Join The Verb Altitude Hour - Episode 5, October 2, 2023, Host Carry (CJ) Smith interviews Savannah City Council Post 1 At Large Candidate Jason Leslie Combs (M.C.R.P. & M.S.Arch, Georgia Institute of Technology). Jason Combs is the current President of the Thomas Square Neighborhood Association = (TSNA – aka Starland) and is seeking to “bump up” and represent all citizens of Savannah on City Council from the at-large 01 post. Combs moved to Savannah in 2000 after graduating from Furman University, working in the downtown food & beverage scene, and then for SCAD as an international recruiter (he’s visited over 70 countries), before returning to school to attain dual-masters degrees in city planning and urban design from Georgia Tech. Since then, Combs has worked as a consultant on a variety of projects in and out of Savannah, has continued to act as landlord to a small handful of properties (one of which he maintains as his home and a small inn), and has used his expertise to help mold the growth of development and economic activity in the Thomas Square / Starland area. He has been published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology on the subject of mitigating gentrification. He also has a one-eyed rescue cat named Snack. Verb Altitude Hour covers public policy, current events, civil rights, social justice, & gender rights etc. in a political science perspective. ~The highest news your way twice a week-in an hour-just for you! #theverbaltitudehour

Join The Verb Altitude Hour - Episode 4, September 30, 2023, Host Carry (CJ) Smith interviews Savannah Mediation Center, Youth Services Specialist, Izrael Small. Izrael Smalls is a Spoken-Word Poet, Conscious Hip-Hop Artist, a former Police Officer, and Co-Lead Organizer of the 2023 Savannah Day of Peace – Peace in the Park held October 1, 2023. Then, CJ closes out the remainder of Episode 4 with Jenny Anderson-Frasier, Vice President, Business Development Customer Success & Pamela Gibbs, Chief Product Officer at AnitaB.org live at the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), the world's largest gathering for women and non-binary technologists. GHC was built to empower and advance women and non-binary technologists in an ecosystem that has marginalized them. With over 30,000 attendees, GHC embodies progress, innovation, and a vision for a more inclusive and equitable future, inspired by this year's theme, "The Way Forward." Verb Altitude Hour covers public policy, current events, civil rights, social justice, & gender rights etc. in a political science perspective. ~The highest news your way twice a week-in an hour-just for you! #theverbaltitudehour

Join The Verb Altitude Hour - Episode 2, September 19, 2023, Host Carry (CJ) Smith interviews 3 of 4 Chatham County Commission Candidates, Ni’Ashia Banks, David Tootle & Malinda Scott Hodge filling the remaining term of Dear Friend the Phenomenal Gator Rivers for Today’s September 19, 2023 District 2 Election. CJ asks tough and direct questions to District 2 Chatham County Commission Candidates. Listen to Ni’Ashia Banks, David Tootle and last, Malinds Scott Hodge, then Get out and Vote District 2! CJ must admit and graciously surprised on the eloquent transparency with Malinda Scott Hodge. She admits, even for her this is a tough choice. CJ encourages you to listen to all the candidates, make a choice and nonetheless practice your privilege to vote...and GET OUT TO VOTE! Tough choices, choices have to be made! A candidate must, however, WIN! Who Will be the Víctor?! Finally, Carry affirms the impact of Gator in her life,  & VAH acknowledges the Legacy of the Tremendous Impact Gator Rivers instrumental in District 2 & all over the planet where his feet touched-down and where his Hoops Rise in Spirit! Verb Altitude Hour covers public policy, current events, civil rights, social justice, & gender rights etc. in a political science perspective. ~The highest news your way twice a week-in an hour-just for you! #theverbaltitudehour

Join The Verb Altitude Hour - Episod 2, August 26, 2023, Today we discuss this week's historic news with Women in Space to the 45th's Mugshot in Georgia. Verb Altitude Hour covers public policy, current events, civil rights, social justice, & gender rights etc. in a political science perspective. ~The highest news your way twice a week-in an hour-just for you! #theverbaltitudehour

Join The Verb Altitude Hour- First guest, Vendors on Victory was founded by Claudia Burchstead and family as a small business incubator, coastal lifestyle marketplace.  80% of the 52 vendors in the 7000 square ft marketplace are women -owned small business entrepreneurs.  From vintage clothing, to antique dealers, to local makers/ crafts, furniture painters, artists of all types as well as adult and children's fashion boutiques, Vendors on Victory provides an affordable space for women entrepreneurs to succeed.  Savannah has long been a home for women leaders including the world-famous Juliette Gordon Low who started the Girl Scouts in Savannah GA.  Vendors on Victory is proud to be continuing Savannah's legacy of women business owners leading the way for Savannah's business community.  Each month Vendors on Victory donates a portion of its overall sales to a local Savannah charity. For more information visit www.VendorsonVictory.com. Second guest, Sharon Graham is the national lead Regional Administrator for the agency’s HealthCare.gov Marketplace Campaign.  Millions of people across the country are at risk of losing health coverage starting now and over the next several months. During the COVID-19 pandemic, states were generally allowed to temporarily stop renewals for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This kept people from losing their health coverage. The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) was signed into law on December 29, 2022 and required states to return to normal operations by restarting their renewals. In the second half of the podcast, Host CJ discusses Barbenheimer & gender norms. Verb Altitude Hour covers a public policy, current events, civil rights, social justice, & gender rights etc. in a political science perspective. ~The highest news your way twice a week-in an hour-just for you! #theverbaltitudehour