Podcasts about immokalee

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 30:22

The Tyler McClosky Show is a weekly business show hosted by Insurance Executive Tyler McClosky. Each week, he sits down with people in the industry of Insurance, Real Estate, Marketing and entertainment. The shows are designed to be raw and factual, while also entertaining a wide range of audiences. You will also be education on how to purchase private health insurance, while saving you and your family a ton of money! Tune in each week and visit us online at www.TylerMcClosky.comWho Is Tyler McClosky: From a life of sales starting as a teenager, I found my career at the age of 22. As a license insurance agent, the business world opened up. With a year as an agent, I quickly transitioned into a sales manager and built a team. With a small team of 5, we grinded everyday to find the right balance. Fast forward 5 years and 1,500 agents later, I am now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the largest insurance agencies in the United States, First Family Insurance!"Set the standard. And don't expect your employees to work harder than you do!"Call: 1.239.633.3140Email: TMcClosky@gmail.com Serving all of Southwest Florida, Including all of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, North Naples, Lehigh Acres, Pine Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Springs, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Mediterra, Quail West, Talis Park, Quail Creed, Oakes Estates , Miromar Lake, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach, Collier Reserve, Livingston, Marco Island, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Labelle, Clewiston, Arcadia, Bokeelia, St. James City, Estero, San Carlos Park, Buckingham, And Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Lee County, Charlotte County, Collier County, Hendry County, Glades County, And Desoto County

The Tyler McClosky Show on FOX News Radio. Episode 45 - Guest Nick Norris

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 29:47

The Tyler McClosky Show is a weekly business show hosted by Insurance Executive Tyler McClosky. Each week, he sits down with people in the industry of Insurance, Real Estate, Marketing and entertainment. The shows are designed to be raw and factual, while also entertaining a wide range of audiences. You will also be education on how to purchase private health insurance, while saving you and your family a ton of money! Tune in each week and visit us online at www.TylerMcClosky.comWho Is Tyler McClosky: From a life of sales starting as a teenager, I found my career at the age of 22. As a license insurance agent, the business world opened up. With a year as an agent, I quickly transitioned into a sales manager and built a team. With a small team of 5, we grinded everyday to find the right balance. Fast forward 5 years and 1,500 agents later, I am now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the largest insurance agencies in the United States, First Family Insurance!"Set the standard. And don't expect your employees to work harder than you do!"Call: 1.239.633.3140Email: TMcClosky@gmail.com Serving all of Southwest Florida, Including all of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, North Naples, Lehigh Acres, Pine Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Springs, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Mediterra, Quail West, Talis Park, Quail Creed, Oakes Estates , Miromar Lake, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach, Collier Reserve, Livingston, Marco Island, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Labelle, Clewiston, Arcadia, Bokeelia, St. James City, Estero, San Carlos Park, Buckingham, And Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Lee County, Charlotte County, Collier County, Hendry County, Glades County, And Desoto County

The Tyler McClosky Show on FOX News Radio. Episode 44 - Guest Pete Fournier

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 29:41

The Tyler McClosky Show is a weekly business show hosted by Insurance Executive Tyler McClosky. Each week, he sits down with people in the industry of Insurance, Real Estate, Marketing and entertainment. The shows are designed to be raw and factual, while also entertaining a wide range of audiences. You will also be education on how to purchase private health insurance, while saving you and your family a ton of money! Tune in each week and visit us online at www.TylerMcClosky.comWho Is Tyler McClosky: From a life of sales starting as a teenager, I found my career at the age of 22. As a license insurance agent, the business world opened up. With a year as an agent, I quickly transitioned into a sales manager and built a team. With a small team of 5, we grinded everyday to find the right balance. Fast forward 5 years and 1,500 agents later, I am now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the largest insurance agencies in the United States, First Family Insurance!"Set the standard. And don't expect your employees to work harder than you do!"Call: 1.239.633.3140Email: TMcClosky@gmail.com Serving all of Southwest Florida, Including all of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, North Naples, Lehigh Acres, Pine Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Springs, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Mediterra, Quail West, Talis Park, Quail Creed, Oakes Estates , Miromar Lake, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach, Collier Reserve, Livingston, Marco Island, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Labelle, Clewiston, Arcadia, Bokeelia, St. James City, Estero, San Carlos Park, Buckingham, And Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Lee County, Charlotte County, Collier County, Hendry County, Glades County, And Desoto County

The Tyler McClosky Show on FOX News Radio. Episode 43 - Live with Trey Radel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 27:10

The Tyler McClosky Show is a weekly business show hosted by Insurance Executive Tyler McClosky. Each week, he sits down with people in the industry of Insurance, Real Estate, Marketing and entertainment. The shows are designed to be raw and factual, while also entertaining a wide range of audiences. You will also be education on how to purchase private health insurance, while saving you and your family a ton of money! Tune in each week and visit us online at www.TylerMcClosky.comWho Is Tyler McClosky: From a life of sales starting as a teenager, I found my career at the age of 22. As a license insurance agent, the business world opened up. With a year as an agent, I quickly transitioned into a sales manager and built a team. With a small team of 5, we grinded everyday to find the right balance. Fast forward 5 years and 1,500 agents later, I am now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the largest insurance agencies in the United States, First Family Insurance!"Set the standard. And don't expect your employees to work harder than you do!"Call: 1.239.633.3140Email: TMcClosky@gmail.com Serving all of Southwest Florida, Including all of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, North Naples, Lehigh Acres, Pine Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Springs, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Mediterra, Quail West, Talis Park, Quail Creed, Oakes Estates , Miromar Lake, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach, Collier Reserve, Livingston, Marco Island, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Labelle, Clewiston, Arcadia, Bokeelia, St. James City, Estero, San Carlos Park, Buckingham, And Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Lee County, Charlotte County, Collier County, Hendry County, Glades County, And Desoto County

The Tyler McClosky Show on FOX News Radio. Episode 42 - Health Insurance Premiums

Le Batard & Friends - South Beach Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 29:48

The Tyler McClosky Show is a weekly business show hosted by Insurance Executive Tyler McClosky. Each week, he sits down with people in the industry of Insurance, Real Estate, Marketing and entertainment. The shows are designed to be raw and factual, while also entertaining a wide range of audiences. You will also be education on how to purchase private health insurance, while saving you and your family a ton of money! Tune in each week and visit us online at www.TylerMcClosky.comWho Is Tyler McClosky: From a life of sales starting as a teenager, I found my career at the age of 22. As a license insurance agent, the business world opened up. With a year as an agent, I quickly transitioned into a sales manager and built a team. With a small team of 5, we grinded everyday to find the right balance. Fast forward 5 years and 1,500 agents later, I am now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the largest insurance agencies in the United States, First Family Insurance!"Set the standard. And don't expect your employees to work harder than you do!"Call: 1.239.633.3140Email: TMcClosky@gmail.com Serving all of Southwest Florida, Including all of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, North Naples, Lehigh Acres, Pine Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Springs, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Mediterra, Quail West, Talis Park, Quail Creed, Oakes Estates , Miromar Lake, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach, Collier Reserve, Livingston, Marco Island, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Labelle, Clewiston, Arcadia, Bokeelia, St. James City, Estero, San Carlos Park, Buckingham, And Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Lee County, Charlotte County, Collier County, Hendry County, Glades County, And Desoto County

Detention By Design

Latino USA

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 30:58

As recently as 1955, there were virtually no immigrants held in detention in the U.S. Today, the federal government holds tens of thousands each day, in 130 facilities across the country. But the story of how we got here did not start at the U.S.-Mexico border - it started on Florida's shores, 50 years ago. Through personal histories and meticulously compiled archival materials, Detention By Design will tell how the arrival of Haitian and Cuban migrants by boat in the 1970s and 1980s —and the crude experiments in small Florida jails that followed— shaped the immigration and detention system that we have in this country today. WLRN's Danny Rivero hosts. This second episode of Detention By Design follows the revealing story of Abel Jean-Simon Zephyr, a Haitian who arrived in Miami by boat in 1973. He asked for political asylum, but authorities —caught flat-footed— paid the sheriff's office at remote Immokalee, Florida, to hold him and others at its tiny jail. It marked the miserable, and at times tragic, beginning of the modern immigration detention system. Detention by Design is funded by The Shepard Broad Foundation.

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Edgerrin James

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 48:03

On a special episode of South Beach Sessions, Edgerrin James joins Dan to discuss his improbable journey from Immokalee, Florida to reaching a Hall of Fame level in football, business, and parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SBS - Edgerrin James

Le Batard & Friends Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 48:03

On a special episode of South Beach Sessions, Edgerrin James joins Dan to discuss his improbable journey from Immokalee, Florida to reaching a Hall of Fame level in football, business, and parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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'You left for persecution… the solution is not to put you in jail'

Detention By Design

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 33:44

The second episode of Detention By Design follows the revealing story of Abel Jean-Simon Zephyr, a Haitian who arrived in Miami by boat in 1973. He asked for political asylum, but authorities - caught flat-footed - paid the sheriff's office at remote Immokalee, Florida, to hold him and others at its tiny jail. It marked the miserable, and at times tragic, beginning of the modern immigration detention system.

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Who Killed Terrance Williams?/The Sickening Murder of Justin People's/The Worst Miscarriage Of Justice

True Crime Black

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 10:35

Please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/blackcoldcase Marcia Williams, the mother of Terrance Williams, sued Calkins in a 2018 wrongful death action on behalf of her son's estate and four children. But the Collier County suit came to an abrupt close in 2021 after Crump's team missed a deadline to file for trial. Marcia Williams appealed to a Florida appellate court. Williams was the second man to vanish after an encounter with Calkins. Felipe Santos, a Mexican immigrant and Immokalee resident, disappeared at age 23 in October 2003 after his brothers saw him get into Calkins' patrol car.-------"It's been said in the Black community many times, but there's always a new story popping up in our newsfeeds that proves it needs to be repeated: No amount of being an upstanding citizen will shield Black people from racism."-------Thirty years ago, the 15-year-old Black girl from South Central walked into Empire Liquor Market and Deli, grabbed a $1.79 bottle of orange juice and put it in her backpack. A Korean-born merchant, Soon Ja Du, accused her of stealing it. Latasha had $2 in her hand. Du grabbed Latasha's sweater. Then Latasha punched Du in the face and headed for the door. Du picked up a handgun and fired a shot into the back of Latasha's head. Police later confirmed that there was “no attempt at shoplifting.” A jury found Du guilty of voluntary manslaughter, but instead of serving a maximum of 16 years in prison, Judge Joyce A. Karlin gave Du probation. For killing a 15-year-old girl who was walking away from her.Support the show

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27. SFPRA Qualifier w/ Corey Adamski

Another G D Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 57:21

Fun Match down in Immokalee, Florida with Match Director Corey Adamski. - Next SFPRA match 3 Sept 2022, register below, https://practiscore.com/sfpra-september-regional-match/register --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gdpodcast/message

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We meet the new director of the UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee

Gulf Coast Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 29:59

Dr. Michael Burton is the new director of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Southwest Florida Research and Education Center. He leads a team of researchers who work to provide farmers with the best information possible for them to be successful from their 320-acre facility in Immokalee.

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[Spanish] Derechos de los Trabajadores, ¡Justicia Alimentaria! / Workers' Rights, Food Justice! - Lupe Gonzalo

In Praxis

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 47:07

Nuestra lucha por la justicia alimentaria debe incluir a los que trabajan más cerca de nuestros alimentos. La organizadora de trabajadores agrícolas, Lupe Gonzalo, de la Coalición de Trabajadores de Immokalee (CIW) comparte el profundo poder que se encuentra dentro de las voces de los trabajadores agrícolas. Como trabajadora agrícola, Lupe arroja luz sobre las condiciones abusivas en las que están sujetos trabajadores agrícolas, desde el robo de salaries, la agresión sexual, y condiciones similares a esclavitud moderna. Los intentos fallidos de responsabilizar a los propietarios de granjas por las atrocidades en curso llevaron a Lupe y sus colegas a recurrir al poder de la responsabilidad social. El programa y la campaña Fair Food de CIW amplifican las voces de los trabajadores agrícolas para promover el cambio y fomentar la responsabilidad entre las grandes corporaciones de alimentos para establecer un código de conducta entre sus proveedores. Yendo más allá de establecer protecciones y garantizar que las políticas de seguridad se implementen y hagan cumplir, CIW ha luchado para construir poder, voz y agencia entre los trabajadores agrícolas en Immokalee, FL e inspirado a defensores en todo el país. Our fight for food justice must include those working closest to our food. Farmworker organizer, Lupe Gonzalo, of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) shares the profound power that lies within farmworker voices. As a farmworker herself, Lupe sheds light on the abusive conditions farmworkers work and live in everyday—from wage theft to sexual assault to modern-day slavery. Failed attempts to hold farm owners accountable for on-going atrocities led Lupe and her colleagues to turn to the power of social responsibility. CIWs Fair Food Program and campaign amplifies farmworker voices to advance change and foster responsibility among large food corporations to establish a code of conduct amongst their vendors. Going beyond establishing protections and ensuring that safety policies are implemented and enforced, CIW has worked to build power, voice, and agency among farmworkers in Immokalee, FL and inspired advocates nation-wide.

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Interview with Zedrick Bryant former Defensive Back for Eastern Michigan

Life and Football

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 11:52

In this episode of the Life and Football Podcast our special guest is Zedrick Bryant. Zedrick Bryant is a former Defensive Back for Eastern Michigan. Bryant, Son of Ms. Barbara Bryant and Mr. Mickey, Communications major, Has two sisters, Nihia and Clysha, and five brothers, Leonard, Marcus, Jubyress, Clyde and Taye, EMU: 2006: Slated to be a top player in the defensive backfield before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in early fall camp, 2005: Played in just two games, against Miami (Oct. 22) and Western Michigan (Nov. 5) while battling injuries, 2004: Saw action in seven games to earn his first varsity letter, Had five tackles on the season as a backup safety, 2003: One of the 2003 recruits, Practiced with the team but did not see any game action as a redshirt freshman, Named one of the Backup Eagles of the Week twice for outstanding practice effort prior to the Toledo (Oct. 11) and Central Michigan (Nov. 1) games, HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three years in football and two in baseball at Immokalee H.S. in Immokalee, Fla, Beta Club member, Member of the Academic Honor Roll, Senior Year: Captain of the football team, Recorded 85 tackles, including 45 solos, Had two interceptions, Missed four games with injury, Named to the All-Conference team, Junior Year: Lettered in both football and baseball, Sophomore Year: Earned letters in football and baseball. The Life and Football Podcast is available on the following platforms Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast Pocketcasts, Radio Public, Stitcher, Player FM, & YouTube!

Episode 218 - Samantha Romero

Three Song Stories

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 63:57

Born in Venezuela, Samantha Romero immigrated to Miami, FL in to 2006, and is now a journalism student at FGCU. She's also a reporter at WGCU, and produces Noticias de WGCU en Español – a weekly news round up produced at WGCU and aired on Radio Conciencia, a community radio station in Immokalee, FL. Sam also works at WINK News where she edits video, and does photography for FGCU. Sam also produces music, documentary film, knits sweaters, and even breeds butterflies.

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Immokalee High School on Entrepreneurship and Projects That Serve Community

Getting Smart Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 33:17

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee is joined by a superstar team of students and teachers from Immokalee High School. Falia Justima is an educator at Immokalee High School in Collier County Public Schools in Naples, where she has taught for four years. She is also an entrepreneur in the local community where she runs a real estate and small personal finance advising company with her sister. We're also joined by two seniors cousins from Falia's IncubatorEDU classroom team. Luz Cantero-Huapilla and Lizbeth Huapilla (Wapiya). Alongside some of their classmates they created the company Harvesting Housing to serve migrant farmers. LINKS: SXSW Difference Making conversation with Falia Justima Harvesting Housing video Margarita/Uncharted Podcast

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The Farmland

As She Rises

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 34:07

As climate change progresses, more people will be forced from their homes and into exploitative environments. In the United States, this is particularly true of farmworkers.The climate crisis is, undeniably, a labor issue too.“like you i woke up in the dark. but i was reaching for animals, trying to beat the heat. like you sunrise usually found me in the middle of doing something. i didn't call it prayer, but i did believe that if i did it every day we would exist.”In today's episode, we hear the poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs read from her book, “DUB”, as she unlearns the separation between her work and that of her great-grandfather's. She shows us how poetry can help us imagine another way of relating to life on earth. We then travel to the agricultural fields of Immokalee, Florida. where Lupe Gonzalo is a senior staff member at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. She tells us about her experience working tomato fields, the work she does now fighting for farmworker rights, and the need to unlearn the systems of separation between land, food, and people. Take Action:Find more of Alexis Pauline Gumbs' work at alexispauline.comTo learn more about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers go to ciw-online.orgFollow them on twitter @ciw to learn about upcoming marches and boycotts and take part.

