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A WEEKLY CANDID CONVERSATION ON GAMBLING ADDICTIONCraig and Dan are joined by John from Rhode Island. John talks about his struggles with addiction, his first exposure to gambling, what made him get help and the work he does with the Rhode Island Council on problem gambling to help others. 

In this episode, Tayla from the Cranston Public Library talks with Lee-Ann Galli from North Kingstown Free Library and Melissa Tetreault from East Greenwich Free Library about their involvement in the We Are ALL Readers Festival, coming up on Saturday, April 1 from 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM at the North Kingstown High School. Be sure to check out the storywalks happening around the state, participate in the Beanstack Challenge, and stop by the festival to celebrate reading with authors and readers. Links We Are All Readers, North Kingstown, RI We Are All Readers Beanstack Challenge Down Time Episode 133 - Meet CPL's StoryWalkⓇ Team -- The theme music for this episode has been Fun Kids Playful Comic Carefree Game Happy Positive Music by REDproductions. Rhody Radio is proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book and brought to you by library staff and community members all around the Ocean State. This episode was made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders. You can find more from Rhody Radio on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and if you enjoyed today's episode, subscribe to Rhody Radio and give us a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to help us reach more Rhode Islanders. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

It's our 100th episode, and we've got a special episode for you! As a podcast produced by library workers across the Ocean State, we got in touch with past producers, partners, and guests, and asked them to share what they love about Rhode Island. We hope you enjoy this lovefest celebrating our first 100 episodes

We are joined by a special guest. Professor Joy James.   The Ebenezer Fitch Professor of the Humanities at Williams College. Author of ; Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics;  Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals;  And, Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender and Race in U.S. Culture. Her edited books include:  Warfare in the American Homeland; The New Abolitionists: (Neo) Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings;  Imprisoned Intellectuals; States of Confinement;  The Black Feminist Reader (co-edited with TD Sharpley-Whiting); and The Angela Y. Davis Reader. James is completing a book on the prosecution of 20th-century interracial rape cases, tentatively titled “Memory, Shame & Rage.” She has contributed articles and book chapters to journals and anthologies addressing feminist and critical race theory, democracy, and social justice. She is the recipient of grants, fellowships or awards from: the Fletcher Foundation; the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Bellagio Fellowship; the Aaron Diamond Foundation/Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Ford Foundation; and the Gustavus Myers Human Rights Award. And last but not least, Professor James is partnering with the Abolish Slavery National Network to help develop educational curriculum on post emancipation constitutional slavery.

This encore episode features our interview with the 2020 Reading Across Rhode Island author Elizabeth Rush of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore as well as a reading of the opening chapter titled The Password. Book Recommendations from Elizabeth Rush: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault Getting Involved with Climate Activism: Surging Seas mapping tools Anthropocene Alliance & Higher Ground flood survivor network Nationalize Grid Sunrise Movement This episode was originally planned as a live in-person event on March 12, 2020. It was canceled due to COVID-19. You can learn about the original partner organizations that were working with the library to bring Elizabeth Rush to Barrington. Barrington Land Conservation Trust Change for the Better Friends of Barrington Public Library Ink Fish Books Reading Across Rhode Island & Center for the Book Podcasting in Seven Easy Steps: A Video Series This podcast is a project of the Office of Library & Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

