Welcome to the Harmony of Interest series where we explore ideas that positively shape our world.
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Empathy Media Lab’s is a multi-brand podcast exploring labor, political economy, art, and culture. Producer and host Evan Papp seeks to build solidarity by universalizing the struggles of our human condition while outlining policy solutions that address the most intractable challenges of today. Union Solidarity Forever.
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Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Dr. June Hopkins is author of Harry Hopkins: Sudden Hero, Brash Reformer and received her PhD in American History from Georgetown University and is Professor Emerita at Georgia Southern University.
She is also the granddaughter of one of my heroes, Harry Hopkins, who was an architect of the New Deal, and Administrator of the Works Progress Administration that created millions of government jobs during the last great depression while building the nation’s infrastructure through public works.
In World War II, Harry Hopkins was Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor and liaison with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. He supervised the $50 billion Lend-Lease program of military aid to the Allies.
In this conversation, we discuss:
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Dr. June Hopkins background;
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Harry Hopkins early years growing up in Iowa and as a social worker in New York City;
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Hopkins working with FDR and Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins on the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA);
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Hopkins time as Administrator for the Works Progress Administration (WPA);
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World War II and being FDR’s main advisor; and
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The Descendants of the New Deal’s call for to President Biden for a Government Guarantee Job’s Program
You can learn more about the New Deal and their work at:
About Empathy Media Lab
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Elise and Chris discuss My Darling Supermarket, Identifying Features, Quo Vadis, Aida and Collective with retired SEIU staffer (and now buddhist monk) Peter Pocock and Empathy Media Lab’s Evan Matthew Papp. Everyday lives, the human face of migration, and a different point of view from women directors.
NOTE: these films are all available online in AFI Silver’s Virtual Screening Room, along with two upcoming films in the DC Labor FilmFest Spring Mini-Series:
LAPSIS (April 7, 7p ET) CLICK HERE for tickets; Post-screening Q&A moderated by labor journalist Sarah Jaffe, with Katie Parker, Administrative Organizer for NPEU, the Non Profit Employees Union and EPI Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock.
MARTIN EDEN (April 14, 7p ET); CLICK HERE for tickets; Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and novelist John Sayles.
Produced by Chris Garlock. Video edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp.
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.
Episode 20 focuses on public policy with Kelly Veney Darnell. Participants also included Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11).
Kelly Veney Darnell is the Chief Operating Officer for the Bipartisan Policy Center, which is a Washington, DC-based think tank to promote health, security, and opportunity for all Americans.
Kelly has held political positions as the Federal Affairs Director for the City of Atlanta and as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman John Lewis in the U.S. House of Representatives.
She received her B.A. in Economics from Spelman College and a Master’s of Public Management from the University of Maryland. She received her law degree from the American University, Washington College of Law.
We discussed:
- Why she first got interested in public policy;
- What it was like working for Representative John Lewis;
- The interaction between a Chief Operating Officer and public policy;
- The work of the Bipartisan Policy Center; and
- What it means to follow your north star.
The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
“The private equity model is inherently at odds with providing good quality patient care and providing good jobs.”
Welcome to the Harmony of Interest series where we explore ideas that positively shape our world.
For this recording, we are focusing on Private Equity’s role in the U.S. healthcare system. Joining me from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is Virginia Rodino, who is the Director Of Communications, and Eileen O'Grady, Director of Healthcare Research.
The mission of the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is to identify, engage, and connect stakeholders affected by private equity with the goal of engaging investors and empowering communities, working families, and others impacted by private equity investments.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- What is Private Equity and how is it differentiated from other forms of investment;
- How Private Equity negatively impacts healthcare;
- What is the Private Equity Stakeholder Project; and
- Policy solutions that involve organized labor, Congress, and investors.