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The Tyler McClosky Show on FOX News Radio. Episode 33: Health Insurance Going Away!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 30:04

The Tyler McClosky Show is a weekly business show hosted by Insurance Executive Tyler McClosky. Each week, he sits down with people in the industry of Insurance, Real Estate, Marketing and entertainment. The shows are designed to be raw and factual, while also entertaining a wide range of audiences. You will also be education on how to purchase private health insurance, while saving you and your family a ton of money! Tune in each week and visit us online at www.TylerMcClosky.comWho Is Tyler McClosky: From a life of sales starting as a teenager, I found my career at the age of 22. As a license insurance agent, the business world opened up. With a year as an agent, I quickly transitioned into a sales manager and built a team. With a small team of 5, we grinded everyday to find the right balance. Fast forward 5 years and 1,500 agents later, I am now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the largest insurance agencies in the United States, First Family Insurance!"Set the standard. And don't expect your employees to work harder than you do!"Call: 1.239.633.3140Email: TMcClosky@gmail.com

Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike

Labor goes to the Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 54:46

Last year, 1,500 steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania went out on strike for four long months. If you don't remember hearing about the strike, don't worry, we hadn't, either. It was against a company named ATI, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, and even though the strike involved 1,500 steelworkers at nine different locations, it never really made the radar on the national labor scene in a year that saw a huge increase in both strikes and union organizing. So we're very fortunate that Samuel George decided to embed himself and his camera in the strike by Local 1196. Sam is an exciting young documentary filmmaker who works for the Bertelsmann Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC. Samuel's documentaries – which include "The Fields of Immokalee” -- bring viewers up close and personal to people and communities facing the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, offering candid perspectives that allow viewers to draw their own conclusions. His films focus on the intersection of politics, economics, social issues, and daily life. Filming on the ground from the Turkish – Syrian border, to the factories of Juarez, Mexico, to elections in West Virginia, and now a factory in Western Pennsylvania, Sam's films seek to offer a voice to those affected by policy and macro trends, but who often are denied a seat at the table where decisions are made. Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike screens free this Saturday, March 19, at 4pm, at the MLK DC Public Library, 901 G St. NW in Washington, DC; CLICK HERE to RSVP. Produced by Chris Garlock, edited and co-produced by Evan Papp, Empathy Media Lab. @dclabor @LaborHeritage1 @DCLaborFilmFest @SamuelGeorge76 @BertelsmannFdn @empathymedialab @steelworkers Local 1196 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/labor-goes-to-the-movies/message

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Marshall Tucker Band

Heard It On The Shark

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 11:13

About Us: Northeast Mississippi business owners, industry leaders, Main Street Directors, school and hospital leaders discuss what's happening in our "little postage stamp of native soil" - William Faulkner. Interviews are recorded in Ripley, MS at Sun Bear Studio, broadcast every day at 11 am on The Shark 102.3 FM Radio and added here to help you stay informed. When broadcast on The Shark, the shows will either come from Main Street Moments or Heard It On The Shark. On Main Street Moments, Melinda talks to area Main Street Directors, Chamber directors and small business owners. Heard It On The Shark interviews are usually with industry, medical, non-profit and school leaders in North Mississippi. If you would like to be considered for an interview, you can call us at 662-837-1023. Ask for Melinda. Topper Time is a weekly presentation by Blue Mountain College Students about life at Blue Mountain College. BMC a private liberal arts college, supported by the Mississippi Baptist Convention, located in the northeastern Mississippi town of Blue Mountain between Ripley and New Albany. Founded as a women's college in 1873, the college's board of trustees voted for the college to go fully co-educational in 2005. The Shark 102.3 FM Radio Station and Sun Bear Studio are located in Ripley, MS and owned by Chris and Melinda Marsalis. Chris and Melinda have a passion for community development and love all of the amazing things that are going on in North Mississippi. This Week: The Shark 102.3 got the opportunity to talk to Marshall Tucker Band lead singer, Doug Gray about their 5oth Anniversary Tour. Doug called in from Florida to talk about how the tour is going and about their upcoming concert in Huntsville, AL. Nashville, Tenn. (Nov. 16, 2021) — In 2022, the TheMarshall Tucker Band (MTB) will celebrate five decades since its inception. To celebrate, the multi-platinum southern rock group will hit the road for its historic “50th Anniversary Tour.” The MTB today revealed over 30 live concert dates with stops in Clearwater, Fla., Atlanta, Ga., Nashville, Tenn., Detroit, Mich., Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y., Pittsburgh, Pa., Washington D.C., Phoenix, Ariz. and more. “Five decades of The Marshall Tucker Band … sometimes it's still hard to understand,” says MTB lead singer Doug Gray. “We are just regular people. The fans have given us so many special moments over these 50 years. I'm so proud of our band.” In 1972, original members Toy Caldwell,Tommy Caldwell, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle and Paul Riddle came together in Spartanburg, S.C. to form a southern rock band. They knew they had the magic for something that could reach people well beyond the South Carolina state line. They had the sound, the look, and the camaraderie. Problem was, they didn't have a name. One day while rehearsing in a local warehouse, they came across a key ring with the inscription, ‘Marshall Tucker.' It belonged to a blind piano tuner who resided in Spartanburg. It was this fated discovery that inspired the band's moniker, and in that moment, The Marshall Tucker Band was born. Dave Mason will join the legendary group on select live concert dates. “I'm really looking forward to joining the 50th anniversary celebration of this extraordinary band,” says Mason. “I've been waiting to get back on the road, and this is quite the opportunity to bring great music to everybody, everywhere.” “Our special songs, guided by the lyrics of Toy Caldwell, have given us a deep emotional connection with our fans and friends,” adds Gray. “We love you all and can't wait to see you on the road in 2022.” The tour officially kicks-off on Jan. 12 at the Dosey Doe in The Woodlands, TX. In the coming weeks, the second leg of the tour will be announced via marshalltucker.com. The Marshall Tucker Band “50th Anniversary Tour” Schedule:Jan. 12 – The Woodlands, TX – Dosey DoeJan. 14 – Corpus Christi, TX – American Bank CenterJan. 15 – Baton Rouge, LA – L'Auberge CasinoJan. 21 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall ^^Jan. 22 – Tallahassee, FL – Donald Tucker Auditorium ++Jan. 26 – Okeechobee, FL – Seminole Hard RockJan. 27 – Immokalee, FL – Seminole Hard RockJan. 29 – Miami, FL – Magic City Casino +Feb. 3 – Huntsville, AL – Mark C. Smith Concert Hall Feb. 4 – Atlanta, GA – Symphony Hall Feb. 9 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium ~Feb. 10 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theater ~Feb. 11 – St. Louis, MO – River City CasinoFeb. 12 – Chicago, IL – Copernicus Center ~Feb. 17 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre ~Feb. 18 – Glenside, PA – Keswick TheatreFeb. 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rivers CasinoFeb. 20 – Washington D.C. – Capitol One Hall ~Feb. 23 – Torrington, CT – Warner Theatre ~Feb. 25 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Municipal ~Feb. 26 – Atlantic City, NJ – Harrah's CasinoMarch 3 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre ~March 4 – Cleveland, OH – MGM Northfield Park ~March 5 – Anderson, IN – Hoosier Park ~March 9 – Evansville, IN – Victory Theatre ~March 10 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Theatre ~March 11 – Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate Theatre ^March 12 – Cherokee, NC – Cherokee Casino ~March 17 – Denver, CO – Paramount ~March 19 – Tucson, AZ – Centennial Hall ~March 20 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre ~March 25 – Eureka Springs, AR – The Auditorium #March 26 – Roland, OK – Cherokee Casino RolandMarch 27 – Lubbock, TX – Buddy Holly Hall ~April 8 – Biloxi, MS – IP Casino KEY:~ with Dave Mason^ with The Kentucky Headhunters# with The Outlaws^^ with Firefall and Bertie Higgins+ supporting Kansas++ supporting ALABAMA About The Marshall Tucker BandNearly 50 years ago, The Marshall Tucker Band was founded in Spartanburg, SC. Thanks to hits like “Can't You See,” “Heard It in a Love Song,” “Fire on the Mountain,” and “24 Hours At a Time,” the 5x Gold, 3x Platinum-selling Southern Rock group has sold millions of albums worldwide. MTB songs have been featured in major motion picture films and television shows including Breaking Bad, Blow, The Box, Swing Vote, Half Nelson, My Name Is Earl, Cold Case Files and Good Guys. CMT (Country Music Television) named the MTB's “Can't You See” the #4 Greatest Southern Rock Song. The MTB's debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, reigns as Gibson Guitar's #5 Greatest Southern Rock Album. Ultimate Classic Rockcrowned the MTB's “Can't You See” as the #1 Southern Rock Song and GRAMMY® Magazine named the group's logo as one of the most distinctive and iconic brands in music. For more information on The Marshall Tucker Band, visit marshalltucker.com or the official Facebook Page.

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Missing in the South

Southern Macabre

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 16:12

Hey y'all and welcome to Southern Macabre! A true crime, missing person, and paranormal podcast and blog set in the south. Today is the first episode of Missing Person Monday and I decided to choose one person from each southern state to tell you about. Some are people who left their homes and vanished, while others may just send a chill up your spine. One is actually a dangerous wanted fugitive! Photos of the missing will be on the Southern Macabre Podcast and Blog Facebook page. You will find the transcript for this episode along with the police department you should reach if you recognize anyone from today's episode on the blog. The first missing person I want to talk about vanished 37 years ago from Greenville, Alabama. Her name was Sherry Lynn Marler and she was only twelve years old that day when she and her step-dad, Raymond Stringfellow, went to the bank and he gave her $1 to grab a soda from the gas station across the street. This was 1984 so a drink was less than a dollar, for those too young to know that. Her step-dad maintained his innocence until he passed away in 2003, he was inside the bank so he had a solid alibi. Since 1984, people have reported seeing Sherry with a man in his fifties who was about 5'8” with a weathered looking face. Like someone who spends their whole life working outdoors. She was seen in Conley, Georgia, and New Orleans. Sherry was white with brown hair and brown eyes. Greenville PD (334) 382-3107 Agency Case # 8415816 Esterlyne Delmas was twenty-three years old when she walked away from her home in Immokalee, Florida on August 3, 2013. She didn't take her keys, purse, or ID so it is assumed she didn't intend to be gone long. She was never seen or heard from again. Esterlyne had moved to Florida from Haiti years before, but there's not a lot of information about her or her disappearance. She is listed as African American/Latino. She was 5'1” and had black-brown hair and brown eyes. Collier County Sheriff's Office (239) 252-0080 Case # 13-18797 42 year old Matilde Hernandez Gonzalez went missing from Powder Springs, Georgia on October 11, 2019. According to WSB-TV 2 there are “suspicious circumstances” related to her disappearance. Matilde was Latina, 4'11” tall, and weighed about 130 pounds. She had brown hair, brown eyes, and her eyebrows are tattooed. Paulding County Sheriff's Office (770) 443-3010 Case # 20191043402 This story is different from the last three. Austin Douglas Gamez (not Gomez) left with his friend, Teressa McCoy on December 27, 2017 to look at a house. They lived in Louisville, Kentucky. At 7pm the couple's rented black GMC Yukon was found in a part's store parking lot with Teressa's body inside. She was still wearing her seatbelt, but had been shot. Larry Sauer was arrested in December 2019 for Teressa's murder and Austin's presumed murder. He killed the couple at his home and then dumped the truck with Teressa inside afterwards. Police found evidence through warrants, witness statements, phone records, and audio recordings identifying Sauer's involvement in both murders. Austin's remains were never located. Police found half a pound of methamphetamines and some drug paraphernalia inside Sauer's home when they arrested him. Charges were dropped two months later because of a misread DNA analysis report, but he was charged with complicity to murder and tampering with physical evidence. Austin's family would like his body found so they can give him a proper burial. He was white/Latino, 5'11”-6'1”, 170-185 pounds, and he had a rosary tattoo on his chest and many tattoos on his arms. Louisville Metro PD (502) 574-7111 Case # 80-17-104905 (Gee-ang Thai Than Phan) If I mispronounce this man's name I ap --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

EP #621: Better at Home Health Services with Carolyn Kettelson

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 12:11

What Makes Better at Home Health Services a Good Neighbor...Do you or a loved one want to stay independent in your home, but need a little help to make that possible? Better At Home Health Services provides professional, affordable, and caring in home health care for seniors in the Naples area. We promise to treat your loved ones with compassion, patience and a cheerful attitude.We help families by taking the time to understand their loved one's needs and then customizing a care solution for their budget. Call us today to schedule your FREE in-home care assessment or just talk to one of our eldercare advisors.Our Service Area – We provide Home Health Care to all of Lee and Collier Counties, including Naples, North Naples, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Marco Island, Sanibel, Bonita Springs, Estero, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres and Immokalee.Our Caregivers - are totally committed, highly qualified, and carefully selected individuals who are thoroughly screened, background checked, bonded, and insured. Our typical caregiver profile is a Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A) with many years' experience as a senior caregiver.To learn more about Better at Home Health Services, go to: https://betterathomehealthservices.com/Better at Home Health Services9220 Bonita Beach Rd SESuite 101Bonita Springs, FL 34135(239) 449-4747Support the show (https://goodneighborpodcast.com)

Progressive News Network with Jeanine Molloff and guest Rick Spisak.

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 108:00

This week on our Sunday show, Rick Spisak will give a segment on a rare environmental win for Florida! The state of Florida denies an oil drilling permit in Immokalee, Florida! Tune in for this important interview featuring Rick Spisak's expert reporting on the Stone Crab Alliance's work. The BIg Story deals with the hypocrisy of COP26, including the fact that fossil fuel lobbyists gained admission. And finally, there is the Jackass Report, a weekly award for those displaying the most "Jackasserie." Join us. Jeanine

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Workforce Development: Building Trust

FutureMakers Talent Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 42:50

Growing up in Immokalee, home to many agricultural workers and their families, presents many challenges as students juggle life outside of the classroom. Noemi Perez is the President & CEO of the Immokalee Foundation and speaks on these circumstances. She discusses her personal journey growing up within a hard-working community that is built on trust, which inspired her to continue this work. The Immokalee Foundation is celebrating 30 years of operation and works to guide students towards academic and career success within a community that is driven by agriculture. The town of Immokalee is in Collier County and approximately 35 miles from Naples, Florida. There is a sharp contrast between this rural town and its neighboring counterpart being one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. The Immokalee Foundation serves approximately 14,000 students per year with a concentration on students ranging from kindergarten to post-secondary attainment. Noemi explains the implementation of the Career Pathways initiative to provide at-risk students with exploration of their desired career field.