The "Clock Man,” a.k.a. Philip D'Avanza, is standing outside of 404 Market Street in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, and is about to take a step inside the town's clock tower housed in the First Evangelical Lutheran Church. The movement on this 125-year-old tower clock was taken apart, piece-by-piece in October 2020, and driven 450 miles to the Clock Man's workshop in New Hampshire. Over the course of nine months, he repaired and refinished every part, restoring the clock to its original late nineteenth-century condition. Come and hear the sound of a happy clock, on this tour of the inside of a clock tower. You will be guided by a man who is known, quite literally, to have “time on his hands.” Philip D'Avanza has been in the clock repair business for over forty years. Since 1990, he has focused on tower clock repair in historic structures and is thoroughly familiar with the Guidelines for Historic Preservation as established by the Secretary of the Interior. He began his career in design and precision machining. Then utilized his skills as a tool and die maker to provide full-service repair and restoration on some of the most recognized tower clocks in New England. His work has received notice for several award-winning projects such as the Hallsville School in Manchester, NH, and the Massachusetts Trial Court in Fall River. View photos of his tower clock repair projects at davanzaclocks.com. Rhody Radio is a project of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is supported in part through a grant from the Rhode Island Council for Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Jane Walker is living her dream as a shuttle driver at Roger Williams University (RWU) in Bristol, Rhode Island. Here, she interacts with students, transports them around campus, and encourages singing and merriment on her shuttle rides (especially on Thirsty Thursdays). But when the world changes overnight in mid-March 2020, she is forced onto unemployment and yearns for the day when she can be back at work doing what she loves. RWU '20 graduate Alex Bowden, narrates this podcast and reflects on how graduating in 2020 has affected him over the past year. He reconnects with Jane to hear how she has coped throughout the pandemic. Together, they document the changes on campus and in their own lives, while expressing hope for the day when things get back to normal (as much as possible). Alex Bowden is the former news director and general manager of 88.3 FM WQRI Radio in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he hosted a weekly talk show called The Bowden Breakdown. He is currently the podcast producer for local author and former head of health for the state of Rhode Island, Dr. Michael Fine's Alternative Fictions podcast. Alex is a 2020 graduate of Roger Williams University having earned degrees in Theater and Communications in Media Studies. Follow Alex on Twitter @alexbowdenlive or on his new Twitch account at www.twitch.tv/alexbowdenlive. To listen to the original four minute and 30 second version of this podcast, email alexbowdenlive@gmail.com. Music credits: Since1999, 1sosamakaveli, and MarsReaven. Rhody Radio is a project of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is supported in part through a grant from the Rhode Island Council for Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

This week we are joined by a special guest. Professor Joy James.   The Ebenezer Fitch Professor of the Humanities at Williams College. Author of ; Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics;  Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals;  And, Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender and Race in U.S. Culture. Her edited books include:  Warfare in the American Homeland; The New Abolitionists: (Neo) Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings;  Imprisoned Intellectuals; States of Confinement;  The Black Feminist Reader (co-edited with TD Sharpley-Whiting); and The Angela Y. Davis Reader. James is completing a book on the prosecution of 20th-century interracial rape cases, tentatively titled “Memory, Shame & Rage.” She has contributed articles and book chapters to journals and anthologies addressing feminist and critical race theory, democracy, and social justice. She is the recipient of grants, fellowships or awards from: the Fletcher Foundation; the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Bellagio Fellowship; the Aaron Diamond Foundation/Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Ford Foundation; and the Gustavus Myers Human Rights Award. And last but not least, Professor James is partnering with the Abolish Slavery National Network to help develop educational curriculum on post emancipation constitutional slavery.

In this episode I speak with Dr. Joy James and Khadijah Diskin in which we talk all things liberation. We spoke on black feminism today, sources of our struggle, how we can develop a language that speaks to the race, class and function dynamics and so much more   Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of the Humanities at Williams College. James is author of: Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics; Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals; Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender and Race in U.S. Culture. Her edited books include: Warfare in the American Homeland; The New Abolitionists: (Neo) Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings; Imprisoned Intellectuals; States of Confinement; The Black Feminist Reader (co-edited with TD Sharpley-Whiting); and The Angela Y. Davis Reader. James is completing a book on the prosecution of 20th-century interracial rape cases, tentatively titled “Memory, Shame & Rage.” She has contributed articles and book chapters to journals and anthologies addressing feminist and critical race theory, democracy, and social justice. She is the recipient of grants, fellowships or awards from: the Fletcher Foundation; the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Bellagio Fellowship; the Aaron Diamond Foundation/Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Ford Foundation; and the Gustavus Myers Human Rights Award.   Khadijah Diskin is a PhD Researcher in Psychology. Her research explores the psychosocial dimension of Black students experiences in British higher education, using Lacanian discourse analysis to interrogate the intersubjective convergences of race, coloniality and neoliberalisation.   I.G. @TheGambian   Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon 