You can learn more about the Private Equity Stakeholder Project and their work at:
- https://pestakeholder.org/
- Private Equity Has Already Reaped Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Debt-Funded Dividends from Health Care Companies in 2021
- Blackstone a Repeat Offender in Health Care Fraud Settlements
- Private Equity Health Care Acquisitions – February 2021
- Money for Nothing: How Private Equity has Defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Government Health Programs, and How that Might Change
- Dividend Recapitalizations in Health Care: How Private Equity Raids Critical Health Care Infrastructure for Short Term Profit
- Understaffed, Unlicensed, and Untrained: Behavioral Health Under Private Equity
- Raiding the Safety Net: Leonard Green & Partners Seeks to Walk Away from Prospect Medical Holdings after Collecting $570 Million in Fees and Dividends
- Adverse Reaction: How will the flood of private equity money into health care providers impact access to, cost and quality of care?
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Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.
Episode 21 focuses on public policy with Diva Shrestha. Participants also included Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11).
Diva has over 10 years of experience in the education sector in the U.S. and Nepal and is currently a Strategy Consultant for the Ullens Education Foundation based in Nepal. Previously she was the Director of the Nepal Leadership Academy.
We discussed:
- How she first got interested in public policy;
- Her work in the education sector in Nepal;
- How we as a society can better support leadership development in young adults; and
- Where she sees opportunity and hope.
The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Elise and Chris talk with director Mark Street, whose latest film is Work Songs, which travels across the country talking with ordinary working folks; cab drivers, a farmer, longshore-women, a barista. Inspired by the work of the great Studs Terkel, Work Songs is a kaleidoscopic portrait of the United States at work as we face threats from automation, the gig economy and the decline of unions.
Celebrate May Day by watching Work Songs! Get your tickets here.
Other links:
Oiltowns (2017)
Happy? (2000)
In Defense of Street Photography in an iPhone Age
Coming up in the DC Labor FilmFest: MARTIN EDEN (April 14); CLICK HERE for tickets; Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and novelist John Sayles!
Produced by Chris Garlock. Video edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp.
About Labor Goes To The Movies
If you like movies and are interested in the labor movement, hang out with Labor Heritage Foundation Executive Director Elise Bryant and DC Labor FilmFest Director Chris Garlock as they kick back and talk about their favorite films and chat with guests about work and workers on the silver screen.
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Dr. Eric Rauchway is author of Why The New Deal Matters, which provides a look at how the New Deal fundamentally changed American life, and why it remains relevant today.
Dr. Rauchway is a distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, and has written six books of U.S. history and a novel. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, Time, and other publications. He holds a PhD from Stanford, an MA from Oxford, and a bachelor's degree from Cornell.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Why he wanted to write this book;
- What the world looked like as President Franklin Roosevelt came into office in 1933;
- What was the New Deal; and
- Why so many Americans are unaware of the successes of the New Deal.
Buy Why The New Deal Matters at: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300252002/why-new-deal-matters
You can learn more about Dr. Rauchway’s work at:
- http://www.ericrauchway.com/
- https://twitter.com/rauchway
- https://history.ucdavis.edu/people/rauchway
About Empathy Media Lab
The Harmony of Interest series explores ideas that positively shape our world.
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Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.
Episode 22 focuses on alum Raymond Nevo’s campaign for Maryland’s Prince George’s County Council District 2. Participants also included Campaign Manager Hugo Cantu and host Evan Papp.
Raymond is an advocate who uses his lived experience and policy expertise to enact equitable and just policies for residents in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
We discussed:
- Raymond’s background and why he wants to run for county council;
- Raymond’s policy platform and key issues he would like to address and solve;
- Key operational and logistical issues needed to organize and successfully manage a campaign; and
- How people can get involved with his campaign.
The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
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Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Chris Garlock talks with director (Matewan, 8 Men Out) and novelist (Union Dues, Yellow Earth) John Sayles, about Martin Eden, Pietro Marcello’s adaptation of Jack London’s autobiographical novel.
“The part both in the book and the movie that always meant the most to me is the part where he's whacking away at that typewriter,” says Sayles. “I actually had an electric typewriter; it was the first thing I ever bought with my own money from shoveling driveways in the winter and mowing lawns and things like that. I had a whole wall papered with rejection slips.”
