What's Going On: MLK Day of Service, Girl Scout Cookie Season, Criminal Justice Reform

Published: Jan. 6, 2023, 9:16 p.m.

b'What\'s your favorite Girl Scout Cookie? I\'m hardly alone in saying Thin Mints are my fave and they\'re only available between January 19th and March 12th during Girl Scout Cookie Season. We\'ll tell you how to get your hands on your favorite cookies and at the same time support one of the very best girl leadership programs. Girl Scouts of Eastern PA CEO Kim Fraites Dow gives us the scoop. https://www.gsep.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies.html
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I speak with Keir Bradford Grey, a partner at Montgomery McCracken Attorneys at Law and former Chief Defender of the Defender Association of Philadelphia who advocates for thoughtful reforms in the criminal justice system as one the best ways to reduce crime.

First, we congratulate Scott Charles is the Trauma Outreach Manager for Temple University Hospital and is Director of TUH\'s Cradle to Grave Program, an award-\\xadwinning hospital-\\xadbased violence prevention initiative that educates public school students and adjudicated youth about the medical realities of firearm injuries. He was awarded the 2023 Harris Wofford Active Citizenship Award at a news conference this week outlining all the activities on the Greater Philadelphia MLK Day of Service sponsored by Global Citizen which this year focuses on gun violence. For more information on King day of service, how you can volunteer and also sign up for the Jobs and Opportunities Fair go to www.mlkdayofservice.org'