First hour: How poverty impacts educational outcomes
Second hour: Do athletes and entertainers have a responsibility to become agents of social change?
How does poverty impact a child's chances of being a successful student? What are our assumptions about poverty? Those are just some of the questions at the heart of a new conference called The Many Faces of Poverty. It's being led by, among others, the College at Brockport’s Institute for Poverty Studies and Economic Development. Our guests:
- Celia Watt, director of the Institute for Poverty Studies and Economic Development
- LaShunda Leslie-Smith, executive director of Connected Communities, Inc.
- Lisa Robusto-Mack, events coordinator for The College at Brockport
- Lesli Myers, superintendent of Brockport Central Schools
Then in our second hour, twenty years ago this week, Tiger Woods won the Masters -- at a place that has decades of racism. The co-founder of August National, Clifford Roberts, once said, "As long as I'm alive, golfers will be white, and caddies will be black." So Woods' win was met with predictions about how Tiger would change the world -- off the course, as much as on. His own father predicted that Tiger would be bigger than Gandhi. Turns out, Tiger is more interested in passing his hours playing video games. Our panel will discuss whether it's fair to expect athletes and entertainers to become agents of social change. Did Tiger have a responsibility to do more? Should we care? Our guests:
- Mohammed Ahamed, director of the Nazareth College Office for Diversity and Inclusion
- Chris Thompson, engineer and social activist
- Irene Kannyo, creator, executive producer and co-host of No Labels Included on WAYO 104.3
