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b'Our first segment is our monthly feature VLS Journeys hosted by Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, founder The Literary and the African American Children\\u2019s Book Fair. In a timely interview Vanesse speaks to Jabari Asim, author of Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis and the illustrator of the book, world renowned artist E.B. Lewis.
https://www.amazon.com/Preaching-Chickens-Story-Young-Lewis/dp/0399168567

Families who never in their wildest dreams thought they\\u2019d need to go to a food pantry to feed their kids are doing exactly that because of lost jobs because of the pandemic. There are programs that provide help but not enough people know where to turn. I speak to Serina Gaston, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network about the rise in \\u201cfood insecurity\\u201d and The SNAP Program which provides food assistance. We also talk about the BE Healthy PA website, a robust one stop shop which helps SNAP eligible people find food assistance programs, free nutrition classes and more.
https://www.behealthypa.org/

Mural Arts has a beautiful program called Emerge that is harnessing the poetry of some of our best spoken word artists to foster inspiration and hope during this pandemic and national reckoning on race. I speak to Greg Corbin, Mural Art\\u2019s Director of Restorative Justice, Poet/Pew Fellow Ursula Rucker and spoken word artist Saul Miller.
https://www.muralarts.org/artworks/emerge/'