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Sharon Hanshaw | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. When Hurricane Katrina hit East Biloxi, Mississippi, it destroyed Sharon Hanshaw’s home and the hairdressing business she had built over a lifetime. It also transformed her from cosmetologist to activist. Stay in touch with Sharon and Coastal Women for Change. Coastal Women for Change. Sharon is part of a group of women who are fighting climate change in their own communities. See her story on Sisters on the Planet. Site by Lyra Designs.

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The Promised Land: 2010 Peabody Award Winner | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. The Promised Land: 2010 Peabody Award Winner. In its first year on the air, The Promised Land brings home a Peabody, the longest running award in broadcasting, and among the most prestigious prizes in all electronic media. If there’s such a thing as eye-opening radio, Carter’s series, devoted to helping her audience envision a more just, sustainable world, is it." - Peabody Committee. Covering Pakistan: War, Flood and Social Issues,. Get Your Green On.

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Audrey and Frank Peterman | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. Audrey and Frank Peterman. If Frank and Audrey Peterman have their way, many more of their fellow black Americans will visit our national parks. They take host Majora Carter to Yosemite, where she crawls through a hundred-foot cave and meets Yosemite’s only permanent black park ranger. Audrey and Frank Peterman's book on the importance of exploring national parks. Ranger Shelton Johnson's novel about a buffalo soldier's place in Yosemite National Park.

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An Interview with Winona LaDuke | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. Outspoken, engaging, and unflaggingly dedicated to matters of ecological sustainability, Winona LaDuke introduces host Majora to the pine forests, lakes, and windswept plains of the White Earth Reservation; and she talks about harnessing wind power, nutrition and diabetes, preserving heritage crops, and a mandate to protect the land inherited from her ancestors. White Earth Land Recovery Project. Copywright The Promised Land 2010 sitemap.

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John Francis | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. I would not have believed them. But as I sit here I realize that is exactly what has happened. John Francis' book on his silent trek around the world. Copywright The Promised Land 2010 sitemap. Site by Lyra Designs. A Prairie Home Companion. Support American Public Media. American Public Media's online services are supported by users like you. Contribute now…. More from American Public Media.

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Cheryl Rogowski, Food-to-Plate Innovator | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. Where does our food come from? Follow Cheryl and Rogowski Farm. We want to know. What's the closest you've gotten to your food? Cheryl tells Majora about reinventing the family farm. Copywright The Promised Land 2010 sitemap. Site by Lyra Designs. A Prairie Home Companion. Support American Public Media. American Public Media's online services are supported by users like you. Contribute now…. More from American Public Media.

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Kyshun Webster | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. Dr Kyshun Webster is a man who gets things done. And before that, he was a kid who got things done. Now the founder and executive director of Operation Reach, an extensive family of programs for kids throughout the Gulf South, Kyshun has been working to improve his community since he was a kid himself. Majora joins Kyshun as he returns to his childhood roots to explain the inspiration for his 20 years of inspiring youth to greatness.

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Brenda Palms Barber | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. Brenda Palms Barber wasn’t always drawn to beekeeping. But her quest to find work for residents of Chicago’s economically disadvantaged North Lawndale neighborhood where some 50 percent of adults have been in the criminal justice system led her to start Sweet Beginnings, a transitional jobs program for formerly incarcerated individuals and others with significant barriers to employment. See what all that buzz is about. Site by Lyra Designs. American P...

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Nat Turner | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward into an urban Eden. Blair Grocery is now both a nontraditional school and an urban farm run by youth who’ve dropped out of mainstream education. Majora spends two days observing the teaching and training that makes the Blair Grocery Project a true innovation. Follow Blair Grocery through the seasons. Site by Lyra Designs.

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Nalini Nadkarni | The Promised Land

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The Promised Land Radio Show hosted by Majora Carter. Pioneering researcher and "queen of the forest canopy" Nalini Nadkarni shows host Majora Carter the wonders of the Olympic rain forest from the treetops! And the two visit a correctional facility where Nalini’s innovative Moss Project employs a team of prisoners turned botanists. What about the canopy? Before Nalini Nadkarni raised the question, scientists pretty much focused on the ground. Learn more about Nalini's work and research.