Moving Forward

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Victoria (Tori) Nefflen, who discusses her work with End Medical Debt Maryland, her experiences as a young adult cancer survivor, being a champion for blood and marrow donation, a volunteer ambassador for Be the Match, and a patient advocate on the Johns Hopkins Patient and Family Advisory Council.

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Dr. Mona Becker who discusses her candidacy for Mayor of Westminster, MD, her plans for making Westminster a sustainable community, her activism in promoting a sustainable, inclusive climate for scientific and technological advancement, and the realities of climate change and how to talk with climate skeptics.

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Corynne Courpas about her experience as a 2020 MD Electoral College Voter during a period of pollical strife and COVID-19, her decades-long involvement in public service, and her insights on the role politics plays in our lives, the importance of local elections, and turning a passion for a cause into political activism.

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Scott McKenzie and Jeremy Uhrich, creators of Cookies for Caregivers, a group that shows gratitude to those folks who have continued to go to work and serve their community during the COVID pandemic by serving them freshly baked cookies as a modest sign of appreciation and respect. The group originated in Huntingdon, PA and has now gone nation-wide.

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Mia Mason who is running for Congress in Maryland Congressional District One. Mason discusses her plans and policies on key issues such as health care, jobs and the economy, the environment and climate change, education, veterans’ issues, and COVID-19. Lean more about Mia Mason at https://miadmason.us/.

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Jennifer Bergantz, Founder of Maryland InKind Network. Started in 2017, the Maryland InKind Network is a grassroots group of adults and children helping families seeking asylum and local families in need, mainly through the donation of goods. They collect and distribute food, clothing/shoes, winter gear, diapers, school supplies, first aid supplies, and cleaning materials directly to families. The key mission for the group is the reallocation of extra or unwanted materials to where they are most needed. 

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Laura Morton who is running for Judge of the Circuit Court Carroll County MD. In the podcast, Morton talks about the function of the Circuit Court, the role of the Judge of the Circuit Court, the need for a Judge to have trial experience and knowledge of her community and of community resources that can help break the cycle of recidivism and repeated incarceration and keep our communities safe. She also discusses how her experience as a trial attorney for over 23 years makes her the most qualified candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court Carroll County. Learn more about Laura Morton at https://www.lauramortonforjudge.com/

The UN Refugee Agency states that nearly one person is forcibly displaced every two seconds as a result of conflict or persecution worldwide. Yet, the Trump administration* has significantly decreased the number of refugees and asylum seekers the U.S. will accept and has now cut back on all immigration. Amidst its anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies, we do well to remember the contributions that immigrants have always made to the United States.

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Liuda Galinaitis, who shares the courageous story of her father’s family who were forced to flee their home in Lithuania during WWII. She also shares her research on the current immigration crisis, the contributions immigrants make to our nation, and the importance of keeping up the fight today for immigrants, refugees, and asylees who help keep us strong.

Private Indiana Hunt-Martin was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion - a group of unsung heroes of WWII. The unit’s nickname was the “Six-Triple Eight” and they were the first and only all Black Female Women Army Corps (WAC) unit to be deployed overseas. Their task was to clear a mountainous backlog of mail in England and France that had not reached servicemen in the European Theater of WWII. Their motto was “No Mail, Low Morale.” 

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Ms. Indiana Hunt-Martin who talks about her enlistment in the WAC, being assigned to the Six Triple Eight, and being deployed overseas. She also talks about the challenges of their task of addressing the mountainous backlog of mail, the challenge of racism and segregation, and her life and work once she returned to the U.S., and the honors and recognition that are now being bestowed on the women of the Six Triple Eight.

One group of unsung heroes of WWII were the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The 6888th was the first and only all Black Female Women Army Corps (WAC) unit to be deployed overseas during under the Command of Major Charity Adams. Their nickname was the “Six-Triple Eight" and their motto was “No Mail, Low Morale.” 

Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Colonel Edna W. Cummings and Master Sergeant Elizabeth Helm Frazier who discuss the efforts being made to secure the recognition these women so rightfully deserve including the Six Triple Eight Monument, the "Six Triple Eight: No Mail, Low Morale Documentary" and the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019.