On the Radio
The Public Good on WUFO AM 1080, Tuesdays at 1pm
PPG now has a radio show, the Public Good, each Tuesday from 1:00 to 1:30 pm on WUFO AM 1080. Each week will feature a PPG Partner or other person working toward the public good and discuss some of the region’s hottest issues. Hosted by PPG co-director Sam Magavern. Listen on your radio or at www.wufoam.com.
Upcoming shows:
May 15: Melodie Baker, assistant director of Bethel Head Start, on the role of early childhood education in combatting poverty
May 22: Judith Anderson, executive director of the Environmental Justice Action Group, on fresh food and environmental justice for Buffalo’s East Side
You can listen to previous programs here:
May 8: Stephanie Simeon, Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc.
May 1: Katie Duggan-Haas, Modern Recycling
April 24: Representatives from the Community Fair Housing Fair
April 17: City of Buffalo Seasonal Sanitation workers Abraham McKinney and Timothy Johnson
April 10: Representatives from the Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic: Ruchi Mathur, president of Lighthouse, Steve English, a second year medical student, and Roland Bittles of GROUP Ministries.
April 3: Sean Lora-Hetzner and Janie Sweat of Filmore-Leroy Area Residents, Inc.
March 27: Hannya Boulos of Buffalo ReformEd
March 20: Tapestry High School students, Jesse Callanan and Susan Miller, and their teacher, Geoff Schutte, offer their thoughts on what makes a public high school succeed and on their efforts to make the streets near their school more bicycle and pedestrian friendly.
February 28: Dr. Laurene Tumiel-Berhalther of UB Family Medicine discusses her innovative Patient Voices project and the importance of listening to patients in providing quality health care.
February 21: Cynnie Gaasch, Executive Director of Young Audiences of WNY
February 14: Douglas Hartmayer, Public Affairs Director for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
February 7: Chair of the Erie County Legislature, Betty Jean Grant
January 31: Jonathon Welch, owner of Talking Leaves Books, discusses buying local, independent bookstores, and the importance of bringing local business to Canal Side.
January 17: Dr. Henry Taylor, Center for Urban Studies at the University of Buffalo
December 27: Steve Deisig, Opportunity Corps Program Manager of The Service Collaborative of WNY
December 6: Chandra Banks, director of residential services at Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers, discusses issues of mental health and affordable housing in Buffalo.
November 22: Buffalo Public Schools Associate Superintendant Will Keresztes
November 15: Karima Amin of Prisoners Are People Too and Rev. Eugene Pierce of the Erie County Prisoners’ Rights Coalition revisit the campaign for reform at the Erie County Holding Center and cover the landmark settlement from this past summer. Both are members of the Erie County Community Corrections Advisory Board.
November 1: Judith LeBlanc, the National Field Director of Peace Action & Peace ActionEducation Fund. She is leading Peace Action’s national work on ‘Move the Money’ to reduce the defense budget and put the money into domestic human needs. She is also helping to broaden understanding and connecting of the Occupy Wall Street to the issues that many progressives have been working on.
October 25: Sophie Feal, Supervising Immigration Attorney at Volunteer Lawyers Project
October 18: Erie County Executive Candidate and current County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz
October 11: Lauren Breen of the WNY Law Center and Paul Curtin of the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
October 4: Natasha Soto of the Clean Air Coalition of WNY joins us for a discussion about the health impacts of the Peace Bridge on the West Side community and what a better, more just Peace Bridge project would look like.
September 27: Dr. Curtis Haynes, Jr., Buffalo State College. The Buff State Economics Professor and former City Council Member joins the Public Good to discuss inner-city economic development.
September 20: Roseann Scibilia of the University District Community Development Association and Omar Torres of West Side Neighborhood Housing Services discuss the WNY Apollo Alliance Home Energy Conservation Kit Project. Learn how you can reduce your utility bills by being more energy efficient and also about assistance programs you may be eligible for.
September 13: The Public Good focuses on local elections and the voter guide prepared by PPG, Coalition for Economic Justice, Erie County Prisoners Rights Coalition, Prisoners are People Too!, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Buffalo First!, Clean Air Coalition of WNY, and Citizen Action.
September 6: Jim Anderson of Citizen Action discusses the campaign to change school suspension policy and discusses local election issues
August 30: Belmont Housing Resources Belmont Housing offers a wide range of programs for renters and homeowners. Learn from Kathy O’Brien and Ardis Damon what they can do for you.
August 23: Legislator Maria Whyte, Candidate for County Clerk County Legislator Maria Whyte is running for County Clerk this November. Learn about the issues and her positions on them.
August 16: Creighton Randall of Buffalo CarShare. While Buffalo has been ranked as having the easiest commute in the nation (among large cities) it is not very convenient for those who don’t own a vehicle (over 30% of Buffalo’s households). Buffalo CarShare provides affordable, community-based car sharing services that benefit the environment through practical innovation.
August 9: County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz
August 2: County Executive Chris Collins
July 26: Community Gardens with Tim Fulton from Groundwork Buffalo and Chelsea Wagner from Journey’s End Refugee Services. Vacant lots are turning into beautiful gardens all over Buffalo’s east and west sides. Tune in to listen to teens from the east side who are greening vacant lots, along with those involved in community gardens for refugee populations on the west side.
July 19: Subsidy Reform in New York State with Bettina Damiani. Each year, New York State spends about $8.2 billion in tax breaks for businesses in the name of economic development, with surprisingly little to show for it. Bettina Damiani, Project Director for Good Jobs New York, comes to Buffalo to discuss how we can get more bang for our buck
July 12: Racial Disparities and Community Health Workers, with Jessica Walker and Nadia Pizarro. Buffalo has some of the worst racial disparities in health in the nation. Learn how community health workers can be part of the solution.
July 5: Fair Housing in Buffalo’s Suburbs, with Kelly Patterson. Professor Patterson made headlines recently with her study of discrimination and other barriers to fair housing.
June 28: Buffalo’s Green Development Zone, with Eric Walker. PUSH Buffalo recently won an international competition with its project to redevelop housing, vacant lots, and neighborhood amenities on the West Side.
June 21: The Fight to Bring High Speed Internet to Buffalo with Janique Curry. The Don’t Bypass Buffalo Coalition says that Verizon needs to bring its high speed FiOS service to urban and minority residents, not just to the suburbs.
June 14: Urban Farms and Community Gardens with Zoe Holloman. Who is raising 30,000 tilapia fish in a greenhouse on Buffalo’s west side? Who is teaching Buffalo’s youth to become urban farmers and entrepreneurs? Find out from Zoe Holloman of the Massachusetts Avenue Project.
May 31: Redistricting, Downsizing, and Voting with Reverend Jeff Carter (Ephesus Ministries) and Professor Michael Halberstam (UB Law School)
May 17: Environmental Justice and Buffalo’s Green Code with Stephanie Simeon (Heart of the City Neighborhoods)
May 10: Arts and Culture in Erie County: the Role of Government with Gary Earl Ross (playwright, author) and Rahwa Ghirmatzion (Ujiima Theatre)
May 3: Canal Side: Ensuring Opportunity for African American Workers and Businesses with Duane Diggs (VOICE Buffalo)