Think college isn\u2019t for you.\xa0 Think you can\u2019t afford it?\xa0 Consider Community College of Philadelphia which will close down 17th Street between Spring Garden and Callowhill Streets for a big block party with food, music, swag and more to announce the new college brand. I speak to Dr. Shannon Rooney, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Strategic Communications, Community College of Philadelphia. www.ccp.edu
Media coverage of gun violence can do more harm than good and retraumatize survivors and their family and friends.\xa0\xa0 I speak to Jim MacMillian and Oronde McClain from the Philadephia Center for Gun Violence Reporting about the Philadelphia premiere of a powerful documentary \u201cThe Second Trauma\u201d what shows the harmful effects of episodic gun violence and how the media can do better.\xa0 The event takes place April 17th at 7 pm at the Temple Performing Arts Center.
For more information:\xa0 PCGVR.org
Guest host Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati speaks to Astronomer and author Deborah Skapik about the upcoming total eclipse of the sun. Her book is "Look UP, Below!\xa0 an educator's guide to the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the Sun" available at tinyurl.com/debseclipsebook Skapik recommends Glasses must be ISO 12312-2 rating.\xa0No glasses?\xa0 Use a kitchen colander to project the image of the Sun onto the ground OR use a "pinhole projector" you can make out of a cereal box or a simple hole punched in a card.\xa0 Instructions are online.