First hour: New Penfield nature preserve honors environmentalist Irene Gossin
Second hour: Why is peace between Israel and Palestine so difficult to achieve?
A Penfield resident decided she had seen enough cookie-cutter subdivisions springing up, and she stepped in to make sure 18 acres of green space wouldn't become another. Mindy MacLaren bought the land across from Rothfuss Park, and soon it will be turned over to the Genesee Land Trust. What will they do with it? Should we be more concerned about preserving natural spaces? This park will be named for Irene Gossin, the first woman elected to an executive political office in Monroe County history, and one of the first prominent local environmentalists. Gossin is 97, and we'll talk to her about the honor, and her history of environmental advocacy. Our guests:
- Mindy MacLaren, Penfield resident
- Gay Mills, executive director of The Genesee Land Trust
- Kate McArdle, current leader of the Penfield Democratic Committee
In our second hour, why is peace between Israel and Palestine so difficult to achieve? We discuss that question with David Makovsky, who served as a senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and was a member of the Israel-Palestinian peace team in 2013 and 2014. He will be in Rochester as a guest of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester, but first he joins us on Connections. Our guests:
- David Makovsky, author, professor, and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process
- Rabbi Alan Katz, Temple Sinai
