Meet the Dean from the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University talking about Techstars Startup Week - a free five-day virtual conference open to the public starting Monday and hosted by SHU featuring inspirational mentors, entrepreneurs, professors, and industry experts from across the nation.

Then we're bringing back the senior legislative counsel at the Marijuana Policy Project which funds the CT Coalition to Regulate Marijuana to catch up on news about the state's continuing efforts to legalize recreational pot use and access, and get the latest following a virtual forum on the subject with a panel of diverse legalization proponents.

And we'll wrap checking in again with our friends from AARP Connecticut, which has selected five Livable Communities Grant recipients that will complete quick-action projects across Connecticut that will help make immediate improvements or jumpstart long-term progress that will support residents.

 

CT Green Bank Heat Pump Loans – Adult Family Living Initiative – RWJF Childhood Obesity Study

We're going to heat things up right off the bat talking about the newest CT Green Bank program to help you put heat pump technology into your home and digging into some details about a low interest rate, no money down option for heating, cooling, filtering, and taking care of your hot water service, too.

Then we're circling back with Assisted Living Services focusing on an important state sponsored program that's helping keep your aging loved ones safe at home and well cared for, without creating a huge financial hit — the Adult Family Living or AFL initiative.

And we're closing with a very special guest from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation unveiling a comprehensive new report on childhood obesity - and how the COVID pandemic is exacerbating the trend - especially for children of color and kids in financially distressed households.

 
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COVID-19 & Family Dynamics – Goodwin University/UB Partnership – Project Yellow Light

Meet a Connecticut cultural anthropologist talking about a survey he completed that illustrates how COVID-19 will permanently transform consumer culture — and ways family relationships and values changed during quarantine.

Then we'll catch up with the President of Goodwin University to hear how his institution is partnering with Sacred Heart University and the Paier College of Art to work with the University of Bridgeport creating a new model for higher education.

And we'll close on the serious subject of distracted driving with the founder and an incoming UConn student scholar promoting Project Yellow Light - helping teens and young adults reach their peers with potentially life saving messages about safe driving through a creative scholarship initiative.

 
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COVID Impact On Minority Households – New England for Offshore Wind – Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Meet a director from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussing a brand new poll that amplifies how badly the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Latino, Black, and Native American households.

Then we air out a few concerns about, and potential benefits of wind power as we touch base with the New England for Offshore Wind coalition to learn more about developing offshore wind projects coming to the region.

Then the Executive Director with the American Cancer Society explains the important and exciting developments related to this year's American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer drive-through experiences and pink parades of celebration!

 
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