She saw flight as a path to empowerment and once dreamed of opening her own flight school. That dream was never realized, but the legacy of Bessie Coleman has continued to inspire generations of aviators. The first Black and Native American female pilot in history to earn an aviator\u2019s license, Coleman was forced to learn to fly in France because no U.S. instructor would take her as a student. But she would later barnstorm the country, dazzling crowds with her aerobatic feats. She died as she lived, during an air show in Jacksonville in April 1926. On the centenary of her death, we remember her impact with two historians who\u2019ve made her life a focus of their research and activism.<\/p>\n
Guests:<\/p>\n
Ed Booth, pilot, board-certified aviation attorneyOpio Lumumba Sokoni, author, activistBreaking the silence<\/p>\n
As Florida eliminates the phrase \u201cclimate change\u201d from state law and the Legislature bans local government \u201cnet-zero\u201d policies, it seems increasingly difficult to have discussions about a changing climate that aren\u2019t colored by politics. Local environmental nonprofits and faith leaders hope to remove that lens, hosting a \u201cnothing-but-the-facts\u201d discussion on the varied impacts many are already beginning to experience on the First Coast. The discussion features an overview of the science behind more extreme or frequent weather occurrences, and outlines ways to protect yourself, your property and your loved ones. Breaking the Silence: Talking Climate Change in Jacksonville<\/a> will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at St. John\u2019s Cathedral in St. Augustine. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n Guests:<\/p>\n Rev. Mark Anderson, St. John\u2019s CathedralKathleen Biggins, president and founder, C-Change ConversationsBig Sister of the Year<\/p>\n Mentorship didn\u2019t come to Ally Capriotti early. It started with a service learning class during her senior year at Jacksonville University. But the impactful experience quickly turned into a commitment, one she wanted to continue after graduation. Capriotti connected with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida and through it met her \u201clittle sister\u201d Abby, who she\u2019s now known for nine years. For her work, Capriotti was recently named 2026 Big Sister of the Year by the Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida.<\/p>\n Guest: Ally Capriotti, 2026 Big Sister of the Year, Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida<\/p>\n Topics and guests subject to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She saw flight as a path to empowerment and once dreamed of opening her own flight school. That…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-231636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}