Connections: Should Columbus Day be changed to Indigenous People's Day?
It's the second Monday in October, and while many cities and states celebrate Columbus Day, others have officially changed the holiday to Indigenous Peoples' Day. There is a movement in cities across...
View ArticleConnections: How the social sector can help people in poverty reach their...
Be honest: When you think of a family in poverty, or a single mother in poverty, is it easy to think that you've made some good decisions in your life, and if people in poverty made better decisions,...
View ArticleConnections: Salva Dut, founder of Water for South Sudan
Salva Dut is the founder of Water for South Sudan . He's one of the 17,000 Lost Boys of Sudan who fled his village when war ravaged the country between 1983 and 2005. Dut walked thousands of miles from...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, October 11th
First hour: Is Big Tech too big? Second hour: How Title VII issues impact the LGBTQ community
View ArticleConnections: Is Big Tech too big?
Buzzfeed's Ben Smith, among other writers, are saying that Big Tech is in trouble. He says Facebook and Google are too big, too powerful, too complacent -- and soon, both consumers and Congress will...
View ArticleConnections: How Title VII issues impact the LGBTQ community
The Trump administration has argued that laws covering bias at work do not include or cover LGBTQ issues. This is, to say the least, perceived as a significant threat in the LGBTQ community. We focus...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Thursday, October 12th
First hour: The impact of climate change on human health and nutrition Second hour: How domestic violence affects victims and communities
View ArticleConnections: The impact of climate change on human health and nutrition
When you think about the effects of climate change, perhaps your mind goes to drastic weather events, air pollution, or rising sea levels, but what about threats to human health and nutrition? Research...
View ArticleConnections: How domestic violence affects victims and communities
Reports of domestic violence in Monroe County are down for the sixth year in a row, but the rates are still higher than the state average. While there’s value in studying statistics when it comes to...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Friday, October 13th
First hour: RCSD's Facilities Modernization Program Second hour: The movie It and perceptions of clowns
View ArticleConnections: RCSD's Facilities Modernization Program
Sometimes we hear generalizations about how city schools stack up to suburban schools. Things like, “the suburbs have more amenities.” Those might include arts, computer labs, performance spaces,...
View ArticleConnections: The movie It, and perceptions of clowns
The movie It broke box office records for late summer, which means two things: Stephen King remains popular, and clowns remain horrifying. Okay, that second part is probably unfair, but Pennywise the...
View ArticleWeekend Connections: Week of October 9th
Weekend Connections is a collection of some of the most noteworthy moments from the week on Connections with Evan Dawson. This episode includes conversations about: Access to water in South Sudan, with...
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Monday, October 16th
First hour: Candidates for Rochester City Council, part 7 Second hour: The fall of Harvey Weinstein, and abuse of power in the workplace
View ArticleConnections: Candidates for Rochester City Council, part 7
Can Rochester lure Amazon? What's the best way to improve city schools? Those are just some of the questions facing the next City Council, and we sit down with three more of the candidates: Andrew...
View ArticleConnections: The fall of Harvey Weinstein, and abuse of power in the workplace
Harvey Weinstein's fall has reignited conversations about abuse of power, and how men in power tend to be protected in various ways. We discuss a range of related issues: how employment agreements can...
View ArticleConnections: Honesty and ethics in business
Do you trust capitalism? Do you trust the people behind the biggest corporate entities to be honest and protect the public? Maybe those questions would have had different answers 10 or 20 years ago,...
View ArticleConnections: Mental health advocate, Mike Veny
We talk about the stigma of mental illness, and assumptions the American public has about mental health issues. This conversation comes just weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S....
View ArticleComing up on Connections: Wednesday, October 18th
First hour: What we can learn about Native American culture by studying Native materials Second hour: The Landmark Society's 2017 "Five to Revive" list
View ArticleConnections: What we can learn about Native American culture by studying...
What kinds of stories can be told by studying material objects? In other words, what can we learn about a culture and its people based on the clothing, housing, tools, and art that they produce? That’s...
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