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On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by Alex Delworth, Policy Associate at the Center for Rural Affairs. Alex and his organization have recently put together some resources for local officials in counties and municipalities in Midwestern states like Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota that are experiencing proposals from renewable project developers but have yet to put their own ordinances on the books to guide these projects. NPM has covered all of these growing renewable energy markets, as well as some of the hurdles and delays that can arise when local officials enact moratoriums to give them time to enact ordinances after receiving their first project proposals. In this discussion, Alex discusses how he and his colleagues are helping guide these newcomers grappling with project development for the first time as well as advice for project developers seeking to develop projects on these "new frontiers" in the Midwest.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing business development led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

Housing is a human right, or so says the International Declaration of Human Rights. But could we organize our economies with that in mind? Across the country, communities have land and properties and people who need homes. What's stopping us bringing them together in a way that increases community wealth and wellbeing for everyone? That's the question we explore in this episode of our special series on community wealth building, produced in collaboration with the radio and tv show, Laura Flanders & Friends. Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Writer; Saoirse Gowan, Policy Associate with the Democracy Collaborative; Noni D. Session, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative. This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. Resources Democracy Collaborative East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reader Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

Did you know that food and beverage companies spend nearly $2 billion dollars each year marketing food to kids and the vast majority of these foods are unhealthy? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Katie Marx, policy associate with the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Marx discusses food industry tactics for marketing ultra-processed foods and beverages to children, including the use of influencers in mobile apps and games.Related Websites: https://www.cspinet.org/advocacy/nutrition/food-marketing-kids Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/junk-food-ads-are-everywhere-online-and-kids-are-watching/2023/10/17/943efe83-941f-45e9-bf8d-a53296b6de89_video.html

On Friday 22nd March 2024, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) held its Annual Spring Conference entitled 'Data Protection Reform'.This session:Session 1 – UK Data Protection – The Changing Substantive LandscapeIntroduction to Conference: Professor David Erdos, CIPILChair: Dr Jennifer Cobbe, CIPIL (04:24)Dr Michael Veale, University College London (05:12)Gavin Freeguard, Policy Associate, Connected by Data (25:54)Vivienne Artz, Data Strategy & Privacy Policy Advisor to CIPL (43:27)For full information about this event, please see: https://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars-and-eventscipil-spring-conference/cipil-spring-conference-2024

On Friday 22nd March 2024, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) held its Annual Spring Conference entitled 'Data Protection Reform'.This session:Session 1 – UK Data Protection – The Changing Substantive LandscapeIntroduction to Conference: Professor David Erdos, CIPILChair: Dr Jennifer Cobbe, CIPIL (04:24)Dr Michael Veale, University College London (05:12)Gavin Freeguard, Policy Associate, Connected by Data (25:54)Vivienne Artz, Data Strategy & Privacy Policy Advisor to CIPL (43:27)For full information about this event, please see: https://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars-and-eventscipil-spring-conference/cipil-spring-conference-2024

Daniel Buck is an Editorial and Policy Associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is the author of What Is Wrong with Our Schools? and taught English and English as a second language at the middle and high school levels. He earned his master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, along with bachelor's degrees in English literature and the Spanish language. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, National Review, the New York Post, First Things, and many other publications.Find Daniel @MrDanielBuckSUPPORT MY WORK:Your support makes my work possible. If you appreciate this content, please consider supporting me in one of the following ways:Join The Reason We Learn Community @WOKESCREEN : https://wokescreen.com/thereasonwelearn/Join The Reason We Parent - Parent Support Group: https://wokescreen.com/the-reason-we-...Hire me for consulting, tutoring and public speaking: https://thereasonwelearn.com Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/trwlPayPal: paypal.me/deborahfillmanPurchase TRWL Merch: https://store.wokescreen.com/the-reas...Purchase books from Heroes of Liberty with my referral link and get 10% off!https://heroesofliberty.com/?ref=Zqpq...#education #teaching #k12 #parenting #publicschool #instructor #projectbasedlearning #studentled #teachersunions #edtech #21stcenturyskills #sel--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/debf/support Get full access to The Reason We Learn at thereasonwelearn.substack.com/subscribe

Tune in as Christa interviews Kelsey Willardson, Policy Associate for the Center for Rural Affairs. In this episode, we dive into the world of crop insurance, focusing on tailored options for organic and specialty crop growers. Gain valuable insights to help you navigate and choose the insurance solution that aligns with your needs. Don't miss out on essential information to make informed decisions in your agricultural journey!   Episode Links:  • United States Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency (USDA, RMA): https://www.rma.usda.gov/ • Center for Rural Affairs: https://www.cfra.org/ 

Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Blaise Bryant gives us an overview of budget priorities impacting people with disabilities in New York. Joining him on his Blaisin' Access Podcast are Alex Thompson, Director of Advocacy with the NY Association on Independent Living and Julia Battista, Policy Associate with Consumer Directed Action of NY.

What does it take to turn the dream of sustainable recreation into a reality? How can we shape policies that genuinely impact the landscapes we love? Hilary Eisen and Jamie Ervin talk to Sam Rider about the keys to a future where outdoor enjoyment and environmental preservation coexist on public lands. Speaker Bios: Hilary Eisen is Winter Wildlands Alliance's Policy Director. Based in Bozeman, she leads WWA's engagement in National Forest winter travel management and other policy issues affecting backcountry skiers. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana and a B.A. degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from Middlebury College. Jamie Ervin is Outdoor Alliance's Policy Associate and a forest ecologist who has worked extensively on wildfire resilience and forest health issues in California's Sierra Nevada. He holds a Master's of Environmental Law & Policy and a Master's of Natural Resources. Sam is currently the National Recreation Planner within the USFS's Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer Resources shop. Sam joined USFS in 2016 as a recreation planner for the Rocky Mountain Region and, in a past life, was a recreation planner for the Department of Energy and Department of Defense. She also serves as Vice Chair for the Interagency Visitor Use Management Council. Sam has a degree in Outdoor Recreation from George Mason University and definitely considers winter to be the superior season. Resources: Winter Wildlands Alliance⁠ NEPA A Framework for Sustainable Recreation 2012 Planning Rule Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) WWA Winter Travel Planning Reimagine Recreation Outdoor Alliance Forest Planning Wildfire Crisis Strategy 10 Year Trail Challenge Forest Service Equity Action Plan Bridger Mountain sign project Sponsors: Outdoor Alliance, Mighty Arrow Foundation, and REI Alpine Quest Sports Transcripts: click here

What does winter recreation have to do with wildfire? What if backcountry skiers could help improve skiable terrain and climate resiliency at the same time? Jamie Ervin, Jason Kuiken, and Matt Williams discuss the complex drivers of wildfires and a system out of balance. Tune in to hear solutions and reimagine the role recreation can play in re-establishing wildfire resilience. Speaker Bios:  Jamie Ervin: is Outdoor Alliance's Policy Associate and a forest ecologist who has worked extensively on wildfire resilience and forest health issues in California's Sierra Nevada. He holds a Master's of Environmental Law & Policy and a Master's of Natural Resources. Jason Kuiken: is the Forest Supervisor on the Stanislaus National Forest. He recognizes that many economies surrounding public lands are dependent upon recreation and tourism. He focuses on balancing the multiple uses that occur on public lands while creating resiliency to insects, disease, drought and wildland fire. Matt Williams: is the Executive Director of the Catamount Trail Association (CTA) in Vermont. He is a firm believer in the power of outdoor recreation to build community, enhance people's quality of life, and inspire support for the protection of public lands. Resources: Winter Wildlands Alliance Trail Break Radio Outdoor Alliance Catamount Trail Association The Big Burn Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape (SERAL) RASTA 30 by 30 Vermont Backcountry Ski Handbook BAER Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions Sponsors: San Juan Huts Outdoor Alliance, Mighty Arrow Foundation, REI Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q9nAjd6A_95dnlOHqncwVR-uEY69rC4gkiJFzc999cA/edit?usp=sharing

Walt Whitman's most famous poem, "Song of Myself," is a "barbaric yawp" that celebrates freedom, inclusion, and democracy. Working with this iconic piece, Compagnia de' Colombari has created seven short films with actors and musicians around the globe, bringing Whitman's words to life in startling and beautiful new ways. On November 16, 2023, at 7 pm, the films will be screened at the Burchfield Penney Art Center for a Whitman on Walls (WoW!) event. After each film, a local performance poet will offer an original work written in response to the film – conversing with, talking back to, and wrestling with Walt Whitman. The event is free and open to the public. This week's episode features guests from the Calamus Project - Sam Magavern, co-founder of Calamus and Senior Policy Fellow at PPG; Brandon Williamson, poet, founder of Pure Ink Poetry, president of Ujima Theatre; as well as Dr. Steve Peraza, poet and Senior Researcher and Policy Associate at Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab. Together, they'll discuss the project, explore the beauty of and draw to Whitman's poetry, and offer a sample ahead of Thursday night's event. To learn more about our work, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ppgbuffalo.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up for our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This week, Juan Diaz joins us to talk about CityFHEPS and policies in NYC related to housing and homelessness. CityFHEPS is a rental assistance supplement to help individuals and families find and keep housing.  Juan, Policy Associate for Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, is focused on housing and economic security.  Email or DM us to share your story: ⁠⁠⁠NYCHearOurVoices@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠ Hear Our Voices on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ account links can be found on ⁠⁠⁠Linktr.ee/nyc_hov⁠⁠⁠ Resources Housing Vouchers ⁠⁠⁠CityFHEPS⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page   Read the CityFHEPS Frequently Asked Questions for Clients At Risk of Entering ShelterAvailable in English, Spanish/Español, Chinese (Traditional)/繁體中文, Chinese (Simplified)/简体中文, Russian/Русский, Arabic/العربية, Haitian Creole/Kreyòl Ayisyen, Korean/한국어, Bengali/বাংলা, Urdu/اردو, Polish/Polski, French/Français Read the CityFHEPS Frequently Asked Questions for Clients In ShelterAvailable in English, Spanish/Español, Chinese (Traditional)/繁體中文, Chinese (Simplified)/简体中文, Russian/Русский, Arabic/العربية, Haitian Creole/eyòl Ayisyen, Korean/한국어, Bengali/বাংলা, Urdu/اردو, Polish/Polski, French/Français ⁠⁠⁠FHEPS⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page   ⁠⁠⁠Special One-Time Assistance⁠⁠⁠ (SOTA) https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page   ⁠⁠⁠⁠Section 8⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page   Other Information ⁠⁠NYC311⁠⁠ https://portal.311.nyc.gov/   ⁠⁠DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center ⁠⁠- apply for shelter https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page About the Human Resources Administration (HRA) https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/about/about-hra.page Access HRA https://a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/ ⁠⁠Brochure⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf   ⁠⁠HRA Guide for Housing Instability⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf     ⁠⁠About Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/media/source-of-income.page ⁠⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf   ⁠⁠Unlock NYC⁠⁠ (support for discrimination) https://weunlock.nyc/   About Housing Lotteries ⁠NYC Housing Connect⁠ https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/ ⁠About Housing Connect⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/housing-connect-rentals.page ⁠Affordable Housing Income Guide⁠ ⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/services/income-guide-english.pdf ⁠ ⁠NYS Housing Lotteries⁠ https://hcr.ny.gov/lotteries ⁠About Supportive Housing ⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/supportive-housing.page Check out other resources: ⁠⁠bit.ly/40pB4p8 Mayor's Management Report for 2023 https://www.nyc.gov/assets/operations/downloads/pdf/mmr2023/2023_mmr.pdf

The Right to Repair our electronics and other materials sounds like a no brainer. But historically manufacturers have said otherwise and fought, with millions of dollars, to stop legislation that allows consumers access to the resources to repair items like cell phones, toasters, and even tractor trucks. On this show Right to Repair takes center stage with guests Liv Butler, Policy Associate for Californians Against Waste [http://www.cawrecycles.org] and Elizabeth Chamberlain, Director of Sustainability for iFixit [https://www.ifixit.com/]. From new legislation in California to the national and global movement and successes, we discuss how manufacturers are being required to provide repair tools, parts, and manuals and examine concern around manufacturer compliance. Right to Repair is an important element in combating planned obsolescence and empowers consumers and small businesses. Our guests provide a thought-provoking look at this intersection of environmentalism, economics, and consumer rights and access. You may be surprised to learn that fixing your own items doesn't actually void the manufacturers' warranty. We discuss this and much more. Liv Butler is a Policy Associate at the Sacramento-based environmental advocacy group, Californians Against Waste [http://www.cawrecycles.org]. There, she works on legislation related to Extended Producer Responsibility and recycling issues. Elizabeth Chamberlain heads iFixit's advocacy work, supporting Right to Repair legislation around the globe and pushing for more repair in green electronics standards. The role blends her commitment to climate action, her love of technology, and her doctoral work in digital rhetoric [https://www.ifixit.com/]. Jessica Aldridge, Co-Host and Producer of EcoJustice Radio, is an environmental educator, community organizer, and 15-year waste industry leader. She is a co-founder of SoCal 350, organizer for ReusableLA, and founded Adventures in Waste. She is a former professor of Recycling and Resource Management at Santa Monica College, and an award recipient of the international 2021 Women in Sustainability Leadership and the 2016 inaugural Waste360, 40 Under 40. Related Show https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/the-right-to-repair-your-devices-the-corporate-stranglehold/ Articles https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/video/right-to-repair-rally-held-at-the-california-state-capitol-in-sacramento/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/24/apples-surprising-about-face-right-repair/ Resources https://www.repair.org/ https://pirg.org/campaigns/right-to-repair/ Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Host and Producer: Jessica Aldridge Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Ep. 196

 Governor Newsom has signed into law a bill to expedite construction of housing by religious institutions, and nonprofit colleges.  It's Senate Bill 4, also known as the YIGBY law, which stands for “Yes In God's Backyard,” and it will streamline the permit process for churches, synagogues, mosques, any faith-based organization that is willing to build affordable housing on its property, along with nonprofit schools of higher education. Experts say it could unlock tens of thousands of acres of land for development, much of it right here in the central Bay Area. For more, Doug Sovern, Brett Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Muhammad Alameldin, Policy Associate at UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation, and the co-author of a recent report on this very legislation. 

