Video Archive: Season 3
Fathers and Sons (#301)
Renee and a panel of guests focus on fathers’ involvement in family life and on why some young black male students fall behind their female counterparts in school.
Premiered: Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 11:30/10:30 am CT on KET2
Tuskegee Airmen (#302)
Renee explores the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen to America’s World War II effort, speaking with two veterans of the unit as well as a Kentucky man who has made it a personal mission to preserve their legacy.
Premiered: Tuesday, February 19 at 8:00/7:00 am CT on KETKY
Rev. Kevin W. Cosby, St. Stephen Church, Lousville (#303)
Renee speaks with the Rev. Kevin W. Cosby, the pastor of St. Stephen Church in Louisville, one of the largest churches in Kentucky and the South.
Premiered: Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 3:00/2:00 pm CT on KET1
Mental Illness (#304)
Renee examines how minorities are affected by mental illness and how to overcome the stigma surrounding these diseases.
Premiered: Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 11:30/10:30 am CT on KET2
Housing Market (#305)
Renee and her guests discuss the end of the housing market boom and offer some advice for home buyers.
Premiered: Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 3:00/2:00 pm CT on KET1
Breast Cancer (#306)
Renee and her guests discuss why black women, who have a reduced risk of getting breast cancer, are more likely die from it, and why the decline in breast cancer is escaping some racial groups. They also discuss the prevalence of the disease in men.
Premiered: Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 3:00/2:00 pm CT on KET1
Kingdom Purpose Ministries (#307)
Renee speaks with the Rev. Byron Cooper of Lexington, pastor of Kingdom Purpose Ministries, which runs a rescue mission for nonviolent offenders, most of whom have a history of substance abuse.
Premiered: Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 11:30/10:30 am CT on KET2
Alma Randolph, gospel singer and community activist (#308)
Renee talks with Ohio County native Alma Randolph, a community relations specialist, founder of a charitable foundation for children, and gospel singer.
Premiered: Tuesday, January 1 at 8:00/7:00 am CT on KETKY
Council on Postsecondary Education (#309)
Renee looks at goals for Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education, including the “Double the Numbers” campaign to double the number of Kentucky residents with college degrees, while she also focuses on how these initiatives affect minority students in the Commonwealth.
Premiered: Sunday, January 20 at 11:30/10:30 am CT on KET2
Elaine Farris, educator (#310)
Renee speaks with Elaine Farris, deputy commissioner in the state Education Department’s Bureau of Learning and Results Services.
Premiered: Tuesday, February 5 at 8:00/7:00 am CT on KETKY
YMCA’s Activate America (#311)
Freddie Brown, director of the YMCA’s Activate America program, discusses its accomplishments and his vision for the future.
Premiered: Tuesday, February 12 at 8:00/7:00 am CT on KETKY
John J. Johnson, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights (#312)
John J. Johnson discusses his career of activism and his goals for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. Johnson joined the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights on Sept. 4, 2007.
Premiered: Sunday, March 30 at 11:30/10:30 am CT on KET2
Unnatural Causes: A Connections Special (#313)
Host Renee Shaw explores how a growing group of people in Kentucky believe that the state’s health problems are based on social, economic and racial issues that are in need of pioneering and innovative public policy. This special is a companion edition to the PBS documentary Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Premiered: Monday, March 31 at 3:00/2:00 pm CT on KETKY
Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. surgeon general (#314)
Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the first African American, and the second woman, to hold the position of surgeon general of the United States, discusses her childhood in Arkansas and her extended family, as well as what inspired her to go into medicine.
Premiered: Sunday, April 13 at 9:00/8:00 am CT on KETKY
Pamela R. Goodwine (#315)
Fayette Circuit Court Judge Pamela R. Goodwine, who in 1999 became the first African-American female judge in Fayette County, discusses her family background, her battle with Crohn’s disease, and her legal career.
Premiered: Sunday, April 27 at 9:00/8:00 am CT on KETKY
Lucille Jackson, Hunter’s Hatters (#316)
Lucille Jackson, owner and operator of Hunter’s Hatters in Lexington, discusses her transition from teacher to business owner.
Premiered: Sunday, May 11 at 11:30/10:30 am CT on KET2
National/Local Elections (#317)
Renee discusses this year’s local and national elections with Saundra Ardrey, political science professor and chair of the political science department at Western Kentucky University, and Bowling Green attorney Osi Onyekwuluje, with a specific focus on African-American politicians running for office.
Premiered: Saturday, May 10 at 3:00/2:00 pm CT on KET1
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