Promo for DJBC Happy Hour August 1, 2011 show

Bob Fitrakis interviews Bruce Bostick, labor organizer, on the battle against SB5

“We’ve turned in 1.3 million signatures which was a record number-400,000 more than had ever been turned in before, but right now we got to win this thing…on a ballot,” said Bostick.

Has Ohio or the US seen a labor battle this big in recent history ?
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Chandler Wilson, a student in the Columbus Medical Association Foundation's Youth Advisory Council (YAC), talks about why using social media and other digital tools is important and helpful for philanthropy groups seeking advocates and donors. Then, host Anna Siriano sits down with April Calkovsky, the leader of the NECKO community garden, which was built for a community of people with disabilities, as well as their neighbors. Later, she also talks to Britany Hoeffer, leader of the Summit community garden, and two boys who have been helping at the garden for a couple of years. In the final segment, Youth Beat reporter Bridgette Kreuz talks to Brenda, an OSU student, to find out what kind of difficulties she and her family have faced as Mexican-Americans.

Alright, we were able to slam dunk some big news stories this week. The second half is an interview with Ken Eppstein from Nix.

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"Fear is not a good motivator. It may have a quick effect on some people. But I know w/ me, it almost makes me feel immobilized. If you're going to scare the hell out of me, it's not going to lead me to action."