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Rainier Avenue Radio s hosting a special broadcast series entitled

“The Impacts of the Coronavirus in south Seattle and Surrounding Communities” 

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW to be healthy, safe, & aware. Due diligence, but not letting fear normalize your daily living!

Broadcasts Fridays 1-3pm Pacific Time

Watch live broadcasts on the Rainier Avenue Radio app, on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch.
Listen at www.RainierAvenueRadio.World, on TuneIn or smart speakers.

 

Thank you Bill & Melinda Gates Discovery Center

for featuring Rainier Avenue Radio's journalism in our ongoing live broadcast series "Impacts of Coronavirus on S Seattle & Surrounding Communities!

Full Article: https://www.discovergates.org/story/as-a-public-spokesperson-i-instinctively-knew-i-could-do-something-about-this/

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ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN

Rainier Avenue Radio is a south Seattle radio station and digital media hub. We are proud to serve south Seattle and surrounding communities with opportunities to engage with critical issues, compelling stories, and quality entertainment 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

 

During the current coronavirus pandemic, Rainier Avenue Radio will continue our efforts to provide educational and informational broadcasts about the coronavirus as well as broadcasting the impact that the coronavirus is having on south Seattle’s diverse residents, service providers, housing, childcare, schools, and businesses.

 

It’s just as important that we amplify the diverse voices of our communities and share your narratives of unanticipated challenges caused by the coronavirus over our broadcast media networks as part of our communication strategies. It’s also important that our communities can access reliable information, have a resource to filter misinformation, and lower anxieties or fears about the disease while trying to normalize life and not let fear rule daily living in our communities.

 

We are asking that the community connect with us in this effort. There will be opportunities to join us for broadcasts to share your actions and community needs.Thank you for participating in our effort to effectively share information within and about our communities. We will be utilizing our media broadcast networks, website, and social media to keep our community updated with new information, a variety of services that are available, and/or that become available to assist our communities during these challenges. We will be sharing YOUR needs with the appropriate agencies or individuals to ensure that your communities needs are heard.

 

Rainier Avenue Radio is proud to be YOUR community radio station serving south Seattle and surrounding communities. We NEED your voice, and your narrative. Together, we can make it through this and be more prepared for emergencies.

 2021 & SPECIAL BROADCASTS

Ep 98 Tenants Union of WA, Violet Lavatai                                             

  Hear Ep 98     

Ep 99 Spokane DOH vaccine engagement, Carmen Pacheco Jones

  Hear Ep 99     

Ep 100 Seattle Department of Transportation:

  Bike Share & Scooter Share Program Manager, Joel Miller,

  & Community Outreach Lead, Sara Colling                                

  Hear Ep 100     

Ep 101 King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci: Amazon’s $2Billion Housing Investment        

  Hear Ep 101     

  Watch full video 1-8-21

Ep 102 King County Ombuds Pamela Williams, vaccine distribution in adult long term care. 

Hear Ep 102     

Ep 103 Chief Harold Scoggins & Dr. Michael Sayre Seattle Fire Dept. vaccine distribution  

  Hear Ep 103     

Ep 104 Ping Ping: vaccine distribution - Asian / Pacific Isl. communities in Spokane / E WA.

  Hear Ep 104

Ep 105 CEO Min Chang provides an update on Kin On.

  Hear Ep 105

  Watch full video 1-15-21

Ep 106 Fidelity Pandemic Relief Services.                                                 

  Hear Ep 106     

Ep 107 Urban Family Community works & upcoming coat drive.           

  Hear Ep 107     

Ep 108 The FBI on the Threat of Domestic Terrorism.                             

  Hear Ep 108

Ep 109 Vaccines distribution - Benton-Franklin County.                          

  Hear Ep 109

  Watch full video 1-29-21

Ep 110 Seattle Fire Dept's Mobile Covid Vaccine Teams.

  Hear Ep 110     

Ep 111 UrbanFam.org Safety & Community Programs. 

