, state and federal officials, we all failed the families of Flint,” Snyder told a congressional committee. Snyder was not among the 15 state and local government officials who faced criminal charges for their handling of the crisis. Half of them pled guilty to lesser charges in exchange for no jail time. And in 2019, Michigan’s new Attorney General dropped charges against the remaining defendants citing problems with the original investigation. The investigation seemed over. Until Tuesday, when the Associated Press reported that several former government officials, including former Governor Snyder, would be facing new charges. If that happens, legal experts say it would be a difficult case for prosecutors. Read more at sciencefriday.com. How Soil Could Save The Planet There’s a scene in the 2014 film Interstellar that imagines the hypothetical impact of climate change on Earth’s food system. The film takes place in a dystopian future where a global crop blight is slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Corn is the last viable crop and dust storms threaten humanity’s survival. But it’s not just science fiction. Scientists are warning that if we don’t adopt more sustainable farming practices we’ll deplete the soil of vital nutrients and actually accelerate climate change. The Earth’s soils contain about 2,500 gigatons of carbon—that’s more than three times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and four times the amount stored in all living plants and animals. And the soil—in union with the plants that grow on and in it—may have an unlimited capacity to suck CO2 out of the air and store it underground. Tom Newmark, founder of The Carbon Underground, joins Ira to discuss the potential of carbon sequestration through a farming technique called “regenerative agriculture.” And Diana Wall, professor of biology at Colorado State University, discusses the role microbes play in the carbon cycle. President Biden Makes Immediate Changes To U.S. Science Policy This week’s peaceful transition of power from one administration to another was a win for democracy, but it was also a win for science. Among his first acts in the Oval Office, President Biden signed executive orders allowing the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization, and put the brakes on plans for the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge. And there will be more policy changes to come, as the president considers signing a new set of orders designed to ramp up U.S. COVID vaccination efforts in the coming days and weeks. Umair Irfan, staff reporter for Vox, discusses the major science policy news of the week. Plus, an update on new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and what scientists have discovered about coronavirus immunity.

WWJ's Tom Jordan and Roberta Jasina have your morning news briefs with stories about former Governor Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty, and now winner of the Powerball jackpot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jon and Alex talk about the power of art and how we can all tap into our creativity. Alex E. Teselsky, Artist and Founder of A State of Copper Alex E. Teselsky is the founder and artist at A State Of Copper, a family-owned and operated, copper art company he started in 2016 in his basement and now has a network of over 70 dealers throughout Michigan. Alex’s copper art creations have been presented to V.P. Joe Biden, Michigan’s Governor Snyder, Japan’s Gov. Taizo Mikazuki, Uof M’s football coach, Jim Harbaugh and are presented as gifts from Pure Michigan to companies throughout the world. Forbes Magazine recently did a 7- page article about the unconventional success of his copper art business. Before devoting his fulltime work and focus on his copper art company Alex; • Was a finance manager for over 30 years • Was a professional photographer • Founded Customer Management Systems, customer retention, time and success management company that served over 200 car dealerships nationwide • Founded Hi-Tech Video, a video production company • Founded Magnum Sports, a sporting goods store Alex married Rebecca Shaler in 1974 and has three children; Alex R. Teselsky, Peter Jacob Teselsky, and Anastacia Nicole Teselsky.   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon’s Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Alex E. Teselsky: Website: https://a-state-of-copper.square.site/

*Here's what happened on the full show available on* *Patreon!* ( https://www.patreon.com/Ericzane ) *:* 1 – HUGE must be deaf. 5/3 Riverbank is gonna be cold. Doane being late and cryptic texts causes chaos for Sam & the show. 2 – Coffee-gate at Cumulus. Griffins incredible come back. 3 – Griffins incredible come back (continued). Dean calls in before being boring. 4 – Governor Snyder at Tulip Time. Tossing salad. 5 – Rio de Janeiro Olympics violence & virus debacle. The show Vice. 6 – A little KISS impression. Mom taught 18 month old how to read. Sports updates. 7 – Hate Email to show. Paul Stanley apologizes for Gene Simmons hating Prince; KISS / Ted Nugent impressions. 8 – Diana impressions. John Zimmerman and the 5/3 riverbank run this weekend. 9 – Age Discrimination; Doane is a spaz and annoys Eric throughout. 10 – Griffins again. Thomas Sikkema and strikeout cancer tournament. 11 – Barbara Anderson (Hospice) with Barley, BBQ & Beats fundraiser. 12 – AT Children's Project marathon at Disney. Griffins again.

The Sentinel's Audra Gamble and Arpan Lobo discuss former Michigan governor Rick Snyder's announcement he's backing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over President Trump. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

The Sentinel's Audra Gamble and Arpan Lobo discuss former Michigan governor Rick Snyder's announcement he's backing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over President Trump. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Jordan and Jenn recently broke hard news in Vice on what Governor Snyder actually knew and when. Join us for an in depth discussion on just how far the cover up went in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guest Aaron Dworkin, Social Entrepreneur, Artist, Philanthropist, & Professor of Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship. [Live show recorded: April 6, 2020.] AARON DWORKIN Named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts and Governor Snyder’s appointment to the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, Aaron P. Dworkin served as dean of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD), which is ranked among the top performing arts schools in the nation. He is currently a tenured full professor of arts leadership and entrepreneurship at SMTD as well as serving as a Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. In addition, Aaron is a successful social entrepreneur having founded The Sphinx Organization, the leading arts organization with the mission of transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. He is also co-founder of SonoGrub.com, a weekly blog pairing great food and music. As a best-selling writer, Aaron has authored The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives published by Rowman & Littlefield, a science-fiction novel, Ethos: Rise of Malcolm published by MorganJames, as well as his memoir titled Uncommon Rhythm: A Black, White, Jewish, Jehovah's Witness, Irish Catholic Adoptee's Journey to Leadership released through Aquarius Press, a poetry collection, They Said I Wasn’t Really Black, and a children’s book The 1st Adventure of Chilli Pepperz. A lifelong musician, Aaron is a prominent spoken-word performing artist represented by Cadenza Artists. He has collaborated with a breadth of artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Damien Sneed, Anna Deveare Smith, Damian Woetzel, Lil Buck and others. His visual digital art project, Fractured History, has been exhibited at multiple galleries and museums to rave reviews. He recorded and produced two CDs, entitled Ebony Rhythm and Bar-Talk, in addition to writing, producing, and directing the independent film Deliberation. A multi-media performing artist, author, social entrepreneur, artist-citizen, and educator, Aaron continually receives extensive national recognition for his leadership and service to communities. He has been featured in numerous media outlets, and was named one of Newsweek’s “15 People Who Make America Great.” He is the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Honorary Membership, Harvard University’s Vosgerchian Teaching Award, National Governors Association 2005 Distinguished Service to State Government Award, Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Detroit News’s 2003 Michiganian of the Year Award, Crain’s 40 Under 40 and Who’s Who Awards, BET’s History Makers in the Making Award, AT&T Excellence in Education Award, and National Black MBA’s Entrepreneur of The Year. As an artist curator, he has served as a juror for some of the most prestigious international competitions including the Menuhin Competition, London Music Masters Competition, Stulberg International Violin Competition and the Sphinx Competition. A sought-after global thought leader and a passionate advocate for excellence in arts education, entrepreneurship and leadership, as well as inclusion in the performing arts, Aaron is a frequent keynote speaker and lecturer at numerous national and global arts, creativity and technology conferences. He served as commencement speaker at the Curtis Institute of Music, University of Michigan, Longy Conservatory and twice for Bowling Green State University. In May of 2013, the renowned Curtis Institute of Music awarded Honorary Doctorates to Aaron and Sir Simon Rattle, longtime maestro of the Berlin Philharmonic. Aaron also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance from the University of Michigan. Aaron personifies arts leadership,...

