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>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MARIA, EDITORIAL
JOINING US, I'M MARIA, EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR FOR "THE DAILY
PAGE EDITOR FOR "THE DAILY STAR."
STAR." TONIGHT, WE WILL UPDATE ON
TONIGHT, WE WILL UPDATE ON RECALL EFFORTS IN THE SUNNYSIDE
RECALL EFFORTS IN THE SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE EXECUTIVE
WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE YWCA ABOUT ITS
DIRECTOR OF THE YWCA ABOUT ITS EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN AND THEN GEORGIA DAVIS
WOMEN AND THEN GEORGIA DAVIS DISCUSSES THE POLITICS OF
DISCUSSES THE POLITICS OF COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE
COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE WITH A UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE WITH A UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PROFESSOR.
ARIZONA PROFESSOR. BUT TODAY, A LOOK AT THE
BUT TODAY, A LOOK AT THE STORIES.
STORIES. >> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
>> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASED THE FIRST ENROLLMENT
RELEASED THE FIRST ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE
NUMBERS FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
ACT. NEARLY 33,000 RESIDENTS IN
NEARLY 33,000 RESIDENTS IN ARIZONA SIGNED UP TO GET HEALTH
ARIZONA SIGNED UP TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH THE FEDERAL
INSURANCE THROUGH THE FEDERAL GO.
GO. .
. THE SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
THE SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOOKING TO CUT THE BUDGET.
LOOKING TO CUT THE BUDGET. >> THE LIST OF POSSIBLE
>> THE LIST OF POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS ADDS UP TO $5.6
REDUCTIONS ADDS UP TO $5.6 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MILLION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT INCLUDES CUTS TO JOBS LIKE
IT INCLUDES CUTS TO JOBS LIKE JULIE'S.
JULIE'S. >> CUT LS HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT
>> CUT LS HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT WILL COME DOWN KIDS.
HAPPENS, IT WILL COME DOWN KIDS. >> IT WILL ELIMINATE TEACHERS
>> IT WILL ELIMINATE TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS AND WILL CUT
AND LIBRARIANS AND WILL CUT $500,000 FROMMED ED ADMINISTRAT.
$500,000 FROMMED ED ADMINISTRAT. >> COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TIRED
>> COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TIRED OF THIS THREE-RING CIRCUS THAT
OF THIS THREE-RING CIRCUS THAT IS GOING ON.
IS GOING ON. >> 4 OUT OF 5 BOARD MEMBERS ARE
>> 4 OUT OF 5 BOARD MEMBERS ARE FACING RECALL.
FACING RECALL. AND SOME OF THEM AFTER IT WAS
AND SOME OF THEM AFTER IT WAS FOUND THEY KNEW ABOUT THE
FOUND THEY KNEW ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE BOARD
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS
>> SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLANTED A SEED OF DISTRUST WITH
PLANTED A SEED OF DISTRUST WITH ACQUISITIONS OF CORRUPTION AND
ACQUISITIONS OF CORRUPTION AND FOR THAT, I'M DISAPPOINTED.
FOR THAT, I'M DISAPPOINTED. >> SUNNYSIDE OFFICIALS ARE
>> SUNNYSIDE OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER POLL
LOOKING INTO WHETHER POLL WORKERS VIOLATED THE LAW BY
WORKERS VIOLATED THE LAW BY SUGGESTING THAT THE VOTERS
SUGGESTING THAT THE VOTERS CHOOSE NO ON THE PROPOSAL.
CHOOSE NO ON THE PROPOSAL. THE SUGGESTED CUTS WILL BE
THE SUGGESTED CUTS WILL BE CONSIDERED AND THE VOTE WILL BE
CONSIDERED AND THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN LATER.
TAKEN LATER. >> THAT'S A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S
>> THAT'S A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S HEADLINE.
HEADLINE. TUCSON'S SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL
TUCSON'S SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY
DISTRICT HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY CONTROVERSY THIS YEAR.
CONTROVERSY THIS YEAR. LAST WEEK, VOTERS REJECTED A
LAST WEEK, VOTERS REJECTED A BUDGET OVERRIDE PROPOSAL.
BUDGET OVERRIDE PROPOSAL. FOUR OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
FOUR OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT'S GOVERNOR BOARD ARE
DISTRICT'S GOVERNOR BOARD ARE FACING RECALL ELECTIONS.
FACING RECALL ELECTIONS. IT'S AN ISSUE MANY ARE SAYING
IT'S AN ISSUE MANY ARE SAYING THAT IT'S DIVIDING THE
THAT IT'S DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, MANY
AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, MANY ASKED THAT THEY FOCUS ON THE
ASKED THAT THEY FOCUS ON THE STUDENTS AND PUT THEIR
STUDENTS AND PUT THEIR DIFFERENCES ASIDE.
DIFFERENCES ASIDE. >> COME IN, IT'S OPEN.
>> COME IN, IT'S OPEN. >> HELLO, THIS IS RICHARD WITH
>> HELLO, THIS IS RICHARD WITH THE SUNNY SIDE RECALL.
THE SUNNY SIDE RECALL. >> HE IS THE FORCE BEHIND THE
>> HE IS THE FORCE BEHIND THE RECALL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE
RECALL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BOARD MEMBERS.
BOARD MEMBERS. >> IF YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE
>> IF YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. >> HE STARTED COLLECTING
>> HE STARTED COLLECTING SIGNATURES OVER THE SUMMER AFTER
SIGNATURES OVER THE SUMMER AFTER GONZALEZ GARCIA AND OTHERS VOTED
GONZALEZ GARCIA AND OTHERS VOTED TO RENEW THE CONTRACT OF THE
TO RENEW THE CONTRACT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SUPERINTENDENT. >> IT WAS OBVIOUS WHEN A PACKED
>> IT WAS OBVIOUS WHEN A PACKED ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE IN THE BOARD
ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE IN THE BOARD MEETING WERE SHARING WITH THE
MEETING WERE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE WOBOARD THAT
COMMUNITY AND THE WOBOARD THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THE
THEY DID NOT WANT THE SUPERINTENDENT BACK AND THAT WAS
SUPERINTENDENT BACK AND THAT WAS WHAT STARTED MY QUEST ON THE
WHAT STARTED MY QUEST ON THE RECALL.
RECALL. HE LEFT SUNNYSIDE AND TOOK THE
HE LEFT SUNNYSIDE AND TOOK THE POSITION IN TEXAS, HE WAS VETTED
POSITION IN TEXAS, HE WAS VETTED FROM AND THEY FOUND THAT HIS
FROM AND THEY FOUND THAT HIS BEHAVIOR WAS UNBECOMING.
BEHAVIOR WAS UNBECOMING. >> THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER NOT
>> THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER NOT FACING A POSSIBLE RECALL IS EVA
FACING A POSSIBLE RECALL IS EVA ***, SHE IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION
***, SHE IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2014.
IN 2014. BEFORE THE BOARD RENEWED THE
BEFORE THE BOARD RENEWED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT,
SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT, INFORMATION ABOUT HIS BANKRUPTCY
INFORMATION ABOUT HIS BANKRUPTCY AND OTHER LEGAL AND FINANCIAL
AND OTHER LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES SURFACED.
