Readings, Videos, Resources

How To Heal Our Community

          October 20th - 7:30 - 9:00pm​

• Click here to watch this session of How To Heal Our Community on KLTV anytime.

• LIES, POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY (PBS Frontline)

• Learning How to See (podcast)

• SOCIAL MEDIA “LIKES” AND “SHARES” PROVIDES POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR ONLINE NEGATIVITY.

• Social Media Is Training Us to Unleash More Moral Outrage And Vitriol

• BETTER CONVERSATIONS: A Starter Guide

• Re-Establishing Civil Political Discourse Through Dignity, Empathy, and Genuine Engagement

• New study explores the psychological predictors of extreme political attitudes

• The Power—and Pitfalls—of Incivility

• Civility, conversations on how to regain civility in society - Podcast

• How to Maintain Civil Discourse – Understanding Political Division

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The Effects of Local Drug Abuse & Addiction                           Oct 6th - 7:30 - 9:00pm

Local community leaders will address issues related to drug abuse/addiction with a focus on crime, mental health and decriminalization.

• Click this link to Watch the KLTV video of the panel discussion - anytime. 

• After rocky start, hopes up in Oregon drug decriminalization [Sept 25, 2022]

• Legalize It All: How to win the war on drugs

• An antidote for meth addiction? Doctors in Everett say it's quite possible

• Opioids, Inc. (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

• America Addicted

• Addicted: America's Opioid Crisis (BBC full documentary)

• Understanding the Opioid Epidemic (PBS full documentary)

• The Science of Addiction: Genetics and the Brain

• ACLU: AGAINST DRUG PROHIBITION

• What the US Can Learn From Portugal's Drug Decriminalization

• The World’s View on Drugs Is Changing. Which Side Are You On? (podcast)

• Harm Reduction Model

• How to Change Your Mind - (Highly recommended book & Netflix series)

 

HOMELESSNESS

Sept 22nd - 7:30 to 9:00pm

Local housing advocates, business and city leaders will discuss issues  concerning local homelessness.

• Full video of Homelessness Panel Discussion - Sept 22, 2022

• Annual count shows drop in Cowlitz County homeless population, service agencies doubtful

• How The U.S. Criminalizes Homelessness

• The Criminalization of Poverty and Homelessness

• Domestic Violence Contributes To Homelessness Among Women

• Homeless, Houseless, and Unhoused: A Glossary of Terms Used to Talk about Homelessness

• America’s first homelessness problem: Knowing who is actually homeless

• Time for us to believe: Homelessness is solvable

• Strategies for solving homelessness in New York City and across the U.S.

• Longview City Council Meeting on Homelessness September 8th (video)

• Go inside 24 hours of Portland’s homeless crisis | April 2022 documentary

 

Economic Development & the Environment

 Sept 8th 7:30 to 9:00pm

• Click here to watch our Panel Discussion recording on YouTube 

• The Economy Vs. Environment Debate

• Do hybrid vehicles help or hurt the environment? [podcast]

• Is the environment or economy a bigger priority? A view from the US

• The key to winning the climate debate isn’t economics: it’s health

• Normal is Over 1.1 (directed and create by Renee Scheltema) is an award winning film packed with ideas about tackling ecological crisis.

• Public Trust: The Fight for America’s Public Lands (2020 film)

 

Civil Discourse in Uncivil Times - August 18th - 7:30 - 9:00pm​

• Watch August 18th Panel Discussion on Civil Discourse 

• BETTER CONVERSATIONS: A Starter Guide

• Re-Establishing Civil Political Discourse Through Dignity, Empathy, and Genuine Engagement

• New study explores the psychological predictors of extreme political attitudes

• The Power—and Pitfalls—of Incivility

• Civility, conversations on how to regain civility in society - Podcast

• How to Maintain Civil Discourse – Understanding Political Division

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