Sayles has a lot of insight into the film, not only as a director and writer, but from the perspective of a politically engaged artist.
Celebrate May Day by watching Work Songs! Get your tickets here. And stay tuned for updates on the 2021 DC Labor FilmFest line-up.
Produced by Chris Garlock. Video edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp.
About Labor Goes To The Movies
If you like movies and are interested in the labor movement, hang out with Labor Heritage Foundation Executive Director Elise Bryant and DC Labor FilmFest Director Chris Garlock as they kick back and talk about their favorite films and chat with guests about work and workers on the silver screen.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
“This is a beautiful, powerful book… This story is a great tool for educators and will inspire children to share their stories… This book should be in every library, school, and home.”
Julie Su, California Secretary of Labor, President Biden’s nominee for U.S.Deputy Secretary of Labor
“As an immigrant myself, the book brought tears of joy thinking of the thousands of young Flors who will see themselves in this book and realize they too can make a difference.”
Julieta Garibay, Co-founder of United We Dream
“Alejandra gives us a gift of courage and endurance… A magnificent book and model for all ages, schools and communities.” – Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate of the USA, Emeritus
Overview of Para Todos For All
PFlor and her father leave their beloved country for the promise of a land called For All. Dad works long hours for little pay, while Flor struggles to find her place in school. In time, Flor realizes that not having the proper immigration papers means her father must work in unfair & unsafe conditions, and that doors of opportunity will be closed to her. Flor picks up her green pen and writes from the heart about immigrants excluded from "justice for all." She inspires others to take action in the hope their new country will live up to its ideals. A timely, bilingual story written in musical rhyme, beautifully illustrated, calling children to compassion and courage.
About the Author (via Children’s Book Review) - Alejandra Domenzain is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She was born in the United States, and her family moved back to Mexico and then returned to stay when she was six years old. Alejandra was always passionate about advocating for social justice, and has worked in the field of immigrant labor rights for over 20 years. This has included doing outreach and education, organizing, policy work, and research with organizations ranging from national civil rights organizations to worker centers. Most of her work has focused on expanding labor rights for immigrant workers and giving them the tools they need to improve their working conditions. Alejandra lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with her Brazilian husband and two school-aged children. For All/ Para Todos is her first children’s book, but she hopes to publish many more! For more information, visit forall-paratodos.net.
About the Illustrator - Katherine Loh is an artist, illustrator, and muralist who believes that art can be not only visually arresting, but also a powerful tool for social dialogue and political change. Guided by the belief that each of us counts and that we deserve to be treated fairly and with dignity, Katherine uses her art to document and celebrate the stories of people and communities. Currently based in Switzerland, Katherine is working to introduce art as a tool for social impact and community empowerment there. Having worked and lived across the United States and many parts of the world, her love for diversity and multiculturalism informs her work every day.
Published by Hard Ball Press - Tim Sheard is the Executive Editor of Hard Ball Press
Veteran nurse Timothy Sheard is a writer, publisher, mentor to writers and union organizer with the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. After writing 7 mystery novels featuring hospital custodian-shop steward Lenny Moss, he launched Hard Ball Press to help working class people write and publish their stories. Timothy believes that when workers write and tell their stories, they build rank and file solidarity and union power, as well strengthening the fight for social justice solidarity. Their stories help to combat the anti-labor and anti-working class assaults by the One Percent. Hard Ball Press is the premier publisher of working class life.
You can watch EML’s interview with Tim Sheard here: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/pandemic-nurse-s-diary-a-tribute-to-healthcare-workers-fighting-covid-19
About Empathy Media Lab - The Harmony of Interest series explores ideas that positively shape our world. Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. All Links - https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.
Episode 23 interviews Maryland State Senator Paul Pinksy representing District 22. The talk is hosted by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11).
