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What's up OWWR Let Your Voice Be Heard listeners...have you been following these protests down at Wall St.? Well don't worry, we've been following them for you. LYVBH staff has been down there all week. There were thousands of people marching there today, but minority groups were not strongly represented.

The protest is a movement against Wall Street and corporate greed. Their big statistic was that the 400 Americans who make up the richest 1 percent of the population have MORE MONEY than the remaining 99 percent! What do you think about that? Should we be proud that these young are speaking out against injustice, or are they just a bunch of crazy slackers (not my words...you'd be surprised at what the media has been saying)?

More importantly, why aren't more African American and Hispanic protesters present? Do they just not care?

The "Occupy Wall Street" movement is also advocating for the Nationalization of the banking industry (i.e. make all banks publicly owned) and socialization of Health Care and Education (i.e. free school and free medicine for all). These ideas can be seen as a bit extreme, but free medicine and free education would be welcome relief to many of us struggling students; so what do you have to say about it?

You will have your chance to call in and make a difference; we have a very special guest scheduled for tomorrow's show. Greg Lavine, the Chief of Staff for Councilmember Kosolowitz (who represents the 29th district in Queens) will be on-air and taking questions. Kosolowitz is the CHAIRPERSON of the committee for economic development. How do you think the NYC City Council can help us create jobs and get families off of Welfare and government assistance? Call in and let Greg know!

In addition to his involvement with local politics, Lavine spent time volunteering for the campaigns of then Senator Joe Biden, and was also a part of President Obama's campaign in New Hampshire in 2008. Get his inside perspective on politics...like what's it like to work on a presidential campaign? And is it really as dirty as we all think?

Aside from politics, Lavine also volunteered in East Africa serving the underprivileged there, where he assisted teachers and promoted education and awareness for HIV for 2 months.

We will look forward to hearing from all of you tomorrow! Especially those peeps from Queens who Councilwoman Kosolowitz represents, including Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Richmond Hill and Elmhurst.