Linda Lee Tarver is a businesswoman, political activist, Sunday School Teacher and president of Tarver Consulting. Her parents, both born in the early 1920s fled the south in the early 1950s after her uncle was lynched in front of the family home. Her father and mother sought better lives in Michigan for their children and Linda Lee has truly made the best of these opportunities! Mrs. Tarver was appointed by Governor Snyder in December 2013 to serve the people of Michigan as a Civil Rights Commissioner where she took the oath of office to uphold the constitution of Michigan and the constitution of the United States in January, 2014. She served her local community as a board member for Riverwalk Theatre, and the Old Newsboys Association of Lansing. Dr. Tarver is the current Vice Chair of the Lansing Promise Zone, an organizer for the annual Michigan National Day of Prayer, and is an active member and teacher at Mt. Zion All Nations Bible Church in DeWitt. The youngest of 10 children raised in a two-parent Christian home, Linda Lee learned the importance of education, hard work, community, service, and faith in God. Listen in to hear Linda Lee's great insight on leadership and to hear how God has shaped her life. It's great fun, here on the Leadership Lowdown! » Subscribe for More: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX... » Visit MBN website: https://www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ MBN ON SOCIAL: MBN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX... Like MBN: https://www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork Follow MBN: https://twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ MBN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

We started off this season talking about how limited broadband access can impact student performance and the overall well-being of a community. Today we are going from worry to a celebration and talking about the people who make a positive impact on students in rural communities through the public health system.  This Rural Mission is a podcast brought to you by Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. The podcast is produced with funds from the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Family Medicine Department. Welcome to season two, I'm your host, Julia Terhune, and I hope you enjoy this episode. Education levels in rural communities is something to talk about. While rural communities lead the nation in number of individuals who have a high school diploma, according to the USDA, the number of people living and working with any additional education drops right off. In 2016, only 19% of all rural adults had anything more than an associate's degree as compared to 33% of all urban adults. When we look at county data, rural America leads the way in number of counties where more than 20% of the working population does not have a high school diploma. The prospects for higher education in rural America is bleak and it's low educational attainment seems to perpetuate the issues of rural poverty and the vitality of these communities, but there are success stories. If we drive North to beautiful Charlevoix County, we will get to a five square mile town called Boyne city. Boyne city is home to around 3,750 people, most of whom are over the age of 40. The average family in this area makes about $31,000 a year, which is more than $20,000 less than the mean income for the state, allowing for the average poverty rate in the county to sit around 12.5%. Like the rest of rural America, the majority of citizens have no more than a few college courses. Meaning that 60% of the population of Boyne City has nothing more than a high school diploma. For all those listening who are interested in medical access in rural Michigan, the health resource and service administration or HERSA has designated Charlevoix County as a health professional shortage area for primary care, dental care, and mental health care. In 2018, Boyne City High School saw some amazing students graduate. In fact, around 115 stellar graduates came out of points city, if we're going to be straight about it. We are going to talk to three of these amazing students, but I want to quickly set the stage. Boyne City High School graduates are coming from a rural school in a county that has some big social factors to overcome. 38% of all the students at Boyne City High School receive free or reduced lunch, and around 18% of the population that lives on less than $35,000 per year are families with children. Furthermore, I took the Liberty of plotting how far a student would have to travel to get to the nearest four year university from Boyne and I posted that map on our Facebook page, but I'll give the bag away. The closest four year institution to Boyne City is Lake Superior State University, which is over 90 miles away and across a five mile bridge. Therefore, options for a close to home education don't really exist for young adults looking to get something more than a high school diploma. But I told you there were success stories for this episode and there are. It's just that the students that have found their way to higher ed had more work to do than you would've expected. So let's introduce our leading ladies, shall we? Katie is going to Northern Michigan University. Katie is the daughter of Joe McCue who you heard earlier this season and is the oldest of a big family. She's staying in the state, but remember NMU is over 150 miles from Boyne. Maddie is going to Brown. Yes, Brown, and is going to tell you a lot about her trail to an Ivy League education and Anna, well, Anna is going to Stanford, you know the number two university in the world. So what is different for them? Anna, Katie, and Maddie graduated from a class of around a hundred to 115 people and when I asked them about how many were going on to university, they had this to tell me. University, university? Maybe 40? 50? Yeah. Probably 40. Yeah, because a lot are going to [crosstalk 00:05:04]. Community college. Yeah. Okay, and is that pretty standard for your area? That's pretty good actually. Yeah, our grade I think had- very ambitious. Ambitious, very academically inclined grade at least compared to others and the three ahead. Or even the three behind. Just looking forward. Most of our students put academics before a lot of other things, which was kind of uncommon. So was there a lot of competition then in your grade academically? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody was applying for the same scholarships. It's like, "I don't know if I want my friends to read my scholarship letters because they're applying for the same ones." It was hard. If you look at the top 10% of our grade- Of level four. Yeah, it's super impressive the number of people who- The top 10 had above [inaudible 00:00:05:58]. Yeah. Okay. So what is different? Why is your class different than the three ahead and the three below? I have a little bit of theory. Okay. So in fifth and sixth grade the math classes were accelerated or there were some accelerated math classes, which was a newer thing in the middle school and they [crosstalk 00:06:21]. They took a whole chunk of us and just pushed us forward. IT pushed us up and then the chunk right behind us ended up meeting at the same place in eighth grade where we were all in an accelerated class and that was 30 students, and those 30 students continued to be the top 30 in the grade all the way through high school because they've been pushing our grade. There are lots of educators who care and care a lot about encouraging and promoting student success, but the concentrated effort that these Boyne City graduates experienced is a positive benefit of being part of a rural school. A rural school where they had the ability to identify and focus on those 30 high achievers. This concentration didn't just stop with that top 30. It had an impact on all the other students as well. Yeah and [crosstalk 00:07:12]. But it grows everybody else up because now the standards- Yes, now there's more competition. ... Were being good or academically good for lack of a better term is so much higher than everybody else raises. Yeah. There's something else about the accelerated English classes too with that. The same 30 people are in that. Because there was so much of a demand. Then it just kind of ... Everybody had to be working a lot harder to be considered the standard. So are there any other theories that you guys have [inaudible 00:07:41]? we were really close and we just so it was all this really positivity. We were are really positive grade and we all had these great outlooks on the future and every chance that we got that we could improve on those AP classes or advanced classes everybody took it, because we'd all just saw this opportunity to do better. And it almost became a social thing in the sense of if you're in honors English now you get to be with all the fun people in the honors English. So now our honors English class is 30 kids big and it's fun. Or AP World or calculus or physics. You get to be with your friends. Yes. So 98 people, that's easy to do, right? If 30 people can easily have an effect on 98 people. So if you guys were at a bigger school, do you think he would have had that same effect or do you think that that would've been the status quo? I don't think we would've. I think we would have just been that one class full of nerds. Yeah, because [crosstalk 00:08:44]. You have all the opportunities. It's open everybody normally. And so it's just kind of like, "Oh, it's still part of the thing." You don't as involved because it's just your educational process. There's nothing different. You don't have to fight. For those advanced classes. For us, we had two AP courses offered taught by teachers and so if there was an AP course everybody's is like, "Oh my gosh, there's something new. We all need to take this." It's really cool where it's like my cousin goes to a bigger school and it's like, "Oh, we have five to 10 AP courses offered and it's no big deal." You take it if you want to take it [inaudible 00:09:24] show your college [inaudible 00:09:26] college SAT scores and all of your grades throughout your previous classes and your grade point average. We didn't even have a [inaudible 00:09:35]. You have to get teacher recommendations to get into these advanced courses because everybody wants to do it. There's a benefit to that fight that Katie and Anna spoke about. It can prepare you for what comes next. We talk about the plight and vulnerabilities of rural areas on this podcast often, but we also need to highlight the resilience, the tenacity that living with limited resources can provide. Catherine Ellison was from my small town. She is one of those brave souls we speak about who goes away, gets tons of experience in education and comes right back to the community. She is currently the elected school board president for [inaudible 00:10:16] Public Schools and I asked her about the barriers, both perceived and real that rural public school graduates face. Well, talking about your perceived in reality. I think it's perceived through a disadvantage. It's a smaller school. Maybe they don't have as many offerings as a big school. You have the same teachers for years and you see the same people in the hallways but in a lot of ways, especially with today's these kids where everybody's on their phone, on the computer, you on the tablets, there isn't that social interaction. Small districts can be great. I mean, you're still going to learn how to read and write and do math, all those basic things. But you're also going to learn people skills? You know everybody you're going to school with, you're going to have a conversation with them, not just on the internet. Right? So there is for that focus. I mean, and teachers care about you because they know you. I mean, you might have the same kid two or three years if you're, you know, teach different subjects in high school or something, right? So you get to know those kids. So I think that's the real advantage is, is the customer service, if you will. Teachers know their kids. Administrators know the kids. It's a small district so a lot of times you'll see a kid ... If you were elementary school teacher you had then so I think you care about those kids as a result because they're not just another random face in the crowd. Did you feel you had any advantages? I mean I think some of the advantages were certainly that, and I was a shy person, but I could talk to people. I wasn't afraid to talk to a teacher because one, I had known everybody in my class since kindergarten, it's the same people. So it was no big deal to get up in front of those people and say something or ask a teacher a question because you knew everyone. So in college, I think that even though I clearly didn't know everybody in my class there I was like, "Well, we got to go talk to the teacher. We've got to ask them the question, we've got to ask the professor a question. This wasn't such a big deal." Which can be the advantage because then once I became a professor I knew if a student makes the effort to come talk to you out of a hundred kids you might get two, I'm probably going to look on them a little bit more favorably when it comes to grading time. Just because they tried, right? They made the effort. A lot of kids don't. I think that is really an advantage, right? To kind of learn that, not be afraid of those people in front of the classroom. So what barriers do you guys perceive you had to getting higher education being in a rural school? I didn't know about a lot of things going in freshman year. Just like the courses you can take, all the places that you could apply. It was kind of like a cookie cutter path because it's such a small school they can't offer all of these advanced classes. So when you go to a big school you can just pick between all of these AP courses. For us, even freshman year we knew we were going to take AP world at some point and AP calculus at some point and that just in between you got to pick your electives. I think also, I mean not to hate on our school. Clearly we had a great academic experience at our school, but in a place that small the measure of success for a school is everybody graduating. That's what they want. They want to push kids through. They want everybody to graduate, which is a good goal. You do want kids to graduate. That's important and for everybody to have a high school diploma, but because of that when it's set up it's set up with the goal of everybody graduating. The goal is not, "We want all of these kids to go to crazy academic institutions." Or anything like that and so when you're setting up your school system for that middle of the road section of your class, then sometimes the top portion has never pushed hard enough. Right from day one it was never, "How are we going to get you into college? How are you going to do this? How are we going to do that?" It was just, "Okay, these are the classes you have to take to graduate." And I mean, granted, nothing against our school. We had great counselors, academic advisors, but it was hard where we only have two AP courses. I felt that the staff definitely helped me and it was a personalized learning experience, but sometimes I felt like, "Why can't you help me more?" I feel so bad because our counselor's the nicest lady ever. She's so nice. She was so sweet to us, but I remember standing in a hallway with her and her saying, "I don't think we're going to have room to put you in this college level