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We Care A Lot - Sunday Mornings
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Street Talk 11/15/09
CEO Neal Keny-Guyer talks about Mercy Corps’ new global headquarters in Portland, and humanitarian relief efforts around the world.
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Street Talk 11/08/09
The Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Council came out with their new 10-year energy plan for Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. Council member Melinda Eden and Energy Policy Analyst, Charlie Grist give us the rundown.
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Street Talk 11/01/09
How much will not addressing climate change cost us? Almost 2-thousand dollars per household by 2020! We talked with Bob Doppelt, director of UO’s Climate Leadership Initiative.
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Street Talk 10/25/09
Principal Cheryl Bickle has been with the Community Transition School for homeless children in the area since the school started 19 years ago.
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Street Talk 10/18/09
We drove out to Washington County’s Mental Health Court and talked with its founders: Judge Marco A. Hernandez and Joe Simich.
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Street Talk 10/11/09
Community Action of Washington County has been working to reduce poverty for 40 years. We talked with Director Jerralyn Ness.
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Street Talk 9/27/09
Out of control health care costs are pushing our system into crisis. This is Part 2 of our coverage of Oregon’s health reform efforts.
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Street Talk 9/20/09
This is Part 1 of our programming about Oregon’s health reform efforts; with seven experts who work in health care policy.
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Street Talk 9/13/09
Sisters of the Road celebrate their 30th birthday of helping homeless folks in Portland. We talked with Sisters’ Executive Director Monica Beemer.
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Street Talk 9/06/09
In our special Labor Day program, Art Ayre and Tom Fuller from the Oregon Employment Department talk about what it’s been like to work in Oregon since it became a state in 1859.
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Street Talk 8/02/09
Kevin McCann, Executive Director of the Oregon School Boards Association, spent most of the last 7 months in Salem working to save the state schools budget.
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Street Talk 7/26/09
Can Portland build up its supply of affordable housing during the worst recession since the 1930s? According to Commissioner Nick Fish, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
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Street Talk 6/28/09
Are newspapers on the way out? Will in-depth news be a thing of the past on radio and TV? UO School of Journalism Dean Al Stavitsky gives us his read. He directs UO’s new Turnbull Portland Center.
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Street Talk 6/21/09
Demand for emergency food is up 17 percent in the greater Portland area, 40 percent in some rural areas of Oregon. Jon Stubenvoll, Director of Advocacy for the Oregon Food Bank, talks about changing public policies to help wipe out hunger and its root ca
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Street Talk 6/14/09
Homelessness has increased 37 % in Oregon in the past year. Erika Silver of Human Solutions talks about the plight of homeless families.
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Street Talk 6/7/09
CASA for Kids puts volunteer advocates in county courtrooms to speak up for children in foster care. Mary Jaeger told us more CASA volunteers are needed in Multnomah and Washington Counties.
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Street Talk 5/31/09
Think talk of Oregon leading the nation in green industries is more political hot air? According to David Van’t Hof, Governor Kulongoski’s Sustainability Advisor, we’re already half way there.
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Street Talk 5/24/09
Why does Oregon get hit harder than most other states during national recessions? We talked with Tim Duy, the UO Professor who created the Oregon Index of Economic Indicators.
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Street Talk 5/17/09
Portland Community College President Preston Pulliams told us how bond dollars will help PCC expand workforce training in rough economic times.
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Street Talk 5/10/09
Russ Dondero, one of Oregon’s most effective affordable housing advocates, told more families are becoming homeless in the state’s urban and rural areas.
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Street Talk 5/03/09
The Portland Women’s Crisis Line is helping victims of sexual and domestic violence all around Oregon.
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Street Talk 4/26/09
Oregon School Health Specialist Leslie Currin talks about the challenges facing school nurses in a state where 116-thousand children have no health coverage.
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Street Talk 4/19/09
With all safety net services stretched by the recession, School Based Health Centers are more important than ever. Janet Matthews manages them for the state.
