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Apr 1, 2014 by Initiative Radio
JENNIFER A. NEELY, LMSW offers psychoanalytically informed, psychodynamic psychotherapy to adults in a private setting in Manhattan. She is a graduate of New York University's School of Social Work, and is an affiliate member of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. She is the group facillitator of the SIDS bereavement Support Group of New York City, a resource that is free for families who have lost a child to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Jennifer sits down with...
Topics: Initiative Radio highlights the work of organizations both for profit & not-for-profit,...
Center for Genetics and Society - Marcy Darnovsky
Jul 1, 2013 by Initiative Radio is produced and presented by Angela McKenzie
MARCY DARNOVSKY, PhD Executive Director Center for Genetics & Society Marcy Darnovsky, PhD is the Executive Director at the Center for Genetics and Society. She speaks and writes widely on the politics of human biotechnology, focusing on their social justice and public interest implications. Her articles have appeared in publications like The Nation, Harvard Law and Policy Review and The Journal of Life Sciences and she has appeared on dozens of television, radio and online news shows...
Topics: Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio, Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society, Human Cloning,...
THE GRANNIE PROJECT - featuring Amanda Cox
May 28, 2013 05/13
May 28, 2013 by Initiative Radio
AMANDA COX The Grannie Project On this edition of Initiative Radio Angela McKenzie is in conversation with Amanda Cox, Founder and Executive Director of the Grannie Project. This privately funded, 501 (c) (3) organization, was founded in 2011, is based in southeastern Pennsylvania and focuses on rescuing, fostering and finding permanent homes for senior cats. The Grannie Project is maintained through the love, compassion and dedication of volunteers who enable elder pets to live with love and...
Topics: The Granny Project, elder pets, cats, cat lover, Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Animal Rescue,...
Kayce Jennings Discusses GIRL RISING the Movie
Apr 26, 2013 04/13
Apr 26, 2013 by Initiative Radio
KAYCE JENNINGS The Documentary Group Senior Producer of "GIRL RISING" Angela McKenzie is in conversation with Kayce Jennings who is a co-founder of the Documentary Group and a senior producer of the film "Girl Rising." "Girl Rising" is a ground breaking film brought to the screen by Oscar nominated director Richard Robbins. The film tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine developing countries and how education or the lack thereof impacts upon their...
Topics: Girl Rising, The Documentary Group, Initiative Radio, Kayce Jennings, Angela McKenzie, Richard...
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Initiative Radio Salute to Black History Makers
Feb 1, 2013 by Initiative Radio
Selena Watkins, Miss Black USA Gordon Chambers, Grammy Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Initiative Radio 2013 Black History Makers Every February, Initiative Radio broadcasts its' Salute to Black History Makers Series and during the course of the month, outstanding members of the black community are recognized and presented with the Initiative Radio Black History Makers Award. This year's honorees are Selena Watkins the reigning Miss Black USA, whose many talents include fitness and dance...
Topics: Initiative Radio. Angela McKenzie, Gordon Chambers, Selena Watkins, Miss Black USA, Initiative...
After Hurricane Sandy at the Bowery Mission
Jan 19, 2013 01/13
Jan 19, 2013 by Initiative Radio
MATT KRIVICH & JAMES MACKLIN Life After Hurricane Sandy at the Bowery Mission When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City at the end of October 2012, many New Yorkers were not prepared for the damage this force of nature caused. Some of the hardest hit were many of the city's homeless and displaced persons and people who had never imagined being homeless were literally cast outside overnight. In the first part of the program Angela McKenzie speaks with Matt Krivich, Director of the Bowery...
Topics: The Bowery Mission, Hurricane Sandy, Matt Krivich, James MacKlin, Initiative Radio, Angela...
Peter Westbrook Foundation
PETER WESTBROOK Peter Westbrook Foundation Over the last several years, members of PWF's Elite Fencing Squad have qualified for three Olympic teams, countless senior and junior world teams, and have attended and graduated from some of the finest universities in the U.S., including: Duke, Columbia, NYU, St. Johns, Rutgers, Ohio State and Temple. In 1991, with the overwhelming support of many, including tennis great Arthur Ashe, the Peter Westbrook Foundation was launched by the legendary Peter...
Topics: Peter Westbrook Foundation, Olympics, Fencing, Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio
Alcoholics Anonymous on Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
Jan 5, 2013 01/13
Jan 5, 2013 by Initiative Radio
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Lois, Linda & Susan If you've resolved to kick a nasty vice, then this classic edition of Initiative Radio is the show for you. Alcoholics Anonymous is a voluntary, worldwide fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet together to attain and maintain sobriety. The only requirement for membership is a desire to STOP DRINKING ALCOHOL and there are no dues or fees for A.A. membership. On today's show Lois, Linda and Susan will talk about their own...
Topics: Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie, 12 Step Program
Rasheda Ali - daughter of Muhammad Ali
Dec 28, 2012 by Initiative Radio
Enjoy this classic edition from Initiative Radio's first season featuring Rasheda Ali, an actress, author, mother of two boys, an advocate for sufferers of Parkinson's Disease and the daughter of Belinda Boyd and boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Rasheda discusses her role as an advisory board member of the Israeli based, biotechnology firm BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics. BrainStorm is pioneering research and development in adult marrow-derived stem cell therapy, aimed at treating neurodegenerative...
Topics: Rasheda Ali, Muhammad Ali, Chaim Lebovitz, BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, Initiative Radio, Angela...
Reverend Billy & The Church of Life After Shopping
Reverend Billy Talen The Church of Life After Shopping (formerly known as the Church of Stop Shopping) is an activist performance group based in New York City, led by Reverend Billy, the stage name of Bill Talen. Using the form of a revival meeting, on sidewalks and in chain stores, Reverend Billy and his gospel choir exhort consumers to abandon the products of large corporations and mass media; the group also preaches a broader message of economic justice, environmental protection, and...
Topics: Bill Talen, Angela McKenzie, Church of Life After Shopping, Church of Stop Shopping
Akhil Reed Amar discussing the Electoral College on Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
Oct 27, 2012 by Initiative Radio
Akhil Reed Amar Sterling Professor of Law & Political Science Yale University Discussion about the Electoral College and if your vote really matters to the outcome of the Presidential election. American voters sometimes get a gut feeling that that their votes don't truly impact the outcome of the Presidential election and regretfully some even refrain from exercising their constitutional right to participate in the popular vote. Well, they might be on to something and that something is that...
Topics: Akhil Reed Amar, Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie, America's Unwritten...
Tampa Bay Young Republicans Michael Norris
Aug 2, 2012 by Initiative Radio
MICHAEL NORRIS Vice President, Tampa Bay Young Republicans Diversity & Conservatism In America Election Season Series On this installment of Initiative Radio Angela McKenzie speaks with Michael Norris, Vice President of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans to learn what type of political activism this group of people aged forty and younger are involved with both in and out of election season and how they will contribute to the upcoming Republican National Convention, scheduled for August 27-30,...
Topic: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Mike Norris, Ashley Intartaglia, Tampa Bay Young Republicans,...
IR-11-45 Diversity & Conservatism In America The Musicians
Jun 29, 2012 by Initiative Radio
DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATISM IN AMERICA The Musicians This week's edition of Initiative Radio is an Independence Day edition of the election season series Diversity and Conservatism In America. The program will air some famous musicians who have bravely identified themselves as Conservatives and Republicans in the entertainment industry - an industry that makes no bones about its' liberal bias. You'll hear a few surprises especially when it comes to one particular artist who has been perceived as...
Topics: Hank Williams, Sr., Hank Williams, Jr., 50 Cent, Gloria Estefan, Lee Greenwood, Toby Keith,...
IR-11-31 Log Cabin Republicans PRIDE Month Encore
GREGORY T. ANGELO Chairman of Log Cabin Republicans of New York State THIS ENCORE BROADCAST HAS AN AMENDED INTRODUCTION FOR PRIDE MONTH 2012 AND A RESPONSE BY LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S RECENT DECLARATION OF HIS SUPPORT FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE. During the current federal election season Angela McKenzie will be speaking with Americans who at a glance might not be identified as conservative because of their race, culture and other social dynamics. To start this series of...
Topics: Log Cabin Republicans, Gregory T. Angelo, Pride Month, Gay Pride, LGBT, Obama supports same sex...
IR-11-39 Jeff Bradshaw Mr. Trombone
