Do you know what PA auditor general does? Yeah me neither - they’re a watchdog for us – using the superpower of a crew very smart accountants – they crunch the numbers to dig up ways our tax money is misspent or how certain industries are ripping us off and then help makes things right. We’ll be talking to one candidate for Auditor General Nina Ahmad today.
https://www.ninaforpa.com/

Gift of Life National Donor Sabbath is November 15-17 to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation at faith based institutions throughout the country. I speak to Pastor Kevin Johnson from Dare to Imagine Church, William Johnson (currently waiting for a kidney) and
Taja White - Community Relations Fellow Gift Of Life Donor Program.
https://www.donors1.org/

We talk about the invisible homeless – not the folks mostly men you see on the street but families who find temporary shelter with relatives and friends. We speak to Jason Miller, CEO of Families Forward Philadelphia which operates Philadelphia’s largest emergency shelter for families.
https://familiesforwardphilly.org/

Good morning and welcome to What’s Going On a show about making a difference in our communities and in ourselves. I’m Loraine Ballard Morrill. What's Going On is brought to you by the American Association for cancer research. I’m raising money for the AACR by running during the Philadelphia Marathon. I’m running the Rothman 8 K on Saturday November 23rd. I committed to raising a thousand dollars and I hit that goal two weeks ago thanks to a surprise and very generous donation from Gary Barbera – yes – that Gary Barbera. I’m passionate about this organization because they are working to support research to end cancers and 88 cents out of every dollar raised goes to life saving research. You can put your dollars to excellent use by donating go to aacr.org/donate.

Today – we share with you an interview with a local group of musicians called the Children of Adam – Band - how do you describe them? They would say they perform Positive Message Bearing Music. To hear more about their music, upcoming performances and to vote for them in the PHL Live World Music finals go to https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenOfAdamBand/


First we talk about the invisible homeless – not the folks mostly men you see on the street but families who find temporary shelter with relatives and friends. We speak to Jason Miller, CEO of Families Forward Philadelphia which operates Philadelphia’s largest emergency shelter for families.
https://familiesforwardphilly.org/

I talk to members of the Children of Adam Band who practice Positive Message Bearing Music. To hear more about their music, upcoming performances and to vote for them in the PHL Live World Music finals go to https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenOfAdamBand/

Welcome To Insight A Show About Empowering Our Community. I’m Loraine Ballard Morrill. Insight is brought to you by the American Association For Cancer Research. I’m raising money for the AACR by running during the Philadelphia Marathon. I’m running the Rothman 8 K on Saturday November 23rd. I committed to raising a thousand dollars and I hit that goal two weeks ago thanks to a surprise and very generous donation from Gary Barbera – yes – that Gary Barbera. I’m passionate about this organization because they are working to support research to end cancers and 88 cents out of every dollar raised goes to life saving research. You can put your dollars to excellent use by donating go to www.aacr.org/donate.

Today we talk about the invisible homeless – not the folks mostly men you see on the street but families who find temporary shelter with relatives and friends. We speak to Jason Miller, CEO of Families Forward Philadelphia which operate Philadelphia’s largest emergency shelter for families.
https://familiesforwardphilly.org/

Gift of Life National Donor Sabbath November 15-17 to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation at faith based institutions throughout the country. I speak to Pastor Kevin Johnson from Dare to Imagine Church, William Johnson (currently waiting for a kidney) and
Taja White - Community Relations Fellow Gift Of Life Donor Program.
https://www.donors1.org/
First we talk about the importance of the PA Auditor General’s Office in protecting consumer and citizen rights with candidate Nina Ahmad.
https://www.ninaforpa.com/

Good morning, I’m Loraine Ballard Morrill and you are listening to Insight a show about empowering our community. In a little bit I’ll be heading over to Citizens Bank Park for the Walk to end Alzheimer’s. I’m going in memory of my old friend and former colleague Don Juan Banks who died July 31, of early onset Alzheimer’s. He was 62. You can find out more about the walk and information about Alzheimer’s at https://www.alz.org/delval. Today we talk about the hidden homeless – families who rely on the kindness of relatives and friends for shelter, we talk about the upcoming donor Sabbath to raise awareness in faith based institutions around organ donation and while you may not realize it but the role of auditor general in Pennsylvania is vital to your consumer and citizens’ rights….we talk with one of the candidates for that office. But first – a little Enlightened entertainment to get us started. We talk to members of the Children of Adam Band who practice Positive Message Bearing Music. To hear more about their music, upcoming performances and to vote for them in the PHL Live World Music finals go to https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenOfAdamBand/

I’ve been doing interviews for – a while and I think I’m pretty good at it – but I have to admit that I stumbled a bit while talking with Dr. Yolanda Graham from Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health. The topic was gender affirmative model You might have noticed folks email signatures not only give you addresses, phone numbers and other convention info but you might also see a reference to the pronouns they identify with he/him she/her they/them. I’d like to think I’m pretty woke when it comes to gender – but I struggled a little during this conversation. If I struggled – I’m guessing some of you struggle as well. That’s why I’ was so glad to talk about this topic with Dr. Graham -

https://www.devereux.org/site/SPageServer/
https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/The-Gender-Affirmative-Model-Chapter-1-Sample.pdf

There are some great film festivals in the city like Blackstar and the upcoming Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. I spoke with Festival Director Rob Buscher about the event which takes place November 7-17th celebrating and elevating the Asian American experience.
https://phillyasianfilmfest.org/

I don’t know if the numbers of child sexual abuse are getting higher or just that we’re more aware of the crisis and there’s more reporting. I had an important conversation with a survivor and award winning filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons who has edited a new book of essays called love with accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse.
https://www.lovewithaccountability.com/anthology