Willamette Wake Up

Meet Community, Business & Education Leaders (CBEL) and how this collaborative is engaging with neighborhoods and families to help them thrive through Family Neighborhood Councils. Plus, how the general community can participate in conversations every two months. 

Holla for Labor celebrates Black History Month with Terry Melvin, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.

Tim Newman, president of the Salem Bicycle Club shares the club's mission, upcoming events and how to get involved.

Health, Thought and Transformation explores aspects of healing through traditional Chinese medicine with Dr. CT Holman, LAc. Dr. Holman talks about treating emotional trauma with Chinese medicine; and that Chinese medicine recognizes that each patient is unique, and addressing that uniqueness is part of a finding the best treatment.

Girlypop Politics will be joined by Becka Bonner of Radness Ensues to share about the work it takes to run a non-profit and why focusing on youth today will build a better future for everyone.

Cheryl Nester Wolfe, President and CEO of Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, and Maggie Hudson, President and CEO of Santiam Hospital & Clinics discuss a proposed merger/affiliation of the two health care systems. They address the reasons behind proposing the partnership, why they believe it benefits the community and next steps in the process.

Conservation Spotlight talks with Keith Norris, Executive Director of the Institute for Applied Ecology, about the organization’s conservation work and partnerships across the West. Keith also discusses the impacts of recent federal funding cuts and what IAE needs most as they work to move forward. 

Monmouth Monthly talks with Nikita Vincent and Erubiel Valladares about their work in farming and about their involvement with the Cultural Harvest Farmers Collective and the Monmouth Feasibility Study.

Marion County Clerk, Bill Burgess, reviews the mail-in voting process in Oregon to illustrate its complexities, and the guardrails in place to prevent voter fraud.  Then he reflects on a bill currently in Congress to nationalize the voting process called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility or SAVE Act.

Policy for the People examines the looming crisis facing Oregon's subsidized child care program, Employment Related Day Care with Marchel Kaleikini and Ivy Major-McDowall of "For All Families Oregon". The program is on course to run out of money in January 2027. If that were to happen, thousands of families would lose child care, and with that, their ability to work and earn a living.