Podcast appearances and mentions of Justice Center

On May 19, 2026, 914INC. proudly celebrated its 16th annual Wunderkinds Awards with a special cocktail reception at the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club. This year's event honored 26 exceptional professionals under the age of 35 who were handpicked by the magazine's editors for their standout talent, innovative thinking, and meaningful contributions to the Westchester community. Featured in the May/June 2026 issue, these rising stars represent the future of the region's business landscape. A warm congratulations goes out to all of this year's honorees, along with a sincere thank you to the event sponsors who helped make this memorable celebration possible.Westchester Talk Radio host Joan Franzino Melissa McMonagle, the Development and Communications Manager at the Pace Women's Justice Center, located at the Pace University School of Law. Managing all outgoing communications, social media, press releases, and outreach, Melissa focuses on securing independent funding for the center, which provides free legal services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. By framing the center's mission through creative, relatable storytelling, she has substantially increased donor revenue and social media engagement. 

Benita Pedersen is a Westlock, Alberta-based professional entertainer, DJ, karaoke hostess, children's entertainer, event coordinator, and workshop facilitator who operates All Fired Up DJ Services. In June 2023, she created and distributed flyers urging residents to contact town officials and oppose plans for a rainbow/Progress Pride crosswalk in Westlock, citing concerns over its association with specific ideological symbols. This led to a human rights complaint against her under the Alberta Human Rights Act for allegedly inciting hatred, with a tribunal hearing scheduled for September 2026.Allison Pejovic is a senior constitutional lawyer with the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms. She specializes in Charter rights litigation, frequently challenging government actions on issues such as COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine mandates, assisted suicide in faith-based settings, and freedom of expression cases. Pejovic has represented clients in high-profile matters including Manitoba church challenges to public health orders, Federal Court cases on travel restrictions, and interventions before higher courtsWatch the Cornerstone Forum 26'https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Expat MoneyExpatmoney.com/SNPGet your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Darold A. Slack, a Vancouver foster parent to approximately 55 children between 2013 and 2025, was arrested after detectives from the Vancouver Police Department Children's Justice Center executed a search warrant on May 1. Slack faces 14 charges including Child Molestation, Rape of a Child, and Sexual Misconduct with a Minor. Investigators believe additional victims may not have come forward. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vpd-investigate-child-sex-abuse-by-male-who-had-been-foster-parent-to-dozens-of-children/ #VancouverWA #ClarkCounty #ChildSafety #PublicSafety #VancouverPD #FosterCare #SexCrimes #ChildAbuse #Washington

In this special presentation for Just World Educational's Iran Crisis series, Helena Cobban, the president of Just World Ed, delivered a pre-recorded talk for the Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center conference in Orinda, California, on April 25th. Unable to attend in person and having to record her remarks more than 24 hours before they would be delivered, she chose to take a long historical view of the crisis by tracing the Strait of Hormuz across 5,000 years of human history. She traced Hormuz's  origins as a key node connecting the formative ancient civilizations in the Indus Valley and Mesopotamian, and as a central artery in the vast Indian Ocean trading zone that once stretched from East Africa to China. She described that pre-European world as a thriving, self-governed commercial network with its own norms and technologies, drawing on the work of historian Janet Abu-Lughod. She then walked through the entry of five European imperial powers into that world: Portugal, Spain, England, the Netherlands, and France. She described what she called the "White Supremacist International," a succession of empire-building ventures driven by profit, looting, and the rise of finance capitalism. She traced Portugal's violent seizure of Hormuz in 1507 under Afonso de Albuquerque, followed by the London-based East India Company's takeover of the port in 1622, and drew direct parallels between those colonial methods and what Israel is doing in Palestine and Lebanon today. Cobban closed by urging viewers to work toward curbing Western military power and ending the war.Support the show

Over the last few years, we've had several opportunities to chat with former state lawmaker Graig Meyer of Orange County during the four terms he served in the state House and two in the state Senate. Recently, however, Meyer decided to leave elected office to become the executive director of one of the state's most important nonprofit advocacy organizations, the North Carolina Justice Center. It won't be an easy task. Meyer assumes his new role at a time in which many of the positions the Justice Center espouses – progressive tax policy, a stronger safety net, fair treatment for immigrants, tough consumer protection laws – are not in vogue at the state legislature. Nonetheless, as we learned in our most recent conversation, Meyer is energized by the new challenge and optimistic about the organization's prospects for policy success at a time of big change at the General Assembly. Click here to listen to the full interview with former state Senator Graig Meyer.

