Jillian Gilchrest, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice CT, discusses recent successes and ongoing challenges in the reproductive freedom struggle.

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Adam Prizio discusses the need for affordable legal services for small farmers, farm production and farm businesses.  He also discusses what his firm, Law for Food, describes as “nothing short of a revolution in American agriculture.”

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Tomorrow is primary day for CT Democrats, but the mailings make it seem more like a high school class president election.  I made the mistake of registering as a Democrat in 2006 when I felt strongly that we should oust Joe Lieberman (see how that turned out).  My punishment now seems to be that I will receive stacks of Democratic campaign materials.  How many Gerry Garcia card stock rectangles can I get before it stops being amusing?  Three.  Read the full story

Despite what you may have heard from suburbanites, Hartford is a very bike-able city.  It’s relatively small in geographic size.  Many shoulders are wide enough to provide safe bike passage.  And, Hartford even has a few bike lanes.   Plus, Connecticut in recent years passed legislation that protects bikers on the road (see also: the three foot law) and is supporting it with public displays on billboards and buses.   Read the full story

Julie Carrion, director of catering and education, discusses The Kitchen at Billings Forge in Hartford.  Topics include the farm to table movement, food policy, and community development through job training.

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Pastor James Lane and Victoria Christgau of the CT Center for Nonviolence discuss their ongoing work and the upcoming summer institute on Kingian nonviolence.  See CTNonviolence.org for more information.

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RadioActive brings you audio from two events in Hartford from June 4, an education forum at La Paloma Sabanera and the Gaza rally downtown.

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John Merz, Executive Director of CARC, discusses their mission, history and current program.  We also discuss the upcoming Art for AIDS fundraiser and how you can get involved.

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Helene Kvale of Bated Breath Theatre Company discusses their latest play, The Parkville Project.  The play takes place in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood amidst the backdrop of an ICE raid and is based on interviews with Hartford residents.  It runs July 7- 18.

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Jeffrey Greene discusses the annual Prison Arts Program exhibit now open at Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford.  Community Partners in Action has been providing art classes in CT prisons since 1978.

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