government class." And me, because it's saved for the people who are trying to do the early college through the community college and me literally looking at her and being like, "I will bring my own chair and sit in the back every day." Now how's that for overcoming barriers? Another perceived barrier that we have to deal with in rural communities comes in the form of diversity. So where it's not diverse culturally, it's very diverse in the sense of living situations or incomes. It's not everybody who lives a life similar to me, it's here. I feel like people live so many different ... If I went to a big school I would find my niche group and I would hang out with probably people who are similar to me and have similar beliefs than me. Here I sit at my lunch table and every person around that table has a different living situation, different to political view and stuff and we just fight it. It's so fun because it's interesting if they can learn from them and stuff. So even though culturally we're all very similar, I think that sometimes you lose that view that's important with income and everything. I'm sitting here and in my community, I'm a pretty average run of the mill normal living situation, normal everything but from their perspective I'm being recruited by the minority and low income and I'm like, "Huh, that just feels kind of odd that if I go outside of my community I'm in such a different place than they are as compared to all the people I know." And that's just kind of a weird identity thing. I never thought that I will be putting low income as something that my identity as they're trying to recruit me and I'm like, "This feels weird. This feels weird. And you're comparing yourself to ... Yeah, and I have to compare myself to a whole different group of people, different groups of students. In Boyne City it's a normal place, but anywhere else where you have to go you're ... The whole environment just makes you reconsider. I've never felt bad about myself in Boyne and I still don't feel bad about myself going up there because it's I love Boyne, I always have this to come back to, but it's just weird. I mean from the rural standpoint, I feel like the same as you. I'm going out and we're competing against students who have been taking prep classes all four years. I went out last summer for a camp at Brown and all the girls in my dorm, I told them that I worked during the school year and they were just amazed. They're like, "How do you have time with that? Don't you take prep stuff after school?" And I'm like, "No. Then how are you here?" And I'm like, "Ooh, okay. I wonder ..." This is a story I always tell and I'm not like a redneck by any means in any way, but I went out there and I had six girls with me, totally different backgrounds. One was from London, Shanghai, Sudan, all of these places. And we were all just hanging out and talking about TV or something. And I went ... We had a 12 pack of water wrapped in plastic and it took out a Swiss army knife, a little tiny Swiss army knife and cut it open, and they all went silent. They were like, "What is that?" And I'm like, "This isn't a Swiss army knife." And they were like, "Why do you have a knife?" And they were horrified. And I'm like, "I'm cutting open water. The blade is like- It's a tool. It's a tool. It has tweezers. What are you talking about? They were wary of me. They're like, "Why do you have a knife?" And I'm like, "Because I do. Because I have to cut things. Why are you ..." It was just so weird. Just like, "I'm going to go out there and be such a redneck." [crosstalk 00:18:42]. You will always be the girl who had a knife. That's right. They were so afraid of me. So what things are you very prepared for from your rural school experience? Actively seeking out help. That is going to be huge because I mean I was taking these classes and I was the only sophomore high school student in the class full of college students and I'm like, "Oh, this is horrifying and scary. I'm so out of my element." I know the second I go off to school I'm going be like, "This is horrifying and scary. I'm out of my element." Well, I've done it before. So it'll kind of give you the little prep, a little boost like, "Oh, well maybe if to do some extra research. Find the professor who knows what they're talking about and talk to them after hours." Because we can text some of our teachers. Yeah, that's definitely helped me. Just being able to know how to build a relationship with my teachers and be able to know how to ask for help and get help and stuff because everybody I've talked to is like, "The first year I was just stubborn. Didn't get help from my professors and that caused me to fail classes and I was just going in expecting my professors are going to know my name. I'm going to have their cell phone number, any problems I have they need to help me." Bake them cookies. Yeah. I was going to be best friends with my professor because that's just how it's been at Boyne. We'd go camping with some of my teachers at the end of the year and ... And also the concept of personalized learning. Like getting to know, I know all of my teachers so well at this point. And then yes. So my senior year, I don't really have many options to take advanced courses, but because of that it's like, "Oh, I know for example, like Mr. Pantone really well, he understands my learning process." So I did an independent study with him where I could dive so much deeper into something outside of the normal curriculum bubble, but still advanced me for college in the future and just being able to, I don't know, have a personalized learning schedule and have teachers and staff that were invested in that. If you said, "I wanted to do this." Yeah, there were definitely some hiccups, but they were willing to help you. It wasn't just ... You knew them so much better. And I remember at graduation I looked at all of my teachers and I started crying because I was so, so grateful for what they had prepared me for and how they'd gotten me to this point. I think I couldn't have imagined anything better. Being a rural student means that the hill success might not be as tall, but it's very steep. You need people around you to help you along the way. Being a rural teacher means that you don't have quite as many students to work with, but the amount of effort you have to put in because of your limited resources makes up for that lack of numbers. One of those quality over quantity teachers is Mr. Pantone. Anna has already mentioned him, but all three ladies mentioned him over, and over, and over again throughout the course of my interview. Mr. Pantone's job at Boyne was tough and it's only gotten harder as the political and social climate in rural America has changed, but when I asked him why he does what he does, he had this to tell me. What I love about it is what I consider to be results. I think kids come out of my classroom with an appreciation for the importance of thinking for themselves, for problem solving, for questioning everything. Instead of a long list of classrooms rules I have one rule and number one rule is I'm allowed to ask you to think. But it is an energizing profession and it is different every single day. When you're dealing with over a hundred different students on a daily basis, there's a ton of stories and ton of personalities and all the rest of it. But most importantly, every day you can walk out of here and say you accomplished something and I don't think a lot of jobs are like that. I can look up the numbers, but we're well over 50% free and reduced lunch here and that's shocking in a community that half or more of the families need assistance just to feed their kids. It's, again, sometimes pretty evident and that brings with had all kinds of different issues. Right? Just on a day to day basis. When I taught in the alternative school, first in Bel Air and then in Charlevoix I brought food to cook every day, because after about a week of being there these kids weren't eating. They didn't have any food. I had three kids in my Bel Air school that lived in a trailer, abandoned trailer on State Park Land that they had left, you know, they were 15, 16 years old and they weren't welcome in their homes or whatever. Didn't have one. So they got together and they found this trailer and they were living in it. So every day for several years, I cooked breakfast. Every morning I'd pick up a dozen eggs and some bacon or whatever, pancakes. We had different things and started our school day just cooking and eating and what was called breakfast table and we'd just sit and talk, but I didn't see how they could get through a day without some food so I always keep food here. You broke down a huge barrier with that. If you feed people, it means the great unifier. Yeah. I hadn't thought of it in that way, but in retrospect I'm sure that that was a big part of it. For me, it was a simple matter. These kids aren't going to be able to get through the day, you know? But what would you talk about at breakfast table? Oh, lot of stuff that we shouldn't. Stuff that they were doing and I would always just in a mad judgmental way try to get them to talk about how they were living their lives and they would use it as like, "Let's see if we can shock Mr. P." That kind of stuff but for me it was an opportunity for them to listen to themselves and to listen to some of the challenges that their friends brought with them. So there was this common sense that I refused to normalize and in a sense that I would say, "That can't be you. That can't be you. That somehow that can't end up being you." I don't even remember the question you asked me about breakfast table, but you're making me think about things I haven't thought about in a while, you know? I'm doing my job then. Okay, good. I'm allowed to ask you think. Yeah, no. My wife said, "What are you going to talk about?" I said, "I don't have the least idea." She just wants to say about rural education and this is part of it. The meth, it's part of it. The prison population is part of it. The mixed and multiple families, combinations of five or six blends of kids living under the same roof with sometimes with neither of their biological parents. You know? That a woman and a man had a child and then the husband was taken away or whatever and so the mother remarries and then she takes off and the kid stays with the dad and his new wife because the mom's gone. You have these incredible combinations of families and they're families, but the standard two parents stable two jobs, that's the exception. Mr. Pantone has had so many things come his way over the course of his teaching career. Many of the hardest parts of his job circulate around an under-resourced, undereducated community that has a hard time accepting outside ideas and innovations. It makes the job of a progressive, empathetic, hardworking, and caring individual like Mr. Pantone harder than you'd expect. So I asked him why, why does he keep doing what he's doing? So my report card comes the day the seniors graduate and they're all allowed to sit and write a letter to a teacher, and this was this year's letters to me. Making me think and treating all of your students as adults. This is why they want to thank me. Your classes have prepared me for my future and I can't imagine where I'd be without you making me question my thoughts and motives. I know that I didn't participate a lot in class, but I was always interested. You're an awesome teacher. Don't let anyone hold you back. This is my report card. My last thank you had to go to you. You're the first teacher I've ever had to treat us like students ... Treat us less like students and more like people. You will never understand how much I appreciated that. You showed us real issues, real problems, real things that no other teachers were brave enough to show us. Your classes shaped me into a person I am proud to be. This is my report card and this is why I come back. Because if I don't do this, who's doing it? These kids deserve a chance to do this, to think and to question stuff and I don't mind saying that I am willing to take the heat so that they can have that. This letter this girl wrote me, woman wrote me the other day was like, and she's [inaudible 00:29:41] really strong, strict Christian, very anti-abortion, lots of things that if it would come up to me and her having a discussion, we would disagree about. All she could do is praise me for tolerating opinions, for defending her right to express herself, for not letting kids ridicule her for her Christianity. All this stuff. This is me. I'm the stupid, crazy Liberal, you know? And we could have answered this question a long time ago. Why do I do this? Because it's important to these kids and they matter and they should matter to this community. There's one last bit of information I need to express to you before we go, and it's logistical in nature. So let's let the school district expert let you in on it. Well, I mean, I think the biggest issue with schools everywhere, including rural America is funding. And from the political end of things, I mean that's where the money comes from right? From the state and it comes with the kids but when you're a small school, I mean you recruit the hell of it to try to get kids to come to your district, but the dollars follow the kids. So unless you can get kids in, you don't have money. Well, then you end up cutting teacher positions or you cut programs like art music to try to make ends meet, and the state is currently very sort of back and forth. Governor Snyder said, "Hey, I want to give all this money back to schools and increase that per pupil amount for this upcoming school year." Which is great, except it means we're pretty much just back to where we were 15 years ago before things got cut. So it looks like this great increase but in reality it's just back to where it was. I'm highlighting what Dr. Ellison said because it gets to the heart of helping rural people thrive, other people. To be funded, school districts need students. To keep students, schools need strong, excited teachers to help them learn. People like Mr. Pontoni. People like Mr. Pontoni need people to support him in his work and it then goes back to students. He needs students to have a job. It's the great Mandela. In rural communities there is tremendous need, but there's also tremendous opportunity. There are barriers to overcome, but by overcoming these obstacles, students can create for themselves a skill set that will set them up for life. The takeaway is this, empowered people have to come back to these rural areas and empower the next generation. Set an example for how to hurdle over those barriers and make a difference in the lives of the people that live there. If a few teachers can make big of an impact on 30 high achieving students and those 30 high achieving students can pull the average of 94 students way, way up, and if one teacher can encourage and empower a few students enough to set them on the path towards the top universities in the world, imagine what you can do. Thank you so much for listening to our podcast. As always, we need to thank Dr. Wendling for empowering medical students to going on and pursue a career in rural medicine. I also want to thank Anna, Katie, Maddie, Dr. Catherine Ellison, and Mr. Pontoni for taking the time this summer to speak to me. I hope that this podcast helped you realize what's needed to help bring up the status quo of all rural communities and that you feel empowered to make rural your mission.