Today, Hunter was joined by two amazing guests from the Fines and Fees Justice Center, Dylan Hayre and Emily King. They joined the show to discuss incredible campaigns in Arizona, North Dakota, and Oklahoma that have started to eliminate the fines and fees that keep people trapped in debt for decades.     Guest: Dylan Hayre, National Advocacy and Campaign Director, Fines and Fees Justice Center Emily King, Senior Advocacy and Campaign Specialist, Fines and Fees Justice Center   Resources: Learn More About FFJC Here https://finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/ Arrests as Guilt https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/faculty_publications/217/     Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****

The Justice Center of Rensselaer County is presenting their fourth annual Robert Doherty Memorial Lecture this week with Douglas Blackmon. Blackmon is a distinguished journalist, scholar, filmmaker, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.His talk: “What Comes Next? Redefining Police Power, Restoring Personal Freedom, Rebuilding Faith in American Democracy” will be held on Thursday, April 2nd @ 7PM in the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

One of the most remarkable, and in the minds of many, most shameful, developments in North Carolina public policy over the last three decades has been the failure of state leaders of both parties to fulfill their constitutional duty to provide all children in the state with access to a sound basic education. It's now been over thirty years since the state Supreme Court clearly established the existence of such a right in the landmark Leandro case, but since then, elected leaders have found one excuse after another for ignoring it. Thankfully, a cadre of dedicated researchers and advocates continues expose and push back against this unconstitutional inaction and this past week, Newsline caught up with one that group's most persistent voices – North Carolina Justice Center senior policy analyst Kris Nordstrom. Click here to listen to the full interview with North Carolina Justice Center senior policy analyst Kris Nordstrom.

One of the most remarkable, and in the minds of many, most shameful, developments in North Carolina public policy over the last three decades has been the failure of state leaders of both parties to fulfill their constitutional duty to provide all children in the state with access to a sound basic education. It's now been over thirty years since the state Supreme Court clearly established the existence of such a right in the landmark Leandro case, but since then, elected leaders have found one excuse after another for ignoring it. Thankfully, a cadre of dedicated researchers and advocates continues expose and push back against this unconstitutional inaction and this past week, Newsline caught up with one that group's most persistent voices – North Carolina Justice Center senior policy analyst Kris Nordstrom. Click here to listen to the full interview with North Carolina Justice Center senior policy analyst Kris Nordstrom.

Chris is out, Amy is in as are Hancock and Kelley for the whole first hour of the show; how awesome was Opening Day?; Michael and Matt partied hard; CJC locks don't work?; St Louis region sees a population loss, what can be done to stop that slippage?; what is the point of TSA?

Nate Hayward is the Commissioner of Corrections for the City of St Louis. He joins Chris and Amy as he addresses the facility's needs, including cleaning and painting areas of the building. He says that he's still working on adding staff.

Chris and Amy discuss the City Justice Center with the Corrections Commissioner Nate Hayward; Matt had Spam for breakfast, he said it was quite salty; John Rooney is ready for the Cardinals home opener; there was a dog museum in Queeny Park.

Arvin, Carla and others see their day in court, but was justice served? Most of the Zion Society children are either uncooperative or unable to testify. Mike King and Reed Richards do everything they can to avoid re-traumatizing those who do testify. Finally, our story ends 35 years later, as several of the survivors meet at the opening of a new Children's Justice Center in Ogden. They learn how their experiences have changed laws to better protect child victims and find healing together.Use code NIGHTMARES at jonesroadbeauty.com to get a Free Shimmer Face Oil with your first purchase. #JonesRoadBeauty #adSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jud Esty-Kendall from the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine is here with an invitation to join the P&J center and a coalition of social justice groups for “Singing In Solidarity”, Saturday, 3/7/26, 3pm-5(ish) at Saint John’s Episcopal Church on French Street in Bangor About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU's News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 3/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Dozens of people spoke on Tuesday asking the Nevada County Board of Supervisors to take action relating to ongoing ICE operations. More than one speaker told the board about a petition being circulated throughout the community. The petition can be found on the Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County's website.

