Episodes

LaVerne Baker Hotep, Director Community Education and Outreach, for Pittsburgh, PA’s Center for Victims of Violent Crime (CVVC), discusses the violence prevention programs sponsored by the organization.

Joyce welcomes Emily Malsch, account manager on the CESSI Ticket to Work Recruitment and Outreach Team, and Kenneth McGill, an independent consultant and trainer on Social Security and disability employment support programs, currently working extensively with CESSI to assist with the 2008 “re-launch” of the Ticket to Work program. Discussed on the show will be the Ticket to Work program and the CESSI mission, which is a culturally diverse organization that is proactive in employing and promoting...

Joyce welcomes Christine Griffin, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner. Discussed on the show will be LEAD (Leadership for the Employment of Americans with Disabilities). This is the EEOC's initiative to address the declining number of employees with targeted disabilities in the federal workforce. The goal for this initiative is to significantly increase the population of individuals with severe disabilities employed by the federal government.

IDAR Dart, daughter of the late Disability Rights Leader, Justin Dart, will be discussing her father’s life-long mission to ensure that people with disabilities obtain civil rights.

Joyce welcomes Ann Sommers, Policy Council for the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Discussed on the show will be the upcoming National Forum on Disability Issues to be held in Columbus, OH on July 26, 2008. The venue allows the AAPD to welcome over 1000 Americans with disabilities to attend and commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Presidential candidates have been invited to present their vision for disability policy in America.

Joyce welcomes Andy Imparato, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, (AAPD) as her guest. Discussed on the show will be a range of topics, some of which include the mission of the AAPD; the nature and purpose of the ADA Amendments Act; the purpose of the Ticket to Work Program; and how to make sure people with disabilities are noticed by the next Presidential Administration.

Joyce welcomes Jean McCrawley, Founder of the Stevens Johnson Foundation, Mark Boxer, Board Member, and his daughter, Elizabeth Boxer. Discussed on the show will be the nature of this disease and this foundation which supports people with the disease and their families.

Dr. Buzz Mingin will discuss his company, Buzz’s Bookworm Inc.

Joyce welcomes Marcie Roth, Executive Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA). Issues discussed on the show will range from health care and people with disabilities, disabilities and the Presidential Campaign, and high school transition for people with disabilities.

Joyce welcomes actor, director, and one of the most acclaimed magicians in the world, Bradley Fields, who will discuss his unique craft.

Kathy Kerestes, long-time Pittsburgh, PA public relations practitioner, will discuss living with Multiple Sclerosis.

Trudy Lobban, Founder and CEO and Rebecca Smith, Executive Director of STARS are guests to discuss this national non-profit organization which is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals and their families coping with Syncope (unexplained blackouts).

Alan Toy, Actor and Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge in the School of Public Affairs, discusses this organization’s mission, and his work as a life-long activist in the disability community.

Joyce welcomes Dr. Nafees Rahman, director of the National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD). NFOWD is dedicated to promoting the well-being and full-range of opportunities for Bangladeshis of all abilities. Dr. Rahman will be discussing his work and this organization at length.

Brenda High, author of Bullycide in America, discusses her book. This is a collection of letters from mothers who speak out about the bullying/suicide connection.

Joyce welcomes Debbie Scott, Carmen Sheppard, and Dionna Harris, teachers who participate in the Delaware Student Leadership Program, which teaches students with disabilities about the world of work.

John Benison, Manager of the Equal Employment Opportunity Consulting Group in the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Civil Rights discusses “Employment of people with disabilities in the federal Government”

Joyce welcomes Jim Dickson, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), and Ramón Garcia, Organizer of Just Vote Arizona! Disability Vote Coalition. Discussed on the show will be the AAPD Disability Vote Project, a broad coalition of 36 national disability-related organizations working to close the political participation gap for people with disabilities.

Mr. Mike Sherry, President of the Miracle League of Southwestern Pennsylvania (MLSWPA), discusses this baseball league, which is dedicated to providing the opportunity for children with physical and mental disabilities to play organized baseball.

Evan Frazier, Executive Director of the Hill House Association, discusses the programs and services of this non-profit organization.

Antionette Campbell, author of From a Legend and Kingdom of Darkness into Poems of Hope, will be featured. Discussed on the show will be the book’s subject, which is a personal testimony of the restorative power of Jesus and how it healed, encouraged, and uplifted one woman to do great things.

Janice Walbert, President of American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET), and Lewis Kull, Board Member, discuss the mission of this organization.

Brewster Thackeray, Senior Project Manager, Livable Communities for AARP’s Office of Social Impact, will discuss “Disability and the Elderly Generation”.

Joyce welcomes Marcie Roth, Executive Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA). Issues discussed on the show will range from health care and people with disabilities, disabilities and the Presidential Campaign, and high school transition for people with disabilities.