Laura Baker is the director of communications for Virginia 21. The voter advocacy group has begun a new education program called Democracy 101 to educate younger citizens on how to vote and how to become poll workers on election day.

“It’s about getting young people invested in the Commonwealth for the good of the generation and for the good of Virginia’s future,” says Baker.

Baker was a guest on the September 20 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot.

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In a third interview from the September 20th edition of WINA’s “Best Seat in the House”, Jed talked with Georgia Tech coach Chan Gaily. Jed and coach Gaily talked about the Yellow Jackets season and tonight’s game against the Cavaliers.

In the second interview from the September 20th, Kevin Lennon of the NCAA to tell how the organization reached
the decision to allow Clemson to set up a trust fund to help Ray Ray McElrathby take care of his 11-year-old brother. McElrathby won temporary custody of his brother because his mother has an addiction to cocaine.

McElrathby was the subject of the first interview from today.

On the September 20th edition of WINA’s “The Best Seat in the House”, Jed Williams talked with Clemson’s Ray Ray McElrathby. McElrathby, a defensive back, has gained custody of his
11-year-old brother, Fahmarr. The NCAA recently gave McElrathby a waiver to
allow him raise money to support himself and his brother.

Jonathan Engel is a medical historian and the author of The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS. He joins Coy Barefoot on the September 19th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss how the disease is affecting the world.

Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress raced back from Fairfax County to join Coy Barefoot on the September 18th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about the third debate between Senator George Allen and his Democratic challenger Jim Webb. Bob weighs in on how two debates between the two men in two days changed or didn’t change the race. Allen and Webb were also on Meet the Press this past Sunday.

Former House of Delegates candidate Rich Collins says he was not being disruptive when he was arrested for trespassing while campaigning for office outside Whole Foods. And he says he has just discovered the video evidence to help overturn his conviction. Collins joined Coy Barefoot to give the details on the September 18th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to make his case, in advance of his appeal on Wednesday.

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