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Each year, malaria kills over 650,000 people, most of them children under the age of five on the African continent. The ONE Campaign is coalition of non-profits who think of themselves as a justice, not charity, organization, that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease. Campaign volunteer Vanessa Avila called this morning and spoke to AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams on what’s going on in Chicago to mark this day.
“Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, and yet they still have a murder, a crime problem […] Even if Indiana had a background check, as many as 30% of guns used in crimes in Cook county, come from Indiana. While Chicago may still have a homicide problem if Indiana did its part to enhance its gun laws, still, reducing 20-30% of your crimes from illegal guns coming from another state, that’s pretty significant. “
- Michael Puente, WBEZ
Are more relaxed gun laws in Indiana contributing to gun violence in Illinois? WBEZ’s Crown Point Bureau Reporter Mike Puente called in and talked to AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams on into the movement of firearms across state lines.
In 2011, of the 30,867 gun deaths in the U.S., 19,766 were suicides. As part of Front and Center’s exploration of how guns and gun regulations affect our lives, WBEZ reporter Shannon Heffernan joined AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams this morning to talk about how suicide complicates the issues of mental health and firearm ownership.
It’s no secret that starting your own local business is no walk in the park, but for local boxing Promoter Sammy Merza, it has been quite the rumble in the ring. Moving from Syria to Chicago as a child, he fell in love with boxing and after fulfilling a successful career in boxing with a record of 16-0, he took on the role of running his own boxing promotion company despite pressure from friends and family to find a more stable, practical career path. He joined Morning AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams in the studio to discuss the life of an independent promoter and his upcoming business ventures.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets for the fight night later this month, visit his official web page!
Northwest Indiana Bureau reporter Michael Puente joined hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to share the story of John Chrzanowski, a Hammond Iraq war veteran who killed himself two summers ago. His mother has started campaigning for mandatory counseling for all veterans. He also filled us in on upcoming training for manufacturing in the region.
Morning Chooljian: WBEZ’s morning reporter Lauren Chooljian is ahead of the curve, telling us what stories will have the media riled up this week. Today: Rahm’s absenteeism when it comes to schools news, gay marriage at the Supreme Court, and the Year 25 series.
NWIndy Theater: Footlight Theater in Michgan City is putting on Tennessee Williams’s classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Director Steve Rohe and Big Daddy, aka George Maslankowski are in studio to talk about how the melodrama remains relevant.
Sexfest 2013: At the beginning of April, Amanda and David Torrey are organizing a collection of events around sex and gender to bring the work of academic researchers and thinkers to wider audiences. They’ll be in-studio to give a preview of what they’ve pulled together and discuss why we get so giggly and squeamish in having frank conversation about sexuality.
WBEZ Reporter Lauren Chooljian is the first person in the building every morning. This morning she joined hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams as she shared stories that are consuming the Chicago media and her own little world, from the Wells Street Bridge closure and ensuing traffic snarls to a new treatment for HIV in infants. And how about them Blackhawks, folks?!
Fact 1: It’s hard to find people in Effingham, IL that don’t own guns.
Fact 2: There aren’t problems with gun violence in the 12,000 person town.
WBEZ’s Rob Wildeboer joins Molly and Brian in the studio to reports on the first of a series called ‘Our Guns’. His findings suggest that when it comes to common sense regulations like reporting lost and stolen guns, the urban/rural divide might not be very wide.