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Street Talk 4/05/09
Renowned Portland economist John Mitchell talks about the parameters of this once-in-a-generation recession.
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Street Talk 3/22/09
Lisa Adatto of Climate Solutions explains why adopting Governor Kulongoski’s global warming package is a winner for Oregon.
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Street Talk 3/15/09
Do we really need more light rail? Professor Tony Rufolo talks about transportation infrastructure for building up our economy.
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Street Talk 3/08/09
Metro President David Bragdon tells us how federal stimulus dollars translate to needed roadwork in the greater Portland area.
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Street Talk 2/08/09
Oregon and the United States are in “uncharted territory” with the current recession. Lacy talked with Amy Vander Vliet, Portland region economist for the Oregon Employment Department.
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Street Talk 1/25/09
The burst housing bubble brought us a recession, which put further stress on the affordable housing market in the Portland area: Lacy talked with five area housing experts.
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Street Talk 1/18/09
Drastic state budget cuts are coming down the pike, but Oregon State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo is determined not to back pedal on advances made in the last three years.
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Street Talk 12/14/08
Oregon’s investment in global warming solutions has helped the state become a leader in the production of renewable energy sources. We talked with Andrea Durbin and Sally Schullinger-Krause from the Oregon Environmental Council.
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Street Talk 12/07/08
Lacy talked with Sandy Boyle, who runs the Parry Center for Children and other Trillium Family Services facilities in the area.
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Street Talk 11/30/08
According to Oregon State Economist Tom Potiowski, “Oregon is not dodging the recession bullet,” but all is not doom and gloom for our economy.
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Street Talk 11/23/08
Rachel Bristol of the Oregon Food Bank talks about this fall’s dramatic increase in demand for emergency food.
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Street Talk 11/16/08
Despite the worsening recession, JOIN is still transitioning at least one homeless person or family off the streets and into permanent housing every day.
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Street Talk 11/9/08
Why didn’t the “brains” at the top of our financial institutions see a train wreck coming? Economist Bill Conerly answers our questions about the economic meltdown.
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Street Talk 11/2/08
We talked with six candidates at the local, state and congressional level… all to encourage you to vote!
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Street Talk 10/26/08
Three guests talk about the three Oregon Ballot Measures that could change how we deal with criminals in the state.
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Street Talk 10/19/08
Political analyst Bill Lunch talks about the passel of Ballot Measures offered to Oregon voters in the November 4th election.
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Street Talk 10/12/08
Portland’s new schools superintendent Carole Smith started a year ago with a “to-do” list from here to Mars and a “can do” spirit.
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Street Talk 10/5/08
Oregon is in dire need of foster parents. Lacy talked with the Manager of the state’s foster care system, Kevin George.
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Street Talk 9/28/08
How has the burst housing bubble affected renters and first time home buyers in the area? Lacy talks with two veteran housing advocates.
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Street Talk 9/21/08
Lacy talked with leaders of the 4-county Metro Gang Task Force about the spike in gang violence.
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Street Talk 9/14/08
Jean DeMaster runs Human Solutions, a housing safety net for East Multnomah County; now home to the highest concentration of poverty in the area.
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Street Talk 8/24/08
The income gap between the rich and everyone else in Oregon is growing faster than any other state other than Connecticut. This is part 1 of our coverage of the income gap.
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Street Talk 8/17/08
TriMet has construction going in just about every direction in every part of the area. General Manager Fred Hansen talks about highways and public transit.
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Street Talk 8/10/08
We talked with Ron Herndon, head of Albina Head Start and President of the National Head Start Association. Head Start survived the Bush administration’s efforts to kill the popular program.
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Street Talk 8/03/08
To Drive or Not To Drive: Lacy talks with two transportation experts with radically different points of view.
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Street Talk 6/22/08
The price of food is going up around the world. How is this affecting us here in Oregon? Lacy talks with Mike Moran, Food Resource Manager for the Oregon Food Bank.
