Facts & Issues, The League on TV
Facts & Issues, interviewing government officials and involved citizens working to make a difference, is available Verizon FIOS channel 22 and on Optimum channel 77, on Asbury Park Television (APTV), on Vimeo.com - search for LWVSMC -- and here.
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| Jana Manning and Sarah Galloway on the why and how of planting native species, for those with no green thumb, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Monmouth County Health Officer Christopher Merkel describes the many responsibilities of his department, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Interfaith Neighbors. Who they are and what they do. (Hint: they do a lot!) Executive Director Paul McEvily, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Energizing Young Voters, what it is, what it's doing. Pat Supplee and Sanjana Bhatta of EYV chat with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Township of Ocean Manager David Brown, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Professor Jason Adolf, on Monmouth University's Biology Department and Urban Coast Institute, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Township of Ocean Recreation Director Mike Butrico, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Dallas Grove, host of Hometown Histories, a video production of the Township of Ocean Historical Museum, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| New Jersey's plastic bag law -- a conversation with the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Jennifer Coffey. With host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Building food security in Monmouth and Ocean counties, Fulfill CEO Triada Stampas talks with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Monmouth County Hazardous Waste Disposal. County District Recycling Coordinator Jaye Sims, with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Antonne Hewshaw of the Transformative Justice Initiative and Ron Pierce of the NJ Institute for Social Justice talk with host Marie Curtis about returning citizens, voting rights, and much more. Via Zoom. | ||
| The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center of Red Bank, New Jersey. with Executive Director Gilda Rogers and guest host Lois Kiely. Via Zoom. | ||
| Words That Hurt. Personal pronouns, backhanded compliments, micro-aggressions, social justice; an exploration with League members Diane Hara, Lois Keily, Annette Scott, and host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Director Judith Tolchin, of the Monmouth County Library System, talks with host Marie Curtis about ... the libraries, and what they have for you. Via Zoom. | ||
| Exhibit Director Peggy Dellinger, of the Township of Ocean Historical Museum, talks with host Marie Curtis about how WW2 changed American society. Via Zoom. | ||
| The NJ Ballot: Is it fair? Can it be improved? LWVNJ Executive Director Jesse Burn explains the issues. With host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| The Equal Rights Amendment: what it would do, where it stands, and how to make it happen, with Altana West of the Alice Paul Institute. With host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Ron Pierce of the NJ Institute for Social Justice and Antonne Henshaw of the Transformative Justice Initiative. With host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Rebecca Sealfon, of UnityIsStrength. With host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Redistricting. What it is, why it matters, what you can do? Philip Hensley of LWVNJ with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| Climate change. Tim Dillingham of the American Littoral Society with host Marie Curtis. Via Zoom. | ||
| LWVSMC Education Director Pat Supplee with host Marie Curtis discuss Energizing Young Voters, a new League initiative. Via Zoom. | ||
| Township Mayor Chris Siciliano talks with host Marie Curtis about the effects of COVID-19 and how municipal government is responding, via Zoom. | ||
| LWVSMC members Diane Hara and Evelyn Murphy in a conversation about the League's new initiative on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. With host Marie Curtis, via Zoom. | ||
| Jennifer Coffey, Executive Director, Association of New Jersey Environmental Committees, on the role of municipal environmental committees. With host Marie Curtis, via Zoom. | ||
| Helen Kioukis, of LWVNJ, talks congressional and NJ legistlative redistricting. With host Marie Curtis. | ||
| Paula Aldarelli, Executive Director of EarthShare New Jersey, catches up with host Marie Curtis. | ||
| Neisrein Mahmoud and Diane Hara, of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith group, on building friendships, understanding, and peace. With host Marie Curtis. | ||
| On the League's 100th birthday, LWVSMC president Peggy Dellinger and host Marie Curtis about the work of the League, its history, and what's next. | ||
| Phyllis Fyfe and Elaine Slocum of the township's Cultural Commission talk with host Marie Curtis about the work of the commission, with particular focus on the Terner Gallery. | ||