Senator Pinsky became a member of the Maryland Senate in 1994 after serving two terms in the House of Delegates. He serves as Chair of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee where he is a champion of progressive causes, especially in relation to education, healthcare, and the environment.
Senator Pinsky has also led efforts to reform Maryland’s tax structure by closing corporate tax loopholes and creating a progressive tax structure as well as providing health care for all Maryland residents.
Previously, Senator Pinsky taught high school history for twenty years.
We discussed:
- Senator Pinsky’s background and why he first wanted to run for elected office;
- How his teaching experience influenced his policy and political interests;
- Chairing the Senate Education, Health & Environmental Affairs (EHEA) Committee;
- The legislation he is most proud of supporting;
- Why he opposes the Maglev Rail project;
- The role of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant and other state energy projects in reducing CO2 emissions; and
- His thoughts on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) that include the Purple Line and the new PG County PPP to build schools.
You can follow Senator Pinsky’s work at: https://senatorpinsky.org/.
The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Dr. James C. Benton is the Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.
We will be discussing a multi-day virtual conference open to the public scheduled for this Wednesday, April 28 to Saturday, May 1st called Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class.
Sign up here: https://lwp.georgetown.edu/virtual-gathering-constructing-a-new-social-compact-a-public-forum-on-empowering-the-post-pandemic-working-class/
James is a U.S. historian who studies labor history and the ways in which organized labor has been affected by trade policy, economic change, and industrial decline from the New Deal to the present. He earned a Ph.D. in United States history and a masters’ degrees in history and liberal studies from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- The Kalmanovitz Initiative at Georgetown and the Race and Economic Empowerment Project;
- The Constructing a New Social Compact Event why people should tune into the conference and what he hopes to achieve following the conference;
- His forthcoming book published by Illinois Press called Fraying Fabric; and
- Where James sees opportunity and hope in 2021 and beyond.
You can follow James on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jamescbenton
About Empathy Media Lab
The Harmony of Interest series explores ideas that positively shape our world.
Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Chris and Elise talk with director Adrian Prawica about his new film Haymarket: The Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle, which is being screened free online this coming week by the Global Labor Film Festival Network, which will also include two online discussions with Adrian on May Day, Saturday, May 1, one at 8p Eastern time with labor historians Joe McCartin (Georgetown University) and Steve Brier (CUNY School of Labor), the other at 8p Pacific time with Labor Studies Professor Dana Frank (UC Santa Cruz).
Adrian is an award-winning cinematographer, director, video producer, and content creator. Based in Chicago, his work in journalism, documentary and advertising has been seen on major television networks in the United States and abroad by millions of viewers. He’s done everything from Super Bowl commercials to award-winning documentary films; he’s a certified Phantom Flex high speed camera operator and tech, and he works with both the Arri Alexa, and RED cameras, and we talk about how technology has democratized filmmaking. Adrian was born in Poland and immigrated to the United States at the age of ten, and we also explore how that background has informed his filmmaking.
You can also celebrate May Day by watching Work Songs (we interviewed director Mark Street on our April 9 show); get your tickets here. And stay tuned for updates very soon on the upcoming 2021 DC Labor FilmFest line-up!
Produced by Chris Garlock. Video edited by Evan Papp of Empathy Media Lab.
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Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School.
He is an author of twelve books and his latest book is called The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy. He was a founder of the Economic Policy Institute and serves on its Board and Executive Committee.
His previous positions have included national staff writer and columnist on The Washington Post, chief investigator of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, executive director of President Carter’s National Commission on Neighborhoods, and economics editor of The New Republic.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- President Biden’s 100 day speech to Congress;
- His article Making Industrial Policy Work;
- How FDR used the Federal Reserve in the original New Deal based on Robert’s keynote event with the Living New Deal titled From the Original New Deal to the Green New Deal; and
- The need to democratize the Federal Reserve Regional Banks and rein in Wall Street.
You can support Robert’s work by buying one of his books at www.Robertkuttner.com and by signing up for The American Prospect’s free newsletter at www.prospect.org.
