On Your Mind
On this week’s episode of On Your Mind With Mia Mendez, Mia sits down with Naomi Roberson, Program Manager at Smith Playground to discuss Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse’s upcoming spring programs and events Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, located in East Fairmount Park, strives to be Philadelphia’s foremost resource for play by providing opportunities for […]
On this week’s episode of On Your Mind With Mia Mendez, Mia sits down with Susan Patton, CEO of ACHIEVEability, and David Sims of Eatible Delights to discuss ACHIEVEability’s fundraiser gala, Food for Thought. ACHIEVEability permanently breaks the generational cycle of poverty for low income, single parent, and homeless families through higher education, affordable housing, […]
On this week’s episode of On Your Mind With Mia Mendez, Mia sits down with National Constitution Center Exhibit Developer, Erin McLeary, to discuss the National Constitution Center’s upcoming exhibit, Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello. On the heels of an Academy Award win for 12 Years A Slave, a historical drama film about a free man who was kidnapped in 1841 […]
On this week’s episode of “On Your Mind With Mia Mendez” Mia sat down with Comcast’s Vice President of Community Investment, Bob Smith, to discuss Comcast Internet Essentials. In 2011 Comcast launched Internet Essentials, a program program providing families with low-cost broadband services for $9.95 a month; the option to purchase a full-service, Internet ready computer for […]
Jonathan Pierpont Warner was a guest on On Your Mind With Mia Mendez and discussed topics from his book, “How to Win the Health Care Game,” He broke down some of the ongoing issues around Obamacare/ACA and made it easier for people to understand.
HOPE NOW is an alliance between counselors, mortgage companies, investors, and other mortgage market participants. This alliance will maximize outreach efforts to homeowners in distress to help them stay in their homes and will create a unified, coordinated plan to reach and help as many homeowners as possible. The members of this alliance recognize that […]
At the end of the 2012-2013 school year, the Philadelphia School District closed 24 schools and laid off thousands of employees. Over the summer, the city of Philadelphia agreed borrow $50 million just to be able to open schools on time. However, even with that money, schools opened with minimum staffing and many program cuts. Philadelphia […]
On Your Mind With Mia Mendez: Joe Marrone Discusses The Zimmerman Verdict and Stand Your Ground Laws
Radio One Expert Attorney Joe Marrone called into “On Your Mind With Mia Mendez” to discuss the Zimmerman verdict, Pennsylvania’s Stand Your Ground Laws, and the possibility that there will be revisions to Florida’s controversial self defense laws.
On this week’s episode of “On Your Mind WIth Mia Mendez” Christina Patras, RockReach Manager and Outreach Coordinator for the Rock School of Dance, discusses RockReach, an outreach program aiming to make dance more accessible to under served urban youth in the greater Philadelphia area. Designed to make a significant, long lasting impact on a child’s social, […]
On this week’s episode of “On Your Mind With Mia Mendez” Tarell Davis, Director of Early Childhood Development for Settlement Music School, sits down with Mia Mendez to Settlement Music School’s “Kaleidoscope Preschool Arts Enrichment Program.” The Kaleidoscope Preschool Arts Enrichment Program is an arts-integrated, early learning program which primarily serves families whose incomes qualify them for […]