ISSUES SURFACED. HERNANDEZ, WHO IS NOT RELATED TO
HERNANDEZ, WHO IS NOT RELATED TO BOARD MEMBER DANIEL HERNANDEZ,
BOARD MEMBER DANIEL HERNANDEZ, JR., SAID THAT IS NOT THE ONLY
JR., SAID THAT IS NOT THE ONLY REASON HE STARTED THE RECALL OF
REASON HE STARTED THE RECALL OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT EXTENDED THE
BOARD MEMBERS THAT EXTENDED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT.
SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT. >> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT 9 OUT
>> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT 9 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE AGREE THAT THERE'S
OF 10 PEOPLE AGREE THAT THERE'S NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN
NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY AT THE
LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY AT THE BOARD LEVEL, BUT DEFINITELY AT
BOARD LEVEL, BUT DEFINITELY AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE FACT
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE NEEDS TO GO.
THAT HE NEEDS TO GO. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT WILL
I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT WILL PROVE CORRUPTION.
PROVE CORRUPTION. INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU CANNOT BE ANYTHING LESS THAN
CANNOT BE ANYTHING LESS THAN COMPELLED TO SAY, WE NEED AN
COMPELLED TO SAY, WE NEED AN ELECTION, LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK.
ELECTION, LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK. >> WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON HERE
>> WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON HERE IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> THE DISTRUST IN THE
>> THE DISTRUST IN THE SUPERINTENDENT BOARD AND
SUPERINTENDENT BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION BEGAN YEARS AGO.
ADMINISTRATION BEGAN YEARS AGO. YOU CONTINUE TO MANIPULATE,
YOU CONTINUE TO MANIPULATE, BULLY AND SPIN REPORTS AND DATA
BULLY AND SPIN REPORTS AND DATA TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS AND PERSONAL
TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS AND PERSONAL GAINS.
GAINS. >> THE BOARD AND THE
>> THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, I'M SORRY TO
SUPERINTENDENT, I'M SORRY TO SAY, YOU HAVE NOT DONE YOUR JOBS
SAY, YOU HAVE NOT DONE YOUR JOBS CORRECTLY.
CORRECTLY. [ APPLAUSE ]
[ APPLAUSE ] >> SUPERINTENDENT SAID WHAT IS
>> SUPERINTENDENT SAID WHAT IS GOING ON IN SUNNYSIDE IS A
GOING ON IN SUNNYSIDE IS A REFLECTION OF THE POLITICS AT
REFLECTION OF THE POLITICS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
THE NATIONAL LEVEL. >> WHETHER A DEMOCRAT OR
>> WHETHER A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, YOU SAY, THE
REPUBLICAN, YOU SAY, THE DOCTOR'S LEADERSHIP AND
DOCTOR'S LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN
CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH AND HAVE BEEN
SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH AND HAVE BEEN RESULT ORIENTED TO SAY WE WANT
RESULT ORIENTED TO SAY WE WANT HIM TO STAY.
HIM TO STAY. WE WANT HIM TO CONTINUE.
WE WANT HIM TO CONTINUE. THERE'S NO SECRET THAT TWO OF
THERE'S NO SECRET THAT TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBER DS NS DID NOT
THE BOARD MEMBER DS NS DID NOT WITH IT.
WITH IT. >> HE IS REFERRING TO HERNANDEZ
>> HE IS REFERRING TO HERNANDEZ JR., AND BUCK CROUCH.
JR., AND BUCK CROUCH. THEY SAID THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
THEY SAID THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE
THAT NOT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING TO AGREE.
GOING TO AGREE. >> BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
>> BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS WHAT
THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND
NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED.
RESPECTED. AS A OF THEIR -- AND THIS IS THE
AS A OF THEIR -- AND THIS IS THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS RELUCTANCE TO
TWO BOARD MEMBERS RELUCTANCE TO ACCEPT THE DECISION, I THINK THE
ACCEPT THE DECISION, I THINK THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS CONTINUED AND UNFORTUNATELY
CONTINUED AND UNFORTUNATELY ALLEGATIONS, CRITICISM PURSUED.
ALLEGATIONS, CRITICISM PURSUED. AND AS A RESULT, RECALLS BECAME
AND AS A RESULT, RECALLS BECAME THE NAME OF THE GAME.
THE NAME OF THE GAME. BECAME WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO
BECAME WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SAY.
SAY. THESE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED FOR
THESE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE DOCTOR AND AS A RESULT, WE
THE DOCTOR AND AS A RESULT, WE ARE GOING TO RECALL THEM.
ARE GOING TO RECALL THEM. THAT MAY BE PART OF THE
THAT MAY BE PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, RECALLS TOO,
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, RECALLS TOO, BUT I THINK RECALLS SHOULD BE
BUT I THINK RECALLS SHOULD BE DESIGNED AROUND SOMEONE WHO
DESIGNED AROUND SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T, WHO DID SOMETHING WRONG.
DIDN'T, WHO DID SOMETHING WRONG. WHO IS NOT ATTENDING MEETINGS.
WHO IS NOT ATTENDING MEETINGS. WHO DID SOMETHING THAT DID NOT
WHO DID SOMETHING THAT DID NOT REALLY REPRESENT THE
REALLY REPRESENT THE CONSTITUENTS AS THEY ELECTED
CONSTITUENTS AS THEY ELECTED HIM.
HIM. NOT BECAUSE THEY VOTE A
NOT BECAUSE THEY VOTE A PARTICULAR WAY.
PARTICULAR WAY. >> MEANWHILE, BOARD PRESIDENT
>> MEANWHILE, BOARD PRESIDENT GONZALEZ IS TRYING RECALL TWO
GONZALEZ IS TRYING RECALL TWO FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND
FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND NEWCOMERS DANIEL HERNANDEZ, JR.
NEWCOMERS DANIEL HERNANDEZ, JR. AND BUCK CROUCH.
AND BUCK CROUCH. >> WE ASK FOR -- WE ASKED FOR
>> WE ASK FOR -- WE ASKED FOR THE OTHER TWO RECALLS
THE OTHER TWO RECALLS PUBLICALLY.
PUBLICALLY. TO GET ATTENTION.
TO GET ATTENTION. WE WENT OUT AND RECALLED THE
WE WENT OUT AND RECALLED THE OTHER TWO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
OTHER TWO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE MEDIA WAS AT OUR DOOR.
THE MEDIA WAS AT OUR DOOR. WOW, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS IN
WOW, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS IN THE BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING. >> THE PEOPLE TRYING TO RECALL
>> THE PEOPLE TRYING TO RECALL HERNANDEZ ARE NOT FROM THE AREA.
HERNANDEZ ARE NOT FROM THE AREA. >> THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME
>> THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. I DID NOT GIVE THEM A CONTRACT
I DID NOT GIVE THEM A CONTRACT BECAUSE I CUT THE FAT AND THEY
BECAUSE I CUT THE FAT AND THEY ARE UPSET.