This week, Thom Francis welcomes Judith Kerman to the mic. She shared her work as the featured reader at the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY, on August 21, 2025. +++++ For over 20 years, Dan Wilcox has hosted the Third Thursday Poetry Night, welcoming poets and writers from all over the region and beyond. This open mic with a featured reader series has seen hundreds of poets take the stage and share their work with a vibrant audience of artists, writers, and creators young and old. Whether it's your first time reading poetry in public or you have been around the local literary community for years, the Third Thursday Poetry Night always feels like home. Last August, poet Judith Kerman was the featured reader. As host Dan Wilcox noted on his blog, “She began, & continued, with poems that pretend to be, or are, definitions, from her book Definitions; her first example was “Diaspora" in nine small parts, images, obliquely, historically responding to the dictionary definition.” She continued with the philosophical “Algorhythm” and “Canned Soup,” a prose poem and meditation on soup. She wrapped up her set with “Scoliosis,” “Why I Never Married,” and one final definition poem, “Israel,” in 10 tiny parts. Judith Kerman is a poet, performer, and artist who has published ten books or chapbooks of poetry. Her most recent work, Definitions, was published by Fomite Press in 2021. She has published two translations from Spanish: A Woman in Her Garden: Selected Poems of Dulce María Loynaz (White Pine Press, 2002) and Praises and Offenses: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic (BOA Editions, 2009). Kerman was a Fulbright Scholar to the Dominican Republic, where she translated poetry and fiction by Dominican women. She was also awarded the Abbie M. Kopps Poetry Prize and an Honorable Mention from the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award.

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A former San Antonio ice house is now home to a community museum that celebrates the people, stories, and contributions of the city's historic West Side.

  The government shutdown and its devastating impact on millions of federal workers and average citizens is not the only dysfunction emanating from Washington these days. Thanks to the refusal of Congress and the Trump administration to extend health insurance tax credits enacted during the Biden years, millions of Americans are facing astronomical price spikes […]

Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Standing in Solidarity: Educating for Justice in Palestine,” forums in Orono (Friday, November 7, 6:30-8 PM, Wilson Center) and Bangor (Saturday, November 8, 3-4:30 PM Public Library), sponsored by the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine and UMaine Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Maine Equal Justice update on the SNAP crisis (more on Monday’s AT) Ellsworth Clean-upE-Waste Disposal Day About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU's News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 11/7/25: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Today, Hunter was joined by two guest from the Detroit Justice Center, Nancy A. Parker and Rubina Mustafa. As they did on Tuesday, Hunter and his guests are exploring court related fines and fees, how fines and fees are impacting communities in Michigan, and the policies that have started the slow fight to eliminate court fines and fees.   Guest: Nancy A. Parker, Executive Director, Detroit Justice Center Rubina Mustafa, Senior Staff Attorney, Detroit Justice Center   Resources: Detroit Justice Center https://detroitjustice.org/ ​​FOR GENERAL INQUIRIES: info@detroitjustice.org ​​FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES: media@detroitjustice.org Michigan Road to Restoration https://www.michigan.gov/sos/license-id/road-to-restoration   Documentaries https://finedout.com/new-mexico/ http://finedout.com/  https://finedout.com/michigan/       Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home  

Host: Chris Masters Guest: Sherry Cole Air date: Oct 29, 2025

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Brunswick-based nonprofit Full Plates Full Potential is hosting a virtual town hall on SNAP in Maine, tomorrow afternoon at 4 on SNAP in Maine. Register to get the zoom link Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Ellsworth is partnering with The Food Trust, Ellsworth Adult Ed, Healthy Acadia and Good Shepard Food Bank to continue offering “Cooking Matters” classes. There is currently a waiting listing but Loaves and Fishes encourages interested Hancock County residents to contact them so they can get a sense of how much demand there is as they plan the next session. FMI: Call Ellsworth Adult Education at 207-664-7110. Looking for a food bank near you? Feeding America can help you find one by zip code. There is also a list on the State of Maine’s website The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Indivisible Bangor, and Pax Christi Maine continue their community forum series this Saturday, Nov 1st, from 3-4:30 at the Bangor Public Library (in the Minsky Lecture hall on the 3rd floor). About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU's News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 10/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Noreen McKee is the Democrat and Working Families Party candidate for Troy City Council District 4. A long time CPA who is concerned about the city's financial management, she has been active in local civic groups such as the Justice Center of Rensselaer County and Unity House. She joined Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine to discuss her campaign, including affordable housing and the Good Cause Eviction Law, and the need to protect immigrants from ICE. https://www.mckee4troy.com/

