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Obesity as a Disease
April is National Minority Health Month, and this year host C. Virginia Fields talks with guests Dr. Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie and Kesha Calicutt about obesity and the implications of this condition in black and brown communities.
Pell Grant Restoration -- Its Significance For Affecting Meaningful Individual Change
On this episode, host Andre Ward talks to Dyjuan Tantro, the government affairs officer at the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), about the restoration of Pell grants for incarcerated students.
2020 Year in Review: Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of COVID
In this episode of Both Sides of the Bars, host Andre Ward takes a look to 2020 along with his guest, gabriel sayegh, the co-founder of Katal Center for Equity, Health and Justice. They talk about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemia on the criminal justice system, the work done by Katal Center in...
Releasing Aging People in Prison: Why is it important now more than ever?
Americans are aging in prison. But what needs to be done about reducing that elderly population and what to do with them once they are released is still being studied and debated. On this episode, host Andre Ward talks about this issue with Jose Hamza Saldana, director of RAPP (Release Aging People...
Re-Imagining Thanksgiving
Host C. Virginia Fields invites Melba Wilson, Chef, Restaurateur, Author; and Tren’ness Woods-Black, VP of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, to talk about how families can celebrate Thanksgiving during the pandemic and what the best practices are to ensure everybody safety.
Mental Health Awareness Month
Host C. Virginia Fields interviews Licensed Therapist Patrice N. Douglas, who share with us the importance to take care of our mental health in the times of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19, Rikers Island, and Technical Parole Violations | Part I
Join Andre Ward, associate VP of The Fortune Society's David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, and directly impacted people and panelists from the medical, academic, legal, and advocacy communities as they raise the call to action to change New York's policy of reincarcerating people for minor...
Census 2020
Hosted by C. Virginia Fields, President and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on Health, Inc. (NBLCH); with guests Phillip Thompson, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives; and Julie Menin, Director of NYC Census 2020. This is a very informative conversation about the Census...