MIDDAY WITH DAN RODRICKS

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Monday, December 1

Noon-1:00 EST: Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. From the Midday studios in Baltimore, a city with one of the nation’s highests rate of HIV, we’ll discuss how far HIV/AIDS treatment has come in the past two decades with Dr. Laura Herrera, medical director of the Ryan White Initiative for the Baltimore City Department of Health and a senior staff member at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Rev. Frank M. Reid, Senior Pastor of Bethel AME Church will also take part in the discussion addressing the Church’s response to the HIV/AIDS problems in Baltimore.

1:00-2:00 pm EST:  The Harlem Children’s Zone is a groundbreaking initiative to help impoverished neighborhoods with high crime and low levels of academic achievement. Could it work in Baltimore?  We’ll talk with Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America, and with Matthew Joseph, Executive Director of Advocates for Children and Youth, who would like to see taxpayer resources go into a Harlem Children's Zone-like project here. Done well over time, it could save hundreds of millions in government social and justice expenditures.