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Town Hall Meeting on Aging in Miami!

Americans aged 60 and older face a series of opportunities – and challenges – unlike any previous generation. As longer life expectancies collide with epidemics of chronic disease and obesity, and limited financial solvency, the road to successful aging is becoming more difficult to navigate.

A new survey from UnitedHealthcare, the National Council on Aging, and USA Today shows that seniors and boomers are simultaneously optimistic and unprepared for the realities of growing old in America, depending on their individual circumstances (income, health status, location, etc.). 

Join us for a town hall event on Wednesday, August 8 at 10:00 a.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Knight Concert Hall, where national and local experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly growing senior population and how older adults – and those who support them – can confront the challenges honestly and with purpose.

Featured Guest: Donna E. Shalala, President of the University of Miami and Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel of Experts:

• Rick Birkel, PH.D., MPA, Acting Senior Vice President, Center for Healthy Aging, National Council on Aging
• Sara J. Czaja, PH.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences and Scientific Director, Center on Aging, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Karyne Jones, President & Chief Executive Officer, The National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc. 
• Suzanne Mintz, President & Co-Founder, National Family Caregivers Association
• Dr. Rhonda Randall, Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHeatlhcare Medicare & Retirement
• Max Rothman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Aging, Inc.

Moderator: Sharon Jayson, Behavior and Relationships Reporter, USA Today

To register for this free event, visit http://usofagingtownhall.eventbrite.com/

 

 

Frontline Special: Money, Power and Wall Street on WPBT2

FRONTLINE will broadcast a two-part mini-series on WPBT2 April 24 and May 1 at 9 pm.  Since 2008, Wall Street and Washington have fought against the tide of the fiercest financial crisis since the Great Depression. What have they wrought? In a special 4-hour investigation, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy, exploring key decisions, missed opportunities, and the unprecedented and uneasy partnership between government leaders and titans of finance that affects the fortunes of millions of people around the world.
 
In Part 1 , April 24 on WPBT2, FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk investigates how two U.S. administrations have confronted the crisis – while dealing with sharp internal divisions and a relationship with Wall Street marked by mistrust and dependence, mutual interests, and competing goals. The investigation charts the largest government bailout in U.S. history, a series of decisions that rewrote the rules of government and fueled a debate that would alter the country’s political landscape. Focusing on the Obama administration, FRONTLINE tells the story of a newly elected president with a mandate for change grappling with the multi-headed menace of economic instability, and with fundamental choices about winners and losers and the direction of his presidency.
 
In Part 2, on May 1 on WPBT2, FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith pivots the investigation to the inner workings of global high finance, which four years after the crisis exploded remains largely shrouded in secrecy and laden with risk. While popular anger at bankers and the effects of reckless lending and borrowing has spread across much of the globe, effective regulatory reform remains elusive. Looking to Europe as well as America, FRONTLINE interviews leading bankers and officials to probe deeply into story of the big banks, how they developed, how

WPBT2 Hosts "An Evening with Jim Lehrer"

WPBT2 will host two dinners with Jim Lehrer, PBS NewsHour Anchor and also moderator of eleven Presidential Debates, on Wednesday, February 22 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach and Thursday, February 23 at the Coral Gables Country Club.  Ticket information for the dinners is available at wpbt2.org/lehrer.

 Jim Lehrercame to PBS in 1972, teaming with Robert MacNeil in 1973 to cover the Senate Watergate hearings. They began in 1975 what became The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, and, in 1983, the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, the first 60-minute evening news program on television.  When MacNeil retired in 1995, the program was renamed The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

In the last six presidential elections, Lehrer moderated eleven of the nationally televised candidate debates.  His latest book, a non-fiction work about the presidential debates, titled Tension City,was published in September 2011. At the WPBT2 dinners, Lehrer will discuss his latest book and give attendees a ringside seat for some of the epic political battles or our time, shedding light on some of the critical turning points and theoretical faux pas that helped determine the outcome of America's presidential elections.  He will provide antedotes from his experiences as "the man in the middle seat."

During the Evenings with Jim Lehrer, WPBT2 will also present Lifetime Service Awards to William F. Koch, Jr. and Herbert A. Tobin for their commitment to public television WPBT2.

Recognizing Signs of Bullying

Is Your Child Being Bullied? Is Your Child Bullying Others?

Would You Recognize The Signs?

Join us for a frank discussion with parents, psychologists, school board officials, and law enforcement officers on how we can all help put an end to bullying.

 

Hosted by Nova Southeastern University and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel this forum is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

 

Monday, Oct. 24

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Alvin Sherman Library – Second Floor Gallery

Nova Southeastern University

3301 College Ave – Davie, FLA. 33314

 

Moderated by Nicole Brochu, Senior Editorial Writer for the Sun Sentinel

 

Topics include:

• Cyber bullying in elementary, middle and high schools
• Bullycide - the relationship between bullying and suicide
• Broward County School District presents what is currently being done to eradicate bullying in schools
• Bullying, food allergies and chronic illnesses - roughly 50% of students with food allergies as well as those with chronic illnesses report being bullied because of their infirmities. Bullies deliberately attempt to expose food allergic kids to their allergens.
• The need for schools and families to have bullying prevention/intervention plans
• Developing trusting relationships between adults and kids; safeguarding your child
• Keys to resilience and success for our youth

You're Invited to a Free Event!