In honor of National Bicycle Month, this week’s episode of Rhody Radio features “Libraries, Bicycles, and Storytelling from the East Bay Bike Path.” Guest hosted by Jessica D’Avanza, community engagement librarian at Barrington Public Library and a bike commuter, she invited listeners to record and share their bike path stories for this episode. Barrington Public Library is located a half-mile from the East Bay Bike Path. This nearly fourteen-mile scenic path and former rail bed of the Providence and Bristol Railroad received a lot of love from our listener-submitted stories. Those who contributed were Robin Nyzio, Carl Seadale, Nancy Jakubowski, Rick Peltz-Steele, and Mark Binder. Also in this episode, meet Cindy Elder, chief of business development in the Division of Parks & Recreation for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Hear how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the use of the East Bay Bike Path, tips for beginners heading out onto the path, and information about accessibility. Learn how you can get involved with bicycle advocacy in the state from Kathleen Gannon, bike chair of the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition. This statewide advocacy group works to encourage safe bicycling infrastructure for all ages and is encouraging cyclists to join the RIBike Team on Love to Ride for the National Bike Month Challenge. Below are links to websites mentioned in the episode. -- To learn more about National Bike Month and the League of American Bicyclists visit bikeleague.org/bikemonth. -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Parks & Recreation, shares information about the East Bay Bike Path, including a history of the path at riparks.com. -- The Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition works to create safe and accessible biking for all. Learn more about the organization and how you can get involved at ribike.org. -- Love to Ride is an online encouragement platform and app, that aims to get more people riding bikes. Join the RIBike Team and help them reach their National Bicycle Month goal of 384 miles each day in May. Learn more and register at lovetoride.net. -- For information about all of the bike paths in Rhode Island, visit the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's website at dot.ri.gov/travel/bikeri. We'll see you on the bike path! Rhody Radio is a project of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is supported through a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Right at the height of the COVID pandemic, the West Warwick Public Library received a Library of Rhode Island grant from the Office of Library & Information Services funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to put on a summer writing camp for teens which had to be adapted to a virtual setting. Over the summer, the teens learned about writing, heard from writers and other professionals what a career in writing looks like, and at the end, published an anthology of short fiction works, Voices of the Lost Year, that captured the strange and intense feelings of our lost pandemic year. West Warwick Librarians Amber Bliss and Rashaa Al-Sasah sat down with Rhody Radio to share about the project! To read Voices of the Lost Year visit the West Warwick Public Library's website which has links to all the eBook platforms where you can download the book for free. You can also find a physical copy in any of Rhode Island's public libraries, or borrow the eBook from RI Ezone. If you do read the book, don't forget to rate and review it on Goodreads! The music in this episode is Learning from Kids by Blear Moon. Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library & Information Services, made possible with funding from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Hosting this week's episode, on the theme of songwriting as therapy during coronavirus is Morgan Johnston. Hailing from Rhode Island, Johnston is an indie-folk singer-songwriter stomping, strumming, speaking, and singing her way to empowering both herself and her listeners. Her guitar and vocal arrangements are inspired by the natural landscape of places as much as by the emotional landscape of human experiences. As a board-certified music therapist, she is constantly reminded of the healing power of the music that she aims to share. Songs featured in this episode include: 1) Pandemic Spring 2) Days of Quarantine 3) Disorientation 4) The Things That I Hope We Keep After Quarantine 5) Six Months In 6) I'm Worried 7) To Just Be To learn more about Morgan Johnston visit her website morganjohnstonmusic.com or send her an email at morganjohnstonmusic@gmail.com. This project is made possible with support from the Office of Library & Information Services. Funding for this program is provided by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