  Hear Ep 111    

Ep 112 Dr. John Vassall - health care impact of Covid on Black Communities                                   Hear Ep 112

Ep 113 Vaccine awareness & distribution in communities: Dr. Peter Hotez & Dian Fergesun.   Hear Ep 113

  Watch full video 2-5-21

Ep 114 Seattle councilmember, Lorena Gonzales.

  Hear Ep 114    

Ep 115 Shaun Glaze, Research Co-Lead at Black Brilliance Research Project.

  Hear Ep 115    

Ep 116 Amerigroup's Community Relations Representative, Shanda Blunt.                               

  Hear Ep 116

  Watch full video 2-12-21

Ep 117 Season Oltmann, Executive Director / Development - American Lung Assoc WA,

  Hear Ep 117

Replay of Rainier Beach Town Hall Meeting 2

  Watch full video 2-19-21

Ep 118 King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay.

  Hear Ep 118     

Ep 119 xecutive Producer / artist Eugenie Jones: 2021 Jackson Street Jazz Walk 

   Hear Ep 119

Ep 120 Seattle Inspector General Lisa A. Judge.

  Hear Ep 120

  Watch full video 2-26-21

Ep 121.  3-5-21

King County Public Health Officer and Chief, Dr. Jeffrey Duchin 

  Hear Ep 121

  Watch Ep 121

Ep 122 Open Doors for Multicultural Families Executive Director, Ginger Kwan

  Hear Ep 122

Ep 123 Mike Jones, Assistant Director of Glover EmpowerMentoring (GEM)

  Hear Ep 123

Ep 124 Naomi Mulitauaopele Tagaleo'o, MBA, Executive Director - Education with Purpose Foundation for Pacific Islanders

  Hear Ep 123

Ep 125 Dominique Davis, CEO & Co-Founder of Community Passageways

  Hear Ep 125

  Watch full video 3-12-21

Ep 126 Executive Director, WA State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) + Candidate for Seattle Port Commission - Position 4, Toshiko Grace Hasegawa

  Hear Ep 126

AEp 127 cting Director/Special Events Committee Chair-Seattle Office of Film + Music, Chris Swenson

  Hear Ep 127

  Watch full video 3-19-21

Ep 128 Communications & Outreach Manager for NAMI Seattle, Leah McGraw

  Hear Ep 128

KEp 129 ing County Elections Communications Officer, Halei Watkins on Running for Public Office.

  Hear Ep 129

  Watch full video 3-26-21

Ep 130 Seattle Democracy Voucher Program with Annie Tran of Seattle's Ethics and Elections Commission and the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle's Nirae Petty

  Hear Ep 130

Ep 131 Seattle Humane CEO Christopher Ross.

  Hear Ep 131

  Watch full video 4-2-21

Ep 132.  4-9-21

Foster Grandparents Program by Homage Senior Services.

Program Manager, Adelheid Arbogast and a program volunteer Mary Floyd.

  Hear Ep 132

  Watch full video 4-9-21

Ep 133 Communicable Diseases, Epidemiology & Immunizations. Staci Phan

  Hear Ep 133

  Watch Video 4-30-21

Ep 134 Kerrie Hurd, Director

Ep 135 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Seattle District

  Hear Ep 134

Tony B - Unmasked

  Hear Ep 135

  Watch full video 5-14-21

Ep 136, 137, 138 5-21-21

Ep 136 - Terrence Morgan, Program Manager
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle - Career Bridge program"

  Hear Ep 136
Ep 137 - John B Dunn, MD MPH, Medical Director for Preventive Care Kaiser Permanente Washington

  Hear Ep 137


Ep 138 - New Masks Guidelines with Public Health - Jeffrey Duchin MD: Coronavirus Impacts

Diseases, Epidemiology & Immunizations. Staci Phan

  Hear Ep 138

  Watch Video 5-21-21

Ep 139 - Sanjiv Doreswamy, Executive Director - RVCDF.org Dwight Prevo, Vice President - Wells Fargo Social Impact & Sustainability on the Rainier Valley Community Development Fund RVCDF.ORG,