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Street Talk 6/15/08
What will our transition off fossil fuels look like for the next 20 years? Lacy talks with one of the Northwest’s top energy experts, Dr. Phil Carver from the Oregon Department of Energy.
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Street Talk 6/8/08
Portland economist Joe Cortright’s new study “Driven to the Brink” shows rising gas prices played a big part in bursting the housing bubble.
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Street Talk 6/1/08
Is the price of gasoline eating your budget alive? Lacy talks with three economists about how record high oil and gas prices are affecting Oregon.
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Street Talk 5/18/08
The Children’s Relief Nursery helps children thrive in families at risk for abuse and neglect. Lacy talked with Executive Director Chris Otis.
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Street Talk 5/11/08
Democrats Jeff Merkley, Steve Novick and Candy Neville are in a real horse race to be the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. We asked them all about the war in Iraq and the economy.
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Feedback 5/11/08
Dr. Russ Dondero is one of the area’s best known political analysts… hear him weigh in on how the Presidential Primary will affect all the other races on Oregon’s May 20 ballot.
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Street Talk 5/4/08
When US Representative Darlene Hooley announced she would not be seeking a 7th term, the primary race for Oregon Congressional District 5 became a free for all, with big national dollars waiting in the wings. We interviewed the 4 front runners.
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Feedback 4/27/08
Since 2004 the number of meth labs getting cleaned up and cleared out of Washington County has dropped dramatically. We talked with Sgt. John Koch of the Washington County Interagency Narcotics Team (WIN) about the nosedive of meth production in Oregon a
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Street Talk 4/20/08
Has the media pushed the meth/crime epidemic in Portland aside for other issues, or has the city been “cleaned up?” We talked with the head of the Portland Police Bureau Drugs and Vice Division, Captain Mark Kruger.
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Street Talk 3/30/08
Dr. David Labby, Medical Director of CareOregon, tells us doctors and organizations around the country are creating a new model for primary care medicine to get better health care to more of us.
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Feedback 3/30/08
Are Oregon’s new I.D. requirements for driver’s licenses intended as sanctions against illegal immigration? Lacy puts this question to four guests.
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Street Talk 3/16/08
Nowhere is the area’s 20 years of explosive growth more apparent than Washington County. Kathy Lehtola, Director of the Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation, talks about keeping up with growth.
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Feedback 3/16/08
The Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon provides foster homes for some of the state’s most at-risk children. Lacy talked with Michael Balter and Mary Jo Smock of Boys & Girls Aid about their success with kids in foster care.
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Street Talk 3/09/08
Dr. Charles Kilo founded a national organization of physicians, The Trust for Healthcare Excellence, to start mending our broken health care system, using “middle out” management.
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Feedback 2/17/08
So the government’s sending most of us a check… Will the new stimulus package help or hinder Oregon? Lacy talks with four economists.
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Street Talk 2/17/08
The two top state economists, Tom Potiowski and Art Ayre weigh in with their thoughts on the slowing economy.
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Feedback 2/10/08
As an east county farmer inside our urban growth boundary, Metro Councilor Rod Park is uniquely qualified to talk about how the UGB is working.
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Street Talk 2/10/08
Is Oregon on the cusp of a mild downturn, or will we slide into recession? Lacy talks with well known Portland economists Bill Conerly, Randall Pozdena and Michael Leachman.
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Street Talk 2/3/08
The Oregon Smalls Schools Initiative has opened 38 new small high schools in the state – 13 this school year alone! Rene and Karen head up the Initiative in Oregon and told Lacy how smaller high schools improve achievement.
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Street Talk 1/27/08
Oregon ranks 45th in the nation in funding of higher education. Clackamas Community College President Joanne Truesdell tells us how CCC is thinking out of the box to offer new programs.
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Feedback 1/27/08
Why did Oregonians include illegal immigrants as one of their “top three worries?” Lacy talks with immigration expert attorney Michael Meltzer.
