Community Outreach With Racquel Williams

Air Date: 6/9/2019

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Maliha Janjua, - Director of Client Services for Women Aware in New Brunswick.  Women Aware is an organization whose mission is to promote the safety and self-sufficiency of individuals and families affected by domestic violence in Middlesex County.  Maliha discusses their services.

Air Date: 5/26/2019

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Dr. Payel Gupta - Allergist at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and a volunteer medical expert with the American Lung Association.

May is Asthma Awareness Month. Dr.Gupta discusses asthma diagnosis, risk factors, triggers and treatment.

Guest: Roy Epps- C.E.O Civic League of Greater New Brunswick

The Civic League of Greater New Brunswick is a non-profit community-based organization, designed to strengthen African American families and other minority groups, by providing community-based services that empower families and improve their quality of life. The League conducts programs in the areas of education, training, health care, employment, housing and economic empowerment with the aim of enhancing the stability and growth of families within their communities.

Guest: Easterseals New Jersey.

Michael Owen-Chief Human Resources Officer and General Counsel

Topic: Easterseals serves 1.4 million children and adults with disabilities and their families, offering a wide range of services at 74 affiliates nationwide. They change the way the world defines and views disability by making profound, positive differences in people's lives, helping their clients build the skills and access the resources they need to live, learn, work and play.

Guest: Cancer Support Community Central New Jersey.

Amy Sutton- CEO

Kristen Lefkus- Events and Marketing Coordinator

Jesse Guzik- Child/Youth Program Coordinator

Topic: Cancer Support Community Central New Jersey is a group of experts based in Bedminster, which helps to provide support services to address the emotional and social impact of cancer. They have been providing support to the Central Jersey community for more than a decade.

Guest: Sherry Wells-Founder and Executive Director of Hugs for Brady Foundation.

Topic: Hugs For Brady is focused on helping kids with cancer. It was created after Sherry's son Brady lost his battle with Non-Differentiated Acute Leukemia, at just under two years old. Sherry discusses her story, and the success of the Foundation.

Guest: Dr. Sangeetha Pabolu- Dr. of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick

Topic: Fibromyalgia is a common but widely misdiagnosed and misunderstood disorder. It is associated with widespread muscle and joint pain and stiffness accompanied by fatigue, disrupted sleep, struggles with memory and more. Dr. Pabolu sheds light on diagnosis, management and treatment of this disease.

NJ Sharing Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to the recovery and placement of donated organs and tissue for those in need of a life-saving transplant. CEO Joe Roth discusses the mission of the organization, waiting lists for organs and the impressive number of organs donated in NJ in 2018.  

Guest: Donna York, Executive Director of Girls on the Run of Central New Jersey based in New Brunswick.

Topic: Girls on the Run is a non-profit organization that offers a ten week youth development program for girls in Central Jersey where the curriculum focuses on building confidence and resilience, managing gossip and bullying and understanding their responsibility to community service along with creating a healthy lifestyle.

Air Date: 2/3/2019

Guest: Patty Mojta- Director of Adolescent Programs, Prevent Child Abuse NJ

Topic: Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey promotes positive parenting and healthy child development. The group envisions a world where every child has a happy, healthy and safe childhood, free of abuse and neglect. Human trafficking has become a growing problem and often times the victims lured into the sex trade are children. Unfortunately the Superbowl brings with it a high demand for illegal activity. Patty discusses the problem, and the solutions for prevention.