Butterfly Woman
Posted on 11 May 2011 | No responses
Maraleen Manos-Jones is The Butterfly Lady. She started raising and releasing monarch butterflies in the 1970s, which inspired a trip to Mexico to search for their hibernation grounds. She has been studying and advocating for butterflies ever since, including her work with Forests for Monarchs, an organization that has planted over 5 million trees in the region where monarch butterflies spend the winter months. Tune in for stories, myths and information about these beautiful, inspiring, and necessary creatures.
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Amy Shoko Brown
Posted on 4 May 2011 | No responses
Julie talks with Be the Change co-host Amy Shoko Brown about Amy’s work with helping people Be the Change that they want to see in the world. Amy helps people release negative conditioning patterns, learned over time and/or reinforced by overwhelming events, opening up new possibilities for growth and change. Amy also talked about trauma first-aid – how to listen to the wisdom of the body when surprising and painful events happen suddenly, so that the fright of the event is released and the BodyMind heals more quickly, with the greatest support.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:33 — 23.7MB)
Turn Up the Peace
Posted on 27 April 2011 | No responses
Phillip Kanakis and Nandapriya Sattva are co-founders of Turn Up the Peace. Starting in Carnegie Hall last January, Turn Up the Peace brings together a joyous array of musicians at each event. Their next concert is at the Bardovan in Poughkeepsie. Music of love, peace, and unity, give audiences a visceral experience of peace while raising funds for projects of peace. Phillip and Nandapriya talked about the joy and freedom of commitment and stepping outside of the comfort zone.
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Vanaver Caravan
Posted on 6 April 2011 | No responses
Livia and Bill Vanaver and Gaby O’Shea of The Vanaver Caravan, a dance company committed to promoting peace and cross-cultural understanding through live dance and music.
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Breast Cancer Options
Posted on 30 March 2011 | No responses
Our guest is Hope Nemiroff, Executive Director, Breast Cancer Options. Breast Cancer Options is a grassroots organization focusing on Health Advocacy, Support and Education. The 10 Annual Complementary Medicine Conference – ‘A Holistic Approach to Breast Health’ – will be held on Sunday, April 3, 2011, 8am-6pm at SUNY New Paltz in New Paltz NY.
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Trauma Knowledge
Posted on 16 March 2011 | No responses
A timely interview with a leading trainer and healer in trauma education, Raja Selvam, PhD. Learn about simple first-aid strategies to prevent trauma symptoms from forming and short-term treatment strategies to resolve trauma symptoms quickly. Raja’s insights offer practical hope as we continue to hear of the unfolding of events in Japan. Raja also offers guidance in resetting the body’s natural healing neurological patterns, relieving negative habits that we may have adopted at an early age.
Raja Selvam, PhD, is a senior Somatic Experiencing trainer and founder of Trauma Vidya, an organization that served hundreds of the survivors of the 2004 Asian tsunami. To find out more about Somatic Experiencing, as well as Raja’s trainings in Working with Stress and Trauma, Emotional, and Relational Symptoms with Greater Efficiency, go to http://www.traumahealing.com/.
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New Hope is not a Building
Posted on 9 March 2011 | No responses
Tyrell Bennermon, Natasha Thomas and Shakiba Storts all lead programs at the New Hope Community Center on Smith St in Poughkeepsie. They share with us their passion for their work, their enthusiasm towards the young people who come to the Center, and their hopes and vision for the future.
New Hope offers many programs at the Center itself, and is beginning to collaborate with local schools and government to bring programs out of the building and further into the community.
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Support for LGBTQ Youth
Posted on 2 March 2011 | 1 response
Nora Olsen is the author of a new novel for young adults, THE END: Five Queer Kids Save The World. Last fall, in response to the rash of teen suicides that made the headlines (and all the others that didn’t make the headlines) she organized a rally in Beacon in support of our youth. Zara Ansell is the outreach coordinator at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center in Kingston. Both women speak about the ongoing need for community support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LBGTQ) youth.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:05 — 22.3MB)
Eels in your back yard
Posted on 23 February 2011 | No responses
Chris Bowser, Science Education Specialist with the NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program and National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Estuary Program and Research Reserve protects and improves the natural and scenic Hudson River watershed for all its residents. Chris directs several citizen-science projects, including A Day in the Life of the Hudson River and research on the American Eel. He’s joined by student volunteers Saumya and Alix.
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Art and Education
Posted on 16 February 2011 | No responses
Arts Educator Danica Ankele, of Mill Street Loft in Poughkeepsie, shares her passion for the arts as a way of empowering young people. Danica cultivates aspiration through the arts, helping youth to create, witness, explore themselves individually, have a communal experience, and discover new possibilities for positive change.
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