Michael Monasterial is the Artistic Director and Founder of Passing the Torch Through the Arts, whose mission is to inspire the youth of Hudson Valley, thereby strengthening and developing an infinite resource: their creative and collective consciousness. Theater + Education + Positive Action = Social Change.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei, is the spiritual director of the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism, and the abbot of the Zen Center of NYC. Among other projects, Shugen is concerned with fostering an integration of  religious practice with environmental awareness.

Terry LeRoy of Haitian People’s Support Project and Evelyne Pouget, co-producer of “One Voice for Haiti,” a fund-raiser for Haitian support to be held at BSP in Kingston on April 23th.

Whitney Bonura of the Crime Victims Assistance Program, a program of Family Services of NY.

We talk to some members of UlsterCorps – a countywide resource dedicated to fostering a culture of volunteerism, collaboration and service.

Rebroadcast of our October 2008 interview with Stephanie Kaza, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. Stephanie wrote a book which came out in November 2008 entitled Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking.

Two representives of the American Red Cross Dutchess County, Rob Rolison, Director of Development, and Greg Becker, Director of Emergency Services, tell us about the wide range of services offered by this 100 year old institution.

John Bradley,the acting executive director of Integrity USA. Integrity is a nonprofit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] Episcopalians and straight friends.  Since its founding by Dr. Louie Crew in rural Georgia in 1974, Integrity has been the leading grassroots voice for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the Episcopal Church and equal access to its rites.

Have you heard of Therapeutic Jurisprudence? Renaissance Lawyers? Holistic Attorneys? If not, you may want to listen to Carolyn Hansen, an attorney, mediator, and energetic healer. She is working towards making the legal profession a helping profession.