KMOJCast

Superintendent Ed Graff says the District is in Phase 2 of its five-tiered plan for the 2020 Fall School Year . He shares details for students and their families.  

Sound Royalties, the leading specialty finance company providing royalty-based financing to creatives in the music industry, today announced that Reggie Calloway, the company’s Director of Music Royalty Funding and a five-time GRAMMY nominee as a songwriter and performer, has been selected to serve on the national advisory board of the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Recently, a new deadline has been implemented naming September 30th the last day to complete the
census. There are now 42 days left to complete the census.
 This means that census operations are losing a month to adequately count people, which could
have a disproportionately negative effect on communities of color who are historically
undercounted in the census. Mo Shriner shares even more details.

In our weekly "Chat with Christine," the Christine Tucci Osorio, Superintendent of Schools for District 622, shares back-to-school tips and advice for families and students. Osorio also talks about teacher anxiety.

Anthony Williams, Executive Director of Community Education for MPS, talks about Adult Education, Youth, and Adult Enrichment and Minneapolis Kids. He shares how students are coping through COVID and with Distance Learning.

Tee McCLenty, Outreach, and Health Initiatives Manager at Northpoint Health and Wellness Center talks about integrated care for high-risk pregnancies.

We hear from KC Morse who grew up with Sickle Cell Disease. She is now a middle school teacher who shares her experience transitioning to adult care. Dr. Wanda Whitten-Shurney, a pediatric hematologist in Michigan, shares the importance of staying up to date on medical care.

Derek Francis, Mgr. for Counseling Services stops by to talk about mental health support available to students this school year.

Important details are shared concerning the 2020 Census

Ebony Robinson shares details of a three-day event, Build To Heal, August 17-20, 2020 to kick off an industry roundtable discussion with the construction industry. The goal is addressing the lack of diversity in construction and examining how the pipeline can be filled with new talent.