KUCI’s very own program director and graduating senior, Claire Moore, takes stock of life up til now, then delivers her particular commencement address. Congratulations to Claire and to everyone in the Class of 2020.
In the second segment (minute 18:52), we hear from two Santiago High School teachers approaching their finish line for the school year of 2019-20 in the Garden Grove District: Teri Osborne and Cheryl Garcia.
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/MooreOsborneGarcia6-9-20.mp3
Ben Leffel, Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of Sociology and Public Impact Distinguished Fellow at UCI, returns with leading edge opportunities for municipal leadership to take up toward climate change, especially in the age of COVID. In the second segment, My Nguyen, community organizer at OC Communities Organized for Responsible Development, brings to our attention a new campaign: Safety Net For All of Us, offering some relief to undocumented residents in need during the pandemic: https://act.wpusa.org/we_need_a_safety_net_for_all_of_us
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/LeffelNguyenShow6-2-20.mp3
This is the second installment of Dr. Carl Schultz’ coverage of the COVID pandemic. He is currently the Emergency Medical Services medical director at Orange County’s Health Agency, and for the full hour, speaks as a seasoned disaster medicine practitioner and researcher at UC Irvine.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/SchultzPodPt2_5-26-20.mp3
Today we peel back the curtain of disaster medicine during the pandemic with Dr. Carl Schultz’ frank and heartfelt insight. He is currently the Emergency Medical Services medical director at Orange County’s Health Agency, and for the full hour, speaks as a seasoned disaster medicine practitioner and researcher at UC Irvine. The extended portion of the interview is in Part 2 of this day’s posting.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/SchultzPod15-26-20.mp3
We devote the full program to UCI epidemiologist Andrew Noymer. Already seen and heard on media platforms nationally and internationally; he offers his latest, compelling insights about the pandemics he has known, including the one we’re all sharing right now. This podcast is the second of two parts and pertains to Orange County.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/Noymer5-12-20Part2.mp3
We devote the full hour to UCI epidemiologist Andrew Noymer. Already seen and heard on media platforms nationally and internationally; he offers his latest, compelling insights about the pandemics he has known, including the one we’re all sharing right now. This interview has been divided in two parts, Part 2 pertaining to Orange County is posted on this website in a separate podcast. Andrew regularly posts commentary on Twitter @AndrewNoymer. http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/NoymerPodPart15-12-20.mp3
Deputy Regional Director for the US Census 2020, Jeff Enos, overseeing operations in 7 western states, reminds us of our opportunities and obligations with this latest US census. Listeners can camp out at their website to complete the census online and for employment opportunities: https://www.census.gov or call 844-330-2020. The extended deadline for completing this census is 10/31/20.
In the second segment (minutes 29:20), Michele Musacchio speaks this time as an affiliate of Transforming Justice Orange County, about COVID-19 spreading in our local jails, as it spreads in jails throughout the country. Among the links offered in the interview are: https://www.transformingjusticeoc.org, https://www.ocsd.org/about_ocsd/covid_19, https://www.aclusocal.org/en/press-releases/aclu-sues-oc-sheriff-over-jail-conditions-during-pandemic, and https://www.change.org/p/orange-county-sheriff-s-department-demand-that-orange-county-jails-release-people-and-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19?recruiter=20796092&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition.
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/EnosMusacchioPod5-5-20.mp3
As “Ask A Leader” becomes “Ask A Neighbor,” we continue our hyper-local focus, to serve our community in the age of COVID. We hear first from atmospheric researcher and lecturer and climate activist Shahir Masri, who returns on the heels of the 50th annual commemoration of Earth Day, taking up the pandemic collision course with climate change and how Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, squares with climate policy.
In the second segment (minute 36:27), Madelynn Hirneise, Chief Executive Officer of Families Forward, speaks to how her a nonprofit is meeting a multitude of needs of local families in extraordinary times. Operation notes: 8 Thomas Irvine, M-F 10am-2 pm, 949-552-2727, and https://www.families-forward.org.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/MasriHirneisepod4-28-20.mp3
UCI Humanities Professor Mimi Long, along with students: Summer Pagaduan, Lori Sinanian, and another student, mobilize on behalf of renters adjacent to the UCI campus, advocating for relief from the terms of their Irvine Company leases, while they hunker down with parents elsewhere amidst the early closure of the UCI 2019-20 academic year. In social media: #releasethelease or https://www.change.org/p/irvine-company-irvine-company-early-lease-termination offer more steps to take. http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/BreakLeasePodcast4-19-20.mp3
It’s 7 o’clock somewhere, so let’s salute the essential workers everywhere. In our hyper-local coverage in the Age of COVID, is another person of the moment, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Director and Founding Dean of the Program in Public Health, at the Samueli College of Health Sciences.
In the second segment, UCI Humanities Professor Mimi Long, along with students: Summer Pagaduan, Lori Sinanian, and another student, mobilize on behalf of renters adjacent to the UCI campus, advocating for relief from the terms of their Irvine Company leases, while they hunker down with parents elsewhere amidst the early closure of the UCI 2019-20 academic year. In social media #releasethelease, or https://www.change.org/p/irvine-company-irvine-company-early-lease-termination offers more steps to take.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/BodAlFreeLease4-21-20.mp3