Intersect

About this original series

INTERSECT serves as a forum where Brooklyn’s issues and ideas meet. Guest panelists representing Brooklyn community activists, political leaders, business owners, residents, and journalists tackle topics important to the people of Brooklyn and beyond. Viewers can expect a lively discussion representing all sides of an issue, as well as firsthand insight into the impact these issues have on the people of Brooklyn. INTERSECT is part of Brooklyn Independent Television, a community media program of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit INTERSECT airs Mondays and Thursdays at 1:30pm & 9:30pm; Wednesdays at 3pm & 11pm on Brooklyn's BCAT TV Network: Time Warner 56, Cablevision 69, RCN 84 and in all five boroughs on Verizon 44.

Episodes of Intersect

    • Play Intersect Eps. 49: Job & Business Opportunities for Brooklynites - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Eps. 49: Job & Business Opportunities ...

      Original air date: 5/21/2012 As the Atlantic Yards become the Barclays Center, Lori Raphael, Director of External Affairs at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and James E. Caldwell, President and CEO of Brooklyn United for Innovative Local Development (BUILD) join Intersect Host Brian Vines for a discussion about job and business opportunities for Brooklynites. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Intersect. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        May 25, 2012
      • Runtime
        29:10
    • Play Intersect Eps. 48: Election Season - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Eps. 48: Election Season

      Original air date: 5/14/2012 Election season is upon us and Brooklynites will head to the polls no less than three times before 2013. New York City League of Women Voters board member Carole Melhman and the man behind Kings County Politics at Our Time Press, Senior Editor, Stephen Witt join host Brian Vines for a look at the races ahead. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Intersect. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        May 10, 2012
      • Runtime
        29:30
    • Play Intersect Eps. 47 - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Eps. 47

      Bullying, it's the subject of a new documentary in theaters and an innovative program at the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. Host Brian Vines is joined by Nadia Lopez, Principal of the Mott Hall Bridges Middle School in Brownsville, and Erin Drinkwater, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, for a discussion of how Brooklyn is working to stop the harassment. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Intersect. Original air date: 4/16/2012. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        Apr 26, 2012
      • Runtime
        27:31
    • Play Youth & Criminal Justice System in Brooklyn: Intersect Eps. 46 - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Youth & Criminal Justice System in Brooklyn: Int...

      Original air date: 4/2/2012 In the wake of the Trayvor Martin incident in Florida, host Brian Vines discusses the state of urban youth and the criminal justice system in Brooklyn. Joining are guests Francois Restrepo, a lawyer and Assistant Director at the Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program, at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Allen James, Program Manager for the Save Our Streets Project of Crown Heights. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Intersect. http://www.bricartsmedia....

      • Release date
        Apr 4, 2012
      • Runtime
        27:48
    • Play Brooklyn Elected Officials Eps. 175: Etiquette Training - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Brooklyn Elected Officials Eps. 175: Etiquette T...

      Original air date: 3/9/2012 On Brooklyn Elected Officials City Councilmember Dr. Mathieu Eugene is joined by Philippa Morrish, President of Etiquette Training International for a discussion about her work with students and business professionals and the importance of protocol in modern life. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Brooklyn Elected Officials. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        Mar 27, 2012
      • Runtime
        28:20
    • Play Brooklyn Elected Officials Eps. 176: Discussion of Public Assistance Fraud - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Brooklyn Elected Officials Eps. 176: Discussion ...

      Original air date: 3/23/2012 On Brooklyn Elected Officials King County District Attorney Charles Hynes welcomes Lauren Mack, Executive Assistant District Attorney in the Public Assistance Crime Unit for a discussion about public assistance fraud. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Brooklyn Elected Officials. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        Mar 26, 2012
      • Runtime
        28:55
    • Play Intersect Eps. 45: Health Insurance and Birth Control - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Eps. 45: Health Insurance and Birth Co...

      Original air date: 3/19/2012 What started as a health care policy and now the Department of Health and Human Services mandate that virtually all private health plans nationwide provide coverage for contraception, has become a rallying cry against the influence of government on organized religion. Julianna Gonen, Policy Counsel for Federal Legislation at the Center for Reproductive Rights and Holly Lawmaster of iheartconscience.com join Host Brian Vines on Intersect for a discussion of contrace...

      • Release date
        Mar 26, 2012
      • Runtime
        26:41
    • Play Intersect Eps. 44: Veteran Re-integration - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Eps. 44: Veteran Re-integration

      Original air date: 3/5/2012 As the troop draw-down continues, thousands of military service people are returning to their civilian lives. When it comes to social, medical and housing needs, veterans are often under served. Host Brian Vines will be joined by Terrance C. Holliday, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs, Wendy McClinton President/CEO of Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc., and Aaron Bramwell, a Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars as they discuss veteran “re-in...

      • Release date
        Mar 7, 2012
      • Runtime
        29:10
    • Play Intersect Esp. 43: DREAM Act - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Esp. 43: DREAM Act

      Original air date: 2/20/2012 While presidential candidates and members of congress debate the future of America’s border policies, undocumented children continue to be educated in public schools hoping for a path to citizenship. We will discuss the “DREAM Act,” now before the NY State Legislature, with a student activist and Natalia Aristizabal, of Make The Road New York. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Intersect. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        Feb 27, 2012
      • Runtime
        29:18
    • Play Intersect Eps. 42: Redrawing Electoral Districts - Intersect on Blip Intersect episodes on Blip

      Intersect Eps. 42: Redrawing Electoral Districts

      Original air date: 2/8/2012 It happens every 10 years, the process of redrawing electoral districts. The maps are in and critics contend the redraw dilutes the voting power of many communities of color. We’re reading between the lines with Esmeralada Simmons of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College and Jerry Vatamala, Staff Attorney from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Intersect. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit

      • Release date
        Feb 9, 2012
      • Runtime
        29:36
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