8 O'Clock Buzz

Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr Damita Brown (in exile) …

Will Glenn Sr is the first Teen Services Librarian at the Goodman South library.  He joins us to talk about his journey to the library, what it means to be a Teen Services Librarian and what the library has to offer.

“It Takes a Village” Community Experience is coming up at Penn Park on June 25th from 1-5 p.m.

More about Glenn’s story from Madison365: https://madison365.com/as-first-ever-african-american-teen-librarian-for-madison-public-library-will-glenn-sr-makes-an-impact-on-youth/

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr Damita Brown (in exile) …

Rob Timberlake is the AFTW Representative for UW-Madison TAA and a graduate student.  He joins us on the line to tell his story and talk about what’s going on with labor organizing and collective action at UW-Madison.

More on TAA Madison: https://taa-madison.org/

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For most of America, the Democratic Socialists of America first entered mainstream consciousness in 2016 when Vermont Senator and DSA-endorsed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ran a surprisingly strong campaign to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.  Two years later, the unheralded Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with DSA support, knocked off Democratic Caucus Chair and 10-term Congressman Joe Crowley in a New York congressional primary.  Ocasio-Cortez’s victory thrust the Democratic Socialists of America into the national spotlight.  Suddenly, it seemed, “socialism” was no longer a pariah in American politics.  The roots of the DSA, however, run much deeper.  Joshua Kluever is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and is a scholar of socialism in American politics.

Featured image: 8 Images from the Public Domain, shared by Gage Skidmore under Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

 

For a 2,000-watt community radio station with a modest budget, WORT has always managed to punch above its weight, thanks to the tireless efforts of its more than 300 volunteers. All of the programming you hear is produced, engineered and aired by folks who do it for free. The value of all the hours donated to the station runs in the millions of dollars — more than double the station’s cash budget.  Coordinating all that volunteer dedication into meaningful directions, however, is a full-time job unto itself.  For over twenty years, that job was performed capably by Glenn Mitroff.  Upon Glenn’s well-earned retirement earlier this year, WORT cast about to find someone to fill Glenn’s large shoes.  We found our answer in Adrienne Ranney, who was appointed WORT’s Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator at the beginning of May.

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Mark Croft To Perform At “YOUR Lunch Time LIVE!”

YOUR Lunch Time LIVE 2021 free outdoor concerts take place from noon to 1 pm on the lawn near the North Hamilton walkway of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The concerts span fourteen consecutive Tuesdays, June through August.

This coming Tuesday, June 8, multi-award-winning singer/songwriter and acoustic guitarist Mark Croft takes the stage. A seasoned performer, he’s been serving up exciting and emotional shows to audiences for more than a decade. Croft has released six records— his latest studio project, the Southbound Walking Northward EP came out in 2019. Mark joins Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov to talk about his upcoming concert as well as the struggles of performing in 2020.

 

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Vets On Frets Member, Dan Proud, On The Importance of Music As A Healing Agent

Vets on Frets is a band formed from the non-profit Guitars for Vets, which has been sharing the healing power of music by providing free guitar lessons to veterans since 2007. Vets on Frets consists of 6 guitarists including 2 Guitars for Vets instructors and 3 graduates of the program.

Performing for almost a decade their repertoire includes 60s and 70s rock, folk, as well as country and western, and they’ve recently started writing their own songs.

Member of Vets on Frets, Dan Proud, has been playing and writing music since the 1960s, is an instructor for Guitars for Vets and wrote the music to their recent song, “Swept Away”. Dan joins Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov to talk about Guitars for Vets, Vets on Frets, and “Swept Away”.

 

(Images Courtesy of Vets on Frets)

For over 110 years, The Progressive Magazine has offered an outlet for independent writers who research or stumble on a human rights issue, write about it, and provide these writers a platform. Editor Bill Lueders and Publisher Norman Stockwell talk about the upcoming June/July issue, with articles such as reforming the Postal Service, conviction integrity units who investigate mistakes in criminal cases, progressive reform in Illinois where marijuana sales tax is used for restitution programs, local guaranteed income programs, and more.

Denise Jess, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired comes on the 8 o’clock Buzz to talk about the activities of that group, whose goal is “To promote the dignity and empowerment of the people in Wisconsin who are blind and visually impaired by providing services, advocating legislation and educating the general public”. These include (among other activites) education, promotion of legislative support, scholarships, webinars, virtual support groups, and more.

Today on the Pledge Drive edition of the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr Damita Brown (in exile) …

Rosa Thompson is an advanced learning teacher in Madison and co-founder of The Black Girl Magic Conference, and Cynthia Moore is the Universal Systems Strategist for Madison Metropolitan School District.  They join us to talk about what happened this year at the conference and what they’re looking forward to next, including Mindfulness in the Park for girls in 4th-9th grade, coming to a park near you in June!

More about The Black Girl Magic Conference: https://theblackgirlmagicconference.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/blackgirlexcellence608/

For more information and to sign up for Mindfulness in the Park: http://bit.ly/BGMMindfulness

Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online anywhere at wortfm.org.  Support your community radio with a pledge online at wortfm.org!

Today on the Pledge Drive edition of the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr Damita Brown (in exile) …

Dr Crystal Ellis is the Community Power-building Manager at Freedom, Inc, and joins to talk about The Madison People’s Budget, what a People’s Budget is, how to get involved and how we can shape the priorities of our community by helping set the budget.

More on Freedom, Inc: https://freedom-inc.org and https://www.facebook.com/AboutFreedomInc/

To participate in the People’s Budget focus groups: http://bit.ly/BudgetFocusGroups

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