For nearly twenty years, a battle has raged over building a new bridge across the Detroit River. The Ambassador Bridge is nearly ninety years old, in questionable shape, wasn’t built for today’s huge trucks and is in a location that, given today’s traffic patterns, doesn’t make much sense. But it is also privately owned. And its owner, 92-year-old billionaire Matty Moroun, has spent millions fighting every attempt to build a new bridge – even though Michigan business interests have been nearly unanimous in saying a new bridge is needed. If something happened to the Ambassador now, the economic consequences would be devastating for both nations, but especially Michigan and Ontario. Well, eight years ago then-Governor Snyder came up with a way to build a new bridge. And after delay after delay, ground has been broken for a new Gordie Howe international bridge, which is now supposed to be finished in 2024. But is that finally a sure thing? Is there any way something could still stop this bridge from being built? Are there jobs available working for it? And – is Matty Moroun going to build a new bridge too? We have a panel of true experts joining us. On the phone, we have Mark Butler, the director of communications for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, the group building the Gordie How bridge. And also Dave Battagello, the reporter for the Windsor Star who has been covering bridge issues for years. In the studio with me is Brian Masse, the member of the Canadian Parliament for the part of Windsor that includes the bridge, and last but by no means least, Gregg Ward, the co-owner of the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry, and a man who has always supported a new bridge, even though it may put him out of business.