JEFF BRADSHAW Mr. Trombone "Bone Appetit" On this edition of Initiative Radio Angela McKenzie sits down with Jeff Bradshaw, the Philly based trombonist, whose music industry success has put him on stages worldwide with many of today's top musicians including Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige and even Kanye and Jay-Z. Now Bradshaw is stepping further into his own spotlight with the release of his sophomore album "Bone Appetit" a musical meal with his trombone arrangements as the main...
Topics: Jeff Bradshaw, Bone Appetit, Mr. Trombone, Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio, Hidden Beach Records,...
USA Patriotism! IR-11-38
May 3, 2012 05/12
May 3, 2012 by Initiative Radio
DAVID BANCROFT Author, Founder of USA Patriotism On this fifth installment of Initiative Radio's election season series "Diversity and Conservatism In America" Angela McKenzie speaks with David Bancroft, the Houston, Texas based founder of the on-line, educational resource center USA Patriotism!. By most accounts Bancroft is the archetypal, patriotic, conservative American but well into the program he reveals a particular view point pertaining to President Barack Obama and the...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, USA Patriotism, US Military, Student Patriots, David Bancroft,...
IR-11-36 Shira Plotzker Psychic Pet Communicator
SHIRA PLOTZKER Psychic Reader/Medium,Pet Communicator Today's program is an homage to Angela McKenzie's best beast friend Leslie Ray, a cat who passed away a year ago after more than a decade of friendship. To celebrate Leslie's life, Angela connects with psychic medium, astrologer and pet communicator Shira Plotzker who talks about her psychic ability, her fluency in Tarot Card reading and Numerology and Plotzker also attempts to channel Leslie from her new home on the other side. Sit back...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Leslie Ray, Sheila Plotzker, Shiras Place
IR-11-33 Gentleman German Reggae Musician
Mar 27, 2012 03/12
Mar 27, 2012 by Initiative Radio
GENTLEMAN German Reggae Music Singer "Diversity" Gentleman's love affair with Reggae music began when he heard the legendary Dennis Brown sing "Wolves and Leopards" and since then, Reggae has been the inspiration that helps him to survive the ups, downs and in-betweens that accompany a career in the music industry. Gentleman's lyrics are positive, promoting equal rights, justice and unity for all humankind. Being a white German native, could designate Gentleman as outside of...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Gentleman, Reggae Music, Diversity, Universal Music...
IR-11-32 Jeff Bruzzo Island Metro Diversity & Conservatism
Diversity & Conservatism In America - Edition 4 JEFF BRUZZO "911: Reflections Then and Now" Island Metro Productions/Project Shining City JEFF BRUZZO has many years of experience behind the camera supporting other filmmakers but in 2011 he debuted his 9/11 tribute film "9/11: Reflections Then and Now" to document the experiences of people who survived the September 11th 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Bruzzo created the documentary through his film production...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Jeff Bruzzo, Island Metro Productions, Project Shining City, 911...
IR-11-29 Stevie Nicks Musical Biography
Feb 29, 2012 by Initiative Radio
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STEVIE NICKS Musical Biography March is Women's History Month and keeping with the Initiative Radio tradition a noteworthy woman who is also a seasoned musician is put in the spotlight; this year that woman is living rock music legend Stevie Nicks. Nicks began her musical career with her first romantic and musical partner Lindsey Buckingham in 1972 at 24 - an age that's usually considered too old to have a career as a girl singer in a rock 'n roll band. After performing as a duo for two years...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Women's History Month, Rihannon,...
IR-11-28 Hollywood Republican Frank DeMartini
Diversity & Conservatism In America Edition 3 FRANK DeMARTINI Motion Picture Producer Hollywood Republican On today's edition of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie speaks with motion picture producer and Hollywood Republican Frank DeMartini for the third edition of the 2012 election season series "Diversity and Conservatism In America." DeMartini grew up in Nassau County, at a time when that part of true blue New York State was a conservative stronghold. For years, DeMartini has...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Frank DeMartini, Hollywood Republican, Radio Shows, Radio...
IR-11-26 Sammy Davis Jr. Black History Maker
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. Initiative Radio 2012 Black History Maker On this edition of Initiative Radio's Salute to Black History Makers series, Angela McKenzie takes a look at the life and times of Sammy Davis, Jr. who was more than an entertainer but a bona fide artist, whose show business career begun at the tender age of three. Throughout his career Davis evolved into more than the singer-dancer-actor triple-threat, he became a multi-threat whose arsenal of talents seemed boundless. Born in New York...
Topics: Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie, Salute to Black History Makers, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank...
IR-11-25 Radmilla Cody
RADMILLA CODY Initiative Radio 2012 Black History Maker Honoree Angela McKenzie presents the second edition of Initiative Radio's 2012 Salute to Black History Makers series. Her guest Radmilla Cody is a Navajo born woman who is equally proud of both her Native Indian and Black heritage. Radmilla is an award-winning singer, an anti-domestic violence advocate and in 1997 she became the 46th Miss Navajo Nation. She is the first and thus far only Miss Navajo who is Indian and Black. Winning the...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Salute To Black History Makers, Radmilla Cody, Native American...
IR-11-24 Beverly Randles
Diversity & Conservatism In America Edition 2 BEVERLY RANDLES Initiative Radio 2012 Black History Maker Angela McKenzie's guest Beverly Randles has teamed up with her husband Bill Randles to convince the good people of Missouri to unseat Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon and give them the chance to bring strong leadership, improved living standards and sound conservative values to the state as Governor and First Lady. Just before the new year, Angela caught up with Beverly while she took a...
Topics: Beverly Randles, Bill Randles, Missouri Governor, Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Bill Randles...
IR.11.20 Log Cabin Republicans
Diversity and Conservatism in America Edition 1 GREGORY T. ANGELO Chairman of Log Cabin Republicans of New York State During the current federal election season Angela McKenzie will be speaking with Americans who at a glance might not be identified as conservative because of their race, culture and other social dynamics. To start this series of special broadcasts, she speaks with Gregory T. Angelo who is the Chairman of Log Cabin Republicans of New York State,the nation's only organization of...
Topics: Radio Shows, Log Cabin Republicans, Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Gregory T. Angelo, GOP,...
IR-11-17 Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION Featuring Captain Peter J. Christ On this edition of Initiative Radio, presenter Angela McKenzie who is a Peter Jennings Project Fellow for Journalists and the United States Constitution, invites retired police captain Peter Christ to express why he believes that Prohibition has been a flawed policy since the days of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and again during America's Prohibition era of the 1920s and 30s. Christ is an active and passionate...
Topics: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, LEAP, Peter Christ, Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, US...
IR-11-16 Rock 'n Roots COLORS
Dec 3, 2011 12/11
Dec 3, 2011 by Initiative Radio
ROCK 'N ROOTS "Colors" Featuring Tom Boyd & Ann Sternberg Now everything's candycanes and evergreens, so here's a break from the holiday doutone. RocknRoots presents the music of colors, from Big Joe Turner's "Cherry Red" to Frank Zappa's "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow." This show features the Bobs, Neil Young, Luther Alison, Jimi Hendrix and many others. It's a celebration of chroma, a heaping helping of hues, on this much-fun edition of RocknRoots.
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Rock 'n Roots, Tom Boyd, Ann Sternberg
IR-11-15 US Marine Toys for Tots
Nov 30, 2011 11/11
Nov 30, 2011 by Initiative Radio
SARGEANT RICARDO ROSADO United States Marine Corps Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Angela McKenzie speaks with Sgt. Ricardo Rosado, an active duty Marine for seven years, as he explains his role in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and its' Marine Toys for Tots initiative during the holiday season. Toys for Tots was founded by Colonel William Hendricks and his wife Diane in 1947, when they realized there was no charitable organization in existence that gave toys to needy children. Ever...
Topics: Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio, USMC, Toys for Tots, Ricardo Rosado
IR-11-13 Al Cecere American Eagle Foundation
AL CECERE Founder & President American Eagle Foundation Al Cecere is a man who faithfully believes that God has called him to perform the very important work of restoring the American Bald Eagle. Armed with a solid resume in the entertainment industry and a long held passion for the welfare of animals, Al founded the American Eagle Foundation in 1985 and as the organization grew, he was able to convince many of his music industry contacts to help him bring greater visibility to the...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, American Eagle Foundation, Challenger, Al Cecere, Dolly Parton,...
