Rose Scott hosts a roundtable conversation on the challenges and solutions to addressing food security during COVID-19. Guests include:

•  Jasmine Crowe, founder and CEO of Goodr Inc.
• Sagdrina Jalal, Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships at the Center for Civic Innovation and former founding Executive Director and current board member at the Georgia Farmer’s Market Association
•  Lauren Cox, Georgia Organics’ Organic Procurement Coordinator 
• Will Sellers, executive director of Wholesome Wave Georgia

Plus, how the advocacy group MARTA Army is providing meals for transit operators.

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Today’s program is part of an ongoing series of conversations examining the future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in Georgia. We begin with a two-part conversation with Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell and Oglethorpe University President Larry Schall, who will discuss how small, liberal arts colleges and historically black colleges have adapted with social distancing requirements. Then, Dr. Bronwyn Ragan-Martin, superintendent of the Early County Board of Education in Southwest Georgia and Dr. Dana Rickman, vice president at the Georgia Partnership For Excellence In Education share how the pandemic has exacerbated already existing challenges for rural school districts, from a lack of funding to a lack of broadband access.

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To open or not to open? That’s the question many business owners are facing in Georgia this week. We hear from two local business owners grappling with this question. First, Jamie and Aaron Russell, the owners of Poor Hendrix, share how their restaurant has adapted to a take-out only business model. Then, a conversation with Morris Smith, a local barber, on his decision to re-open his businesses. Plus a conversation with Grey Cohen, a local teen and co-founder of the Meal Bridge, an organization that delivers meals to local hospital staff.

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Georgia is now officially – partially – open for businesses. Still, some Georgians have questions about navigating the state’s jobless benefits. Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler joins “Closer Look” host Rose Scott to answer listeners’ questions on applying for and receiving unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, journalist and author Sylvia A. Harvey talks about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisoners and their families as well as her new book, “The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family.”

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