For nearly twenty years, a battle has raged over building a new bridge across the Detroit River. The Ambassador Bridge is nearly ninety years old, in questionable shape, wasn't built for today's huge trucks and is in a location that, given today's traffic patterns, doesn't make much sense. But it is also privately owned. And its owner, 92-year-old billionaire Matty Moroun, has spent millions fighting every attempt to build a new bridge – even though Michigan business interests have been nearly unanimous in saying a new bridge is needed. If something happened to the Ambassador now, the economic consequences would be devastating for both nations, but especially Michigan and Ontario. Well, eight years ago then-Governor Snyder came up with a way to build a new bridge. And after delay after delay, ground has been broken for a new Gordie Howe international bridge, which is now supposed to be finished in 2024. But is that finally a sure thing? Is there any way something could still stop this bridge from being built? Are there jobs available working for it? And – is Matty Moroun going to build a new bridge too? We have a panel of true experts joining us. On the phone, we have Mark Butler, the director of communications for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, the group building the Gordie How bridge. And also Dave Battagello, the reporter for the Windsor Star who has been covering bridge issues for years. In the studio with me is Brian Masse, the member of the Canadian Parliament for the part of Windsor that includes the bridge, and last but by no means least, Gregg Ward, the co-owner of the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry, and a man who has always supported a new bridge, even though it may put him out of business.

