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June 22, 2007
Local Celebrity Listening Party #6: Ching Cheeng King Bennchoumy
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:- This weeks news explores the "Think about it" approach to Portugal's new abortion law. Also Local Celebrity Bennchoumy weighs in on Haiti's decision to begin implementing their own security forces.
- Hip Hop Haitian Sensation, Bennchoumy, talks with Rise up Radio about his roots, his record label, and being compared to the "gatekeeper" of Haitian Hip Hop, Wyclef Jean.
- Are you a Negus? Rise up Radio is! Hear more about the movement on the show.
- Download the show to hear Bennchoumy and Joel of the Ching Cheeng crew, spit fire in Creole and French!
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June 01, 2007
Special Education: Knowing the Options
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
- Youth news, including gentrification of hip-hop's birthplace, TB scare and Tasty's "beef" with airline security. Also the police "go postal" on Fermin Arzu, an unarmed man from the Bronx.
Joining us in the studio from YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities, are Assoc. Executive Director Stephen Freeman and Chief Financial Officer Karen Weggman. We discuss available options for families of people with special needs and what happens when it's time to age-out of "the system." Check out their website and join them for the next Central Park Challenge!
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