ARE UPSET. >> IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS
>> IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS FILED THE COMMITTEE SEEKING TO
FILED THE COMMITTEE SEEKING TO RECALL THEM, SAID THAT THE TWO
RECALL THEM, SAID THAT THE TWO FAILED TO REPRESENT VOTERS IN
FAILED TO REPRESENT VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT AMONG OTHER THINGS.
THE DISTRICT AMONG OTHER THINGS. >> MY FOCUS HAS BEEN THREE
>> MY FOCUS HAS BEEN THREE THINGS.
THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, KID C KIDS FIRST.
FIRST OF ALL, KID C KIDS FIRST. SECOND, TEACHERS, FACULTY AND
SECOND, TEACHERS, FACULTY AND STAFF.
STAFF. AND THIRDLY, FISCAL
AND THIRDLY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NONE OF THOSE
RESPONSIBILITY AND NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BY THIS
THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BY THIS BOARD.
BOARD. >> WHEN HERNANDEZ WALKS DOOR TO
>> WHEN HERNANDEZ WALKS DOOR TO DOOR ON THE STREETS OF TUCSON,
DOOR ON THE STREETS OF TUCSON, HE ASKS PEOPLE TO SIGN A RECALL
HE ASKS PEOPLE TO SIGN A RECALL PETITION BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR
PETITION BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE.
CHANGE. BUT HE DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL
BUT HE DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE AT THE DOOR THE NAMES OF
PEOPLE AT THE DOOR THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE HE WANTS TO RECALL OR
THE PEOPLE HE WANTS TO RECALL OR THE REASONS WHY.
THE REASONS WHY. >> I'M PART OF A GROUP OF
>> I'M PART OF A GROUP OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS THAT ARE
PARENTS AND TEACHERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL
LOOKING TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. I TRY TO KEEP IT POSITIVE.
I TRY TO KEEP IT POSITIVE. BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH
BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH NEGATIVITY OUT THERE.
NEGATIVITY OUT THERE. AND ALL OF IT IS JUSTIFIED.
AND ALL OF IT IS JUSTIFIED. BUT IF ASKS ME SPECIFICALLY, I
BUT IF ASKS ME SPECIFICALLY, I WILL ANSWER SPECIFICALLY.
WILL ANSWER SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW ABOUT THE NEPOTISM AND
I KNOW ABOUT THE NEPOTISM AND THE CORRUPTION AND THINGS THEY
THE CORRUPTION AND THINGS THEY ARE DOING THAT ARE WRONG.
ARE DOING THAT ARE WRONG. BUT I DO NOT FIND A REASON TO
BUT I DO NOT FIND A REASON TO MAKE IT WORSE.
MAKE IT WORSE. >> HE SAID THAT BY RECALLING TWO
>> HE SAID THAT BY RECALLING TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE
BOARD MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD
SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD MAJORITY WILL SHIFT AND THE END
MAJORITY WILL SHIFT AND THE END GOAL IS TO REPLACE THE
GOAL IS TO REPLACE THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SUPERINTENDENT. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THERE'S
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THERE'S NO ISSUES AT SUNNYSIDE AND THE
NO ISSUES AT SUNNYSIDE AND THE RECALLS ARE UNTHES --
RECALLS ARE UNTHES -- UNNECESSARY.
UNNECESSARY. >> IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I DON'T AGREE WITH EITHER OF
I DON'T AGREE WITH EITHER OF THEM.
THEM. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BOTH RECALLS
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BOTH RECALLS HAVE TAKEN US FROM THE IMPORTANT
HAVE TAKEN US FROM THE IMPORTANT WORK.
WORK. >> AS THE DISTRICT
>> AS THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, HE SAID THAT HE
SUPERINTENDENT, HE SAID THAT HE WILL TRY TO GET ALL FIVE BOARD
WILL TRY TO GET ALL FIVE BOARD MEMBERS TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
MEMBERS TO FIND COMMON GROUND. >> AND PUT STUDENTS FIRST.
>> AND PUT STUDENTS FIRST. NOW, THEY MAY ARGUE THEY ARE
NOW, THEY MAY ARGUE THEY ARE DOING THAT ALREADY AND THAT
DOING THAT ALREADY AND THAT PEOPLE JUST WON'T AGREE WITH
PEOPLE JUST WON'T AGREE WITH THEM AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE
THEM AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE.
CHALLENGE WE HAVE. BUT SOMEHOW THERE'S A NEED FOR
BUT SOMEHOW THERE'S A NEED FOR COMPROMISE, THERE'S A NEED FOR
COMPROMISE, THERE'S A NEED FOR UNIFYING AROUND A COMMON MESSAGE
UNIFYING AROUND A COMMON MESSAGE AND THERE'S A NEED TO PUT ASIDE
AND THERE'S A NEED TO PUT ASIDE THE INSIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES
THE INSIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES THAT WE ARE BATTLING.
THAT WE ARE BATTLING. >> THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
>> THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION RECENTLY ATTENDED A
CONSTRUCTION RECENTLY ATTENDED A PUBLIC MEETING IN SUNNYSIDE AND
PUBLIC MEETING IN SUNNYSIDE AND OFFERED TO WORK AS MEDIATOR FOR
OFFERED TO WORK AS MEDIATOR FOR THE BOARD.
THE BOARD. HERNANDEZ SAID HE ALREADY HAS
HERNANDEZ SAID HE ALREADY HAS MORE THAN 1500 SIGNATURES FOR
MORE THAN 1500 SIGNATURES FOR EACH OF THE TWO RECALL EFFORTS
EACH OF THE TWO RECALL EFFORTS HE IS LEADING ABOUT 200 MORE
HE IS LEADING ABOUT 200 MORE THAN WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED.
THAN WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED. >> ACCORDING TO RECENT REPORTS
>> ACCORDING TO RECENT REPORTS FROM THE USA CENSUS BUREAU
FROM THE USA CENSUS BUREAU TUCSON RANKS SIXTH IN THE
TUCSON RANKS SIXTH IN THE POOREST METROPOLITAN AREAS IN
POOREST METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE NATION.
THE NATION. DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR GOOD JOBS
DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR GOOD JOBS IS A KEY TO RISING ABOVE
IS A KEY TO RISING ABOVE POVERTY.
POVERTY. THE DIRECTOR OF THE YWCA JOINS
THE DIRECTOR OF THE YWCA JOINS US TO DISCUSS HOW THE
US TO DISCUSS HOW THE ORGANIZATION IS HELPING WOMEN
ORGANIZATION IS HELPING WOMEN GAIN SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL
GAIN SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT.
EMPLOYMENT. KELLY THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
KELLY THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
US TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> CAN YOU START OUT BY GIVING
>> CAN YOU START OUT BY GIVING US AN OVER VIEW OF THE YWCA AND
US AN OVER VIEW OF THE YWCA AND WHAT THE MISSIONS ARE TODAY?
WHAT THE MISSIONS ARE TODAY? >> THE YW ARE THE OLDEST
>> THE YW ARE THE OLDEST MULTI-CULTURAL WOMEN'S
MULTI-CULTURAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.
ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE BEEN IN TUCSON FOR
WE HAVE BEEN IN TUCSON FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS.
ALMOST 100 YEARS. OUR MISSION IS ELIMINATING
OUR MISSION IS ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, AND
RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, AND PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE,
PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM FOR ALL.
FREEDOM FOR ALL. I FEEL LIKE A SUPER HERO EVERY
I FEEL LIKE A SUPER HERO EVERY DAY.
DAY. WE WORK TO CREATE CHANGE IN
WE WORK TO CREATE CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES ON THE INDIVIDUAL
PEOPLE'S LIVES ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND
LEVEL, ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. AND I'M THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO
AND I'M THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE
BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE ARE HELPING
WAY THAT WE ARE HELPING INDIVIDUAL WOMEN HERE IN TUCSON.
INDIVIDUAL WOMEN HERE IN TUCSON. >> SO, THE SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL
>> SO, THE SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IS WHAT WE
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IS WHAT WE WANT TO TALK APPROXIMATE ABOUT
WANT TO TALK APPROXIMATE ABOUT TODAY -- TO TALK ABOUT TODAY
TODAY -- TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WHICH IS PART OF Y-WORKS.
WHICH IS PART OF Y-WORKS. WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS IT? WHO IS THERE?
WHO IS THERE? AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
AND HOW DOES IT WORK? GREAT SKILLS TORE SUCCESSFUL
GREAT SKILLS TORE SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT IS PART OF Y-WORKS.
EMPLOYMENT IS PART OF Y-WORKS. WHICH ACTUALLY GOT THE START ON
WHICH ACTUALLY GOT THE START ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. BACK IN THE MID '70s IT WAS
BACK IN THE MID '70s IT WAS CALLED THE PHASE PROGRAM.
CALLED THE PHASE PROGRAM. AND IT BEGAN TO HELP WHAT WAS
AND IT BEGAN TO HELP WHAT WAS THEN CALLED DISPLACED HOME
THEN CALLED DISPLACED HOME MAKERS ENTER THE WORKFORCE.
MAKERS ENTER THE WORKFORCE. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE BROUGHT THAT PROGRAM TO THE YWCA
BROUGHT THAT PROGRAM TO THE YWCA AND MADE UPDATES AND TWEAKS AND
AND MADE UPDATES AND TWEAKS AND CREATED A PROGRAM THAT IS NOW
CREATED A PROGRAM THAT IS NOW SERVING 2300 WOMEN A YEAR, BOTH
SERVING 2300 WOMEN A YEAR, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, HELPING
IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, HELPING THEM GAIN THE SKILLS THAT THEY
THEM GAIN THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE AND
NEED TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE AND BECOME MORE FINANCIALLY SELF
BECOME MORE FINANCIALLY SELF SUFFICIENT.
SUFFICIENT. >> SO, WHO ARE THESE WOMEN WHO
>> SO, WHO ARE THESE WOMEN WHO ARE COMING IN TO THE PROGRAM,
ARE COMING IN TO THE PROGRAM, ARE THEY UNEMPLOYED, UNDER
ARE THEY UNEMPLOYED, UNDER EMPLOYED?
EMPLOYED? >> EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT
>> EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT STORY.
STORY. WE HAVE, WELL, A NUMBER OF WOMEN
WE HAVE, WELL, A NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM ARE
WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM ARE COMING OUT OF VERY SERIOUS
COMING OUT OF VERY SERIOUS ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES, LIKE
ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES, LIKE LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE COMING OUT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
COMING OUT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE SITUATIONS AND SO, NOT ONLY ARE
SITUATIONS AND SO, NOT ONLY ARE THEY FACING SOME, YOU KNOW,
THEY FACING SOME, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN THEIR
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIVES.
LIVES. BUT THEY ARE ALSO FACING JUST
BUT THEY ARE ALSO FACING JUST SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES.
SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED,
THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED, SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT
SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT ARE DESIGNED TO HELP WOMEN LEARN
ARE DESIGNED TO HELP WOMEN LEARN HOW TO WRITE A RESUME OR
HOW TO WRITE A RESUME OR INTERVIEW FOR A JOB, BUT THEY
INTERVIEW FOR A JOB, BUT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THEM, YOU
ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FIND THEIR VOICE
KNOW, SORT OF FIND THEIR VOICE AGAIN.
AGAIN. AND GAIN SOME SELF-ESTEEM.
AND GAIN SOME SELF-ESTEEM. BUT, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT
BUT, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT THE RANGE OF WOMEN, SOME OF THEM
THE RANGE OF WOMEN, SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER HAD A JOB BEFORE.
HAVE NEVER HAD A JOB BEFORE. AND SOME OF THEM, THEY ARE
AND SOME OF THEM, THEY ARE TEACHERS, ACCOUNTANTS,
TEACHERS, ACCOUNTANTS, ATTORNEYS, IT'S REALLY THE WHOLE
ATTORNEYS, IT'S REALLY THE WHOLE RANGE OF WOMEN WHO JUST NEED
RANGE OF WOMEN WHO JUST NEED HELP RIGHT AT THIS POINT IN
HELP RIGHT AT THIS POINT IN THEIR LIVES, MOVING TO THE NEXT
THEIR LIVES, MOVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
LEVEL. >> AND SO, WHAT ARE THE BASIC
>> AND SO, WHAT ARE THE BASIC SKILLS THAT YOU GO THROUGH TO
SKILLS THAT YOU GO THROUGH TO TRY TO TEACH THEM AND HOW MUCH
TRY TO TEACH THEM AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND DOING THAT?
TIME DO YOU SPEND DOING THAT? >> WELL, THE SKILLS FOR
>> WELL, THE SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ITSELF IS A -- BEGINS WITH A
ITSELF IS A -- BEGINS WITH A MONTH, WITH A MONTH OF CLASSES.
MONTH, WITH A MONTH OF CLASSES. THOSE CLASSES MEET TUESDAY AND
THOSE CLASSES MEET TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF
WEDNESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH AND TUESDAY AND WE DO
THE MONTH AND TUESDAY AND WE DO IN THE THIRD WEEK OF THE -- AND
IN THE THIRD WEEK OF THE -- AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH.
THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH. THE SKILLS THAT WE TEACH BEGIN
THE SKILLS THAT WE TEACH BEGIN WITH A SKILLS ASSESSMENT, WHAT
WITH A SKILLS ASSESSMENT, WHAT ARE YOU GOOD AT AND WHAT DO YOU
ARE YOU GOOD AT AND WHAT DO YOU LOVE TO DO AND MOVE FROM THERE.
LOVE TO DO AND MOVE FROM THERE. WE HELP WOMEN TAKE THEIR
WE HELP WOMEN TAKE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND PUT THEM IN A
EXPERIENCES AND PUT THEM IN A RESUME THAT IS ATRACKATTRACTIVE
RESUME THAT IS ATRACKATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS IN THE INDUSTRY.