IR-11-12 Rock'nRoots Politically In Tune
Nov 3, 2011 11/11
Nov 3, 2011 by Initiative Radio
ROCK 'N ROOTS Tom Boyd & Ann Sternberg Politically In Tune One of the favorite themes, Ann and Tom liked to put together were shows about politics, issues, contemporary problems - and even solutions. Here are some thoughts from Chris Thomas King, Linda Tillery,Marvin Gaye, Angelique Kidjo and many more. Where else can you hear Jimmy Cliff and Ani DiFranco tell it like this? Only RocknRoots. Angela McKenzie is the Producer & Presenter of Initiative Radio Join our facebook fanpage at:...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie, Rock 'n Roots, Politics, Music
IR-11-11 Veterans Day 11-11-11 Broadcast
Initiative Radio 11-11-11 Veterans Day Special Broadcast Featuring Jim Holt & Colonel William Voigt (Ret) NATIONAL VETERANS DAY IN BIRMINGHAM Each year, National Veterans Day in Birmingham salutes those men and women who have served their country as members of the armed services and those today who proudly wear the uniform of the active, reserve, and national guard forces. The organization also created a perpetual National Veterans Award in Birmingham for America's first official National...
Topics: Veterans Day, 11-11-11, Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie, William Voigt, Jim Holt, National...
From Slam to Hip-Hop, from performance poetry to spoken word, Bob Holman has been a central figure in the reemergence of poetry in American culture. The series he produced for PBS, the United States of Poetry, features over sixty poets including Derek Walcott, Rita Dove, Czeslaw Milosz, Lou Reed and former President Jimmy Carter, as well as rappers, cowboy poets, American Sign Language poets, and Slammers. In the 1990's he co-founded the record label Mouth Almighty/Mercury Records, to bring...
IR-11-09 Sober University by Cheryl Adler
CHERYL ADLER Psychotherapist & Author "Sober University: Your Next Step to Successful Recovery" Cheryl Adler has enjoyed a quarter of a century long career as a psychotherapist, addictions counselor and educator who is unafraid to delve into the harsh realities of addiction. Now Adler has added author to her resume with the creation of the book "Sober University: Your Next Step to Successful Recovery," wherein she shares her years of experience and success stories to...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Cheryl Adler, Sober University, Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Addiction, Angela...
IR-11-08 Defense of Marriage Act
THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT Is it Unconstitutional? On this week's edition of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie turns things over to Annamarya Scaccia, her fellow Peter Jennings Project Fellow for Journalists and the US Constitution. Scaccia conducted four interviews that examine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) - the 1996 Clinton-era legislation that defines marriage as being "between man and woman" and bans federal recognition/legal benefits of same-sex...
Topics: Defense of Marriage Act, US Constitution, Same Sex Marriage
IR-11-07 Rock n Roots Cover II
Oct 7, 2011 by Initiative Radio
Rock 'n Roots Cover Me, Cover You Featuring Tom Boyd & Ann Sternberg Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but careful, tasteful re-creation of a classic song is better. On this edition of RocknRoots, Ann Sternberg and Tom Boyd find great interpretations of Beatles, Dylan, Doors, Tommy Edwards, Fats, Stones and more. Versions of these songs you might have missed, were caught for you. Angela McKenzie is the Producer & Presenter of Initiative Radio Join our facebook fanpage at:...
Topics: Initiative Radio, Rock n Roots, Blues, Jazz, Oldies, Angela McKenzie
IR-11-05 Gandhi 142nd Birth Anniversary
Sep 19, 2011 by Initiative Radio
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Tribute for the Mahatma's 142nd Birth Anniversary October 2nd 2011 marks the 142nd birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi, who used non-violent tactics and "truth force" to free Indians from the rule of the British Raj. His theories and methods were adopted by civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela and continues to inspire modern day leaders like Barack Obama. In this hour we learn that Gandhi was not a perfect man but in the...
Topics: Mahatma Gandhi, Angela McKenzie, Initiative Radio, Gandhi Jayanti, India, Pakistan Bapu,...
IR-11-03 FDNY 911 Tribute
Sep 1, 2011 09/11
Sep 1, 2011 by Initiative Radio
TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK'S 343 BRAVEST FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK FALLEN 9/11 HEROES To mark the start of Initiative Radio's 5th season and the 10th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States of America, Angela McKenzie pays homage to the 343 New York City Firefighters who perished in the line of duty, at World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2. Underscored by a soundtrack of beautiful musical selections from the likes of Willie Nelson, Antonio Arendo, Bob Dylan, Jann Arden,...
Topics: 343 Bravest, FDNY, September 11 2011, 9/11, Fire Department of New York, September 11 Memorial,...
IR-11-02 Northeast 2 Sprit Society
Aug 29, 2011 08/11
Aug 29, 2011 by Initiative Radio
HARLAN PRUDEN Northeast 2 Spirit Society Angela McKenzie meets up with Harlan Pruden, the co-founder of the Northeast 2 Sprit Society to talk about the historical importance of Native American Indian gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders to their indigenous culture. In 1990 after the Third Annual Inter-tribal Native American/First Nations Gay/Lesbian American Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the American Indian LGBT community abandoned European gender and sexual orientation labels to...
Topics: LGBT, Gay American Indians, First Nations, Two Spirit Society, Harlan Pruden, Initiative Radio with...
IR-10-48 Second Amendment Firearms Expert Jackie Emslie
Jul 18, 2011 by Initiative Radio
JACKIE EMSLIE Second Amendment Advocate NRA Certified Firearms Expert and Educator Out of the 77,000 National Rifle Association (NRA) certified firearms trainers only 1,700 are women; so Angela McKenzie, a Peter Jennings Journalist Fellow for the United States Constitution traveled to Poughkeepsie, NY to track down one of them, in the person of JACKIE EMSLIE. Emslie became an active part of the Second Amendment community over two decades ago when her husband Scott - himself a master marksman,...
IR-10-47 NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin
LELAND MELVIN, Astronaut Associate Administrator Office of Education National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Never in his wildest dreams did LELAND MELVIN imagine that he would have a career as an Astronaut - much less walk in space but as they say, "life is what happens when you're making plans" and Melvin's plan was to play professional football. Unexpectedly, an injury forced him to trade in his football helmet for another kind of helmet - one that was attached to the...
IR-10-45 RocknRoots Overcoming Ann Sternberg feature
RocknRoots - Overcoming Featuring ANN STERNBERG This is a special edition of RocknRoots for one very important reason. Ann Sternberg, longtime producer and host, did this show as a solo statement about her battle with Cancer, and her determination to overcome it. Ann chose music to reflect her grit, her spirit, and her absolute belief that she would prevail. Ultimately, she lost the fight with Cancer, but along the way, she showed us all what overcoming is all about. Listen as Ann Sternberg...
IR-10-44 Carmen England CitiWide Harm Reduction
CARMEN ENGLAND CitiWide Harm Reduction On this edition of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie sits down with Carmen England, a former heroin addict who has been clean for over eight years due to her participation in CitiWide Harm Reduction programs. With the non-judgmental support of Social Workers and Case Managers, Carmen became sober in 2002 and she is now strong enough to be a CitiWide Peer who assists Participants with their healing through outreach, syringe exchange, advocacy and other harm...
IR-10-42 Prohibition and the US Constitution
PROHIBITION AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION How the "Noble Experiment" Changed America This week's edition of Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie focuses on the United States Constitution and the Prohibition era in which the sale, manufacture and transport of alcohol was banned. Implemented by the 18th Amendment in 1920 and later repealed with the ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933, Prohibition went into effect via the Volstead Act and was promoted by "dry"...
IR-10-41 Rock n Roots FRIENDS
ROCK 'N ROOTS FRIENDS Tom Boyd & Ann Sternberg OK, here's a question: what thread binds these musicians: The Ravens...Bette Midler...Willie "The Lion" Smith...Dr. John...Bobby "Blue" Bland. It's songs about "Friendship" and this edition of Rock 'n Roots finds friendly music from Robert Johnson all the way up to Joan Armatrading. Look at friendship from a lot of new and interesting perspectives on this classic edition of Rock 'n Roots.
IR-10-40 IRINA FIRSTEIN PSYCHOTHERAPY
IRINA FIRSTEIN Licensed Individual and Couples Therapist Irina Firstein is a New York City based, licensed therapist who specializes in couples and individual therapy. She immigrated from Russia with her family as a teenager before the Iron Curtain fell and credits the struggles of their immigrant experience with awakening her desire to help others. Firstein describes herself as a romantic-at-heart who likes to shatter common relationship myths because every couple is unique. Today's edition of...
IR-10-39 Junior Jam Jeff Eisenberg
