Saturday, January 13, 201801/13/2018

Dr. Marcus Martin – Community Celebration Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Every year, the University of Virginia’s Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity, along with dozens of UVA departments and offices, partners with local organizations to offer a variety of events that echo and continue the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work for social justice, from interfaith services to talks with leading intellectuals and artists. This year’s schedule runs from Jan. 15 – which is officially recognized as Martin Luther King Jr. Day – through Feb. 5. The theme for the 2018 Community MLK Celebration is “Be the Difference.”

Each year, the Office for Diversity and Equity recognizes an outstanding University student, faculty, or staff member who demonstrates a dedication to leadership and the ability to create a setting in which the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion is paramount.

Dr. Marcus Martin, Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity at UVA  joins Wendy Edwards to preview the events.

Saturday, January 13, 201801/13/2018

Dr. Michael Lauzardo – Possible TB Exposure at Woodbrook Elementary School

As you may know, a potential tuberculosis (TB) exposure was recently reported at Woodbrook Elementary School.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates more than 11 million people living in the U.S. have latent TB infection, which can progress to active at any time. However, people can be tested for latent TB with a simple and accurate blood test to catch the infection before it progresses to active.

Dr. Michael Lauzardo, Chief and Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at the University of Florida explains the differences and talks about proactive measures to stay healthy.

Saturday, January 6, 201801/06/2018

Michelle Westbay – Urgent Inventory Needs At Virginia Blood Services

Virginia Blood Services is experiencing an extreme shortage in platelets and, given the weather, they have no opportunity to import.

Michelle Westbay of VBS joins Wendy Edwards to help us understand what a platelet’s role is in our overall health; why some people need them; whether platelets replenish like much of our blood product seems to; and which medical circumstances require the use of them.

Sunday, December 31, 201712/31/2017

Ken Hughes – Richard Nixon – Secret White House Recordings

One of the foremost experts on secret presidential recordings, the Miller Center’s Ken Hughes joins Wendy Edwards to talk about President Richard Nixon, and the recordings he ordered during his time in the White House.

Saturday, December 23, 201712/23/2017

Jeff Small – Holiday Spending On Track To Be The Highest

Holiday spending is projected to $920 per house hold this XMAS season the highest in the last 12 years. Author Jeff Small, President of, “Arbor Financial” and Author of new book, “ Turning Financial Planning, Right-Side Up,” equates this to “the Trump Bump” and the new gains in productivity along with a low unemployment rate. Can he see into America’s financial future?

Saturday, December 16, 201712/16/2017

Captain Jonathan Williams – Fire Safety Tips and Considerations

Captain Jonathan Williams of the Charlottesville Fire Department shares valuable information about surviving frigid termperatures safely.

Saturday, December 16, 201712/16/2017

Dr. John Dyben – Snorting Chocolate

Yes, a “snortable” mix of cacao powder, plant extracts like guarana, ginkgo biloba, and taurine, is getting buzz as a drug-free high.

Doctors are becoming concerned about the potentially harmful costs to users noses and their nasal passages.

Dr. John Dyben, Clinical Fellow, Origins Recovery Center joins Wendy Edwards to discuss.

Saturday, December 9, 201712/09/2017

Tony Borash – “12 Strays of Christmas”

Tony Borash, president of the Fluvanna SPCA Board of Directors, joins Wendy Edwards to talk about the “12 Strays of Christmas”.

Saturday, November 25, 201711/25/2017

Joe Rice and Mary Kay Campbell – Grand Illumination

The City of Charlottesville celebrates it’s 20th Annual Grand Illumination on Friday, December 1 at the Downtown Mall Central Place.

Festivities begin at 5:30pm • Tree Lighting is at 8pm.

City of Charlottesville Communications Coordinator Joe Rice, and Mary Kay Campbell from UVA Community Credit Union join Wendy Edwards to preview all of this very festive evening!

Saturday, November 25, 201711/25/2017

Bishop Harry Jackson – Bringing Healing to Charlottesville

Dr. Mark Beliles, a minister at Grace Covenant Church, and Dr. Alvin Edwards, founder of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective and pastor of Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, and other ministers have issued a call to the Christian community to gather on Saturday, Dec. 2nd for Healing4Charlottesville, a day of prayer and repentance after the tragic events of August that made the city a symbol of racial violence.

Bishop Harry Jackson joins Wendy Edwards to talk about the objectives of the event.