EMPLOYERS IN THE INDUSTRY. AND IT'S AMAZING THAT EVEN WOMEN
AND IT'S AMAZING THAT EVEN WOMEN WHO, I HAVE MET ACCOUNTANTS AND
WHO, I HAVE MET ACCOUNTANTS AND ATTORNEY WHO IS ARE HAVE BEEN,
ATTORNEY WHO IS ARE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, STARTED WORKING
YOU KNOW, STARTED WORKING DECADES AGO, BUT HAVE NEVER
DECADES AGO, BUT HAVE NEVER REALLY LEARNED HOW TO USE BASIC
REALLY LEARNED HOW TO USE BASIC COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
COMPUTER PROGRAMS. SO WE ARE TEACHING EVERYTHING
SO WE ARE TEACHING EVERYTHING FROM HERE'S A MOUSE, AND HERE'S
FROM HERE'S A MOUSE, AND HERE'S HOW YOU PLUG IT IN AND TURN IT
HOW YOU PLUG IT IN AND TURN IT ON AND TO HERE IS HOW TO WORK
ON AND TO HERE IS HOW TO WORK WITH A WORD DOCUMENT OR AN EXCEL
WITH A WORD DOCUMENT OR AN EXCEL DOCUMENT.
DOCUMENT. IT'S A RANGE OF SKILLS TO
IT'S A RANGE OF SKILLS TO PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE WORKFORCE
PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE WORKFORCE TODAY.
TODAY. >> WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW-UP DO YOU
>> WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW-UP DO YOU HAVE AFTER THAT MONTH IS OVER?
HAVE AFTER THAT MONTH IS OVER? >> I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE
>> I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE PROGRAM
THINGS THAT MAKES THE PROGRAM UNIQUE.
UNIQUE. WE HAVE A MONTHLY JOB STRATEGY
WE HAVE A MONTHLY JOB STRATEGY SESSION.
SESSION. SO WOMEN COME AND THERE'S PEER
SO WOMEN COME AND THERE'S PEER MENTORING, WHERE THEY SHARE JOB
MENTORING, WHERE THEY SHARE JOB LEADS AND THEY SHARE THEIR
LEADS AND THEY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.
EXPERIENCES. BUT WE HAVE ONE ON ONE COACHING
BUT WE HAVE ONE ON ONE COACHING FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THEY
FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THEY COMPLETE THE CLASSES.
COMPLETE THE CLASSES. AND WE REALLY WORK WITH THEM
AND WE REALLY WORK WITH THEM UNTIL THEY GET THAT JOB.
UNTIL THEY GET THAT JOB. >> WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE
>> WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THIS PROGRAM TO YOU?
IN THIS PROGRAM TO YOU? >> MAYBE A STORY THAT YOU HAVE
>> MAYBE A STORY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT A
SEEN THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE IN
HUGE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE IN A WOMAN'S LIFE?
A WOMAN'S LIFE? >> WE HAVE THREE METRICS THAT WE
>> WE HAVE THREE METRICS THAT WE USE FOR SUCCESS.
USE FOR SUCCESS. A WOMAN GETS A JOB, GOES BACK TO
A WOMAN GETS A JOB, GOES BACK TO SCHOOL, OR STARTS A BUSINESS.
SCHOOL, OR STARTS A BUSINESS. ACHIEVES AN EDUCATIONAL GOAL AND
ACHIEVES AN EDUCATIONAL GOAL AND THE WOMEN THAT GO THROUGH THE
THE WOMEN THAT GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM HAVE A 90% SUCCESS RATE.
PROGRAM HAVE A 90% SUCCESS RATE. SO 90% OF THE WOMEN THAT GO
SO 90% OF THE WOMEN THAT GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM SUCCEED IN
THROUGH THE PROGRAM SUCCEED IN ONE OF THOSE WAYS.
ONE OF THOSE WAYS. AND WE KNOW WHERE THEY GET JOBS
AND WE KNOW WHERE THEY GET JOBS AND HOW MUCH THEY MAKE WHEN THEY
AND HOW MUCH THEY MAKE WHEN THEY GET OUT.
GET OUT. WE CAN CALCULATE THAT THE WOMEN
WE CAN CALCULATE THAT THE WOMEN THAT GO THROUGH Y-WORKS ARE
THAT GO THROUGH Y-WORKS ARE PUTTING $7 MILLION BACK INTO THE
PUTTING $7 MILLION BACK INTO THE TUCSON ACADEMY.
TUCSON ACADEMY. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IS THE
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IS THE FACE OF SHAWNA, SHE WAS A
FACE OF SHAWNA, SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM, HER HUSBAND
STAY-AT-HOME MOM, HER HUSBAND RAN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
RAN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. THE ECONOMY HIT, THE BUSINESS
THE ECONOMY HIT, THE BUSINESS WENT BANKRUPT.
WENT BANKRUPT. HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. SHE IS MID 50s.
SHE IS MID 50s. SHE HAS NEVER HAD A JOB.
SHE HAS NEVER HAD A JOB. SHE HAS NO HOUSE.
SHE HAS NO HOUSE. SHE HAS NO SAVINGS.
SHE HAS NO SAVINGS. LIFE INSURANCE IS IN QUESTION.
LIFE INSURANCE IS IN QUESTION. SHE COMES TO Y-WORKS.
SHE COMES TO Y-WORKS. AND SHE WRITES THAT RESUME TAKES
AND SHE WRITES THAT RESUME TAKES IT, GOES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
IT, GOES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WHERE SHE WANTS TO GET A
ARIZONA WHERE SHE WANTS TO GET A JOB AND GETS A JOB, WHICH LEADS
JOB AND GETS A JOB, WHICH LEADS TO A SCHOLARSHIP, THIS YEAR, SHE
TO A SCHOLARSHIP, THIS YEAR, SHE GRADUATES WITH A DEGREE IN
GRADUATES WITH A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY TO HELP SURVIVORS OF
PSYCHOLOGY TO HELP SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE.
SUICIDE. THAT'S SUCCESS.
THAT'S SUCCESS. >> AND WE WILL PUT UP ON OUR
>> AND WE WILL PUT UP ON OUR WEBSITE, JUST HOW OTHER WOMEN
WEBSITE, JUST HOW OTHER WOMEN CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND IT STARTS EVERY MONTH.
AND IT STARTS EVERY MONTH. >> EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
>> EVERY SINGLE MONTH. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> KELLY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
>> KELLY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
BEING HERE TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ś
ś >> DWINDLING STOCKS OF FOOD,
>> DWINDLING STOCKS OF FOOD, WATER AND OTHER AID ARE STOKING
WATER AND OTHER AID ARE STOKING FEAR AND CHAOS IN THE
FEAR AND CHAOS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
PHILIPPINES. ADDING TO DISPAIR, IN THE AFTER
ADDING TO DISPAIR, IN THE AFTER MATH OF THE TYPHOON.
MATH OF THE TYPHOON. >> THE FIRST OFFICIAL NUMBERS
>> THE FIRST OFFICIAL NUMBERS ARE OUT, ROUGHLY 100,000 PEOPLE
ARE OUT, ROUGHLY 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR HEALTH
HAVE SIGNED UP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE NEW STATE AND
INSURANCE AND THE NEW STATE AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACES.
FEDERAL MARKETPLACES. WELL SHORT OF INITIAL
WELL SHORT OF INITIAL EXPECTATIONS.