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A breach at the Orleans Justice Center was narrowly averted. We get the details from Mike Perlstein, WWL Louisiana investigative reporter

Today, Hunter was once again joined by Chesa Boudin and Eric Fish to discuss a law review article they recently published. This time, they are talking about Public Defenders and the Separation of Powers. While this seems like a law school paper for law school professors, the fundamental question posed by this episode is how Public Defenders can/should increase their political capacity to act as a check on the other branches of government.   Guest: Chesa Boudin, Executive Director, Criminal Law and Justice Center, Berkley Law Eric Fish, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law   Resources: Read the Article Here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5198358 San Benito County Report https://www.ospd.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-IDID-Annual-Report_Final_Accessible.pdf California Report on Flat Fee contracts https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/Contracted%20to%20Fail%20report_March%202025.pdf   Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home  

Mongol Must Stay in Jail Until He Gets a Non-Mongol RoomieToday on Black Dragon Biker TV, we're breaking down a bizarre courtroom ruling out of Florida. Anthony Trimboli, a member of the Mongols MC, appeared before Circuit Judge Elizabeth Blackburn at the Justice Center in Daytona Beach. He and several other Mongols were arrested following their brawl with the Warlocks during Daytona Bike Week 2025, where a gas station was allegedly lit up with gunfire like it was nothing.But here's the twist…Judge Blackburn ruled that Trimboli must remain in the Volusia County Branch Jail until he either finds a new place to live or secures a roommate who is not a Mongol. That's right — no going home until the living situation passes inspection. Also in Today's Show:The THUG Riders MC are starting to cop pleas. Members are heading to court, taking deals, and some are already on their way to jail time. What does this mean for the future of the club?We'll Break Down: Why the judge refused to release a Mongol back into a Mongol household What really went down at that Daytona Bike Week gas station shootout⚖️ How “roommate conditions” play into MC bail and probation restrictions The THUG Riders plea deals and what's next for the club's leadershipJoin Black Dragon, Lavish T. Williams, and Logic as we cut into the courtroom drama, the consequences, and what these rulings really mean for the set. Catch the show on: Black Dragon Biker TV – /blackdragonbikertv Lavish T. Williams – /@lavishtwilliams Keep It Logical – /keepitlogicalBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dragon-s-lair-motorcycle-chaos--3267493/support.Sponsor the channel by signing up for our channel memberships. You can also support us by signing up for our podcast channel membership for $9.99 per month, where 100% of the membership price goes directly to us at https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-.... Follow us on:Instagram: BlackDragonBikerTV TikTok: BlackDragonBikertv Twitter: jbunchiiFacebook: BlackDragonBikerBuy Black Dragon Merchandise, Mugs, Hats, T-Shirts Books: https://blackdragonsgear.comDonate to our cause:Cashapp: $BikerPrezPayPal: jbunchii Zelle: jbunchii@aol.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BlackDragonNPSubscribe to our new discord server https://discord.gg/dshaTSTSubscribe to our online news magazine www.bikerliberty.comGet 20% off Gothic biker rings by using my special discount code: blackdragon go to http://gthic.com?aff=147Join my News Letter to get the latest in MC protocol, biker club content, and my best picks for every day carry. https://johns-newsletter-43af29.beehi... Get my Audio Book Prospect's Bible an Audible: https://adbl.co/3OBsfl5Help us get to 30,000 subscribers on www.instagram.com/BlackDragonBikerTV on Instagram. Thank you!We at Black Dragon Biker TV are dedicated to bringing you the latest news, updates, and analysis from the world of bikers and motorcycle clubs. Our content is created for news reporting, commentary, and discussion purposes. Under Section 107 of the Copyright

On Friday, September 5, more than a dozen community groups led by the Justice Center of Rensselaer County held a news conference in front of Troy City Hall to call on local and state officials to keep ICE out of Troy and other communities. They also called on the state legislature to come back in a special session to pass the New York For All Act to prohibit local officials and law enforcement from cooperating with ICE and their kidnapping of community residents. Speakers at the news conference included Jamie Crouse as emcee; Jessica Ashley of The Justice Center of Rensselaer County; Angela Beallor, Troy Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition (CRSC); Bryan McCormack, Columbia County Sanctuary Movement; Jahaira Roldan, New York Immigration Coalition; Rev. Donna Elia, Troy Area United Ministry; Verónica A Troy resident whose husband was kidnapped by ICE; Melanie Trimble, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU); Naomi Jaffe of the Jails Justice Network; and Starletta Renee, YWCA of the Greater Capital Region. This has been Mark Dunlea for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