Welcome to a special episode in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month! In this episode, our host Dejia James, and guest, Steve Peraza, Senior Research and Policy Associate at the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, embark on a captivating journey through their shared identity as Afro-Latinos. As they discuss their unique experiences growing up in communities where their racial and ethnic identities intersect, they delve into their paths into academia, the challenges they faced, and the importance of mentorship. The conversation navigates the complexities of Afro-Latinx identity, from cultural affiliations to family dynamics, shedding light on the historical erasure of Afro-Latinxs and the importance of bridging communities for collective progress. Join them as they explore the need to move beyond organizing solely around identity and the potential of building coalitions to address issues that affect nonwhite communities. Tune in to gain insights into the rich tapestry of Afro-Latinx heritage and the journey towards a more united and equitable future. To learn more about our work, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ppgbuffalo.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up for our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Admissions decisions for selective educational programs require as much useful data about applicants as possible, particularly regarding academic skills and ability. Is it possible that opponents of standardized testing seek something other than a fair and transparent selection process? Amy and Mike invited educator Daniel Buck to explore who loses when we abolish entrance exams.  What are five things you will learn in this episode? How widespread has the elimination of entrance exams been? What is the history of standardized tests as entrance exams? What factors have replaced the data provided by standardized tests? How do objective test scores help disadvantaged students stand out? Who wins when we abolish entrance exams? MEET OUR GUEST Daniel Buck is an Editorial and Policy Associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is the author of What Is Wrong with Our Schools? and taught English and English as a second language at the middle and high school levels. He earned his master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, along with bachelor's degrees in English literature and the Spanish language. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, National Review, the New York Post, First Things, and many other publications.  Find Daniel at dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org or on Twitter @mrdanielbuck. LINKS Who loses when we abolish entrance exams Where Did The Test Come From? - A Brief History Of The SAT RELATED EPISODES WHY TESTS MATTER: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER: WHAT TESTING TELLS US LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.  

You probably remember Pamela Tate, Co-Executive Director at Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence and Destini Davis, AMFT, Clinical Coordinator at Youth Community Developers from past podcast episodes. In THIS episode, they are joined by Cameron Lucas, Grants and Policy Associate at the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Jill Zawisza, Co-Director at W.O.M.A.N., Inc. to discuss the Healing Roots collaborative. Though this particular project is sunsetting, the group takes a moment to reflect on the past few years, and what the future holds for DV prevention, intervention and the group. Learn more about DOSW and our organizations via the links below: San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence Youth Community Developers W.O.M.A.N., Inc. (Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent)

The Ohio Children's Budget Coalition's Vision of Child Wellbeing - Season 3, Episode 23As Ohio's lawmakers get to work molding the governor's budget outline into their plan for the state's finances for the next two years, dozens of Ohio organizations and agencies are working together to shape the conversation in the statehouse and ensure Ohio's children remain a top priority. A co-leader of the Ohio Children's Budget Coalition joins OEA for this episode to explain how all of our coalition partners are working to achieve important goals like implementing the Fair School Funding Plan, addressing educator shortages, and much more. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES | Click here to read the Ohio Children's Budget Coalition's biennial budget issue book, "Creating a Vision of Child Well-Being For Ohio," or to read any of the individual policy briefs.  SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Featured Education Matters guest: Matthew Tippit, Ohio Children's Budget Coalition co-leader Matthew Tippit is a Policy Associate at Children's Defense Fund-Ohio. He holds both a Bachelor and Master's Degree in Social Work from The Ohio State University and is a licensed Social Worker.  Prior to his graduate work, Matthew developed an interest in children's issues through mentorship programs and an internship within Columbus City Schools. These issues are what moved him toward policy work instead of traditional Social Work positions During and after his graduate work, he worked for the Ohio House of Representatives with State Representative Brigid Kelly where he helped draft legislation and handled constituent outreach and casework. Matthew is passionate about influencing a wide range of policies that will impact the whole child which led him to his current position at Children's Defense Fund-Ohio. At CDF-Ohio he co-leads the Ohio Children's Budget Coalition, manages CDF-Ohio's KID Count Data Center and focuses on Democracy Defense policies.” Connect with OEA: Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Education Matters topics Like OEA on Facebook Follow OEA on Twitter Follow OEA on Instagram Get the latest news and statements from OEA here Learn more about where OEA stands on the issues  Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative Watch About us: The Ohio Education Association represents about 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools. Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode was recorded on February 8, 2023.

EDIT: The Inflation Reduction Act's allocation for regenerative agriculture is $20 billion, not $20 million as mentioned in the episode. Julia Ranney is the Creative Communications and Policy Associate for the Center for Food Safety. After over a decade of independent, academic, and professional research, Julia has built varying levels of subject expertise on food systems as they relate to genetics, international development, public health, sustainability, and nutrition. Her goal is to utilize this knowledge and passion to inform policy, consumers, and to hold corporations accountable - all in the interest of creating a more equitable and sustainable global food system and culture.In her current position Julia produces CFS's podcast, manages communications strategy across platforms, and serves on the policy team in Washington, D.C. She is passionate about the power of storytelling to effect change, using creative communications as a medium for education, and fostering more inspiration for the next generation.LinksArticle on lab-grown meat: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/blog/6458/is-lab-grown-meat-healthy-and-safe-to-consumeLab-grown meat webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-7-vc-UNwLab-grown meat article: https://thecounter.org/lab-grown-cultivated-meat-cost-at-scale/Connect with Center for Food Safety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centerforfoodsafety/reels/?hl=enWebsite: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/Connect with JuliaEmail: jranney@centerforfoodsafety.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-ranney-876458b1/Connect with Jane Z. on Instagram at @farm.to.future

This is a special episode of Mentor Chat where we are talking with young people directly. As caring adults, sometimes we think we know what's best for young people, but without including them in the conversation and recognizing them as experts of their lives, do we really have their best interest at heart? In this episode, three young people share their thoughts and feelings about the topic of youth mental health, specifically how adults can offer support through listening and elevating their voice. We are also joined by Sarah Pesi and Deborah Murdock from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation who created a forum for teens to advocate for addressing mental health as a part of health.Additional Resources:PA Youth Advocacy NetworkSign up for TMP's Everyday Mentoring Tips!

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Israel and the West Bank on a trip to the Middle East. It's his first to the region since a new far-right government came to power in Israel. What is Washington's role in the worsening conflict? And what wider challenges does the Biden administration face in the Middle East?  Join host Mohammed Jamjoom  Guests: Jehad Abusalim - Education and Policy Associate at the American Friends Service Committee. Gideon Levy - Writer and columnist for the Haaretz newspaper. Julie Norman - Associate Professor at University College London.

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In this episode, Olivia interviews Kate Hansen, Policy Associate with the Center for Rural Affairs. Tune in as she answers our questions about the different options for contract pricing and micro-farm policy. She explains some of the eligibility concepts and why this topic is worth looking into.   Be sure to let us know what you think about our podcast for your chance to win a $50 gift card to your local farm store! https://go.iastate.edu/ZRF9GG  (Survey will close December 16, 2022.)   Episode Links:  • Fact sheet: Impacts Of The Conservation Stewardship Program in Iowa: https://www.cfra.org/publications/fact-sheet-impacts-conservation-stewardship-program-iowa  • Fact Sheet: Impacts Of The Conservation Stewardship Program in Minnesota: https://www.cfra.org/publications/fact-sheet-impacts-conservation-stewardship-program-minnesota  • Fact Sheet: Impacts Of The Conservation Stewardship Program in Nebraska: https://www.cfra.org/publications/fact-sheet-impacts-conservation-stewardship-program-nebraska  • Fact Sheet: Impacts Of The Conservation Stewardship Program in South Dakota: https://www.cfra.org/publications/fact-sheet-impacts-conservation-stewardship-program-south-dakota  • Contact information: Phone - 515-215-1294  |  Email - kateh@cfra.org

It's mid November and California budget revenue collections are way below projections. Paired with historically high rates of inflation, the Legislature may be facing a $25 billion deficit in FY 23-24. One big difference from budget deficits of the past, however, is the state has $23 billion saved in rainy day funds. Experts agree: Is the situation serious? Without a doubt. Is it a crisis? No. So what does this mean for advocates? Lobbying for new program investments is going to be hella difficult. Does that mean we close up shop and go home? Heck no! In this episode, recorded live on Monday, November 13, 2022, I talk with a California budget expert and fellow budget lobbyists about perilous budget conditions and what this portends for advocates in the new year. I am joined by: - Scott Graves, Director of Research at the California Budget and Policy Center - Christopher Sanchez, Policy Associate at the Western Center on Law and Poverty - Jennifer Fearing, President of Fearless Advocacy We discuss: What's on your fall budget prep check list? (10:57) The pros/cons of running a companion policy bill when you are lobbying a budget request (15:40) How the state's Budget reserves work (21:49) Knowing how to lobby the budget will make you a better lobbyist (25:18) How repurposing existing budget funding works (35:00) What budget advocates might expect in the Governor's second term (43:17) What should we expect from our legislative champions? (51:36) Persistence versus being a pest (55:11) Hosted by Kristina Bas Hamilton, founder of KBH Advocacy. Share your thoughts on today's episode with me on Twitter. Click here to join the free text community for more insight and updates from KBH Advocacy. This episode is sponsored by: • FastDemocracy is a streamlined and easy-to-use bill tracker that saves you time and allows you to focus on what really matters — advocating for policy. Visit fastdemocracy.com to learn more and don't forget to use the promo code BLUEPRINT. • Subtext helps you build genuine connections with your biggest supporters over text. Subtext is an award-winning texting platform that connects hosts with subscribers free from the chaos of social media and the clutter of email. Go to www.joinsubtext.com. © 2021 – 2022 KBH Advocacy, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blueprint4caadvocates/message

