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Kemiko shares her insights as she embraces her journey towards Self Mastery. Personal Growth and Development is the core foundation and overall wellbeing of a person's life. It seeks to enforce balance in the top 5 key areas which are Spiritual, Physical, Emotional, Mental and Social stability. Unleash your Unlimited Potentials (UUP) promotes mental health,growth,transformation,self actualization,goals and passion just to name a few. So let's keep UUP and have fun while we become more aware ...
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I give my view on what's happening up at Northern Ireland's Parliament in Stormont and across the political spectrum in the province as a whole.
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My Podcast will consist of observations of being a 51 year old gay man in America, particularly the South. Also, reflections on society and pop culture. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/charles-kelly0/support
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The Voice is the official podcast of United University Professions, America's largest higher education union. We spotlight our hard-working members, and issues that are important to them and others who believe in a strong effective union.
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Defusing microaggressions and enhancing inclusion: How UUP is fostering DEI initiatives on SUNY campuses
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Somehow, diversity, equity and inclusion is under attack. Pushed by a small but very vocal group of right-wing conservatives, attacks on DEI have escalated over recent months as they have been embraced by powerful Republican politicians. And more than a few have been directed at public higher education. In Texas, the Republican-led Legislature vote…
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Hochul, SUNY and Trump: A conversation with New York political insider Liz Benjamin
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On this episode of The Voice Podcast, UUP president and host Fred Kowal talks state and national politics with Liz Benjamin, the former host of Spectrum News's statewide political program “Capital Tonight." Benjamin, who spent 15 years as a hard-hitting political print reporter and columnist for the Albany Times Union and the New York Daily News, m…
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Mental health, addiction and recovery: A conversation with Patrick J. Kennedy
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On this episode of The Voice, UUP President Fred Kowal talks with former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, who for decades has been a champion for mental health equity and combatting substance abuse—and is recognized as one of the nation's most respected voices on mental health equity, parity, addiction and recovery. Kennedy—the son of S…
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Why is childbirth deadlier when you're Black?
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Central Brooklyn is the epicenter of New York City’s maternal health crisis—and has been for far too long. The community, home to Brooklyn’s only public teaching hospital, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, has the highest rates of severe maternal morbidity in the state. Longtime UUP leader Rowena Blackman-Stroud, who died in December 2022,…
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Does Albany have the means to properly fund SUNY? You bet it does.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released her 2023-2024 Executive Budget proposal Feb. 1, which officially kicked off what’s known as budget season in Albany. In this podcast, Fred Kowal, UUP's president and podcast host, talks about the governor’s proposed spending plan, her 2023 State of The State address, and how SUNY and public higher education could…
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Union trailblazer Kate Mullany and the ALSC
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In this episode of The Voice podcast, host and UUP President Fred Kowal talks about the American Labor Studies Center and its connection to female union trailblazer Kate Mullany with ALSC Executive Director Paul Cole and Jolene DiBrango, the chair of the ALSC’s Board of Directors and executive vice president of the New York State United Teachers. L…
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Get your student loans forgiven under PSLF: The Oct. 31 limited waiver
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In 2007, Congress enacted the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program as a way to attract talented professionals to careers in public service. Under the program, borrowers who work in nonprofit or government jobs for 10 years or more and meet other program requirements can get their remaining federal student loans forgiven. Sound simple? Navigating…
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Environmental justice, electric cars and a greener SUNY
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From finding new homes for desks and other surplus items at SUNY to electric cars, New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and the federal Inflation Reduction Act, this episode of The Voice podcast is fully focused on the environment. Host Fred Kowal discusses the landmark Inflation Reduction Act and the positive impact it can ha…
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Addressing abortion rights in a post-Roe world
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On this episode of The Voice, UUP president and host Fred Kowal discusses steps being taken to preserve and guarantee abortion rights in New York state just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The court's 6-3 ruling nullified the landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973, which recognized …
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A conversation with AFT President Randi Weingarten
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From gun safety reform and protecting students and teachers in the classroom to women’s reproductive rights, public health care, and the environment, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks truth to power. She doesn't pull punches and isn't afraid to say what needs to be said on these and other important topics. On this ep…
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Addressing systemic racism in Buffalo
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In this episode of The Voice podcast, host and UUP President Fred Kowal speaks with three leaders of Buffalo's Black community about systemic racism in Buffalo and the impact of the racially motivated May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo that killed 10 people, all of whom were Black, and wounded three others. Our guests are: Janique Curry, vice presiden…
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A conversation with retired UUP President Nuala McGann Drescher
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Welcome to The Voice Podcast, the official podcast of United University Professions, the nation's largest higher education union. In our debut podcast, UUP President Fred Kowal talks with past UUP President Nuala McGann Drescher. McGann Drescher, who served from 1981 through 1987, is the union's first woman president. A Distinguished Service Profes…
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Unleash Unlimited Potentials (UUP) (Trailer)
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I grew up in the 70's when the TV was a babysitter and family sitcoms were prolific. This episode is about how I got through that decade and kept my sanity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/charles-kelly0/support
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Chris Walker interviews Leslie Cree, North Down MLA for the Ulster Unionist Party, on Tom Elliott's resignation, the potential successors, loyalist parades on St. Patrick's day, opposition at Stormont and the Justice Ministry. Also, where does he see the party's future? Can they reclaim the top-spot and usurp the DUP?…
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