Regionally Speaking:
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March 29, 2012
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Future
Students are a community's most valuable asset. Today's high school students will be future leaders of the community. That is why Regionally Speaking is excited this week to highlight the stories of two high school students who overcame academic and personal struggles. De’Van Bogard is a senior at Glenville High School and a football star who describes his late nights studying for the ACTs. Cyril Creque Sarbinowski is a junior at Cleveland School of Science and a promising scholar who talks about his transformation from failing grades to straight A's. Their stories are interwined with our third guest Corttrell Kinney, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and a mentor for high school students.
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De’Van Bogard, a senior at Glenville High School
Cyril Creque Sarbinowski, a junior at Cleveland School of Science and Medicine
Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
Corttrell Kinney, doctoral candidate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and a mentor for high school students
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March 26, 2012
Volunteering in New Orleans: 7 years later
Last week, Janice Eatman-Williams came back from a volunteer trip to New Orleans. This is the ninth trip Janice has taken to the Gulf region post-hurricane Katrina. What does the clean-up effort in New Orleans look like seven years after the disaster?
This is the topic of only half the program. We first discuss where Janice's commitment to social justice comes from. She grew up in a household that always at the center of the community. Janice's father was the first African American to work for the city of Parma, a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area. This week we learn how an upbringing in a home dedicated to the well-being of the community translated into a lifetime commitment to social justice.
The partners for the trip included:
Fisk University
HandsOn Birmingham
Ronald McDonald House - Birmingham
Hotel Provincial
Tulane Center for Public Service
Amistad Reserach Center
Lower Ninth Ward Village
Grow Dat! Youth Farm
The Roots of Music
HandsOn New Orleans
Southern Rep Theatre
A Cultural Exchange
(left) Janice Eatman-Williams, assistant director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning at Case Western Reserve University,
(right) Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
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March 05, 2012
Students Making a Difference
University Circle is an economic powerhouse in Cleveland. Students and research bring jobs to the community. How do students and faculty engage with the community when they are not studying or working in laboratories? This week Regionally Speaking invited two undergraduates who were honored at the Students Making a Difference Luncheon at Case Western Reserve University. Alexis Crosby, a junior studying sociology student, and Allison George, a senior studying sociology and musical performance, discuss experiences tutoring high school students and organizing Relay for Life, a fundraising event for cancer research.
(left) Alexis D. Crosby, sociology undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University
(center) Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
(right) Allison George, a sociology student at Case Western Reserve University and a viola musician at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
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February 27, 2012
Living Social Justice
Corttrell Kinney is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University. Today, though, we spent time on the inspiring work Corttrell does outside of the laboratory. As a tutor and mentor, Corttrell builds close relationships with struggling high school students. His success with pulling up youth stems from his ability to connect with students at eye level. Corttrell himself grew up in Cleveland and graduated from John Hay High School. In the second half of the program, Corttrell describes how he takes this passion for educating the community to the business community with a program that helps local businesses keep their employees.
(left) Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
(right) Corttrell Kinney, doctoral candidate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and a mentor for struggling high school students
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February 20, 2012
Environmental Justice
When thinking about environmental health, the first issues that usually come to mind are pollution and outdoor air quality. This overlooks that hazards that can be found in one’s own home. It is a public health concern that can have its most potent effects on urban communities and neighborhoods with substandard housing. This week Gladys Haddad talks with Kimberly Foreman, the Director of Outreach and Education for Environmental Health Watch. Foreman talks about her role inspecting homes for health hazards and she discusses her community education programs.
(left) Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
(right) Kimberly Foreman, the Director of Outreach and Education for Environmental Health Watch
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February 13, 2012
Social Justice and the Gay Community
The gay community expands to all age groups and ethnicities. Anthony Crumbley is a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Social Science and he tries to engage this diverse group, young and old, with open discussions about issues like anti-gay bullying. On top of these support groups and conferences, Crumbley works as a research assistant for Rhonda Williams, the director of CWRU's Social Justice Institute. Listen this week to hear more about Crumbley's projects and what he sees in his future after graduation.
Anthony Crumbley, Case Western Reserve University graduate student
of The Mandel School of Applied Social Science with a Master’s Degree in Social Science
Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
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February 06, 2012
Talking about Suicide
How do we talk about suicide? For those who have experienced a suicide loss of a friend or family member it can be difficult to find a support network to talk about what happened. Tanetta Andersson, a Ph.D. student at Case Western Reserve University's Department of Sociology, talks about her research on disenfranchised grief and the way her community service has expanded to social justice work.
Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
Tanetta Andersson, a Ph.D. Candidate, CWRU Department of Sociology
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January 30, 2012
Ethical Leadership
The goal of the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence is to promote ethical leadership. Its signature event is the Inamori Ethics Prize, which brings internationally renowned leaders to the Case Western Reserve University campus. The Director of the Inamori Center is Shannon French, who joined CWRU faculty in 2008 after working as the associate chair of the United States Naval Academy's Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law. This week we learn more about Dr. French and her role at the Inamori Center.
Gladys Haddad, host of Regionally Speaking
Shannon French, Director of the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence
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