EASY Community Focus

Guest Dr. Gio Barraco, an infectious disease specialist with the Miami VA, discusses health care services for Veterans during the Pandemic, and how they can get Covid testing and Vaccines at the VA. www.miami.va.gov

Segment 1: Andrea Ivory, Founder / CEO of the Women's Breast & Heart Initiative provides guidance on lifestyle habits to prevent Heart Disease. http://www.flbreasthealth.com Segment 2: Emily Janas, Education and Prevention Manager at Women in Distress provides parents with warning signs to recognize if their teen is in an unhealthy or abusive relationship. http://www.womenindistress.org

Segment 1: Salena Coller, Librarian Senior, Broward County Public Library System talks about upcoming free Online Job Fair & Resume Workshops. http://broward.libnet.info/event/4782990 Segment 2: Amanda Kopelman, top cookie seller with Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida talks Girl Scout Cookies sales and the Contactless 'Give a Box, Get a Box' Cookies for the Military event is February 26th. https://...

Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle discusses Human Trafficking in South Florida and the SAO's collaboration local Police Departments to rescue victims and capture predators. Hotline: 305-FIX-STOP. https://humantrafficking.miamisao.com

Segment 1: Salena Coller, Librarian Senior, Broward County Public Library System. Upcoming virtual class about coping with stress during a job search. http://www.broward.org/library Segment 2: David Starnes, Chief Nursing Officer, Memorial Hospital Pembroke, discussing Monoclonal antibodies as a treatment for early diagnoses of Covid-19. http://www.mhs.net

Maggie Hansen, Chief Nurse Executive VP at Memorial Regional Hospital explains the differences between Covid-19 vaccines, the distribution process and what to expect when you get vaccinated. http://www.mhs.net

Guest: Dr. Cheryl Holder, Associate Professor, Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity and Community Initiatives, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Dr. Holder explains the process of vaccine research and how medical scientists were able to create vaccines for Covid-19 about 3x faster than the norm. https://medicine.fiu.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/people/clholder.html

Segment 1 - Women's Breast & Heart Initiative. Guest: Founder / CEO, Andrea Ivory. Ivory talks about WBHI's newest initiative, partnering with retailers to bring the Mobile Mammography Van to people where they work. http://www.flbreasthealth.com. Segment 2 - NAMI Miami (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Guests: Executive Director, Kathy Coppola; Board Member, Dr. Anna Shustack Shustack provide...

Segment 1: Family Resource Center of Florida Guest: Melissa Vera, Development Manager Vera provides an overview of the services that FRCFL provides for more than 600 children & families including individual and family counseling, foster care placement and adoption if reunification with the birth family is not an option. Cox Media Group is supporting FRCFL's Holiday Helper program. To sponsor a chi...

Guest: Dr. Jonathan Silberstein, Chief of Urologic Oncology, Memorial Health Systems Dr. Silberstein is a 'Movember' Ambassador, encouraging men not to shave during the month of November as a way to spread awareness about Men's Health, and in particular Prostate Cancer Awareness. Silberstein talks about testing for Prostate Cancer, the challenges in determining whether or not treatment is necessar...

Guests: Kathy Coppola, Executive Director, NAMI Miami (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Anita Herron, National Manager of Educational Programs, Homefront Program, NAMI The program focuses on mental health challenges Veterans face when transitioning to civilian life, and the impact of their experiences on family and friends. Coppola is the daughter of a World War II Veteran; Herron’s father is...

Guest: Jennifer Messemer, Media & Public Relations Officer, Miami-Dade WASD. Messemer alerts Miami-Dade residents that for two weeks, from November 8th thru November 21st, water pipes will be flushed, an annual process to keep the water from the Biscayne Aquifer as clean and pristine as possible. During this time, residents may notice a slight chlorine taste in their water, or some cloudiness. The...

Segment 1 - Guest: Laura Whitfield, USMC (Ret), Director of Mission United Miami. Whitfield talks about the adjustments Mission United has made in light of Covid-19, taking many of their group meetings online to accommodate social distancing and safety guidelines. She also provides information about resources available specifically for Veterans during the pandemic, including funding from Miami-Dad...

