Courage on the Court

Friday, September 07 2007

Courage on the Court

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Dejon Bivens

This weekend, tennis fans around the world will watch the finals of the U.S. Open.

Among them will be Dejon Bivens, a tennis player and freshman at North Carolina State University. Dejon fell in love with tennis in high school, earned the No.1 ranking for an 18- year-old in North Carolina, and steadily moved up the list of Top 100 Junior National players in the country.

Dejon talks to Dick Gordon about how he has overcome a difficult family life - and how he persevered to win the N.C. Junior Davis Cup with an injured hamstring.

Dejon on the court - larger >>

Dejon's foster mom, Deborah Foster-Smith also joins Dick to talk about how Dejon's smile persuaded her to let him move in, and what she has done to help him along the way.

• Learn about Dejon's tennis program
  
• Check out Dejon's tennis stats
  

Trauma Team

Monday, August 13 2007- Trauma Team

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Scott Charles

Philadelphia currently has the highest homicide rate of any large city in the U.S. But violent crime is on the rise in cities across America. Crime tends to spike in the summer, particularly hot summers like this one.

Scott Charles is the Trauma Outreach Coordinator at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. When patients arrive at the hospital with gunshot wounds, Scott goes to their bedsides after surgery to talk to them about changing their lives.

Dr. Amy Goldberg

His work is part of a program he created with trauma surgeon Amy Goldberg called "Cradle to Grave." As part of the program, they walk at-risk youth through the real-life trauma that happened to a North Philadelphia teenager who was shot multiple times.

Scott and Amy talk with guest host Aaron Henkin about the young people they meet in the E.R. and what they are doing to keep more young people from ending up there.

Chinika Perez - See her before and after the shooting >>

Aaron also talks with Chinika Perez, a 27-year-old mother of two who survived being shot last summer.

• Read about the Cradle to Grave program
  
• See an interactive map of violence in Philly

After the Offense

Tuesday, July 24 2007

After the Offense

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Nationwide, laws have been passed to locate registered sex offenders and push them out of neighborhoods - after all, who would want to live near someone who has committed these kinds of crimes?

But Tom Coles, who lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, has invited sex offenders into his own home. Unlike many, Tom believes in the possibility of redemption. Guest host Scott Jagow talks with Tom about how he got into his work helping to rehabilitate sex offenders, and what he has gained from it.

One of Tom's residents is Khris Page. Khris served 10 years in prison for criminal sexual conduct with children. He talks to Scott about how this living arrangement, combined with the rehabilitative programs he's in, help ensure that he will never offend again.

• Get tips on prevention
• Learn about your state's laws
• Find out if there are offenders near you
  

SHOOTING HISTORY

Tuesday, May 15 2007

SHOOTING HISTORY

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Sonia Katchian

Photographer Sonia Katchian has great skill - and astounding luck. Among other memorable images, on this day in 1972 she was the only professional photographer to capture the assassination attempt on then-Presidential candidate George Wallace.

Sonia's professional luck continued: a chance meeting with Muhammad Ali landed her ringside at two famed boxing matches - "The Rumble in the Jungle" and "The Thrilla in Manila."

Muhammad Ali, photo: Sonia Katchian

Sonia went on the photograph Muhammad Ali for 14 years.

Today on the program, Sonia Katchian shares the stories behind her most memorable images.

• See a picture of Sonia at work in 1975
• See Sonia's folio featuring Muhammad Ali
• Check out Sonia's pictures of George Wallace

Music heard in this story:
In Zaire by Johnny Wakelin for the album Right Before My Eyes
Rumble in the Jungle by Max Roach for the album M'Boom