  Hear Ep 139

  Watch Video 6-4-21

Ep 140 - Najee's Smooth Jazz All Stars​

  Hear Ep 140

Ep 141 - Dennis Worsham, Public Health – Seattle / King County's new Interim Director

  Hear Ep 141

  Watch Video 6-18-21

Public Health - Seattle & King County Press Briefing: Dr. Jeff Duchin Live 

  Watch Video 6-28-21

Ep 140 - Najee's Smooth Jazz All Stars​

  Hear Ep 140

Ep 141 - Dennis Worsham, Public Health – Seattle / King County's new Interim Director

  Hear Ep 141

  Watch Video 6-18-21

Ep 143 - Cindi Bright

  Hear Ep 143

  Watch Video 7-16-21

Ep 144 - Kinsey African American Art Collection

  Hear Ep 144

  Watch Video 7-30-21

Ep 145 - Public Health SEA-King Co Dr. Mark Del Beccaro

  Hear Ep 145

  Watch Video 8-13-21

Ep 146 - Seattle School Districts Director of Athletics

  Hear Ep 146

Ep 147 - MLK Seattle Committee

  Hear Ep 147

Ep 148 - Seattle Times Reporter Sydney Brownstone

  Hear Ep 148

Ep 149 - Byrd Barr Place

  Hear Ep 149

  Watch Video 8-27-21

Ep 150 - SDOT Current Projects

  Hear Ep 150

Ep 151 - Kaiser Permanente Doctor

  Hear Ep 151

Ep 152 - Skyway Love Train Community Block Party

  Hear Ep 152

  Watch Video 9-3-21

Ep 153 - Breast & Ovarian Cancer Awareness

  Hear Ep 153

Ep 154 - Update on Venues During Pandemic

  Hear Ep 154

  Watch Video 9-10-21

SPECIAL BROADCASTS

Streetbeat Ep 40 King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay

  Watch Ep 40              

  Hear Ep 40

Streetbeat Ep 41 Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan

  Watch Ep 41

  Hear Ep 41

Streetbeat Ep 42 Tammy Morales Seattle City Councilmember, District 2

  Watch Ep 42              

  Hear Ep 42

Streetbeat Ep 43 Bremerton Mayor Greg Wheeler

  Watch Ep 43              

  Hear Ep 43

StreetBeat Ep 44 Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards

  Watch Ep 44              

  Hear Ep 44

StreetBeat Ep 45 Paula Houston - UW Medicine Healthcare Equity Director

  Watch Ep 45            

  Hear Ep 45

MARCH - DECEMBER 2020 BROADCASTS

Ep 1 Candace Jackson, Education Consultant - King County Public Health, 3-13-20

  Hear Ep 1

  Watch Ep 1 

Ep 2 Louise Chernin, CEO / President - Greater Seattle Business Assoc.

  Hear Ep 2

  Watch Ep 2 

Ep 3:Michelle Mitchell-Brannon - Atlantic Street Center

  & DeShawn Jackson, Student/Parent Advocate John Muir Elementary.

  Hear Ep 3

  Watch Ep 3 

Ep 4 Thai Dao - South end resident tested positive for coronavirus

  Hear Ep 4

  Watch Ep 4 

Ep 5 Business owners Tia Matthies - The Royal Room

  & Theo Martin - Island Soul Rum Bar & Soul Shack

  Hear Ep 5

  Watch Ep 5 

Ep 6 Pat McCarthy, Executive Director - SP Schools Athletic Dept.

