RadioACTive 02.21.22

  • February 21, 2022
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#VoicesAmplified has taken over another RadioActive show. Student journalists from The Globe, Salt Lake Community College's student newspaper, partnered with Amplify Utah and KRCL to bring you diverse stories. On this show, they spoke with Globe journalist Jonny Tollestrup for a legislative preview, Interim Chief Diversity Officer and JEDI overseer Alonso Reyna Rivarola, as well as JEDI intern Ariane Barboza. Plus, Prof Lin Chen, Dr. Xin Zhao and Anthony Dang about the Lunar New Year, and #popculturenuggets.

Tonight's show featured the following people, organizations, and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community.

Student journalists from The Globe, Salt Lake Community College’s student newspaper, once again took over RadioACTive for #VoicesAmplified, a collaboration between SLCC, Amplify Utah and KRCL that seeks to amplify diverse stories and storytellers. Listen to #VoicesAmplified every Monday at 6:00 p.m. through SLCC’s spring semester.

Host Valene Peratrovich spoke with Jonny Tollestrup of The Globe, a student-run paper at Salt Lake Community College that focuses on diverse storytelling about things that matter to your community. You can check out their stories at www.globeslcc.com. Jonny gave us a peek at legislative priorities and discusses how Utah’s $1B education fund will affect schools across the state.

Valene then spoke with Alonso Reyna Rivarola and Ariane Barboza about the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Social Transformation (JEDI4ST) program at SLCC.

What does Lunar New Year mean to the Asian-American community? To find out, Valene spoke with several people about their experience living in Salt Lake City. Featured guests included:

Lastly, #PopCultureNuggets, a segment where the #VoicesAmplified team talks about what they are watching, hearing or reading:

  • Booker Jonny Tollestrup talked must-see Oscar nominations

  • Digital Producer Ariel Widerburg discussed nominees for the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. To vote for your favs, go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website.

Tonight’s RadioACTive was a production of Listeners Community Radio of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, and Amplify Utah. Tonight’s team included:

  • Lead Producer: Amy Cremer

  • Assoc. Producer: Sean Stetson

  • Host: Valene Peratrovich

  • Booker: Jonny Tollestrup

  • Digital Producer: Ariel Widerburg

  • Adviser: Marcie Young Cancio, assistant professor at SLCC and executive director of Amplify Utah

  • Editor: Lara Jones, RadioACTive executive producer

Views, thoughts, or opinions shared by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners’ Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9 FM.

 

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