In an exclusive meeting for Detroit Economic Club members, Governor Rick Snyder discussed programs to address the talent gap in Michigan and how people can work together for the betterment of the state. Looking back, Snyder said that day one as governor the question was ‘where are the jobs?’ After positive economic growth and adding the new Marshall Plan for Talent, it’s different. “Now the question has changed to how do I get the skills, how do I get the training to get those well-paying jobs out there today?” he said. Snyder also said that despite the national climate, Michigan can be a role model for civility. “The challenge now as Michiganders is that we can take that foundation and do it for our kids and those after us to continue on that path but also the nation and the rest of the world that we know how to solve problems together." 

Motivational Interviewing is a method of communication that helps people move beyond resistance to achieve long-term behavior change. Teresa Chandler, a training specialist, talks about how establishing Motivational Interviewing skills can lead to positive relationships and reduced stress at work, and even at home. There isn't a typical day for Governor Snyder's communications staff, says former press secretary, Anna Heaton. In her final days, Anna shares stories of what it was like to work for the Governor.

On episode 3 of 9&10 News Focus, Kevin Essebaggers breaks down the details of Governor Snyder’s proposed boost to school security, and the moves already taken by the Michigan Senate to fund those changes. Officer Jeff Rork of the Cadillac Police Department joins Kevin for a discussion on the role of school resource officers in Michigan, and how that role could be expanded under the new plans.

Michigan State Senator Jim Stamas, from Michigan's 36th State Senate District, makes his third appearance (Season 1, Podcast #20, and Season 2, Podcast #44) on the Huron Forward Podcast. Senator Stamas references a series of positive indicators of success and progress to express Michigan's new vitality. Discussion topics include a celebration of Michigan's Lake Huron "sunrise side" region, entrepreneurism, Governor Snyder's newly unveiled Marshall Plan, and equitable school funding. http://www.senatorjimstamas.com

Josh and Joel discuss both the Dignity For Incarcerated Women Act and the National Day of Empathy (March 6th). The National Day of Empathy was created by the Cut 50 organization (created by Van Jones). The main campaigns for the 2018 Day of Empathy are to push: The Dignity For Incarcerated Women Act of 2018 and Clean Slate Legislation Cut 50 has several pages on their site about the Dignity Act. I created this easy to use guide to all 65 of the recaps that I wrote of the episodes of Orange Is the New Black. There is a lot of popular press on the erasure of women from the national discussion about criminal justice reform. There has also been good work done clarifying the need for specific work to be done on women's issues within criminal justice reform efforts. i made one really dumb statement. Many of the reforms for women in Michigan's DOC were created by the HARD work of the inmates (not just because of Heidi Washington). Thanks to folks like Monica Jahner and lots of other women in Michigan, we have a better system. Apologies. In 2017 the Michigan legislature passed and Governor Snyder signed legislation allowing the Michigan Department of Corrections to hire formerly incarcerated people (under limited conditions). Distance can be a huge barrier to in-person visits for families of incarcerated people and great research has been done on the importance of in-person familial visitation. Some of the research on contact was summarized in a 2014 meta-analysis (and usually has different outcomes based on the environment and how the contact is allowed) As Pricilla Ocen but it in her 2012 Law Review article, the shackling and use of solitary for pregnant women in prisons and jails is "endemic." The hygiene products dispute is ongoing at the federal level, there are vastly different stories being told depending on which sides of corrections you represent. There is a growing movement at the State level to address access to feminine hygiene products at State facilities as well. As for gynecology, research has repeatedly demonstrated that services are inadequate in prison settings. I am new to the discussion of Trauma-Informed Training and care in women's prisons but there has been recent reporting on the need for better training and a more informed correctional system approach. The petition for legislative action is one route or you can write or call your Senator or Congressperson. Holly Harris of the Justice Action Network has been a great advocate for the Dignity Act, you can watch her at Google's Defining Justice event last week. NELP offers a really helpful primer to Clean Slate Legislation. Suboxone is a huge problem for mail delivery in prisons and jails and is causing huge delays and problems with mail. Okay, that is all of the notes for this week!

Get the scoop on 2018 tech trends with top experts; Mike Maddox from ASK and Jeff Dettloff of Providence Consulting, hosted by Chris Buck. Find out how to measure your staff's performance on "Ask Phil" from Phil Zeller of Dale Carnegie - Michigan, hear how high school teacher Tom Brenner feels about Governor Snyder's appeal on 3 percent law, and travel to Detroit to hear this week's "Detroit Rising" segment with Chad Livengood, as he interviews Nicole Sherard-Freeman, President, and CEO of Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation and Jeff Donofrio Executive Director, Workforce Development, City of Detroit.

Get the scoop on 2018 tech trends with top experts; Mike Maddox from ASK and Jeff Dettloff of Providence Consulting, hosted by Chris Buck. Find out how to measure your staff's performance on "Ask Phil" from Phil Zeller of Dale Carnegie - Michigan, hear how high school teacher Tom Brenner feels about Governor Snyder's appeal on 3 percent law, and travel to Detroit to hear this week's "Detroit Rising" segment with Chad Livengood, as he interviews Nicole Sherard-Freeman, President, and CEO of Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation and Jeff Donofrio Executive Director, Workforce Development, City of Detroit.