JEFF EISENBERG Junior Jam On this edition of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie sits down with ASCAP award winning, singer-songwriter Jeff Eisenberg of "Junior Jam," a trio that sings high energy, interactive and educational songs for children. Eisenberg began his career as a Speech Therapist for the public school system and after working with kids and language development; he incorporated music with the lessons when he realized the routine of teaching language had become arduous for...
IR-10-38 LUCIS TRUST
SARAH McKECHNIE, President Lucis Trust Sarah McKechnie is the International President of the Lucis Trust which was founded by Alice and Foster Bailey in 1922 and orginally named the Lucifer Publishing Company, to release Alice's writings which examined the principles and secrets of the Ageless Wisdom. Out of the Trust came The Arcane School, a free correspondence program that helps to develop the spiritual consciousness of an international student body, while guiding them in the growing...
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IR-10-37 Rock 'n Roots Classic Covers
Rock 'n Roots Classic Covers This is a special edition of RocknRoots, featuring great cover versions of great original tunes. Who gets covered? Hank Williams, Paul Simon, The Beatles; and who does the covering? Dinah Washington, Joe Louis Walker and the Bosstalkers, The Accidentals, Jimmy Thackery and The Drivers. Memorable songs in remarkable new versions, on this edition of RocknRoots with Ann Sternberg and Tom Boyd. Angela McKenzie is the Producer & Presenter of Initiative Radio Join our...
IR-10-35 NY Holistic Vet
DR. JILL ELLIOT Licensed Veterinarian & Animal Lover N.Y. Holistic Vet Dr. Jill Elliot has been practicing traditional and homeopathic veterinary medicine since 1995 and in this edition of Initiative Radio she explains how Holistic medicine addresses both an animal's personality and ailment in order to prescribe appropriate treatment, unlike conventional medicine which tends to suppress symptoms. Dr. Elliot is the mother of two senior cats and she explains that becoming an animal doctor was...
IR-10-34 Gary Farmer Cayuga Nation
GARY FARMER Cayuga Nation Native American Actor, Filmmaker, Cultural Activist & Blues Musician Born into the Cayuga Nation, Gary Farmer is a Native American Cultural Activist, Filmmaker, Actor and Blues Musician fronting the band "Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers." Farmer has devoted much of his career to promoting systems of communication between First Nations people and giving them exposure to a broader audience. He founded the Aboriginal Voices Radio Network and the Aboriginal...
IR-10-33 Rock 'n Roots Walking
RocknRoots Walking Tom Boyd & Ann Sternberg Now that spring has sprung, it's time to put your feet to the street. This edition of RocknRoots helps you do just that, with great tunes about all kinds of walking, from all kinds of musicians. Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy, Howard Fishman, and the folkies who kick-started the folk revival The Rooftop Singers - all of them and more take a walk on this edition of RocknRoots with Ann Sternberg and Tom Boyd.
IR-10-32 Musical Kids International
YOLANDA BORRAS Founder Musical Kids International Musical Kids International is a program devoted to arts-based bilingual education for preschool aged children and was founded in 1999 by Yolanda Borras, a passionate devotee to musical education. Her program stresses learning through vocabulary, movement, art projects and books and songs directly extracted from the folklore traditions of different countries including Israel, Korea, China, Spain and France. Borras believes that incorporating...
IR-10-31 Tina Turner Biography
TINA TURNER Queen of Rock 'n Roll Tina Turner born Anna Mae Bullock, is the focus of today's show in celebration of Women's History Month. With unforgettable hits like "A Fool in Love," "Proud Mary," and "Nut Bush City Limits," Tina Turner started her half a century long music career as an R&B vocalist for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue after convincing an initially skeptical Ike to let her sing with his band in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of eighteen. This biography set...
IR-10-29 Maxine Nodel
MAXINE NODEL Founding Principal Millennium Art Academy Award winning educator Maxine Nodel founded the Millennium Art Academy high school located in the Bronx, New York City in 2003, with the vision of preparing students for the world of college, work and school, using a foundation of humanity, and themes of visual art and intergeneration. Students participate in a variety of individual and group projects that stress critical thinking, problem solving, developmental writing and artistic...
IR-10-28 RockNRoots Delmark
Rock 'n Roots Salute to Black History Makers Blues and Jazz / Delmark Records One of the essential themes of black history is the central role music, particularly jazz and blues, has played in the life and times of black communities across the country. Delmark Records is a Chicago-based label at the heart of the music. From pioneers like Speckled Red and Sleepy John Estes, to blues legends T-Bone Walker, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, and out-there trailblazer Sun Ra, Delmark has recorded,...
IR-10-27 Rent Is Too Damn High
JIMMY McMILLAN Founder The Rent Is Too Damn High Party and Movement During this latest installment of Initiative Radio's Salute to Black History Makers, Angela McKenzie pretty much turns the microphone over to the newly famous politician Jimmy McMillan, founder of The Rent Is Too Damn High Party. Although McMillan is thought to be a character, with his bubbly personality, black gloves and sleek, silver coif and beard, he definitely knows how to keep it real and stand up for the issues he...
IR-10-25 Alexis McGill Johnson
Alexis McGill Johnson Executive Director The American Values Institute Angela McKenzie speaks at length with Alexis McGill Johnson, Executive Director of the American Values Institute (AVI) to continue celebrating the achievements of Black History Makers. Alexis is a Princeton and Yale graduate and even though her impressive professional history encompasses the worlds of academia, politics and entertainment she has not forgotten her black roots and cultural heritage. Alexis has held top posts...
IR-10-24 Astronomical Kid
BRIAN BRADLEY THE ASTRONOMICAL KID On this installment of Initiative Radio's Salute to Black History Makers series, Angela catches up with fourteen year old, Brooklyn native Brian Bradley, known in the Hip Hop music scene as the Astronomical Kid to discusses the parallels of being a regular kid and a musical sensation. Just like any other kid, Astro battles everyday life, keeping his grades up while leading the life of a Hip Hop prodigy, performing, producing his own sitcoms and cartoons and...
MILLENNIUM ART ACADEMY'S MILLENNIUM PEARL INITIATIVE featuring Lilien Christmas, Opeolu Sehindemi & Patrick Price On this Millennium Art Academy (MAA) edition of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie starts her month-long Salute to Black History Makers series by interviewing Ms. Lilien Christmas about her life growing up in segregated parts of New Jersey and about the legacy that she has left and continues to leave behind at ninety-one years old. She speaks about the injustices of her...
Female Genital Cutter Oureye Sall & Angela McKenzie discussion.
Angela McKenzie speaks with a reformed Female Genital Cutter named Oureye Sall about how community-led initiatives are partenering with international non-governmental organizations like Tostan, to abolish the violent ritual of female genital cutting. In this excerpt, excerpt Oureye speaks to Angela in her native tongue Wolof, while her collegue Malick Diagne provides translation.
Topics: Female Genital Cutting, Female Genital Mutilation, Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie, gender...
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ROCK 'N ROOTS WORK! Everybody talks about jobs. Some even sing about 'em! On this edition of "RocknRoots," hosts Tom Boyd and the late Ann Sternberg present a bunch of great musical expressions of jobs and working. There's jobs music from James Cotton, Nina Simone, Lightnin' Hopkins, the Grateful Dead, Five Chinese Brothers and a lot more. This RnR show first aired in 1999, but the music and the focus on jobs are as fresh as today.
IR-10-17 Bowery Mission
JAMES MACKLIN & JAMES WINANS THE BOWERY MISSION & KIDS WITH A PROMISE PROGRAM The Bowery Mission has been serving homeless and hungry New Yorkers since 1879 and in 1894 started the Kids With A Promise program to help at-risk youth escape the pitfalls that spending idle Summer days in the Lower Eastside Tenements created. On today's program, James Macklin, Director of Outreach, talks about the changing face of the homeless in New York City; about the programs currently available to help...
IR-10-16 Travelers Aid International
JANE MROSKO TRAVELERS AID INTERNATIONAL John F. Kennedy International Airport, NYC JANE MROSKO, Program Manager of the Travelers Aid International initiative at JFK Airport, sits down with Angela McKenzie during this holiday season to share the details of this reputable but somewhat unknown organization, and to inform listeners of its' mission to help and support travelers so that they will experience safe and pleasant passage. Travelers Aid International can be found in transportation centers...
ROBERTO "PLENA" IRIZARRY NUYORICAN POET Leaving Ponce, Puerto Rico at the age of four, Roberto "Plena" Irizarry moved to the Bronx to encounter a new life. He is a follower and proud member of the Nuyorican movement, which emerged on the street by Puerto Ricans who needed a new form of self-government and new communication techniques that the police couldn't decipher, to share experiences of the pain, horror, and struggle of destitution surrounding them. It has since evolved...