On Friday, September 5 at 10 AM at Troy City Hall (433 River St.) the Justice Center of Rensselaer County, Troy Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition @518crsc, the Media Sanctuary, and a host of other organizations are holding a press conference to condemn the actions of ICE against members of the local community and to demand ICE OUT OF TROY! Linda O'Malley of the Justice Center talks with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30 p.m. the Bangor Band will hold a special event for families with a free, kid-centric concert at Chapin Park, Bangor. This Wednesday (8/6) the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine and Pax Christi Maine will hold an event in observance of the 80th anniversary of the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski. Messages, music and community from 1:30 to 3pm at Davenport Park in Bangor (Corner of Main and Cedar– across from the police station and the homeless shelter) And radio news in the Maine newspapers 100 years ago today.. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU's News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 8/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

In our latest, we talk to Texas based journalist Candice Bernd (@candicebernd.bsky.social) about the devastating floods that hit the Hill Country on July 4th weekend. We discuss the effect of the floods on locals, failures of early warning systems, how DOGE's cuts to the federal government contributed to it, and how mutual aid has stepped in to support the community. Bio//Candice Bernd is a special investigative correspondent for the Observer covering the climate and ecological crises. She is a freelance journalist based in Austin whose work has also appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, In These Times, Salon, Truthout, and Earth Island Journal. She's received awards from the San Francisco Press Club, the Fort Worth chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association, and the Dallas Peace and Justice Center. -------------------------------------------Outro-- "Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughn

The Tunica-Biloxi tribe recently held their 27th annual Pow Wow, which highlighted the tribe's culture and community. Additionally, the Pow Wow marked the opening of the tribe's new Justice Center. In this week's episode, Chairman Marshall Pierite shares insight into the tribe, it's history and more about the Justice Center.

John Carpay is President of the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms. They do great work! https://www.jccf.ca/

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Scoot talks about the conversation he had with troubled youth at the Juvenile Justice Center

This hour, Scoot talks about the conversations with troubled youth at the Juvenile Justice Center.

This hour, Scoot continues the conversations about his visit with troubled youth at the Juvenile Justice Center with Councilman Freddie King. Also, Scoot talks about some of the negative comments he received on social media for pictures he posted from a concert.

This week on the News Reel, we speak to Andrew Christiansen, reporter at the Times-Independent. We discuss Grand County's budget and new concerns about whether certain transient room tax funds can be spent on projects such as the Trail Ambassadors Program. We also discuss a new fundraiser for Community Rebuilds, which is trying to restaff its organization after recent AmeriCorps cuts eliminated seven positions at the nonprofit. And we finish up with a story about the county's decision to purchase a new building for the Children's Justice Center. - Show Notes - • Grand County to revisit Trail Ambassador funding after renewed TRT compliance concerns https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/grand-county-to-revisit-trail-ambassador-funding-after-renewed-trt-compliance-concerns/ • Community Rebuilds launches $50K campaign after AmeriCorps cuts https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/community-rebuilds-launches-50k-campaign-after-americorps-cuts/ • Grand County to buy nearly $1M ‘forever home' for Children's Justice Center https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/grand-county-to-buy-nearly-1m-forever-home-for-childrens-justice-center/

Thom Francis welcomes local poet and artist Melissa Anderson, who was the featured reader at the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany on Thursday, April 17, 2025. ——— Melissa Anderson is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is deeply influenced by a search for connection with the physical world, changing seasons, and our relationships with the places we call home. She co-runs the slam poetry team Slam Euphoria, as well as their bi-monthly poetry open mic at Cafe Euphoria in Troy. That night she read from her book "Dogstar Poems" (Main St. Rag Publishing, 2024), starting off with a poem from her day job making furniture for Chipotle, “Work Song,” and then a pandemic piece, “Bedroom Window Lockdown.” Melissa explained that “Dogstar” was another name for what is commonly known as “Polaris” or the North Star, & that many of the poems in the book are about looking for direction, as in the poem “Reflexivity.”

