Perspective

PERSPECTIVE
with Barbara Berlin

Each episode airs Friday at 9:00 p.m. and repeats Sunday at noon.

PERSPECTIVE is a weekly half-hour public affairs program produced in the Community Idea Stations’ studio in Richmond. Barbara Berlin, our news and public affairs reporter, interviews community leaders and political figures on questions of national, state and local significance. The program also features in-depth reports on local and state issues.

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Upcoming guests and topics (subject to change)

Friday, November 7 and Sunday, November 9 (show #707)
Guests: BOB GIBSON - Executive Director, Sorensen Institute, DEL. JENNIFER McCLELLAN - (D) Richmond, DEL. CHRIS PEACE - (R) Hanover Topics: For 15 years, UVA's Sorensen Institute has helped shape many current and future leaders by offering programs to Virginia voters and candidates to learn what it takes to make it in the world of politics.

Friday, November 14 and Sunday, September 16 (show #708)
Guests: LYNNE HUGHES - Founder and CEO, Comfort Zone Camp, SAMANTHA HALLE - Camper and Volunteer Topics: The non-profit Comfort Zone Camp, the largest bereavement camp for children in the nation, offers kids from 7 to 17 a chance to come to grips with the loss of a loved one while holding on to their childhood, allowing the healing to begin. Includes a look inside the camp and conversations with campers and counselors.

Friday, November 21 and Sunday, November 23 (show #709)
Guests: DR. KURTIS ELWARD - TO GOAL Medical Director, DR. THOMAS EPPES - Doc RxRelief Participant, BETH BORTZ - Executive Director, MSV Foundation Topics: The Medical Society of Virginia Foundation has implemented programs designed to improve the availability and quality of of health care and prescription drugs to the more than one million Virginians living without health insurance.

Friday, November 28 and Sunday, November 30 (show #710)
Guests: GOV. TIM KAINE - (D) Virginia, DAPHNE MAXWELL REED - CEO, New Millennium Studios Topics: The Governor’s Awards for the Arts, presented on September 17, honoring 2008’s ten recipients from Virgina’s diverse arts and cultural institutions. Includes highlights of the ceremony at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.

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