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Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Overview of Down on James Street
James Street is alive with the sound of jazz! In 1930‘s Pittsburgh, Dorothy wants to dance the Lindy Hop. She finds the perfect partner in a young boy named George. They are having the time of their life…until the police storm the dance hall and shut it down for interracial dancing...with their bully clubs.
Dorothy has faced racial prejudice all her life, and she’s not giving up on the dance, while George comes face to face with his own white privilege. He must choose between going home or joining Dorothy in the fight to keep the dance alive.
Buy your copy: http://hardballpress.com/little-heroes.html
About the Author Nicole McCandless
I was raised by a few hard-working, fiery women. They passed down a love of reading
and gave me the confidence to put words on the page. I’ve had many different jobs, including grocery store clerk, hostess, retail cashier, waitress, and labor organizer. I recently dove into a life of writing and raising up two humans. I love reading by myself in bed and with my kids on the floor. Other things I love include Ben, our sisters, being outside, dancing, singing, snacks, the changing of seasons, and sending people I love things in the mail. For more information, visit https://www.nicolemccandless.com/.
About the Illustrator Byron Gramby
Art school dropout to graduating magna cum laude from Point Park with a Bachelors in Psychology. Not content to leave his stories in the trash, Byron has self-published four other children’s stories over the years, along with two graphic novels. When he’s not creating children’s books, he’s taking a departure from children’s books to write dark, ambient synth tracks or equally grim comics. For more information, visit https://byrongramby.wordpress.com/.
Down on James Street is published by Hard Ball Press - Tim Sheard is the Executive Editor of Hard Ball Press
Veteran nurse Timothy Sheard is a writer, publisher, mentor to writers and union organizer with the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. After writing 7 mystery novels featuring hospital custodian-shop steward Lenny Moss, he launched Hard Ball Press to help working class people write and publish their stories. Timothy believes that when workers write and tell their stories, they build rank and file solidarity and union power, as well strengthening the fight for social justice solidarity. Their stories help to combat the anti-labor and anti-working class assaults by the One Percent. Hard Ball Press is the premier publisher of working class life.
You can watch EML’s interview with Tim Sheard here: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/pandemic-nurse-s-diary-a-tribute-to-healthcare-workers-fighting-covid-19
About Empathy Media Lab
The Harmony of Interest series explores ideas that positively shape our world.
Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class.
All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Chris talks with Todd Hitchcock, Director of Programming at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. In Part 1 of our chat with Todd, he talks about how AFI has kept the movies coming during the pandemic, and we get a peek behind the glitz and glamour of attending star-studded film festivals at Cannes, Berlin and Toronto, as Todd reveals some of the workaday details of being a film programmer at one of the nation’s premier movie art houses.
Today’s show also includes the trailer for Work Songs, which opens the 2021 DC Labor FilmFest this week.
The new film Haymarket: The Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle is being screened free online now by the Global Labor Film Festival Network, and includes two online discussions with director Adrian Prawica on May Day, Saturday, May 1, one at 8p Eastern time with labor historians Joe McCartin (Georgetown University) and Steve Brier(CUNY School of Labor), the other at 8p Pacific time with Labor Studies Professor Dana Frank (UC Santa Cruz).
Produced by Chris Garlock. Video edited by Evan Papp.
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Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Brian Carome is Chief Executive Officer of Street Sense Media. Street Sense produces journalism, film, theater, photography, audio, illustration, and more, all for the purpose of providing economic opportunity for and elevating the voices of people experiencing homelessness.
The mission of Street Sense is to end homelessness in the Washington, D.C. area by empowering people in need with the skills, tools, and confidence to succeed, using a range of media platforms to raise awareness and spotlight solutions to homelessness.