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Street Talk 1/06/08
The United States is in the middle of the nation’s 4th great immigration wave, but immigration laws are so complicated that the system is practically deadlocked. Lacy talks with immigration expert Michael Meltzer.
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Feedback 1/6/08
Portland based Mercy Corps is creating civil societies in some of the most dangerous spots in the world: Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, the Congo… and director Neal Keny-Guyer has a message of hope for all of them.
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Feedback 12/23/07
Thanks to changes at the USDA and globalization, the Oregon Food Bank has its lowest level of food supplies in 24 years. Director Rachael Bristol gives us ways to help fill the cupboards for the cold season.
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Street Talk 12/09/07
Lewis & Clark Professor Eban Goodstein has brought more than a thousand colleges and high schools together to Focus the Nation to stabilize our climate in the 21st Century. And we can all join in!
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Feedback 12/09/07
The Oregon Legislature finally lifted the state’s community colleges out of the “death spiral” of less funding and more tuition. But is it too little too late? Lacy talks with representatives of the area’s community colleges.
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Street Talk 12/02/07
KUFO’s Rock-A-Thon for kids is Friday, December 7. Lacy talks with Sandy McSkimming, manager of Portland programs for Trillium Family Services, including the Parry Center for Children.
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Feedback 12/02/07
Portland’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness has been more successful than predicted. Doreen Binder and Tony Bernal of Transition Projects talk about new services the plan has provided for.
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Street Talk 11/25/07
Controversies around transfer policy, testing, and hiring teachers are heating up in the Portland Public School District. As President of the Portland Teachers Association, Jeff Miller will deal with all of them!
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Feedback 11/25/07
Children First for Oregon Released their 2007 Report Card on the Status of Children. Director Robin Christian tells us there are positive signs in policies to help children.
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Street Talk 11/18/07
Due to national trends and changes at USDA, the Oregon Food Bank has its lowest level of food supplies in 24 years. Director Rachael Bristol gives us ways to help fill the cupboards for the cold season.
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Feedback 11/18/07
December 1st is World AIDS Day. Michael Anderson-Nathe of the Cascade AIDS Project reminds us that we are all affected in some way by the AIDS pandemic.
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Street Talk 11/4/07
Portland’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness has been more successful than any of the players predicted. Doreen Binder and Tony Bernal of Transition Projects talk about new services the plan has provided for.
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Feedback 11/4/07
Big tobacco companies may spend record dollars fighting the Healthy Kids Plan in Oregon. Four guests help listeners sort out the pros and cons of Ballot Measure 50.
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Street Talk 10/28/07
Confused about all the rhetoric around Ballot Measure 49? Lacy talks with two well-known economists and the state’s top political commentator to get the straight and skinny on “49.”
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Feedback 10/28/07
Portland could use about 11-thousand more units of affordable housing. We re-aired our talk with the Northwest Pilot Project about the new Downtown Portland Affordable Housing inventory.
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Street Talk 10/21/07
Big tobacco companies may spend record dollars fighting the Healthy Kids Plan in Oregon. Four guests help listeners sort out the pros and cons of Ballot Measure 50's proposed increase of the tobacco tax.
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Feedback 10/21/07
Children First for Oregon Released their 2007 Report Card on the Status of Children. Director Robin Christian says there are positive signs in policies to help children.
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Street Talk 10/14/07
Multnomah Juvenile Justice has a new way of dealing with young criminals who need help with drug and alcohol habits. Benjamin Chambers talked with Lacy about the Reclaiming Futures program.
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Feedback 9/23/07
Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler’s first-ever executive budget elicited everything from cheers to tears. Lacy talked with Wheelers about the hard choices the county board has to make as revenue falls short of rising costs.
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Street Talk 9/9/07
Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams is pushing for an east side streetcar line and new funding to sort out the city’s long backlog of road and bridge repairs, but citizens’ reaction to both is mixed.
