Grassroots Advocacy Radio
Marsha Padilla-Goad is a veteran grassroots advocate who has organized highly successful campaigns and programs in Washington and across the nation over the past 20 years. She has worked in the private, public and non-profit sectors on behalf of veterans, seniors, and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Marsha has organized tours and town hall meetings across the United States that brought Congressional representatives directly to their voters. She has organized rallies on Capitol Hill and brought thousands of constituents to Washington, DC for annual lobby days. She also enjoys conducting workshops for high school students to teach them the value of grassroots advocacy and the critical role it has played throughout our nation's history.
Episodes
September 10, 2019 • 58 mins
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.
Check out the podcast series America 2.0:www.tinyurl.com/AM20Pod
Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. Hes also an unflinching idealist and a prof...
Check out the podcast series America 2.0:www.tinyurl.com/AM20Pod
Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. Hes also an unflinching idealist and a prof...
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September 3, 2019 • 57 mins
Listeners will meet Ms. Dena Battle, President of the Kidney Cancer Research Alliance (KCCure).
KCCureis 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 opportuni...
KCCureis 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 opportuni...
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August 6, 2019 • 58 mins
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 likefentanylare now fueling a separate, and perhaps even deadlier, ...
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July 2, 2019 • 58 mins
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 likefentanylare now fueling a separate, and perhaps even deadlier, ...
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June 12, 2019 • 56 mins
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 medications for overdose.
Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resou...
Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resou...
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June 4, 2019 • 53 mins
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 medications for overdose.
Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resou...
Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resou...
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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 medications for overdose.
Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resou...
Resources:
https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic
https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resou...
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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 relat...
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May 7, 2019 • 59 mins
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 relat...
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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 relat...
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April 2, 2019 • 59 mins
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 relat...
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April 2, 2019 • 59 mins
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 relat...
Mark as Played
March 5, 2019 • 58 mins
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.
Check out the podcast series America 2.0: www.tinyurl.com/AM20Pod
Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. He’s also an unflinching idealist and a pr...
Check out the podcast series America 2.0: www.tinyurl.com/AM20Pod
Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. He’s also an unflinching idealist and a pr...
Mark as Played
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.
Check out the podcast series America 2.0: www.tinyurl.com/AM20Pod
Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. He’s also an unflinching idealist and a pr...
Check out the podcast series America 2.0: www.tinyurl.com/AM20Pod
Description
Seth McGuire (Patrick J. Adams) is a first term Congressman. He’s also an unflinching idealist and a pr...
Mark as Played
February 5, 2019 • 57 mins
February is American Heart Month According to the Centers for Disease Control, Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 289,758 women in 2013mdashthatrsquos about1 in every 4female deaths.Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a ldquomanrsquos disease,rdquo around the same number of women and men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite increases in awareness...
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February 5, 2019 • 57 mins
February is American Heart Month! According to the Centers for Disease Control, Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 289,758 women in 2013—that’s about 1 in every 4 female deaths. Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a “man’s disease,” around the same number of women and men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite increases in awareness over the past d...
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February is American Heart Month! According to the Centers for Disease Control, Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 289,758 women in 2013—that’s about 1 in every 4 female deaths. Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a “man’s disease,” around the same number of women and men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite increases in awareness over the past d...
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January 1, 2019 • 57 mins
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 opportun...
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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 opportun...
Mark as Played
Listeners will meet Ms. Dena Battle, President of the Kidney Cancer Research Alliance KCCure.KCCureis 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 ...
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