Tag: CMCA

Voices 6/23/09

Producer/Host: Cathy Melio
Contributor: John Greenman

Segment 1: Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s “Artists Voice” feature.
Segment 2: Tomorrow (Wednesday) at Husson University, Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian peace activist from the West Bank will share experiences of his life and as a member of the Bereaved Family Forum, a group of Israeli Jews and Palestinians who have lost close family members in the violence. Ahead of this even, John Greenman talks with Alex Grab, an Israeli who is active with the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace. Grab teaches at the University of Maine and is an outspoken advocate for a middle eastern peace that recognizes the 1967 borders.

Voices 5/26/09

Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producers: Cathy Melio & Carolyn Coe
Segment 1: “Artist’s Voice” produced in conjunction with the Maine Center for Contemporary Art. FMI: www.cmcanow.org
Segment 2: Najlaa Al-Nashi, Direct Aid Iraq. What are some of needs not met for Iraqis by large NGOs in Jordan? What is Direct Aid Iraq doing to meet the medical needs of Iraqis in Jordan? What is their current educational fundraising project? FMI: www.directaidiraq.org

Voices 2/24/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Contributors: Cathy Melio, Anneli Sundqvist

Segment 1: Cathy Melio’s “Artist’s Voice” feature in conjunction with the Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Segment 2: Anneli Sundqvist’s audio journal of her overland journey from Libya, through the middle east and Balkans, to Sweden, her childhood home (in 2007).  Today: Malmo, Amman & Hama

Voices 1/27/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Contributors: Cathy Melio, The Humble Farmer,  Kathleen March & her Spanish students at the University of Maine, Orono;  Music contributed by: Tree by Leaf and Andy Jordan

Segment 1:  The debut of Cathy Melio’s new monthly “Artist’s Voice” feature.  Today she interview Anna Hepler.  FMI: www.cmcanow.org

Segment 2:  A few gems from the Humble Farmer,  Robert Karl Skoglund

Segment 3:  Poetry from El Salvador