This week on the show, Summer Stinson, Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI), stops by to talk about the amazing work EOI has been doing and the benefits that progressive revenue presents across the state. Our tax system affects all aspects of life. How we tax income equitably in inequitably, what programs we invest in, have significant impacts on whether individuals and families will struggle or have access to necessary resources. Because of our lack of an income tax and reliance on sales tax, it's the poorest Washingtonians' who spend the most of their income on taxes, rather than the richest. Plans for progressive revenue would fix this by creating a tax system that taxes people closest in proportion to their income, instead of levying the same taxes on everyone regardless of their wealth.  For EOI, one of their top priorities for the next legislative session is a wealth tax, a bill for which was introduced by Representative Noel Frame, which would start 1% tax on an individual's accumulated wealth beyond a certain amount - discussed amounts range from $15 million to $1 billion as amount you can own before having to pay the tax. This 1% tax would only impact a portion of the wealth of a handful, 4,000 to less than a hundred, of Washingtonians, but could fund programs that benefit everyone.  Money earned through a wealth tax could fully fund special education across the state, provide adequate mental health staff for schools, let Washington start to develop guaranteed basic income programs, support people with developmental disabilities, and so much more.  As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today's co-host, Summer Stinson, at  @Summer_Stinson. More info is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.   Summer Stinson Summer Stinson is a product of public schools from kindergarten to law school. After graduating law school, she clerked for the Honorable Johnnie B. Rawlinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Summer has over 25 years of experience in human resources and labor, employment, and disability law. Most recently, Summer worked for the Social Security Administration for over a decade where she developed and led national trainings on the Americans with Disabilities Act. She worked pro bono on immigration cases, defended people facing eviction, and wrote numerous pro bono amicus briefs arguing for Washington to amply fund public schools.  In 2015, Summer co-founded Washington's Paramount Duty (WPD), a non-partisan, grassroots group of over 10,000 parents and allies across Washington advocating to provide every child equitable access to amply funded public schools with new progressive revenue. In 2021, Summer became the Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, a nonprofit public policy think tank that uses research, education, and advocacy to advance policies to build an economy that works for everyone. As EOI Executive Director, Summer is co-leading the Share the Wealth campaign to the legislature for a wealth tax. For too long, Indigineous, Black, and Brown Washingtonians have been paying their share of taxes but not seeing the investments and funding in their communities. It's time for the very wealthiest Washingtonians — who are primarily white — to pay what they owe so that we can ensure all of our communities have an equal opportunity to send their kids to excellent and well-funded public schools, to put food on the table, and to build a home where their families can live in dignity. Summer has published in the University of Oregon Labor Education Research Center Monograph and the University of Washington Education Law and Policy Review. Her most treasured accomplishment is being a mom to a Seattle Public Schools high schooler. Summer and her son adopted a rescue black lab from Texas and love taking him for urban and rural hikes in Washington. Summer is also a huge fan of progressive t-shirts, which she wears to walk or lift kettlebells and then sews t-shirt quilts with her favorite t-shirts.   Resources Economic Opportunity Institute: https://www.opportunityinstitute.org/     Keep Our Care Act from ACLU Washington:  https://www.aclu-wa.org/KOCA    Washington State's Paid Medical Leave program from Economic Opportunity Institute:  https://www.opportunityinstitute.org/research/paidleave/    “Washington state's tax system is worsening income inequality” by Melissa Hellmann, Ashley Clarke, & Joe Yerardi from Crosscut:  https://crosscut.com/equity/2022/09/washington-states-tax-system-worsening-income-inequality    “Share the Wealth, Washington! A state wealth tax on extreme wealth is the missing link in Washington's tax code” by Carolyn Brotherton from Economic Opportunity Institute: https://www.opportunityinstitute.org/research/post/share-the-wealth-washington/    “Reykdal calls for WA Legislature to fund free school meals for all” by Jeanie Lindsay from The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/reykdal-calls-for-wa-legislature-to-fund-free-school-meals-for-all/   “Funding Progressive Services through Progressive Tax Reform” by Economic Opportunity Institute:  https://www.opportunityinstitute.org/research/tax-reform/   Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On the show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington state through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show were always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today on the program, I'm thrilled to be joined by Summer Stinson. How are you . Doing? [00:00:45] Summer Stinson: I'm great. How are you Crystal? [00:00:47] Crystal Fincher: I'm doing great. And I'm excited to have you on, and I want to tell people who you are, what you've been up to. I'm just gonna read your bio so people understand why I'm excited that you're on. Summer Stinson is a product of public schools from kindergarten to law school. After graduating from law school, she clerked for the honorable Johnnie Rawlinson U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Summer has over 25 years of experience in human resources and labor employment and disability law. Most recently summer worked for the Social Security Administration for over a decade where she developed and led national trainings on the Americans With Disabilities Act. She worked pro bono on immigration cases, defended people facing eviction, and wrote numerous pro bono amicus briefs, arguing for Washington to amply fund public schools. In 2015, summer co-founded Washington's Paramount Duty, a nonpartisan grassroots group of over 10,000 parents and allies across Washington advocating to provide every child equitable access to amply-funded public schools with new progressive revenue. In 2021, Summer became the Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, a nonprofit public policy think tank that uses research, education, and advocacy to advance policies to build an economy that works for everyone. As EOI Executive Director, Summer's, co-leading the Share The Wealth campaign to the legislature for a wealth tax. For too long, Indigenous, Black, and Brown Washingtonians have been paying their share of taxes, but not seeing the investment in funding in their communities. It's time for the wealthiest Washingtonians, who are primarily white, to pay what they owe so that we can all ensure our communities have an equal opportunity to send their kids to excellent and well-funded public schools to put food on the table and to build a home where their families can live in dignity. Summer's Published in the University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center Monograph, and the University of Washington Education Law and Policy Review. Her most treasured accomplishment is being a mom to a Seattle public school's high schooler. Summer and her son adopted a rescue black lab from Texas and love taking him for urban and rural hikes in Washington. Summer's also a huge fan of progressive t-shirts, which she wears to walk or lift kettlebells, and then sews, t-shirts quilts with her favorite t-shirts. That's a lot. You have done a lot, Summer. [00:03:13] Summer Stinson: I feel like I still haven't done enough. I'm always trying to do more. [00:03:17] Crystal Fincher: You certainly are working more. Lots of people are familiar with Washington's Paramount Duty. You're one of the co-founders and then served on the board for quite some time. Built such a huge movement that resulted really in the McCleary decision, which is a pretty landmark decision by our Supreme court that finally required our legislature to adequately fund public schools. Forced them to make dramatic improvements from where they were at. Still more improvements necessary. But you have been doing this work for so long, in so many different ways and advocating for a lot of people in a lot of different ways. So one, I was just thrilled when you became the Executive Director of EOI and I'm thrilled at the work that you're doing right now. So I guess, starting out, what got you into this work, what drives you and how did you land at EOI? [00:04:13] Summer Stinson: Great questions. And actually like what got me into this work was, back in 1990, I was a sophomore at Oregon State University. And we had what was called measure number five down in Oregon, that would completely change our property tax system. And it was pushed by big landlords, especially corporations with lots of land, and it ended up gutting our public school system as well as our university programs. And I helped lead a lot of rallies. We even took over the president's office at Oregon State University. We slept there for the whole evening and had quite a rally in March just to say, "look divesting from the public good so that certain individuals can get tax breaks is or certain corporations, is not what Oregon is about." and unfortunately it passed and Oregon is still facing the ramifications of that decision, of that passage. What happened was that overnight after it passed, tuition doubled at many of the universities. Gonna date myself here, but when I started at Oregon State University, it was, I think, $494 for tuition for a quarter. Not including all the student fees and things like that, but then it doubled. Which still, I think many people today would gladly take a thousand dollars a quarter for tuition. But has just continued to escalate from there. Other things that happened from that were that friends who were in programs such as journalism, or programs such as teaching, all of a sudden the state board of higher education decided that we didn't have the money anymore, oregon didn't have the money anymore, to support degrees at different schools. So that if the University of Oregon already had journalism, there was no way that Oregon State should also have journalism, et cetera. So the degrees were slashed. Like entire degrees and programs were just slashed overnight. And so seeing how that affected people who were at school and the fact that a lot of people had to drop out or take a second job to be able to stay in school, or had to figure out whether to transfer, either to a different school or to a different program, was really my first awakening that taxes matter and actually affect our lives every day. And I think I was 19 years old at the time and it's still true today. We are so affected by our tax system, by the fairness or inequities in our tax system. And it truly does affect us, our children, our neighbors, coworkers, et cetera, every single day. And that is just such a touchpoint for whether we can live happy and healthy lives, is whether we are collecting re revenue equitably and whether we are investing in programs and communities equitably as well. [00:07:06] Crystal Fincher: And so that's really important work. It does have to do with everything. How does EOI go about advocating for that? And what is everything that the economic opportunity Institute works on? [00:07:19] Summer Stinson: We work on quite a bit of different things, not just progressive revenue. We also work on healthcare, major things that we have been working on, and this is through - we have this amazing policy team. So when I say we, it truly is we. We have just a tremendous staff, which we are almost gonna be nine here very soon. We have another person joining us at the beginning of October - and so for healthcare, some of the big pushes have been to address the consolidation of hospitals and the consolidation of our healthcare, which is critically important, not just when you look at the cost of healthcare, but also when you look at the healthcare available at certain hospitals. Because not all hospitals, unfortunately, have the same commitment to a woman's health and women's reproductive health, and also a woman's right to choose and to provide abortions whether chosen or whether they're required for the health of the mother. And so that's a very big issue that we have worked on that we have not been able to fully move forward in Washington state, I'm sure it'll be on our agenda again, and has never been more important than since after the Dobbs decision. Also, we are working with many other organizations, including unions and many other nonprofit organizations on capping costs and reducing costs for both pharmaceuticals and also for the medical procedures. Because, as we know, the costs are just continue to escalate and yet we don't see nurses getting paid more. We would think that we'd have a very robust system rather than just profits by hospitals or by providers at this point, but that's unfortunately what we're seeing. For paid family medical leave, which is another one of AOIs huge wins, and that was so important in the state where we were able to get, with many other organizations, paid leave for Washingtonians to care for themselves or their families. And then a very progressive program where it's not just family, that the U.S. government considers you related to, but it's also chosen family, which is very nice and broad, and also really matters to so many people, especially to communities, queer communities, that we can take time off for our chosen family. And we've done a lot of work to make sure that those programs are really accessible right now. Unfortunately, the application is only in English online, which makes no sense in a state like Washington. So that's another thing we're working on, making sure that there's more language accessibility for people who do not speak or write English to be able to apply for these programs that are very important for them to be able to access as well. And then of course, we've worked for a long time now on progressive revenue, which I know we're gonna talk more about as well. [00:10:09] Crystal Fincher: Yeah. And so I do wanna talk about that a little bit more. Progressive revenue is a term that is frequently used among insiders among people doing policy work and political work, but that a lot of people, who aren't super paying attention to things may be real familiar with what that actually is. So what is progressive revenue and why does it matter? [00:10:33] Summer Stinson: So we are currently, Washington, the most regressive state when it comes to our revenue collection. And again, that sounds, maybe, like a little bit of word salad, but what that means is that we rely on taxes as a percentage of income. We rely on taxes and we more heavily tax the people at the bottom of the earning spectrum. People who are poor, people who are barely making it, working families pay a much higher rate of their earnings than do the really wealthy among us. And in a state like Washington state, where we have almost a hundred billionaires and yet one quarter of our Washingtonians live in poverty, we have just this enormous gap already between the haves and the have nots. But then when you layer our inequitable tax system, regressive tax system, on top of that, where we're taxing the people who are the have nots at the highest rate, it means that we are really unfair in how we're doing this. And let me remind you, we're more unfair than Mississippi, we're more unfair than Texas. We are the most regressive of all 50 states. And this is even after capital gains tax was enacted. We're still the most regressive. It has not changed that. We have not even moved up one number yet. We are still 50th when you look at states in terms of who has the least regressive tax system. We are still number 50. We just have an incredibly unfair tax system. [00:12:12] Crystal Fincher: Yeah. And that's such a tremendous challenge. And our state, we don't have an income tax. And sometimes people look at that and they think, "oh, so taxes must be really low. There's no income tax. It's a cake walk." It is not a cake walk. And what that means is that instead of people paying proportionally according to what they earn and their ability to pay and a percentage of that, we have sales taxes and use taxes and BNO taxes and fees for everything. And so all of these other taxes are jacked up, but they're not taxes that are in any way correlated with people's income or ability to pay. So we have people at the bottom paying as much. Or more in some cases than people at the top. And it just doesn't make sense. And in an area where the public investments and the public infrastructure that have been provided and, businesses and individuals have been able to reap the benefit of that great public investment, of our great infrastructure, of our educational investments, enrich themselves, and then not continue that cycle of paying back into the system through taxes is just really not working is the bottom line. And we have seen, in many ways, how it doesn't work what are some of the impacts of having such a regressive tax? [00:13:44] Summer Stinson: And I thank you for laying it out that way, because one of the impacts, if you're gonna take it on a really personal level, is that, if you have, say, a millionaire parent who goes into buy some diapers for their child and they're paying the sales tax and they grab whatever brand of diapers off the shelf, they're paying the same tax for those diapers as a parent who is every single diaper counts, every single dollar counts, and they really need those diapers for their children and they may be working two jobs. And so the fact that the sales tax is not any way an equalizer because yes, you have these two parents who are paying the same amount, no matter what they bring to the table, no matter how much they're counting those dollars for those diapers, trying to make them last. So that's on a personal level, the impact. The impact for our students and for all Washingtonians, especially when you look at our Washingtonians most in need, like our disabled Washingtonians, is that we have cut and cut so many programs that are absolutely needed. We are not even back to most of the spending rates that we had for people very much in need. And for our basics, we are not even back to the spending rates that we had before the recession from 2008 to 2011, which I think was called the Great Recession, which just feels awkward now since we've, had a pandemic since then. But yeah, even in a pandemic, we have not gotten back to those levels because we've also had some infusions from the federal government and also our state government that are not- The investments while they're amazing, just yesterday, Biden had a bill signing, amazing investments, but many of them will tap out. They are investments for a year or two. Examples are the child tax credit that was very popular. Lifted millions of families out of poverty across the entire U.S, and yet, was discontinued at the beginning of this year. Another example is the federal government and state government making sure that all meals at public schools were free, universally free, was another thing that ceased, though Washington state is trying to figure out how to continue to make universal meals at schools still of reality. So even just like where the rubber meets the road, and actually, roads. Let's talk about how many bridges do we talk about need to be fixed? I saw that they're finally doing some testing on the West Seattle Bridge. But then we talk about the Magnolia Bridge and the Ballard Bridge. And just our simple infrastructure, we have not been keeping up with the investments we need and the testing and the reinforcing that we need to be able to continue the society that we already have. [00:16:37] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, absolutely. It's so important and so critical. And so, in the state, we've had a lot of conversations about, "okay, so what kind of revenue does that mean?" we just talked about an income tax, but we hear an income tax in our state is unconstitutional. We also hear people trying to characterize lots of different types of wealth taxes as an income tax. So what is actually permissible and what is possible? [00:17:05] Summer Stinson: So what the Washington state constitution has a ban on is any sort of graduated property tax. So that would mean the more expensive the house, taxing that at a higher rate. Which. I think we should not be having to deal with that constraint of not being able to have a progressive property tax, but unfortunately that would require change from the legislature as well as from our Washingtonians. But what the Supreme Court did in the 1930s cases was say that, income was akin to property, and that because income was property, or so they ruled, and this was a pretty conservative court at the time, they overturned a Washington voter initiative to have a progressive income tax. And so, there's this interpretation from the 1930s Supreme Court, which is now almost a hundred years old, that interpretation that income is property. First of all, there's no prohibition on an income tax anywhere. The only rulings we have are that income is property and therefore it can't be, we couldn't have, a progressive income tax. I do think that it is a great time to challenge that at the Supreme Court level and see if this current Supreme Court would reexamine that, because income is very different than property, as we know. Wealth, property, income, those are all different types of terms. And we could talk about that. So there's no prohibition, but it is also just considered that third rail that a lot of people don't wanna touch in Washington state. And in my thinking, and many others' thinking, is that, "okay, income actually, isn't as progressive." People who are relying on income to work, where they're not making money in their sleep, they're putting their work, their thought, they're writing briefs, working out at a construction site, where they're somehow doing something to be able to earn money that is that is still an exchange. [00:19:15] Crystal Fincher: So you bring up