TOM BOYD & ANN STERNBERG Rock 'n Roots SPIRIT It's not about denominations. It's not about dogma. It's about SPIRIT on this classic edition of RocknRoots. The power of Wilson Pickett. . .the wonderful burnished sound of the Zion Harmonizers. . .John Coltrane. . .Five Blind Boys. . .and many, many others. The music rings true and clean and organic - one way to go forward in search of the things that unite us, not divide us. And stay to the end for Aaron Neville and Johnny Adams!
SARGEANT RICARDO ROSADO United States Marine Corps Marine Toys for Tots Foundation This week Angela McKenzie speaks with Sgt. Ricardo Rosado, an active duty Marine for seven years, as he explains his role in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and its' Marine Toys for Tots initiatives during the holiday season. Toys for Tots was founded by Colonel William Hendricks and his wife Diane, when they realized there was no charitable organization in existence that gave toys to needy children. Ever...
Topic: Initiative Radio highlights the work of organizations both for profit & not-for-profit,...
Oct 21, 2010 by Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
LEONARD CASSARA PSYCHIC/INTUITIVE Association for Research & Enlightenment (NYC) Edgar Cayce Health and Wellness Center In this episode of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie sits down with Leonard Cassara to discuss his involvement with the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the great influence that the founder and spiritual leader, Edgar Cayce, had on him. Edgar Cayce, known as the father of holistic medicine for some, used psychic abilities to help himself and others become...
Dahlia Goldenberg, Huairou Commission on Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
Oct 7, 2010 by Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
DAHLIA GOLDENBERG HUAIROU COMMISSION The Huairou Commission is an organization that is comprised of a global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that links grassroots women's community development organizations and partners. The networks seeks access to resources, information sharing and political space and at the same time it links dvelopment professionals to on-the-ground practice. On this edition of Initiative Radio DAHLIA GOLDENBERG, Huairou's Member Organizer...
Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie - Compilation Demo. II
Sep 28, 2010 by Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
Listen to excerpts of the syndicated radio program INITIATIVE RADIO WITH ANGELA MCKENZIE - FOOD FOR THE MIND AND MUSIC FOR THE SOUL Featured guests are as follows: * RICHARD FLETCHER, Past Grand Master & Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of North America * VANESSA SATTEN, Editor-in-chief of Hip-Hop music publication XXL Magazine * WILLIE O'REE, first black player in the National Hockey League (Boston Bruins 1957) * OUREYE SAL, Senegalese, former Female Genital Cutter *...
Topics: Initiative Radio typically highlights the work of organizations both for profit & non-profit,...
ROCK 'N ROOTS SPIES Who's watching? What are they looking for? What do we do to protect ourselves? Timeless questions, set to music on this edition of RocknRoots. Songs about secrets and spies from David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Maurice John Vaughn, Joshua Redmond, Dorothy Love Coates, and many more. And a powerful reading of Richard Thompson's classic "Shoot Out the Lights" by X, the influential Los Angeles punkmasters. (just for fun, a Tom Waits song that's impossible to decipher)....
Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie - Demonstration Compilation
Listen to excerpts of the syndicated radio program INITIATIVE RADIO WITH ANGELA MCKENZIE - FOOD FOR THE MIND AND MUSIC FOR THE SOUL Featured guests are as follows: * RICHARD FLETCHER, Past Grand Master & Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Associaion of North America * VANESSA SATTEN, Editor-in-chief of Hip-Hop music publication XXL Magazine * WILLIE O'REE, first black player in the National Hockey League (Boston Bruins 1957) * OUREYE SAL, Senegalese, former Female Genital Cutter *...
Topics: Initiative Radio typically highlights the work of organizations both for profit &...
IR-10-07 Arundhati Roy Pt. 2
ARUNDHATI ROY is quite possibly the most famous Indian after the Mahatma Gandhi, to fearlessly speak out about political, social and economic injustices inflicted upon India's poor. Today's edition of Initiative Radio airs the question and answer portion of Roy's 2010 San Francisco appearance in support of Kashmir and the Indian under-class, who according to Roy are facing a sort of "gentle genocide" under questionable policies and the guns of corporate sponsored politicians and their...
ARUNDHATI ROY is an Indian woman who not only talks the talk but also walks the walk of activism for social justice and economic equality in her beloved India. This edition of Initiative Radio airs the audio content of Roy's 2010 appearance in San Francisco, to show her support for the plight of Kashmir's people who've been stuck in a political no-man's-land since the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. Roy also gives an account of how India's ascension to the rank of capitalist contender,...
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2010 SALUTE TO THE MAHATMA GANDHI ON INITIAIVE RADIO One sure sign that a new season of Initiative Radio is underway, is the annual tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi. In this edition of the show, Gandhi's life is documented from his days as a child groom and mediocre student, to early adulthood when soft-spoken Gandhi set sail for Great Britain, where he studied law and joined a group of noteworthy intellectuals. After Britain he returned home but found...
Aug 28, 2010 by Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
MR. RICHARD FLETCHER, PGM Executive Secretary of The Masonic Service Association NA Anti-Masonic hype is alive on the internet and continues to target successful pop music stars like Jay-Z, Rihanna and Lady Gaga, by accusing them of serving a Masonic/Satanic master through their song lyrics and the images in their music videos. To get to the bottom of what the Freemasons are about, Angela McKenzie sits down with venerable Freemason Richard Fletcher, to learn about the origins and evolution of...
SEASON 3 MIXTAPE Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie Angela McKenzie looks back fondly on some of her interviews from Initiative Radio's third season. Tune in to hear excerpts from her conversation with Mr. Rinchen Dharlo, President of the Tibet fund whose mission under the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is to work for the preservation of the distinct culture and national identity of the Tibetan people. Then atheist and activist Sunsara Taylor, Reverend Billy leader of the Church of...
Music of New York Part 2 Rock 'n Roots Edition As Initiative Radio closes out its' third season, guest hosts Tom Boyd and Ann Sternberg present a two part salute to Initiative Radio's and Rock 'n Roots' hometown of New York City. In classic Rock 'n Roots style, listeners will be treated to a few decades worth of music made famous by artists who came to the Big Apple to secure their place in musical history.
ANTHONY PAPA Drug Policy Alliance This week Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie takes another look at how the complexities associated with Prohibition have resurfaced in twenty-first century America, in the form of Nelson Rockefeller's draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws. Angela visits the offices of the Drug Policy Alliance to speak with Anthony Papa - an artist, writer, noted advocate against the War on Drugs and Co-founder of the Mothers of the New York Disappeared. His opinion pieces about...
IR-09-50 Robert Cordero CitiWide
ROBERT CORDERO Executive Director, CitiWide Harm Reduction CitiWide Harm Reduction is an organization that is committed to improving the health and social and economic status of active drug users who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in New York City. In a safe and supportive, non-judgmental, participant-led community, CitiWide offers a variety of outreach services and care to homeless and low-income drug users living with and at risk for HIV-AIDS. Encore number IR-10-36 Angela McKenzie...
IR-09-49 ASPCA
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Segment 1: Like many animal lovers, JESSE OLDHAM managed her first feral cat colony in her Brooklyn nighborhood independent of any formal training. Her passion for her hobby led her to become an ASPCA certified Trap Neuter Return (TNR) expert and to found the organization Slope Street Cats where she and other cat loving neighbors could organize their efforts. Jesse is currently the Senior Administrative Director of the ASPCA's...
Jul 5, 2010 by Initiative Radio
Encore Broadcast From Slam to Hip-Hop, from performance poetry to spoken word, Bob Holman has been a central figure in the reemergence of poetry in American culture. The series he produced for PBS, the United States of Poetry, features over sixty poets including Derek Walcott, Rita Dove, Czeslaw Milosz, Lou Reed and former President Jimmy Carter, as well as rappers, cowboy poets, American Sign Language poets, and Slammers. In the 1990's he co-founded the record label Mouth Almighty/Mercury...
Under normal circumstances, ROCK 'N ROOTS doesn't promote color preference but on today's show it's black and blue all the way. Initiative Radio guest hosts Tom Boyd and Ann Sternberg spolight the songs of artists who pay homage to the colors black and blue through their lyrics and musical stylings.
