Grassroots Advocacy Radio with Marsha Padilla-Goad: Conversation to Educate, Empower, and Engage Transformation Talk Radio

Listeners will understand what grassroots advocacy is, the power it has in influencing, and in shaping public policy. Listeners will also learn how they can become more engaged in advocacy efforts in their communities and at the state and national levels.

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Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. He s also an unflinching idealist and a profound optimist. When embroiled in his first ever controversy, Seth is completely ill-equipped to navigate D.C. s political treachery. Hope comes in a EUREKA moment, putting him at a crossroads: can his bold and revolutionary plan really save this country, or is he going to talk himself right out of office when people hear his crazy idea? Find out in our 6-part scripted, narrative podcast series - AMERICA 2.0.

Listeners will meet Ms. Dena Battle, President of the Kidney Cancer Research Alliance (KCCure).
KCCure is a grassroots organization of patients, caregivers, doctors and medical researchers dedicated to eliminating suffering and death due to kidney cancer through increased funding to accelerate research that will lead to a cure for all patients and prevent future kidney cancer diagnoses. Additionally, listeners will have an opportunity to meet two of KCCure's patient, hear their stories of how KCCure has made a difference in their treatment outcomes.

Additional Resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/kidney/index.htm
https://kccure.org/grants/
https://kccure.org/about-us/scientific-advisory-board/
https://kccure.org/about-us/patient-advisory-board/

According to the Centers for Disease Control, from 1999 to 2017, almost 218,000 people died in the United States from overdoses related to prescription opioids. Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids were five times higher in 2017 than in 1999. More people still overdose on prescription painkillers than any other opioid, but heroin and other illicit opioids like fentanyl are now fueling a separate, and perhaps even deadlier, drug epidemic.

We will discuss the epicenter of the opioid epidemic, causes and solutions. Listeners will meet William F. Benson of Health Benefits ABCs.

RESOURCES
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/index.html

According to the Centers for Disease Control, from 1999 to 2017, almost 218,000 people died in the United States from overdoses related to prescription opioids. Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids were five times higher in 2017 than in 1999. More people still overdose on prescription painkillers than any other opioid, but heroin and other illicit opioids like fentanyl are now fueling a separate, and perhaps even deadlier, drug epidemic.

We will discuss the epicenter of the opioid epidemic, causes and solutions. Listeners will meet William F. Benson of Health Benefits ABCs.

RESOURCES
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/index.html

Rural older adults are dying from the opioid epidemic at a higher rate than older adults in the nation as a whole, yet fewer than one in 10 opioid treatment centers are located in rural America, and many rural first responders are not trained to administer life-saving medica tions for overdose.

Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resources/GIA_Rural_Opioid_Paper.pdf
https://www.giaging.org/documents/170818_Benson-Aldrich_paper_for_GIA_web_FINAL.pdf

With the increase in opioid use in pockets across the U.S., more grandparents and other relatives are raising children whose parents have died, are incarcerated, are using drugs or are in treatment. These caregivers often step into their role unexpectedly. They may be living on fixed incomes and unaware of where to turn for support and services for the children. Research shows that with support, children thrive in the care of relatives and have better outcomes than those in foster care with non-relatives.