Civic Soap Box
Listener Essays on WMRA
Is there a subject about which you feel strongly? Would you like to add your voice to the other voices heard on public radio? If so, how about writing three and a half minutes worth of your thoughts on that subject and sending them to us?
We’re gathering listener essays to air on WMRA during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. If your essay is accepted, we’ll arrange for you to record it.
Questions? Contact Martha Woodroof by email or phone 800-677-9672. Essays should be submitted to wmra@jmu.edu.
Civil, community-based discourse is an important aspect of the democratic process - now as much as ever. Please, let us hear from you.
Civic Soapbox
7:30 am
Fri November 9, 2012
Government's Role in the Economy
In this installment of WMRA's occasional series The Civic Soapbox, Larry Stopper, business owner and resident of Afton, shares his thoughts about the government's role in supporting small business.
Civic Soapbox
7:15 am
Fri September 21, 2012
Essay: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Find Out What It Means To Me
Janis Jaquith has some advice for Virginia's female voters.
Civic Soapbox
6:00 am
Fri March 30, 2012
Essay: Rebooting the Occupy Movement
On WMRA's occasional series, The Civic Soapbox, Denise Zito shares her thoughts about the Occupy Movement and it's future.
Civic Soapbox
7:20 am
Fri March 2, 2012
Essay: Hosting a Child