  & DeShawn Jackson, Advocate - John Muir Elementary

   Hear Ep 6

  Watch Ep 6 

Ep 7 Brian McGuigan, Program Director - Artist Trust

  & Saida Alim, Mental Health Therapist - Somali Youth/Family Club

  Hear Ep 7

  Watch Ep 7 

Ep 8 Kurt Schroeder, President - Safeway & Albertsons, Seattle Division

  Hear Ep 8

  Watch Ep 8 

Ep 9 Leigh Thomas, Communications - FEES

  Hear Ep 9

  Watch Ep 9 

Ep 10 Josephine Howell - Songstress, Covid-19+

  & Doug Baldwin - Family First Foundation

  Hear Ep 10

  Watch Ep 10

Ep 11 Harold Scoggins, Chief - Seattle Fire Department

   Hear Ep 11

Ep 12 Ryan Pricco, Director/Advocacy & Policy-Child Care Aware of WA

  Hear Ep 12

Ep 13 Lewis Rudd, CEO - Ezell's Famous Chicken

   Hear Ep 13

Ep 14 Lillian Young, Communications - Kin-On

  (with Vietnamese translation / Monique Le

  Hear Ep 14

Ep 15 Seattle Black Leadership during the coronavirus pandemic - Girmay Zahilay, King County Councilmember.

Wyking Garrett, Africatown CEO.

Trish Millenes Dziko, Technology Access Foundation CEO.

Michelle Merriweather, Seattle Metropolitan Urban League CEO. Marcus Green, South Seattle Emerald Publisher.

  Hear Ep 15

Ep 16 Puget Sound Black Leadership during the coronavirus pandemic - Fahren Johnson, Erin Jones, Alicia Crank, Pastor Johnson, Tracy Flood 

  Hear Ep 16

Ep 17 Asian Leadership:T

oshiko Hasegawa, WA State Commission / Asian Pacific American Affairs

Ye-Ting Woo, Assistant U.S. Attorney - Western District of WA

Herman Tam -Kin On

Valerie Tran, Friends of Little Saigon

Lydia Faitalia, United Indians of All Tribes Foundation

  Hear Ep 17

  Watch Ep 17 

Ep 18 Spokane Black Communities:

Carmen Pacheco Jones, Spokane Reg. Law & Justice Councilmember.

Pastor Lonnie Mitchell, Bethel African Meth. Episc. Church- Spokane

Sandy Williams, Black Lens News

  Hear Ep 18

  Watch Ep 18 

Ep 19 Yakima Mayor Patricia Byers.

  Heat Ep 19

  Watch Ep 19 

Ep 20 Kris Hermanns - Seattle Foundation.

  Hear Ep 20

  Watch Ep 20

Ep 21 Carolyn Bick - South Seattle Emerald.

   Hear Ep 21

  Watch Ep 21 

Ep 22 Glenn Turner, Emergency Feeding Program 

  Hear Ep 22

  Watch Ep 22 

Ep 23 Clifton Russell - Praisalujah Discipleship        

  Hear Ep 23

  Watch Ep 23     

Ep 24 Darryl Smith - Homesight WA 

   Hear Ep 24

  Watch Ep 24           

Ep 25 Steve Polyak - UW Medicine Virologist     

  Hear Ep 25

  Watch Ep 25         

Ep 26 Lauren Truscott - SPD      

   Hear Ep 26

  Watch Ep 26       

 

Ep 27 Jeff Duchin MD- King County PublicHealth Officer         

  Hear Ep 27

  Watch Ep 27     

Ep 28 Densho Japanese American Legacy Project       

  Hear Ep 28

  Watch Ep 28     

 

Ep 29 Thai Dao - S Seattle Resident, Covid-19+    

  Hear Ep 29

  Watch Ep 29         

 

Ep 30 - Impact 2020  

  Hear Ep 30

  Watch Ep 30           

Ep 31 - Josephine Howell       

  Hear Ep 31

  Watch Ep 31     

Ep 32 - Jason White, Yakima City Councilmember  

  Hear Ep 32

  Watch Ep 32             

Ep 33 - John Gilbreath, Earshot Jazz     

  Hear Ep 33

  Watch Ep 33         

Ep 34 - Cliff Cawthon, Immigrant & Refugee Covid19 task force member       

  Hear Ep 34

  Watch Ep 34       

 

Ep 35 - Patricia Byers, Mayor of Yakima

  Hear Ep 35

 

Ep 36 - Greg Wheeler, Mayor of Bremerton          

  Hear Ep 36

  Watch Ep 36     

Ep 37 - David Jones, The Copy Spot

  Hear Ep 37

  Watch Ep 37               

Ep 38 - Steven Severin, Neumos & WA Nightlife Music Assoc.  

