First hour: How JustCause aims to improve the community's interactions with the justice system
Second hour: Discussing disparities in Black maternal health and how to eliminate themLeaders at Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County made a major announcement Thursday morning. The nonprofit is changing its name to JustCause. Leaders say low-income people in the community have negative interactions with the justice system, and often don’t feel that it works for them. JustCause is working to change that perception by providing pro bono legal services. This hour, we talk with JustCause attorneys about how they are fosting this change, sometimes one case at a time, sometimes on broad, systemic levels. Our guests:
- Tina Monshipour Foster, human rights lawyer, and executive director at JustCause
- Ed Hourihan, attorney at Bond Schoeneck and King
- Terria Jenkins, chief trademark counsel and division counsel, legal, at Eastman Kodak Company
- Liz McGriff, member of the City-Wide Tenant Union
Then in our second hour, according to the New York State Health Foundation in 2018, Black women are 2.3 times more likely than white women to experience potentially life-threatening complications during or after childbirth. What can be done to eliminate the disparity? We talk with medical experts about what the science says, and with State Senator Samra Brouk about proposed legislative solutions. Our guests:
- Samra Brouk, New York State Senator (D, WF), District 55
- Twylla Dillion, Ph.D., executive director of HealthConnect One
- Sherita Bullock, executive director of the Healthy Baby Network