a good issue here. That's good to talk about. The idea of income versus wealth. [00:19:22] Summer Stinson: Yes. [00:19:22] Crystal Fincher: And talking about this, a lot of people are like, "wealth? Does that mean that Ms. Tech executive who is making well into the six figures? Is that who we're talking about? Are we talking about billionaire? Are we talking about that?" And it really has to do with how are you making your income? What income are you living off of? If you are working and earning a wage, that wage could be minimum wage, that wage could be a really healthy salary. But if you are earning money from working, exchanging your labor, exchanging a service, exchanging your intellect and providing expertise, that's work. That's an income. And that's a completely different conversation than someone who is earning money passively on interest from an investment, on gains from an investment, on other people's work, or collecting wealth from other people. And some people talk about landlords or different things where it's not- you actually aren't working for the money, your money is earning money at that point in time. And you're making money from investments, not necessarily from work that you're doing or expertise that you are providing. Those are two very different things. And really when we're talking about, in Washington, this wealth tax, the number is so large and the amount of people that it covers is such a tiny minuscule percentage, that it's a different thing. How do you view this income versus wealth conversation? [00:20:58] Summer Stinson: I think, thank you very much for that framing, because I would also add, if you are able to make money in your sleep, if you can collect rent, or if your stocks are continuing to go up, or if you own a business and others are working for you but you are not having to lead that business but you have that investment, you're able to nap or sleep or do other things with your time and you don't have that exchange there. And that is where, when we look at the gap between those haves and have nots, it's not just income, though income is very important, but the wealth gap. The wealth gap is immoral in Washington state. The wealth gap that some people do not have a roof over their heads at all, do not have secure food, are not able to buy their children clothes for school, and yet we have almost a hundred billionaires in our state. Many of them that are on the dared names are on the tip of our tongue. And we could even just start naming them here. And that we have that in Washington state, which is amazing prosperity, but we also have people who, one quarter, who are not sure where their next meal is gonna come from, do not have secure housing are basically living very moment to moment without the support they need and without the programs they need, and without being able to earn the wage that they deserve. [00:22:28] Crystal Fincher: Yeah. And really just fundamental fairness. Someone who is worth a billion dollars, our a hundred or so billionaires in the state, paying the same amount of tax, basically, same rate as someone who is struggling making a minimum wage at a full time job, trying to support a family, doing the best that they can just is not fair and is illogical. And is counter to the way that we have traditionally done things in the United States and this state also, which I feel like we should talk about more. Right now we're out of balance and people talking about, "hey, let's make our tax system more progressive" are really talking about let's return to the way that it used to be and get closer to that instead of where we have landed where tax rates are so much lower than they have historically been. And we see, societally, the impact of that. [00:23:29] Summer Stinson: Absolutely. We had two things that we had huge investments in our public infrastructure. We really funded the public good. We had library systems, we've had much stronger transit systems, public transit systems, we have had public schools with many more options. And this is in sometimes just our recent past, not even, in long ago, days, but very recent past. And yet smaller class sizes, et cetera. And yet what we also have is this nonstop chipping away at all the different revenue sources that we used to have. Very über wealthy people used to pay taxes at a much higher rate and still engage in philanthropy on top of that. Philanthropy does not equal taxes. Philanthropy is directed giving. Often it comes with tax breaks. It often comes with lots of strings attached. It often comes with, "hey, think about how I'm thinking," says the rich person, "about class sizes, whether they're important or not. Or school sizes. Or how important types of curriculum are." And yes, I may be thinking of a couple examples here, but, those strings and that investment from philanthropy is not the same as funding our communities. It's not the same as funding our children's future. We should be doing that based on taxes. It should be stable year to year. It should grow year to year. We have seen 10% increase in the CPI, in the inflation, here in Washington state. And yet I bet most workers have not seen a 10% increase in their wages. Schools have not seen a 10% increase in their budgets. We're being asked, essentially, whether it's our family, or our schools, or our transit systems, to do more with less. Which we have also been asked to do that for at least the last 50 years, if not more. And there just comes a point where you cannot do anything with less. There comes a point where you're barely scraping by. I think that the IRS as a institution is a perfect example of that. Where the IRS, people realize now, had been so chronically underfunded and Social Security, those two programs had been so underfunded that we have to take some time and a lot of money to bulk them back up again, just to do the mission that they were asked to do and that we expect them to do. [00:25:58] Crystal Fincher: Just to maintain a level of service that we're used to from so many of our public institutions. We are just on the heels of the end of a Seattle Public School strikes, the end of strikes in a number of different cities, and things like class sizes we're such a huge issue. They're so much bigger than they used to be. That's an effect of not having adequately funded schools. The size of the supply list that you have to get for your kid when you're sending them to school is now so much longer than it used to be. That's an example of things that used to be publicly funded now being the private responsibility or forced that burden onto private residents, when that used to be something that we all acknowledged was needed by our students. And so clearly schools would provide. Even looking at different programs available in school, different curriculum, different options and electives, that used to help provide a well rounded education, and frankly do a better job, I think, of preparing people for living in the world that they were gonna land in after graduation. Those things are not automatic anymore. And we have to pass a school levy locally or do something else to make up for the funding that used to be provided through taxing people who were very wealthy. Now we stop doing that. We're still taxing people at the bottom of the ladder and in the middle, but we took very high income earners out of the equation. Things like, just seeing the bridge closures that we've had, the kinds of potholes that we've had, managing these wildfires and forest, so many different things that our parents, that even it doesn't even have to be that long ago, just 10 years ago, were normal and standard are now no longer. And then more things are being forced onto private citizens to pay instead of everybody in this community and society. And so it's so important. There are lots of things that have been talked about. An income tax is one thing and one element that's a little bit trickier. But there are other things, like the capital gains tax, that has passed. There are several other types of taxes, a wealth tax proposed by representative Noel Frame, that politically now are more achievable than they have been in decades, really. There's such an increasing acknowledgement by more people in the public, that looking around and saying things are broken, whether it's the inability to address our housing crisis and our affordability crisis, or just provide clean water to all of our communities and our schools, so many different things. What are the options that you're working to, and that look possible in the coming legislative session? [00:28:56] Summer Stinson: Thank you. That's a great question. We are most focused, our biggest priority is, the wealth tax. And working with Representative Frame and also with Representative My-Linh Thai and Representative April Berg on the wealth tax. So, it was introduced two years ago at a billion dollar threshold, meaning Crystal, your first billion that you have in wealth and my first billion that I have in wealth would be not taxed. Which means- [00:29:22] Crystal Fincher: Wait, you're not a business hater, an economy hater who wants to take all of my wealth? You don't want my entire- But like, I can have my first billion free is what you're saying? [00:29:35] Summer Stinson: That we are suggesting to lower that to probably about 50 million, but yes. 50 million or 15 million. Those are pretty high numbers still. And then, even after that, it would only be a 1% tax because it would not be graduated because of the current constitutional prohibition on any sort of progressive property tax. So this would just be a straight 1% on intangible property. So much of our financial system is really now about stocks and bonds and all of these other types of assets, which often if there are stocks and bonds that are traded on wall street, then they're already going to have a worth attached to them. Some types of businesses that are not public might not have a worth and so that they would need to be assessed. But we already all have our houses assessed. We all get that little postcard, for people who are homeowners, get a postcard of how much our house is worth. And people who our homeowners often check out Redfin and Zillow. So the whole assessment of a certain type of wealth is already a really common standard practice, especially when we talk about real property. So when we're talking about intangible property, we would be applying that same appraisal system. That same assessment system. And that the difference between this, a wealth tax, also, and a capital gains tax, is the difference between a real estate tax and a tax when you sell your. So you pay real estate, property tax every single year, whatever you do with that property, but then anytime you sell it, then there's the tax for the exchange of that property. And so the wealth tax would be akin to the yearly property tax. So that would be for people who have intangible property of over 15 million or 50 million, wherever the threshold ends up being in the bill, then for that amount and over, there would be a 1% tax every year annually, that's very similar to our property taxes. Then capital gains tax is for the exchange. When somebody sells a stock or realizes gains, that's when then capital gains tax comes in. So they're different, just as we have different taxes in the real estate world. [00:31:59] Crystal Fincher: Okay. So we know how to assess this. We know what kind of system this is. We are not recreating the wheel. Many other states do this and taxing wealth is a normal, traditional American thing. As far as how many people this is going to impact, is this really a small percentage of people or are you trying to tax everybody in the state, Summer Stinson? Is this just coming for everybody? What is the deal with who this does impact? [00:32:29] Summer Stinson: That's a great question who this impacts is just less than a hundred taxpayers if we're at a billion dollar threshold. If we're at a hundred million threshold, it reaches a whole 2,000 taxpayers. And at a 50 million threshold, we are reaching 4,400 taxpayers. And these numbers did come from the Washington Department of Revenue Modeling that they have done this year. So these are very up to date numbers. These come from our Department of Revenue and from the modeling that they've done. And so we are also working on trying to make sure that we set a threshold where we do not get individuals who have most of their wealth held up in a family business, people who are very entrepreneurial and have a family business that maybe doesn't have the same cash flow to be able to pay this. We're not trying to catch up everybody or every type of wealth. We are really trying to get to the absolutely most über wealthy. Which again, even if out of 50 million wealth exemption amount, is 4,400 Washingtonians. [00:33:33] Crystal Fincher: So out of almost 8 million Washingtonian, 7.8 million residents in the state, we are talking about 2000 people that this impacts. And 2000 of the richest Washingtonians who control just an outsized percentage of the wealth in this state. What is made possible when we do tax the we of the über wealthy? What kinds of things does that buy and enable? [00:34:05] Summer Stinson: One of the big things, and this was something that we've been pushing a lot already, is actually fully funding special education. And this was something that I've been writing about and talking about and working on with representative Frank Chopp and others before the most recent school strikes that we've seen in different school districts, seattle's as well as others. Because this state does not amply fund education at public schools, but they really do not pay the actual cost of special education even today. They have a very low cap on the number of students, the percentage of students, in each district who can be identified as in need of special education. And they have very outdated, insufficient formulas for figuring out how much each student should receive or how much each district should receive for different students. And especially when we have the mental health issues that we see from the pandemic across the entire country. And as in recently reported, especially depression and anxiety in kids here in Washington state where it's been a larger issue than even in the rest of the country where those rates are increasing really rapidly. We need to have more counselors, nurses, special education supports, social workers, librarians in our schools. We absolutely need that. If we have a true commitment to having culturally responsive and support for students in need, rather than going to heavy discipline measures and wrap around supports, then what we really need is to be able to invest in those. It's hard to tell teachers or administrators that they have to do something with nothing. We really need to be able to support our teachers, our administrators, and also have the proper number of bodies, which is a nurse in every school. The fact that is something that we, that is no longer a given is, really it's bananas. It's unthinkable, truly. There are some schools that only I see a nurse once a week and the state legislature did just invest more in nurses, but it's gonna be over a three year period. And it's a very slow, the investment in nurses and counselors is still, also very slow to build. And we really need to be able to have one in each school. Other things that we need to be able to support is cash for families. There was a great article in the New York times on GBI programs, Guaranteed Basic Income programs and how they, there have been various different pilots around the entire country. We've also had a pilot here in Washington state and the Department of DHS-. [00:36:45] Crystal Fincher: DSHS. [00:36:46] Summer Stinson: DSHS, thank you - did a great report on how uplifting that pilot program was. And we need to be able to have the money in Washington state, have the investment to take these pilot programs or trials to scale them up, to make them actually real programs that can help everybody in Washington. GBI is an amazing opportunity for helping Washingtonians most in need and Representative Liz Berry has been sponsoring that bill. Another thing that I think many people don't know is that in Washington state, we do not support people with developmental disabilities nearly as much as we need to. Any sort of support for developmental disabilities means that individuals have to be on a waiting list. Our waiting list. 15,000 people right now in Washington state who are on a waiting list for needed support, just to be able to live their lives and for their families to be able to live their lives with a disabled person in their family. This would be akin to say, going into social security administration and saying, "hey, here's I, I'm trying to get my disability or trying to get my retirement benefits" and somebody basically telling you that somebody else has to go off the list, possibly even die, before you can get your benefits. It is morally reprehensible that we have such a long waiting list for people who need help with their basic daily living. So that's the type of thing that we could fund. All the programs and services needed for those 15,000 people on that waiting list. We could also provide homes for people with disabilities, including mental disabilities. Because many of the people who are most homeless and need a stable roof over their head have disabilities, including mental disabilities. We could also do a lot more recruiting training and retention of our needed workforce, right now, the counselors and the therapists and the public access to the support that they need. Those therapists themselves are often could qualify for housing support because they make so little themselves. Think about that. These are crucial jobs, and yet, just as crucial as safe firefighters, and yet we do not pay these people, a living wage. So there's so many things we can invest in that we absolutely should be investing in because right now, by not taxing, the most wealthy among us, we are leaving severe deficits in places that most need it in our communities that most need it in Washington state. [00:39:18] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, absolutely. Things from childcare, to the transition to clean and sustainable energy, to managing wildfires. There's so much. If you just think of what is publicly funded, this is what is impacted by the amount of taxes that we collect and then how we distribute them. So it, it is so impactful and so important. If people wanna learn more about the Economic Opportunity Institute or getting involved in movements for progressive revenue, how can they learn more information and get involved? [00:39:53] Summer Stinson: Thank you. That's a great question. The Economic Opportunity Institute has an entire website with information, including Dr. Carolyn Brotherton, who is our Policy Associate for Progressive Revenue, just wrote an amazing article on Share the Wealth Washington talking about how a Washington state wealth tax on extreme wealth. It's the missing link for Washington's tax code. And there's even interactive charts where you can see who's gonna pay and at what levels and where they reside and whether or not they reside in your legislative district. So you can play around with lots of different things. I will give you a hint about that in that 41st legislative district, which includes Medina and Bellevue and Mercer Island, it does have the most, the highest number of, payers of any legislative district in the state of Washington. So you can go there to our website. Also, people can email me at summer@opportunityinstitute.org. And we always have lots of opportunities for people to learn either about wealth tax, we're gonna be having some sessions coming up about that, we're gonna be putting out some videos that we're working with Fuse on. And we will have a legislative session preview in early January. The first week of January. Because session starts January 9th. [00:41:11] Crystal Fincher: Excellent. So we will include all of these links in there in our episode notes so you can refer to those, just, wherever you get the show. We will also be paying attention to what candidates on the campaign trail are saying about this issue, all of these issues, and making sure that if this is something that you care about, that the people up for election in your legislative districts are supportive of this. And you should ask them about this and engage with them about this and let them know that it's a priority to you. That's another way that you can help ensure that this winds up on their priority list to tackle in this upcoming legislative session. And for, even people in the County Prosecutors races and County Council races, that they know that progressive revenue is needed in all of our jurisdictions to make sure that we can take care of our entire community in the way that we deserve. And that people in the middle and at the bottom, aren't paying more than their fair share, like that needs to stop. Thank you so much Summer for joining us today. Sincerely appreciate it. [00:42:24] Summer Stinson: Thank you, Crystal. It's been delightful to spend time with you as always. And thank you so much for inviting me on. [00:42:32] Crystal Fincher: Excellent. And thank you for everyone for listening. Talk to you soon. Thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks. The producer of Hacks and Wonks is Lisl Stadler, our assistant producer is Shannon Cheng and our post-production assistant is Bryce Cannatelli you can find Hacks and Wonks on Twitter at @HacksWonks, and you can follow me at @finchfrii spelled F I N C H F R I I. You can catch Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts., just type Hacks & Wonks into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered right to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave us a review wherever you listen. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacks&wonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in. 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Listen in to an interview from one of the community members that was on the frontlines during the 2020 George Floyd protests in our special Stop Tear-Gaslighting Us series. We are sitting down with community members who hit the streets in 2020 in Portland to look back and look at where we are now. This week, Beatrix Li, our Communications & Policy Associate, takes a break from interviews to sum up the 2020 summer of protests for racial justice, shares their own experience, the police budget, reviews where the issue of policing is at now since, and abolition.(She also talks about cyberpunk at some point.)

