WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne, Meredith DeFrancesco, Lawrence Reichard
Today we’re marking the 2 year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Here are some excerpts from our archives, as WERU covered the beginning of the movement, the occupy movement in Maine, and the one year anniversary, on this date in 2012
Hosts: Amy Browne, Meredith DeFrancesco, Lawrence Reichard
Engineer: Joel Mann
Live reports from OWS protest in NYC, featuring voices of Mainers taking part
Where does the OWS movement stand today, on the 1 year anniversary?
How has it influenced “Occupy” movements across the country?
What issues is the movement working on, nationally and in Maine?
Recorded interviews with several Mainers who were in NYC taking part
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributor: Matt Murphy
Program Topics: Occupy Maine/Occupy Wall Street; Mainers Report Back From Palestine
*Occupy Maine statewide meeting will be held at Burdock Gathering in Starks on 8/19/12
*Mainers who recently returned from Palestine spoke about their experiences recently
*Efforts underway to organize a group in Maine to join the international BDS (boycott, divest, sanctions) movement for human rights
-Interview with David Smith, Occupy Waldo County
-Recorded audio from Palestine presentation: Sally Bowden-Schaible
FMI:
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyMaine
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt
http://www.burdockgathering.org
http://hamdiabu.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LAMDI.PhotoGraPhy
Issue: Environmental and Social Justice
Broadcast Time:4-4:30PM
Program Topic: Governor LePage’s Proposed Budget Cuts to Department of Health and Human Services programs, including MaineCare
Key Discussion Points:
a) We look at efforts to uncover the coordinated crackdown on Occupy Wall Street encampments across the country, through the US Conference of Mayors.
b) We look at restrictions to those on unemployment insurance, under the proposed bill LD 1725, “An Act to Strengthen the Unemployment Insurance Laws and Reduce Fraud”.
c) And, we check in on the status of the massive cuts to low income social service and healthcare programs, proposed by Governor LePage. 65,000 people could be cut from MaineCare The Appropriations Committee has already agreed to cut funding for “Wrap Around Maine”, which has helped struggling youth turn their lives around.
Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, director of The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund : www.justiceonline.org , www.justiceonline.org/owsfoia
B) Jack McKay, director of Food and Medicine : www.foodandmedicine.org
C )Ana Hickes, Senior Policy Analyst at Maine Equal Justice Partners : www.mejp.org, www.reasonablesolutions.com
Call In Program: No
Political Broadcast: No
Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Engineer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 3 of 3)
Key Discussion Points:
The kick-off of Occupy Bangor
)How Occupy Bangor ties in to the Occupy Wall Street movement
)What participants at Saturday’s kick off rally said about why they are taking part
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 2 of 3) and LPG Proposal in Searsport
Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
What participants at Saturdays’ kick off rally for Occupy Bangor had to say about why they were there
LPG facility proposed for Searsport What are the potential risks/dangers?
Guest:
Tom Gocze, Searsport resident and small business owner, and long time host of “Hot and Cold” TV and radio shows, and newspaper columns
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 1 of 3)
Key Discussion Points:
The kick-off of Occupy Bangor
How Occupy Bangor ties in to the Occupy Wall Street movement
What participants at Saturday’s kick off rally said about why they are taking part
Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger
“Occupation Sound Bytes”