PolicyWise

Youth Leadership Institute

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PolicyWise is an intergenerational podcast by Youth Leadership Institute focused on bringing young people into the policy conversation.

01/12/2024

S4 E6: Climate Education

Today's Hosts: Elli Are Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal What does Climate education look like in California schools these days? Bluntly, there are no climate education mandates for For K-12 or for general education at public university. For most students environmental education doesn't become accessible until you get to college and really only if that's your chosen major. Enter California Assembly Bill 1939, which aims to address this deficiency in our education system. First introduced in 2022, AB 1939 would add a science requirement to California K-12 schools addressing the causes and effects of Climate Change and offer methods to mitigate and adapt. As of the time of this recording the Bill was sent by the senate to the Committee on Education where it has sat since June 15th, 2022 Today, Elli is Joined by Sage Lenier, creator of the UC Berkley course Solutions for a Sustainable and Just Future, and former Instructor of the same UC Berkeley course Anu Thirunarayanan to discuss Climate literacy, what accessible and equitable environmental education should look like, and the power of peer-to-peer/youth-led education. https://www.sustainableandjustfuture.org/history We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

34 min
12/01/2023

S4 E5: Education in the Prison System

Today's Hosts: Mehek Kandru Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise, Mehek dives into what the education system looks like for incarcerated individuals. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

11 min
11/17/2023

S4 E34: Bathrobe Chat– Is AB15O5 Wise?

Today's Hosts: Demi Wack & Ellinor Arzbaecher Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise Demi and Elli discuss Prop AB15O5 by Democratic Assembly member Patrick O'Donell from Long Beach CA. In 2019 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB15O5 into law and rewriting the state's charter school laws We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

48 min
11/03/2023

S4 E3: The State of U.S. Childcare

Today's Hosts: Demi Wack Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Whenever you're ready. Hello everyone, and welcome to our next episode of Policy-Wise. I am really thrilled today to be joined by Cindy Loff, the director of the National Childcare Association. Today, we'll be talking a little bit about the state of childcare in the United States, learning what the current status is of childcare, what are some of the efforts being made, and what are some of the problems that we might be able to tackle as young folks, uh, just starting to address some of these issues and seeing these issues all around us. Now, before we jump in too much about Cindy and learning more about her, Cindy, I was wondering if you could come on and give us a little bit of a background about the National Childcare Association, uh, what it does and how it fits into policy within the United States? We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

46 min
10/20/2023

S4 E2: The Fresno Teacher's Association

[UPDATE: this episode was recorded on May 26 2023 before the FTA strike began. For updates on the strike follow @FresnoTeachersAsaociation] Today we'll be hearing from McLane high school teacher and Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla and self-proclaimed troublemaker Louis Jamerson the Executive Director of the Fresno Teachers Association. Together these two are bringing big perspectives and power positions from the FTA. Today's Hosts: Demi Wack, Mehek Kandru & Ellinor Arzbaecher Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

41 min
10/06/2023

Season 4! Welcome back PolicyWise!

It is so good to be back! For our final season, we’ll be switching things up. As always we'll be speaking with people who are experts in their fields, policymakers, and everyday people who are making a difference in their communities, but we’ll also each be taking the opportunity to do deep dives into the areas that interest us the most. Join our hosts Elli, Mehek and Demi as they explore the policy areas that interest them most as they continue their journey to discover what makes a Policy Wise? Today's Hosts: Demi Wack, Mehek Kandru & Ellinor Arzbaecher Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

34 min
09/03/2022

S3 E17: Farewell Michael

Hosts: Demetria Wack, Elli Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today is Michael's last episode with Policywise (as a host anyway). Two years ago Policywise was just an idea–then came Michael and Demi. Under their leadership Policywise covered so many different issues and talked with people from so many walks of life. In that time we watched Michael grow into the passionate, hilarious, and dedicated professional that he today. We’re so proud of his continued growth and wish him all the best as Policy Analyst at the Inland Empire Community Foundation. Thank you, Michael! Each of us here on the Policywise team wanted to leave you with a few words... I will sincerely miss Michael’s charisma, enthusiasm, and willingness to dive deeper into each conversation. But most of all, I will miss chatting with one of the most devoted and thoughtful people I know each week. Good luck out there, friend! -Demi Michael pursued the PolicyWise vision with such skill and personality, and achieved what he set out to do with this podcast. I am so sad to see him leave the team, but am incredibly excited to watch him continue on his journey! Thank you for your support these last couple years, Michael, we got it from here 😁-Elli Michael! You are the king of food pics, a master of networking, and an amazing dog dad. Congratulations on your new job and don’t forget us when you’re famous 💜-Kody Michael the first time we recorded together I thought to myself, 'this guy is a natural!' You are a wonderful storytelling and person–I know you are going to go do amazing things! Good luck out there, congratulations, and know that we are all so proud of you!-Jarrett And then maybe one sentence shoutouts from the girls?We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

1h 9m
07/15/2022

S3 E16: Vaccinate All 58: Madera

Intro: Demitria WackGuest: Eriveto "Beto" Vasquez-Sanchez, Jaylee Alacala-Lopez, Carlos Alacala-Lopez, Jax Garcia, Ja’rea Theissen, and Alexia Sanchez Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On todays episode of PolicyWise, we’ll be throwing things over to the young people from Madera to talk all things Vaccinate all 58. Please enjoy hearing from Beto, Jaylee, Jax, Ja’rea, and Alexia about their experiences throughout the pandemic and the importance of getting vaccinated because no one is alone when we are in community together. For more information: Vaccinateall58.com cdc.gov/coronavirus To find a local texting and vaccination site visit:myturn.ca.gov We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think!https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!

27 min

5

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14 Ratings

Happy Listener

04/12/2021

maddie1844

This podcast is so enlightening & so needed! Thank you for sharing!
Engaged young people having important conversations

10/23/2020

timhaydock

Looking forward to what’s coming from this pod.
Helpful and Informative

10/23/2020

avid listener of PolicyWise

Very well done. Helpful, informative, in a space that needs this voice.

PolicyWise is an intergenerational podcast by Youth Leadership Institute focused on bringing young people into the policy conversation.

Creator

Youth Leadership Institute
Years Active

2020 - 2024
Episodes

50
Rating

Explicit
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