Bobbin is joined by our Prison Outreach Coordinator and Policy Associate, Trevor Walraven and formerly incarcerated advocates Dr. Scott Spencer-Wolff and Kyle Hedquist. Reflecting on our recent report, ODOC: Agency in Crisis, Bobbin leads the conversation on their pipe dream of the “Norway model,” which is an attempt to humanize prisons, which poses the question of that'd even possible? They talk about the failures of ODOC which are often sanitized in untruthful language, like when ODOC Director Collette Peters called the disastrous wildfire evacuations of 2020 as an “absolute success.” Dr. Scott Spencer-Wolff, Kyle, and Trevor share about their experiences and insights as formerly incarcerated people.

In this episode, we talk to Thea Sebastian, Director of Policy at Civil Rights Corps, and Sam Washington, Policy Associate at Civil Rights Corps. Sebastian and Washington explore the deep connections between affordable housing and safety for individuals and families and discuss why Civil Rights Corps joined the OSAH campaign's Roundtable and participated in the campaign's recent sign-on letter supporting the campaign's housing priorities. They also examine the ways safety, racial equity, and housing are connected and share additional resources for learning about housing and safety. Additional Resources: ARPA: https://civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Community-Safety-and-ARP_Policy-Guide_CivRightsCorps.pdf IIJA: https://civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/3_21_CRC_Harnessing-Infrastructure-Grants-for-Community-Safety-Report.pdf Evidence Guide: https://civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Getting-Smart-On-Safety.pdf Intro/Closing Song: Free Music Library, YouTube, “Clover 3” URL: www.youtube.com/audiolibrary

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will funnel a historic $1.2 trillion into states—about $6.8 billion of which is headed to Minnesota. These funds will go toward much-needed investments in weatherization assistance, energy efficiency, power and grid, electric transportation, and more—all of which play a major role in our climate future as we seek energy independence.But how can local and state policymakers, agency staff, elected officials, nonprofit advocates, thought leaders, and all Minnesotans ensure our state takes full advantage of these federal funds?On May 3, 2022, Fresh Energy, Aimee Witteman from the U.S. Department of Energy, Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold, and special guests discussed how Minnesota can take full advantage of the opportunities presented by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.Panelists:- Commissioner Grace Arnold, Minnesota Department of Commerce- Aimee Witteman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy- Bob Blake, Executive Director, Native Sun Community Power Development- Dan Josephson, Energy Director, MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership- Laura Ziegler, Associated General Contractors (AGC) of MinnesotaHosted by:- Justin Fay, Lead Director, Public Affairs at Fresh Energy- Eric Fowler, Senior Coalition Communications and Policy Associate at Fresh Energy

Electric panel updates are a crucial way to speed up home electrification, but cost can be a barrier. That's why Fresh Energy is leading a new effort at the Minnesota Legislature this year to prepare Minnesota's existing residential buildings for the transition to fossil-free electricity: An electric panel upgrade program for owners of single family and multifamily buildings. Podcast Guests: Eric Fowler, Senior Coalition Communications and Policy Associate at Fresh EnergyMari Ojeda, Senior Policy Associate, Energy Access and Equity at Fresh EnergyHost: Jo Olson, Director of Communications and EngagementListeners can stay up to date on Fresh Energy's work via our once-monthly email list, blog at www.fresh-energy.org, or by following us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. You can support Fresh Energy's work for a clean energy Minnesota by making a donation today! Further reading: Fresh Energy's blog post about the electric panel billLeading with Equity and Justice in the Clean Energy Transition - Green & Healthy Homes Initiative 

Bobbin and Juan chop it up as Juan has been appointed our sub co-host, as Eric is slammed in the public defense crisis. Looking at local news articles that seem a little more like Fox News headlines, your hosts talk about Senator Wyden's fear-and-anger politics in his comments on Governor Brown's clemency decision.  As Juan is our Civil Rights Project Director and Attorney and involved in multiple lawsuits against the City of Portland on police violence, he and Bobbin talk about how Portland has a rogue police force and some ongoing litigation. Juan tells us about his client's case, which asks the question: spitting on the street or threats of violence by Proud Boys, which is PPB more worried about?Produced by Beatrix Li, OJRC Communications & Policy Associate

In this fourth installment of the fabulous series we're doing in collaboration with and supported by the Ascendium Education Group, Michelle interviews three professionals with hands-on experience collaborating with employers to help rural learners: Dani Douglas, a Research and Policy Associate at the Center on Rural Innovation; Dr. John Fitzsimmons, President of The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges; and Joshua Howe, Deputy Executive Director for Workforce Training and Remote Working for the Maine Community College System. Douglas discusses why rural places should care about having tech jobs and businesses in their communities and success stories in rural areas. Fitzsimmons talks about the role of the Maine Advisory Council on remote work and the importance of certification in this space. Howe provides an overview of the Remote Work for Maine program, and the kinds of jobs for which workers are being trained. This episode and the entire six-part series is sponsored by the Ascendium Education Group, whose philanthropy aims to remove systemic barriers faced by certain learners, specifically first-generation students, incarcerated adults, veterans, students of color, and rural community members. For more information, visit ascendiumphilanthropy.org   

Eric will be back next week, but until then, Bobbin and Beatrix discuss OPB's recent article on perceptions of crime and the Oregon midterm election, and how perceptions from candidates and Portlanders and data on crime rates do not necessarily match. Beatrix sighs at the over-bloated police budget that Mayor Wheeler and President Biden (who made an appearance in Portland) are signing off on; which leads to Bobbin and Beatrix talking about bad police reforms. We are joined by a special guest, Judge Darleen Ortega who serves in Position 3 of the Oregon Court of Appeals. As the first woman of color and the only Latina to serve as an Appellate Judge, Judge Ortega shares her experience and what it means to serve justice as a judge. Judge Ortega talks about challenges in the system, and how asking good questions grounds her work. Bobbin and Judge Ortega talk about law schools in Oregon (where she teaches at all three schools!). Judge Ortega discusses why it is important to stay proximate to the marginalized to inform her work.Produced by Beatrix Li, Comms. & Policy Associate

As Eric attends to public defense duties, Bobbin is joined by Youth Justice Project Director & Managing Attorney Gabe Newland to talk about youth justice in Oregon. Bobbin and Gabe catch up on this week's news with the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Ted Cruz's buffoonery, and the theater of fear & anger politics. Gabe dives into talking about the adultification of youth in the criminal justice system and how prosecuting children as adults is a cruel practice, and why at the very least, we need to set a minimum age for juvenile prosecution. Gabe and Bobbin discuss SB1008 on Measure 11 cases for youth, Governor Brown's commutations, and why brain science supports the abolition of the juvenile system.Produced by Beatrix Li, Communications & Policy Associate

o2 Utah presents O2 & You! This week, Eliza guest hosted and spoke with Alex Veilleux and Josh Craft. Alex is a Policy Associate for @healutah , and Josh is the Government and Corporate Relations Manager for @utahcleanenergy. Together, Josh, Alex and our very own Eliza Cowie did a recap of this year's legislative session!