Bree Derrick, DirectorAs the director of the Idaho Department of Correction, Bree takes a purpose-driven approach to implementing operational changes that enhance public safety outcomes for Idahoans. Bree has served as the IDOC deputy director since 2019 and has played an instrumental role in the department's rise as a national model for correctional systems. She has overseen the divisions of probation and parole, prisons, and management services. Derrick led the department's staffing efforts, generating national recognition for industry best practices in recruitment and retention. With over 20 years of experience in corrections and behavioral health systems, Bree is nationally recognized for her expertise in evidence-based practices and crime reduction strategies.Before joining IDOC, Bree worked at the Justice Center. While at the Justice Center, she assisted more than a dozen state correctional agencies in planning and implementing large-scale efforts to instill correctional best practices. Bree began her career with the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, later working at a private psychiatric hospital and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. During her 10 years with RIDOC, she held roles as a researcher and mental health clinician.Bree is a licensed mental health counselor with a master's degree in counseling and a certificate of advanced graduate study in mental health counseling. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and biking in the Boise foothills. Victory Over Sin is a show hosted by Mark Renick that addresses issues pertaining to returning citizens and the challenges they face coming out of incarceration. Victory Over Sin airs Saturdays at 12:30 pm. On KBXL 94.1 FM Idaho's Treasure Valleyhttps://svdpid.org/advocacy-systemicchangeofid/facebook: systematic change of IDInstagram: systematic change of IDhttps://www.imsihopecommunityphaseii.com/IMSI HOPE COMMUNITY PHASE II can also be found on facebook as well as Instagram and Youtube. Correspondence can be directed to: Address: 1775 W. State St., #191, Boise, Idaho 83702Phone: 208-629-8861 Podcast Website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/victory-over-sin/

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the “Beyond Plastic” Lobbying Day at the Legislator's Office Building in downtown Albany. Beyond Plastic members were lobbying to get the legislators to pass the “Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and the Bigger, Better Bottle Bills.” In this fourth labor segment, Willie continued his interviews with Noreen McKee of the Justice Center of Rensselaer County and Candidate for Troy City Council, and his recorded comments from press conference speakers about the importance of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and Bigger, Better Bottle Bills.

