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.

Mark Wallace is the Coordinator of School Violence Prevention in the Newburgh NY school district. He is passionate about helping young people to respect themselves and their elders, providing a safe and joyful environment for them to grow and learn in.

Joan Henry of Mill Street Loft and some of the young women of Project AWARE (Adolescent Women Are Realizing Empowerment) join us.

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.

Barbara & Phil Mansfield tell us about their late son Killian, his big heart, and the foundation he created. The mission of the Killian Mansfield Foundation is to empower children with cancer and other serious illnesses through integrative health care dedicated to treating the whole child—mind, body and spirit.

Nora Saks & Sarah Pappas, interns at the Poughkeepsie Farm Project, share their love of good food and passion for food justice.

WVKR’s annual fund drive. WVKR’s Station Manager Nick Marmet & Program Director Sarah Scott, two of the Vassar students who run the station, talk about their love of and commitment to radio. Make a donation to WVKR to keep independent radio alive and thriving.

Kristian Gustavson, co-founder of Below the Surface, a coast to coast exploration of America’s waterways. Kristian is an activist, conservationist, and adventurer among other things. This summer he is taking his second small-watercraft trip down the Mississippi River from its headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico. His trip will serve to bring attention to issues of water pollution and river recovery.

Joan Henry of Mill Street Loft discusses MSL’s other programs and her own life work.