Segment 1 - Joshua's Heart Foundation Guest: Karen Grey, Volunteer Grey explains how Joshua’s Heart Foundation is a youth-run non-profit, founded by Joshua Williams when he was 4 ½ years old. The organization’s mission is to end hunger and poverty, while engaging young people in community efforts, and teaching them about kindness, teamwork and determination. Joshua’s Heart has a food pantry in Nor...

Segment 1: Women in Distress, Guest: Linda Parker, Presiden / CEO. Parker is also Chair of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a coalition of all 41 State- Certified Domestic Abuse Shelters throughout Florida, including WID. FCADV is expanding its coordination efforts between shelters to provide survivors of Domestic Violence more options when escaping a violent situation. Parker disc...

Segment 1 - Kim Heard, Board President, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Miami / Fort Lauderdale Chapter. Heard shares her personal story as a 25-year Breast Cancer Survivor, and the improvements in treatments and survival rates since her own experience, thanks to the funding of research by Susan G. Komen. She also notes disparities in healthcare accessibility and treatment for minorities...

Segment 1: Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health. Guest: Dr. Lauren Carcas, Breast Oncologist. On the first weekend of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Carcas reveals the stunning statistic - the number of women getting their annual screening mammograms has decreased 80% since March, when the Covid-19 Pandemic began to spread. She urges women not to wait because the delay can allow breast can...

Segment 1 – Covid Fatigue Guest: Dr. Pamela D. Hall, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Barry University Dr. Hall discusses the emotional effects of dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic, and it’s accompanying difficulties – job losses, relationship difficulties, anxiety about health and loved ones, and more. She explains the way the chemicals in our brain are tied in with our emotions, and offers suggest...

Segment 1: Caring for South Florida, Guest - Betty Jean-Baptiste, Acute Care Nurse at Jackson North Medical Center Jackson Health System is one of 10 premiere hospitals or health systems in South Florida that have collaborated to form Caring for South Florida, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of wearing a mask during the Covid 19 pandemic. As a nurse in the Acute Ca...

Segment 1 - Guest: Melissa Dunn, MD Networking, founder of the Return 2 Work Job Fair on September 22nd. https://return2work.us Segment 2 - Guest: Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr, City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Department A look at the extra precautions firefighters have to take in the year of Covid -19. https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/departments/fire-rescue Segment 3 - Guest: Emmanuela Jean-Etienne, Florida C...

Segment 1: Women's Breast & Heart Initiative, Guest - Andrea Ivory, Founder. Ivory discusses the importance of not waiting to get mammograms because of Covid, or loss of insurance or other financial need. WBHI makes arrangements for low or no-cost mammograms, reminding women that early detection is the key to survival. To help fund their efforts, WBHI holds their Annual Pink Walk:A Virtual Movemen...

Segment 1: Ronald. McDonald House, Guest: Soraya Rivera - Moya, Executive Director Rivera-Moya talks about the impact of Covid-19 on the precautions they have to take to ensure the safety of families staying at RMH while their children are being treated at Jackson Memorial Health. She also discusses the McDonald's statewide 'Round Up' campaign that has enabled them to keep operating while fundrais...

Segment 1 - Guest, Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr, City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue As one of the 7 honorees at the 2020 Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida’s ‘Lead the Way’ Virtual Luncheon, Chief Kerr shares her journey about the challenges for women breaking in as firefighters and how she overcame those challenges to become the first female Chief at Fire Departments in 3 different cities. She discusses t...

Segment 1 - Guest: Fedrick Ingram, President, Florida Education Association Ingram discusses the status of the FEA vs. Florida government lawsuit pending about the order requiring schools to open Brick & Mortar 5 days per week, or face funding penalties; He also talks about what schools are doing to handle requirements for Covid 19 safety, and how schools are dealing with the possibility of provid...

Segment 1: Cherie Wachter, Vice President of Marketing, Humane Society of Broward County Wachter updates the audience on changes in Covid-19 Safety measures being taken at the Humane Society to keep guest and staff safe. She talks about services that are still available, including vaccinations for pets, and the virtual programs they’ve begun to modify the extensive community programs usually offer...