This episode was made possible with the gracious collaboration of Newport Film and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities’ “Culture is Key” Project. In the 1960s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation spied on civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sam Pollard and Benjamin Hedin tell that story in a powerful documentary that shines a light on race, power, and the politics of personal destruction. Sam Pollard’s career as a feature film and television video editor and documentary producer and director spans almost thirty years. He recently served as Executive Producer on the documentary “Brother Outsider,” the Official Selection for the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. His first assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989 for Henry Hampton’s Blackside production “Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords.” One of his episodes in this series received an Emmy. He returned to Blackside as Co-Executive Producer/Producer of Hampton’s last documentary series, “I’ll Make Me A World: Stories of African-American Artists and Community.” Benjamin Hedin has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Slate, The Nation, The Oxford American, The Chicago Tribune, Poets and Writers, Salmagundi, The Georgia Review, and other publications. He is the editor of “Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader” and author of the nonfiction chronicle, “In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now.” Triquarterly Books will publish his first novel, “Under the Spell” in the spring of 2021. He also produced and wrote of the Grammy-nominated documentary “Two Trains Runnin’.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lorén Spears, Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, talks about the tours, programs, classes, workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and more offered by the vibrant and dynamic cultural institution in Exeter, Rhode Island. Lorén M. Spears, Executive Director Lorén is not only the executive director of Tomaquag Museum, she is also an educator, activist, author, and Indigenous artist. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1989 and master’s degree from the University of New England with a focus on elementary education. She founded the Nuweetooun School affiliated with the Tomaquag Museum (closed in 2010 due to flooding) and was a teacher in Newport public schools for 12 years. A 2017 winner of the Tom Roberts Prize for Creative Achievement in the Humanities from the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, she was honored for her “compelling work as an advocate of Indigenous People’s history and cultural heritage in preservation, the arts, and education.” In 2010, Spears was named as one of 11 Extraordinary Women honorees for teaching and education. Mission Statement The Mission of Tomaquag Museum is to educate the public and promote thoughtful dialogue regarding Indigenous history, culture, arts, and Mother Earth and connect to Native issues of today. Vision Statement Tomaquag Museum envisions its future as an Indigenous Cultural Education destination that engages visitors in thoughtful dialogue that promotes understanding and strives to create experiences that transform people's lives by broadening their perspectives, attitudes, and knowledge of Indigenous Cultures and the interrelationship with the wider world. Core Values Tomaquag Museum's Core Values are rooted in our traditional values and philosophy. They inspire our actions and guide our decisions as we continue to grow and develop our organization. 1. Respect: Fostering trust, collaboration, appreciation, diversity, honor, spirit path 2. Leadership: Promoting integrity, initiative, high standards, self-motivation, inner journey 3. Inclusiveness: Furthering service, sharing resources, flexibility, accessibility, responsiveness, community 4. Knowledge: Promoting curiosity, discovery, teaching, life-long learning, empowerment. Encouraging creativity, rigorous inquiry, analysis, documentation, communication, and upholding ethical standards and Indigenous principles 5. Responsibility: Encouraging legal, ethical and fiscal responsibility; stewardship, accountability, organizational and cultural continuity Visit Tomaquag Museum at tomaquagmuseum.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Down Time is taking some down time for the holidays! We hope you enjoy this episode of Rhody Radio, our sister podcast produced by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services. For more Rhody Radio, search for the show in your podcast app or visit rhodyradio.org. -- Looking for a little positivity to take from 2020? Sarah Bouvier, Communication Manager at the Cranston Public Library, has you covered with the CPL Photoessay, pairing portraits of Cranston community members with something positive that came out of 2020 for them. In this interview, Sarah gives a behind-the-scenes look at the project. You'll also hear the voices of community members sharing their best parts of the past year. You can see the full CPL 2020 Project on Cranston Public Library's Facebook, Instagram, or by visiting our website at https://cranstonlibrary.org/2020-project. Special thanks to Avery B, Avery N, Beatrice, Dave, Ed, Jessica, Meri, Robin, and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung for lending their voices to this episode! Theme music for this episode is Get Happy Now by Podington Bear. Rhody Radio is a project of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. This episode originally aired on Rhody Radio on Tuesday, December 29, 2020.

Looking for a little positivity to take from 2020? Sarah Bouvier, Communication Manager at the Cranston Public Library, has you covered with the CPL Photoessay, pairing portraits of Cranston community members with something positive that came out of 2020 for them. In this interview, Sarah gives a behind-the-scenes look at the project. You'll also hear the voices of community members sharing their best parts of the past year. You can see the full CPL 2020 Project on Cranston Public Library's Facebook, Instagram, or by visiting our website at https://cranstonlibrary.org/2020-project. Special thanks to Avery B, Avery N, Beatrice, Dave, Ed, Jessica, Meri, Robin, and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung for lending their voices to this episode! Theme music for this episode is Get Happy Now by Podington Bear. Rhody Radio is a project of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

This week Rhody Radio is observing Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), which takes place on Friday, November 20. TDOR honors the memory of those murdered in acts of anti-transgender violence. We are taking this opportunity to present an excerpt from a recent episode of Down Time with Cranston Public Library, featuring the voices of local transgender library workers and students. Drawing from their personal experiences, Derrick, Erin, and Jo discuss the positive and negative aspects of their transition journeys so far, normalizing the sharing of pronouns, how libraries and other public spaces can make their spaces more welcoming to Trans and non-binary individuals, and much more. To learn more about Transgender Day of Remembrance please visit tdor.translivesmatter.info. Down Time theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa. Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library and Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Books and movies mentioned in this episode Disclosure (2020) Redefining Realness by Janet Mock A Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Luna by Julie Anne Peters I Am J by Cris Beam Books by Julia Serano Nevada by Imogen Binnie https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/ https://pflag.org/blog/transgender-day-remembrance-2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

