“Voices of our world,” Maryknoll’s weekly radio program
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General voting / Citizen responsibility
A spectacular premise -- Week of June 15, 2008, part I
A teacher invites 5th grade students to co-create their curriculum with him and they decide to take on the rebuilding of their school and learn a great deal in the process about citizens’ power to effect change in their own community. The interview is with the teacher and four of the students. A great program to listen to if one is feeling hopeless when confronting political problems.
Voting while black -- Week of February 17, 2008, part I
A discussion of the black vote, race politics, and the 2008 election, with Melanie Campbell, executive director and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
Voting while black -- Week of February 17, 2008, part II
Through training in civic education, leadership and campaign development, Black Youth Vote identifies the issues that affect the black community. Their goal is to force politicians to make black issues their issues, with young black leaders at the forefront of setting the agenda. A continuation of the interview with Melanie Campbell, executive director and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
Ecology
Devastating solutions -- Week of June 22, 2008, part II
The food system is tied to the use of nonrenewable resources – fossil fuels for fertilizers and for transporting food add to the global food crisis. It is now time to power down and seek “green” more sustainable alternatives for the food system. Part 2 of the interview with Anuradha Mittal , executive director of the Oakland Institute, and Rachel Smolker of the Global Justice Ecology Project.
Easy being green -- Week of May 4, 2008, part I
Maryknoll employee John Roper talks about how he’s converted his car to take used vegetable oil rather than diesel, proving that alternatives to petroleum are possible in the not-too-distant future. Also, Jesuit Fr. Wee Chi talks of bringing back the forest in an environmental project near Bangkok, Thailand.
Becoming the solution -- Week of May 4, 2008
Maryknoll Sr. Ann Braudis speaks of her experience in the Philippines where she cared for the land and helped heal the earth after a devastating earthquake in 1990.
Sustainable economy
Devastating solutions -- Week of June 22, 2008, part I
A critical look at the issues of world hunger, poverty, and the global food crisis with Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, and Rachel Smolker of the Global Justice Ecology Project
In excess -- Week of May 18, 2008
The gap between the extreme rich and those who are resource poor is growing. Privatization of the war in Iraq figures prominently into this picture. Throughout the war the government has cut taxes for the wealthy and large companies while some contractors and corporations are making a profit. Chuck Collins, from the Institute for Policy Studies and author of The Moral Measure of the Economy, discusses his findings when studying “executive excess.”
Pay up -- Week of May 18, 2008, part II
Do salaries represent the value of the work being done? A continuation of the conversation with Chuck Collins from the Institute for Policy Studies where he takes up the question of what part the government can play in changing the current state of executive excess.
Dream interrupted -- Week of February 2, 2008
The income- and asset-poor in the United States remain largely members of minority groups, most significantly people of color. Amaad Rivera of United for a Fair Economy discusses the racial wealth divide.
Immigration
Border blues -- Week of June 1, 2008, part I
Karen and Jim Halberg Weaver in Ciudad Juarez talk about the ecology of the border and their project to help people create gardens. They speak of their choice to live simply, their sense of spirituality that stems from reverencing the earth and their life on the border as lay missioners.
Border blues – Week of June 1, 2008, part II
Continuation of the conversation with Karen and Jim Halberg Weaver emphasizing living simply and how important it has been for them as a family to step out of their own culture to look at it more critically.
HIV and AIDS
Heal the body, heal the soul -- Week of May 25, 2008
Maryknoll priest and medical doctor Peter LeJacq, who serves in Tanzania, talks about a good Samaritan experience. He further discusses health as a human right and the availability of good health care and the value of faith in living a holistic, healthy life.
Peace & Sustainable Security
Faith in dialogue -- Week of June 29, part I
Divisions or polarization on any issue divides us and prevents dialogue. John Allen explores what it means to open oneself to others’ opinions and to truly dialogue. This has implications for political life as well as life within Christian communities.
An unhealthy debate -- Week of June 29, 2008, part II
Media often plays a negative role in giving example of successful dialogue; at times, “balanced” conversations are between people who have no commitment to being open to the other’s point of view.