Child Hunger and the C.H.O.W. Program - September 19, 2018
A child not getting enough to eat on a regular basis can delay brain development and the child's ability to learn and it's happening here in Skagit County. Over half of Skagit families must choose...
View ArticleA Conversation with Kris Lytton, Part 2 - December 5, 2018
Speak Up! Speak Out! for these two shows follow our show for Nov. 21, which featured Rep. Kris Lytton reflecting on her 8 years in the State Legislature on the eve of her retirement. The Question and...
View ArticleA Conversation with Kris Lytton, Part 3 - December 12, 2018
Speak Up! Speak Out! for these two shows follow our show for Nov. 21, which featured Rep. Kris Lytton reflecting on her 8 years in the State Legislature on the eve of her retirement. The Question and...
View ArticleEast Skagit Farm to School Program - December 19, 2018
Access to healthy nutritious foods for children continues to be a goal for the Concrete School District's "Farm to School" program. This effort is supported by the United General District 304 in...
View ArticleSurge Festival - Local Artists and Scientists Collaborate in Climate Change...
The Museum of Northwest Art (MONA) hosted the third Surge Festival from Oct. 2018 through early Jan. 2019. Local artists and scientists collaborated to create the exhibition, meant to increase...
View ArticleDon McMoran, Director W.S.U Skagit County Extension - January 23, 2019
Interview Date: 1/15/19 What's the future for family farming in Skagit County? Is the glass half full or half empty? Host Jerry Shackette talks with Don McMoran, Director of Washington State...
View ArticleSurge Festival - Local Artists and Scientists Collaborate in Climate Change...
The Museum of Northwest Art (MONA) hosted the third Surge Festival from Oct. 2018 through early Jan. 2019. Local artists and scientists collaborated to create the exhibition, meant to increase...
View ArticleLegal Observer reports on Tijuana, Mexico - February 6, 2019
This week on Speak Up! Speak Out! host jim justice speaks with Diane Paul, a trained social worker affiliated with the National Lawyers Guild and a long time human rights advocate and researcher....
View ArticleProtesting Trump's Wall - February 20, 2019
Join host jim justice as she hears from people by the Skagit County Courthouse in Mount Vernon, Washington as they participate in the National Protest against Trump's Emergency Declaration so he could...
View ArticleMeals on Wheels - February 27, 2019
Over 25% of the people in Skagit County are over 60 years of age. Host Jerry Shackette interviews Renee Corcoran, Senior Program Coordinator at Skagit County Public Health who oversees the Skagit...
View ArticleCelebrating International Women's Day - March 6, 2019
This week we celebrate our beginning in March 2008 with a celebration International Women's Day as we did then. This time the focus is on music from singers/songwriters Linda Allen of Bellingham,...
View ArticleGun Control Legislation - March 13, 2019
Safe and Sane Skagit met recently with Congressman Suzan DelBene's local representatives, Kaylee Galloway and Ben Studley about their concern over the need for background checks and federal...
View ArticleLegislative Session Report from Rep. Dave Paul - March 27, 2019
Rep. Dave Paul represents the 10th LD. He was newly elected to that seat last Nov. beating the Republican incumbent for a seat held by the Republicans for 20 years. In this interview, he talks about...
View ArticleFriendship House - Hunger to Hope - April 3, 2019
Dave McConnell talks with Jerry Shackette, Hunger to Hope Coordinator for Friendship House, discussing the Hunger to Hope, and other, projects offered by Friendship House which has served the homeless...
View ArticleFilmmaker Paul Espinosa's "Singing our Way to Freedom" and more - March 20,...
Join host jim justice this week on Speak Up! Speak out! as she talks with filmmaker and producer Paul Espinosa as he prepared to show his newest film, Singing Our Way to Freedom, at the recent...
View ArticleKids Can Save the Planet - April 10, 2019
At the age of 13, Dylan D'Haeze asked what happens to plastic when we throw it away. In his search for the answer he traveled the continent, and what he witnessed shocked him. Rather than hide from...
View ArticleImproving Safety at Refineries - April 17, 2019
No one in Skagit forgets the explosion at the Tesoro refinery in 2010 that killed 7 people. Investigators decided that that disaster was preventable. The United Steel Workers' Union representing...
View ArticleNW Educational Service District Migrant Program - April 24, 2019
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