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EP #551: The Immokalee Foundation with Noemi Perez

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 22:19

What Makes The Immokalee Foundation a Good Neighbor...Since 1991, The Immokalee Foundation has supported the educational and professional development needs of Immokalee's youth — from kindergarten to postsecondary education. Our extraordinary donors and volunteers enable us to help elementary school children improve their reading skills, introduce middle schoolers to various career paths, mentor career-minded high school students, provide postsecondary students with real-world experiences, and much more.To learn more about The Immokalee Foundation, go to: https://immokaleefoundation.org/The Immokalee Foundation2375 Tamiami Trail N., Suite 308Naples, FL 34103(239) 430-9122Support the show (https://goodneighborpodcast.com)

EP #548: Guadalupe Center Resale Shop with Kat McNabb & Haley Thalheimer

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 13:01

What Makes Guadalupe Center Resale Shop a Good Neighbor...Located in North Naples, Guadalupe Resale Shop specializes in upscale, like-new furniture, clothing, and home décor. The Resale Shop regularly receives donations of designer labels, fine jewelry, antique curiosities and high-quality furnishings. The largely volunteer staff uses donated items to create the feel of a fashionable boutique with bargain pricing, all to benefit Guadalupe Center's more than 1,500 students in Immokalee.Proceeds from the Resale Shop directly support Guadalupe Center's transformational programs including Early Childhood Education, After-school Tutoring & Summer Enrichment and the college preparatory Tutor Corps. With a mission to break the cycle of poverty through education, these programs are designed to foster personal and academic success, preparing students to be lifelong learners and leaders.To learn more about Guadalupe Center Resale Shop, go to: https://www.guadalupecenter.org/resale-shop/Guadalupe Center Resale Shop12980 Tamiami Trail North, Unit #10Naples, FL 34110239.594.2696Support the show (https://goodneighborpodcast.com)

Edgerrin James breaks down his long road to the Pro Football Hall of Fame (All Things Covered Podcast)

Pick Six NFL Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 52:53

Listen to All Things Covered wherever podcasts are found The Hall of Fame will welcome a handful of new members this weekend, but maybe none as unique as Edgerrin James. On this episode Bryant McFadden chats with the HOF inductee about his early days in Immokalee, Florida, all the way to what landed him in Canton. The guys of course have to fit in a bit of Miami/FSU trash talk to start. Edge then discusses what it means to enter the Hall with former teammate Peyton Manning and why he chose Jim Irsay as his presenter. He then takes us back to his youth, the importance of staying true to his image and his breakout moment at 'The U.' James then details his pro career starting with his incredible rookie campaign with the Colts and setting sights on records. BMac of course has to mention some defeats his Steelers dished the Colts and later, the Cardinals. Edgerrin shares which running backs he likes watching now, Indy expectations for 2021 and advice he gives his sons during the recruiting process before diving into Superlatives. 'Pick Six' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. You can listen to Pick Six on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Pick Six NFL podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Pick Six NFL podcast." Follow the Pick Six team on Twitter: @picksixpod, @willbrinson, @ryanwilsonCBS, @johnbreech, @E_DeBerardinis Visit the Pick Six YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/picksix Check out the Pick Six Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/picksixpod/?hl=en Read the Pick Six newsletter here: https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/picksix/ Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/758548147935545/ For more NFL coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edgerrin James breaks down his long and rewarding road to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

All Things Covered with Patrick Peterson & Bryant McFadden

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 79:35

With induction ceremonies this weekend, we had to head back to a HOFer for a guest, welcoming Edgerrin James onto the show for an awesome conversation (27:00). But first, Patrick Peterson and Bryant McFadden chop things up. The guys comment on the value of mental health for athletes and offer their support of Simone Biles (1:30). Next, SKOL Check-In examines the COVID-19 concerns coming out of Vikings Training Camp (7:30). P2 reacts to Aaron Rodgers return to the Packers and recently released Madden ratings (16:45). The Hall of Fame will welcome a handful of new members this weekend, but maybe none as unique as Edgerrin James (27:00). On this episode Bryant McFadden chats with the HOF inductee about his early days in Immokalee, Florida, all the way to what landed him in Canton. The guys of course have to fit in a bit of Miami/FSU trash talk to start. Edge then discusses what it means to enter the Hall with former teammate Peyton Manning and why he chose Jim Irsay as his presenter. He then takes us back to his youth, the importance of staying true to his image and his breakout moment at 'The U.' James then details his pro career starting with his incredible rookie campaign with the Colts and setting sights on records. BMac of course has to mention some defeats his Steelers dished the Colts and later, the Cardinals. Edgerrin shares which running backs he likes watching now, Indy expectations for 2021 and advice he gives his sons during the recruiting process before diving into Superlatives. 'All Things Covered' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. You can listen to All Things Covered on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the All Things Covered podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the All Things Covered podcast." Visit the All Things Covered YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/allthingscovered Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsCoveredPod Follow Pat on Instagram and Twitter Follow BMac on Instagram and Twitter Follow All Things Covered on Instagram and Twitter Produced by: @E_DeBerardinis For more NFL coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading through Extension-The Cornell Farmworkers Program

Extension Out Loud

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 50:45

Episode links: Cornell Farmworker Program website Episode transcript: PAUL TREADWELL: Welcome to Extension Out Loud, a podcast from Cornell Cooperative Extension. I'm Paul Treadwell. KATIE BAILDON: And I'm Katie Baildon. PAUL TREADWELL: We got a chance to sit down and talk to-- KATIE BAILDON: We talked to Mary Jo Dudley. She's senior extension associate and director of the Cornell Farmworker Program in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University. PAUL TREADWELL: The format of this episode is the result of us wanting to give Mary Jo a platform to explain the Farmworkers Program in some detail. MARY JO DUDLEY: My name is Mary Jo Dudley. I'm the director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, which is a university-wide program. And my faculty appointment is in the Department of Global Development, which is in the College of Ag and Life Sciences. The Cornell Farmworker Program has quite a long history. It actually started under the name of the Cornell Migrant Program over 54 years ago when students, in order to graduate, needed to work on a farm. So for students who were from farming families, they would work a full semester on a different farm. But students who hadn't grown up on a farm would work a full year on a farm. The program was born out of student activism. Because at this time, a Cornell alum donated a large apple orchard in Wayne County to the university, and it became one of the first experiment stations. So many students worked on that farm, and they lived in migrant housing and worked alongside migrant farm workers who, at that time, were primarily Southern Blacks. This had a deep impact on the students. They were surprised about the situation of farm workers, in particular migrant farm workers. And they went to the Cornell Faculty Senate, along with their faculty mentors, and the senate approved a resolution that Cornell should have a program specifically dedicated to the needs of farmworkers and their families. So with that background, our program really focuses on farmworker-identified needs and opportunities. The program is dedicated to improving the living and working conditions of farmworkers and their families. But we also seek recognition for their contributions to society and their acceptance and full participation in local communities. So this includes things like equal protection under the law, earning a living wage, living in safe and comfortable housing, and more importantly, receiving respect as workers and as individuals to allow them to participate fully in their communities. So how do we understand what farmworkers need? And the way that we approach this is direct interviews with farmworkers in the format of a needs assessment. The interviews examine where the workers originate. Why do they migrate? How do they get here? How do they find their employment? What is their job? What is their day to day? What do they enjoy about their job? What do they find challenging? What do they do during their time off? How do they interact with others in local communities in the rural areas? And what are their goals for the future? And this aspect of understanding where they came from, why they came, how they located employment, and what their goals are for the future drives the agenda of the Cornell Farmworker Program, because we look at how people assess where they are today and where they'd like to be in one year, five years, 10 years. And so we can look at the current challenges and go from there to how to address those challenges. So who are the farmworkers in New York state? Currently, most of the farmworkers are undocumented workers that come from rural areas of Mexico and rural areas from Guatemala. And we have a small portion of workers who come from Jamaica through the temporary guestworker program. When we talk about farm workers, we often talk about seasonal or year-round and temporary guestworkers who come through the H-2A program. And those workers come with a visa with a beginning date and an end date. And they also have a very specific wage rate, which is higher than the New York state minimum wage for farmworkers. The 2017 ag census estimated that New York state has approximately 56,000 hired farmworkers and an additional 40,000 unpaid workers, which typically refer to family members. In addition, we have over 1,100 workers who work in packing plants, in the apple packing plants and in other packing plants. So when we talk about farmworkers, it's important to think about, who are we including in that pool? In New York state, we had a major transition around 2000. And preceding 2000, about 2/3 of our workers were migrant workers, people who followed the season and followed the crops. And about a third lived year round. But starting in 2000, that shifted dramatically. So currently, we have about 2/3 of the farmworkers live year round, and about a third migrate. And that's directly associated with the changes within the dairy sector, in which a workforce that had been a family workforce or locals, neighbors, cousins transitioned to an immigrant workforce, with those workers coming primarily from rural Mexico and Guatemala. And that is a heavily undocumented population. If we look at agriculture in New York state, because of our prevalence as leaders nationwide in apple production-- we're the second-largest apple-producing state, in pumpkins, in maple syrup. We're the third-largest dairy-producing state, and we're third in cabbage, grapes, cauliflower, and fourth in crops including pears, tart cherries, sweet corn, snap beans, squash, and we're fifth in onions. These are all very labor-intensive crops. So traditionally, that large group of farmworkers were referred to as migrants, those people who followed the crops. So they would begin in Southern states and work in harvest activities in Southern states and follow the harvest up the coast. For those who were what we call the Eastern migrant stream, they would work in the Carolinas, come to New York state. And once the harvest had been completed in New York state in November, typically around Thanksgiving, they would return to Southern states. We saw a change in this since 2000, where rather than follow crops, there was a transformation within the farmworker population where they would work on more than one farm and engage in agricultural production activities following the season of the year. So we find in upstate New York, we have people in the winter months-- January, February-- who are tying grapes, and later in the spring, they might be planting apple trees. And then, later, they are pruning apple trees, for example. And they will eventually move on to harvest activities and post-harvest packing plants. So by working in different farms on different commodities, they can basically find employment in agriculture year round. And agriculture has always been an entry point for recent immigrants because you don't need to know how to read and write in English to do agriculture. So if we look historically, it began with former African-American sharecroppers, and we've had any number of immigrants coming to the US that entered employment through farmwork, Italian immigrants, Finnish immigrants, German prisoners of war, coal miners. The [INAUDIBLE] who traveled the freight trains often lived from doing agricultural work. This changed with the introduction of guestworker programs. So the guestworker programs were actually a newer version of what is called the [SPANISH] program. When we have a labor shortage, and we can certify that there's a labor shortage, we can bring workers from other countries to do that work. And they come with a work visa referred to as H-2A temporary guestworker visa. And their visas are issued with a beginning date and an end date. Initially, we saw workers who were coming from Jamaica and other Caribbean Islanders. Later, we had US workers coming from Puerto Rico under contracts. They didn't have the visa because they didn't have to worry about citizenship. And currently, our H-2A guestworker program has workers from Mexico, Jamaica, and Guatemala. So in the '80s, between the 1980s and the 2000s, farmwork became an area for entry into the workforce for recent refugees. We had Haitians who arrived in Florida because of changes in Haiti. We had Guatemalans and Salvadorans who fled violence in Central America as well as coming from the other sides of the globe, refugees from Bangladesh, Southeast Asian women, Cambodian women. So it's important to understand that immigrants have always been a critical part to farmwork. For those workers who have lived in New York state for an extended period of time, they have created families here. Many of them have US-born children. That dynamic changes in that this pattern of migration-- moving north and south, returning to home countries-- has diminished significantly. It also raises different priorities among the farmworker population. The primary priority that we have learned about through our research is the heavy weight of immigration concerns among this heavily undocumented population. But those who have children also want to understand how to navigate in their communities-- what is appropriate in our actions with schools, how to locate daycare centers. We don't have statistics on how many people have families and how many people do not. But in general, those people who are living and work in fruit and vegetable year round are more likely to have family members. And dairy workers, which are obviously year-round workers, may or may not have family members. The major factor in this is that dairy workers typically have employer-provided housing. So some employers are not interested in housing a family, and their housing might not be appropriate for anything other than single men. So it varies tremendously. And we don't have statistics and don't intend to collect statistics on that because that changes constantly every day. But what I would say is that as we see more families, the interest in learning how to navigate in their communities comes to the fore. Most of the farmworkers who are here currently are here to work. And that's something that our research showed, that the farm workers come to work. And when you talk about their future, their plan is to return home. They don't come to stay. Over time, their personal situation may change. As they marry or they have children, that may change. But what motivates them to come is either they are fleeing violence, or it's an economic reality that they cannot earn money where they are from. And they come here to work, to earn money, to pay back the debts that are incurred with coming here, and to create a nest egg so they have something to go back to. They may purchase land. They may purchase animals. They may build a house. However, their primary priority while they are here is the workplace. They want to be successful in the workplace, they want to understand opportunities for advancement in the workplace, and they want to be involved in a positive workplace. So we did a large research project that we worked with producers and farmworkers to look at, what is a positive workplace? And on our website, we have the results of that research plus tips and tools for creating positive workplaces. And the tips and tools for creating positive workplaces revolve around establishing good communication coupled with mutual respect. So typically, in our interviews, in our needs assessment interviews, farmworkers will identify interest in how they can improve relations in the workplace with their employers, with their co-workers. And it's a challenge because, for many of them, their co-workers are also their housemates. But in understanding the workplace and understanding the need to communicate well with others in rural communities, they're interested in learning English. And they're interested in opportunities to learn English that are fluid and flexible because they may not have a constant time off. And most don't have their own transportation, and public transportation in rural areas is unreliable. So one thing they talk about is they want to understand what services are there and how they can access that. But since immigration is at the top of the list, it's important to understand that we live in an area of intensive immigration enforcement. And over the years, immigration debates have been stalled. We're now in a new era where we're talking about the Farm Modernization Act, which would provide an accelerated option for legalization of farm workers. But until that passes, farm workers talk a lot about the presence of law enforcement officials in rural areas that identify them as potential undocumented workers. And so this risk of having law enforcement come to your house or stop you while you're going shopping is a very real risk. And that can lead to deportation and lead to separation of undocumented workers from their US-born children. The ACLU refers to this as the Constitution-free zone of the United States, those areas in which immigration enforcement can take place without any necessary catalyst. And so the question of immigration is very central to the discussion about farmworkers. Some of them ask, are they supporting local economies? Are they doing work that others won't do? And our research points to the fact that they come to work, not to stay. Many ask, why don't they just apply for a visa? And there is no visa for workers on dairy farms. What we see is a situation where workers are doing physically demanding work in all kinds of weather. In our research, they discuss social, economic, linguistic, and geographic isolation. It's a relatively young workforce. In our research, they discuss challenges to adapting to new communities. That includes things like language, cultural norms and expectations. Many of the farm workers note that we talk a lot about time. We're out of time. We're running out of time. We don't have enough time. And so that's part of what they always find interesting. Of course, the challenges of living in rural, geographically isolated areas where there is no public transportation, the desire to have a positive workplace, to communicate well with your co-workers, to understand how to negotiate for changes in the workplace. And for those who now have families, they're interested in how to interact with schools, daycare. And as immigrants, many of them express loneliness, missing their family, missing home. I think one of the aspects that is often not visible is while the general public has a sense that this is very physically demanding work, they may not have as close a sense of the dangers associated with the work, for example, dangers associated with using ladders or equipment, and both mechanical equipment on fruit and vegetable farms and equipment in milking parlors, equipment in processing and packing plants. It's dirty work, and there are dangers associated with working with large animals on dairy farms. Another aspect, which is very prevalent in our conversations with farmworkers is that they work in both extremely hot and extremely cold temperatures. All of you who have experienced an upstate winter understand what it would be like to spend hours in February tying grape vines to a wire. And as we talked about a little bit before, the challenge is that many of them now have US-born children. In fact, in the US, there are over 4 million US-born children with one or more undocumented parent. And since the undocumented parent runs the risk of deportation, the possibility for family separation is very high. So part of what we do is we support farmworkers in addressing these needs and fill in the gaps. We have students who go to farms during the farmworker's day off and tutor them in English as a second language. And I'll talk a little bit about some of the other things. COVID-19 really changed the game with farmworkers. Our priority was maintaining ongoing communication with farmworkers. So we had to nearly, overnight, transition from face-to-face, on-farm workshops to developing a system where we could quickly communicate with a large number of farm workers. We developed a system of text messaging to 3,000 farm workers that we had their personal cell phone numbers. And we had their personal cell phone numbers because they have participated in an activity with us in the past few years. We do many on-farm workshops about how to navigate within an intensive immigration-enforcement environment. We do many workshops where we assist families in assigning temporary guardians for their US-born children. And so we had those numbers, and we utilize that system to begin communicating with farmworkers about critical issues. PAUL TREADWELL: And you're listening to Extension Out Loud, the podcast from Cornell Cooperative Extension, and our conversation with Mary Jo Dudley. As we talked to Mary Jo, the issue of the pandemic came up. And this section really looks at our farmworkers and the challenges they faced in dealing with this crisis, including isolation, access to health care, and issues of food security. So you had a database of 3,000 numbers that you could rely on. Can you talk a little bit about what it took to build the trust to be able to develop a database like that? Because obviously, farmworkers aren't just going to give any random visitor their cell phone number. MARY JO DUDLEY: That's right. So I personally have been working with farmworkers for over 16 years. And that means regularly going to farms, regularly interacting with people. We do workshops. We do training activities. We do troubleshooting. Our workplace relations project-- we interview farm owners and managers and ask them how their workplace has changed over time, and what are the challenges as well as the benefits. And then, separately, we meet with farmworkers and talk about what it's like to work in that workplace. We analyze what they are both saying, and we host an all-farm meeting in which we address the challenges that they face. And we have developed, as I mentioned earlier, a series of tips and tools that are available for farm employers as well as farm workers. One of the things that this research highlighted was that workers often did not have a face-to-face interview with their employer. They came to work on the farm, they shadowed another worker, but they never had that, welcome to the farm. This is what we're doing here. And so we put together a bilingual tool which is a worker orientation checklist that farmers can use. When you have a new worker, did you talk about benefits? Did you talk about how to ask for time off? Did you talk about scheduling? Did you talk about training opportunities? So that's an approach in which we interacted with hundreds of farmworkers. And in the immigration arena, many of the farmworkers who came here without proper documentation have US-born children. However, in order to create a legal document that assigns a temporary guardian for their US-born children, they have to have a current federal photo ID from their own government. So 13 years ago, we started working with the Mexican and the Guatemalan consulates to bring them to upstate New York so farmworkers could get those necessary documents without running the risk of traveling from the North Country to New York City, where the possibility of being detained was very, very high. So in a recent mobile consulate event that we had with workers from Guatemala, we had 400 people come in a single day. And so when they come, we collaborate with partners. And during that event, clinic was present to give free health consultations. We have pro-bono immigration attorneys on site in case people have immigration questions. We have workplace safety people on site to share resources. And so over the years, many farmworkers have attended either an on-farm workshop, a research project, a consulate activity. And so that's how we have so many personal phone numbers, because we asked them if they would like to be informed of workshops, consulate visits, et cetera. So obviously, of those phone numbers, a certain percentage no longer were active. But once we went through, we found that we had this way to communicate with about 3,000 farmworkers. When COVID presented itself, we had to interrupt our face-to-face interactions. And so we started initially sending, via WhatsApp or text message, links to videos in Spanish, in Mam, in other indigenous languages about the transmission of COVID-19 and how to protect oneself. We also organized Spanish language calls with a trusted medical professional, Dr. Canario, who's the medical director of Finger Lakes Community Health. And these calls were simply Q&A. But this system allowed not only for us to communicate information to farmworkers, but they could communicate back to us. They could text us back and let us know if they needed masks, if they needed additional medical advice, if they needed legal referrals, and for many, if they needed food. So we transitioned our activities. We worked with a group of local volunteers, the Bryant Park mask sellers, who sold masks. And we have distributed now about 8,000 masks to farmworkers. But at the beginning of the pandemic, none of us were familiar with masks, and farmworkers had a lot of questions about how to wash them, how to dry them, et cetera. So we included with the masks a bilingual graphic which showed how the mask should be worn, how it can be washed. And on the reverse side, we included the phone numbers for all the federally designated migrant health clinics. So if it's a mask that we distributed in this area, it has the phone number for Finger Lakes Community Health, or if it's in Western New York, Oak Orchard Community Health. Or if it's in the Hudson Valley, it was then Sun River Community Health. Because we had this two-way text messaging system, we started getting requests for food for people who, during quarantine, could not leave the farm. That's not a typical activity that we had ever undertaken in the past, but we needed to develop a an emergency response to that. And fortunately, we had a farmer who donated a large amount of beef. We worked with CCE to store that beef, and we worked with the local food kitchen, with Loaves & Fishes, to cook those meals. And so we were picking up a hundred fully-cooked meals every week and delivering those. During the season, we also had farmers who provided produce. So we would deliver to those people who were in quarantine a box of shelf-safe food, produce, and cooked meals. However, this really underscored food insecurity within the farmworker population, not only during quarantine, but because their children were not attending schools. While the schools might offer the continuation of meals that could be picked up at the school, most of the farmworkers didn't have transportation to go to the school to pick up the meals. So it underscored how much reliance vulnerable families had when school lunches and breakfasts were no longer available to their children. During COVID, we undertook another activity. We have always supported farmworkers with legal clinics, but we could no longer do face-to-face clinics. So we would get a text message from a farmworker family that had a legal need. We would conduct a legal intake over the phone and then match that farmworker with a pro-bono immigration or family law attorney in their area. The immigration attorneys often receive funding to serve a specific geographic area. And then we would have virtual legal clinics. The attorney would be at their kitchen table. The farmworker would be at their kitchen table. The translator would be at their kitchen table. And in order to facilitate that, we had to teach farmworkers how to download Zoom on their phones. So my students would do dry runs with farmworkers who were going to go to a legal clinic, and practice before the clinic. And this allowed for farmworkers to receive that necessary support, those people who were in immigration and deportation proceedings to receive the necessary support. And Governor Cuomo put into place the possibility for virtual notarization, so legal documents could be notarized via Zoom or FaceTime. So we were allowed to continue with those families who were interested in assigning temporary guardians for their US-born children. A parent who's undocumented who is facing deportation proceedings will often put into place a temporary guardian to avoid that those children become wards of the state. And they can name an individual that they know and trust. We did 10 virtual legal clinics, quite a bit of background work to make those happen. In addition to signing legal papers such as temporary guardianship, we also put together a packet of information for those people who were going to serve as a guardian, which includes all the information about the children-- their teacher, their pediatrician, their dentist, allergies, likes, dislikes. And we also used COVID to tweak our service directory. We have a Spanish and English language searchable database of services that are organized by geocode. So you put in your address, and you can look at the services, things such as housing, legal services, education, English classes, job training, safety, health services. And it's not just a simple list, but each service indicates, do they provide translation? If so, in what languages? Do they provide transportation? If so, how do you organize it? What is the general fee structure? And what are the documents that are required for one to access those services? Because you don't want to send an undocumented person to a government service where there are mandatory reporters. So we did a lot of revamping of our website. We have a Spanish language website, which is [INAUDIBLE], which is cell phone accessible. And also, during COVID, we developed visual materials on new regulations. There were state regulations, COVID farm safety regulations. There was not an easy way for those regulations to be communicated to farmworkers. So we developed an audiovisual animated video to share that information with farmworkers. Many things changed. The Driver's License, the Green Light Law was passed, so immigrants, regardless, could have access to driver's licenses. However, the DMV closed, so we mailed out a lot of Spanish-language driver's manuals so people could study for the written test. Also, right before COVID, the law that provides the Farm Labor Fair Laborer Practices Act, which revises the New York state labor law to include new protections for farmworkers, farmworkers and domestic workers were excluded from the National Labor Relations Act, which is the federal, which provides the right to organize, guaranteed workers' comp, et cetera, guaranteed day of rest. And that was changed in July of 2019, where the New York state labor law was revised through this legislation. So that raised a lot of new information. One of the things that we've been doing is, how do you take complex information and make it accessible to an immigrant low-literacy population? So I'm just going to show you this. As I said, the labor law affecting farmworkers changed, and it has many components. So how do you communicate it? [AUDIO PLAYBACK] - If you're a farmworker in New York state, there's a new law that you should know called the New York State Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act. This video explains what this new law means to you. This material was produced by the Cornell Farmworker Program at Cornell University. Pause this video at any moment to take note of the information. This law went into effect on January 1, 2020. To whom does it apply? This applies to all farmworkers in New York state with or without legal status. Under the new law, you have eight rights that could be beneficial to you. Right number one, the right to 24 hours of consecutive rest per week-- you could choose to work during your day of rest, but your employer can't force you to work. If you're unable to work for 24 consecutive hours due to weather or crop conditions, this counts as your day of rest. You should always keep track of the hours you worked and make sure that your pay stub reflects the exact number of hours worked. PAUL TREADWELL: To watch the full video, please visit bit.ly/cfb_video or see the link in our show notes. Now, back to our conversation with Mary Jo. MARY JO DUDLEY: I wanted to show that to you because we're using this animated form-- and this is the English version, and we obviously have the Spanish version-- to communicate complex topics. As you note, this new law came into effect January 1, 2020. And we faced a stay-at-home order two months later. And it was critical because there are certain aspects of this law, including paid sick leave, paid family leave, that became very critical during COVID. How would farmworkers be paid for the time that they were in quarantine, or the time that they were ill, or the time that they were caring for a sick family member? So what this required is a different way of working, but the priority being to maintaining ongoing communication with farmworkers and this two-way communication, which included our text messaging system as well as regularly scheduled health related calls in Spanish with Dr. Canario. And our most recent one was about vaccines-- why do you need it-- and a Q&A-- what are the challenges with vaccines? And general calls with farmworkers that were regularly scheduled, where they could just talk about issues that they were facing. So we went from in-person, face-to-face regular communications to developing a system to maintaining communication, using text messages, WhatsApp, Zoom calls, and regular telephone calls. The concrete when your life is primarily focused on your work-- certain aspects of that take on greater importance, for example, your housing. If you're working 60 hours a week, and you go home to a house where you don't have hot water, or the house is falling apart, you never rest. But if you go back to a house that you're comfortable in, you're able to rest. And one interesting aspect of farmwork is that many of the farm employers provide housing because there's no other housing available in rural areas. So the quality of the housing is extremely important to those that work on farms for their general satisfaction and their well-being. KATIE BAILDON: Historically, farmworkers have not been protected under the National Labor Rights Act, right? But then there are some protections at the state level now because of the new legislation. Is that right? MARY JO DUDLEY: When the National Labor Relations Act was passed, at that time, that was still a time of the Jim Crow laws in the South. And so that worker protection which gives the right to overtime pay, the right to a day of rest, the right to organize-- in order to get the support of the Southern Congress people, rather than explicitly state a racial exclusion, they excluded two kinds of workers who were typically Black, domestic workers and farmworkers. Since that is federal regulation, the only way that can be changed is states can amend their labor law. And in 1990, I think, New York state amended its labor law with relation to domestic workers. Other states, as you know, have amended their labor law with respect to farmworkers, such as California. And that adjustment of labor regulations, when you have the right to organize-- that evolved into the birth of many labor unions. United Farm Workers, based in California, was an entity that focuses-- has focused on organizing farmworkers. The Farm Labor Organizing Committee in Ohio focuses on organizing farmworkers. The typical union structure-- since many states' farmworkers did not have the right to organize, some states formed farmworker organizations that didn't use the typical union structure. So for example, I don't know if you've ever heard of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. That was a coalition of farmworkers in Immokalee that, rather than focusing their energy on changing the relations between worker and employer, they joined forces and targeted those that were making the most money from their labor. And so they put forth a campaign, which was called A Penny A Pound, for those that were buying tomatoes. And they focused on Taco Bell, Whole Foods, Burger King. And eventually, they were able to convince those people who bought the tomatoes to pay a penny more per pound. And that extra income was distributed among the workers. We can turn back to-- the United Farm Workers, many years ago, had a grape boycott. And so that was a consumer boycott, where consumers were encouraged not to buy grapes grown in California. Or the Farm Labor Organizing Committee had the tomato soup boycott. They encouraged consumers not to buy Campbell Soup until they changed their relationships with farmworkers. So there are different ways to think about organizing, and there are ways that farmworkers have organized informally for many years. Probably the most predominant is there's an organization of dairy workers. It's called [SPANISH], and they have organized. But before organizing around changing the labor law with its provisions for farmworkers, they focused on driver's licenses, the Green Light campaign. So those workers said, we can't have a driver's license. We have US-born children. If something happens to our children in the middle of the night, we have no way to legally attend to their medical needs. Similarly, we have no way to legally arrive at our parent-teacher conferences. If you don't have a driver's license, and you live in rural areas of New York state or any other state where there's no reliable public transportation, most of the farmworkers rely on an informal system of transportation. It's called [SPANISH]. They will hire a local unemployed or underemployed individual to give them a ride to town. And that ride to town may cost $50. So this is still an issue for us right now as we're encouraging farmworkers to access COVID-19 vaccines, is the transportation aspect. So there's a two-prong approach. One is the federally designated migrant health clinics go directly to farms and vaccinate all workers. Or in some areas, CCE has hosted joint vaccination clinics with the County Health Department. But we need to ensure that there's appropriate and accessible transportation for farmworkers to arrive at those clinics. The most successful model that we've seen is where the employers transport their workers. So there was an outbreak of COVID among a group of Guatemalan workers for whom Spanish is their second language. And their employer told them that people would be coming from the county health department to ask them questions in Spanish, probably in some version of Spanish, and that they should speak to them truthfully. Someone arrived at their house. They gave their real name, their address, and that person took photographs of them and of their house. The next day, they appeared in the local newspaper, photographs of undocumented immigrants that tested positive to COVID-19, with their address in front of their house. The only option for those individuals is to flee, whether they're violently ill or not, because that kind of information is an invitation for ICE to go to that location. That week, we had various reports of ICE picking up other farmworkers in the area, who had worked on the same farm for 20 years, who had US-born children, and took them to our federal detention center in Batavia that had a significant number of COVID-19 cases, and their bail was posted at $19,000. Make of it what you will. But did that person do that intentionally? I imagine not. But it illustrates the gap between an understanding of-- that would be a HIPAA violation if that was a health provider, right? But it was a journalist. And they didn't know who it was. They didn't know the difference, right? In the current context of anti-immigrant sentiments, it fueled the fire. And we saw this in rural areas where social media, Facebook postings, et cetera, pointed to immigrants, and farmworkers specifically, as bringing COVID to their area. Farmworkers are essential workers. They worked despite statewide stay-at-home directives. They had higher exposure to infection. And initially, they did not have access to PPE. KATIE BAILDON: On a final note, Mary Jo shared with us what brings her hope for this work. PAUL TREADWELL: And it's really an interesting section because it's-- after listening to the lead-up to this part, it really seems like hope is a challenge to maintain. But Mary Jo had some words about that. So we hope you've enjoyed this conversation, and here's Mary Jo. MARY JO DUDLEY: I think it's hopeful that the New York state labor law has been revised to provide protections for farmworkers. And as long as we can communicate that in an effective way, that opens up options for better well-being for farmworkers. I think that the partnership and the trust that we've developed with farmworkers allows us to work together to create approaches and materials that respond to both immediate and long-term needs among this population. I believe that through the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people in New York state and other states perhaps changed their perspective towards food, it opened the question of, who is producing this food? Who is milking the cows? Who is harvesting our vegetables? And so I have hope. And I have hope that we're now talking about immigration reform specifically for farmworkers. Because if we could find a way to diminish the fear associated with living undocumented in the US, we open up opportunities to be more creative. PAUL TREADWELL: Thanks for listening to this episode. Extension Out Loud was produced and edited by Paul Treadwell with help from Katie Baildon. KATIE BAILDON: For more about this episode, including show notes and more, visit extensionoutloud.com, and be sure to subscribe to Extension Out Loud on your favorite podcast directory.