EXPECTATIONS. >> AND WE CLOSE WITH ANOTHER
>> AND WE CLOSE WITH ANOTHER PERSONAL TAKE ON THE SET BACKS
PERSONAL TAKE ON THE SET BACKS AND SUCCESSES OF HEALTH CARE
AND SUCCESSES OF HEALTH CARE REFORM.
REFORM. TONIGHT, A CANCER PATIENT SHARES
TONIGHT, A CANCER PATIENT SHARES HER STORY.
HER STORY. >> THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
>> THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT MEANS THAT I HAVE A CHANCE.
ACT MEANS THAT I HAVE A CHANCE. >> THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
>> THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE STORIES WE ARE COVERING ON
STORIES WE ARE COVERING ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWS HOUR.
TONIGHT'S PBS NEWS HOUR. >> THE SOARING PRODUCTION OF OIL
>> THE SOARING PRODUCTION OF OIL IN THE UNITED STATES OFFERS A
IN THE UNITED STATES OFFERS A SIDE BENEFIT.
SIDE BENEFIT. IT'S EASIER TO REPLACE OIL SALES
IT'S EASIER TO REPLACE OIL SALES BLOCKED FROM IRAN.
BLOCKED FROM IRAN. >> THE TEMPTATION TO NOT FULLY
>> THE TEMPTATION TO NOT FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE SANCTIONS OF
PARTICIPATE IN THE SANCTIONS OF IRAN, WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
IRAN, WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH GREATER HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE
GREATER HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FRACKING AND ENERGY REVOLUTION
FRACKING AND ENERGY REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN THE UNITED STATES. >> I'M STEVE, THE NEW POLITICS
>> I'M STEVE, THE NEW POLITICS OF ENERGY ON THE NEXT "MORNING
OF ENERGY ON THE NEXT "MORNING EDITION" FROM NPR NEWS.
EDITION" FROM NPR NEWS. >> JUST A FEW DECADES AGO,
>> JUST A FEW DECADES AGO, COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE
COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PRACTICES SUCH AS ACT
MEDICINE PRACTICES SUCH AS ACT PUNCTURE AND EQUINE THERAPY WERE
PUNCTURE AND EQUINE THERAPY WERE LARGELY CONSIDERED
LARGELY CONSIDERED UNCONVENTIONAL.
UNCONVENTIONAL. AND NOW, OF THOSE THERAPIES ARE
AND NOW, OF THOSE THERAPIES ARE GAINING ACCEPTANCE FROM DOCTORS
GAINING ACCEPTANCE FROM DOCTORS AND MEDICAL RESEARCHES.
AND MEDICAL RESEARCHES. BUT THERE'S ISSUES, SUCH AS
BUT THERE'S ISSUES, SUCH AS REGULATION AND INSURANCE THAT
REGULATION AND INSURANCE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. TONIGHT, GEORGIA DAVIS CONTINUES
TONIGHT, GEORGIA DAVIS CONTINUES THE CONVERSATION WITH THE UA
THE CONVERSATION WITH THE UA PROFESSOR SHERRILL, FOCUSING ON
PROFESSOR SHERRILL, FOCUSING ON THE ROLE OF POLITICIANS IN THE
THE ROLE OF POLITICIANS IN THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.
ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. >> SET THE STAGE FOR ME, WHAT
>> SET THE STAGE FOR ME, WHAT WAS THE THINKING OF WESTERN
WAS THE THINKING OF WESTERN MEDICINE VERSUS THE OTHER KIND
MEDICINE VERSUS THE OTHER KIND OF HEALING SYSTEMS IN THE 1950
OF HEALING SYSTEMS IN THE 1950 AND IS 1960s?
AND IS 1960s? >> WELL, I THINK IT WAS AN ERA
>> WELL, I THINK IT WAS AN ERA OF BELIEVING THAT WESTERN
OF BELIEVING THAT WESTERN MEDICINE WAS GOING TO CURE
MEDICINE WAS GOING TO CURE EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IT WAS IN 1960s THAT WE HAD THE
IT WAS IN 1960s THAT WE HAD THE WAR ON CANCER AND THEY WERE
WAR ON CANCER AND THEY WERE GOING TO ELIMINATE ALL CANCER BY
GOING TO ELIMINATE ALL CANCER BY 2000 AND WE PUT A MAN ON THE
2000 AND WE PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND I THINK THAT THE
MOON AND I THINK THAT THE ATTITUDE IN WESTERN MEDICINE WAS
ATTITUDE IN WESTERN MEDICINE WAS WE COULD SOLVE IT ALL.
WE COULD SOLVE IT ALL. AND A LOT OF THE SORT OF BIG,
AND A LOT OF THE SORT OF BIG, YOU KNOW, ACUTE DISEASES WE HAVE
YOU KNOW, ACUTE DISEASES WE HAVE DONE WELL ON, SO THERE'S BEEN A
DONE WELL ON, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ADVANCES.
LOT OF ADVANCES. BUT I THINK AS PEOPLE ARE LIVING
BUT I THINK AS PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER, AND DOCTORS ARE BEING
LONGER, AND DOCTORS ARE BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE
ABLE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE MORE ACUTE AND SERIOUS
MORE ACUTE AND SERIOUS ILLNESSES, THIS PILE OF CHRONIC
ILLNESSES, THIS PILE OF CHRONIC PAIN, DEPRESSION, SOME OF THIS
PAIN, DEPRESSION, SOME OF THIS OTHER THINGS WHERE WESTERN
OTHER THINGS WHERE WESTERN MEDICINE HAS NOT BEEN SO
MEDICINE HAS NOT BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL HAS BEEN SORT OF
SUCCESSFUL HAS BEEN SORT OF GROWING.
GROWING. AND IN THE EARLY 1990s, SENATOR
AND IN THE EARLY 1990s, SENATOR TOM HARKEN FROM IOWA HAD SOME, I
TOM HARKEN FROM IOWA HAD SOME, I BELIEVE, DERMATOLOGY CONDITION
BELIEVE, DERMATOLOGY CONDITION THAT HE COULD NOT GET ANY RELIEF
THAT HE COULD NOT GET ANY RELIEF FROM AND IT WAS HEALED USING THE
FROM AND IT WAS HEALED USING THE QUEEN BEE AND HE WENT TO SEE WHO
QUEEN BEE AND HE WENT TO SEE WHO WAS STUDYING IT AND NOBODY WAS
WAS STUDYING IT AND NOBODY WAS STUDYING.
