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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Hosted By Vicki Gonzalez

Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

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Monday – Thursday, noon – 1 p.m. Rebroadcast 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

How the pandemic worsened food insecurity issues | The push for Sacramento youth investment | “Simple Summers” summer camp database

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California Army National Guard soldiers pack boxes at Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services in place of the food bank's regular volunteers.

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How the pandemic worsened food insecurity issues in the greater Sacramento area. Community organizations are calling for more youth financial support to address the gun violence crisis. Simple Summers, a free website that filters summer camps.

Today's Guests

  • Sacramento Business Journal agriculture reporter Emily Hamann shares new information about how the COVID-19 pandemic worsened food insecurity issues in the greater Sacramento area, despite being one of the leading food producing regions in the world.

  • CapRadio Race and Equity Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan shares her reporting on community organizations coming together to call for more financial support to address Sacramento’s rise in gun violence. 

  • Meghan Phillips and DJ Waldow, co-founders of Simple Summers, discuss their free website that aggregates and filters summer camps across the Sacramento region.

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