"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)
Waging love and watching resilient wildlife; we ask two charismatic leaders how they keep their sprits brave. Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis is senior minister at New York’s Middle Collegiate Church and a contributor to the 2017 collection Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump. Adrienne Maree Brown is co-editor of Octavia’s Brood, Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements, and Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds in which she urges activists to become as open to change as nature is.
"How to Have a Relationship with a Wild Animal" (7 minutes)
An intimate relationship with wild animals is possible. Steve Karlin of Wildlife Associates describes the prerequisites for people to have real relationships with wild animals.
"2017 High School Scholarship Essay Contest” (1 hour, 23 minutes)
On April 30, 2017, Sacramento area high school students read and defended their essays in response to this quotation from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
The 10 finalists presented their essays at the contest finals dinner that was attended by more than 200 people. The finalists answered questions about their essays from a distinguished panel of judges from the community, who then choose the First Place ($3,000 scholarship), Second Place ($2,500 scholarship), and Third Place ($2,000 scholarship) winners. Each of the other finalists received a $1,000 scholarship.