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Today's Hosts: Elli Are Production and Marketing : Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal What does Climate education look like in California schools these days? Bluntly, there are no climate education mandates for For K-12 or for general education at public university. For most students environmental education doesn't become accessible until you get...

Today's Hosts: Mehek Kandru Production and Marketing : Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise, Mehek dives into what the education system looks like for incarcerated individuals. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Foll...

Today's Hosts: Demi Wack & Ellinor Arzbaecher Production and Marketing : Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise Demi and Elli discuss Prop AB15O5 by Democratic Assembly member Patrick O'Donell from Long Beach CA. In 2019 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB15O5 into law and rewriting the state's charter school laws We'd...

Today's Hosts: Demi Wack Production and Marketing : Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Whenever you're ready. Hello everyone, and welcome to our next episode of Policy-Wise. I am really thrilled today to be joined by Cindy Loff, the director of the National Childcare Association. Today, we'll be talking a little bit about the state of childcare i...

[UPDATE: this episode was recorded on May 26 2023 before the FTA strike began. For updates on the strike follow @FresnoTeachersAsaociation] Today we'll be hearing from McLane high school teacher and Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla and self-proclaimed troublemaker Louis Jamerson the Executive Director of the Fresno Teachers Association. Together these two are bringing big persp...

It is so good to be back!  For our final season , we’ll be switching things up. As always we'll be speaking with people who are experts in their fields, policymakers , and everyday people who are making a difference in their communities, but we’ll also each be taking the opportunity to do deep dives into the areas that interest us the most. Join our hosts Elli, Mehek and Demi as they explore the p...

Hosts: Demetria Wack, Elli Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today is Michael's last episode with Policywise (as a host anyway). Two years ago Policywise was just an idea–then came Michael and Demi. Under their leadership Policywise covered so many different issues and talked with people from so...

Intro: Demitria Wack Guest: Eriveto "Beto" Vasquez-Sanchez, Jaylee Alacala-Lopez, Carlos Alacala-Lopez, Jax Garcia, Ja’rea Theissen, and Alexia Sanchez Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On todays episode of PolicyWise, we’ll be throwing things over to the young people from Madera to talk all things Vaccinate all 58 . Please enjoy hearing f...

Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher & Michael Wiafe Guest: Ashens Limon and Michael Yamamura  Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and address misinformation.  yli is working with young folks across the state to create and share resources...

Hosts: Michael Wiafe & Ellinor Arzbaecher Guests: Troy Williams, Alissa Moore, Marvin Galdamez, Jeronimo Aguilar Production and Marketing : Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Ellinor Arzbaecher What do you know about modern day slavery? Sorry, we mean involuntary servitude. Article 1, Section 6 of the California Constitution currently states:   “Slavery is prohibited. Involuntary...

Intro: Michael Wiafe Host: Fatíma Ramirez Guest: Evelia Cabrera Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and address misinformation.  yli is working with young folks across the state to create and share resources to keep Californians in...

Hosts: Demitria Wack Guest: Maria "Masha" Aruzumanov Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Maria worked in economic research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, undertaking projects in gender and ethnic discrimination. She also interned with the Market Research...

Hosts: Mehek Kandru, and Michael Wiafe. Guest:  Oakland Council Member Carroll Fife Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Taken from Council member Fife's website "Carroll Fife is the councilmember-elect for Oakland’s District 3. After decades of public service as a non-profit director and community organizer, Carroll was called to run for off...

Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Michael Wiafe. Guest:  Will Wiseman Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Taken from the Climatize FAQ "Climatize is an investment platform connecting individual investors with renewable energy projects that contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations (UN). C...

Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru, Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today, we do something a little different. Michael has an idea for a policy–consider automatic enrollment from High School to College! We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what...

Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On today’s episode, we’ll be sharing some very special audio from the 2021 California Economic Summit, which was hosted by our amazing partners CA Forward in Monterey. My co-hosts were lucky enough to attend and speak at the summit, and were joined by their fellow Youth Leadership Advisory Council cohort a...

Hosts: Demetria Wack. Guest: Josh Friday Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock In 1963, President Clinton required the governor of each state to create and appoint a commission to administer the new AmeriCorps program. In 2006, the reach of California's commissions was expanded by governor Schwarzenegger to respond to disasters and recovery. N...

Hosts: Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock With so much is going on in the world–not to mention personal lives, the team decided to just take a step back and catch up. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/...

Hosts: Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Guests:  Mayor Farrah N. Khan and Mansi Kalra Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Raymart Catacutan, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock What does it take to be considered electable? Experience? Leadership skills? Or is it defined by race or creed? Even more importantly, who is gets to make that call?  Join Demi and Michael as they talk...

Hosts: Demetria Wack, Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so excited to introduce our newest co-host and co-editor Fresno State Student Raymart Catacutan! Parks4all Audio provided by The Know Youth Media . The full #Parks4All video can be found here. We'd Love to Hear fr...

Featuring: Demi Wack. Host: Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan, Alejandra Espinosa, Michael Navarro, Daphne Ramirez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so ridiculously grateful for everyone who came to yli's birthday celebration in November!  We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let u...

Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Natalia Arzbaecher and Zofia Trexler Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. In 2018, the CDC reported that 26 percent (one in 4) of adults in the United States have some type of disability. In 2019 the US census found that over three million children in the United States had a disability in...

Round Table With: Demitria Wack, Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and WELCOME TO THE TEAM KODY STOEBIG. Welcome to Season Three! On the season 3 premiere of PolicyWise, Hosts Demi, Elli and Michael get together (In Person![FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!]) at the Youth Leadership Institute office in Fresno, Calif...

Hi Everyone!  You might be wondering where this week’s episode is...After 16 Episodes we’ve decided to mark the end of Season two! But don’t worry PolicyWise People, PolicyWise will be back for Season three in just a couple weeks! But first we’re getting back in the lab and planning out the best season yet!  In the meantime, tell us what you think using the feedback survey in the description of ev...

Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Jim Keddy and Sarah-Michael Gaston. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. The roots of racialized drug laws and drug enforcement are deeply ingrained into our criminal justice systems. The War on Drugs starting in the 1970s drove this discrimination against people of color, specifically B...