Staying in Contact with London Mitchell

Lucas County Children's Services is conducting a survey to bring its service model in line with community needs. Guest Randell Muth, executive director of the agency, talks about the mission and what they hope to gain from the survey.

the Healthy Lucas County Coalition has launched its Community Health Assessment Survey— described as a vital step in understanding and improving the health of residents.

We are in Contact with author Doug Tracy. His book Times, Crimes and the Tenderloin … in pre-prohibition Toledo takes a look at the city's more seamy history.

My guest is local author Tedd Long. We discuss his new book, The Toledo Papers, a fascinating compendium of letters and ephemera stretching back 200 years offering a never-before-seen glimpse into the past.   

Author Jennifer Boresz Engelking discusses her newest book, Lost Lake Erie. She recounts several of the entertaining, heartbreaking, and nostalgic stories of the lost sites, businesses, and industries of Lake Erie.

Shirley Greene, an adjunct professor of history at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University, tells the story of her ancestors, free born blacks, who fought in the Revolutionary War. The book is Revolutionary Blacks, Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence.

This past week I was honored to represent the Toledo-Lucas County Commission on Disabilities when the County Commissioners approved a resolution endorsing the Five I's of Disability Justice, a framework to ensure the creation of truly disability friendly public policy. I reprise my discussion with author of the Five I's, Sam Melden.

Food insecurity is a growing problem.  In his latest book But We Only Have One Grape, Anthony Knopps looks at this serious problem through the eyes of a second grader. Our discussion points out that 15 percent of American households with children are considered "food insecure."