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EP #472: Blue Zones Project SWFL with Chante Pemberton

Tip of the Iceberg Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 20:37

What Makes Blue Zones Project SWFL a Good Neighbor...Brought to Southwest Florida by NCH Healthcare System, in collaboration with Sharecare, Inc. and Blue Zones, LLC, BZP is a vital part of Southwest Florida's well-being improvement initiative that encourages changes in the community that lead to healthier options. Prior to the BZP-led transformation, the Southwest Florida metropolitan area – which includes Naples, Immokalee, and Marco Island – ranked 73rd in the nation for overall well-being in 2011. In recent years, the community has led the nation, achieving the best Well-Being Index scores in the U.S. for several consecutive years.For more information about Blue Zones Project Southwest Florida, go to: southwestflorida.bluezonesproject.com.Blue Zones Project SWFL1665 Medical Blvd.Naples FL 34102239-272-8578Support the show (https://goodneighborpodcast.com)

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Devil Eyes & Lace Blue Thong Bribes With Lauren Maxwell

Real Estate Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 42:50

The queen of mortgage herself Lauren Maxwell of the Maxwell Mortgage Team swings by to drop knowledge and share some crazy stories. Lauren is a powerhouse in her own right and has done over 300Million personally in closed loan volume and over half a billion with her team. Have you ever had satan look you in the eyes? Lauren may have. Listen to this story! What's Lauren's outlook in this hot market? "Buy and Buy Now" Here's why... Renting Vs Buying... We dive into the details The comeback of the century! Lauren discusses how she lost everything and had to build it all back during the crash. Emily's unintentional appraiser bribe... we'll give you a clue... it was see-through and blue lace... Everyone's a real estate agent and everyone's an MLO, how do we stand out in this business and not get discouraged? Thinking about hiring a credit repair company? Warning! Better listen to Lauren's take on it. What's Lauren's bread and butter and why? Why you should never say no or judge a book by its cover and how that advice Lauren gave Jess years ago translated into multiple deals and a long-lasting friendship. Emily can also attest to this as she shares a success story. Bankruptcy? Foreclosures? New Construction Loans? Manufactured Home Loans? Zero Credit? It's all here! Experience, success, advice, and knowledge aside Lauren also give back! Join her in giving back to the community as she has already committed to purchasing 200 backpacks for kids in need for school with the Immokalee backpack drive. She will also match whatever brought in. Lauren also picks out a family in need every month to give them a $1,000 check. Know a family who could use help? Listen in to see if they might qualify. Go Follow: FB: Lauren Maxwell IG: @laurenmaxwellteam @maxwellmortgageteam Web: https://crosscountrymortgage.com/Maxwell-Mortgage-Team/Lauren-Maxwell/ IG: @realestaterealitypodcast

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Lipman's Louis DeMaso talks sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 23:08

Episode 50 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features two conversations. The first is an interview with Louis DeMaso, sustainability and operations analyst for Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla. The Packer's editor-in-chief Tom Karst visits with Louis about Lipman's work in sustainability and what drivers have played a part in their initiatives. The second conversation is a discussion between The Packer's editors Tom Karst, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder about industry topics including TEFAP, PLU stickers and Peruvian avocados. In case you're new here, the podcast name is Tip of the Iceberg because this is just a taste of our coverage of the wonderful world of fresh produce. You can check us out on ThePacker.com and ProduceMarketGuide.com and all over social media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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66. Understanding the Wendy's Boycott with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (feat. Lupe Gonzalo & Natalia Naranjo)

h.e.r.LIFE Blogcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 32:39

Today, h.e.r.LIFE Blogcast host Rachel Malak sits down with Lupe Gonzalo and Natalia Naranjo (translator) of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to discuss the Fair Food Program and the Wendy's fast food Boycott. First introduced to Rachel by a Fordham CMS class (Communication & The Food System with Prof. Garrett Broad), the topic at hand is workers' rights. Today, we learn about how the CIW has established a widely accepted program to protect vulnerable farm workers in Immokalee, Florida. ...widely accepted by everyone but Wendy's. For more information about the CIW, visit https://ciw-online.org. And be sure to follow the CIW on Instagram @immokalee.workers. *** As always, thank you for listening! Find us on Instagram @her.blog.life: https://www.instagram.com/her.blog.life/ Subscribe to Rachel's YouTube channel for behind-the-scenes videos of recordings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvDljLIDd8mRegPxrGYqpA?view_as=subscriber Check out all our blog posts at https://herbloglife.online/

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Episode 8 - Haim Geri, Captain Israeli Defense Forces (Ret.)