  Hear Ep 38

  Watch Ep 38             

Ep 39 - Predatory Home Buying during the pandemic

  Hear Ep 39

  Watch Ep 39               

Ep 40 - James Reese, Carrie House Church

  Hear Ep 40

  Watch Ep 40               

Ep 41 - Tank Sherrill, Black Prisoners Caucus

  Hear Ep 41

  Watch Ep 41              

Ep 42 - King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay

  Hear Ep 42

  Watch Ep 42             

Ep 43 - Richard RJ Johnson, Kent Black Action Commission

  Hear Ep 43

  Watch Ep 43               

Ep 44 - Mary Rabourn, King County Public Health

  Hear Ep 44

  Watch Ep 44              

Ep 45 - Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, King County Public Health

  Hear Ep 45

  Watch Ep 45              

Ep 46 - Jorge Baron, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project 

  Hear Ep 46

 Watch Ep 46           

Ep 47- Predatory Home Buying during the Pandemic

  Hear Ep 47

  Watch Ep 47           

Ep 48- NW Grocery Association #MaskUpWA campaign, Holly Chisa

  Hear Ep 48

  Watch Ep 48            

Ep 49- John Taylor, King County Local Services

  Hear Ep 48

  Watch Ep 49            

Ep 50- Mick Hoffman, WIAA on High School Sports

  Hear Ep 50

  Watch Ep 50            

Ep 51 - Calli Knight, King County Deputy Director, External Relations

  Hear Ep 51

  Watch Ep 51            

Ep 52 - Emergency Feeding Program, Glenn Turner

  Hear Ep 52

  Watch Ep 52           

Ep 53 - Stay Healthy Streets Seattle

  Hear Ep 53

  Watch Ep 53          

Ep 54 - Are BLM Protests being Used for Violentce? Ruby Holland & Victoria Beach

  Hear Ep 54

  Watch Ep 54           

Ep 55 - State of Live Music / Venues. Marty Griswold & Steven Severin

  Hear Ep 55

  Watch Ep 55           

Ep 56 - Be Ready. Stay Hydrated, Leija Farr

  Hear Ep 56

  Watch Ep 56           

Ep 57 - Big Day of Play, Danyal Lotfi

  Hear Ep 57

  Watch Ep 57           

Ep 58 - Taproot Cafe, Tiana Garrett

  Hear Ep 58

  Watch Ep 58           

 

Ep 59 - Growlerz Dog Daycare

  Hear Ep 59

  Watch Ep 59           

 

