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  • Audio from 103.7 FM WEEI Providence.
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  • Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring "You're With Us!" with Joe Sharkey 2-22-25

    Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring "You're With Us!" with Joe Sharkey 2-22-25
    Feb 22 2025
    Joe Sharkey, Director of Development and Community Engagement for the Boston nonprofit organization "You’re with Us!", wants you to know community based inclusion is the key to opportunities for adults with disabilities. He joins us to discuss how this successful partnership at Northeastern University came to fruition and can been duplicated in RI, citing Brown University as a desirable partner. "You're With Us!" identifies and trains college clubs, groups, and teams to be welcoming and supportive peers to the differently abled. Joe details the impetus of the program, when Michael Plansky, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, found it necessary to leave his coaching position to care for his son Max who was diagnosed with Cerebral palsy. Max was negatively impacted by the loss of social interaction he was privy to when Michael was coaching, and "You're With Us!" was developed. Listen as Joe recalls his experience as someone with a traumatic brain injury mentored in the same way and which was key to his recovery. He credits his Brown University alumni mentor, Patrick Lynch, Rhode Island's 72nd Attorney General, for support in bringing the organization to RI. "You're With Us!" is expanding its reach to individuals on the Autism Spectrum as well.
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    16 mins
  • Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring Stages of Freedom with Ray Rickman and Robb Dimmick 2-15-25

    Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring Stages of Freedom with Ray Rickman and Robb Dimmick 2-15-25
    Feb 15 2025
    It's always Black History Month at Stages of Freedom in Providence RI. Co-Founders Ray Rickman (Executive Director) and Robb Dimmick (Program Director) join us as we recognize Black History Month in February. They invite you to their museum, open year-round, to peruse the voluminous materials they have curated to tell the history of Black Rhode Island life and culture, some through exhibitions. One such exhibition, "Slavery to Soldiers", tells the history of the first Black Regiment of the Civil War. Scott recounts his interview with Brown University Bear Ben Taylor (S-TE), whose Great Great Aunt Edith Sampson was the first African American representative to the United Nations and delegate to NATO. There's also discussion of famous Black athletes from Brown University and of Activist and NBA legend Bill Russell. "Founded in 2016, Stages of Freedom is an award-winning non-profit that has at its core addressing racial inequities in Rhode Island and ensuring that Black Lives Do Matter". Their mission includes; swim empowerment for BIPOC youth, cultural and arts events and workshops to empower Black youth, programs that promote and celebrate African American history and culture, a museum of Rhode Island African American history with a non-profit bookshop, environmental justice and their daily e-blast, "Connected." Listen as Ray recalls his younger days and early activism. "The Civil Rights Kid with Ray Rickman" is a powerful one-man show recounting Ray’s early activism in the Civil Rights Movement. From leading school walkouts in Detroit to marching alongside James Meredith in Mississippi, this is a compelling story of bravery and history, told by someone who lived it. The lasting impact of all the history compiled by SOF, is that many of their works can be used in the classroom, by request. ​
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    19 mins
  • Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring Puppy Bowl 2025 with Great Dog Rescue New England 2-7-25

    Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring Puppy Bowl 2025 with Great Dog Rescue New England 2-7-25
    Feb 8 2025
    There's early action on the football field on Sunday 2/9, Team Fluff and Team Ruff compete in Puppy Bowl XXI. Erin Barnicle from Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE) joins us to share some details about their two competitors. Bark Kent representing Team Fluff and Lex Woofer represents Team Ruff, both of the Shih Tzu/Dachshund blend. They're two of 142 puppy players from 80 shelters and rescues across 40 states and two countries on this 21st anniversary of the Puppy Bowl, which will also include 11 extraordinary special needs athletes. Listen as Erin describes these cute pups,that have already been adopted after the competition was filmed. GDRNE "is a 501(C)(3) non-profit, shelterless, all-breed rescue group headquartered in Massachusetts, comprised of volunteers from all over New England who love dogs and want to help those that end up homeless through no fault of their own", so there are more puppies and dogs to adopt and add love to your life. She also gives a little insight into the production behind Puppy Bowl 2025. You can participate in many ways. Join them March 22nd for the "Lucky Dog Gala" a fundraiser/auction and an in person "Meet and Greet" also coming up in March.
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    16 mins

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