The Pewjitsu Podcast

Play Episode Play 31 sec Highlight Listen Later May 17, 2021 66:32

Haim Geri has dedicated his life to combating terrorism.He rose to the rank of Captain in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and served in the highly trained Golani Infantry Recon Unit. He has served as the Chief of Security for Israeli Embassies in Venezuela, Mexico and Switzerland.An expert in counter terrorism, response to active shooter and Krav Maga, he is currently the Senior Instructor and academic lead at Force IMI in Immokalee, FloridaTo learn more about Haim, Force IMI or to register for a course with Haim, visit the Force IMI website at FORCEIMI

51. The Champion: Rebekah Bernard, MD

Rx for Success Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 56:41

Rebekah Bernard MD is a Family Physician and the co-author of Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Health Care” (Universal Publishers 2020). She is a national speaker on the topic of physician wellness and practice management. Dr. Bernard also writes a regular blog for Medical Economics and is a frequent contributor to KevinMD and other health publications. A native Floridian and daughter of two Registered Nurses, Dr. Bernard grew up in the rural town of Clewiston. She graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Sociology and received her medical degree from the University of Miami. She completed her residency at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Following residency, Dr. Bernard served for six years at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Immokalee, Florida as a National Health Service Corps Scholar. She then worked for a large out-patient hospital group for five years before opening her own practice, which she converted to a Direct Primary Care practice “Gulf Coast Direct Primary Care” in July 2016. For more information, please visit www.RebekahBernard.com, or connect with Dr. Bernard on Facebook @RebekahBernardMD or Twitter @Rebekah_Bernard. Learn more about her practice at www.GulfCoastDPC.com. Unlock Bonus content and get the shows early on our Patreon Follow us or Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Amazon | Spotify Panacea Financial provides banking for doctors, because it was founded by doctors. They have nationwide loan, checking and savings options designed specifically for doctors and doctors-in-training. Their specialized suite of financial products give medical students, residents, and practicing physicians greater freedom to forge their futures... and at affordable rates! By reducing financial barriers and burdens, Panacea Financial ensures that all doctors have increased capacity to serve their patients and the population at large. Do you need a good home for your banking needs? Visit panaceafinancial.com to get started. Panacea Financial is a division of Primis, Member FDIC Show notes at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/51 Report-out with comments or feedback at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/report Music by Ryan Jones. Find Ryan on Instagram at _ryjones_ Contact Ryan at ryjonesofficial@gmail.com

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#8 - Don O'Neill '57

My CSItizen Moment

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 33:07

In today's episode, we talk to Don O'Neill, a member of Malvern Prep's Class of 1957, about his experiences leading the charge to save Malvern Prep from closing in the 1970s and working with the Immokalee Foundation in Immokalee, Florida. Mr. O'Neill also shares his advice for aspiring social entrepreneurs. CSItizen is a student-created/led program dedicated to celebrating and sharing stories of positive social impact, and inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs. The My CSItizen Moment Podcast is hosted by Cole Cherian '22 and Joey Bucci '22, two of the co-founders of CSItizen and members of the CSItizen Leadership Team, and it profiles members of the greater Malvern community making their own social impact. To learn more about CSItizen, visit csitizen.org or follow us on Instagram @csitizen.

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50: Marie Capita’s near death experience opened the door for her to make a difference in the youth

Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 39:50

Immigrant Entrepreneur: Marie Capita Marie immigrated from Haiti when she was very young. She started her entrepreneurship journey after getting her law degree and starting her own practice with a business partner. Her entrepreneurial career didn't end there. She left the practice and started a bakery business with her husband. Since they went through a divorce, she decided to give that up as well. Although she got a County job and worked a desk job, she wasn't giving up on her entrepreneurial spirits. It was when she had a near death experience when she realized she wanted to do more in this life and make a difference. That's when Taste of Immokalee was born.

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Sun 01-24-2021 Hour 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 52:35

LIVE from the Force Center F.I.R.E event in Immokalee, FL

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Sun 01-24-2021 Hour 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 51:35

LIVE from the Force Center F.I.R.E event in Immokalee, FL

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Sun 01-24-2021 Hour 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 51:35

LIVE from the Force Center F.I.R.E event in Immokalee, FL

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The Leading Voices in Food

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 39:41

AAR from the AAR/XINSURANCE booth at the FIRE vendor show event at Force Institute in beautiful Immokalee, FL

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E103: Film Discussion - Sanjay Rawal on GATHER

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 18:30

Today, we're celebrating the power of stories in creating shared understanding. We're talking with James Beard award-winning filmmaker Sanjay Rawal. The creative force behind a new movie about Native American food ways called "Gather." Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Interview Summary So let's begin, would you please describe the Gather film for our listeners and talk about why you took on this very ambitious project. Gather is a new film released a few months back in September, and it's on the kind of esoteric subject of food sovereignty. What does that even mean? Well, we follow three sets of characters who are all citizens of different tribal nations on turtle Island, what's now the United States. We follow a chef Neefa Craig, who is a French trained Culinary professional who has returned to his home land, his reservation the White Mountain Apache tribal land in Eastern Arizona, to set up a high-end affordable restaurant that will deepen people's understanding of Apache food traditions. We also follow a young Lakota woman who grew up on a Buffalo ranch in South Dakota on the Cheyenne River Sioux nation, Elsie DuBray, and she's a scientist. She's studying the benefits of their traditional food - bison. And we follow a group of young gentlemen on the Klamath river in Northern California as they contend with the presence of a gigantic dam that's decimated the river health and salmon populations that have sustained their people for millennia. So through these interwoven stories I believe we present a very compelling narrative of a movement happening in tribal nations right now to reassert their sovereignty by reestablishing food ways that were taken away from them by the colonial extractive government of the United States. The early Anglo European economy was based on mono crop agriculture. How did that change what were once profoundly bio-diverse lands? What are they like now? That's a great set of issues to discuss. We live in an era right now where we are so separated from the food and the land that it's hard to imagine that less than 150 years ago almost the entirety of the American economy was land-based. And when you look at the groups in Europe that were beginning this kind of new wave of colonization and the 1400 and 1500s, you basically had two sets of goals. You had nation States that were hiring call them entrepreneurs, call them state-sanctioned pirates. They were hiring people to go and be the number one find mountains of gold. And there was an another set of nation States that realized that the wealth that they could extract was from the top soil itself. And those were the Anglo European nation States who in the beginning funded Italian explorers to come and make an assessment of the Eastern seaboard of what's now the United States. Those explorers saw that far from being wild terrain, they encountered highly advanced agricultural populations that had a deep understanding of farming animal, stewardship, foraging, waterways, fishing, et cetera. And they began to realize they could use the fertility that natives had built into their farming practices, use the fertility and that land and create economies of scale. They could force natives off their land, essentially keep that land with zero operating costs forever. And eventually they went to West Africa to find bodies, to find agrarian experts as it were, and enslaved those people and brought them to turtle Island. And so in a matter of a hundred years there was a massive farm economy primarily set up to send goods back to Europe. Cash crops like cotton, like tobacco. And the early American economy prized its relationship with continental Europe to a great degree because it relied on the purchase of these export cash crops to generate and maintain wealth in the new economy. The American story is really one of land theft and one of practicing very destructive monocropping practices that would generate as much wealth as quickly as possible for the investors. So it's tragic what's happened to the native American food ways. And of course, to the people themselves. Based on your learning and creating this film, what observations can you make about how the US supply chain serves people today in Indian country particularly since the COVID pandemic occurred? I'll go back to colonial history for a second. By the 1760s, the American farming economy had nearly exhausted the health of top soil on the Eastern seaboard. And American farmers wanted to push West of the Appalachian mountain range, and the British forbade that. Now, why would the British even care? Well, to support that sort of - we call that euphemistically exploration - a number of native people would need to be forcibly displaced again from their land. And that would require military support and the British were unwilling to provide that military support. But one of the first things the Continental Congress did was establish the Northwest ordinance which opened up Indiana, Ohio, and those States East of the Mississippi to farmers. Not in the sense of the family farmers that we referred to now, but as folks that were in a sense land pirates. They were going and stealing land with force and then creating economies of scale to sell those goods back to the Eastern seaboard and eventually export that. So on the Eastern seaboard, with the exception of Florida, there was all an almost immediate displacement of native populations. And with the Louisiana Purchase there was this intention of establishing lands West of the Mississippi for native populations forever. Keeping in mind that there's no such thing as Native American - there's hundreds of federally recognized tribes, and hundreds more people that don't have that kind of political distinction. A number of populations like the Cherokee, And the Seminole, and the Creek were forced marched from the Southeast and placed in Oklahoma in lands that were completely foreign to their practices their science, their way of life, and their creation stories. But as more immigrants began entering the US and wanting to stake out their own economic claim and not work for other people in cities, the only way to do so was to have a piece of land. A big piece of land to grow enough corn or wheat and to be able to sell it for a profit. That was the push West of the Mississippi. All along this way, native populations were forced into smaller and smaller and smaller parcels of land. And they were being forced to assimilate into the US and to become farmers themselves. Even if they were nomadic. Even if they followed herds of Buffalo throughout the year. Even if they foraged or even if they fished. At the same time, because the US economy relied so much on the best quality land, Natives were effectively pushed to the worst quality farmable land. And as supply chain systems began being developed and refined in the United States railroads were built from the West back to the East. And the highway system was built on top of those at the same time. Keeping in mind that natives are pushed away from urban centers as much as possible, They remained completely untouched or unserved by the supply chain. So right now in Indian country they are at the end or the terminus of supply chains. Which is why you don't find a lot of grocery stores there. Because grocery stores are expensive to run and they require a lot of people shopping and spending a lot of money. For the most part, people in indigenous communities have to drive 50, 60, to 100 miles to get access to the same sorts of foods that midsize or small sized American cities have access to. Now, if you wouldn't mind returning to the issue of how people perceive the land. What you brought up earlier was very interesting. You're painting a picture of one group of people who have descended from Anglo Europeans who see the land as something that can be owned and something that is there to be exploited where the Native Americans have a different approach to it. It's sort of a spiritual harmony that they have with the land, and the ownership is perceived much differently. Would you mind expanding on that a bit? Keeping in mind that the early American economy was based on land and enslaved people, we can see the institutional ramifications of slavery in the way that, for example, law enforcement generally tends to treat African-Americans right now. When it comes to native issues it's important to note that land in North America, on turtle Island, always had a direct value for the economy. And you see the ramifications now in institutions like the USDA, where one of its many functions is measuring the economic output of land, and giving loans and guarantees so that people farming land can hit certain benchmarks. But the system isn't set up to have farmable land fallow it's not set up to allow the land to regenerate. The native view of land was multi-century long. It was restorative, it was regenerative. It was the opposite, we should say of extractive. It was understanding that the land can only give human beings so much and that humans need to understand the balance. So that generations seven, eight, nine, 10 in the future can have the same unspoiled relationship with the land that generations now have. Now, when it comes to American policy either things are extracted or things aren't extracted, as in farming land versus national forest. There's no sense of the fact that we do need to take, we can take, but everything needs to be in balance. And that's what is missing from an equation, and I don't mean this in a bad way, but in an economic sense there's always a factor of greed. Whether it's unadulterated greed or just wanting a little bit more. And that very ethos has never really been symbiotic with the Native American environmental ethos. So one part of the gather project focused on journalism and I know that your team hired a number of Native American journalists and photographers to report on some of these issues you're talking about regarding food sovereignty. Can you talk about why collecting those stories was so important and what you did with them? The practice of documentary filmmaking is inherently - you know, this is a heavy word - it's inherently exploitative where you're going into a community and you're taking stories. And there's a whole series of expectations that people have that might not ever meet together in the middle. When someone comes to you and they share their story it's with the expectation that they could be in your film. But anybody who knows a little bit about filmmaking knows that you have to talk to a lot of people to be able to find the stories that are going to be best suited to the visual medium that film is. You'll come across so many stories that might be better told by photographs, they might be better told in words. And that's what happened to us. In our development of this project we visited a number of tribal communities, came across dozens of stories that had such deep importance and people were offering with their heart and soul. So as we began to see which stories wouldn't be suitable for the restrictive format of documentary filmmaking, we began look for grants to hire Native American journalists and photographers to write up and tell those stories. And we hired Kim Baca, who used to be the Executive Director of the Native American Journalist Association. And she worked with me on placing those stories in tribal media and in non-tribal media. Hopefully we were able to do the people that we met a service and allow the inspiration that wanted to share with us as filmmakers, be shared in some other format. So much came of this effort not just the film, which is amazing itself, thanks for sharing that. So when you interacted with so many people in the making of this filming, what are your impressions? I have made several films that had native characters. My first film was called "Food Chains" and there was about a group of tomato pickers in Florida called the coalition of Immokalee workers. And they're primarily seen as Latino but there are in fact displaced indigenous Oaxaca and Chiapas and Guatemalan migrants. For whom Spanish might be a second or third language. My second film "3,100 Run and Become" was about ultra distance running but we had a sun bushmen Hunter character from the Kalahari and we had a Navajo ultra marathoner from the Navajo reservation. I had already developed, you know, a pretty deep affinity for native American and indigenous culture because it reminded me so much of what I knew to be the village life that my father and my mother grew up in an India. And so going into Indian country, I believe I could relate to people simply because I was a good listener. And I knew I was in a world that would gradually unfold itself to me if I was just quiet, if I just built the trust wasn't loud and gave respect to the fact that the folks I was meeting with had histories on their land of one, two, five, 10, 20,000 plus years. And it's always such an amazing experience to be with people that understand where they are and where they've come from in ways that the rest of us on turtle Island in the United States can't do as immigrants. Whether we're first-generation or 20th generation we don't have the same sort of perspective that the folks in gather do. While some of the characters were younger than me, some of them were older than me. I kind of felt the deep wisdom that they had and really enjoyed learning about their stories by just listening for hours on end. So what do you hope will come out of people watching your film? In Indian country, there's been a whole series of reactions and those are the ones that we made the film for, people taking pride in reestablishing the food systems that were in effect destroyed by colonization. And when I say destroyed, I mean directly by the mid-1800s, it became really clear to the US government that the expenditure of military force on native people was too perilous. And it was euphemistically much more efficient to subjugate native people by destroying their food systems. Whether it meant creating policies and procedures to take the massive Buffalo herds from the Midwest from 63 million down to just a handful of individuals, whether it meant burning fields, damming rivers polluting rivers, et cetera. Native Americans are one of the only populations in the modern world to have had their entire food system destroyed as a tactic of war. Secondly, there was a program for more than a hundred years to forcibly remove native kids from their homes. And in the effort of assimilating them, put them into boarding schools where speaking their language, practicing their culture was forbidden. And so we've come to a stage in Indian country where people are trying to preserve the bits of wisdom, connection, and science that still remains. That wasn't completely destroyed by these two programs. So when they see characters like Twila Cassadore in our film, who is a master forger, one of the most in-tune people with Mother Earth that I've ever met - they're inspired because they realize that their ancestors were exactly like Twila. Outside Indian country, however, there've been a number of really interesting conversations, both on the foundation level because less than 1% of American philanthropy goes to native led organizations working in Indian country. Even though one might argue that all of philanthropy has come from land-based wealth even tech fortunes came from venture capitalists who come from that sort of old pre-industrial revolution or industrial revolution land-based economy. But in the farming community, there been really, really deep conversations. Because at some point in the history of the land that we're on whether your family was directly involved or whether we just purchase it from somebody who purchased it from somebody else, the land that we're on was once somebody's home. And chances are the histories of those homes still exist within Native American families and groups that have been displaced. And it's kind of horrific when you think that. If you try to imagine somewhere in your ancestry your grandparents lost their homes, your great grandparents were forcibly removed and maybe passed away. The only modern corollary is the Holocaust. And I don't say that lightly because in the Meinkaupf Hitler does allude to Native American reservations as precursor ideas for his ideas of concentration camps. And so the fact that our history, even though the ideals of America are so lofty, was based on a set of deeply horrific practices: the enslavement of Africans, and the theft of Native American land - has caused people to really contemplate what sort of future they want to live in. And the idea of equity and redistribution of wealth and resources that were taken in a very inequitable fashion. If you're interested in learning more about Gather, you can find information online at gather.film and you can watch it on iTunes, Amazon, and Vimeo on demand. Bio: Sanjay Rawal is a James Beard Award winning filmmaker and the creator of Gather (http://gather.film). He previously made FOOD CHAINS (EP Eva Longoria, Eric Schlosser) which chronicled the battle of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a small group of Oaxacan and Chiapan indigenous farmworkers in Florida, against the largest agribusiness conglomerates in the world. The film was released theatrically in a number of countries (Screen Media in the US) and won numerous awards - including citations from the US Conference of Mayors, the Clinton Global Initiative and the White House. The film was also a Winner (shared) of the 2016 BritDoc Impact award and several festival prizes. Sanjay's last film 3100: RUN AND BECOME won several festival prizes, had a robust theatrical release in the US in 2018 and is opening in traditional theatrical engagements across Europe and Australia in 2020 and 2021.