| Evelyn Murphy, LWVSMC's Voter Service Director, explains the how and why of mail-in and provisional ballots. | With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Vincent Buttiglieri, Township Clerk, explains two upcoming local ballot questions: one on deer management, and one on whether to permit medical marijuana dispensaries in the town. | With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Annette Scott, LWVSMC board member working with NJ Re-entry, helping ex-felons return. | With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Josephine Guttadauro, Board Member, and Mary Ann LaSardo, Life Skills Coordinator for Lunchbreak. | With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Peggy Dellinger, LWV President, on Fighting for The Vote, an interactive presentation for young adults. | With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Dallas Grove, Executive Producer for the Township of Ocean Historical Museum's Hometown Histories video series. | With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Fred Brody, Environmental Commission Chairman, and Lauren Skowronski, Program Director for Community Engagement, Sustainable New Jersey. | Everything you want to know about the doings of the town's Environmental Commission, including its Green Team and work with Sustainable New Jersey. With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Dallas Grove | Recycling, plastics, whales & fish, and what you can do. With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Peggy Dellinger, Exhibit Director, Township of Ocean Historical Museum | tells the story of the Deal Test Site -- now Joe Palaia Park -- from farmland, to early radio research site, to tracking Sputnik, to parkland. All that, and mastodon bones, too! With host Marie Curtis. | |
| William Kastning, Executive Director of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation | Everything you wanted to know about the Monmouth Conservation Foundation, and more. With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action | Plastic bags, straws, fossil fuels, renewables, climate change, no-idling laws, sustainability -- what's going on and what can you do? With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Peggy Dellinger, President of LWVTO | Everything you wanted to know about voting by mail -- and the voter registration process -- from two of the experts in the field. LWVTO President Peggy Dellinger and host Marie Curtis explain it all. | |
| Andy Coleman, President of Bus For Progress, | talks with host Marie Curtis about the missions of the Bus, its history, its challenges. | |
| Capt. Michael Sorrentino, Lt. Tim Torchia | School shootings, active shooter drills and lockdowns, summer traffic -- OTPD talks with host Marie Curtis. | |
| NJ Senator Vin Gopal | with host Marie Curtis, talks of the issues facing the state, his interests, constituent services, school district consolidation, and much more. | |
| Carolyn Brody, Mason Soto, Gianna Corallo | students at OTHS, with host Dallas Grove, on Parkland, guns, safety, and what it takes to change the world. | |
| Craig Flannigan | Fire District #1 Administrator, with host Marie Curtis, on what it means that the EMS staff is no longer volunteer. | |
| James Stefankiewicz | School Superintendent, with host Marie Curtis, talking about the latest construction projects, taxes, and Loch Arbor. | |
| Jesse Burns | Executive Director, LWVNJ, with host Marie Curtis. | |
| Chris Siciliano | OT Mayor, discusses the township's Open Space ballot question, asking voters to approve a tax of $.01 per $100 of assessed valuation to purchase open space. With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Lois Kiely | author and war orphan, tells her story of growing up a war orphan, of the love and support of her father's buddies, and of the organizations dedicated to supporting those who serve and those who love them. With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Peggy Dellinger | Exhibit Director, Township of Ocean Historical Museum, discusses New Jersey and the Great War with host Marie Curtis. | |
| Sandy Matsen | Advocacy Coordinator for LWVNJ, talks about LWV-supported voter registration initiatives, and allegations of voting fraud. With host Marie Curtis. | |
| Phyllis Fyfe | talks with host Marie Curtis about her work as a volunteer for the township library, and for the historical museum. | |
| New Township Manager Mike Muscillo | talks with Marie Curtis about his first weeks on the new job. | |
| Historical Museum President Paul Edelson | talks with Marie Curtis about the project to restore the water tower, and about its history. | |
| Planning, zoning, permits -- how it works, what you need, | with Marianne Wilensky, Ocean's Community Development Director, hosted by Marie Curtis. | |
| Recycling, tea, and the fate of the world, | with Kirsten Kristensen, owner and certified tea specialist of the White House in Oakhurst, hosted by Marie Curtis. | |
| Islam 101, | with Brookdale history professors Tony Snyder and Sherri West, hosted by Marie Curtis. | |
| Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi, the woman behind the scenes at Ocean Cares | talks with host Marie Curtis about a forum for news of Ocean Township. | |
| Rose O'Connor Myer, Chamber of Commerce president, | talks with host Marie Curtis about what the Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce is up to -- big stuff. | |
| Sherri West, Brookdale professor, | talks with host Dallas on politics, the election, the media, and education. Should Civics be brought back to the curriculum? | |
| Christine Hanlon, Monmouth County Clerk, | with host Marie Curtis on the functions of the clerk's office. | |
