Soundboard

This week on Soundboard we cover the issue that has changed all of our lives in some way the past two weeks: the novel coronavirus. Elliot at Charlottesville Tomorrow gives us an update on how the virus has impacted the health and economic security of people in our community. Plus we talk to Dr. Leigh-Ann J. Webb, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia about how the health system prepares for a crisis like this one.

This week we cover the primary candidates running to represent the Fifth District in congress. Many of the candidates live right here in the Charlottesville Albemarle area. Plus a conversation with Matthew Slaats about what theater can illuminate about local democracy.

Starting on Sunday, March 1st Charlottesville celebrates Liberation and Freedom Days for the fourth year. The week’s events commemorate the beginning of emancipation in Charlottesville after the city surrendered to the Union Cavalry on March 3, 1865. Find out more at https://jeffschoolheritagecenter.org/events/liberation/.

How should we teach our kids about slavery? And at what ages? A conversation about a Black History Month poster that was taken down this week at Cale Elementary School. Plus we talk to UVA Professor Lisa Speidel and Micah Jones about their new book called The Edge of Sex. It’s an anthology of people’s experiences learning about and coming to terms with sexuality.

Some Albemarle residents are worried that a new development might worsen the traffic congestion on their commute. But traffic experts say more housing might actually be part of the traffic solution. Plus a conversation about whiteness and how to be an ally of the local racial justice movement.

Governor Northam is pushing for a huge increase in funding for early childhood education programs. Billy Jean Louis and Elliot Robinson give us the local perspective. Plus “The Corner” music scene past and present.

New Charlottesville City School Board member, Lashundra Bryson Morsberger, plans to focus on inequities in the school system. Plus a conversation with Erin Tucker, Executive Director of On Own Own Charlottesville, a peer support recovery center that provides free support to people struggling with a mental health challenge.

A lot of people are burdened by the cost of housing in the Charlottesville area. Area Median Income is one of the tools that helps sort out which remedies are most effective for people of different income levels. Plus decades of what UVA students wrote in Alderman Library, all over its walls.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about news, arts and equity in Charlottesville. We’re back with Charlottesville Tomorrow to give you an overview of the Charlottesville Area Transit system. Public transportation is essential for many community members to get to work, school, healthcare and food. It’s also one of the ways the city hopes to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Stay tuned for a conversation with the new director of the University of Virginia Press.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. In our last Soundboard of 2019, we talk about the city and county’s efforts to improve infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. Come for the discussion of transportation policy, stay to learn how to make a Baby Yoda gingerbread cookie. Plus, we introduce Bold Dominion! A new podcast from WTJU about state news!

This week we catch up on the comprehensive plan and how the City Council and Planning Commission make decisions on new development in the meantime. Plus Nathan Moore and Peter Galuszka talk about the number of Virginia counties considering becoming a “gun sanctuary.”

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. Albemarle County has one high school “Center” and another on the way. Learn what students do there and how the county is trying to make up for the under-representation of Latinx students at the Center in its first two years. Plus Outreach Co-Chair of Dreamers on Grounds at UVA talks about the challenges faced by local undocumented people and how Charlottesville and Albemarle residents can support them.

The Soundboard crew is out of the studio this Thursday filling up on turkey and mashed potatoes. We're inviting you to binge with us on a new radio drama by WTJU: The Perfectly Circular Rock. Regular episodes back Thursday, December 5th!

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. Albermarle’s growing population of Latinx students know how county schools can better serve them and their families. Plus we talk to Alice Clair about Femme Funk and its mission to promote femme artists and support reproductive justice in Charlottesville.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we talk food this week. Emily Hays and Elliot Robinson discuss redevelopment of the city's affordable housing and the community gardens run by their residents. Plus we talk to local Chef and entrepreneur Antwon Brinson about the art of making food for people and his culinary and life skills training program.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. This week we talk elections from the school board to the state senate. Stay tuned and because in the second half of the show we meet the artists behind Locatora radio and talk about how they made a femme-centered, survivor centered, podcast by and for women of color.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. We discuss reverberations of UVA’s announcement to raise wages for over 800 contract workers in January. Plus Professor Anne Garland Mahler talks about the Tricontinental Solidarity Movement and why she wanted to display its materials in Charlottesville.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. Charlottesville Tomorrow shares its encyclopedic knowledge of all the upcoming local election candidates. Plus we talk about the history of the Living Wage Campaign at UVA and the impact of today’s announcement regarding contract workers.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. The Albemarle County School Board voted to change the name of Cale Elementary School this week. We discuss the vote and the era of Albemarle County Schools that Cale oversaw. Plus we talk to Charlottesville residents about civic engagement.

Charlottesville Soundboard - A podcast about equity, arts and news in Charlottesville. We wade deep into the weeds of Charlottesville’s zoning policy with Charlottesville Tomorrow. Plus a review of former Governor McAuliffe’s new book on the Unite the Right Rally of 2017.