BOB PARGAMENT is a Certified Hypnotist and the Founder of the Westchester Hypnosis Center in New York. He has helped many people to tap into their internal powers to achieve greater satisfaction and happiness in their personal lives, by using hypnosis to challenge issues such as smoking cessation, weight loss, fear melting, sports performance, intimacy enhancement, overcoming worry and guilt, deep relaxation and memory improvement among others. In this hour Bob sits down with Angela to help...
In the second season of Initiative Radio, Angela McKenzie aired a combination Black History Makers/Valentines Day special broadcast and long after its' airing, listeners still respond positively to that show. So with the help of Initiative Radio's resident poet RICHARD COOPER WILLIAMS, Emily Pike and Carl Murrell, this week Angela responds to listeners in kind, by programming a refreshing blend of love themed selections from Richard's book "From A Whisper to a Scream," with soulful...
IR-09-43-(A)
CATHLEEN ANGELO is the Founder and key Missionary of the organization Fighting For Futures. She recently returned home from Cambodia in Southeast Asia where she was involved in a number of community initiatives such as providing children who had never before seen or held a camera, with photography classes; building toilets and showers for the community and making music with young musicians. Cathleen gives Angela an update of all her activities and also talks about the organization's forthcoming...
J.R. LAFONTAINE does not discount the possibility that her homosexuality might be hereditary - after all she bears a strong resemblance to her homosexual mother in features, mannerisms and lifestyle. In this hour, part-time New York City radio personality JR LaFontaine sits down with Angela McKenzie to share her life journey as part of the homosexual population. From self awareness to coming out to family and friends, to the joys and sorrows she experiences on a day-to-day basis being gay in a...
ROCK 'N ROOTS "TRUTH" Tom Boyd & Ann Sternberg Musicians from all over the map and all over the spectrum gather on this edition of RocknRoots to tell - the truth! There's electric blues from Joe Louis Walker, big band swing from Count Basie and Buddy Rich, the authentic and organic sound of Elizabeth Cotton, and a "smush" of Ray Charles, Otis Redding and the Nighthawks. Truth-telling from New Orleans master Eddie Bo, country legend George Jones - in true RocknRoots...
Joining Angela McKenzie in this hour are LAURA MACHO and WILLIAM HARLEY who are both funeral directors at Frank E. Campbell the Funeral Chapel for an in depth discussion about end of life care. Laura also serves as the home's public relations officer and today she speaks about the 24 hour Compassion Help Line that is available to families up to a year after their loved one has passed and also discusses some of Frank E. Campbell's corporate citizenship activities. William who is also a teacher...
JACK WALSH was born and bred in Brooklyn, New York and has made it his life's work to be a steward of the borough's musical and cultural landscape. For three decades now, Walsh has played a substantial role in producing the Celebrate Brooklyn! performing arts festival which is staged annually at the Prospect Park band shell. The festival brings top notch production standards and world class talent to Brooklynites and New York City visitors free of charge. The 2010 season will kick off in June...
TAJ WEEKES is a singer-songwriter who performs his craft in the Reggae music genre. He is the founder of the not-for-profit organization They Often Cry Outreach (TOCO) which is dedicated to improving the lives of under-privileged, at-risk and orphaned children in the Caribbean through sport, enrichment, educational and wellness programs. Just ahead of his latest tour Taj talks to Angela McKenzie about how his musical journey is helping to change the perception that great Reggae music can only...
HUDIE LEDBETTER aka LED BELLY Hudie Ledbetter was one of the giants of early American music. He was also a pawn in the game of "discovering our roots," brought to New York by the Alan and John Lomax and dressed in prison garb to capture the public's attention. Truth be told, Lead Belly earned the prison stripes - he did hard time at Angola. This RocknRoots edition of Initiative Radio tells the Lead Belly story through his own music, and through influences (Bessie Smith, Alberta...
VANESSA SATTEN rates her looks outside of the traditional beauty standard set by the Hip-Hop music establishment and believes that by virtue of this, it's easier for her to navigate an arena that's dominated by swaggering young men in their prime, who court the industry's celebrated eye candy girls. Maybe she's on to something because Satten has become one of Hip-Hop's most influential women by circumventing the party girl scene and earnestly working her way through the ranks of XXL magazine,...
Jen Marden is a New York City socialite who is using her substantial Rolodex to bring heavy foot traffic to charitable events, hosted by her company Jen Marden Charity Event Consulting. On today's edition of Initiative Radio, Angela speaks with Jen about her brief and horrific stint as a reality television starlet and about how growing up in a very privileged and sometimes pretentious environment inspired her to devote her professional life to raising awareness and funds for non-profit...
Joe Revitte is a self-described, frustrated movie producer, who was stuck in development hell preparing to make pictures that would never be. So to quench his desire to fully materialize a motion picture project, he looked around his Brooklyn, New York neighborhood for inspiration. The inspiration came in the the form of the local, shared transportation service called the Dollar Van ride, so along with his wife and business partners, Revitte developed the reality based music video format he...
Cathleen Angelo, Impresaria & Philanthropist (eleven2eleven, inc.) Today's show is the first of a two-part salute to New York City venues and promoters who ensure that live music remains a vibrant part of NYC's cultural landscape. In the spirit of "ladies first" Angela McKenzie features Cathleen Angelo, an energetic, young, promoter who enlivens a number of Brooklyn based night spots with the sounds of cutting edge musicians. Cathleen also lifts the spirits of children each year...
Joni Mitchell Singer, Songwriter, Painter, Guitar Legend and Outstanding Canadian Woman It was only a matter of time that Initiative Radio producer and host Angela McKenzie would find a reason to dedicate an entire edition of the program to her all time favorite artist Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell's music has personally inspired Angela and many of the musical selections she has chosen to accompany many editions of Initiative Radio. To close out Initiative Radio's month-long spotlight on...
IR-09-29 Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings Co-Founder, Executive Vice President & Senior Producer The Documentary Group Kayce Freed Jennings is co-founder of The Documentary Group. Previously she was Vice President of PJ Productions, where she was also senior producer on documentaries including State of the Union and Out of Control: AIDS in Black America, a recipient of the George S. Peabody Award. Kayce began her early career in the early 1980s at ABC News in London. It was there that she first worked with Tom...
The Sex Workers Project (Part 2. Women's History Month Spotlight) Today's program takes Angela McKenzie to the offices of The Sex Workers Project (SWP) an organization that uses human rights and harm reduction approaches, to protect and promote the rights of individuals who engage in sex work, regardless of whether they do so by choice, circumstance, or coercion. Angela's first guest Sienna Baskin is a staff attorney at SWP who provides non-judgmental legal education, advice and representation...
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Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Trump Says
By Matthew S. Schwartz
Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer of President Trump, looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 2.
President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the president. Trump made the announcement on Twitter Sunday afternoon.
".@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus," Trump tweeted. "Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!"
No further details were immediately released, and it's unclear how the former New York City mayor became infected. Giuliani has spent the last several weeks leading failed legal challenges to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani is the latest of more than a dozen people in Trump's orbit who have tested positive since October.
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Boys basketball makes tournament
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Marc Smith dribbles up the court with teammates Alex Militello and John Philpott
JENNA TAORMINA, Staff Writer / Editor
Though regular season play has come to an end for the fishermen boy's basketball team, their season will continue as they prepare to move on to the tournament in upcoming weeks.
Their last game on Thursday against Saugus ended with a final score of 66-57. They also finished the season with a record of 10-10.
Junior captain Evan Mason scored a total of twenty points this game, four of which were three-pointers. Mason currently averages just over twenty points per game.
Other players who lead the team in scoring included senior captain John Philpott with twelve points, junior Ryan Gabriele with ten points, and freshman Ben Oliver with nine points.
This was only Oliver's second varsity appearance in which he scored three three-pointers.
This is the third consecutive year the team has made the tournament, a first for boy's basketball.
Last year the team made the tournament where they lost in the first round against the third seeded team, Tewksbury. Gloucester was ranked fourteenth.
Standings for the tournament are to be announced Friday, February 26.


