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How To Make South Florida Streets Safer, Former Police Chief Of Ferguson Missouri & Book Panel

 The Safe Streets Summit, a collaborative effort between the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization is looking at the ways in which the region can make roads safer.
The Safe Streets Summit, a collaborative effort between the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization is looking at the ways in which the region can make roads safer.

If you commute to work in South Floridayou know how bad traffic can be. TheSafe Streets Summit, a collaborative effort between the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency, is looking at the ways in which the region can make roads safer for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.  Alice Bravo, the Director of Miami-Dade County’s Transportation and Public Works Department and key speaker at the summit joined Sundial to talk about solutions and take listener questions. The summit is taking place Feb. 25 -26. You can find more information here: https://www.safestreetssummit.org/

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Police officer Delrish Moss left three years ago to Ferguson, Missouri and has returned home to work at Florida International University.
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Police officer Delrish Moss left three years ago to Ferguson, Missouri and has returned home to work at Florida International University.

Next, Sundial talked to FIU police captain Delrish Moss, who returns to his hometown of Miami after serving as the police chief of Ferguson, Missouri. Moss went to Ferguson amidst the protests following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white police officer. He is now the new public information officer for the Florida International University Police Department. Moss joined Luis Hernandez on Sundial to discuss his time working in Ferguson, provide perspective on police relations with communities of color and what that relationship is like on college campuses.

Finally, did you know that Key West was home to Florida’s largest and most influential Jewish community in the 1800s? Our February Book Club title, “The Jews of Key West,” by Arlo Haskell, looks at the fascinating history of the island's Jewish community and the role it played in the region’s development. For this month’s book club panel, Sundial was joined by WLRN’s Southernmost Reporter Nan Klingener and long-time resident of Key West and book club member, Mae McMahon. They talked about their personal history in the Keys, what they thought about the book and the history of Jews in Key West .

Listen to our interview with the author of the book: Exploring The Significant Role Jews Played In Shaping Modern Day Key West

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Chris Remington knew he wanted to work in public radio beginning in middle school, as WHYY played in his car rides to and from school in New Jersey. He’s freelanced for All Things Considered and was a desk associate for CBS Radio News in New York City. Most recently, he was producing for Capital Public Radio’s Insight booking guests, conducting research and leading special projects at Sacramento’s NPR affiliate.
Alejandra Martinez is the associate producer for WLRN&rsquo's Sundial. Her love for radio started at her mother’s beauty shop where she noticed that stories are all around her - important stories to tell.