Episode 60 featuring Javarris James (State Champion w/ Immokalee)

Talkin The 239

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 122:59

:00 Intro 3:11 Interview with former Immokalee running back Javarris James. Javarris shares stories from the Indians 2004 state title, his time at The U and in the NFL. 1:04:35 Reaction to interview with Javarris.1:10:15 Talkin The 239 2020 roundup.

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Coby Corradino of CorraFilm

The doorsopenconnect's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 88:20

This weeks episode is an absolute treat. Not only do we get to recap and discuss another success story through DOC platform. We also recap a great brokers open, cars and coffee and a feel good story about feeding over 250 families in Immokalee by bringing the community together for a turkey drive. -- For the treat we interview the eye and the talent behind CorraFilm, Coby Corradino. Coby's story is impressive and he is to say the least a hustler and a talented young entrepreneur. Are you an aspiring videographer, filmmaker or photographer? Coby share's with us how he and his team infiltrated one of the number one real estate markets in America, Naples Florida for real estate and businesses in general at only 20yrs of age. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, real estate agent and or business owner you wont want to miss this. -- Corrafilm is a Media production company that works closely with Real Estate Agents, Businesses, Events, and individuals in order to Build Brands, Inspire Industries, and Share your Story. Be sure to check them out on social @corrafilm to see some of their projects. You can reach him personally at 786-417-7210

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TDCS036 Bailey Ferraro

The DragChamp Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 51:23

Bailey Ferraro, who enjoyed a wildly successful week in Montgomery at the Million, joins the show this week to talk big money bracket racing. Less than a week removed from his back-to-back $50K finals, Bailey called in from South Georgia Motorsports Park to recap his Million week. During the conversation we learned where the FUG nickname came from, what it's like working for Bug McCarty, who's the better driver between Caraline and Tripp McCarty, crashing roadsters in Bristol, and racing at Immokalee, his home track. After the interview, the boys wrap up the Million and kick around their plans for the next few weeks.The DragChamp Show is a weekly bench racing style podcast where hosts Jake Hodge, Ryan Gleghorn, and Gary Don Free sit down with racers to discuss current racing topics and share racing stories. For more visit our website at DragChamp.com, our Facebook page, or email the team at jake@dragchamp.com, ryan@dragchamp.com, or garydon@dragchamp.com.To get the best of DragChamp delivered to your inbox, click here!

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Episode 7 On being the Assistant Dean of Student Support and Graduate Advising in the College of Education at Florida Gulf Coast University, Keiana Desmore, Ed. D.

Mi SWFL Gente PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 27:36

In this episode, we have Dr. Keiana Desmore who serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Support and Graduate Advising in the College of Education at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). She enjoys providing guidance and helping students accomplish their dreams of becoming degreed professionals. Dr. Desmore started working at FGCU in April of 2005, and has worked in various roles including grants management, academic advising and as an adjunct instructor. She is a southwest Florida native and feels passionate about “giving back” to her community. Dr. Desmore has lived in Immokalee, Fort Myers, and Lehigh Acres. She also lived in the east coast while she attended the University of Miami. She loves cook, bake, play video games with her children, attend their basketball games, and enjoy family- friendly community events. Keiana also enjoys taking her kids to see the FGCU basketball games. Go Eagles! Keiana is also very involved in her community. She worships at Victory In Jesus Christ Tabernacle, a church in Immokalee, where she serves as church secretary, works with the youth’s group, and sings in the praise team. She is also involved in her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., where she chairs a couple of committees with the mission of community service. She also shared that before Covid-19 she also attended the events that were organized by the African Network of Southwest Florida and family-friendly events organized by the Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida, Inc. Dr. Keiana Desmore shared that one of her best memories in Southwest Florida was when she graduated with her doctoral degree. She described how she was the first one to receive her degree at the graduation ceremony and how her family were watching her from one of the suits at Alico Arena. Keiana shared that she is passionate about education and that she hopes to start a nonprofit organization that is focus on young ladies who are interested in going into education. This is a very special project for her because it will be established in memory of her mother who served 41 years as a Collier County School teacher. She plans to do events, workshops, and create scholarships. Recommendations: HeadPinz Entertainment Center https://headpinz.com Dave & Buster's https://www.daveandbusters.com FGCU Women’s Basketball https://fgcuathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball FGCU Men’s Basketball https://fgcuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball Victory In Jesus Christ Tabernacle - Immokalee, Florida. https://www.victoryinjesuschristtabernacle.com Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. https://www.deltasigmatheta.org African Network of Southwest Florida https://www.africannetworkofswflorida.org Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida, Inc. https://qualitylifecenter.org Sanibel Island Lighthouse http://sanibeltrails.com/sanibel-lighthouse.aspx Pastor Roxanne McGrone https://m.facebook.com/destinylifeflorida/ Edison Mall https://shopedisonmall.com Gulf Coast Town Center https://www.gulfcoasttowncenter.com Miromar Outlets https://www.miromaroutlets.com Follow Mi SWFL Gente on all things social: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/miSWFLgentepodcast/ Instagram- www.instagram.com/miswflgentepodcast/

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Rick Burnette - "The tropical fringe..."

Welcome to the Table!: what people are doing to end hunger.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 30:10

Practical wisdom from a practiced expert. Rick Burnette has worked in sustainable local scale agriculture projects all over the globe. He's learned enough to listen more. Hear how his work fits into efforts to help end hunger among farm workers in Immokalee, FL in this third interview of three about the work in the Immokalee community.This episode also includes some podcast related updates that I hope will be helpful. As always thanks for listening!BlogFacebookTwitterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HealingSpringsAcres)

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Building a Better Life at Pace Center for Girls

The Bob Harden Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 60:18

Thanks so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating our ninth anniversary broadcasting on the internet! On Tuesday's show, we visit with our State Senator, Kathleen Passidomo, about encouraging news on the reduction of Covid-19 cases in Collier County, Florida, and the United States. We also discuss the need to open public schools. We visit with the Founder and President of Less Government, Seton Motley, about the failure of government schools to provide students adequate education. We visit with Julia Szwed from the Pace Center for Girls in Immokalee about their terrific results with improving the lives of “at risk” girls from the sixth grade through high school. We also have an entertaining and informative discussion about Covid-19, baseball, and SpaceX with Boo Mortenson in Madison, Wisconsin. We have great guests lined up for Wednesday's show including the Chairman of the Cato Institute Bob Levy, College Professor and author Andrew Joppa, and Endowed Professor at the University of Houston and author Larry Bell. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on my website, or you can access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher) or in “show archives” on my website, www.bobharden.com.

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Julia Perkins, CIW - "Success = Respect & Self Determination"

Welcome to the Table!: what people are doing to end hunger.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 28:36

Julia Perkins describes the work of CIW, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, among migrant farm workers in and beyond Immokalee, FL. Their work intersects with nearly every aspect of the systemic forces that contribute to hunger in the communities they serve. Listen for more wisdom about what we can all do more of, more often, to help end hunger.Check here to learn more about CIW's Fair Food Program and see if your favorite supermarket or restaurant chain is participating.BlogFacebookTwittermusic by: Tom Kemnerartwork by: Wesley Nifongproduced by: Don DurhamSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HealingSpringsAcres)

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Miguel Estrada - "Change is Possible!"

Welcome to the Table!: what people are doing to end hunger.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 49:33

Immokalee, FL is the source of most of America's winter time produce - particularly tomatoes. Miguel Estrada is working to help end hunger among the migrant farm workers who harvest much of the food we eat. Nearly all of us are involved in this story. Listen to find out how.BlogFacebookTwittermusic by: Tom Kemnerartwork by: Wesley Nifongproduced by: Don DurhamSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HealingSpringsAcres)

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Into Protecting Florida Farmworkers

Into America

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 19:22

The state of Florida is seeing record highs of coronavirus cases as the pandemic stretches into its fifth month. More than 140,000 residents have tested positive for the virus and the state is reversing some of its efforts to reopen the economy. For weeks, Governor Ron DeSantis resisted statewide closures and social distancing while the rural community of Immokalee raised concerns about the virus and requested more testing and PPE. Immokalee is home to thousands of migrant farmworkers, some whom are undocumented or on temporary guest worker visas. During the pandemic they’ve been deemed “essential” by the federal government. Now, Immokalee has the highest number of cases of any zip code in the state of Florida. Host Trymaine Lee talks to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers about their efforts to protect farmworkers in Florida and beyond, as the agricultural season shifts and the nation’s food supply is threatened. Gerardo Reyes Chávez is a leader of CIW who spent many years as a farmworker in Mexico and Florida, starting when he was 11. Greg Asbed co-founded the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 1993. For a transcript, please visit https://www.msnbc.com/intoamerica.Further reading:Latino leaders demand Florida governor apologize for linking 'Hispanic farmworkers' to COVID-19 rise Farmworkers sue Washington state seeking coronavirus protections Farmworkers 'harvesting America's food supply' amid coronavirus pandemic fight for safety

Episode 6 w/ Economist Dr. Amanda Phalin from University of Florida's Warrington College of Business

Collier Democratic Roundup

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 63:57

On this weeks episode we speak with Dr. Amanda Phalin who is an economist with the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business where she lectures on international business, global strategy and managerial economics. Her areas of specialization are development economics, environmental economics, gender issues, innovation and intellectual property rights, and international business. We speak about the affects Covid-19 is having on the economy, how the economy looked before the pandemic. We dive into the impact that climate change will have on the economy and the history of economic shifts in the way America works over our history. We also dive into the problems that persisted in the economy before the pandemic hit and how many Americans were not feeling the growth seen in the stock market or in GDP. We have our panel discussion where we look at the explosion of Covid cases in Immokalee and we discuss how this is more than just a health crisis. We discuss how policy decisions over the last four decades have set the stage for the health crisis they are now experiencing. We call on all citizens to demand more from our leaders to better support the people of Immokalee. And of course we mention some ongoing party news and event that people can sign up for. https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/health/2020/05/28/coronavirus-florida-immokalee-sees-spike-covid-19-cases-advocates-say-more-help-needed/5269803002/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/26/us/us-hospital-access-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/us/rural-florida-hospital.html https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/30/865413079/what-do-coronavirus-racial-disparities-look-like-state-by-state https://ciw-online.org/ https://www.winknews.com/2020/04/10/immokalee-farmworkers-want-a-field-hospital-county-says-not-yet/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/trump-farmworkers-essential-coronavirus-safety-250142 Support this podcast

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The "X" Factor: American Exceptionalism

The Bob Harden Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 59:58

Thanks for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating nearly nine years broadcasting on the internet! On Tuesday's show, we visit with State Senator and Senate Majority Leader Kathleen Passidomo about the troubling spread of Covid-19 in Immokalee, and we discuss the looting and vandalism occurring in many cities across the country. We visit with the Founder and President of Less Government Seton Motley about the abuse of “section 230” by “big tech” and the President's welcome response. We visit with the President of the Bradley Foundation, Rick Graber about the importance of “American Exceptionalism” in dealing with Covid-19” and now the domestic terrorism in America. We also have an entertaining and informative discussion with Boo Mortenson in Madison Wisconsin. We have great guests lined up for Wednesday's show including the Chairman of the Cato Institute Bob Levy, Mercy College Professor Andrew Joppa, and Endowed Professor at the University of Houston and author Larry Bell. You can listen to the live broadcast starting at 7 a.m. on my website, www.bobharden.com, or you can also listen to the show any time on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify and Stitcher) or on my website at “show archives.”

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Silvia Perez + Natali Rodriguez: Farmworkers In Immokalee Florida Are Producing Your Food And Demanding Justice

Libations

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 70:00

Years ago, I attended an event called Encuentro in solidarity with farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida organized by the Student Farm worker Alliance and Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). At this event I was introduced to a whole range of specific issues surrounding the growth of tomatoes in Florida and the cultural and political landscapes of power that surround the city of Immoklaee.So, for this episode of Picture Theory I contacted Natali Rodriguez and Silvia Perez to see if they could share their perspectives and insights as women, organizers, and farmworkers, demanding justice in a time of crisis and political polarization.Silvia is a farmworker staff member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and one the coordinators of the Women's Group, she’s also a DJ on the Coalition’s radio station, and organizes for the national Wendy's Boycott.Natali is a staff member of the CIW and in addition to community support, she helps coordinate the logistics for the worker-to-worker education sessions that the CIW facilitates throughout the season. Natali will also be translating today’s conversation.So, you might be wondering what is the CIW and what kind of work do they do? First here’s a little context: the average wage for a farmworker in Immokalee is roughly 17k a year. The work is extremely, physically labor-intensive and very difficult to maintain a family on. Immokalee is a multiracial working class immigrant community surrounded by wealthy communities that often ignore the human rights and needs of those in Immokalee.The CIW is a leader in the growing movement to end human trafficking due to its groundbreaking work to combat modern-day slavery and other labor abuses common in agriculture. In order to take action and demand justice the CIW has three broad campaigns or strategies you should know about:The Campaign for Fair FoodThe CIW’s national Campaign for Fair Food educates consumers on the issue of farm labor exploitation – its causes and solutions – and forges alliances between farmworkers and consumers in an effort to enlist the market power of major corporate buyers to help end that exploitation. Since 2001, the campaign has combined creative, on-the-ground actions with online organizing to win Fair Food Agreements with eleven multi-billion dollar food retailers, including McDonald’s, Subway, Sodexo and Whole Foods, establishing more humane farm labor standards and fairer wages for farmworkers in their tomato suppliers’ operations.The Fair Food ProgramUnder the FFP, the CIW conducts worker education sessions, held on-the-farm and on-the-clock, on the new labor rights set forth in the Fair Food Code of Conduct; the Fair Food Standards Council, a third-party monitor created to ensure compliance with the FFP, conducts regular audits and carries out ongoing complaint investigation and resolution.Anti-Slavery CampaignThe CIW’s Anti-Slavery Campaign has uncovered, investigated, and assisted in the prosecution of numerous multi-state, multi-worker farm slavery operations across the Southeastern U.S., helping liberate over 1,200 workers held against their will; pioneered the worker-centered approach to slavery prosecution; played a key role in the passage of the 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act; and co-founded the national Freedom Network USA and the Freedom Network Training Institute, which is regularly attended by local, state and federal law enforcement officialsIn our conversation Silvia and Natali talk about what the CIW’s focus has been on before the COVID pandemic and how the workers are cooping with the health crisis as farmworkers, asking supporters to sign this petition and demanding justice from the governor:Set up a field hospital, or alternative care facility, in Immokalee to provide both treatment for COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms, and a separate quarantine space to allow workers with milder symptoms to self-isolate, to stop the spread of the virus in the community and relieve stress on the local health system.Require agricultural employers to provide personal protective gear, particularly masks, to farmworkers for use while they are traveling to and from the fieldsEnsure comprehensive, free, accessible COVID-19 testing in Immokalee, when widespread testing becomes availableAllocate public funds for economic relief for Florida farmworkersHere’s our conversation with Silvia and Natali of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers:You can also listen to Picture Theory on Spotify and in the Apple podcasts app.Episode notes:History of the CIW; started in 1993Immigrant farm workers coming from Mexico, Guatemala, HaitiWage theft, difficult working conditions, extreme cases, sexual assault25,000 people working in agricultureMigrant community dependent on growing seasonsHousing conditions of workersHow COVID pandemic aggravates the conditionsThe history behind the CIWSiliva’s backstory with CIW women’s group and becoming a staff memberA typical day in the life of a farmworker in ImmokaleeWhat campaign work looked like before the COVID pandemicWhat does a victory look like for a farmworker action and campaignDemands 1 extra penny per tomatoEliminating wage theftZero tolerance policy for sexual assault in the workplaceThe key players in the fight for food justice from Wendy’s, to Walmart, to hospitalsWhat the supply chain looks like on a macroscale and how anyone who eats tomatoes is involvedThe after-effects of slavery and the history behind why tomatoes are grown in Immokalee, FloridaWhat it’s like to raise a family as latinx communities living in a politically conservative state ImmokaleeWhy Immokalee is a forgotten working class immigrant community surrounded by wealthy land ownersThe joys of doing work as a coalitionFarm work is not easy and the wages on average are around 17000 per year and the seasons are unpredictableSelf isolation for workers who can’t go back to their homes without spreading the virus furtherNatali describes the nation network of food justice organizations

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Episode 25 featuring China Dow (FGCU Legend) & RJ Rosales (Immokalee QB)

Talkin The 239

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 75:32

:00 Intro 2:20 Interview with RJ Rosales, first winner of the Talkin The 239 Tuesday Highlight Challenge. RJ will graduate from Immokalee High School next month &then will be going to Army West Point. Hear all about his HS career & his college decision.21:27 Reaction to RJ interview and reveal of 2nd & 3rd place highlights.30:35 Interview with FGCU women's basketball legend China Dow. The 2 time ASUN Tournament MVP breaks down here career.1:01:28 Reaction to China interview. 1:05:20 Gronk to TB1:08:20 NFL Draft talk

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Episode 24 featuring Marcie Bonilla (National Guard) & Rodelin Anthony (State Champion)

Talkin The 239

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 74:40

:00 Intro 2:40 Interview with Fort Myers resident Marcie Bonilla who currently serves in the National Guard. What it is like on the front lines of the COVID19 pandemic in Miami 18:30 Interview with Immokalee alum Rodelin Anthony who won a state championship with the Indians in 2004, then went on to play UNLV before having a cup of coffee in the NFL. 58:55 Reaction to the Marcie Bonilla and Rodelin Anthony interviews.1:01:30 Reaction to first episode of Jordan's "Last Dance"

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Revista Time reconoce a Campesinos de la Florida por su lucha por un país más justo.