| Christine Hanlon, Monmouth County Clerk, | with host Marie Curtis, discussing voting -- the hows and wheres and whens. | |
| Todd Bates, Rutgers Science Communicator and former Asbury Park Press environment reporter, | with host Marie Curtis. | |
| Tom Reu, OceanTV Coordinator, | With host Marie Curtis, what OceanTV does, where to find it, how it works, what it can do for you. | |
| Ray Pogwist, Chairman of the Township Ocean Environmental Commission, | With host Marie Curtis, on water management, tree canopies, traffic, the role of the Environmental Commission, and much more. | |
| William Schmeling, Executive Director of the Township of Ocean Sewerage Authority, | With host Marie Curtis, on sewers and sewage. | |
| Linda Keenan, of The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, and Derek Minno-Bloom of Trinity Episcopal Church | With host Pamela Caputo, on feeding the hungry in Monmouth County. | |
| Steven Peters, Chief of Police | With host Dallas Grove and Officer Alisa Antunez, on traffic safety and the summer season at The Shore. | |
| Beth Henderson, Branch Manager, Ocean Township Library | Beth Henderson of the Ocean Library, with host Dallas Grove on the busy program at the local library. | |
| Laurel Von Gerichten, Chair, Shade Tree Commission | Laurel Von Gerichten, who chairs the Shade Tree Commission, talks with host Dallas Grove about trees, climate, gas lines, power lines, shade, and making the town a greener, more pleasant place. | |
| Vincent Buttiglieri, Clerk, Township of Ocean | With municipal elections on May 12, host Dallas Grove and the town's clerk review what's new and what the clerk's office does, in a lively discussion. | |
| Jennifer Beck, NJ Senator, 11th District | Host Dallas Grove talks with Senator Beck about New Jersey's budget and debt, and what that means to school funding, and to state employee pensions and benefits. Property taxes, how tax and policy choices effect business decisions -- a lively conversation -- take a look. | |
| Steven Peters, Chief, Ocean Township Police | Host Marie Curtis chats with Chief Peters and Lt. Torchia about how the Township Police use social media and other means to communicate with residents. | |
| Tim Dillingham, Executive Director, American Littoral Society | Host Marie Curtis chats with Tim Dillingham about New Jersey's recovery from Hurricane Sandy, the state's new regulations for coastal development, sea level rise, the Corps of Engineers and the economics of beach replenishment, habitat restoration for horseshoe crabs, Barnegat Bay, and what a citizen can do. | |
| Steven Peters, Chief of Police, Township of Ocean | The mission of the township police is to ensure the safety and protection of both property and persons of all the inhabitants of our community, to reduce the impact of crime on the inhabitants, and to regulate and control the flow of traffic in order to facilitate movement within the Township of Ocean. | |
| Tony MacDonald, Director, Urban Coast Institute | The Urban Coast Institute conducts research into issues of living at the shore in a developed environment -- Monmouth County. It focuses on the near shore, the ocean, and on building communities resilient in the face of challenges such as Hurricane Sandy, rising sea levels, and global climate change. | |
| Marge Edelson and Peggy Dellinger | The Ocean Township Historical Museum celebrates its 30th year, and the museum founders chat with host Marie Curtis about how it started, how it grew, and what the museum is up to now. | |
| Paula Aldarelli, Executive Director of Earthshare New Jersey | Marie and Paula discuss Earthshare's work in support of environmental organizations. | |
| Vincent Buttiglieri, Ocean Township Clerk | Marie and Vinnie discuss the many and varied activities of the clerk's office. | |
| Kathy Reiser, Ocean Township Recreation Director | Marie and Kathy discuss what the recreation department is up to, the programs it offers, and the fun you can have. | |
| Danielle Pfeiffer and Mickey Eberhardt, Ocean Township Growing Strong | The TOGS advisor and an OTHS student talk with host Marie Curtis about how TOGS engages students helping others in town and around the world. | |
| Bill McMahon, Ocean Twp. Public Works | The Director talks about picking up trash, plowing snow, recycling, and Hurricane Sandy. | |
| John Lysko, Ocean Twp. Schools | School Superintendent John Lysko talks about school security in the world after the shootings at Columbine and Newtown. | |
| Denise Parlamas, Community Hope Fund | Working with the Department of Human Services, the Community Hope Fund helps residents in need with food and support. Denise Parlamas explains what they do and how they do it. | |
| Lauren Townshend, US Strong | US Strong is focused on building understanding and support for extreme weather relief and protection, and is working to educate the public, leaders, legislators on the problem and what needs to be done. | |
| Andrew Brannen, Manager, Ocean Township | Township Manager Andrew Brannen explains some of the workings of Township government, his role and that of the Council, current efforts in shared services, relations with Monmouth University, and other topics. | |
| Peggy Dellinger, Ocean Township Historical Museum | The kickoff show features Peggy Dellinger, Exhibit Director of the Ocean Township Historical Museum discussing the museum's exhibit on Asbury Park. |
You can find and these and future segments directly on Vimeo.com by searching on the tag "LWVSMC".