RI Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea joins Rhody Radio to guide listeners through all the ways they can vote safely and securely in the upcoming presidential election. Secretary Gorbea also shares about the other initiatives happening through the Secretary of State's Office and talks about what it has meant to her to be the first Hispanic holder of statewide office in New England. Visit vote.ri.gov or call 2-1-1- to find the information you need to vote on November 3, including your polling place, sample ballot and all the important dates you need to know to vote by mail or early in person. Learn more about the Secretary of State's other initiatives, including the Small Business Portal, civic education resources and the RI State Archives, at sos.ri.gov. The music in this episode is The President's March by the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps accessed through Pixabay Music. Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library & Information Services and is made possible through funding support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Council seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Excerpts Providence Evening Telegram: He wanted the Apple, 1887 Women's Suffrage Scrapbook, page 19: Women's Suffrage: More ways than one, 1887 The Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association Constitution, 1892 The Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association Constitution, 1915 Browse the entire RI State Archives digital collection here. Attributions Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library and Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. A special thank you to Ashely Selima, Nellie Gorbea, and the entire State Archives staff for making this episode possible. The Rhode Island State Archives is located at 33 Broad Street in Providence, RI. Visit them online at https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/state-archives. To request research assistance, call (401) 222-2353 or by email statearchives@sos.ri.gov. ♫ Introductory and end music from Pixabay ♫ Transitional music from Pixabay Episode cover art courtesy of RI State Archives. View the full image here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

This is a special bonus episode to accompany our earlier author interview and reading of the 2020 Reading Across Rhode Island selection Rising: Dispatches From the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush. We are excited to present Living Literature - a collective of Rhode Island-based artists and educators - as they present a dramatic performance of Rising. If you haven't already, you can find the author interview and reading in your podcast feed. They were both released on 9/15/2020 (episodes 5 & 6). Our thanks to the Rhode Island Center for the Book and Director Kate Lentz, Elizabeth Rush, Ocean State Libraries, the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services, and the Pawtucket Credit Union for making this presentation possible! Our theme music is Pure Water by Meydän and Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library & Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Book Recommendations from Elizabeth Rush: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault Getting Involved with Climate Activism: Surging Seas mapping tools Anthropocene Alliance & Higher Ground flood survivor network Nationalize Grid Sunrise Movement This episode was originally planned as a live in-person event on March 12, 2020. It was canceled due to COVID-19. You can learn about the original partner organizations that were working with the library to bring Elizabeth Rush to Barrington. Barrington Land Conservation Trust Change for the Better Friends of Barrington Public Library Ink Fish Books Reading Across Rhode Island & Center for the Book This podcast is a project of the Office of Library & Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

