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MMP News Breaks This Week (1/4/11) |
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G-town Radio is proud to present news breaks from the Media Mobilizing Project. You will hear new pieces each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays (noon & 5 PM).
Labor Justice Radio this week features a piece called Kids Programming Lose Out in Light of Budget Cuts. A toddler storytime program at the Norristown library is scaled back, just another consequence of government budgets cutting funding for educational and emergency services. The program uses song and books to introduce toddlers to numbers, animals and language, in a setting that promotes socialization with other children. As noted by the father interviewed in this segment, the program is also an opportunity for families to meet and create community. Produced by Kistine Carolan. A second Labor Justice Radio piece this week is called Food Pantries Struggle to Serve the New Poor. Food pantries across the Philadelphia region have seen rising demand and falling donations since the start of the recession. Philabundance, the region's largest food assistance organization, has had to expand its services to several suburban communities for the first time. Now, the organization expects another surge in demand as more unemployed people run out their 99 weeks of insurance. A report by Milena Velis.
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