Speaker: Pastor Peter Ndaita, Series: The Minor Prophets, Passage: Amos 5:18-24

Part 1 John Kiriakou :Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on TerrorJohn Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News.In 2002, Kiriakou became the chief of counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, where he led a CIA team in the March 2002 raid and capture of Abu Zubaydah, then thought to be al-Qaeda's third-ranking official.Following Abu Zubaydah's capture, Kiriakou became Executive Assistant to the CIA's Deputy Director for Operations, where he served as the Director of Central Intelligence's principal Iraq briefer.Kiriakou left the CIA in March 2004. He later served as a senior investigator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as senior intelligence advisor to Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry. Kiriakou also authored a bestselling book, "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror," and worked as an intelligence consultant for ABC News.Throughout his career, Kiriakou received 12 CIA Exceptional Performance Awards, the CIA's Sustained Superior Performance Award, the Counterterrorism Service Medal, and the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award.In 2007, Kiriakou appeared on ABC News, during which he became the first CIA officer to confirm that the CIA waterboarded detainees, and he labeled waterboarding as “torture.” Kiriakou's interview revealed that this practice was official U.S. policy approved at the highest levels of the government.The government began investigating Kiriakou immediately after his media appearance. Five years later, he was charged with multiple felonies resulting from his whistleblowing. He became the sixth whistleblower indicted by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act - a law designed to punish spies.Eventually, in order to avoid a trial that could have resulted in separation from his wife and five children for up to 45 years, he opted to plead guilty to one count of a reduced charge in exchange for a 30-month sentence.In 2012 Kiriakou was honored with the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, an award given to individuals who “advance truth and justice despite the personal risk it creates.” Two days prior to sentencing, he was honored by inclusion of his portrait in artist Robert Shetterly's series "Americans Who Tell the Truth," which features notable truth-tellers throughout American history.Kiriakou reported to federal prison in Loretto, Pennsylvania on February 28, 2013 to begin serving his sentence, where he continued to speak out in a series of "Letters from Loretto," including his first, which provided a stunning portrait of prison life. In November 2013, the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, California honored Kiriakou as its "Peacemaker of the Year." He was awarded the prestigious PEN First Amendment Award from the PEN Center USA in August 2015.He was released from prison in February 2015.Part 2 Attorney Michael J. Bowe - American Marines Turn Blind Eye to Child Sex AbusePro BonoMichael engages in substantial pro bono work for institutions and individuals, including representing victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the family of United States Marine Lance Corporal Gregory Buckley, Jr., and Marine Corp Major Jason Brezler. These high-profile matters of national import have received substantial Congressional, press, and public attention.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Voice Of GO(r)D is proud to present a conversation with Guy Meister, a Nova Scotia trucker whose little daycab R Model Mack sat on Sussex Street in Downtown Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy.Guys act of peaceful protest, of standing around in Ottawa drinking coffee with his fellow countrymen, has now earned him the bizarre pursuit of the Canadian government, who have engaged in a capricious and Kafka-esque case of Lawfare against Guy that has now run for over three years, and has seen Guy make the 2000 mile round trip from his home in Nova Scotia back to Ottawa 16 times for court.So much for carbon emissions; as I type this, he is on trip number 17.I found out about Guy from my good friend Donna Laframboise, who has appeared on this show twice in discussion about The Convoy (links below), and who has just released her new book ‘Thank You, Truckers!', which exclusively profiles the regular working class Canadians who made up The Convoy or supported it. Not the politicians or the organizers or big names, just the everyday people you never hear about, who go humbly about the work of keeping society functioning, and patriotically rose up to meet the challenge of a government gone astray.Guy's story is pretty incredible, and he represents, in an understated way, the best of the Canadian everyman - humble, hardworking, and totally apolitical until the Covid Regime came along and turned our world upside down.As mentioned in the intro, you can meet Guy and Donna this upcoming Sunday, March 16, at 630 pm, at the Biker's Church of Ottawa, 155 Carillon Street.Here is their website - https://www.bikerschurch.com/Guy is back in Ottawa to continue fighting the bastards, and he has court dates scheduled for March 18, 19, and 24, all at 10am at the Ontario Court of ‘Justice' in Ottawa, 161 Elgin Street.If you are around and can make it, I'm sure he would love a show of support.https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/locations/ottawa/This get together is being organized by the wonderful Melissa McKee, and you can follow her on Twitter - https://x.com/TheMelissaMckeeGuy is being represented by Brian Doody of Doody Counsel (great name, lol) and you can follow Mr Doody on Twitter and LinkedIn.https://x.com/DoodyCounselhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-doody-ma-llb-39813626/Lawyers, as a lesser subspecies of human, often catch a lot of flak for their shenanigans, but Doody is one of the good ones; pop over and say thank you.The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms has been supporting Guy's case, and you can donate via a button on their own article about him.https://www.jccf.ca/court_cases/peaceful-trucker-arbitrarily-detained-for-hours-without-access-to-legal-counsel/For more links, information, and a bunch of great photos, head over to my substack, and while you are there, smash that subscribe button https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/the-little-r-model-that-could-guyAs you heard, I'm writing a book about the decades long war on truckers in North America, and you can read about that here -https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-majorIf you have a couple of bucks to spare to help me get this book out the door -https://www.givesendgo.com/EndOfTheRoadThanks for listening, and as always, share this with your fellow truckers or anyone else who might be interested.Questions, comments, suggestions, corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.com

