Concerns About Children Falling Behind In School / San Joaquin County Campaign For Black Mothers And Babies / SacState Virtual Art Exhibit ‘Un/Equal Freedoms’

Summary: <p>Are you concerned your children are falling behind in school? CapRadio’s Pauline Bartolone speaks with parents and educators as part of the latest COVID-19 Resilience Poll with Valley Vision. We also learn more about a San Joaquin County campaign addressing the alarming rate Black mothers, and their babies are dying due to insensitive or inadequate care. Plus, a preview of a powerful art exhibition premiering at SacState covering ‘unequal freedoms.’</p> <p><strong>Today's Guests</strong></p> <ul> <li>CapRadio News and Features Editor <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/pauline-bartolone/" target="_blank">Pauline Bartolone</a></strong> explains why Sacramento area parents are concerned about their children falling behind in school because of the pandemic </li> <li> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Perinatal Equity Initiative Coordinator, </span><strong>Reanna Wyatt</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, SistaCoach at the </span><a href="https://aaawlc.org/our-story/our-team-and-board/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center</span></a>, <strong>Coleen Sykes-Ray</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and Lactation Consultant and Program Manager for Delta Health Care's SistaCoach Program, </span><strong>Tamesha Valverde</strong>,<span style="font-weight: 400;"> discuss San Joaquin County’s new campaign </span><a href="http://www.sjcphs.org/information/pei.aspx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rally Around our Sisters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which addresses the disproportionate death rate Black American mothers and their babies face when compared to other ethnic groups.</span> </li> <li>SacState’s <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://statehornet.com/2021/05/virtual-art-exhibit-unequal-freedoms-expressions-social-justice-crisj/" target="_blank">Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice</a> is hosting a virtual art exhibition ‘<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.csus.edu/center/race-immigration-social-justice/spotlights/events-programs.html#un/equal-freedoms-exhibition-trailer" target="_blank">Un/Equal Freedoms: Expressions for Social Justice </a>‘ with artist and educator <strong>Christie Frields</strong>, ethnomusicologist <strong>Dr. Luis Chavez</strong>, Assistant Professor of Dance <strong>Bernard Brown</strong>, <strong>Julius Austin</strong> with the Sacramento Promise Zone, and <strong>Abraham Perez</strong> with Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento (IMBASAC). </li> </ul>