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Feedback 9/9/07
Multnomah Juvenile Justice has a new way of dealing with young criminals who need help with drug and alcohol habits. Benjamin Chambers talked with Lacy about the Reclaiming Futures program.
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Street Talk 8/26/07
Teachers could become an endangered species in Oregon and around the nation. Lacy talks with Randy Hitz, Dean of the Graduate School of Education at PSU, about the challenges teachers face and how to keep good ones teaching.
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Feedback 8/26/07
JOIN was one of the first organizations in the country to send outreach workers directly to the streets to engage with homeless people. Director Marc Jolin told us JOIN has transitioned 3-thousand people off the streets of Portland and into permanent hou
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Street Talk 8/19/07
Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler’s first budget was met with praise, blame, kudos, and even some tears over some of the planned cuts. But no one said it would be easy to fix the county’s precarious financial state…
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Feedback 8/19/07
Sisters of the Road Café in Oldtown Portland serves healthy meals that very low-income and homeless people can afford, and that folks who don’t have money can trade work for. Lacy talked with Sisters’ founder Genny Nelson.
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Street Talk 8/12/07
Last year the number of homeless kids going to Washington County School grew by almost 800. We talked with Michael Balter, director of the Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon, about the new Safe Place shelter in Hillsboro for homeless teens.
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Feedback 8/12/07
The Oregon Legislature is sending their revision of the controversial Measure 37 property rights measure to voters this November. Meanwhile, Lane Shetterly and his staff at Land Conservation and Development work their way through thousands of Measure 37c
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Street Talk 8/05/07
Oregon State Senator Ben Westlund is one of the prime movers behind the Healthy Oregon Act, a plan to provide health care coverage for everyone in the state. Lacy talks with Westlund, and Bill Kramer, one of the Northwest's best-known health care consult
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Feedback 8/05/07
Once again Oregon is at the forefront of a national response to the country's health care crisis. This morning we'll talk with four guests about the Healthy Oregon Act. Up this half hour: Tim Nesbitt, Governor Kulongoski's Deputy Chief of Staff, andGret
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Feedback 7/29/07
Just how bad will “as good as it gets” look on area highways when a million more people move to the area? Lacy talks with Jason Tell, Portland Region Director for ODOT.
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Street Talk 7/15/07
The Oregon Legislature is sending their revision of the controversial Measure 37 property rights measure to voters this November. Meanwhile, Lane Shetterly and his staff at Land Conservation and Development continue to work their way through thousands of
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Feedback 7/15
Oregon is leading the pack in a regional effort to reduce the “carbon footprint” of all the western states. Our guest is Mike Burnett, director of The Climate Trust in Portland, a pioneer in creating carbon offsets.
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Street Talk 7/8/07
The Oregon Legislature finally approved a schools budget that will bring back programs and teachers lost during the recession. Lacy talks with Larry Wolf, President of the Oregon Education Association, one of the biggest unions in the state.
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Street Talk 7/1/07
Every year the Oregon Food Bank distributes millions of pounds of food to 900-hunger relief agencies in Oregon and Southwest Washington. They also work to improve the lives of those who struggle with hunger. Lacy talks with Jon Stubenvoll, who directs t
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Feedback 7/1/07
Genny Nelson found Sisters of the Road Café 28 Years ago with the sum capitol of 10-dollars and a barter for the rent. Over the years Sisters’ Community Organizing Model has changed local and federal laws around homeless people.
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Street Talk 6/24/07
A few weeks ago the Oregon Legislature passed the centerpiece of Governor Kulongoski’s Global Warming strategy: The Renewable Energy Act mandates that state utilities draw a full quarter of their power from renewable sources by 2025. This morning we fe
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Feedback 6/24/07
A few days ago the 100th Oregon soldier died in the conflict in Iraq. Lacy talks with Brigadier General Mike Caldwell and Sgt. Ray Lewallen about challenges facing the Oregon National Guard as deployments to the Middle East continue.
