Kyle Ellison, former probation and parole officer in the Kentucky Prison System, tells a compelling and often disturbing story of Kentucky's prison system, where it came from and how it developed over the years into what it is today.

Reach Out in the Darkness, hosted by Ruth Newman, airs on FORward Radio 106.5fm (forwardradio.org) WFMP-LP Louisville every Tuesday at 5pm, Wednesdays at 9am, and again on Thursdays at 7am.

Kyle Ellison, former probation and parole officer in the Kentucky Prison System, tells a compelling and often disturbing story of Kentucky's prison system, where it came from and how it developed over the years into what it is today.

Reach Out in the Darkness, hosted by Ruth Newman, airs on FORward Radio 106.5fm (forwardradio.org) WFMP-LP Louisville every Tuesday at 5pm, Wednesdays at 9am, and again on Thursdays at 7am.

On this week’s edition of the Access Hour, we bring you an address given at the University of Louisville on February 6, 2019 by Gill Holland and Adam Edelen who announced in January that they are running on the Democratic ticket for Kentucky Lt. Governor and Governor, respectively. Gill Holland is a Louisville developer and Adam Edelen is a former state auditor. They are in a primary that also includes Attorney General Andy Beshear, House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, and retired engineer Geoff Young. At this forum, they answered questions from the audience as they began to shape their campaign platform, which is available at https://adamedelen.com/

Primary elections will occur on May 21, 2019. The deadline to register to vote in the primary is April 22, 2019, and you can do so at https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/

More information about this year’s governor’s race is at https://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2019

The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com

The Access Hour airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Wednesday at 2pm and repeats Thursdays at 11am and Fridays at 1pm. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

If you’ve got something you’d like to share on community radio through the Access Hour, whether it’s a recording you made or a show you’d like to do on a particular topic, community, artistic creation, or program that is under-represented in Louisville’s media landscape, just go to http://forwarradio.org, click on Participate and pitch us your idea. The Access Hour is your opportunity to take over the air waves to share your passion.

On this week’s edition of the Access Hour, we bring you an address given at the University of Louisville on February 6, 2019 by Gill Holland and Adam Edelen who announced in January that they are running on the Democratic ticket for Kentucky Lt. Governor and Governor, respectively. Gill Holland is a Louisville developer and Adam Edelen is a former state auditor. They are in a primary that also includes Attorney General Andy Beshear, House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, and retired engineer Geoff Young. At this forum, they answered questions from the audience as they began to shape their campaign platform, which is available at https://adamedelen.com/

Primary elections will occur on May 21, 2019. The deadline to register to vote in the primary is April 22, 2019, and you can do so at https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/

More information about this year’s governor’s race is at https://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2019

The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com

The Access Hour airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Wednesday at 2pm and repeats Thursdays at 11am and Fridays at 1pm. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

If you’ve got something you’d like to share on community radio through the Access Hour, whether it’s a recording you made or a show you’d like to do on a particular topic, community, artistic creation, or program that is under-represented in Louisville’s media landscape, just go to http://forwarradio.org, click on Participate and pitch us your idea. The Access Hour is your opportunity to take over the air waves to share your passion.

On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, puts down his pruning shears for a chat with Stephen Bartlett, Kentucky field organizer for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). Through FLOC, Stephen has been holding meetings with family farmers around the state to better align the needs of struggling farmers with those of guest workers from Mexico and Central America. In addition to his organizing work for this regional farm worker union, Stephen is a local food sovereignty advocate who is active on the global scene while being very locally rooted with two of FORward Radio’s community partners. Stephen is Executive Director of Sustainable Agriculture for Louisville (SAL) and a participant in the Urban Agriculture Coalition.

Learn more about the Farm Labor Organizing Committee at http://floc.com

Learn more about SAL at https://www.facebook.com/sustainableagricultureoflouisville/, and check-out more of Stephen’s reflections at http://smallfarmerscoolplanet.wordpress.com/. You can also contact Stephen at 502-415-1080 for more information about SAL and the June 3-28, 2019 Garden Camps.

Learn more about the Urban Agriculture Coalition at http://foodinneighborhoods.org/grow

As always, our interview is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com

On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, puts down his pruning shears for a chat with Stephen Bartlett, Kentucky field organizer for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). Through FLOC, Stephen has been holding meetings with family farmers around the state to better align the needs of struggling farmers with those of guest workers from Mexico and Central America. In addition to his organizing work for this regional farm worker union, Stephen is a local food sovereignty advocate who is active on the global scene while being very locally rooted with two of FORward Radio’s community partners. Stephen is Executive Director of Sustainable Agriculture for Louisville (SAL) and a participant in the Urban Agriculture Coalition.

Learn more about the Farm Labor Organizing Committee at http://floc.com

Learn more about SAL at https://www.facebook.com/sustainableagricultureoflouisville/, and check-out more of Stephen’s reflections at http://smallfarmerscoolplanet.wordpress.com/. You can also contact Stephen at 502-415-1080 for more information about SAL and the June 3-28, 2019 Garden Camps.

Learn more about the Urban Agriculture Coalition at http://foodinneighborhoods.org/grow

As always, our interview is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com

Hear the rest of Professor Francis Hutchins' lecture on 'Black Death to Evil Eye: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease'. The first part of his lecture is featured on the Feb. 25 2019 episode. Following his talk are news stories about global temperatures last year, the meteoroid that hit the moon during the lunar eclipse, and the 'Havana Syndrome' disease plaguing former diplomats to Cuba.

This show is brought to you by Forward Radio, WFMP, 106.5 FM in Louisville, Kentucky. Go to forwardradio.org for more details!

The two songs heard on this show are 'Sembrador Divino' by Chogo El Bandeno and 'Cosmopolitan- Margarita-Bellini' by Dee Yan Kee. Both are available at freemusicarchive.org.

Hear the rest of Professor Francis Hutchins' lecture on 'Black Death to Evil Eye: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease'. The first part of his lecture is featured on the Feb. 25 2019 episode. Following his talk are news stories about global temperatures last year, the meteoroid that hit the moon during the lunar eclipse, and the 'Havana Syndrome' disease plaguing former diplomats to Cuba.

This show is brought to you by Forward Radio, WFMP, 106.5 FM in Louisville, Kentucky. Go to forwardradio.org for more details!

The two songs heard on this show are 'Sembrador Divino' by Chogo El Bandeno and 'Cosmopolitan- Margarita-Bellini' by Dee Yan Kee. Both are available at freemusicarchive.org.

Barbara Spencer Dunn spoke at the Fellowship of Reconciliation luncheon on February 20, 2019. Barbara Dunn is the Vice President for Membership for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Barbara Dunn’s presentation concerns Carter G. Woodson and his seminal work The Mis-Education of the Negro and the fact that African American history is taught, at best, from cursory perspective in our parochial and public schools.

Barbara Spencer Dunn spoke at the Fellowship of Reconciliation luncheon on February 20, 2019. Barbara Dunn is the Vice President for Membership for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Barbara Dunn’s presentation concerns Carter G. Woodson and his seminal work The Mis-Education of the Negro and the fact that African American history is taught, at best, from cursory perspective in our parochial and public schools.