Buenos Días América

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 10:03

Lucas Benítez-Co-fundador de la Coalición de Trabajadores de Immokalee. Nos habla de su labor en por de una mejor vida para los trabajadores agrícolas.

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2-10-20 The Best of The Joe Show Podcast

WQAM Evenings

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 41:42

Miami Monday on The Best the Joe Show w/ Dan Day has some: --Joe Rose Show interview w/ Edgerrin James: Gold Teeth to a Gold Jacket, The UCLA Game, The Future of The U & Immokalee. --Dan Le Batard Show: Weekend Observations plus Bob Saget. --Hochman & Crowder Show: Solana Sounds & Headlines.

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Episode 89: Motel Madness

Obligatory Podcast with Kermit & Myke

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 64:26

On this episode: KERMIT treks out to Tampa, FL to hang-out with comedy legend DOM IRRERA. MYKE talks about being homeless on his 3-day run of gigs in FORT LAUDERDALE. KERMIT is in the DOG HOUSE with his LADY and his FATHER... AGAIN!! MYKE hates on the entire episode. KERMIT talks about his upcoming wedding... if he can get out of the dog house.MYKe prepares for a weekend theatre run with Louie Anderson All this and MORE!! On another "We-shoulda-never-turned-on-the-mics" episode of THE OBLIGATORY PODCAST WITH KERMIT & MYKE!!See The Boys Live!1/31 Myke Herlihy w/Louie Anderson - Sharon Morse Performing Arts Center The Villages, FL 5:00pm1/31 Myke Herlihy w/Louie Anderson - Sharon Morse Performing Arts Center The Villages, FL 8:00pm2/1 Myke Herlihy w/Louie Anderson - Seminole Hotel and Casino 7:00pm Immokalee, FL2/5 Orlando Improv - Orlando, FL 8PM

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Episode 334: 5 things Josh Pray never told you!

The Captain's Log with Brien Spina

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 28:05

We have the hilarious Josh Pray form Immokalee, #Florida! Today he is going to lets us know 5 things that he has never told anyone! Josh is coming back to Off the Hook Comedy Club! Live Friday, December 13th! Tune in to start laughing now! Watch the full video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orqn0sk1Yr8 Show Josh Pray Some Love: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshpraycomedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshpray

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Ep 537 | American Safety or ... Cheaper Tomatoes?

Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 50:23

Today, we go in-depth about the problems of agricultural interests bringing in illegal alien labor. Those problems go FAR beyond the debate over wages. I spotlight one southwest Florida community that is dealing with huge imported cultural problems because of greedy businesses. It’s time to realize that the 800-pound gorilla in the same room as drug trafficking and cartels is the illegal alien population, particularly among the farm workers in rural areas. Plus, some thoughts on Thanksgiving and the double-edged sword of our modern unparalleled wealth.Show Links:'How Big Ag is harming America hugely:' https://bit.ly/2QQKE2O '93% of opioid deaths in Massachusetts were due to illicit fenanyl:' https://bit.ly/35wlhHI 'The insane problems with the Mayan community in Immokalee, Florida:' https://bit.ly/37ESHWC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All In For Citrus, Episode 13 September 2019

The All In For Citrus Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 30:36

September's All In for Citrus Podcasts includes some exciting updates from UF/IFAS citrus research. First, Michael Rogers, director of the Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred, discusses the new Florida Citrus Production Guide, tree planting decisions, fruit displays and the planned hiring of a new horticulturist at the CREC. The new horticulturist will work on late-stage field evaluations of new rootstocks and scion varieties. Next, Citrus Horticulturalist Tripti Vashisth introduces listeners to a new nutrition starter kit. She explains what is inside the kit as well as where growers can pick up their own. Kelly Morgan, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center director is also on the program this month. He discusses the new grad student housing building that recently broke ground in Immokalee. Finally, Citrus Breeder Fred Gmitter discusses some exciting advancements coming out of the citrus breeding program, including what they're doing to create a new grapefruit variety. He also breaks down the new Mandarin variety, Marathon.

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045: Why Naples, Florida, is Home to Jones.Show with Special Guest Jack Wert

Jones.Show: Thought-Full Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 32:07

The hometown of the Jones.Show podcast, Naples, Florida, is a natural and cultural gem tucked away in Southwest Florida’s Paradise Coast. This is a region where the Gulf of Mexico's turquoise water meets white sand, wild islands and downtowns filled with artful treasures, culinary delights and countless other discoveries. The Paradise Coast includes Naples, Marco Island, Everglades City, Immokalee and Ave Maria. Jack W. Wert has dedicated over 25 years to tourism destination marketing. He has created and managed two DMO’s in Florida. He is currently the Executive Director, Naples Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Jack is a Graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He is a Guest lecturer nationwide on destination marketing, promotion, advocacy and accreditation. Paradise Coast Social Media: Twitter: www.twitter.com/ParadiseCoast Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheParadiseCoast Instagram: www.instagram.com/paradisecoast/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWSruMfPwwrBRUkA-9r-JA Website: www.ParadiseCoast.com Jones.Show’s Social Media: Twitter: @randallkjones @siriouslysusan Instagram: @RandallKennethJones @SiriouslySusan Facebook: www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook Jones.Show RandallKennethJones.com SusanCBennett.com

Epsiode 262 Show Me Your Naples!

The Captain's Log with Brien Spina

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 19:51

Comedian Eric Schwartz aka Smooth-E rides along with Captain B as they rap some tunes for the #naplescaptainslog Siri can now help you listen to your favorite podcasts! Say things like “play The Captains Log” or “play my newest podcasts.” You can also ask Siri about the podcast that is currently playing and request to be subscribed! Just tell Siri “subscribe to this show!” Watch Full Video —————> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEizwj9TVMU Funny jokes and notes from a day and the life Off the hook Comedy Club. Off the hook comedy club post on twitter daily follow us #naplescaptainslog for the latest info. The captain's log is officially sponsored by Captain Brien Spirits maker of Captain Brien Sugar Free and Gluten Free Vodka, Barrel Aged Dark Rum, White Rum, and Gin! Check Eric Schwartz out and show him some love at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericschwartz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eeericschwartz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericschwartz Website: https://www.ericschwartzlive.com/ PODCAST RECAP Miss something on one of our episodes of the #naplescaptainslog? Don't worry we got you covered! Here you will find a full transcript from this episode of the #naplescaptainslog! Eric Schwartz: ♪ I'm sad ♪ ♪ Drippin' in a downward spiral ♪ ♪ Need advice ♪ ♪ Hit up TripAdvisor ♪ ♪ Lookin' for a place to get me out of this mess ♪ ♪ Ooh the happiest place in the whole U.S. ♪ ♪ Southwest Florida ♪ ♪ Is it true? ♪ ♪ The land of the snowboards ♪ ♪ And the white hairdos ♪ ♪ The leaves don't change ♪ ♪ But the license plates do ♪ ♪ Where they invite reptiles ♪ ♪ Into the swimming pools ♪ ♪ Those crazy golden gaters ♪ ♪ They be wrestling with gators ♪ ♪ If you don't have a nice car ♪ ♪ You probably ain't from Naples ♪ ♪ Where they live up to the name ♪ ♪ Of the knee-high acres ♪ ♪ If don't root for the Pats ♪ ♪ You're a straight-up traitor ♪ ♪ Where they release pets to the Everglades ♪ ♪ And they have bunch of chupacabras and skunk apes ♪ ♪ I'm hype with the trip ♪ ♪ But I gotta ask the people ♪ ♪ If I do make the visit ♪ ♪ You gotta show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Where 69 degrees means it's winter season ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Up in Immokalee they got the orange juice squeezin' ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Fort Myers is lovely but also kinda foggy ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ They act all boujee 'til they hit the clubs ♪ ♪ But they got a lot of sea shells ♪ ♪ Even more golf courses ♪ ♪ Keeping them exclusive security forces ♪ ♪ Got kicked off the fairway ♪ ♪ Wasn't fair ♪ ♪ They were like sir ♪ ♪ This is a cemetery ♪ ♪ Oops my bad ♪ ♪ They're both green lawns ♪ ♪ One's eighteen holes ♪ ♪ One's a whole four one ♪ ♪ But now my golf cart's dead ♪ ♪ Do you have jumper cables? ♪ ♪ And while you're at it ♪ ♪ Why don't you show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Fort Misery Nap ♪ ♪ Down the cape in the rock ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Got the beaches on fleek ♪ ♪ Grandparents on lock ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Giving that shine ♪ ♪ To the two three nine ♪ ♪ Show me your Naples ♪ ♪ Show me yours ♪ ♪ I'll show you mine ♪ ♪ Oh you know it's on ♪ ♪ We got Brian Spina on the Captain's Log ♪ ♪ Stop drop and laugh ♪ ♪ That's how we do it in the present ♪ ♪ Never the past ♪ ♪ We goin' to the future ♪ ♪ Right now ♪ ♪ We got y'all tunin' in ♪ ♪ And how are you doin' today ♪ ♪ It's a nice day ♪ ♪ It's a Thursday ♪ ♪ Oo-Wee hey ♪ Captain Brien: Now that's a frickin' intro, dude. Eric Schwartz: That's how we do it. Captain Brien: I need that every time. Welcome to the Captain's Log, guys. Eric Schwartz is live, Eric Schwartz: What's up, dude? Captain Brien: What's up, buddy. Eric Schwartz: Two hands on the wheel. Captain Brien: Love it. I know, I know, look, I'm gonna turn on auto-drive, so we're good. Captain Brien: We're gonna be half-driving auto. Eric Schwartz: You have a self-driving car already? Captain Brien: A little bit-

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59. In Immokalee, Food Provides A Platform for Future Professionals

Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 31:57

Yvelande Astreide, Office Manager of Taste of Immokalee, talks about the reverberation effects of the entrepreneurship program: professional development for high school students and community support for farmers. Read our favorite highlights of this episode as you listen HERE. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play Spotify Become a Food Tank member for exclusive benefits: join HERE! Follow Food Tank on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Youtube

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E17: Cheryl Queen on Corporate Responsibility and Power in the Food Industry

The Leading Voices in Food

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 17:36

Imagine working for a company that serves more than 5 billion meals worldwide every year. Balancing what people like to eat with corporate goals of promoting health, sustainability, and fair labor practices. Such is the work of The Leading Voices in Food guest Cheryl Queen, vice president of communication and corporate affairs, of Compass Group North America. About Cheryl Queen Cheryl Queen, vice president of communication and corporate affairs, of Compass Group North America. Compass Group is the largest food and support services company in North America with 2017 annual revenue of more than $17 million and 265,000 employees. Cheryl is deeply involved in food and farming issues. She served as chairman of the Board of advisors for the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. She is a member of the Farm Foundation Roundtable; serves on the board of directors with the Global Animal Partnership; serves on the board of directors of the Fair Food Standards Council; and was recognized for her work in helping craft a code of conduct for suppliers and an agreement to pay farm workers a premium with the Cesar Estrada Chavez award. Cheryl, thank you so much for joining us. Interview Summary Let's begin with putting the work of the Compass Group in some kind of a context. So the Compass Group is an enormous global enterprise. Can you explain a bit more about what this work is? Sure. So when people ask me what Compass Group does, I often try to make it very personal by saying anytime that you are not eating in your own kitchen or dining room, you might be dining with us, and you wouldn't even have any reason to realize that. Compass Group North America has 28 different companies under that big Compass Group umbrella. And we feed people in every sort of setting you can imagine from schools, colleges, and universities to corporate dining to wonderful like sports and entertainment venues, cultural museums and performing arts centers, hospitals, senior dining, any place you can imagine having a meal outside your home. That's what we do. How can a company of this size with this buying power, for example, affect food systems and food policies? Well, you know, we realized that we actually have enormous power because of the volume that we purchase, and because of the number of guests we serve every day. In North America alone we serve more than I think nine point 8 million meals a day. So what an enormous opportunity to impact the choices that people have and that all begins as a supply chain, you know, of what you purchased and how you purchase that drives them to that end goal of offering our guests healthy, nutritious, better for you, choices every day. To give us some concrete examples of that, could it affect the welfare of the animals that are being raised or the nutrition of the foods or how to? How do you specifically think about that supply chain being affected by the buying power? Well, it absolutely affects each one of those that you named and I'll start with farm animal welfare, because we've had the opportunity to lead in some change in that space, and try to move to a system that allows farm animals to experience better health and a healthier life and we believe that translates to our guest. And there's that sort of bigger piece that's important to some people about the life that the animal has while they're here on this earth. It's that sentient being. So we started with cage-free eggs and making our purchase of cage-free shell eggs important throughout our whole supply chain. The power of Compass Group is that our purchases are so large, Kelly, that when we go all in, and we say we're going to make this purchase impact all of all these 28 companies it's pretty significant. We moved all of our shell egg purchases to cage-free. We're now in the process of making what's truthfully a much larger change. And that's to making our liquid eggs cage free for instance. It is challenging work all across the way, but we think it's important, you know, our guests have become informed and engaged consumers who want to know where their food comes from and that starts at that, you know, local farm level and that whole movement that we've seen in the last 10, 15 years. For a lot of our guests that piece around farm animal welfare is very important. That's what drives a lot of that change. You were mentioning that your guests have an interest in knowing more about really the story of their food, if you will. Where it comes from, how the animals might be treated, the vitality of the farmers, who are growing the food and things like that. How do you communicate that to your guests when you have such an enormous scope of operations? Yeah. It's interesting. We're working very hard right now on a particularly telling that story of farm workers with the Coalition of Immokalee workers, and it's finding, you know, all those points along the way. Starting with our own employees, we employ 265,000 people. That's a really big group of people who have an engagement with this and helping them understand that story both for their own personal use and in communicating with our guests, sharing that information and then talking to our guests about it. And it's, you know, all those ways you can communicate it, with signage and a cafe. It's through videos, through websites. It's through use of technology of saying this is what we're doing, we think it's important to you, and we want to share that message with you of why we're doing it. Maybe you never thought about who harvests those winter tomatoes in Florida that you're eating, the conditions under which that happens and these enormous changes that have been made in the field through our work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. But we think once you know that it will drive further appreciation of your food, how that whole system work. We find that, but a lot of guests really do, and they feel good about their engagement with us. So, it's an important story to tell, and we're always trying to find that unique creative way that engages our guests. Could you talk a little bit more detail about the farmworker issues and how you were engaged with that? I would love to because this has been for me personally the most fulfilling work I think I've done in my career. Ten, 12 years ago when we started thinking of like sustainable agriculture, I think like most organizations and most consumers we thought about the farmer and local farms and, but for some reason, we never thought beyond the farmer into the actual farm worker. And when we, when the Coalition of Immokalee workers reached out to us and engaged us in a conversation, it was very, and I think it would be eye-opening to most people today to understand some of the issues in agriculture that farm workers and harvesters faces. Most of them are migrant workers. They traveled from farm to farm. Are the growing seasons change? They are very vulnerable for the most part, in that space, they often most often are not from the US. English is not their first language, so they're vulnerable to be taken advantage of. For women, in particular, there is oftentimes sexual harassment and sexual assault. And it's, I think it would be surprising. In Immokalee, which is where the winter tomatoes are grown, the Department of Justice called it Ground Zero for modern day slavery. And the first time I heard modern-day slavery, I thought, well, you know, that's, that's quite an accusation, and I'm sure conditions are hard, but that's, that's unbelievable. But actually, some people were, being by any definition in slaved and there have been, I think eight or nine successfully prosecuted federal cases of modern-day slavery where people who are serving time in federal prison. So what this whole piece of the Coalition of Immokalee farmworkers did was say, let's change that system. It doesn't have to be this way. And they used the power of consumers to help drive that change so that a number of fast food companies, grocery stores that, that we'd be all be familiar with, and companies such as ours signed a code of conduct that said to growers: if you grow tomatoes for us, we expect them to be done under these conditions where it involves safety and training and education. And made it a healthier and smarter work environment for the workers. And also to pay them a penny a pound for tomatoes grown for us, which may sound so small to us, but for farm workers could be a 63 percent pay increase. The success of that model has been extraordinary. It's been recognized by the United Nations, by the White House, by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights by the James Beard Foundation because it has changed that whole model for worker engagement and work in the agricultural fields. And, it's now moving beyond tomatoes and Florida to other crops in other locations across the US and expanding. And we're incredibly proud of the work that we've done with the Coalition. And it is a story that is very moving and engages across our organization particularly for our chefs who now visit Immokalee, who've come to know the worker and understand the issue and create recipes that give them an opportunity to tell the story. You've been involved on the cutting edge of a number some very important issues. So let's see if you could provide us your crystal ball for the last question. I'd like to ask, what do you see as some of the key issues going forward with, with farming, with food systems and with a company like Compass Group? What do you think the future will bring? Well, I think there's so much more work to be done. When we talk about a food system that is essentially broken in lots of different ways, and I think there are organizations and people who are making differences in this space. You know, I think that we have to move from more intensive farming, both for the environment and for our own health and for the health of land and farmers and farming communities. And so there's a fellow in Georgia--Bluffton, Georgia named will Harris, who is the owner of White Oak Pastures and he does the most amazing work in this space. And I think it's someone like that who can be a role model to other farmers who want to work in more sustainable practices. One of the things that I often hear when we talk about the food system is that we have a whole generation who didn't learn to cook at home. And I look at people like Matthew Wadiac of Blue Apron and other subscription type services who are, who have created a fun and engaging way to let people learn how to cook and have the confidence of producing a great meal at home. That's delicious. That takes about 30 minutes. It doesn't require every gadget. It doesn't require a chef-approved kitchen. But they have confidence and appreciation now in being able to cook for themselves. And that's important. I look at people like Josh Tetrick of JustFoods who's now, who had this idea to apply the innovation and the technology of Silicon Valley to provide healthy and accessible and affordable food for everyone. So he started improbably with a mayonnaise product, just Mayo that eliminated eggs, the basis of mayonnaise but he's used pea protein in its place, and he's now growing his line of products, including one just egg. It makes absolutely delicious scrambled eggs, French toast, anywhere you'd use the liquid egg, but it's all made from plants. No animals. Allowing us to put more focus in that plant-based diet, which I think we all recognize this healthier. There's Dr. Uma Valeti who is a Mayo Clinic-trained cardiologist who saw firsthand the impact that that typical American diet is having on his patients. So a true entrepreneur at heart, I think as well as a physician, he founded this company called Memphis Meat in 2015, and it's about making be more sustainable in delicious, but eliminating the impact of meat production on the environment and providing a healthier choice. All of these points of light along the way are going to be at the forefront of making a change in the food system and making it easier for companies like Compass Group to continue to be at the forefront in bringing these opportunities to our guests. Produced by Deborah Hill, Duke World Food Policy Center

