As unemployment rises, an increasing portion of the population finds itself without enough to eat. Central Missouri has the added challenge of a rural geography that makes delivering food to a population in need more complicated. Today's discussion centers on what is being done to help the hungry in our community.

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Panelist:
Peggy Kirkpatrick, executive director, The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri
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What needs to be done -- by law enforcement and by citizens -- to encourage positive interactions between the police and the diverse members of the community? How should the police handle difficult arrests? And what is Columbia doing to train its officers in these areas? Key figures involved in police and citizen relations discuss these questions and more.

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Panelists:
Ken Burton, Columbia Police chief
Don Love, chair of the central Missouri chapter of the Missouri Association of Social Welfare
David Harris, University of Pittsburgh law professor and author of “Profiles in Injustice: Why racial profiling cannot work” and “Good Cops: The case for preventive policing” (Joining the program by phone)
Steven Silverman, founder and executive director of Flex Your Rights (Joining the program by phone)
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A look at how the issues surrounding health care (access, cost, quality, etc.) play out for people who live in small towns and rural areas.

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Panelists:
Rex Campbell, professor emeritus in MU’s Department of Rural Sociology.
Steve Long, sociologist who helped develop the Family Health Center in Marceline.
James Stevermer, associate professor in MU’s School of Medicine, and the assistant director of MU’s Family Medicine Residency Program. He maintains a practice that serves a rural population in Callaway County.
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