The Civic Circle by the Bucks County Beacon

The Civic Circle | Black Women in Politics/Law + interview with Mayah Lubin

Welcome back to the Civic Circle. We hope that everyone has been enjoying this beautiful spring weather. As we know, February was Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month. As we wrap up March, we thought it would be important to reflect and talk about why these are so important. In the second part of the show, we talk with Mayah Lubin, who is a Senior Higher Access Coordinator at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Mayah is an incredible leader and her identity helps her shape her equally powerful work. Sarah Zhang [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/sarahzhang/] is a CB East grad and sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill.  Mallorie Marsin is a Council Rock South grad and freshman at Temple University. Alexandra Coffey [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/alexandracoffey/] is a senior at CB West.  The Civic Circle is produced by the Bucks County Beacon and Raging Chicken Media’s Kevin Mahoney. The music is “Bet On It” by Silent Partner, copyright and royalty-free.  Follow us on Twitter: * @BucksCoBeacon [https://twitter.com/BucksCoBeacon] * @RCpress [https://twitter.com/RCpress]

Civic Circle | Immigration, Border Policy, and the 2024 Election

A major topic of news in the past few months, and sure to be an even larger issue in this general election, is immigration policy and the border crisis in the South and spreading across the country. Particularly in right-wing circles, immigration has been in the news and all over social media, and we wanted to spend today talking about our perspective of what’s happened at the border. This episode will tackle immigration policies under the Trump and Biden administrations, especially as it appears to be a rematch between these two candidates this November. We’ll also chat about sanctuary cities, which have received an influx of undocumented immigrants in recent months; public opinion on the border crisis; and the status of immigration policies in Pennsylvania. Sarah Zhang [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/sarahzhang/] is a CB East grad and sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill. Mallorie Marsin is a Council Rock South grad and freshman at Temple University. Alexandra Coffey [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/alexandracoffey/] is a senior at CB West.  The Civic Circle is produced by the Bucks County Beacon and Raging Chicken Media’s Kevin Mahoney. The music is “Bet On It” by Silent Partner, copyright and royalty-free.  Follow us on Twitter: * @BucksCoBeacon [https://twitter.com/BucksCoBeacon] * @RCpress [https://twitter.com/RCpress]

The Civic Circle | January is Human-Trafficking Month + Interview with Christa Mayfield the Director of Operations for Project Protect Our Children

The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on PA politics and want the podcast to serve as a call to action for all young people to get involved in the civic process and demand change. January is Anti-Human-Trafficking Month. This episode of the Civic Circle tackles the issue of human and sex trafficking, legislative initiatives taking place at the federal and state level, and ways young people are playing a role in advancing this movement. In the second part of the show, we talk to Christa Mayfield, the Director of Operations for Project Protect Our Children (PPOC). Christa helps run PPOC’s incredible Youth Action Boards that seek to increase youth engagement in human trafficking advocacy. Sarah Zhang [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/sarahzhang/] is a CB East grad and sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill.  Mallorie Marsin is a Council Rock South grad and freshman at Temple University. Alexandra Coffey [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/alexandracoffey/] is a senior at CB West.  The Civic Circle is produced by the Bucks County Beacon and Raging Chicken Media’s Kevin Mahoney. The music is “Bet On It” by Silent Partner, copyright and royalty-free.  Follow us on Twitter: * @BucksCoBeacon [https://twitter.com/BucksCoBeacon] * @RCpress [https://twitter.com/RCpress]

The Civic Circle | Will Gen Z Help Lead a Labor Revival in the U.S. + interview with Adrien Van Voorhis from Temple’s Undergrad Workers Union

The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on PA politics and want the podcast to serve as a call to action for all young people to get involved in the civic process and demand change. This episode covers one of the biggest issues of 2023 - labor rights. There’s been a massive rise in worker organizing over the past few years, especially among Gen Z. We tackle a broad scope of labor organizing and terminology for those who are unfamiliar - especially for young people, since we’ve never formally really been introduced to what unions are in school; talk about organizing and unions in a greater, national scope, such as Starbucks United and SAG-AFTRA; and then hone in on something local - organizing at Temple University. In the second half of the show we have an interview with Adrien Van Voorhis, who’s with Temple’s Undergrad Workers Union [https://sites.google.com/view/tuuwoc], to discuss how young people can mobilize and gain bargaining power. Sarah Zhang [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/sarahzhang/] is a CB East grad and sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill. Mallorie Marsin is a Council Rock South grad and freshman at Temple University. Alexandra Coffey [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/alexandracoffey/] is a senior at CB West.  The Civic Circle is produced by the Bucks County Beacon and Raging Chicken Media’s Kevin Mahoney. The music is “Bet On It” by Silent Partner, copyright and royalty-free.  Follow us on Twitter: * @BucksCoBeacon [https://twitter.com/BucksCoBeacon] * @RCpress [https://twitter.com/RCpress]

The Civic Circle | Riding the Blue Wave in Bucks County and Across the Country + Interview with Jordan Abelson

The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on PA politics and want the podcast to serve as a call to action for all young people to get involved in the civic process and demand change. This episode covers some election results across Pennsylvania and the country, with a specific focus on Bucks County. We also interview Jordan Abelson, Director of Communications for Bucks United. Jordan helps break down the progress we’ve seen here at home with sweeping Democratic victories across the county.  Sarah Zhang [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/sarahzhang/] is a CB East grad and sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill. Mallorie Marsin is a Council Rock South grad and freshman at Temple University. Alexandra Coffey [https://buckscountybeacon.com/author/alexandracoffey/] is a senior at CB West.  The Civic Circle is produced by the Bucks County Beacon and Raging Chicken Media’s Kevin Mahoney. The music is “Bet On It” by Silent Partner, copyright and royalty-free.  Follow us on Twitter: * @BucksCoBeacon [https://twitter.com/BucksCoBeacon] * @RCpress [https://twitter.com/RCpress]