 Catch up with Bobbin and Eric on the week in news around the Normandale Park shooting and the City of Portland's failure to protect protestors for racial justice, how Colin Kaepernick launched an initiative for free autopsies to families who lost loved ones to police violence. Eric and Bobbin also discuss the importance of public defenders as a check on police misconduct. Our guest Athul Acharya, Executive Director of Public Accountability, joins us to discuss his work challenging legal doctrines in federal court that prevent public officials from being held accountable, such as Qualified Immunity.Next week, Eric and Bobbin will host DA Matt Ellis and DA John Hummel (the conversation about solitary confinement will be pushed to later).Produced by Beatrix Li, OJRC Communications & Policy Associate

This week in news, Bobbin and Eric discuss what the heck is going on with public defense in Oregon. Alice Lundell, Director of Communication at Oregon Justice Resource Center joins us as our guest to unpack how the media reports on crime, to take a look back on the tough-on-crime backlash after the protests for George Floyd, and discuss how Portland became a national lightning rod for fear-mongering news reporting of what happens when we "defunded" the police (which we didn't.)Produced by Beatrix Li,  Communications and Policy Associate, OJRC

Bio -  Eric Morrison-Smith, Policy Associate, manages California policy work for PolicyLink and the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (ABMoC), a national network of community and advocacy organizations coming together to advance race and gender justice by transforming policies that are failing boys and men of color and their families. He is also the Creator of Borrowed Knowledge, a space that brings community together to ask questions, share knowledge and explore new radical ways of thinking. Borrowed Knowledge takes inspiration from the Radical Black Tradition that created learning and strategic planning spaces for those fighting to build a new and more just world. Eric is an abolitionist and focused on building, with community, a political economy that is centered around shared prosperity, equitable distributions of power, and anti-racismConnect with Eric Morrison-Smith! Website: https://www.borrowedknowledge.com/Email: Eamorrisonsmith@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/EricAngelo_MShttps://www.instagram.com/ericangelo_ms/:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emorrisonsmith/

Did you know that food labels can mislead us into thinking processed and packaged foods and beverages are healthier than they might appear? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Eva Greenthal, MS, MPH, Senior Science Policy Associate at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Greenthal discusses the Food Labeling Modernization Act and the food labeling confusion and loopholes it attempts to correct. Greenthal and Hemmelgarn expose misleading “natural” labels, and discuss potentially harmful ingredients, including phosphorus, caffeine, gluten, food dyes, sugar and more. Related website:  CSPI food labeling webinar: https://cspinet.org/resource/2021-flma-webinar-recording 

Listen to our speakers Shannon Paige, Policy Associate at Peace Direct, Rita Panicker, CEO of Butterflies and a Member of Family for Every Child Alliance, Casey Harden, General Secretary at World YWCA, moderated by Alisha Bhagat, Futurist and Senior Strategist at Forum for the Future, discussing how to support and advocate for communities through their organisations and how we as a sector can better understand and engage with network actors to challenge powerful privileging forces.

There is no better time than now to lend your voice to the fight to secure a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants! That's why this week's episode of the Voices for Human Needs podcast is all about the ongoing efforts of grassroots advocates, allies in Congress, and directly impacted communities across the country to finally passing legislation that protects millions of Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, and essential immigrant workers from deportation. You'll hear from long-time immigration advocates Lia Parada, who currently serves as the Director of Legislative Advocacy at The Immigration Hub, and Diana Pliego, a DACA recipient herself, and Policy Associate with the National Immigration Law Center. Lia and Diana share how programs like DACA demonstrate the profound benefits that legal status has to support the educational and professional ambitions of millions of young and talented people. We also discuss why a pathway to citizenship for the millions of essential contributors to the U.S. economy is long overdue and must be fulfilled by members of Congress. Listen in to learn how anyone can take action at the grassroots and federal policy levels to urge Congress to pass a pathway to citizenship in the upcoming budget process and infrastructure legislation. Read more about this episode's topic, and actions you can take now, at the Voices for Human Needs Blog's Episode Summary: https://www.chn.org/voices/securing-pathway-to-citizenship/ If you have any questions or comments regarding today's topic or suggestions for future episodes, please go to https://anchor.fm/voices-for-human-needs/message and record a message. Your voice may then be included in the next Voices for Human Needs Podcast! The full transcript of this podcast episode is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IOgYgrQY9kGfHLr625vR0rm4uLfeLVEI/view?usp=sharing To learn more about the work being done by our speakers and the organizations mentioned in this episode, please see below: Take action with the #WeAreHome campaign: https://www.wearehome.us/. Lia Parada, The Immigration Hub: https://theimmigrationhub.org/. Diana Pliego, National Immigration Law Center: https://www.nilc.org/action/. This podcast is produced by the Coalition on Human Needs: https://www.chn.org/. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voices-for-human-needs/message

The campaign continues its three-part webinar series entitled “Building Multi-Sector Partnerships to Advance Housing Policy,” with the second webinar on August 24. This webinar series explores the opportunities, challenges, and best practices of building multi-sector coalitions to advance policy, featuring speakers from leading national and state organizations from many fields of work. The second part of the webinar series, entitled “Best Practices to Building Multi-sector Partnerships on the State Level,” featured: Chantelle Wilkinson, National Campaign Manager, Opportunity Starts at Home Gina Wilt, Advocacy Director, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio Kendra Knighten, Policy Associate, Idaho Asset Building Network Tara Rollins, Executive Director, Utah Housing Coalition Sharon Barker, Vice President and COO, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey Through the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign, leading national organizations from an array of sectors are pushing Congress to act on more robust and equitable housing policies. Even before the pandemic, America was in the grips of an affordable housing crisis, most severely impacting the most marginalized and lowest-income people. Advocates from health, education, racial equity, food security, environmental protection, economic mobility, domestic violence, social work, faith, and more are recognizing that affordable homes are inextricably linked to their own priorities and concerns. As Congress begins to discuss robust infrastructure and recovery packages, we have a historic opportunity to advance bold housing solutions. These solutions are more likely to come to fruition when multi-sector coalitions are leading the way, as opposed to housing advocates alone. Learn more about the webinar series by signing up for the campaign's newsletter: https://www.opportunityhome.org/take-action/lets-stand-together/ Intro/Closing Song: Free Music Library, YouTube, “Clover 3” URL: www.youtube.com/audiolibrary

This week, Flashpoint tackles a topic that is sadly and often overlooked: teenage homelessness. We break down the number of homeless students in this city who are often undercounted both locally and nationally and what needs to be done to accurately count these teens. Porsha Burton, the community navigator of Youth Service Inc, shares her experience being a homeless teen while keeping her education a priority to working with youth today who are going through the same struggle. Anna Shaw-Amoah, Policy Associate of Research for Action gives us the statistics and solutions to help our youth experiencing homelessness. This week's newsmaker is Shawnese Givens, Interim Executive Director of Attic Youth, serving homeless youth from the LGBTQ community giving them a safe space promoting youth development, acceptance, and support. The Philly Rising Changemaker of the week presented by Patriot Homecare is Patrice Rogers, a Philly local taking vacant spots in Kensington, cleaning up needles, and turning these lots into clean green spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5/27/2021 - WILL Policy Associate Jessica Holmberg on Liberal bias in our school systems

In Part II of this three-part series on Reimagining Rural Policy, produced in collaboration with and underwritten by the Brookings Institution, Michelle talks with Gbenga Ajilore Senior Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary, USDA-RD; Kennedy O’Dell, a Senior Research and Policy Associate at the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), a bipartisan think tank focused on forging a more dynamic U.S. economy; and Erik Stegman (Carry the Kettle First Nation Nakoda),  Executive Director of Native Americans in Philanthropy, a national organization advocating for stronger and more meaningful investments by the philanthropic sector in tribal communities. The guests take a deep dive into the importance of developing rural policy that reflects the diversity of rural America and serving a broader racial equity agenda. Rural myths, such as being predominantly agricultural (today more than 70 percent of the rural economy is service-based) are detrimental to developing successful rural policy, according to Ajilore. It’s important, he notes, to increase infrastructure, including broadband, to enable rural sectors not just to survive but to thrive. Native Americans did not “come to rural,” but rural came to them, Stegman points out, adding that more than 70 percent of Native Americans live off the reservation, as a result of intention federal incentive programs to relocate them, and today the typical experience of native Americans is going between rural and urban areas. It’s difficult to create a system can accurately capture what’s “rural,” but there’s an appetite to find a suitable definition of rural for both policy and research. EIG created a hybrid definition of rural that found that, in 2018, about 2300 counties were classified as rural, which translates into a rural population of about 52.5 million.  In terms of indicators of distress, she says, the average poverty rate in rural areas is nearly 3 percentage points higher than non-rural areas, and rural areas lag in terms of population and employment growth. The largest age cohort in rural areas is 55-64, compared to 25-34 in non-rural areas. In addition, O’Dell points out, terms of well-being and distress indicators, more than 50 percent of black residents and 45 percent of Native Americans lived in distressed counties, compared to 18 percent of rural whites, according to EIG statistics. This is evidence of systemic inequality, and Ajilore says that post-pandemic, the American Jobs Plan and America Families Plan will hopefully address these inequities, making sure the recovery is inclusive, targeting specific resources, including assistance to community colleges and HBUCs.  Stegman notes that the more than 570 federally recognized tribal nations see new opportunity to strengthen their nation-to-nation relationship with  the federal government; while there have been historic underinvestment in federal resource, more than $31 billion was targeted toward tribal nations under the COVID recovery package. O’Dell concludes the conversation by noting that EIG has proposed a Cabinet-level department or National Development Strategy to deal with the fragmented federal approach to rural economic development. This episode and the entire three-part series are sponsored by the Brookings Institution, www.brookings.edu.    

Steph Marie von Ancken speaks to Patricia on bringing diverse interests together to achieve a common goal: the conservation, restoration and protection of lands, water and wildlife. She is the Policy Associate at the Western Landowners Alliance.

Interview with Zack Brown, Policy Associate and Special Assistant to the President at Ploughshares Fund, a foundation dedicated to reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons. This interview touches on nuclear strategy, "Cold War" thinking, and the work of the Ploughshares fund.

Today, we want to discuss how in recent years more black women are finally receiving their shine for their tremendous contributions to the American political scene. With our special guest Jennifer Blemur, we talk about politics, the role of black women and the impact of both. Committed to advancing public welfare, Jennifer Blemur is the State Caucus Network Director for Millennial Action Project. Her goal in working in state policy is to ensure that elected officials not only know what's happening in their communities but are equipped with sensible legislative solutions. Collaborating with elected officials to create transformative change is core to Jennifer's belief that government can effectively meet the needs of its people. Jennifer previously served as the Director of the Women Legislators’ Lobby (WiLL), a program of Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND). Her work in state policy began with the National Black Caucus of State Legislators where she worked as Policy Associate and Legal Counsel writing policy articles and toolkits for legislators. A licensed attorney living in the District of Columbia, Jennifer is a graduate of the David A. Clarke School of Law, a native New Yorker, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., and a first-generation Haitian-American.You can follow Jennifer on Twitter and Instagram @JABlemurESQ or follow the work of the Millennial Action Project @MActionProjectCheck out her article here!Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!Check out our YouTube channel and remember to subscribe!!Catch up on some of our many articles on our Blog !! Like and follow our page on Facebook, “Full-Time Black Woman” Follow us on Instagram @fulltimeblackwomanFollow us on Twitter @FTblackwoman***********************************************************************************************************BUZZSPROUT LINK:fulltimeblackwoman.com/buzzsprout/***********************************************************************************************************INSTACART LINK:fulltimeblackwoman.com/instacart/

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. The first episode, “Facial Recognition Technology and Its Algorithmic Racial Bias,” is from a webinar on the growing use of video and AI technology in policing and the justice system and how these technologies can perpetuate bias. The law and technology experts participating in the panel discussion are: Ángel Díaz, Counsel, Liberty & National Security at the Brennan Center for Justice Elizabeth Joh, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law Deborah Raji (Raj-gee), Technology Fellow at Mozilla Jameson Spivack (spee vack), Policy Associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law The hour-long program is moderated by Francis Shen, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School and executive director of Education and Outreach for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, This webinar was originally recorded on September 18, 2020. Watch a rebroadcast of the webinar here: https://youtu.be/jgN1HUQQb1o Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool.