STUDYING. AND HE THOUGHT THAT THE NATIONAL
AND HE THOUGHT THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SHOULD BE
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SHOULD BE ABLE TO STUDY THE TREATMENTS
ABLE TO STUDY THE TREATMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO HE REALLY MOVED FORWARD TO
SO HE REALLY MOVED FORWARD TO CREATE ORIGINALLY AN OFFICE OF
CREATE ORIGINALLY AN OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE UNDER THE
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE UNDER THE DIRECTOR AND THAT WAS CREATED IN
DIRECTOR AND THAT WAS CREATED IN 1991 AND THEY DID A LOT OF
1991 AND THEY DID A LOT OF MEETINGS AND ROUND TABLES AND
MEETINGS AND ROUND TABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND IN THE MID
THINGS LIKE THAT AND IN THE MID 1990s, THERE WAS A PANEL TO LOOK
1990s, THERE WAS A PANEL TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES AND ONE
AT ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES AND ONE OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS WAS ON
OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS WAS ON THAT PANEL OF SORT OF OF
THAT PANEL OF SORT OF OF EVALUATING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
EVALUATING WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND BY THE END OF THE 1990s, THE
AND BY THE END OF THE 1990s, THE NIH WITH SENATOR HARKEN, I
NIH WITH SENATOR HARKEN, I BELIEVE STILL ENTHUSIASTIC, THE
BELIEVE STILL ENTHUSIASTIC, THE CONGRESS APPROVED, CREATING THE
CONGRESS APPROVED, CREATING THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE
NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, IT WAS
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, IT WAS FREE STANDING AND HAD ITS OWN
FREE STANDING AND HAD ITS OWN FUNDING.
FUNDING. FOR A PERIOD FROM THE MID '90s
FOR A PERIOD FROM THE MID '90s TO THE MID 2000S.
TO THE MID 2000S. THERE WAS A WHOLE BRANCH OF THE
THERE WAS A WHOLE BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE THAT
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE THAT HAD ITS OWN FUNDING AT THE SAME
HAD ITS OWN FUNDING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS MCAN TO LOOK AT THE USE
LEVEL AS MCAN TO LOOK AT THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES TO SEE
OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF CANCER THERAPIES.
THE EFFECTS OF CANCER THERAPIES. SO THEY WERE BOTH LOOKING AT
SO THEY WERE BOTH LOOKING AT THOSE AMAZING CURE STORIES TO
THOSE AMAZING CURE STORIES TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THERE
SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THERE AND LOOKING AT THIS GROWING USE
AND LOOKING AT THIS GROWING USE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES FOR
OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES FOR CANCER, CHEMOTHERAPY KIND OF
CANCER, CHEMOTHERAPY KIND OF SIDE EFFECTS.
SIDE EFFECTS. SO, THE FUNDING REALLY BEGAN TO
SO, THE FUNDING REALLY BEGAN TO RAMP UP IN THE LATE 1990s AND
RAMP UP IN THE LATE 1990s AND EARLY 2000S FOR RESEARCH ON
EARLY 2000S FOR RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES BOTH FOR
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES BOTH FOR CANCER AND FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.
CANCER AND FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO, IT WAS ONCE THAT FUNDING
AND SO, IT WAS ONCE THAT FUNDING GOT STARTED PEOPLE BEGAN TO
GOT STARTED PEOPLE BEGAN TO REALLY SERIOUSLY DO RESEARCH IN
REALLY SERIOUSLY DO RESEARCH IN THE FIELD.
THE FIELD. >> HOW HAS IT BEEN RECEIVED?
>> HOW HAS IT BEEN RECEIVED? >> BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE NIH,
>> BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE NIH, THE WHOLE PROCEDURE FOR DOING
THE WHOLE PROCEDURE FOR DOING RESEARCH FORGETTING PROJECTS
RESEARCH FORGETTING PROJECTS FUNNED, REVIEWED, IT'S JUST THE
FUNNED, REVIEWED, IT'S JUST THE SAME AS IT IS WITHIN THE REST OF
SAME AS IT IS WITHIN THE REST OF NIH, SO YOU HAVE, IF YOU APPLY
NIH, SO YOU HAVE, IF YOU APPLY FOR FUNDING, YOU WRITE THE SAME
FOR FUNDING, YOU WRITE THE SAME KIND OF RESEARCH PROTOCOL, YOU
KIND OF RESEARCH PROTOCOL, YOU HAVE IT REVIEWED BY YOUR PEERS
HAVE IT REVIEWED BY YOUR PEERS AND EARLY ON, THERE WAS HARDLY
AND EARLY ON, THERE WAS HARDLY ANYBODY DOING RESEARCH IN THESE
ANYBODY DOING RESEARCH IN THESE AREAS.
AREAS. >> SO PEOPLE WERE COMING TO
>> SO PEOPLE WERE COMING TO REVIEW THE WORK FROM MEDICINE OR
REVIEW THE WORK FROM MEDICINE OR ONCOLOGY OR PSYCHOLOGY, OR
ONCOLOGY OR PSYCHOLOGY, OR WHATEVER THE FIELD MIGHT BE THAT
WHATEVER THE FIELD MIGHT BE THAT WAS RELEVANT.
WAS RELEVANT. AND THAT IS CONTINUED TO BE A
AND THAT IS CONTINUED TO BE A WAY, ACTUALLY THAT SCIENTISTS
WAY, ACTUALLY THAT SCIENTISTS NOT DOING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
NOT DOING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH GET INTRIGUED AFTER
RESEARCH GET INTRIGUED AFTER THEY END UP DOING GRANTS FOR
THEY END UP DOING GRANTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING
PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH. THERE'S A WAY AT THE REVIEW AND
THERE'S A WAY AT THE REVIEW AND FUNDING PROCESS THAT THE
FUNDING PROCESS THAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT QUITE AS
DIFFERENCES ARE NOT QUITE AS STARK AS THEY ARE ONCE YOU TRY
STARK AS THEY ARE ONCE YOU TRY TO THEN PUBLISH THE RESULTS OR
TO THEN PUBLISH THE RESULTS OR ONCE PEOPLE LOOK AT YOUR
ONCE PEOPLE LOOK AT YOUR RESULTS.
RESULTS. THEY LOOK MORE STARKLY
THEY LOOK MORE STARKLY DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. BUT IN THAT REVIEW IN SCIENTIFIC
BUT IN THAT REVIEW IN SCIENTIFIC FUNDING PROCESS, IT'S VERY
FUNDING PROCESS, IT'S VERY INTERTWINED RIGHT NOW.
INTERTWINED RIGHT NOW. >> WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT
>> WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT INTERVIEW IN JUST A MOMENT,.
INTERVIEW IN JUST A MOMENT,. >> NOW, WE CONTINUE THE
>> NOW, WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH SHERRILL
CONVERSATION WITH SHERRILL WRITENBOW TO SEE HOW TUCSON HAS
WRITENBOW TO SEE HOW TUCSON HAS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN
PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN MAINSTREAMING THERAPIES.
MAINSTREAMING THERAPIES. OF COURSE, ONE OF THE WIDESPREAD
OF COURSE, ONE OF THE WIDESPREAD CRITICISMS OF IT IS THAT IT'S
CRITICISMS OF IT IS THAT IT'S PSYUEDO SCIENCE IS.
PSYUEDO SCIENCE IS. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> THEIR CRITICISMS MIGHT HAVE
>> THEIR CRITICISMS MIGHT HAVE MORE JUSTIFICATION EARLY ON, BUT
MORE JUSTIFICATION EARLY ON, BUT IN WESTERN MEDICINE, WE HAVE NOT
IN WESTERN MEDICINE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING WELL CURING WITHOUT
BEEN DOING WELL CURING WITHOUT HAVING SIDE EFFECTS.
