Youth Voices Episode 3: Sports And Performing Arts Stigmas (9/25/2019) [AUDIO]

WRFI’s J.T. Stone interviews local theater students, Leah Slattery and Jacob Ellis, and local student athletes, Liam Just and Kalena Yearwood, on the Youth Radio Project. In this episode of “Youth Voices,” we break down stigmas surrounding high school sports and performing arts to encourage more students to join both. Photo: Jacob Ellis, Leah Slattery,…

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Kitchen Table Conversations: Schools As the Glue in a Community (Audio)

And now for another episode in WRFI’s occasional series: Kitchen Table Conversations.  Small towns and villages are watching a slow decline in the number of community organizations —main line churches, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, little league teams, volunteer groups, and locally owned businesses.  Ithaca resident Walter Peck recently retired from 30 years of teaching high…

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Youth Voices Episode 1: Abortion (1/23/2019) [AUDIO]

J.T. Stone interviews Ithaca High School students Priscilla Ziefle and Chloe Moore about their differing views on abortion on “Youth Voices.” The new series, hosted and produced by Ithaca High Shool student and WRFI news team contributor J.T. Stone, brings local students together in discussing topics they’re passionate about to give local youth a greater…

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LISTEN: New Jim Crow, Chapter 5: Dismantling the Master’s House with BLM Ithaca

Dismantling the Master’s House a public discussion facilitated by Black Lives Matter Ithaca. Produced by Marietta Synodis for WRFI Community Radio. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/njc-chapter-5-dismantling-the-masters-house-facilitated-by-black-lives-matter-ithaca/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1 light=1] Fist print by Nicolas Lampert, Just Seeds

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LISTEN: New Jim Crow, Chapter 4, Felons Need Not Apply

“Chapter 4: Felons Need Not Apply” was a simulation exercise facilitated by the Ultimate ReEntry Opportunity. This piece originally aired on WRFI on October 21 and was produced and hosted by Marietta Synodis. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/njc-chapter-4-felons-need-not-apply-a-simulation-exercise-with-the-ultimate-reentry-opportunity/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1 light=1]

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LISTEN: New Jim Crow, Chapter 2: Roundup, Locked Up with Edwin Santiago and Svante Myrick

Chapter 2: Roundup, Locked Up: What’s the Point of Knowing Your Rights with Edwin Santiago and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick This program originally aired September 23, 2017. Produced by Marietta Synodis for WRFI Community Radio. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/wrfi-newjimcrow-ep-2-synodis/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1 light=1] Print by Nicolas Lampert, Just Seeds

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