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Friday, September 13, 202409/13/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 77
MAKING A ‘WHAT IF’ A REALITY, Part 1
Eva Hamilton, MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), is nothing short of a whirling dervish when it comes to seeing a challenge and then creating a solution. For 38 years, Eva has worked with some of the U.K.’s most marginalized groups. From her organization, Business Action on Homelessness to the program Seeing is Believing, a collaboration with HRH The Prince of Wales (now King Charles), Eva believes everyone deserves another chance. Her current crime prevention charity Key4Life offers what she refers to as ‘blended’ Seven Step program to rehabilitate young men in prison or at risk of going to prison and reduce the cycle of crime. Since its inception after the 2011 London riots, Key4Life has impacted over 1000 offenders and run 39 programs with more than 150 UK companies.
Friday, September 13, 202409/13/2024
The Future
9/13/24: Rep Natalie Blais: the presidential race & the divisions among us. MTA Pres Max Page & Northampton School Comm’s Gwen Agna: Vote YES on Ballot Question #2. Donnabelle Casis w/ A.P.E.’s Kathy Couch & Yanira Castro: “Exorcism=Liberation.” Ancestral Bridges Foundation President Anika Lopes on her upcoming GCC’s Senior Symposia. Elizabeth Hartmann on “Last Place Called Home.”
Thursday, September 12, 202409/12/2024
Breaking Down Divisions
9/12/24: Franklin Co. Superior Court Clerk Sue Emond: the most difficult cases. Rabbi Riqi Kosovske w/ Rachel’s Table ED Jodi Falk: Women of Vision, Gaza, hostages & you. Atty James Winston w/ Eric Sherman, co-author w/ Dwight Evans of “Dewey: Behind the Gold Glove.” The Taste of Northampton with Steve Sanderson.
Wednesday, September 11, 202409/11/2024
Reflections
9/11/24: 9/11 & the debate. Jen Meeropol: U.S. govt reveals it executed her grandmother Ethel Rosenberg knowing she was innocent. Prison Radio’s Noelle Hanrahan & Jennifer Black w/ Abolitionist Law Ctr E.D. Saleem Holbrook: “Beneath the Mountain.” Brian Adams w/ Historic Nhmptn’s Laurie Sanders: 500 million years ago. Nhmptn Survival Ctr’s Hedi Nortonsmith & Alexander Leger-Small: food for all.
Tuesday, September 10, 202409/10/2024
Western Mass Business Show on 9.7.24 — Megan Allen and Christina Webster of The Sphere and Community Classroom
In The Western Mass. Business Show
Join us as we learn about the Sphere in Northampton (er, Florence) and how the Co-founders came up with the need for a co-working, networking space dedicated to women and non-binary business owners. What began as a connection with another Florence business that Megan Allen started at Community Classroom, when she hired Christina Webster to be a teacher has blossomed into a new non-profit. Allen and Webster make a great team at the Sphere which has been hosting salons and get together for the past year in preparation for their co-working space to open on September 15 from 3-6PM on Maple Street in Florence. Listen in as we discuss the offerings and opportunities that will be created through the Sphere and go to www.spherenorthampton.com to learn even more. Thanks for listening.
Tuesday, September 10, 202409/10/2024
Debates: By Candidates, on Sluggers
9/10/24: Rep Pat Duffy on the MA ballot questions. Duke Goldman: Red Sox v. Yankees, Aaron Judge v. Shoshei Ohtani, remembering James Earl Jones. UConn Prof Beth Ginsberg on the debate, the polls, & the minority vote. Educator Todd Gazda: Artificial Intel (AI) in schools: truth and consequences
Monday, September 9, 202409/09/2024
Odysseys
9/9/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia on policing & schools. UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Performance Project’s Julie Lichtenberg & James Arana: “Mother Tongue.” Barry Werth: “Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey … America’s Longest-Held POW.” Megan Zinn w/ author Rachel Kushner: her novel “Creation Lake.”
Friday, September 6, 202409/06/2024
Hustler Files Ep 76
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL
We’ve all heard the quote – ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.’ With more than 600,000 people being released across the U.S. each year yet more than two thirds are rearrested within three years, the prison reform wheel needs to become more innovative, and leading that charge is the California organization, Impact Justice. Their overall mission, to get creative, change the script and rules of engagement, believe in one another, and expand what’s possible. Aishatu Yusuf, Vice President of Innovation Programs breaks down some of the transformational projects that take the prison reform movement, head on. Impact Justice programs run the gamut from a reentry mentorship program for formerly incarcerated, to a sharing economy model that pairs returning citizens with welcoming community housing hosts, and a first of its kind partnership to improve food quality, and provide access to fresh, nourishing, appealing food behind the wall. As Aishatu Yusuf says, ‘at Impact Justice we are all doers’.
Friday, September 6, 202409/06/2024
The Hustler Files Ep 75
A ROADMAP OF RAGE, A SAFE HAVEN AND THE REALITY, IT’S NOT SOCIOECONOMIC
This milestone episode for The Hustler Files was recorded at the Hampden County Jail, in Western Massachusetts, but this conversation with Sheriff Nick Cocchi, who runs the jail and Liz Dineen, CEO of the YWCA of Western Massachusetts could take place in any city or county, USA. Domestic violence month may be in October, but it’s not a once-a-year issue. It’s also NOT just a female issue. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner violence and domestic violence does not discriminate. It affects people of all ages, races, and backgrounds, which is why the YWCA is no longer just a place to find a pool and an exercise class. The YWCA is now a safe haven for women and men who have experienced domestic violence. A place where support for survivors is their top priority with no questions asked, but a shoulder is offered. To also offer support and awareness is Sheriff Cocchi, one of the most progressive Sheriffs anywhere in the U.S. Sadly, this Sheriff had to experience the recent loss of a most beloved Assistant due to domestic violence, but that only fueled his fire to bring awareness to the domestic violence issue that can be right under our noses and thus partnering with the YWCA to amplify the message. As Sheriff Cocchi says, “there is no shame in asking for help if you’re a victim of domestic violence, it’s not YOUR problem, it’s the abuser’s”.
Friday, September 6, 202409/06/2024
In Our Orbit
9/6/24: MTA Pres Max Page: free community college, Question 2, the MCAS grad req’t. Prof Salman Hameed: Astronomer conference, naming moons & stranded astronauts. Donnabelle Casis w/ Smith Museum Curator Emma Chubb & artist Younes Rahmoun. Community Action w/ Clare Higgins: fuel assistance & housing rehab. Author David Daley: “ANTIDEMOCRATIC”