President Trump has just started his second term, and a lot of things have been changing – but sadly, not for the better. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is one of the most adversely impacted subjects, making discrimination, stereotyping, and inequality much more rampant. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi is joined by DEI coach and consultant Rachel Siegel to discuss how to overcome the United States' current crisis with systemic racism, classicism, and authoritarianism. They explain why DEI should never lead to social division but bring people together in peace and harmony. Rachel also explains how to be more critical when consuming different kinds of media and how to cultivate the right mindset to stop yourself from following leaders blindly.About Guest:Rachel Siegel is a white, queer, Jewish mother, artist, organizer, and educator on Abenaki land in Vermont. She was ED of Peace & Justice Center and a City Councilor before founding Toward Liberation. She cofounded Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom and ONE Mutual Aid, serves on the grant committee for Haymarket People's Fund, and volunteers for Center City Little League. Rachel is an intersectional feminist. She recognizes her eating disorder healing as part of resisting patriarchy, racism and capitalism. She is committed to body liberation. Hiking, dancing, and being with friends give Rachel joy. She is a recovering alcoholic and practices spirituality through many modalities. Rachel's political education includes Catalyst Collective, White Awake, self-study, and People's Institute for Survival and Beyond.Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-siegel-829b38a0/ Guest Website: https://www.towardliberation.net/ Guest Social: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.f.siegel/ https://www.instagram.com/rachel.f.siegel/ Anti-Racist / DEI Reading ListOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century by Timothy SnyderHow We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorEmergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree BrownPleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree BrownHow to be an Anti-racist by Ibram X KendiHow to be a (Young) Anti-racist by Ibram X Kendi Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. SaadWhite Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun and Kenneth JonesThe Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader Edited by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, Jemima Pierre, Junaid Rana The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorAnti-Racist / DEI Podcasts to Listen To:Code Switch 1619 Octavia's Parables Seeing White Mother Country Radicals Show Notes: Final audioIntroducing Intersectional Feminist Rachel Siegel - 03:27How Did We Get To Dehumanizing People - 12:59The Caste System Of The United States - 16:54Not Obeying In Advance And Improving Media Consumption - 23:08Black Feminism, Emergent Strategy, And Pleasure Activism - 27:35Lessons From A Starling's Murmuration - 33:53How To Be An Antiracist - 36:36White Supremacy Culture And The Body is Not an Apology - 39:35Solving Current Issues Through Multigenerational Alliances - 44:41All About Think Again And Toward Liberation - 48:02Episode Wrap-up And Closing Words - 54:57JOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:

This morning, we get an update from the YWCA of the Greater Capital Region. They have events coming up – a public philosophy event in partnership with the Justice Center of Rensselaer County and Siena College on the 24th and their second “Bread and Roses” International Women's Day luncheon on March 8th.

Rick Sterling is a retired engineer in the electronics and aerospace industries and at the University of California at Berkeley. Since then he has been an investigative journalist whose research focuses on international relations and a strong advocate for human rights causes.  His writing involves  the struggles against imperialism and supporting justice in the Middle East, Latin America and US-Russia relations.  Rick is a board member of Task Force for the Americas; he is currently the board president of Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center and a co-founder of the Syria Solidarity Movement, which opposes imperialist interests in Syria.  Rick has visited Syria many times and was an election observer in 2021. He was among the small group of independent journalists who exposed the White Helmets as a faux humanitarian organization with ties to al-Nusra or al-Qaeda, the false accusations of Assad's use of chemical weapons, and western media deceptions about the former Syrian government before its downfall. Rick lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his organization's website is SyriaSolidarityMovement.org

Globally, it is estimated that over 1 billion children experience some form of abuse each year. This includes physical, sexual, emotional abuse, and neglect. These numbers are likely underreported due to stigma, lack of reporting mechanisms, and other barriers that prevent children from speaking out. In this video, we share exciting news about the upcoming opening of a Children's Justice Center, also known as a Children's Advocacy Center. This vital new resource will provide a safe, child-friendly environment where child victims of sexual and physical abuse can receive physical and forensic examinations, as well as emotional support. The center is designed to help children prepare for court while ensuring they get the care and justice they deserve. Watch to learn more about the impact this center will have on our community and how it will help children heal and seek justice. #ChildAdvocacy #JusticeForChildren #ChildAbuseAwareness #CommunitySupport #ForensicExaminations #SafeSpaces #Children's Justice Center #Children's Advocacy Center #Child abuse support #Sexual abuse recovery #Physical abuse recovery #Safe space for children #Child abuse survivors #Trauma-informed care #Child safety and protection #Child forensic interviews #Healing after abuse #Support for abused children #Helping child survivors #Legal advocacy for children #Child-friendly environment #Multidisciplinary team #Child abuse prevention #Therapy for abused children #Child protection services #Reporting child abuse #Emotional support for kids #Counseling for trauma #Safe place for children to talk #Empowering child survivors #Abuse recovery programs #Specialized care for children #Justice for abused children #Child-focused investigation #Helping children heal #Protecting vulnerable children=======================================Order a copy of Deceived or She Knew No Fear and get the book signed for free! https://www.ProfilingEvil.comDONATE to Profiling Evil: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PK7KKA55V8PENSUPPORT our Podcasts: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1213394/support