There are lot of feelings. A lot of facts. A lot of lies. Some fear. Some excitement. It's an Election 2020 episode! This week we're joined by Krystal Leaphart, who currently serves as the Special Assistant and Policy Associate at the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women, or NOBEL Women. Rate, review, subscribe, then email us at yougoodsispod@gmail.com! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Rachel talks with Morgan Overton, a Pittsburgh-native, artist, organizer, and Policy Associate for the Women's Health Activist Movement Global. Morgan shares about her work in politics and community organizing. They discuss the upcoming presidential election and how we can both support politicians with policy ideas we believe in and hold them accountable. Morgan reflects on how her artwork has been at the intersection of political engagement and her own wellbeing particularly in her portrait of Antwon Rose II. Morgan shares her advice for using your talents to advance change while also taking the time you need to care for yourself. Host: Rachel Vinciguerra Guest: Morgan Overton Show Notes Mo in the Studio (Etsy): https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoInTheStudio @mointhestudio (Instagram) Antwon Rose II Portrait by Morgan: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvcST_HgVj8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Young Democrats of Allegheny County: https://m.facebook.com/YDofAlleghenyCo/ Pittsburgh's Gender Equity Commission: https://pittsburghpa.gov/gec/ 1Hood Media: https://www.1hood.org Get Connected Email me, Rachel, with thoughts and ideas for future episodes: paradoxiathepodcast@gmail.com and follow @paradoxiapodcast and @rachelvinciguerra on Instagram --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-vinciguerra/support

Minnesota is working hard to create more affordable housing. But if we build structures that are not super-efficient, residents will be saddled with high energy bills—and we will miss an opportunity to improve our built environment, a top source of carbon emissions in the state. Now more than ever the topic of affordable housing has become even more critical.In July 2020, Fresh Energy hosted conversations with Minnesota thought leaders and Fresh Energy staff about how super-efficient buildings can become the new normal in equitable affordable housing. This is the second in the four-part series featuring a discussion with Gina Ciganik, Chief Executive Officer of the Healthy Building Network.With the increased attention on affordable housing in this current crisis, we know that the conversation has only just begun and it’s crucial that energy efficiency be part of the equation. We must build new affordable housing that is so energy efficient it can be heated and cooled with small amounts of renewable electricity. It makes economic sense, it improves indoor air quality, and it also dramatically reduces carbon emissions.We have the know-how to build super-efficient housing that is affordable over the long term. Why isn’t all new housing built that way, and how can we do better? Fresh Energy is bringing people together from diverse areas of the affordable housing arena to explore this issue.Thank you to Stoel Rives LLP for sponsoring this event.Meet the SpeakersGina Ciganik is the Chief Executive Officer of the Healthy Building Network. In her previous role at HBN she established and led the HomeFree initiative, an expansion of HBN’s healthy materials work into the affordable housing sector. Prior to HBN, she was Vice President of Housing Development at a Minneapolis-St. Paul area affordable housing development organization, where she spent two decades creating thousands of healthy, affordable homes, including The Rose, a 90-unit apartment building that set a new national standard for healthy materials.As Director of Energy Access and Equity, Ben directs Fresh Energy’s work to advance equitable outcomes across Minnesota’s energy system, and also supports the organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. He joined Fresh Energy as a Policy Associate in May 2015. Ben’s previous experience includes legal clerkships with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and Honeywell International, and internships with Governor Mark Dayton and Senator John Marty. Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law. He is a member of the Minnesota Bar.Listeners can stay up to date on our work via our once monthly email list, blog at www.fresh-energy.org, or by following us on Facebook and Twitter. You can support Fresh Energy’s work for a clean energy Minnesota by making a donation today! Click here to learn more and donate.

* After Trump's Impeachment Acquittal, Attention turns to Volatile Democratic Primary Campaign; Ralph Nader America’s leading public interest lawyer & four-time independent presidential candidate; Producer: Scott Harris * Indigenous Nations Struggle to Stop Construction of Coastal GasLink Pipeline; Dr. Karla Tait, a member of Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia, Canada; Producer: Melinda Tuhus * Landmark Pro-Worker Legislation Wins Passage in House of Representatives; Margaret Poydock, Policy Associate with the Economic Policy Institute; Producer: Scott Harris Visit BTLonline.org for more information, related links, transcripts and in-depth interviews. *

Anthony Ray talks with Michael Deegan-McCree, criminal justice reform advocate. McCree talks about his experiences passing federal and state legislation, his transition to working in pretrial justice and how all of this impacts the African American community. Michael Deegan-McCree is a Legislative Advocate concentrated on reforming the criminal legal system, protecting voting rights for all citizens and ensuring access to quality mental health treatment. He currently serves as the Partnerships Coordinator at The Bail Project. Michael plays a pivotal role in developing grassroots and grasstops partnerships to enable The Bail Project to best serve their clients. Michael is a native Californian born and raised in the Bay Area. Before working for The Bail Project Michael worked at The Dream Corps, where he served as the Policy Associate for the #cut50 initiative, helping to lead their state and federal legislative efforts. While at #cut50, Michael played a policy role in helping pass the First Step Act, in 2018, landmark legislation that the New York Times said would "deliver the most significant changes to our criminal justice system in a generation." Michael's concentration on racial and economic inequality within the criminal justice system stems from his progressive ideology especially on issues of Criminal Legal and Mental Health reform. It is his belief that it takes coalitions of directly impacted people, along with unlikely allies from different political-ideological beliefs to deliver lasting structural change that will benefit our communities. Michael has also served as a District Advisor to California State Senator, Majority Whip Nancy Skinner, and an Assistant to Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California's 13th Congressional District.

In this episode, Katelynn Harris speaks with Taí Coates, Campaign Media Organizer, and Moha Thakur, Public Engagement and Policy Associate, from the National Housing Trust about the "Where Will We Live" campaign. Their conversation includes everything you need to know about the campaign, including why it started, what they hope to accomplish, and where you can find campaign resources. Learn more about NHT's "Where Will We Live" campaign at nationalhousingtrust.org/where-will-we-live

    Bio Ebonie Riley currently serves as DC Bureau Chief of National Action Network’s Washington, DC Bureau. The function of the Bureau is to advocate for and influence Federal public policy that reflects the needs and desires of the communities based on the Action Agenda set forth by the National Action Networks national board and senior leadership. In this capacity, Ebonie serves as a conduit for information about what is happening in the halls of Congress, in the office and administration of the President, and United States Supreme Court. Moreover, she and her team work to educate lawmakers and other stakeholders on the challenges and opportunities facing communities, by advocating for more resources and polices that help invest and advance economic and social equality. Ebonie’s government affairs portfolio includes criminal justice, federal sentencing reform, ending racial profiling, equal employment protection, access to comprehensive healthcare, immigration, access to quality education, women’s rights, environmental justice, voting rights protection, housing, among other various issues that impact social and economic status, mobility, prosperity and empowerment of urban and under served communities. Prior to this role, she served as the Bureau’s Research and Policy Associate, analyzing legislation, drafts advocacy strategies, develops policy recommendations and monitors policy developments related to federal, state and local legislation while co-managing NAN’s Social Media. During her time at NAN she has helped organized several events and marches including coordinating NAN’s 2015 National Convention, NAN’s events in Baltimore, MD after the death of Freddie Gray, the Justice For All March in December 2014, NAN’s Legislative & Policy Conferences in 2015 and 2014, the National Action to Realize the Dream Rally and March in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington with over 200,000 people in attendance and Justice For Trayvon 100 City Vigil in Washington, D.C. both in 2013, just to name a few. Born in Chicago, Illinois and growing up in Severn, Maryland, Ms. Riley graduated from Ft. Meade Senior High School and attended UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minor in History. While at UMBC; she served as President of Africana Studies Council of Majors, while sitting on several academic research teams that focused on civil rights, voting rights, political behavior and attitudes, identity politics, race and representation, Congress, and elections. Specific interests include political engagement, civil rights law, voter turnout, voter suppression, and identity group politics.   Resources   National Action Network News Roundup LGBTQ+ groups call on Facebook to take down false drug ads Several LGBTQ+ civil rights groups are calling on Facebook to take down an ad posted by lawyers apparently seeking to capitalize by spreading misinformation about Truvada for PrEP, which studies have shown helps reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 99%. According to groups including GLAAD, The Human Rights Campaign and other groups, the lawyers are inaccurately claiming the drug causes certain side effects, and the groups are concerned that the ad will discourage people from taking the drug. Pensacola hit by cyberattack In a Facebook post, The City of Pensacola, Florida reported that it was the victim of a cyberattack over the weekend and into Monday, which took down much of the city’s network, including its online payment system and city government emails. 311 service was also affected. Pensacola Mayor Grover Robertson said in a press conference that it was not known whether the cyberattack was connected to last week’s shooting at the Pensacola Naval Station in which 3 people were killed and many others injured.  TikTok lawsuits Legal troubles are mounting for Chinese social media company TikTok, whose growth has been outpacing that of established social media platforms, including Facebook. Bytedance, TikTok’s parent company, was already under federal investigation into potential ties to the Chinese government. Plaintiffs filed two lawsuits last week, one of which was settled. But a second lawsuit brought against ByteDance in the Northern District of California by a student alleges that TikTok is transferring private user data to the Chinese government. Separately, German digital rights and digital culture blog NetzPolitik reported that TikTok has been blocking users with disabilities including overweight users and users with intellectual disabilities. Netzpolitik also reports that TikTok has been nbanning gay users as well. The company purports to ban these users so that they won’t be subjected to bullying. Google Ads staff files retaliation complaint against Google The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint last Tuesday claiming the company fired several employees in retaliation for their having joined or supported a labor group and protesting the company’s terms and conditions of employment. Reports also state that Google’s rules prevent employees from organizing.

Since September 1, the ongoing fighting between armed groups has forced large numbers of people in Birao, in the north-east of the Central African Republic, to flee their homes. More than 25,000 people – almost the entire population of the town – were forced to flee empty-handed in a matter of hours to makeshift camps, leaving behind homes that have either been ransacked or burnt down. In addition to conflict it faces, the Central African Republic is identified as the most at-risk country in terms of population growth and climate vulnerability. In this episode of the podcast, we have Valérie Petitpierre, the ICRC Head of Delegation in the Central African Republic since 2018. She has worked in the ICRC since 2004 in such varied contexts as Israel and the Occupied Territories, Sudan, Sri Lanka and Yemen. We are also joined by Alejandra Portillo-Tayor, ICRC’s Policy Associate. Hosted by Niki Clark.

Here’s one fact of life that’s always true: It will always be the desire of big vested interests to maintain and stick with the status quo. This applies to all of the various parties in the drug supply chain as much as it does to any other industry. So, here’s the $106-billion-a-year question: In 2019 or 2020, will all of the drug pricing proposals and legislature popping up all over the place in Washington and in some states right now—will they all just simply blow over? Is it the case that Big Pharma and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurance carriers are well girded enough to withstand these various efforts to undermine their revenue streams—at least at some level? But let’s start at the beginning. You may be wondering what exactly is going on right now legislatively and with various proposals. It’s very difficult to keep track of it all. And what are pharma companies and PBMs and insurers mulling over as they contemplate their strategies to maintain their current level of control and keep their shareholders happy? Never fear. In this health care podcast, I speak with Josh LaRosa from Wynne Health Group. He sets us straight and gets us up to speed. You can learn more at wynnehealth.com. Josh LaRosa, MPP, joined the Wynne Health Group in November 2018, bringing with him over three years of federal health care policy consulting experience. The majority of his experience in the federal consulting space has been with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and he in particular has worked heavily with the agency’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). With CMMI, Josh worked to implement, monitor, and spread learning garnered from the center’s high-profile demonstration projects, most recently including the national primary care redesign effort, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+). Josh has also assisted a multitude of provider organizations participating in CMMI’s Health Care Innovation Awards Round One and Two to implement their innovative health care delivery and payment models. Through such experiences, Josh has been exposed to a wide array of innovations in health care delivery and is deeply interested in how changing provider, patient, and payer incentives can result in a higher-quality and more cost-effective health care delivery system. Josh holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, where he had the opportunity to work with a DC-based nonprofit and explore policy options for addressing the behavioral health needs of military and veteran families. Josh also completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, graduating cum laude with a BA degree in political philosophy, policy, and law. 01:48 This conversation happened at the end of August 2019. 02:32 Are we at an inflection point with health care legislation? 05:10 What obstacles stand in the way of seeing any legislation passed by Congress? 05:51 EP231 with AJ Loicano.06:14 Most likely to happen and most disruptive among the health care measures being proposed. 09:03 The catastrophic benefit and how it works. 16:34 International Pricing Index Model. 20:12 The two areas that would have the greatest impact on the industry, if they transpire. 21:07 Federal Trade Commission (FTC), PBMs, and drug pricing. 21:46 Mandating PBM contracts, and what it would take at the FTC. 22:27 Bringing transparency to the forefront of PBM contracting. 27:10 Brand manufacturers vs generic manufacturers. 28:05 Breaking down barriers in generic reform. You can learn more at wynnehealth.com. Are we at an #inflectionpoint for health care legislation? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation What obstacles stand in the way of seeing any legislation passed by Congress? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation What #healthcaremeasures are most likely to happen, and which would be most #disruptive if passed? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation What is the #CatastrophicBenefit, and how does it work? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation What is an International Pricing Index Model, and what does it look like? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation What two things would have the biggest impact on the #healthcareindustry if they were to pass in Congress? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation #FTC, #PBMs, and #drugpricing. @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation What would it take for the #FTC to successfully mandate #PBM contracts? @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation Bringing #transparency to the forefront of #PBM contracting. @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation Brand manufacturing vs generic manufacturing. @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation Breaking down barriers in #genericreform. @josh_larosa of @WynneHealth discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #pharma #healthlegislation

Michael, HEAL’s Policy Associate, who manages our coal and renewables work, joins the podcast to talk about a very important issue that has played out the past few weeks: How Provo is making rooftop solar policy! He chats with Matt about the growth of solar and about how Provo Energy and the Provo Council only heard one side of the story. They also discuss the council’s recent vote, how it will harm solar and finally speculate (rightfully, it turns out) that Provo might be reconsidering its decision! Lastly, they talk about the BIG fight yet to come, when Rocky Mountain will soon seek to slap various fees on solar power. To help HEAL defend solar, sign up for our Citizen Activist Program. And if you own rooftop solar, let us know! We’ll send you special updates.