Episode two is an argument for Independent living funding in the state of Michigan we would like a representative Canfield and the Appropriations Committee to restore $2 million in funding that may have $98 million worth of affect we would also like Governor Snyder to urge their house and senate congress people to make sure this happens

Episode two is an argument for Independent living funding in the state of Michigan we would like a representative Canfield and the Appropriations Committee to restore $2 million in funding that may have $98 million worth of affect we would also like Governor Snyder to urge their house and senate congress people to make sure this happens

Bob Richard​s​ of Stockbridge Robotics joins us to talk about​ Governor Snyder's recent visit to Stockbridge High School, and the importance of learning a trade.

Bob Richard​s​ of Stockbridge Robotics joins us to talk about​ Governor Snyder's recent visit to Stockbridge High School, and the importance of learning a trade.

What should we expect to hear from Governor Snyder in his seventh SoS speech? Who has announced for Governor for 2018? Finally, what was the atmosphere like at the MI House’s swearing in ceremony?

 Listen LIVE 8-10 pm EST tonight and every Thursday at  www.planetgreentrees.com or call in 347-326-9626 Hosted by attorney Michael Komorn from Komorn Law and Chad from Birmingham Compassion Contributions from Rick Thompson from The Compassion Chronicles-also providing the news, and show producer Jamie Lowell from the Third Coast Dispensary in Ypsilanti Tonight- The Michigan legislature has passed SB 776 which will limit the ability for citizens to engage in the democratic process- if Governor Snyder signs it into law. The Court of Appeals released its decision on Bylsma and Overholdt and we continue to spot light candidates and their position on cannabis reform. Joining us- Nicole Reid Democratic candidate for District 22 of the Michigan House of Representatives. Update on MILegalize with Josey Scoggin Weekly appellate and trial court updates with attorney Allen Peisner  Regular guests and friends of the show: Jim Powers- Michigan Parents for Compassion co- founder and board member of MILegalize. Also- attorney Jeff Frazier, attorney David Rudoi of Rudoi Law, Eric Gunnels Thetford Twp Trustee and T- ig o Bitties

You Asked, We Answered! Transcript for the podcast Hello my name is James Clark and I am an undergraduate student at Penn State Brandywine. In this podcast, I will be answering the following questions that pertain to the Flint water crisis. Who is to blame? What caused the Flint water crisis? Was the Flint water crisis preventable? What are the lasting consequences? What are the political ramifications? Along with these questions, I will also answer some common questions that people are asking about the Flint water crisis. First, it is important to know about the history of Flint, Michigan. In 1819, Flint was a trading post that was opened by Jacob Smith. The Native Americans called the area “Pawanunking”, which means “River of Flint.” In the late 1800’s Flint became a prosperous fur-trading, lumber and agricultural settlement. In the 1900’s Flint moved from producing horse-drawn carriages to automobiles. Flint evolved into a prosperous automotive city. In the 1950’s, Flint had the largest General Motors manufacturing complex in the country, and was second to Detroit in the nation for the production of automobiles, auto-parts, and supplies. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Flints economy and population declined as General Motors plants relocated or closed. Flint is a prime example of the term “rust belt” The term “rust belt” is used to describe northeastern and mid-western cities in the US that have declining industry, falling populations, and aging factories and infrastructures. Aging pipe infrastructure is the main component of the Flint water crisis. The water chemistry caused lead in the pipes to enter into the water. Lead was a commonly used substance in many industrial and commercial products in the 1900’s. At the time it was used, no one knew about the health consequences. Today, many years later, the effects of using lead are still being felt. [4] So, who is to blame for the Flint water crisis? The Environmental Protection Agency also known as the EPA, blames Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality, the city of Flint, and Michigan for the Flint water crisis. The EPA calls their responses to the crisis as " Inadequate to protect public health." The EPA administrator says " There are serious, ongoing concerns with delays, lack of adequate transparency, and capacity to safely manage the drinking water system." [1] State agencies like the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services did not release vital information. [2] Flint's public officials have been criticized, since they responded to the crisis 20 months later. Flint officials have violated the Safe Drinking Water Act. [5] Employees of the public water systems failed to calculate the lead levels in the water. Now you may wonder what caused the Flint Water crisis and want to find out if it was preventable. Flint’s water is extremely corrosive. In 2014, General Motors chose not to use the water due its corrosive nature. [2] So yes, the Flint water crisis was preventable. In 2014, Flint switched from Lake Huron's water to the Flint river. They switched in an effort to save money. The water supply was not treated with the right corrosion control chemicals. This caused lead and pathogens to go into the city’s water supply. Lead levels in the water were so high that they could be considered as toxic waste. After Flint withdrew from Detroit's water system in April 2014, high levels of Total Trihalomethanes also known as TTHM, have been found in the drinking water extracted from the Flint river. The high levels of TTHM violate the Safe Drinking Water Act, which ensures that all US citizens are provided with clean an adequate water to use. TTHM is a byproduct of chlorine disinfection. The EPA stated that exposure or consumption to TTHM can cause significant health risks. Many Flint residents are still struggling to get clean water and have been exposed to high levels of TTHM. [7] What are the health effects of the Flint water crisis? Almost immediately after the switch in water supply, citizens complained that the water tasted weird. The Obama administration called for a state of emergency because over 100,000 people cannot drink their tap water. Flint's children have high lead levels in their blood and may suffer from stunned growth and brain damage. Drinking the tap water can have severe consequences. For example, lead in the drinking water can damage a person's IQ and cognitive functions permanently Other health effects include kidney damage, hearing difficulties, seizures, memory loss, and miscarriages. [4] Now I will answer some of the most common questions people are asking. when was the water contaminated and who has been exposed to the lead? The answer is sometime in April, 2014 the water was contaminated, and anyone who has used the city tap water has been exposed. Another common question asked is, are there safe levels of lead that you can have in your body? The answer is that there is no safe level of lead in your body. Many people also want to know when the state and federal government intervened? The answer is January 5th, 2016 the state intervened, and on January 12th, 2016 the government intervened. Now I will explain what a federal state of emergency means? It means that Flint will get some form of federal financial aid. The last question people are wondering “What's next for Governor Snyder?” Governor Snyder does not plan to resign. [3] What are the political and social ramifications of the Flint water crisis? Hillary Clinton spoke about the crisis at the House of Prayer Memorial Baptist Church. She stated that the crisis is not just an environmental issue, but also a racial issue. Clinton stated that it is a right to have clean water and not a luxury. She also stated that if this crisis was to happen in a rich community, then it would have been solved by now. Clinton is trying to get $600 million from the Senate to help Flint. [6] Newly released emails from Governor Snyder show that government officials knew about the contaminated water long before they said they did. The emails were about hazardous material in Flint’s water pipes. The emails were sent a year before the crisis. One of the emails was sent to Valerie Baker, who is the governor's deputy legal counsel and senior political adviser. She stated that this was an urgent matter to fix. This article has proof that Governor Snyder knew about the crisis a year before and did nothing. [8] I hope I presented you with valuable information about the Flint water crisis, and water contamination in general. I hope you learned about the severity of lead contaminates in water, and the consequences that come with it. Hopefully, this matter will be resolved in the upcoming months, and hopefully precautions will be taken in the future to ensure that this never happens again. Thank you for listening, this is James Clark signing off. (This audio file was recorded by James Clark on April 11, 2016. References are in attached transcript.)   Earth Science Literacy Principles Big Idea 1. Earth scientists use repeatable observations and testable ideas to understand and explain our planet. 1.1 Earth scientists find solutions to society’s needs. 1.2 Earth scientists use a large variety of scientific principles to understand how our planet works. Big Idea 3. Earth is a complex system of interacting rock, water, air, and life. 3.6 Earth’s systems are dynamic they continually react to changing influences Big Idea 5. Earth is the water planet. 5.2 Water is essential to life on earth. Big Idea 7. Humans depend on Earth for resources. 7.5 Water resources are essential for agriculture, manufacturing, energy production and life. https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/flint-water-crisis-what-happening-and-what-are-consequences-paesta-podcast-series-episode-7