HAVING SIDE EFFECTS. THEY ARE VERY, VERY SAFE, AND
THEY ARE VERY, VERY SAFE, AND THE ONE THING THAT HAS BECOME
THE ONE THING THAT HAS BECOME QUITE CLEAR WITH THOUSANDS AND
QUITE CLEAR WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THESE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THESE TRIALS IS THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS
TRIALS IS THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE VANISHINGLY SMALL.
ARE VANISHINGLY SMALL. THE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS AND A
THE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS AND A LOT OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE
LOT OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE BODY BASED THERAPIES ARE
BODY BASED THERAPIES ARE POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. SO YOU GET SIDE EFFECTS IN A
SO YOU GET SIDE EFFECTS IN A PAIN TREATMENT OF IMPROVED
PAIN TREATMENT OF IMPROVED SLEEP, IMPROVED MOOD, MORE
SLEEP, IMPROVED MOOD, MORE ENERGY.
ENERGY. AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH
AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH YOU DON'T GET WITH OPIOD, PAIN
YOU DON'T GET WITH OPIOD, PAIN EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS.
EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS. SO, I THINK THAT WHEN THE
SO, I THINK THAT WHEN THE RESEARCH IS TAKEN IN TOTALITY,
RESEARCH IS TAKEN IN TOTALITY, IT'S REALLY BEING NOT ADEQUATELY
IT'S REALLY BEING NOT ADEQUATELY REVIEWED OR SORT OF SUMMARIZED
REVIEWED OR SORT OF SUMMARIZED BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY OUT
BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY OUT TO TRY TO GET RID OF IT.
TO TRY TO GET RID OF IT. >> SO, WHAT IS HAS TUCSON'S ROLL
>> SO, WHAT IS HAS TUCSON'S ROLL BEEN IN ALL OF THIS?
BEEN IN ALL OF THIS? >> TUCSON HAS PLAYED A LARGE
>> TUCSON HAS PLAYED A LARGE ROLE THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY.
ROLE THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY. DR. ANDREW WILES HAS BEEN A
DR. ANDREW WILES HAS BEEN A LEADER IN INTEGRATED MEDICINE,
LEADER IN INTEGRATED MEDICINE, SINCE BEFORE IT WAS FUNDED.
SINCE BEFORE IT WAS FUNDED. HE WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL
HE WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE OFFICE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.
OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. SO, THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A
SO, THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A TUCSON FRAGRANCE TO WHAT HAS
TUCSON FRAGRANCE TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED, IF YOU WILL.
HAPPENED, IF YOU WILL. BUT THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF
BUT THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF STUDIES IN THE FIRST FULL ROUND
STUDIES IN THE FIRST FULL ROUND OF FUNDING IN THE EARLY 2000S,
OF FUNDING IN THE EARLY 2000S, THERE WAS GRANTS GIVEN AND THE
THERE WAS GRANTS GIVEN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HAD ONE OF
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HAD ONE OF THOSE CENTER GRANTS THAT WAS
THOSE CENTER GRANTS THAT WAS JOINTLY RUN BY DR. WILE AND THE
JOINTLY RUN BY DR. WILE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AND
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE EARLY
THEY ARE ONE OF THE EARLY STUDIES THAT SHOWED THAT
STUDIES THAT SHOWED THAT ECHINACEA DID NOT WORK FOR WHAT
ECHINACEA DID NOT WORK FOR WHAT THEY HOPED IT WORKED FOR.
THEY HOPED IT WORKED FOR. BUT OTHER STUDIES FOR BODY BASED
BUT OTHER STUDIES FOR BODY BASED THERAPIES FOR CEREBRALPALSY THAT
THERAPIES FOR CEREBRALPALSY THAT DID SEEM TO HELP THE KIDS.
DID SEEM TO HELP THE KIDS. WE WERE INVOLVED IN RESEARCH FOR
WE WERE INVOLVED IN RESEARCH FOR ACCUPUNCTURE AND WHEN THE POINTS
ACCUPUNCTURE AND WHEN THE POINTS ARE BEING TAYLORED, YOU DO NOT
ARE BEING TAYLORED, YOU DO NOT CHOOSE ONE POINT, YOU ADJUST
CHOOSE ONE POINT, YOU ADJUST THEM TO THE PERSON.
THEM TO THE PERSON. THAT RESEARCH HAS BEEN IMPORTANT
THAT RESEARCH HAS BEEN IMPORTANT IN METHOD.
IN METHOD. AND THEN, THROUGHOUT THE LAST
AND THEN, THROUGHOUT THE LAST TEN OR 15 YEARS, WE HAVE HAD
TEN OR 15 YEARS, WE HAVE HAD ONGOING RESEARCH ON BOTANICLES,
ONGOING RESEARCH ON BOTANICLES, WE HAVE DR. FUNK DOING THAT WORK
WE HAVE DR. FUNK DOING THAT WORK AND WE HAVE NEUTRICEUTICAL WORK
AND WE HAVE NEUTRICEUTICAL WORK GOING ON.
GOING ON. AND WE HAVE HAD A STUDY THAT I
AND WE HAVE HAD A STUDY THAT I JUST -- I THAT DID ON
JUST -- I THAT DID ON DYSFUNCTION, WE HAVE HAD
DYSFUNCTION, WE HAVE HAD TRAINING GRANTS TO TEACH
TRAINING GRANTS TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO DO THIS, THAT
STUDENTS HOW TO DO THIS, THAT LASTED FOR TEN YEARS, AND SO,
LASTED FOR TEN YEARS, AND SO, THE U OF A HAS REALLY BEEN KIND
THE U OF A HAS REALLY BEEN KIND OF VISIBLE IN THIS.
OF VISIBLE IN THIS. AND NOW, IN THIS NEWEST ERA.
AND NOW, IN THIS NEWEST ERA. WE HAVE THE DOCTOR COMING TO
WE HAVE THE DOCTOR COMING TO LOOK AT BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF
LOOK AT BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF HOW PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO
HOW PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO PLACE AND THE DOCTOR AND SIIS L
PLACE AND THE DOCTOR AND SIIS L AT HOW IT CHANGES IN MEDITATION.
AT HOW IT CHANGES IN MEDITATION. THIS MAST MOST RECENT -- IT'S
THIS MAST MOST RECENT -- IT'S HOW DOES IT CHANGE BIO MARKERS.
HOW DOES IT CHANGE BIO MARKERS. THAT IS KIND OF THE LAST MISSING
THAT IS KIND OF THE LAST MISSING LINK THAT WILL TIE IT FIRMLY
LINK THAT WILL TIE IT FIRMLY INTO THE BIOLOGY AND MAKE IT
INTO THE BIOLOGY AND MAKE IT REALLY A PART OF NIH, SUCH THAT
REALLY A PART OF NIH, SUCH THAT EVEN THE QUACK BUSTER GROUP HAS
EVEN THE QUACK BUSTER GROUP HAS TO FINALLY SAY, I GUESS THERE'S
TO FINALLY SAY, I GUESS THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
SOMETHING THERE.