Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007

TTT#21-Race in the Classroom

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Nov 28 SPECIAL: CLASSROOM DISCRIMINATION: Through the Eyes of Peers

We turned over the microphones to six 7th graders from St. Paul;-based Twin Cities Academy to explore their chosen topic of how their peers of color and gender may be treated differently than white students. TTT's Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen step aside for Madeline Driscoll, Tessa Ferguson, Abby Ewen-Schofner, Anna Esteb, Emily Syberud and Ana Schaff to pursue this inquiry as to why all children are not treated equally in elementary and secondary classrooms. JOIN THE DISCUSSION. CALL 612-341-0980 during the show. GUESTS: State Representative Carlos Mariani, Executive Director, Minnesota Minority Education Project; Jeanne Nordstrom, Retired Teacher, Webster Magnet School, St. Paul; Nissan Brown, Minneapolis student attending Edina High in The Choice Is Yours desegregation project.

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Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007

TTT#20-Neighborhood Revitalization Pgm

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NOV. 14: THE FUTURE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM (NRP)

TTT's Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen lead an important conversation about the future of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program, if it has one. Mayor R.T. Rybak has hinted that the NRP should disappear in favor of a more centralized Community Engagement system. GUESTS: Robert Lilligren, 6th Ward Councilmember; Bob Miller, NRP’s executive director; Debbie Evans, At-large neighborhood board member, activist.

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Sunday, Nov 11, 2007

TTT#21-Peak Oil-Alternative Energies

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Is the sky really falling and are the wells really running dry as crude prices edge over $100 per barrel and we pay higher and higher prices for using this finite resource and its energy? What might replace it as reliable, renewable, and affordable resources? Can the idea of Localism , that is, can Twin Citians and Minnesotans alter our personal and cultural behavior to ensure a secure energy future no matter what happens elsewhere? GUESTS: Philipp Muessig, geologist and MPCA Sustainable Communities analyst; Michael Noble, Executive Director, Fresh Energy; John Farrell, Research Associate, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Minneapolis; Brian Merchant, Peak Oil activist and advocate.

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Wednesday, Nov 07, 2007

TTT#19-Government Secrecy

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NOV. 7: GOVERNMENT SECRECY: YOUR GOVERNMENT IS HIDING FROM YOU

TTT's Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen discuss government secrecy and public information with three of Minnesota's most prominent advocates for open government, access and a free press. MnDOT's engineering and administrative reports on the collapsed I-35W bridge are merely one example of public employees refusing to disclose information that could save lives, injuries, and money. Contracts and deals are struck without bidding or scrutiny and reports of dangerous infrastructure flaws are kept under wraps. More and more public information is being withheld from the public. This is not about security, it's about secrecy in state and local government - reports and activities kept behind an opaque veil of bureaucracy and political expediency. Who will break open the political cocoon that is becoming our government and let the butterfly free to allow citizens to access and control their government once again? GUESTS: JOHN R. FINNEGAN, retired Executive Editor and Asst. Publisher, St. Paul Pioneer Press; DON GEMBERLING, Attorney and Retired Administrator, Minnesota Data Privacy Office; MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, Executive Director, Legal Rights Center and former Chair, Minneapolis Civilian Review Authority Board.

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