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Els clipeasteroides (Clypeasteroida) són un ordre d'equinoderms equinoïdeus irregulars. La seva distribució paleogeografica va ser molt dispersa, restringits a àrees intertropicals. El nom comú dels clipeasteroides en anglès es coneix com "sand dollars" (dòlars de la sorra).

Característiques
Pertanyen al grup dels equinoderms irregulars. Són invertebrats marins bentònics. Es troben semienterrats al sediment, en la interfase aigua-sediment  o sobre el substrat tou (semiinfàunics o infàunics). Presenten un esquelet intern format per plaques de calcita, cada una de les quals és un únic cristall de calcita i mostra una simetria bilateral superposada a la pentaradial .

Morfologia fòssil

La teca està coberta per radioles curtes. Està dividida en 10 sectors radials que s'estenen des del pol aboral (superior) fins quasi el pol adoral (inferior). Els 5 sectors més estrets (ambulacrals), són situats davant les plaques oculars, mentre que els sectors més amples (interambulacrals) són situats davant de les plaques genitals. Cada sector està format per una doble fila de plaques entre les que existeix una sutura en ziga-zaga. Les plaques interambulacrals són més grans, les insercions de les radioles també són una mica més grans i sense porus, mentre que les ambulacrals tenen 3 parells de porus que corresponen a la zona de sortida dels peus ambulacrals dels sistema ambulacral intern.

L'ambulacre anterior és el que conté el pla de simetria. La resta dels quatre ambulacres formen dues parelles a banda i banda del pla de simetria.

La seva part aboral és dilatada i forma una estructura petaloide.

Envoltant els ambulacres, només en part d'ells i/o el periprocte, es defineixen unes zones anomenades fascíoles que es troben cobertes per radioles molt fines amb la funció de produir microcorrents que aporten aliment i arrosseguen productes residuals. Es distingeixen per tenir unes bandes estretes amb una inserció de radioles més petites que en la resta de l'esquelet.

El peristoma és a la regió adoral, està centrat sinó que se situa posteriorment. No existeix la  llanterna d'Aristòtil i el periprocte es troba desplaçat de la part central de la regió aboral (fora del disc apical), en un marge de la teca o en la regió adoral.

Altres estructures que poden presentar els equínids irregulars són les lúnules, que consisteixen en obertures de la teca que l'organisme utilitza per a ensorrar-se.

Alguns presenten 5 solcs alimentaris en la regió adoral al voltant de la boca.

Morfologia actual

Són de mida petita i tenen un esquelet rígid. La teca està formada per plaques de carbonat càlcic disposades per un patró en petal de simetria radial o pentaradial (a diferència d'altres equinoderms irregulars, també mostren una simetria bilateral secundària), aquest consta de cinc files aparellades de porus. Els porus son perforacions en l'endoesquelet a través de les quals sorgeix l'intercanvi de gasos. En algunes espècies la teca te una sèrie d'estructures anomenades lúnules que són les encarregades d'ajudar a l'animal a per romandre incrustrat en la sorra, evitant així que siguin arrosegats pels corrents. La seva boca es troba en la part inferior del seu cos. L'anus està ubicat en la part posterior a diferència de la majoria dels equinoderms i algunes d'elles manifesten característiques bilaterals.

En els individus vius la teca està coberta per una pell d'espines de textura vellutada, conformada per petits pèls (cilis) que amb moviments coordinats fan possible un moviment que els ajuda desplaçar-se pel fons marí. Aquestes espines també poden donar-lis color, de vegades s'han trobat de blaus, verds, violetes o púrpures segons l'espècie.

Els individus que moren, acostumen a trobar-se en les platges amb gran part de la seva morfologia externa intacta. Normalment manquen de color quan són morts, ja que estan exposats a la llum del sol i fa que es decolorin.

Biostratigrafia
Els clipeasteroides van aparèixer al final del Mesozoic (Juràssic inferior) o al començament del Cenozoic. Van aparèixer a partir dels cassiduloides, que ja estaven presents al Maastrichtià, al final del Cretaci o al començament del Paleocè i van diversificar-se per tots els oceans del món.

Hi ha una gran quantitat de registres fòssils als Estats Units, Orient Mitjà, Taiwan, Japó i Àfrica. Van viure al oceà de Tetis durant l'Eocè fins al Miocè, on van tenir el seu clímax al Mar Mediterrani. Es van adaptar a viure sota climes tropicals amb preferència de la zona intertropical.

Taxonomia
Els clipeasteroides inclouen 732 espècies, unes 200 de les quals extintes, i les següents famílies:

 Família Conoclypidae von Zittel, 1879 †
 Família Faujasiidae Lambert, 1905 †
 Família Oligopygidae Duncan, 1889 †
 Família Plesiolampadidae Lambert, 1905 †

 Subordre Clypeasterina von Zittel, 1879
 Família Clypeasteridae L. Agassiz, 1835
 Família Fossulasteridae Philip & Foster, 1971 †
 Família Scutellinoididae Irwin, 1995
 Subordre Scutellina Haeckel, 1896
 Família Scutellinidae Pomel, 1888 †
 Família Fibulariidae Gray, 1855
 Família Laganidae Desor, 1857
 Família Echinarachniidae Lambert in Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
 Família Eoscutellidae Durham, 1955 †
 Família Protoscutellidae Durham, 1955 †
 Família Rotulidae Gray, 1855
 Família Taiwanasteridae Wang, 1984
 Família Abertellidae Durham, 1955 †
 Família Astriclypeidae Stefanini, 1912
 Família Dendrasteridae Lambert, 190
 Família Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912
 Família Monophorasteridae Lahille, 1896 †
 Família Scutasteridae Durham, 1955 †
 Família Scutellidae Gray, 1825

Fóssils a Catalunya
Els clypeasteroides a Catalunya es troben ben representats a Tarragona en materials del Miocè mitjà en la Conca del Camp. També es poden trobar en menor representació i conservació als nivells del Miocè del Garraf (Sant Sadurní d'Anoia) , del Vallès Occidental (Castellbisbal) i de l'Alt Penedés (Sant Pau d'Ordal). Els materials Eocens mitjans i superiors s'han trobat a materials antics corresponent al mar de Tethys, en un pobre estat de conservació. Això ocasiona que a Catalunya es trobin pocs materials Eocens on es conservi aquest grup fóssil. A l'Eocè de Catalunya es poden trobar Clypeaster moianensis y Clypeaster calzadai, ambdós del Bartonià.
Els Clypeaster corresponents a la seva etapa de màxima diversitat han estat datats del Miocè, i són els que es poden trobar a Tarragona amb major facilitat i representació

Tarragona
Els clyperasteroides de Tarragona es poden trobar en quatre afloraments diferents, cadascun amb diferents particularitats (Platja del Miracle, platja de l'Arrabassada, Punta de la Móra i els afloraments de Torredembarra).