Ep 60 - FBI Advisory Special Agent Jim Griffin

  Hear Ep 60

  Watch Ep 60          

Ep 61 - Seatttle-King County Public Health Director Patty Hayes

  Hear Ep 61

  Watch Ep 61         

Ep 62 - Greg Wheeler, Mayor of Bremerton

  Hear Ep 62

  Watch Ep 62        

Ep 63 - Denise Juneau, Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools

  Hear Ep 63

  Watch Ep 63          

Ep 64 - Seattle Pre-school 2021

  Hear Ep 64

  Watch Ep 64          

Ep 65 - Seattle Homeless, Sydney Brownstoe - Seattle Times

  Hear Ep 65

  Watch Ep 65          

Ep 66 - King County Pandemic EBT - Callista Kennedy

  Hear Ep 66

  Watch Ep 66          

Ep 67 - Earshot Jazz, John Gilbreath

  Hear Ep 67

  Watch Ep 67          

Ep 68 - Mental Health, NAMI WA, Jenny Gruenberg

  Hear Ep 68

  Watch Ep 68         

Ep 69 - Urban League Seattle - black voter registration+ Census event

   Hear Ep 69

  Watch Ep 69        

Ep 70 - Chinatown-Intl District + its name change 9-18-20

  Hear Ep 70

  Watch Ep 70          

Ep 71 - RVC (Rainier Valley Corps) 9-18-20

  Hear Ep 71

  Watch Ep 71          

Ep 72 - South Seattle Community Haunted House

  Hear Ep 72

  Watch Ep 72          

Ep 73 - Chip-in.co Community Fundraising: 9-25-20

  Hear Ep 73

  Watch Ep 73          

Ep 74 - September is Recovery & Suicide Prevention month: 9-25-20

  Hear Ep 74

  Watch Ep 74          

Ep 75 - Impacts of Coronavirus: K-12 Student health & care

  Hear Ep 75

Ep 76 - How does the FBI Define & Identify Domestic Terrorism? 10-2-20

  Hear Ep 72

  Watch Ep 76          

Ep 77 - The Uptick of Hate Groups - Hal Bernton, Seattle Times journalist

  Hear Ep 77

  Watch Ep 77          

Ep 78 - Tony B. Two Americas

  Hear Ep 78

  Watch Ep 78          

Ep 79 - Seattle Homeless, Sydney Brownstone - Seattle Times

  Hear Ep 79

  Watch Ep 79          

Ep 80 - Musicians Healthcare - SMASHseattle.org, Denise Burnside

  Hear Ep 80

  Watch Ep 80          

Ep 81- Coronavirus Update with Tony B - MIS-A and MIS-C

  Hear Ep 81

  Watch Ep 81       

Ep 82 - King County Intl Airport/Boeing Field Director John Parrot 10-16-20

  Hear Ep 82

  Watch Ep 82        

Ep 83 - Foster Grandparent Program. Homage Senior Services: 10-23-20

  Hear Ep 83

  Watch Ep 83         

Ep 84 Covid Vaccines, Evan Bush-Seattle Times Reporter 10-23-20

  Hear Ep 84

  Watch Ep 84         

Ep 85 - Seattle BLM Protests: Victoria Beach says it's hijacked! 10-30-20

  Hear Ep 85     

  Watch Ep 85         

Ep 86 - King County Local Services Grants, Hugo Garcia 10-23-20

  Hear Ep 86     

  Watch Ep 86          

Ep 87 - Winter High School Sports, Mick Hoffman, WIAA 11-20-20

  Hear Ep 87     

  Watch Ep 87          

Ep 88 - Energy assistance program, Byrd Barr Place, Tiela Combs

  Hear Ep 88     

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Ep 89 - Child Care Aware of WA, Ryan Pricco

  Hear Ep 89     

  Watch Ep 89          

 

Ep 90 - Initiative: disaggregate Pacific Isl./Asian Americans, Joseph Seia

  Hear Ep 90     

  Watch Ep 90         

Ep 91 - United Way of King County - Gordon McHenry Jr., CEO

  Hear Ep 91     

  Watch Ep 91          

Ep 92 - My Brother's Teacher, Increasing teacher diversity, William White

  Hear Ep 92    

  Watch Ep 92          

Eps 93, 94, 95, 96 - Public Health- Seattle / King County. 12-11-20

Anthony Rivers, Project Manager                                                 

  Hear Ep 93     

Vanessa Quince, Social Research Scientist.                                 

  Hear Ep 94     

Daphne Pi, Health Services Administrator.                                 

  Hear Ep 95     

Patty Hayes, Director.                                                                   

  Hear Ep 96     

  Watch full video 12-11-20

Ep 97 Country Doctor Carolyn Downs After Hours Clinic, Dr. Rob Jones, 12-19-20

  Hear Ep 97     

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