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WA ACLU Awards Youth, Stood Up to Creationism
This weekend, the ACLU of Washington presents its annual civil liberties awards for outstanding achievement. A high school student who stood up against the teaching of creationism in his science class is receiving one of these awards.
Reporter: David Griffith Download headlines (right-click, save target as)
Make Your Thanksgiving a Local One
Thanksgiving is a little more than two weeks away. If you haven’t thought about the menu yet, one Washington nonprofit wants you to consider using the holiday to support the state's local farms and food producers.
Thanks to Washington News Service for this story.
Reporter: Gabriel L. Freeman Download headlines (right-click, save target as)
Smoke Free Oregon Update
We now go down to Oregon, which like Washington State has a smoke-free workplace law. The Department of Human Services just released results on a whether businesses are in compliance. It shows there is more work that needs to be done.
Thanks to Oregon News Service for this story.
Reporter: Antonio Dileo Download headlines (right-click, save target as)
Labor Neighbor Headlines
We now conclude this week’s Northwest news summary with reporter John Sandifer who brings us Labor Neighbor Radio, a roundup of Pacific Northwest news for working families.
Reporter: John Sandifer Download headlines (right-click, save target as)
Got Green Project volunteer Will Robinson
at the White Center Energy Festival & Prosperity Project.
Photo courtesy of Stacy Ho for Greenforall.org.
Features
Youths Speak Out Against Violence. Will Adults Listen?
Last September, Mayor Greg Nickels launched an 8-million dollar campaign to reduce youth violence after five teenagers were killed in Seattle last year. Known as the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, it is aimed at reducing teen violence by one-half this year. Tuesday night over one hundred people, mostly youth, filled the downstairs area of Town Hall for an interactive program that aired live on the Seattle Channel. The forum was sponsored by the City Club and several local organizations representing youth and policy makers joined the discussion. David Griffith was at Town Hall for the event.
Check out www.seattlechannel.org where you can view the full 90-minute discussion. Thanks the Seattle Channel for their assistance with this story.
Reporter: David Griffith Download full story (right-click, save target as)
Local Reddit User Presents Another Side of John Allen Muhammad Reddit.com is a relatively innovative kind of news website. At the homepage, registered users can post links to Internet content—like news articles, images and videos just to name a few. And then unlike other more traditional websites, other Reddit members can then vote the posted links up or down. This causes the posts to become more or less prominent on the Reddit home page. Though users can post web content produced by third parties some “Redditors,” as the members are called, can also write their own original posts. These too can be voted up or down. One World Report Executive Producer Joaquin Uy is a quiet member of this online community. He has this story of a recent controversial post that caught his eye with both Northwest and national connections.
Interviewer: Joaquin Uy Download interview (right-click, save target as)
Interview with Rick Lawson, Originator of the War Experience Project NOTE: This story is not the original we aired this past Thursday. The producer of the segment Tom Allen was dissatisfied with how we aired his piece. He wishes for you to hear it as he intended. A reflection followed by an interview with Rick Lawson, the originator of the War Experience Project exhibit. The exhibit is currently touring the country. To find out where it will be next, go to The War Experience Project for more information.
Interviewer: Tom Allen
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Interview with Kit Kitridge
Kit Kitridge is a journalist based in the Northwest. She recently returned from her third visit to the Gaza strip. One World Report’s Joaquin Uy talked with her about the crises there, how things have changed, and the prospects she sees for the future.
For more information about the upcoming Gaza Freedom March, you can go to Code Pink's website. Interviewer: Joaquin Uy Download interview (right-click, save target as)
Northwest Green Jobs for Those Who Really Need Them
When President Barack Obama took office, he touted “Green Jobs” as a way for the U.S. to create more employment opportunities while simultaneously making businesses, homes and the national electrical grid more energy efficient. These jobs can include installing solar panels, and implementing energy conserving technologies for all new construction. This week, Green ACRE Radio checks on how the “greening of jobs” is going in the Northwest, while the national unemployment rate is at an all-time high.
Reporter: Martha Baskin Download full story (right-click, save target as)
Sable Verity Commentary: The Pipeline… Myth?
We conclude this week’s One World Report with this commentary from Seattle-based writer, blogger, and all-around troublemaker Sable Verity. Today she talks about some great news regarding her son that led to some not-so-great comments.
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Credits Benjamin Ernst is the Managing Producer. Thanks to our Wednesday late night crew Antonio Dileo and Gabriel Freeman. Special thanks to reporters Tom Allen, Martha Baskin, David Griffith and our intern Henry Smelser. Havens Tipps is our audio editor. Welcome back to our dearly missed engineer Jill Bolduc. Joaquin Uy is the executive producer.
