Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge

In Queens, one can find such treasures-to make any teacher, artist, set designer, social and health community service organization-any creative person's heart beat a little faster. Harriet Taub, Materials for the Arts, talks about MFTA's many services.

A teacher, mother, wife, and a Black Sash member, Jeanette Carlson describes the privileged life of the whites and the victimization of blacks in apartheid South Africa. Joel Carlson was one of South Africa's first anti-apartheid civil rights lawyers.

Jennifer Baumgardner, feminist journalist, filmmaker, writer and new publisher and executive director of the Feminist Press at CUNY and Ronnie Eldridge share their understanding of and history with the Feminist Movement.

Kate Shaw, professor at Cardozo School of Law, describes the responsibilities and long hours of the law clerk to a Supreme Court Justice. Professor Shaw has been there - serving for a year, as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

In 1971, men, living on Skid Row, wanting to change their lives, joined to form the Bowery Residents Committee. Executive director Muzzy Rosenblatt and host Ronnie Eldridge discuss the shelter system, the growth of poverty and a hand up-not a hand out.

Ex. director Tom Kamber of OATS (Older Adults Technology Services) and Senior Planet admires seniors "aging with attitude." Host Ronnie Eldridge says these organizations have married the Longevity Revolution to the Digital Revolution, benefiting seniors.

The 19th anniversary of the landmark legislation, the Violence Against Women Act is a bitter-sweet event. Each year-in the USA-1 in 3 women is killed by a spouse or partner; a half million women are assaulted by a partner; NYC's hotline gets 310 calls/day

Nancy Rankin and Ronnie Eldridge discuss the 2013 report, Issued by the Community Service Society, asking low-income New Yorkers their priorities. "The Race for Mayor: What's in it for low-income New Yorkers?" lists jobs, crime, housing of concern.

Prof. Kenneth Prewitt and Ronnie Eldridge talk about the history of the census and the significance of the numbers reported every 10 years and the reliance-in the 21st century-on discredited science based on the "5 races" white, black, red, yellow, brown.

Vincent Montalbano congratulates NY's candidates for elected office, commenting that-whoever wins- they are really talking about the issues. Mr. Montalbano and Ronnie Eldridge are concerned about the inability to break the link between elections & money.