This episode is a special bonus episode to our earlier interview with the 2020 Reading Across Rhode Island author Elizabeth Rush of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. What you are about to hear is a reading by Elizabeth of the opening chapter of Rising titled The Password. In addition, we have a second bonus episode recorded by Cranston Public Library and Living Literature, a Rhode Island based collective of artists and educators performing Rising in the form of readers theatre. You can find the author interview and the episode featuring Living Literature’s performance of Rising in your podcast feed. They were both released on 9/15/2020 (episodes 5 & 7). This podcast is a project of the Office of Library & Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Nathan Watson: Achieving Equity through Community Building and Art Making Investigating a range of issues from equity and privilege to materiality and labor, Nathan Watson’s artwork addresses complex social issues through a combination of monochromatic glass and compelling form. After directing San Francisco State University’s small glass program for five years, the artist, designer, and educator became Executive Director of Public Glass, the city’s only public access glass making facility. As the director of an arts non-profit and in his life as an artist, Watson’s current practice continues to move intuitively between community building and art making as a way to examine and imagine how we might offer each other the same attention and regard as we do the object.  A Kentucky native, Watson received a BA in history from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he also began investigating glass as a way to transform storied narratives into a visual medium. Before pursuing his graduate studies at California College of Arts in 2004, Watson received grants and awards from the Rhode Island Foundation and the Rhode Island Council for the Arts for his work concerning local crafts, identity, and immigration. Often formed by constructed architectural interventions and poetic imagery, Watson’s work in glass has been the subject of exhibitions at the Noma Gallery and Refusalon in San Francisco, POST in Los Angeles, and numerous surveys of contemporary artists using glass as an element in their practices. Watson has lectured and taught nationally as a visiting artist at the Massachusetts College of Art, Centre College in Kentucky, UC Fullerton, San Francisco State University, and at conferences addressing issues surrounding arts education, youth programming and social justice. As a curator, he has contributed to exhibitions at Southern Exposure, Google, The Reclaimed Room at Building Resources, and directs the gallery and artist in residence programs at Public Glass.  In 2012, Watson co-founded Light A Spark, a glass-focused arts program that provides rare opportunities and resources for youth in the underserved communities of San Francisco. He’s also a member of an artist collective called Related Tactics, which brings together artists and cultural workers to collaborate on projects that deal with the intersection of race and culture. Days before the most recent issue of GASnews was set to publish, the organization received a letter from Watson and published it in its entirety.  Watson wrote: “In this moment when all communities must ask, how did we get here, I think that it’s a meaningful statement in itself to say that I am one of two African Americans leading nonprofit glass organizations, and one of three helping to guide University glass programs in the entire United States. After sitting back and watching our glass community respond to the lynching of brown people and observing the social media-based processing of our complicity through inaction and a pervasive lack of inclusion, I’ve decided to put my heartache aside to share what it feels like from my perspective. With all of the wealth, privilege, and supposed progressive elements within our arts community, how could we let ourselves fall so far behind when it comes to supporting equity and opening doors for everyone?  Even when compared to the lack of representation across the art world as a whole, the glass community looks really bad. No words, propping up of black faces, or sudden unburying of works by black artists will solve this. We were wrong all along to be content amongst ourselves, content to peddle in shiny things with little connection to the realities of the world that is burning our eyes open now. We as artists, who are tasked with interpreting our collective condition, did not do our jobs, and the industry that supports us did not do theirs. The glass galleries did not look toward and support our futures, and our institutions looked to the past and the same sources for self-congratulation again and again until last week.  In the last few days my projects, my body, and the images of my black and brown colleagues have become all too popular in the social media posts of the many glass companies and organizations around the country who are trying to make a statement about how “woke” they are. If you use our bodies in your catalogues, in your posts, and in your applications for larger grants, YOU are responsible for helping to create a way forward for the many who have not been offered a seat at your table.  The leading nonprofit glass organizations from coast to coast who have been working on issues of access and diversity, lifting new voices, and supporting emerging artists for years with little to no contribution from our industry’s biggest donors and institutions have joined together to create the Give to Glass Campaign. We’ve united due to the devastating financial impacts of COVID-19 on our programs and studios, but also because our own glass community has never fully appreciated the value of what we’ve been working for all along. In this moment when everyone has something to say about social justice, I ask….Do you see us now?!  If you as an individual or an institution have made a declaration about where you stand, then it’s your moral obligation to support change in our glass community. Words raise awareness, but contributions provide the resources for REAL CHANGE! Donate to Give to Glass, to Crafting the Future, or to any organization that is versed in fighting for those whose lives are compromised and voices muted, and for God’s sake, please VOTE!  If there is no action behind your statements, then please stop using our names, our black bodies, those of our youth, and the objects made from our alienation and pain, and step aside to let us build our own house.” Talking Out Your Glass podcast and all of our sponsors have made donations to Give to Glass. Give to Glass is a fundraising campaign created by and for Glass Impact, a nationwide coalition of nonprofit, community-focused glass organizations who are dedicated to equal access and uplifting diverse voices and ideas through glass. Each of the member studios is supported primarily through public programming, making the economic fallout of COVID-19 and social distancing particularly devastating. By supporting Glass Impact through the Give to Glass Campaign, you are making a statement: A diverse and accessible glass community is the best way that we can move the industry forward, and we cannot afford to allow COVID-19 to eliminate the studios that are fighting for inclusivity. Glass Impact is: ​ Firebird Community Arts | Chicago, IL | ​@firebirdcommunityarts Foci- Minnesota Center for Glass Art  | Minneapolis, MN | @focimcga GlassRoots | Newark, NJ | @GlassRootsinc Hilltop Artists | Tacoma, WA | @hilltopartists North Carolina Glass Center | Asheville, NC | @NCGlassCenter Public Glass | San Francisco, CA | @PublicGlass  STARworks Glass | Star, NC | @STARworksglass UrbanGlass | Brooklyn, NY | @UrbanGlass_nyc   Visit https://www.givetoglass.org    

