We check in with Jackie Lynch, Director of Barbera Cares Programs about their partnership with The Eagle’s Carson Wentz who is auctioning off his customized green Challenger SRT Demon Coupe to benefit his charity AO1 Foundation. You can put in a bid here: https://www.barberasautoland.com/used/Carson+Wentz/2018-Carson+Wentz-Challenger-philadelphia-1474f5b50a0e0a6b02ac13876da4bef8.htm?ddcref=mssocial_carsonwentz

If you want to party with a purpose I can’t think of a better way than going to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Showcase of Wine, Cheese and Beer. We’ll tell you all about it and the great things the funds raised are doing for our kids with Lisbeth Marziello CEO and Keanu Ibarrondo, Director of Creative Design and Communications for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia.
https://www.bgcphila.org/pswcb/

February is heart month and I spoke with a Lisa Lord, an American Heart Association volunteer who very nearly had a heart attack. We talk about what we need to know about the number one killer of women and men in this country.
https://www.heart.org/en/affiliates/pennsylvania/philadelphia

But first we check in with Jackie Lynch, Director of Barbera Cares Programs about their partnership with The Eagle’s Carson Wentz who is auctioning off his customized green Challenger SRT Demon Coupe to benefit his charity AO1 Foundation. You can put in a bid here: https://www.barberasautoland.com/used/Carson+Wentz/2018-Carson+Wentz-Challenger-philadelphia-1474f5b50a0e0a6b02ac13876da4bef8.htm?ddcref=mssocial_carsonwentz

We’re going to check in with Philadelphia City Councilman Derek Green who fills us in on his support for efforts to move 100 thousand people out of poverty – he thinks we can do it and he’ll tell us how. http://phlcouncil.com/derekgreen/

And we’ll talk to you about a program that helps high school students transition into education majors to fuel the next generation of teachers We speak with Dr. Juliet Curci, Assistant Dean of College Access and Persistence and Sydney Smith, Temple Freshman about
Temple Education Scholars -- https://sites.temple.edu/edscholars/
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Twitter: @Temple_COE
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But first we check in with Jackie Lynch, Director of Barbera Cares Programs about their partnership with The Eagle’s Carson Wentz who is auctioning off his customized green Challenger SRT Demon Coupe to benefit his charity AO1 Foundation. You can put in a bid here: https://www.barberasautoland.com/used/Carson+Wentz/2018-Carson+Wentz-Challenger-philadelphia-1474f5b50a0e0a6b02ac13876da4bef8.htm?ddcref=mssocial_carsonwentz

Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati, Founder Of The Literary And The African American Children's Book Fair, Guest Hosts a Monthly Segment "Vls Journeys." Vanesse speaks to Tukufu Zuberi, Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations at U Penn and lead curator of the Africa Collection at the Penn Museum and Howard Dodson, former Director of the Shomberg Institute discussing the history and impact of Black History Month.

Pain – we’re still not great at knowing how to treat it and medications designed to help have resulted in a national opioid abuse epidemic. I speak Yudhijit Bhattacharjee author of “A World of Pain” - the featured story in National Geographic’s January Special Issue: “The Future of Medicine.” We discuss the current and future direction of research into pain relief.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/

I interview Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, the founder of the African American Children’s Book Fair, a free event which takes place Saturday February 1st at Community College of Philadelphia (1-4 pm) and features appearances by many of the nation’s top children’s authors and illustrators. I also speak to Kwame Mbalia author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, an epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.
http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org/

The 28th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair takes place Saturday February 1st at Community College of Philadelphia from 1-4 pm. I conduct an in depth interview with the event’s founder Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati and some of the authors and illustrators who will be attending. They include Pam Tuck, author of As fast as Words can Fly, Derrick Barnes author of King of Kindergarten, Olugbemisola Rhuday – Perkovich – coauthor of The Two Naomis and illustrator and author Elizabeth Zunon, Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family.
http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org/

The 28th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair takes place Saturday February 1st at Community College of Philadelphia from 1-4 pm. I speak with Tiffany Tavarez, Vice President of Community Relations for Wells Fargo about the significance of this free heritage event which brings award winning children’s book author and illustrators to Philadelphia.

http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org/

I speak with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, an education and human rights advocate who currently represents Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District. We discuss being part of the largest cohort of women elected to Congress. We discuss her commitment to issues surrounding education, criminal justice reform among others and the historic Trump Impeachment hearings. We also get up close and personal. Did you know Congresswoman Scanlon was a Girl Scout? We talk about that and more.
https://scanlon.house.gov/

Pain – we’re still not great at knowing how to treat it and medications designed to help have resulted in a national opioid abuse epidemic. I speak Yudhijit Bhattacharjee author of “A World of Pain” - the featured story in National Geographic’s January Special Issue: “The Future of Medicine.” We discuss the current and future direction of research into pain relief.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/

I speak with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, an education and human rights advocate who currently represents Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District. We discuss being part of the largest cohort of women elected to Congress. We discuss her commitment to issues surrounding education, criminal justice reform among others and the historic Trump Impeachment hearings. We also get up close and personal. Did you know Congresswoman Scanlon was a Girl Scout? We talk about that and more.
https://scanlon.house.gov/

But first – an interview with Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, the founder of the African American Children’s Book Fair, a free event which takes place Saturday February 1st at Community College of Philadelphia (1-4 pm) and features appearances by many of the nation’s top children’s authors and illustrators. I also speak to Kwame Mbalia author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, an epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.
http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org/