Posts Tagged ‘Living’
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A Conversation with the Homeless
Hear a conversation with three homeless men and two representatives from support organizations addressing pending law changes in the city of Sanford regarding loitering, panhandling and meal sharing locations. Length 01:19:29
(Event Photos – Charles E. Miller for CMF Public Media)
God and The Community of the Resurrection
Hear a presentation on God and the Community of the Resurrection by noted scholar and spiritual writer Dr. John Dominic Crossan. This was part of the event Three Days of Justice, Love and Art, a symposium sponsored by Gladdening Light, a non-profit organization created to explore the nexus between faith and art. Dr. Crossan’s remarks explore the image of the resurrection from the Eastern Orthodox perspective and its theological implications for the Christian concept of community and justice. Length: 1:04:36
Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner. Event Photos – Charles E. Miller for CMF Public Media.
Hartmann’s First 6-Months
Hear the perspectives of Seminole County government’s new manager, James K. Hartmann on a range of issues he has encountered in his first 6-months on the job – and the history and future of those issues. The event is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Seminole County. Length 01:04:30
End Child Homelessness
Hear a discussion about local initiatives taken in Seminole County, Florida, by a collaboration of providers of services to the homeless community to end or lower the number of homeless children in the county. Length 59:21
Event Photos – Charles E. Miller for CMF Public Media
Audio assistance — Kurt Slafkovsky, Seminole County government.
Audio assistance — Kurt Slafkovsky, Seminole County government.
Women Military Veterans
Hear remarks from two subject matter experts on the state of women military veterans in Seminole County, Florida and the challenges women veterans face as each transition from active military duty to civilian life. Speakers are Laurie Reid, a local US Navy veteran now in civilian life as a counselor at Seminole Behavioral Healthcare, and a non-veteran, Venita Garvin Valdez, CEO of a domestic abuse shelter in Key West, Florida. Valdez is helping lead Joining Forces for Women, a project of the national Business and Professional Women’s Foundation. The event is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Seminole County. Length 59:41
Event Photos – Charles E. Miller for CMF Public Media
Title Photo (“Black women shoe” – Margarit Ralev) & (“Army boot” – Andrzej Pobiedziński)
Title Photo (“Black women shoe” – Margarit Ralev) & (“Army boot” – Andrzej Pobiedziński)
Managing the Chronicle
Ray Bush is general manager of Knight Newspapers which publishes the Seminole Chronicle, a weekly community newspaper which primarily serves the communities of Oviedo, Winter Springs, Geneva and Chuluota, in southeast Seminole County, Florida. Ray Bush took the reins of the Chronicle 4 months ago and he has made many changes in the Seminole Chronicle. He also oversees the publication of The Central Florida Future. He discusses his vision for the community newspaper and the future of print media. Length – 16:15
(Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner)
Children That are Hurting
11/10/11, Central Florida Matters, Podcast | Tags: Education, Family & Kids, Government, Living, People
“Children that are hurting” is a phrase the Seminole county public school district’s board chair Dede Schaffner speaks to describe more than 1,700 homeless students served by the district. Joined by Brenda Carey, chairman of the board of Seminole county government, and Dr. Joel Hunter, senior pastor of Northland – A Church Distributed, they have formed a collaboration of faith-based organizations in the county to work side-by-side with the district to confront student homelessness, decrease it and, perhaps, if successful, apply that strategy in the future to address other categories of homeless people in Seminole county. This is the story of their first steps. Length 27:15
(Produced, reported and edited by Stephen McKenney Steck)
End of Life Treatment and Care
Hear a panel of 3 subject matter experts discuss end of life treatment and care… Dr. Sanjay Muttreja, assistant medical director for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care and medical director for the hospitalist program for Physician Associates; Dr. Norma Conner, assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Central Florida; and, Jorge Aguero, palliative care chaplain at Florida Hospital East in Orlando. The forum is moderated by Ben Wilcox, executive director of the Hemlock Society of Florida. Length- 01:26:11
Photos – Charles E. Miller
Homeless Senior Citizens
Hear a discussion about the rising number of homeless senior citizens in Seminole County, Fl., those 60 years of age or older. Karen Harmon, housing coordinator of Seminole Behavioral Health Care in Sanford; Barbara Fore, elder crimes and services investigator with the Seminole County Sheriff’s office; and Susan Mooty, a 61 year old local homeless woman offer their on-the-ground perspective. The event is hosted by SACSON – Seminole Action Coalition Serving Our Needy.
Feature Length — 53:36
Photos – Charles E. Miller
On Being Gay in Central Florida
June is recognized in the U. S. as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender month. Marking that occasion, Central Florida Matters interviews Dr. Michelle Stephan, a gay woman, on the satisfaction and challenges of life as a gay person in Seminole County. With her partner, Stephan has found a neighborhood of friends as they raised a son in Oviedo; yet, she is also aware of the inequality and hostility that she faced being gay in Central Florida. Feature length – 24:33
Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner, photo “Balões” courtesy Felipe (Aladim) Hadler.
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