An article in Harper's reveals what most African-Americans already suspected; the drug war was designed to decimate the black community. 

Water for Life, not for Profit Cities that lost jobs slipped into crisis as their tax bases dwindled. In Michigan the corporations have been moving to restructure these cities, including Flint. In this effort to restructure cities, Michigan's Governor Snyder has institute a system of emergency management which eliminates democracy, and guarantee profits for corporations he represents. It was the appointed emergency manager of Flint who switched the city’s water supply to a polluted river water to “save money.” We must demand that the government guarantee food, clothing, housing, healthcare and safe water for all in our country who need it. The only solution is a cooperative society where the needs of all the people are met.

In 2014 an appointed "Emergency Manager" took over control of the city of Flint and changed their water supply to one that was obviously toxic in the name of "cutting costs". And now the real cost will be paid by the children of Flint.  Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Please consider a donation at http://v-radioblog.blogspot.com/

Jeff Bracken Group Vice-President amp General Manager Lexus Division Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. talks to Paul W. Smith about the panel he will be on today with Governor Snyder called quotAutomotive Strategy Competition Rulesquot.

A discussion about Governor Snyder's proposed energy policy for Michigan with representatives from Northern Michigan electric utilities and the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce.

On March 13, Governor Snyder proposed several changes to Michigan's energy policy. The legislature is working on an aggressive timeline to pass that policy. Listen in as we sit down with Craig Borr, the CEO of the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association, to discuss the details of the policy proposals and how they will affect co-op members.

IT in the D, Episode 27. Our second broadcast of the year. Just the three of us hanging out and talking about quite a few topics that caught our eye in the past couple of weeks... Why do a solid chunk of information technology professionals say they love their career...but won't tell people what they do? Why does Governor Snyder want the US Government to rewrite immigration laws for Detroit? Writers can, perhaps, get a free house in downtown Detroit...and we might want one.  We're writers, after all. How are Angry Birds and the Facebook app giving away your information? With all of the chaos surrounding the Super Bowl and the Olympics in Russia...is it even worth it to try and go to "huge" events any more?  Or even the movies? All that and a bunch more (which, yes, means we rambled a bit) on this episode of IT in the D. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/131775779" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] The IT in the D Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD IT in the D on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITinTheD The ITintheD.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD ITintheD.com on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Listing of our upcoming events: http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/ The Write a House project: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/write-a-house-detroit_n_4474976.html Angry Birds and the NSA: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/nsa-gchq-smartphone-app-angry-birds-personal-data Snyder and immigration: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9245728/Detroit_wants_its_own_high_tech_visa Google, NEST, and more of your data and habits: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/14/google_nest_acquisition_internet_of_things_is_next_frontier_for_data_machine.html    

Listen to The African History Network Show, (Special Broadcast) Friday, April 19th, 8pm-11pm EST with guest, Dr. Fances Cress Welsing author of "The Isis Papers: The Keys To The Color" and featured in the documentary "Hidden Colors".  We're doing an encore presentation of our interview with her from last Friday.   Dr. Welsing will discuss Racism, what it is and how its works and other topics and to answer your questions. We'll also talk about her upcoming lecture in Detroit, Sat. April 20th, 1pm-4pm at The Shrine Of The Black Madonna Church, 7625 Linwood St., (@ Hogarth) Detroit, MI. Please call (313) 646-3375 for tickets. Be sure to visit the vendor table of The African History Network and meet Michael Imhotep of The African History Network Show.   Min. Malik Shabazz will talk about new developments with "The Takeover Of Detroit" that's going on right now by Governor Snyder, an Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) and other entities. He'll also talk about this weekends lecture in Detroit with Dr. Frances Cress Welsing.   Listen to the show at www.TheAfricanHistoryNetwork.com or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theafricanhistorynetworkshow or by phone, when we are LIVE at (914) 338-1375.  Episodes are also archived on www.Itunes.com.

Listen to The African History Network Show, Thursday, April 4th, 8pm-11pm EST with guests, Min. Malik Shabazz of The New Marcus Garvey Movement/New Black Panther Nation and Malaika Cooper of the 2013 Natural Hair Care Expo Evolution Tour and more. Min. Malik Shabazz will talk about "The Takeover Of Detroit" that's going on right now by Governor Snyder and other entities. He'll also talk about work that his organization is doing in the community. If it can happen in Detroit it can happen in your city next. Malaika Tamu-Cooper will talk about "The Harrisburgh, PA Natural Hair Care Expo" on Sat. April 6th. at The Radisson Hotel 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Harrisburgh, PA, 6pm-11pm. Michael Imhotep host of The African History Network Show will do a lecture at the Expo on "The Media's Deliberate Destruction of The African-American Family". Visit www.NaturalHairCareExpo.com for ticket information, etc. Watch the promo for the Natural Hair Care Expo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF1GZXnyu1s Listen to the show at www.TheAfricanHistoryNetwork.com or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theafricanhistorynetworkshow or by phone, when we are LIVE at (914) 338-1375.