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California Alameda County District 5 Supervisor Keith Carson moderates a variety of issue-based discussions involving local government personnel, Alameda County agencies, non-government organizations, and community based organizations covering public health, public protection, social services, and state and national politics. Keith breaks down complex political jargon down to its fundamental elements connecting you to information that directly affects your everyday lives. Keith brings to the table a progressive view on sometimes controversial topics pushing the envelope and staying ahead of the curve. Alameda County District 5 encompasses Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, and Oakland (North Oakland, West Oakland, Montclair, Glenview, and San Antonio). Primary Format : Government and Organizations Language : English Also Listed as: City : Oakland State/Province : CA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Keith Carson: Information is Power! Podcasts Trumix.com listings of Keith Carson: Information is Power! Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs. If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Ep.04: Wake Yo' Game Up! Featured song: Change the World by Too Short (feat. B-Rad) Town Business Network (TBN) has assembled a group of artists from the San Francisco Bay Area “to change the face of American politics.” The hip-hop album, “Wake Yo’ Game Up!” promotes social change and empowerment through community awareness and the act of voting. Artists are free to explore the theme of “Voting and Social Change” with two limitations: songs must be non-partisan and must not contain curse words. All artists agre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ep.03: Proposition 6 - Safe Neighborhoods Act Proposition 6 will be on the November 2008 ballot. If passed, the initiative would increase funding by nearly sixty-one percent for various law enforcement activities including gang intervention, detention, probation, narcotics enforcement, education, prevention and rehabilitation. The proposition will require a minimum of $965,000,000 each year to be allocated from the state general fund for police, sheriffs, district attorneys, adult probation, jails and juvenile probation facilities.Op ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ep.02: Oakland Youth Movement Oakland Youth Movement is a group of youth trying to get their voices heard. Their purpose has been to get opinions from Oakland youth about the challenges in their communities and obtain their input about what resources are most needed to address these issues. The City and County Neighborhood Initiative brought together several Oakland youth in 2007 to develop and conduct youth surveys in two neighborhoods. The survey explores what youth think about their neighborhoods, including: what the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ep.01: Pre-Kindergarten Expulsion Pre–K students are expelled at a rate more than three times that of children in grades K–12, according to Yale University’s, Walter Gilliam, study,“Pre–kindergartners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems.”Keith Carson moderates a discussion about the ways Alameda County early education programs are addressing the issue of Pre-K expulsion.Guests speakers:Margie Gutierrez-Padilla, LCSW, Program SupervisorAlameda County Behavioral Health Care ServicesEarly Childhood Co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website