Brian joined the staff of Street Sense in November 2011. He has over 20 years of experience at non-profit homeless service and child welfare agencies in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Brian’s background and how he got involved with homelessness issues;
- What is Street Sense Media for those who have never heard of it;
- How the pandemic has impacted the vendors and the organization;
- What it means to criminalize homelessness;
- President Biden’s efforts to fund more housing initiatives through Housing and Urban Development led by Secretary Marcia Fudge;
- What are the most important considerations for people who are passing a homeless person in need; and
- How can people support Street Sense Media at www.StreetSenseMedia.org.
Follow Street Sense on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/streetsensedc) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/streetsensedc).
On a side note, one of my first videos over a decade ago during OccupyDC at Freedom Plaza was with Street Sense Vendor L Morrow reading a poem he wrote and published in Street Sense.
ABOUT EML
Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class.
Website - https://www.empathymedialab.com/
All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab
#Homelessness
#Poverty
#HarmonyOfInterest
#PoliticalEconomyMatters
#LaborRadioPod
#1U
#UnionStrong
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Ako Essan Emile is from Cote d’Ivoire and is currently based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a Senior Project Manager for Search For Common Ground. Ako was a 2019 Obama Foundation Leader for Africa. He was also a 2019 Institute for Economics and Peace Ambassador, and a 2015 Young African Leaders Initiative Washington Fellow.
I met Ako around the 2015 elections in Cote d’Ivoire to document Ako’s work around a community radio station promoting peaceful messages ahead of the country’s presidential election. That experience taught me a lot about the history of Cote d’Ivoire and I’m lucky to have become friends with Ako Essan Emile. You can see a video of his work here.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Growing up in Cote d’Ivoire and the influences that led him to peacebuilding;
- His experience during the violence following the 2010 election and his work peacebuilding around the 2015 elections;
- Policies that can improve the economic prosperity for the people of Cote d’Ivoire;
- His essay titled, What if Houphouët-Boigny was not the man of peace we were made to believe?; and
- What Americans should know about Africa.
You can follow Ako’s work through the following links:
ABOUT EML
Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class.
Website - https://www.empathymedialab.com/
All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab
#Africa
#CotedIvoire
#HarmonyOfInterest
#PoliticalEconomyMatters
#LaborRadioPod
#1U
#UnionStrong
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.
Episode 24 interviews Robert Sandoli of the Department of Energy. The talk is hosted by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11).
Robert Sandoli is the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Department of Energy. He previously served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary where he led a diverse energy efficiency program and R&D portfolio that included advanced manufacturing, federal energy management, low-income weatherization, and intergovernmental partnerships.
Robert has also held high level positions at the U.S. Department of State, the White House Office of Management and Budget and as a Professional Staff Member in the U.S. House of Representatives.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Rutgers University, a Master of Science in Microbiology from Cornell University, and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Maryland.
We discussed:
- Robert’s background and how he first got interested in science and public policy;
- The importance of the Department of Energy’s mission and how it advances scientific research and development and commercialization of U.S. technology; and
- His role at OMB where he oversaw clean energy programs and government wide implementation of sustainability executive orders.
The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
#PolicyMatters
#PolicyDialogues
#PoliticalEconomy
#UniversityOfMaryland
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Chris Blackwood is co-founder of Grassroots Comedy DC (GCDC), which sits at the crossroads of comedy and advocacy, to make humans laugh while improving humanity, with the ultimate goal to use comedy to support local nonprofits in their mission to make DC (and the world) a better place for all.
We discuss:
- How Chris first got interested in stand-up and sketch comedy and his biggest comedic influences;
- What is Grassroots Comedy DC;
- The role of a comedian in society; and
- Grassroots Comedy DC plans for 2021.
Follow GCDC and attend a show:
- https://www.grassrootscomedy.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/grassrootscomedydc/
- https://twitter.com/grassrootsfunny
- https://www.instagram.com/grassrootscomedydc
About EMLab
Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity for all.
Website - https://www.empathymedialab.com/
All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab
#Artists
#Comedy
#Comedians
#HarmonyOfInterests
#PoliticalEconomy
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