First hour: Anti-poverty initiative
Second hour: New eating disorder research
The anti-poverty initiative: why will this time be different? After months of work, the initiative has released some specific ideas. Our panel talks about what they've learned, and how they'll be accountable. In studio:
Maggie Brooks, Monroe County Executive
Lovely Warren, Mayor of the city of Rochester
Joe Morelle, Majority Leader of the State Assembly
Leonard Brock, Director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative
Fran Weisberg, President and CEO of the United Way of Greater Rochester
In our second hour: We're talking about eating disorders. The Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating DIsorders is recruiting adults between the ages of 18 and 40 who have been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa for a new study. We'll talk about what we already know, and what researchers want to find out. In studio:
Mary Tantillo, director of WNYCCCED and founder of The Healing Connection
Michelle Morelaes, parent peer mentor for WNYCCCED
Alyssa Morales, advocate for eating disorder awareness