WPBT2 and WLRN invite you to a free preview screening of Sesame Street Workshop's Growing Hope Against Hunger at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on Wednesday, October 5 at 11am.

The film features Brad Paisley, Kimberly Williams Paisley and the Sesame Street Muppets.  WPBT2 and WLRN will be at the event celebrating the importance of community with gardening and family health and wellness activities.

The free preview screening is being held to raise awareness of the widespread issue of hunger in the US and provide simple, empowering strategies to families who need assistance or want to help.

WLRN will also be collecting canned food donations at the event to benefit the Feeding South Florida Food Bank.

The event is free and open to the public.  

If you can't make it to the event, you can watch Growing Hope for Hunger on Sunday, October 9 at 7pm on WPBT2.

WPBT2 and FIU Invite You to a Free Lecture

WPBT2 and Florida International University’s Center for Humanities in an Urban Environment present The Haitian Imprint on the Humanities on Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00pm at the Green Library, Room 220 on the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus. 

Gepsie Metellus, executive director of Sant La, will lead the lecture.  Metellus is a well-known community leader with a deep awareness of the diversity and complexity that characterize the Haitian community and a profound sense of the range of issues challenging all South Floridians. Her talk draws on personal experience and on the rich cultural history of the Haitian community. Her insights will be particularly welcome to all interested in seeing the humanities at work at the grass roots level, and it will also give a broad sense of how the humanities touch and enrich all of us.

The event is free and open to the public.

 

WPBT2 and FLAEYC Host Live Education Call-In and Webcast

WPBT2, in association with the Florida Association for the Education of Young Children (FLAEYC), will host a live call in broadcast and webcast entitled, Early Care and Education: A Guide for Parents on September 1st at 8pm.

The program will be hosted by Helen Ferré, host of WPBT2’s public affairs program, Issues.  It will center on topics including recognizing the best early learning facility for children and second language acquisition.  South Florida education experts: Luis A. Hernandez, early childhood education specialist for Western Kentucky University, Dr. Nancy Brown, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Florida Atlantic University and Mileidis Gort, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Literacy and Bilingual Education at the University of Miami School of Education will answer viewer calls on-air.

Viewers can submit their questions via phone at 1-800-222-9728.  Experts will also chat with the community via webcast at http://www.wpbt2.org/webcast. Viewers will also be able to submit their questions to theWPBT2 Facebook page as well as twitter using the hashtag #earlycareeducation.

Free screening of " The Whistle Blower"

Samuel Goldwyn Films, The Women’s International Film & Arts Festival, The Center for Humanities in an Urban Environment and The Women's Studies Center at FIU present a special FREE screening of this riveting film about Human Trafficking starring Academy Award Winners Rachel Weisz, and Vanessa Redgrave with Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn. The film opens nationwide on August 5, 2011, see it first with us on August 3! Come early for our networking reception and stay after for a panel discussion.

Date: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 from 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM 

Location: FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus 11200 S.W. 8th St. bldg AHC3, room 110 Miami, 33199

 

 

 

Celebrate the Accomplishments of the Outstanding Women of Broward County!

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County and the Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center present the 3rd Annual 100 Outstanding Women of Broward County Gala on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 beginning at 5:00pm at The Signature Grand in Davie, Florida. The 100 Outstanding Women of Broward County gala will bring the Broward community together to celebrate how far women have come in leadership roles in the business, community and philanthropic fields.

Highlights from the evening's gala will include a sold out, "who's who" audience of 1,000 people coming together to celebrate and honor one hundred outstanding women leaders in the Broward community. The mistress of ceremonies will be none other than Two-Time Emmy Award winning Journalist, Julia Yarbough.

The recognition gala dinner begins with an extended social cocktail hour, combined with silent auction; then dinner follows with a live auction and high end fashion show by well known, Miami based fashion designer Rene Ruiz. Rene Ruiz Couture designs ready to wear, wedding dresses and custom couture, and is collected by celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Kimora Lee Simmons.

Prestigious community leaders set to be in attendance include Dawn Stagliano, Marcia Barry-Smith, Polly Wilkie, Marge Osceola, Kimarie Stratos, Gale Butler, Julia Yarbough and Linda Von Allmen.

The event begins at 5:00pm and runs until 10:00pm.

For ticket information, contact Danielle Cox at 954-563-2822 or dcox@bgcbc.org.

 

When the Odds Are Against You...It Helps to Dream a Little.

Visa Dream is a touching film following a couple striving to do things the proper way so that they can visit their family in the United States. People who grew up all their lives in the US often don’t realize some of the challenges people face in order to visit this country. Close to 6 million tourist visas are issued by the US worldwide every year. This documentary shows the lifestyle, the emotions, and journey of a couple that goes through this very process.

The stakes are high. Ramon and Aurora, (the older couple applying for the visa,) have not seen their kids for 16 years. And just because they apply for a visa and have an interview, does not mean they are guaranteed the approval for it. Basically, it comes down to a “yes” or “no” from an immigration officer, as their relatives anxiously wait to hear the answer.

The film includes interviews with their family members, various visa applicants, comments from private visa consultants who work filling out paperwork on a daily basis, as well as an interview with a United States Consular Officer. A consular officer actually does the interview with foreigners desiring to obtain a visitors’ visa, to determine their eligibility.

Visa Dream airs Thursday, April 14 at 11:30pm on WPBT2.