Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge

Ronnie welcomes Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center. The two discuss poverty and the welfare system in our country.

Ronnie welcomes frequent CUNY TV guest Gail Collins, Op-Ed Columnist for “The New York Times.” They discuss Collins’s latest book “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present.”

Ronnie welcomes Richard Aborn, an attorney and longtime gun control advocate, currently the President of New York City's Citizen Crime Commission. They discuss the legislation that controls gun sales and the future of the U.S. gun culture.

Ronnie welcomes Les Leopold, author of “The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity -- and What We Can Do About It.” The two discuss America’s current financial crisis.

Ronnie welcomes Les Leopold, author of “The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity -- and What We Can Do About It.” The two discuss America’s current financial crisis.

Ronnie is joined by Leila Zand, director of the Iran Program for The Fellowship of Reconciliation. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is composed of women and men who have joined together to explore the power of love and truth for resolving human conflict.

Ronnie welcomes David Tipson, Director of New York Appleseed, a public interest justice center. New York Appleseed collaborates with volunteer lawyers and other professionals to identify issues, conduct research and advocate for solutions.

Ronnie welcomes Donna Nevel, a community psychologist, educator and organizer, currently working with the Center for Immigrant Families, which is a popular education-based organizing and training center for low-income immigrant women of color.

Ronnie welcomes Daniel Dromm, NYC Councilmember for District 25. Daniel Dromm is an educator, community organizer, union leader, and political activist. His district includes Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, LeFrak City, Corona, Rego Park, and Woodside.

Ronnie welcomes “New York Times” health columnist Jane Brody, author of “Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life.”

Ronnie welcomes Angelo Falcón, President and Founder of the National Institute for Latino Policy. They discuss the conditions affecting the Latino community in New York City and focus on the new report "Latino Youth in New York City.”

Ronnie is joined by Dr. Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center. For the past 20 years, Dr. Fine has been engaged in varied critical participatory research projects.

Ronnie is joined by Fiona Gold and Juanita Maginley of the Vancouver Street Nurses. The street nurse program of the BC Centre for Disease Control provides effective-and non-judgmental-health care to men and women in Vancouver's inner city.

This week Ronnie is joined by political consultant, “Staten Island Advance” columnist, and frequent CUNY TV guest Vincent Montalbano of Montalbano Initiatives. The two discuss the current political climate of New York State and our nation.

Ronnie welcomes Douglas Kellner, co-chair of New York State Board of Elections and outspoken advocate for election reform. The two discuss New York’s new voting machine system and why a change was made.

Ronnie welcomes Claudia Dreifus, journalist, Columbia University professor and co-author of “Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids and What We Can Do About It.”

Ronnie welcomes curator Jill Vexler to discuss her exhibition "Yahrzeit: September 11 Observed." First mounted at the Museum of Jewish Heritage a year after the 9/11 attacks, the exhibition honors the anniversary of the losses sustained that Tues morning.

Ronnie is joined by Carole Artigiani, founder and Exec. Dir. of Global Kids. Its mission is to educate and inspire urban youth to become global citizens and community leaders by engaging them in academically rigorous, content-rich learning experiences.

Ronnie is joined by Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Commissioner of the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA). The two discuss the continuing effort the DFTA makes to improve city life for New York’s aging population.

Ronnie is joined by gay rights activist Allen Roskoff to discuss the progress that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community has made in securing the same rights and freedoms as everyone else.

Ronnie is joined by Judge Judith Kaye, retired New York judge who served as Chief Judge of New York from 1993 until 2008. Recently, Andrew Cuomo appointed Kaye as a special counsel to investigate Governor David Paterson's alleged violation of ethics laws.

Ronnie sits down with Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director of Women Make Movies, a non-profit feminist media organization that has grown into the largest distributor of films and videotapes by and about women in the world.

Ronnie is joined by Gene Russianoff, staff attorney and chief spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign for NYPIRG, a New York City-based public transport advocacy group that focuses primarily on subway and bus services run by New York City Transit.

Ronnie is joined by former Deputy Mayor Richard Aurelio, to discuss the administration of John Lindsay, currently being honored at a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York.

Ronnie welcomes Susan Herman, former Exec. Dir. of The National Center for Victims of Crime and author of “Parallel Justice for Victims of Crime.” The book presents a new approach to getting your life back on track after being a victim of a crime.