Reclaiming the Narrative

Reclaiming the Narrative

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Reclaiming the Narrative episodes

  • Weekly Show: March 5, 2021
    -"Very Disturbing": PAB Calls For Answers, Transparency After New RPD Incident Involving Mother and 3-Year-Old Comes to Light
    -NYS Budget Puts Preventative Services for At-Risk Youth in Jeopardy, Organizations Say
    -Inequality Index: Will Federal Aid Be Enough to Bail Out New York State?
    -Arts & Wellness Festival: A Vessel For Community Healing
    -Mutual Aid Minute: Roc Mutual Aid Network
    -Warp & Weft: Black Futures Matter
    Produced by Darien Lamen for WXIR 100.9 FM and rebroadcast on 104.3 WAYO with Co-Host Vanessa Ryland-Buntley, Reporters Laura Smith and Jason Taylor, Arts & Culture Reporter Abi Clark, Feature Contributor Leslie Hannon; Special thanks to Mara Ahmed and Quajay Donnell of The Warp & Weft
    Original broadcast date 3/5/21
    30 min
  • We Take Care of Us #3: Roc Food Not Bombs
    Feature contributor Leslie Hannon speaks with Lilac, a member of Roc Food Not Bombs whose been working on building food stands across Rochester, for the third installment of our ongoing series "We Take Care of Us: Rochester Mutual Aid Minute."
    Original broadcast date 2/26/21
    5 min
  • Weekly Show: February 26, 2021
    -NYS Attorney General Report Raises Questions About Whether Prosecutors Presented the Strongest Case to Daniel Prude Grand Jury
    -RCSD School 29 Closes Temporarily After 8 COVID Cases and 1 Death Among Employees Leave Staff Shaken
    -Inequality Index: Recent Report Shows Majority of New Yorkers Support Taxing Ultra-Wealthy
    -University of Rochester Hosts Student-Led Discussion With Jalil Muntaqim About Dismantling School to Prison Pipeline
    -The Warp & Weft Weaves Together Stories Reflecting on Unprecedented Year
    -We Take Care of Us, Rochester Mutual Aid Minute #3: Roc Food Not Bombs
    Produced for WXIR 100.9 FM and WAYO 104.3 in Rochester NY by Darien Lamen with Co-Host Vanessa Ryland-Buntley, reporter Jason Taylor, feature contributor Leslie Hannon, and arts & culture reporter Abi Clark
    30 min
  • We Take Care of Us #2: Roc Food Relief
    Feature contributor Leslie Hannon speaks with Ilhan Ali, one of the organizers of Roc Food Relief, for the second installment of our ongoing series "We Take Care of Us: Rochester Mutual Aid Minute."
    Original broadcast date 2/19/21
    5 min
  • Weekly Show: February 19, 2021
    -Elected Leaders Seek to Address Racial Disparities in Vaccine Access
    -With Launch of RPD Database, Questions Remain About What Disciplinary Records City Did Not Release
    -We Take Care of Us: Mutual Aid Minute with Roc Food Relief
    -Last Call for "The Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World"
    Produced for WXIR 100.9 FM and WAYO 104.3 in Rochester NY by Darien Lamen with Co-Host Vanessa Ryland-Buntley, feature contributor Leslie Hannon, and arts & culture reporter Abi Clark
    Original broadcast date 2/19/21
    30 min
  • We Take Care of Us #1: Hey Rochester What Do You Need?
    Feature contributor Leslie Hannon speaks with Dina Giovanelli, one of the administrators of the Facebook group Hey Rochester NY! What Do You Need? What Do You Got? for the first installment of our ongoing series "We Take Care of Us: Rochester Mutual Aid Minute."
    Original broadcast date 2/12/21
    7 min
  • Weekly Show: February 12, 2021
    Police Accountability Board Questions RPD Chief On Details of New Protest Plan
    1937 Experiment in Remote Learning by Radio Holds Lessons for Today
    We Take Care of Us: "Hey Rochester What Do You Need What Do You Got?"
    Eastman Lunchtime Performance Series Enters 26th Year
    Produced by Darien Lamen for WXIR 100.9FM
    With co-host Vanessa Ryland Buntley
    Feature Contributor Leslie Hannon
    and Arts Reporter Abi Clark
    Original broadcast date: 2/12/21
    30 min

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Reclaiming the Narrative began in 2018 as a weekly news radio program produced by community journalists for WXIR 100.9 FM and rebroadcast on WAYO 104.3 in Rochester NY. We cover the stories, movements, and events that matter to local urban communities, while also providing training and experience for grassroots journalists.