Be the Change Radio

Tina Clarke, Certified Transition Trainer. Transition Network supports community-led responses to climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness. These involve meeting your neighbors, sharing resources and skills, and having fun doing it! Tina will be leading a Training for Transition in Marbletown on March 17-18.

George Mansfield, Beacon city council person at large talks about why anyone might want to get involved in local politics.

Sheri Winston is a medical professional, sexuality educator, and author who is on a mission to transform our culture’s attitudes about sex. She developed her Wholistic Sexuality curriculum based on a perspective of sex that addresses the interplay of culture and biology, and incorporates the wisdom of ancient sex-positive cultures with little-known anatomical and scientific information. It is [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-09-02 Investigative Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer, project writer at the Poughkeepsie Journal and author of Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill, talks about some of her current and past projects, and delves into what drives her in her work.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-08-05 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 [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-07-15 Cait Johnson, author of “Witch in the Kitchen,” invites us to find the sacred in everyday activities such as preparing a meal.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-04-29 The Resource Center for Accessible Living (RCAL) is a 25 year old agency in Kingston NY that serves the needs of people with disabilities. Executive Director Sue Hoger explains the philosophy of Independent Living and vividly describes the many programs and services that RCAL provides.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-04-08 Meghan Casey, a teacher at the Sullivan County BOCES GED program, and two of her students, Jen and Ayla, discuss their experiences in the GED program and the choices that led them there.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-02-11 Love poetry for Valentine’s day, with Georganna Millman, Will Nixon & Therese Broderick. You can hear these poets again on February 14th at the Pine Hill Community Center and on Catskill Community Radio.

Listen: Be the Change 2008-11-26 How do we express thanks? How do we give? What is it to receive? Zen teacher Bonnie Myotai Treace, founder & director of Hermitage Heart, a Zen practitioner’s community, joins Shoko and Julie in a discussion of gratitude in this Thanksgiving season.