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The New Perspective, hosted by Rina Risper, offers fresh new angles on business, community, and life.

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Opportunities for the Blind Encourages a Focus on Giving Tuesday!

The New Perspective
August 10, 2015 11:00 PM

Rina Risper speaks with Gwen Botting, Executive Director of Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind. They discuss the needs for the non-profit, Opportunities for the Blind, especially during the holidays. Ms. Botting encourages listeners to move beyond Black Friday and Cyber Monday, to Giving Tuesday - and give to the non-profit of your choice.

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Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind - Building Life Skills

The New Perspective
July 31, 2015 4:00 PM

Rina speaks with Gwen Botting, Executive Director of Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind. The mission of Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind is to help build life skills, self-confidence and independence for children and young adults who are blind or have low vision. They discuss the need for Board Members for the organization and how to get involved.

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Art From the Heart Program - Helping Individuals Meet Their Potential

The New Perspective
July 31, 2015 2:28 PM

Rina speaks with Emily Peden, Art Program Director for Peckham's Art From the Heart Program. They discuss the overall goal of Peckham and their Art From the Heart Program, of helping individuals meet their full potentials.

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A Health Club for Adults with Life-Changing Conditions

The New Perspective
July 29, 2015 5:00 PM

Rina speaks with Hope Lovell, Administrator at Grand Mere's Adult Day Health Club, and Lisa LaFrancem, Admission and Marketing Director at Mere's Adult Day Health Club, based in Lansing, Michigan. They discuss the unique opportunities provided by the health club to adults of all ages with life changing conditions.

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Junior League of Lansing - Who They Are and What They Do

The New Perspective
July 29, 2015 3:30 PM

Rina Risper speaks with Anita Lindsay, Vice President of Communications for the Junior League of Lansing. They discuss what the non-profit provides to the community through the promotion of volunteerism and overall community development and prosperity.

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Laura Apol, Poet and Professor of Children's Literature and Poetry

The New Perspective
May 6, 2015 4:14 PM

Joining Rina Risper today is Laura Apol, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, where she teaches children's literature and poetry. In addition to numerous professional publications, she is the author of three collections of her own poems: Falling into Grace, Crossing the Ladder of Sun (winner of the Oklahoma Book Award), and Requiem, Rwanda, her newest collection, which is drawn from her work using writing to facilitate healing among survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

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Poet Writes about Public Transportation

The New Perspective
May 6, 2015 3:57 PM

Joining Rina today is Amanda Morgan, a poet and collector of thoughts. Amanda is a poet who writes about her daily commutes on public transportation. She wrote a collaborative poem written by her and a poet friend, Rethabile Masilo, called Avalanche. Though he lives in Paris, France, he found a connection as a fellow user of public transportation.

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Joanne Lose and Jim Bowerman

The New Perspective
April 27, 2015 4:00 PM

April 19th through the 25th is National Crime Victims Rights Week. Joanne Lose, the mother of Jim Bowerman, stay down to speak to Rina about her son. He is from East Lansing, MI and was murdered in North Miami.

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Shirley and Brandon Mitchner

The New Perspective
April 27, 2015 3:00 PM

April 19th through the 25th is National Crime Victims Rights Week. Rina sat down with Shirley Mitchner, the mother of Brandon Mitchner who was found deceased in the Grand River. She would like Michigan to have a Duty to Act law.

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Shawn Pam and Michael Jimenez

The New Perspective
April 27, 2015 1:51 PM

April 19th through the 25th is National Crime Victims Rights Week. Shawn Pam, sister of Michael "Smack" Jimenez, was murdered by his brother. Rina sat down with Shawn Pam to hear this tragedic story and it's impact on the family.

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