911 call: 'We just got robbed at gunpoint.'

Audio from the Naples Daily News

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 3:16

Hear the 911 call from the armed robbery on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at the U.S. Post Office in Immokalee. At about 6:30 a.m., four unknown black males armed with handguns entered the Immokalee Post Office, 810 N. 15th St., according to a news release from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

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EP. 48 // Ovince St. Preux: UFC Light Heavyweight

Froning and Friends

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 56:22

The 7th ranked Light Heavyweight fighter in the UFC, Ovince St. Preux, joins the usual cast of Rich Froning, Elly Kabboord-Kearcher and Jim Hensel. St. Preux was born in Immokalee, Florida, to Haitian immigrant parents. He was a star-athlete in high-school as he excelled in multiple sports such as football, track, and wrestling. He went on to play college football for the Tennessee Volunteers from 2001-2004. Shortly after, he began his career in Mixed Martial Arts. St. Preux holds a professional record of 22 wins and 11 losses. His next fight is next Saturday (Oct. 6) in UFC 229:KHABIB VS. MCGREGOR. St. Preux will be fighting #12 ranked opponent Dominick Reyes. Froning & Friends visit: www.froningandfriends.com/ Renaissance Periodization: https://renaissanceperiodization.com/ Trifecta Nutrition: https://www.trifectanutrition.com/ Music: Judah & The Lion - Sweet Tennessee

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Helping the Fatherless Find Hope: Leo Bryant MBA, LPC

Beyond the Bars

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2017 42:36

Leo Bryant's inspiration and motivation to do what he does comes from the little town he was raised in in Southwest Florida by the name of Immokalee. With a population of less than 5,000 people and heavily populated by immigrant migrant workers he witnessed and encountered a unique blend of cultures and work ethics. In addition, being raised by a hard working single mother and grandmother, it became evident to Leo at an early age that nobody just gives you anything in life. He witnessed his mother work two and three shifts daily for years, as well as be mistreated by friends, family, and the church community, in addition to his grandmother working just as hard for years to help make ends meet. As Leo matured being the oldest of 8 children, he was naturally forced to grow up at an early age and do whatever it took to assist his parents in feeding their family and learned what it meant to lead by example in school, in life, and on the athletic fields.…Present day Leo works feverishly to establish a counseling practice that works to serve as a light in the darkness for individuals regardless of their race, gender, socio-economic status, and culture that will teach and guide individuals to overcoming diagnosed and un-diagnosed mental health challenges as well as getting past rough spots through their personal and professional lives.Speaking as a father of two beautiful sons, co-parent & partner to a remarkable woman, and son and brother to an awesome family Leo challenges you to step outside your box and embrace change welcome knowledge, love, and wisdom into your life.LeoBryant MBA, LPChttp://www.bryantcounselingservicesllc.com/http://fatherlessingeorgia.org/

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PNN - a lifevest for Civilization

NewMercuryMedia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2017 129:00

PNN - a lifevest for Civilization - PNN welcomes several activists all of whom, are working to uphold the civilized values. Antonio Tovare from the Farm Workers Association of Florida discusses some of the hardships facing the agricultural workers in Florida. We also are visited by Ellyn Stevenson with the organization called Indivisible Martin who literally just returned from a delivery of donated supplies to the farmworkers of Immokalee, FL. 33455. We also have the great pleasure of welcoming Pam Goodman from the League of Women Voters who will discuss some of the projects they are undertaking. Join us Sunday Live or Anytime Rick SpisakNews, Director Progressive News Network

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Coalition for Immokalee Workers on #IrmaRelief and Jalil Muntaqim (p2)

The Final Straw Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017 69:11

Airs on WSFM-LP 103.3 in Asheville / streaming at AshevilleFM from 3am EST on September 25th through October 1st and podcasting on libsyn.com. For a 59 minute long, radio clean version for syndication purposes, please visit the archive.org collection. Coalition for Immokalee Workers Today we are airing an interview conducted with Lupe Gonzalo of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Immokalee, Florida. This is is a worker-based human rights organization which seeks to promote awareness of social responsibility, human trafficking, and gender-based violence at work and in corporations, seeking to boost the voices of some of the more marginalized workers in the US. We talk about the ciw, how it got started, and about hurricane relief after Hurricane Irma. We also touch on some political differences and points of unity with anarchism. This interview was conducted in translation from Spanish into English, with Patricia of the Alliance for Fair Food doing translation. If anyone would like the full interview just in Spanish, please write to us and we will provide that audio! If you would like to learn more about the Coalition of Imokalee Workers, and to donate to hurricane relief efforts, you can visit their online fundraising page For more on this group, including how to get onto their email list, information on their radio station Radio Conciencia or La Tuya, and their upcoming visit to UNC Chapel Hill, you can visit ciw-online.org If you would like to see just one of the many accounts of anarchist accompliship and solidarity with the CIW you can go to It's Going Down and search "Autonomy in Tampa, Solidarity in Immokalee: Love Letter to the Future" Further links for reading and solidarity: Blog Concerning Hurricane Irma relief Alliance for Fair Food's report on the state of the town of Immokalee CIW Blog post about Hurricane Irma relief in Labelle, FL CKUT's Prison Radio with Jalil Muntaquim Then comes part two of Prison Radio's interview with Jalil Muntaquim, who is former member of the Black Panther party and the Black Liberation Army and is one of the longest held political prisoners in the world. While incarcerated, Jalil has become a father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Jalil graduated with a BS in Psychology and a BA in Sociology in 1994. He has written several books, arguably most notable being We Are Our Own Liberators, his most recent being a book of poems entitled Exiting the Prism. More from CKUT out of Montreal can be found here! Announcements Duke Energy Protest & NCUC Public Comment Period In Asheville on Wednesday, there'll be a protest against Duke Energy, which proposed to the NC Utilities Commission to raise electricity rates 15%, raising $200 million a year to pay for the cleanup costs of their coal ash dumps and build new infrastructure to keep us dependent on ecocidal fossil fuels. NCUC is holding a public hearing from 7-10pm at the downtown courthouse in Asheville, with a rally starting at 5pm and marching towards the courthouse. You can find a fedbook event for a training to help you get more comfortable with presenting during public comment period. "Eyewitness to Charlottesville" at UNCA Also in Asheville this Wednesday, Sept 28th at UNCA here in Asheville, there'll be a presentation from 6-8pm. Location to be determined, but you can find more at fedbook by searching for "Eyewitness to Charlottesville." The presenters are from the (shudder) International Socialist Organization (ISO) from Raleigh, a UNCA student and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and members of the Carolina Mountain John Brown Gun Club, formerly Redneck Revolt. Trouble #6 at Firestorm BRABC will be airing Trouble #6 on Friday the 29th at 7:30pm. This episode of the short-documentary series from sub.Media is focusing on Counter-Insurgency. The showing is free and will be followed by a discussion with questions crafted by sub.Media on the topic. The flyer for the event can be found here. FBI visits more activists in WNC From BRABC: On September 8, 2017, an FBI agent attempted to visit a comrade in western North Carolina. They visited a house, and the person there stepped outside to talk to the agent, who repeatedly asked if the comrade in question lived there. The person at the house did not engage with those questions, and instead insisted on a card from the agent that a lawyer could call later. The agent said it was regarding a case being handled by another office. This comes at a time when Anarchists have been standing up to a grand jury and other FBI harassment across the state of North Carolina. The person who the FBI agent was seeking secured legal representation. On September 13, 2017, their lawyer called a number the agent wrote down, and the FBI specified that they were actually looking to speak with the person's child, a minor. The FBI said that they were seeking the original person because a legal guardian had to be present for the agent to talk to the minor. During that call the agent stated she wanted to ask about graffiti on a car related to a case being investigated by the FBI Field Office in Raleigh, NC. The minor in question has now secured legal representation. Nobody above is speaking to the FBI. We cannot just hope that harassment like this stops. Get educated on how to protect yourself if the FBI shows up. If you are approached by the FBI, refuse to answer their questions. Know your rights! Please read If An Agent Knocks for more information. We cannot let them intimidate us and raise fear and distrust. If An Agent Knocks: https://ccrjustice.org/if-agent-knocks-booklet

Episode 11 - Moment of Obligation

Teaching Change

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 20:38

Join Jerrid and Courtney for a walk down memory lane as they discuss their personal moments of obligation. In social entrepreneurship, the moment of obligation is when social entrepreneurs realize they have to make a change in their own lives or others for the greater good. However, as is evident in the episode, such realizations occur in many different fields and circumstances.For Jerrid, his moment of obligation came in the form of one of his students. Several years ago, he chaperoned a class of college students on a service-learning trip to Immokalee, FL. Immokalee is a rural, farm community that primarily grows tomatoes. Many of its citizens are immigrants and are among the working poor. Jerrid and his students were there to volunteer at a homeless shelter.Late in the day, Jerrid discovered that the parents of one of the students had been frantically trying to reach her. She had not returned their calls because she felt her parents would not approve of the trip. They were not the type of family that worked for free. In spite of her family’s values, this student went on to become a valuable leader in the service program—all without the knowledge of her parents.This encounter left a profound impact on Jerrid—even if he did not know it at the time. This is the case with many moments of obligation. Seeds are planted along the way until the feeling or thought of change is crystallized. Therefore, many moments of obligation are years in the making. As Jerrid continued his work, it troubled him that the student thought her wishes to better society and her parents’ philosophy of work were so at odds. Through his work with social entrepreneurship, Jerrid realized that common ground was attainable. He has discovered a multitude of ways that people can have a profitable, beneficial life and still better society.Courtney’s moment of obligation stemmed largely from her upbringing and a short stint as a middle school language arts teacher. While she lived comfortably as a teenager, there were some amenities her family could not afford. There were no computers and, by default, no Internet in her household. This lack of access to a powerful resource served as a building block for Courtney’s moment of obligation. Reflecting on her own background, she realized that everyone does not begin at the same starting line. Through her work at the library and as a champion of lifelong learning, she is able to direct people to resources that may give them a head start.As was the case with Jerrid, one of Courtney’s students also left an indelible mark on her life’s work. As a middle school teacher, Courtney enjoyed taking the journey with her students as they met their academic goals. One memorable student was the class clown who was frequently absent and did poorly on assignments. Courtney and the student would talk after class about his goals and what he wanted from life. Sadly, the student eventually failed her class and had to repeat the grade. The following year, the student came back for a visit and thanked her. He told her he had been listening to their conversations and he was determined to make something of his life. Courtney often looks back at this moment as motivation to listen to people’s stories and to understand everyone has their own unique paths.

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The Problem with Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives

Open Society Foundations Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2014 91:46

Open Society Fellow Jennifer Gordon speaks with activist Greg Asbed about serious flaws in multi-stakeholder initiatives to promote labor rights. Speakers: Greg Asbed, Jennifer Gordon. (Recorded: Jun 11, 2014)

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"Lifeliners:" Honor Fallen Comrades

101st Sustainment Brigade Lifeliners

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2013

101st Sustainment Brigade held 2nd annual Gamberi run in honor of the unit members that died in the attack which were Sgt. 1st Class Charles Lewis Adkins, 35, of Sandusky, Ohio. Spc. Joseph Brian Cemper, 21, of Warrensburg, Mo. Spc. Sonny Moses, 22, of Hagatna, Guam. Sgt. Linda Lamou Pierre, 28, of Immokalee, Fla. and Staff Sgt. Cynthia Renea Taylor, 39, of Columbus, Ga.

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On Blast: Show for September 2010

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2010 50:59

On this month's show: Denver youth win a students' Bill of Rights and new discipline policies in their schools Students from across the US unite to organize against the school to prison pipeline Farmworkers expose modern day slavery conditions in Florida's fields On the street interviews reveal Philadelphians views on public education Plus lots of good music! This show was hosted by Azeem Hill and Lawrence Jones-Mahoney.

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Abolishing Modern Day Slavery

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2010 5:20

Shakoya Patterson visited theCoalition of Immokalee Workers' Modern Day Slavery Museum when it came to Philadelphia earlier this month. She interviewed farmworkers who are members of the Coalition of Immokalee (CIW), who spoke about the recent cases of farmworker slavery that have surfaced in Florida and elsewhere. CIW members also spoke about the everyday conditions that farmworkers face, and explained how the CIW is organizing to end all forms of worker mistreatment. This piece was produced by Shakoya Patterson.

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Celebration & Struggle: Media Mobilzing Project's Community Building Dinner

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2009 3:21

As 2008 came to a close, Media Mobilizing Project welcomed organizing groups from across Philly to the 3rd annual MMP Community Building Dinner. This dinner was a chance for Philly Student Union to share our 2008 victories and talk to allies about their struggles and successes. In this piece, Dan Jones talks to attendees (see MMP's Wall of Leaders, on right), including keynote speaker Gerardo Reyes from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

Talking About Organizing: An Interview with SFA & CIW