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Street Talk 6/10/07
The Oregon Legislature finally approved a schools budget that will bring back programs and teachers lost during the recession. Lacy talks with Larry Wolf, President of the Oregon Education Association, one of the biggest unions in the state.
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Feedback 6/10/07
Housing prices have been moving out of reach for ordinary people all around Oregon and the state is the second last affordable for renters in the nation. Janet Byrd, coordinator of The Housing Alliance told us how state and local program are dealing with
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Street Talk 6/3/07
Our guest is Mike Burnett, director of The Climate Trust in Portland, a pioneer in creating carbon offsets, a mostly voluntary system in which people contribute to renewable or energy saving projects to counterbalance their use of polluting energy sources
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Feedback 6/3/07
For the first time in Oregon’s history, the percentage of younger people with college degrees has slipped below that of their parents. This morning we’ll look at the implications of the state’s disinvestment in education.
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Street Talk 5/27/07
For a special Memorial Day program we took our equipment to the Oregon Military Department in Salem ot talk with Brigadier General Mike Caldwell and Sgt. Ray Lewallen about the Oregon national Guard's Reintegration Team for the soldiers returning from the
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Feedback 5/27/07
Last year the number of homeless kids going to Washington County School grew by almost 800. We talked with Michael Balter, director of the Boys' & Girls Aid Society of Oregon, about the new Safe Place shelter in Hillsboro for homeless teens.
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Street Talk 5/20/07
A million more people are predicted in the Portland area by 2025. Should we finally build more highways to accommodate them? Or, should we continue on the road of mass transit and light rail? Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder discusses the areas transpor
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Feedback 5/20/07
A ground swell of health reform plans is rising out of Congress and the Oregon Legislature. Lacy talks with Senator Gordon Smith, former governor Dr. John Kitzhaber and State Senator Dr. Alan Bates.
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Street Talk 5/13/07
For 3 decades, Sisters of the Road has used their special brand of "gentle personalism and nonviolence" to find solutions to poverty and homelessness. Lacy talks with co-founder Genny Nelson about the launch of Sisters' first book, Voices From The Stree
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Feedback 5/13/07
Schools and campuses everywhere are reviewing their emergency response plans following the tragedy at Virginia Tech. This morning we talk with Dr. Randy Blazak, a PSU professor who writes about hate crimes and youth violence.
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Street Talk 5/6
For the first time in Oregons history the percentage of younger people with college degrees has slipped below that of their parents. Lacy talks with three influential members of the State Board of Higher Education about rebuilding the states investment
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Feedback 5/6
Is Portland loosing its famous livability as it looses its affordable housing? What can be done to attract middle-class families back to the city? We put those questions and more to Portlands housing commissioner Erik Sten.
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Street Talk 4/29/07
One of the greatest increases in homeless youth is in Washington County. Michael Balter directs the Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon, and told us about the new Safe Place shelter in Hillsboro for homeless teens.
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Feedback 4/29/07
Approximately 20 percent of inmates in community jails are suffering from mental illness and many of these need treatment rather than jailing. We talked this problem with Multnomah County DA Michael Schrunk, Commissioner Lisa Naito and Portland Police Sg
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Street Talk 4/22/07
Was the shooting at Virginia Tech a symptom of American culture gone wrong? Could it happen at a college in Oregon? Why are record numbers of college students seeking help for mental health issues? PSU Professor Randy Blazak talks about sociopathic you
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Feedback 4/22/07
Four years ago Forest Grove High School had the highest drop-out rate in the state. Last year the school was awarded states highest achievement award. Could Forest Grove be a model for other under-achieving schools? Lacy talks with Forest Grove Superi
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Street Talk 4/15/07
This weeks Street Talk program covers the ground swell of health care reform plans coming out of Oregon. Guests include U.S. Senator Gordon Smith.
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Feedback 4/15/07
Feedback features PSU planning expert, professor Carl Abbott, talking about Oregon\'s ever-controversial Measure 37.
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