Mr. Wheeler also shares the history of The Community Chalkboard and Podium: A Monument to The First Amendment, located outside of City Hall in Charlottesville, which was designed based on feedback from the community.
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On the May 5 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Josh Wheeler, Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. Rick and Josh discuss the the Center’s mission and achievements. The conversation focuses on the 2013 Muzzle Awards, which are given for affronts to/disregard for First Amendment principles. Mr. Wheeler shares the background of recent “winners.” The center has a new page where readers may leave their comments.
On the February 24 Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore speaks with 3 members from the Albemarle County school system to talk about topics relevant to school systems in general. Rick’s guests are:
Steve Koleszar – Chairman, Albemarle County School Board
Dr. John “Billy” Haun – Albemarle County Assistant Superintendent for Instruction
Dr. Matthew Haas – Albemarle County Assistant Superintendent for Organization and Human Resources
From inclement weather decision-making, to realignment and budgeting, to strategic planning and staff hiring, the public is aware of the outcomes but not always of the internal process. This is an opportunity to hear about decision-making from our local leaders, regardless of your school system.
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On the January 13 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Elizabeth Irvin, Program Director of the Charlottesville Women’s Initiative and Amy Chestnutt, Outreach Coordinator from U.Va.’s Women’s Center‘s Eating Disorders Education Initiative.
Topics discussed include health and wellness, changing issues through the life spectrum, eating disorders, body image, substance abuse, the affordable care act, and where to find support as either a person with a concern or someone who wants to help another.
Each guest shares the mission, services, and new initiatives of her organization.
On the January 6 Wake Up Call host Rick Moore talks with Kenric Ward, chief and writer for the Virginia Bureau of Watchdog.org, about various safety, transportation, and political issues such as barcoded license plates, public education, VDOT, and many more.
Rick’s guest is Professor Tim Wilson of the U.Va. Psychology department to talk about his new book Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change. You can read more about Tim at http://people.virginia.edu/~tdw/
What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager’s behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? Well, there is no such magic pill-but there is a new scientifically based approach called story editing that can accomplish all of this. It works by redirecting the stories we tell about ourselves and the world around us, with subtle prompts, in ways that lead to lasting change. In Redirect, world-renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson shows how story-editing works and how you can use it in your everyday life.
You can pick up the book here
Rick talks with Sean Tubbs, senior reporter with Charlottesville Tomorrow, about the Rt. 29 Western Bypass.
Sean Tubbs joined Charlottesville Tomorrow in 2007 as its first Program Officer. Now Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Senior Reporter, Mr. Tubbs began his journalism career in 1992 while working for a Virginia Tech school newspaper. He transitioned to radio news and has worked at both non-profit and public radio stations in Virginia, including a stint as news director at WNRN. His 2001 documentary on Virginia’s Eugenics Movement won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Mr. Tubbs founded the Charlottesville Podcasting Network in 2005 where he pioneered the use of audio podcasts for public media in Central Virginia.
You can read Charlottesville Tomorrow on the web at http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/
Rick’s guests are UVA Professor of Studies in Women and Gender; Kendra Hamilton with Alexis Parow and Leslie Baskfeild from Play On Theatre. Together they explore stereotypes thru both an academic view point and the characterizations in poet/playwright Ntozake Shange’s work “For Colored Girls Considering Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” presented by Play On! at The Theatre at lx April 19-May 6. They further discuss these views and how the pertain to real life stereo types, true or false. “For Colored Girls…” tickets and times, PlayOnTheatre.org
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Rick talks with the Intuitive Consultant Lee Channing, who is a Certified Hypnotherapist with more than 35 years’ experience in energy work with individuals, groups, and businesses.
Stunned by her vivid clairvoyant episodes, Lee Channing spent many years researching psychic phenomena with a view toward honing her abilities to guide others with her insights.
In 1993, Channing co-founded Spirits Evolving, Ltd. to promote greater understanding of the personal and universal energy affecting our lives at home and in the workplace. Using self-awareness, color, and creative visualization, Channing helps individual clients open the door to their own energy source while corporate and business clients benefit from a pragmatic, intuitive analysis of strategic initiatives.
You can read more about her at http://www.spiritsevolving.com/welcome.html
Discover how local residents support businesses in the community by spending their money en masse through a “cash mob”. Key organizer of Charlottesville’s Cash Mob, Kathy Kildea along with Cville Arts VP of membership Barbara Albert and UVA Economics Professor Leora Freidberg join Rick to explain the process and benefits of this cultural trend.
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Guest Kaki Dimock with The Haven and Rick discuss homelessness in Charlottesville as well as sharing some of his favorite bits from the past six months.
Rick talks with author Corban Addison about human trafficking. Corban holds degrees in law and engineering from the University of Virginia and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He began to experiment with writing at the age of fifteen, about the same time he developed an interest in international travel.
In the summer of 2008, Addison’s wife gave him an idea that he found irresistible—a novel on the global trade in human beings. A Walk Across the Sun was born. It is a novel that brings together three of Addison’s great passions—storytelling, human rights, and the world and its cultures—in a narrative that enlightens while it entertains. Addison is a supporter of international justice causes, including the abolition of modern slavery, and he is committed to broadening this support through the publication.
Read more about Corban and the book at http://corbanaddison.com/
Jim Duncan of Nest Realty & Matt Hodges of Presidential Realty discuss our real estate & banking market – the current situation and how the market affects the local economy.
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