Platja del Miracle
Els fòssils de la platja del Miracle es troben en roques de calcàries, calcarenites i argiles. Els Clypeaster es troben formant nivells amb continuïtat lateral en els materials de calcarenites associats amb Scutella sp. (en petita proporció) algues rodofícies, Turritella sp. Glycymeris sp. ostreids i diversos briozous. Els Clypeaster i Scutella sp. es troben imbricats, el que suggereix que es trobarien acumulats in situ en un ambient de plataforma soma. En aquests mateixos nivells alguns organismes bioturbadors (principalment crustacis) formen galeries verticales i horitzontals d'Ophiomorpha nodosa.

Platja de l'Arrabassada
En la secció de l'Arrabassada els clypeasteroides es troben aïllats en materials de calcarenites. En aquesta secció els clyperasteroides estan restringits al gènere Clypeaster. Es troben associats amb ostreids, gasteròpodes i bivalves (Glycymeris sp.). L'icnogènere Gastrochaenolites és molt comú en aquests nivells de la sèrie i la majoria de fòssils estan afectats per la bioerosió. Això indica una exposició temporal llarga sobre el fons marí i una velocitat de sedimentació baixa.

Punta de la Móra
La sèrie de Punta de la Móra no presenta una concentració de clyperasteroides de més de 20 cm i amb una continuïtat lateral de 75 m com a màxim. En aquest nivell es troba més varietat de gèneres, Scutella sp. i Clypeaster sp. respecte a l'Arrabassada. També es troben inclosos en biocalcarenites i associats amb pectínids i turritèlids majoritàriament. En aquest nivell les acumulacions fòssils no es troben orientades i estan parcialment fragmentades, relacionades amb episodis de tempesta en aigües somes de plana infralitoral.

Torredembarra
La sèrie de Torredembarra inclou Clypeaster en 1m de potència en materials calcaris. Els fòssils no presenten altes proporcions de bioerosió i per tant es considera que les velocitats de sedimentació són moderades.

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Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, speaking at the most recent F.A.S.T. Party Roadshow event. (Photo: Anetone Sagaga)
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By Sapeer Mayron, 06/01/2021
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has described the Attorney General's publication of a defence of three new laws that will reshape the nation's legal system fundamentally as "propaganda".
Speaking to the Samoa Observer on Wednesday, Fiame said in the three weeks since the bills were passed, Parliamentarians were yet to see a complete copy of the new laws.
The Land and Titles Court Bill 2020, Constitution Amendment Bill 2020, and the Judicature Amendment Bill 2020 passed into law on 15 December. A total of 41 M.P.s voted for the legislation; only four opposed it.
Since then, the Office of the Attorney General has been releasing a series of explainers on the new legislation.
"It is propaganda to the extent that there is no text to go with it. Unless you have a text you can't say if it's right or not right," Fiame said at a Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) party campaign event.
"They are actually backtracking on a lot of stuff that they said, but we can't say that for sure because we haven't seen the body of the law."
The laws amend the constitution and create an autonomous Land and Titles Court (L.T.C.) beyond the scope of the review of the Supreme Court. They would also increase the Prime Minister's power to determine the composition of the judiciary.
The Attorney General was contacted for comment on Wednesday.
The legislation became the official law of the land on Tuesday after they were assented to by the Head of State, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II.
Despite this, the legislation has not been published online for public viewing or made available to Members of Parliament by the Office of the Legislative Assembly.
Fiame said without access to a copy of the laws in their entirety it is difficult to discuss the new legislation.
"I don't have the body of the new legislation in one document so I can actually see what has been changed," the former Deputy Prime Minister said.
"No one has seen that, so unless we see that it's hard to have a proper discussion. They (the Attorney General) are picking at things, and that is all very well but that is the first step that needs to be taken."
The leader of the F.A.S.T. party, La'auli Leuatea Schmidt, said it is not right that the Attorney General has time to read and process the new laws when even the M.P.s who voted them into law have not.
"We were trying our best during the last reading to get a detailed explanation but that didn't happen," he said, referring to repeated requests for more time being rebuffed by the Speaker of the House Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi.
"The Attorney General has her own opinion. But the whole Parliament does not understand what is going on. There was no time for us to read them, there was no time for us to discuss them.
"The Attorney General has the time to read and go through them. But the Attorney General doesn't sit inside the Parliament to pass the laws, we do. And we weren't given the time."
In the latest of these explainers, Attorney General Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale said despite criticism of the legislation, the new laws "do not remove" judicial review of L.T.C. decisions.
According to Savalenoa, review of the court's decisions can be sought through the newly established Land and Titles Court of Appeal and Review.
But L.T.C. decisions will be beyond the scope of review by the traditional venue for reviewing legislation and determining its constitutionality: the Supreme Court.
"You can't have two [courts]," Fiame said on Wednesday. "What happens if they clash?"
"You have two courts and one Constitution. [What] if they don't agree, and if there is conflict in the court system on interpretation?
"We all want some finality from the courts […] the interpretation needs to say who makes the last call."
Under the new laws, the L.T.C. will become an entirely self-sustained legal structure and have its own First Court and High Court for appeals.
Until now, the Supreme Court only dealt with L.T.C. matters when breaches of the constitution were alleged.
Fiame, and legal scholars both in and out of Samoa, have been arguing that no judicial body other than the Supreme Court should have such authority.
The former Assistant Attorney General and prosecutor Muriel Lui said in April, shortly after the legislation was first proposed, that the new Land and Titles Appeal and Review system will not have experts in the law or in interpreting the Constitution at its helm.
"It [the Constitution] is under the ambit and protection of the Supreme Court, at the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court," she said.
"However, if you remove that and have these rights enforced by a court that is resourced by people with no legal background, you will have these people who have no legal training interpreting the Constitution and deciding your Constitutional rights."
Lawyer Fiona Ey explained in an article published by the Australian think tank the Lowy Institute that: "by removing the Supreme Court's supervisory jurisdiction, the proposed changes would abolish the application of fundamental human rights from customary matters.
"In the past, certain actions claimed to be taken on behalf of the community, such as beatings or house burnings, have been declared by the Supreme Court to violate fundamental rights.
"The removal of Supreme Court oversight of the L.T.C. would effectively leave village fono with decision-making power unfettered by human rights considerations."
By shifting judicial review from the Supreme Court to the new autonomous L.T.C. system, the Attorney General maintains "no right has been removed."
The final Parliament sitting before it is dissolved is Tuesday 19 January.
The full explanation of the role of judicial review of L.T.C. decisions published by the Attorney General is reprinted verbatim below.
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Middlesbrough are one of seven clubs who are "looking closely" at Charlton Athletic forward Lyle Taylor, according to TEAMTalk.
The website claims that Boro, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Burnley, Preston, Stoke City and Rangers are all interested in the 30-year-old, who will leave the Valley at the end of this month.
Taylor is one of three Charlton players who have opted against playing for the Addicks, with their contracts soon to expire, despite Championship games having been scheduled before the end of June.
Middlesbrough boss Jonathan Woodgate could do with strengthening his options up front, with the Teessiders having only mustered 37 goals in 37 league games this campaign.
Taylor has bagged himself 11 goals in 22 appearances for Charlton, and the fact that he is available on a free transfer will make him particularly sought after.
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