Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Renee Martin, Terri Thomas and Diana Medley from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission about the work the organization conducts to fight bigotry and also the steps an individual can take if they believe they are the target of discrimination.

https://www.phrc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

One of the best ways to address affordable housing is to make sure low income longtime home owners can stay in their homes. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Stefanie Seldin of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia which revitalizes communities by transforming vulnerable houses into safe, healthy and energy-efficient homes. RTP brings volunteers and communities together to repair homes and improve lives. Stefanie also talks about their annual fundraiser Run to Rebuild on Saturday May 18th. https://www.rebuildingphilly.org/

There are few more divisive issues than gun control. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Joel Sumner of the National Liberty Museum about Liberty Forum: Firearms – Moving from debate to dialogue May 15th from 7-9 pm. The goal is to provide attendees with tools and discourse for finding the middle ground and moving conversations off social media and back into human discussions.
https://www.libertymuseum.org/event/liberty-forum-gun-control/

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with PA Representative Angel Cruz who is running for City Council in the 7th Councilmanic District about the challenges of gentrification and the opioid crisis facing the neighborhood.

One of the best ways to address affordable housing is to make sure low income longtime home owners can stay in their homes. Loraine speaks with Stefanie Seldin of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia which revitalizes communities by transforming vulnerable houses into safe, healthy and energy-efficient homes. RTP brings volunteers and communities together to repair homes and improve lives. Stefanie also talks about their annual fundraiser Run to Rebuild on Saturday May 18th. https://www.rebuildingphilly.org/

There are few more divisive issues than gun control. Loraine speaks with Joel Sumner of the National Liberty Museum about Liberty Forum: Firearms – Moving from debate to dialogue May 15th from 7-9 pm. The goal is to provide attendees with tools and discourse for finding the middle ground and moving conversations off social media and back into human discussions.
https://www.libertymuseum.org/event/liberty-forum-gun-control/

Do you dream of starting your own business? What if you used your tax refund as seed money? Loraine speaks with Judi Rhee Alloway of Women’s Biz Coop about that and all the free and low cost tools her organizations provide to support woman and minorities in starting their own successful businesses. https://womensbizcoop.com/ .

Loraine Ballard Morrill talks about Harambee’s First Male Summit: Friday, May 10th 6-10 pm with Principal Greg Shannon and Consultant Claudia Averette of Harambee Institute of Science and Technology.
https://histcs.org/2019/03/05/harambees-first-male-summit-friday-may-10th-6-9pm/

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with PA Representative Angel Cruz who is running for City Council in the 7th Councilmanic District about the challenges of gentrification and the opioid crisis facing the neighborhood.

The May PA primary is May 21st. Last month Loraine Ballard Morrill spoke with City Councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez. This month a conversation with challenger PA Representative Angel Cruz.
Do you dream of starting your own business? What if you used your tax refund as seed money to start? Loraine speaks with Judi Rhee Alloway of Women’s Biz Coop about that and all the free and low cost tools her organizations provide to support woman and minorities in starting their own successful businesses. https://womensbizcoop.com/ . but first Loraine talks about Harambee’s First Male Summit: Friday, May 10th 6-10pm with Principal Greg Shannon and Consultant Claudia Averette of Harambee Institute of Science and Technology.
https://histcs.org/2019/03/05/harambees-first-male-summit-friday-may-10th-6-9pm/

Guest Host Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati speaks with Brenda Banwell, Chief of Neurology for Children’s Hospital about an upcoming Brain Health Fair on Thursday May 9th. The Free event is for neurology patients, caregivers, families, students and anyone interested in brain health.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-brain-health-fair-tickets-59724237803/amp

Vanesse also speaks with Bumi Fernandez, from ODUNDE about her monthly feature “What is Philadelphia Reading.”

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Donna Cooper, Executive Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth about the work of the organization which advocates for young people in areas including education and health. Cooper talks about strategies for improving the quality of Philadelphia school education and also the upcoming Celebration of the 2019 Public Citizens for Children and Youth on May 15th.
https://www.pccy.org/event/celebration-2019-public-citizen-children-youth/
https://www.pccy.org/