12:00: Lessons from the UN Climate Change Conference
1:00: People and organizations making positive change in the community, part 8
Monroe County Legislator Susan Hughes-Smith recently returned from the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan. During the event, representatives from different parts of the world shared new climate accomplishments, their current work, and their future goals. This hour, we sit down with Hughes-Smith and her colleague, Dominic Frongillo of Elected Officials to Protect America, to discuss some of the plans from the conference – including those related to sustainable energy and carbon credits. Our guests:
- Susan Hughes-Smith, environmental activist, adjunct professor in environmental policy at local colleges, and Monroe County Legislator (LD 14)
- Dominic Frongillo, co-founder and executive director of Elected Officials to Protect America
Then in our second hour, on this day before Thanksgiving, we welcome stories of uplifting the community. It’s a Connections tradition that shines the light on positive action. Our guests:
- Phyllis Jackson, RN, project manager of community health and wellbeing at Common Ground Health, which runs the Senior Adult Community Engagement (SACE) Project
- Laura Walitsky, director of the Dream Factory of Rochester
- Kristie Nadeau, director of marketing and communications for Meg’s Gift
- Olivia Bethmann, founder and personal trainer at OBF, and race director for the Gratitude Run
- Donna Ritchie, Rochester chapter president of Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- Kelly Fisher, executive director of Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester
- Amy Button, founder of Share Some ROC Love
- Clianda Florence, founder and CEO of Let’s Get L.I.T.