Michael, HEAL’s Policy Associate, who manages our coal and renewables work, joins the podcast to talk about a very important issue that has played out the past few weeks: How Provo is making rooftop solar policy! He chats with Matt about the growth of solar and about how Provo Energy and the Provo Council only heard one side of the story. They also discuss the council’s recent vote, how it will harm solar and finally speculate (rightfully, it turns out) that Provo might be reconsidering its decision! Lastly, they talk about the BIG fight yet to come, when Rocky Mountain will soon seek to slap various fees on solar power. To help HEAL defend solar, sign up for our Citizen Activist Program. And if you own rooftop solar, let us know! We’ll send you special updates.

Matt chats with HEAL’s Policy Associate, Michael Shea, about a hugely critical campaign: Our efforts to defend the affordability of Rooftop Solar in Utah. They talk about the history of the issue, going back two years to when Rocky Mountain Power tried— and failed— to charge rooftop solar customers a $5 fee. Michael then describes the three separate, and much larger, fees which the utility is now seeking. (See an op-ed Michael wrote about how Rocky Mountain Power fails to properly account for the benefits of solar.) They chat about the relative merits of big solar farms vs. rooftop solar and the devastating effects the fees would have on Utah’s fast growing solar industry. Lastly, they talk about the process that the Public Service Commission will go through to decide what to do about the utility’s application.  For more information, check out the PSC’s docket on this issue, sign up for HEAL emails, and if you own your rooftop solar system, please let us know! We’d love to help rooftop solar owners have a particularly strong voice in this process.

Matt chats with HEAL’s Policy Associate, Michael Shea, about a hugely critical campaign: Our efforts to defend the affordability of Rooftop Solar in Utah. They talk about the history of the issue, going back two years to when Rocky Mountain Power tried— and failed— to charge rooftop solar customers a $5 fee. Michael then describes the three separate, and much larger, fees which the utility is now seeking. (See an op-ed Michael wrote about how Rocky Mountain Power fails to properly account for the benefits of solar.) They chat about the relative merits of big solar farms vs. rooftop solar and the devastating effects the fees would have on Utah’s fast growing solar industry. Lastly, they talk about the process that the Public Service Commission will go through to decide what to do about the utility’s application.  For more information, check out the PSC’s docket on this issue, sign up for HEAL emails, and if you own your rooftop solar system, please let us know! We’d love to help rooftop solar owners have a particularly strong voice in this process.

With the Oakland Teacher Strike in the background, Bedford visits #Cut 50 at The Dream Corps in Oakland in order to have a conversation with Policy Associate, Michael McCree. They discuss Michael’s work in criminal justice reform, and the need for empathy on the part of lawmakers and the public, in order to confront the injustices that are part of our criminal justice system. Michael goes on to talk about the need to take care of one’s self when immersed in advocacy and activism, through sharing about his own struggles and recovery. Join Michael and #Cut50 at the 3rdAnnual Day of Empathy on March 5, 2019 in all 50 states and Washington D.C. --- 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/namingit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/namingit/support

Justine Nolan, Associate Professor & Associate Dean, University of New South Wales, Michael Posner, Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance, Business and Society & Co-Director, Center for Business and Human Rights, NYU Stern School of Business / Tara Wadhwa, Policy Associate, Center for Business and Human Rights, NYU Stern School of Business / Dr Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Research Director, NYU Stern School of Business, speaking on Panel XIII: 'The Responsibility of Internet Platform Companies to Mitigate Harmful Content Online'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law'. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/ This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.

Justine Nolan, Associate Professor & Associate Dean, University of New South Wales, Michael Posner, Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance, Business and Society & Co-Director, Center for Business and Human Rights, NYU Stern School of Business / Tara Wadhwa, Policy Associate, Center for Business and Human Rights, NYU Stern School of Business / Dr Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Research Director, NYU Stern School of Business, speaking on Panel XIII: 'The Responsibility of Internet Platform Companies to Mitigate Harmful Content Online'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law'. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/ This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.

The Teacher’s Lounge Chat welcomes Gary Colletti. Former high school teacher and currently a policy associate at NASBE; as he talks about… The post Episode 15 – Gary Colletti. Former high school teacher and currently a policy associate at NASBE. appeared first on Teachers Lounge Chat.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by economist Richard Wolf to talk about the Republican Tax Plan which could be signed into law as early as next week. What’s in this bill, who are the big winners and big losers?The Federal Communications Commission voted today to repeal Obama-era net neutrality regulations, paving the way for big corporations to control content and pricing on the internet. We’ll talk about what the vote means for information freedom with Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, the co-founders of Popular Resistance.US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said this morning that she will present what she calls “irrefutable evidence” that Iran has violated the Iran deal by sending missiles to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, an accusation that Iran denies. Brian and John are joined by Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of CODEPINK, and by Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Non-Violence.Congress has failed to enact an extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, forcing states to scramble to find a Plan B. Nine million poor children now face an immediate loss of health care coverage. Dustin Pugel, Research and Policy Associate with the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KCEP), talks with John and Brian. A British tribunal has recognised Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks as a “media organization”, a point of contention with the United States, which is seeking to prosecute him and disputes his journalistic credentials. Documentary filmmaker John Pilger joins the show to discuss what this means for Assange.The Bitcoin craze continued this week as two different firms began offering Bitcoin futures. Economist and professor Steve Keen joins the show to talk about the future of crypto-currency.Defeated Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore has refused to concede the election and has demanded a recount. Investigative reporter Dave Lindorff joins the show.

More than five million Syrians, over one-fifth of the country’s prewar population, have left their homeland since the uprisings began in 2011. As President Bashar al-Assad claims victory and reconstruction talks ensue, many of these exiles, refugees, and émigrés see no possibilities for return. On November 30, The Century Foundation published a report on national identity and belonging among Syrian exiles by TCF Foreign Policy associates Lily Hindy and Sima Ghaddar, based on their series of extended narrative interviews with displaced Syrians in Lebanon, Europe, and the United States.  Participants include:  Thanassis Cambanis, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Lily Hindy, Policy Associate, The Century Foundation Sima Ghaddar, Contributor, The Century Foundation

On today's episode, Judge Powell of the Alamosa Municipal Court violated civil rights and punished defendants for their poverty. He used jail, and the threat of jail, to collect money from defendants who could not pay, in violation of state law. We shined a light on his unjust practices in the investigative report, Justice Derailed. John sits down with an author of this report, Becca Curry, Research and Policy Associate at the ACLU of Colorado. Alejandra speaks with Alex Raines, a former public defender, about his first-hand experiences at the Alamosa Municipal Court. Also, John talks about a case involving a woman who was held in the El Paso Jail, and separated from her children for 27 days, because she couldn't pay a $55 fine. Call To Action: Alejandra calls attention to voting rights. Visit peoplepower.org to learn more.

Has Iran secured a path to the Mediterranean, as some analysts and politicians claim? What is Hezbollah doing these days inside Syria? The Century Foundation’s foreign policy team considers some of the more alarming analysis of Hezbollah and Iran’s position.   Tehran and its Lebanese partner have achieved many of their aims in Syria, changing the strategic playing field — although some of the threat assessments seem inflated.     Participants include: Thanassis Cambanis, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Sima Ghaddar, Policy Associate, The Century Foundation Michael Wahid Hanna, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Aron Lund, Fellow, The Century Foundation Sam Heller, Fellow, The Century Foundation

In Episode 6 we talk to a former staffer for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and current Policy Associate for the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense (@BiodefenseStudy), Robert Bradley. We talk about various disaster relief programs, what they do, and how they are legislated. This interview was recorded before the landfall of Hurricane Harvey, but may be even more relevant now with many of the programs talked about on the agenda as Congress comes back in session. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected and those responding. Please consider donating to a worthy charity that is supporting the response! Theme Music is Chicky & Chacky by KieLoBot (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KieLoBot/Chicky__Chacky/Chicky_Chacky_KMT_01). Transition music is Hippie Bulle Mushroom Funghi (KM+ T 04) by KieLoBot (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KieLoBot/Chicky__Chacky/Hippie_Bulle_Mushroom_Funghi_KM_T_04).

We're back!   For Episode 37, I am joined by two health care experts to discuss the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.  Cara Stewart, a Health Law Fellow at the Kentucky Equal Justice Center and Dustin Pugel, a Research and Policy Associate at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy join me on the show to breakdown the successes and failures of Obamacare, areas where the ACA could be improved, as well as the overall impact of this bill on the country.  We then explore the details of "The World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017" and discuss why repealing and replacing Obamacare with this Republican bill could be devastating for so many Americans.  From Medicaid Expansion to the individual mandate, the Republican plan will take us in a vastly different direction, one that will likely mean the loss of health insurance for millions of Americans.   We will break down all the details of this plan and discuss how it is expected to impact citizens across the country.  Thank you for taking the time to listen to this important episode.   TELL A FRIEND. J’s Lunch Counter is a platform for each of you to engage in conversation that matters, so please help others join the convo! Tell a friend about the show and help grow our audience!   Share our posts on Facebook and Twitter and let your friends know what you find most interesting about each show!   STAY CONNECTED. Stay connected to the show!  Submit your questions about news, politics, popular culture, social justice, entertainment, music, and sports, and we will cover them for a future Mailbag segment.   You can send your questions to jslunchcounter@gmail.com.      JOIN THE CONVERSATION. We would also love for you to follow along on social media!   Like us on Facebook.  www.facebook.com/jslunchcounter.  Follow us on Twitter and tweet us at www.twitter.com/jslunchcounter. You can also follow the show on Instagram @JsLunchCounter.  Check out our website at www.jslunchcounter.com for more podcast and blog content each week!   SUPPORT THE SHOW. This show has weekly expenses that are required to keep it going.   From web services to hosting fees to equipment costs, this venture is certainly not cheap.  If you would like to support the show, you can make a PayPal donation to Jslunchcounter@gmail.com or by clicking HERE.  Any amount you can give would help support the show, and all donations will go towards the expenses listed above!    LEAVE A REVIEW ON ITUNES.  Enjoying what you've heard so far?  Then take a moment to leave a review on iTunes.  Reviews help us move up the ranks so that more people will have access to the show!   Thanks again for all your support!

Host: Peter Phillips, Project Censored and guest host Marty Bennett, Co-Chair, North Bay Jobs with Justice This program will focus on the significance of the $15 an hour city-wide minimum wage recently approved by the City of Seattle and will examine minimum wage and living wage campaigns across the Bay Area that are part of the national “Fight for $15” campaign. The program will also analyze state legislative and ballot initiatives to raise state minimum wages above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.  Guests Include: Ken Jacobs, Chair and labor specialist at the UC Berkeley Labor Center Jahmese Myres, Policy Associate and Organizer, East Bay Alliance for aSustainable Economy (Oakland and Alameda County) Gordon Mar, Executive Director, San Francisco Jobs with Justice (Cityand County of San Francisco) Derecka Mehrens, Executive Director, Working Partnerships USA(Santa Clara County) The post Project Censored Show – June 20, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.

Claire LaFrance, Policy Associate, Earth Cause Organization, Little Rock, AR (Infectious Disease & Antibiotic Resistance, February 2011)

In an effort to balance the budget, Governor Schwarzenegger has vetoed all state funding for HIV prevention. In this episode, Courtney Mulhern-Pearson, Legislative and Policy Associate for the Foundation gives us an update on all of the governor's latest HIV budget cuts and what's being done to reverse them.

An incarcerated woman begs to be released so she can be at her dying mother's  bed side. Patricia “Rocky” Zimmerman is a graduate of the MothSHOP Community Program. She is a Policy Associate at Family Justice, and was incarcerated for 17 years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, a discussion about the revised California state budget with Courtney Mulhern-Pearson, the Foundation's Legislative and Policy Associate. Governor Schwarzenegger's current buget revision cuts all state funding for HIV prevention and education. Find out what effects this may have and what can be done to help restore the funding. Get the Flash Player to listen to our podcast in your browser. Courtney Mulhern-Pearson is responsible for monitoring, analysis and advocacy on a range of HIV-related public policy initiatives...