Rhody Radio is a new podcast bringing you voices from your neighbors around the Ocean State. Enjoy lectures, stories and conversations with local artists, performers, experts, and scholars selected for you by Rhode Island librarians, and stay tuned for weekly episodes starting in August 2020! Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library and Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

In this episode of Careers in the Public Humanities, Michael Landreth speaks with Janaya Kizzie, MLIS, the Rhode Island Arts and Culture Research Fellow at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities at the time of recording (she has since transitioned into the role of Event Coordinator at the Providence Public Library). In this conversation, the two discuss Wikipedia, archiving in the digital age, and that being unsure can be a positive in the public humanities.

In this episode of Careers in the Public Humanities, Catherine Winters speaks with Taylor Polites, MFA, author and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Scholar Award Winner. In this conversation, the two discuss storytelling, following a career of passion, and the importance of place.

Listen to (Press)ed Live, a panel exploring journalism, the humanities, and the future of our democracy. Panelists included Jim Ludes, PhD, Peter Wells, and Mike Stanton. The conversation was moderated by The Public Radio's President and CEO Torey Malatia and took place at The Historic Slater Mill in Pawtucket, RI on September 20th, 2018. (Press)ed is organized by The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and The Public's Radio as part of the “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. The initiative seeks to deepen the public’s knowledge and appreciation of the vital connections between democracy, the humanities, journalism, and an informed citizenry. We thank The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership.

Listen in as Bonnie and Dave take on the media diet experiment! What do they watch? Who do they listen to? How will they navigate the uncharted lands of "the other side?" Follow them on their travels through the looking glass. (Press)ed is organized by The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and The Public's Radio as part of the “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. The initiative seeks to deepen the public’s knowledge and appreciation of the vital connections between democracy, the humanities, journalism, and an informed citizenry. We thank The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership.

Getting to know you...getting to know all about you. In Episode 1 of (Press)ed, we introduce the series and two Rhode Island neighbors, Bonnie and Dave, who are trying to bridge the aisle, and their street. (Press)ed is organized by The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and The Public's Radio as part of the “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. The initiative seeks to deepen the public’s knowledge and appreciation of the vital connections between democracy, the humanities, journalism, and an informed citizenry. We thank The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership.

In this episode of Careers in the Public Humanities, PhD candidate Ryan Engley interviews Dr. Elizabeth Francis, the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Together they discuss the importance of placemaking and engaging with community in all humanities projects.

Many people think that the National Council of Churches is a top-down structure, but it’s not.  The ecumenical movement is just that: a MOVEMENT, and it’s made up of people who believe that we’re better off focusing on our commonalities more than on our differences. Today we will talk with Don Anderson, head of the Rhode Island Council of Churches. Don is one of our most active leaders within this fellowship that we call the ecumenical movement.  In our conversation with Don, we will learn what ecumenism looks like on a more local level.  Don’s enthusiasm is contagious and I hope you enjoy this conversation.

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's recent exhibitions include the Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, Sepia International, New York City, the RISD Museum, the 2006 Noorderlicht Photo Festival in Netherlands and the 2005 Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal Photo Biennale in Canada.   In 2007, Matthew was the first of three artists to be awarded the 2007 MacColl Johnson Fellowship in Visual Arts. Among the list of other grants recently supporting Matthew's work include the John Gutmann Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship and the American Institute of Indian Studies Creative Arts fellowship. She was recently an artist in residence at the Yaddo Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. Her work can be found in the collection of the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, and the RISD Museum, Providence, RI, among others. Matthew's work is included in the book BLINK from Phaidon, that according to the publisher celebrates the quality and vision of today's 100 most exciting international contemporary photographers.   Annu Palakunnathu Matthew is on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and the URI Council for the Humanities. She is represented by Sepia International Inc., New York City & Tasveer Gallery, India. http://www.annumatthew.com/ http://www.davidhwells.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com 

20101017  Leaving the Barracks, News, and Poverty  In this edition, Fr. Anthony talks about how we need to leave the barracks and take the battle for love out into the streets; reacts to some news on mysticism, science, sociology, and religion; and shares a presentation on poverty that he gave to the Rhode Island Council of Churches "Faith and Order" Commission. Enjoy!