I'd like to go ahead and welcome Bavia Law, who serves as a senior advisor to the NASA Administrator for Budget and Finance. She was also a member of the Biden Transition Agency review teams for both NASA and the Department of Defense. This is going to be one exciting opportunity to hear about space sustainability from the new administration. Welcome, Bavia. Thank you, Crystal. Can you hear me? Yeah, you sound great. Awesome. Well, thank you for inviting me to join you today. It's been, as you said, an incredible five months at NASA. I know better now than we ever did that we are in a new age of space development full of opportunities. Constellations that involve tens of thousands of satellites. CubeSats from elementary school children that have little ability to maneuver. And on-orbit servicing assembly and manufacturing that can upend our current Earth-centric paradigms. What we thought was disruptive before, say, reusable launch vehicles is old news. We are on to the new. And while the new is great for growing the space economy, as you all know something so close to my heart, it also presents challenges. As I know you've been discussing in this conference and other venues, the orbital debris population follows a power-law-size distribution. Meaning that there is more small debris than large. There are more than 100 million objects ranging from dust particles to flecks of paint from satellites that are too small to be tracked. And these are the debris that present the most near-term mission-ending risks to operational spacecraft. And to date, and this is something that is actively under consideration, these are the debris that we have worried the most about at NASA. And while the utmost precautions are taken to reduce the potential for collisions, especially with our flagship International Space Station, impacts with these objects do occur. I'm sure some of you know, just a few weeks ago, during a routine inspection of Canada Arm 2, experts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency found orbital debris damage to one of its boom segments. Luckily, the debris did not affect the arm's functional abilities. The damage is mostly limited to a small section of the thermal blanket. And Canada Arm is continuing to conduct its planned operations. But the strike highlights just how important this issue is and how seriously NASA is taking it, and always has. NASA is a founding member of the Interagency Space Debris Coordination Committee, IADC. IADC established the first international consensus-based space debris mitigation guidelines in 2002. The guidelines emphasize that re-entry of a spacecraft or orbital debris stage or orbital stage should not pose an undead risk to people or property. NASA has also been instrumental in supporting the U.S. delegation to UN Copius to develop the Copius Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines in 2007 and guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space in 2019. NASA has promoted the U.S. government orbital debris mitigation standard practices with the international community and continues to work with the international community to further improve international orbital debris mitigation best practices such as these guidelines. And we can talk a bit more in Q&A about specific NASA activities underway. But there is so much more to be done, which is why we actually, I'm so excited to tell you all about it, we've assembled an orbital debris review team in-house to evaluate how NASA can be a more effective leader in the area of space sustainability. But the reality is that orbital debris is not something NASA or even the United States can take on alone. In my mind, and this is how I'm conceptualizing our review team as well, orbital debris mitigation has three parts. Reduce the amount of debris we generate, know where everything is and not just obviously not just the debris, but also valuable things that debris would hit and be able to maneuver so you can avoid getting hit. And of course, remove the debris, the three parts. Given the speed with which the space sector has grown and is expected to grow, we are facing challenges on all three fronts. To reduce the amount of debris, we need to agree as a community, among other things, not just within the United States, but internationally as well on standards and best practices on how to design, launch and operate spacecrafts so they don't produce debris. To know where everything is, to understand the space and debris environment, we need more and better sensors, better data analysis and fusion capabilities. Again, global agreement on how we collect and share data is critical. To be able to maneuver, assuming the quality of the information about potential close approaches or collisions is good, satellites need maneuvering capability, which as we know not all satellites do. Last but not least, we need to start to think about how we will remove some of the worst offending objects. This active debris removal will be expensive. ESA and other funders will pay the equivalent of well over a million dollars per kilogram to remove a secondary payload adapter left by Ariane Space's second Vega mission in 2013. Again, I'm not implying that we need to remove all the debris out there, but just a little back of the envelope math, given that there is more than 8,000 metric tons of debris in space, if we extrapolate from this one point calculation alone, and there is probably a range of costs, we are talking about trillions of dollars in debris removal. This is a challenge, but of course it's also an opportunity. Space is a big diverse and innovative sector, and together we can come up with amazing approaches that don't just involve technology, but also regulatory policy and other kinds of innovations. We are also lucky that we have somewhat of an analogy, not a perfect analogy, but nonetheless an analogy that we can learn from. Climate change. Think about it. The orbital debris problem tracks the climate change problem pretty closely. We want to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases we put out, we want to monitor, track, model what we are doing and how much progress we are making, and we want to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Each of the things that earlier I said were issues we want to address in the space debris world as well. Now, in the climate world there is all sorts of clever technological policy and regulatory schemes under consideration, carbon sequestration technologies, gap and trade schemes, regulatory fees, and these are only some of the tools that have been used for environmental management, and the space communities should really build on these lessons. Both Congress and the White House have laid out plans that were developed with interagency input. Space Policy Directive 3, the National Space Policy. Earlier this year, OSTP with input from NASA and other agencies put out an orbital debris R&D plan. It is important that we begin to implement this plan. I spent about 25 years in Boston before I moved to DC. In Boston we would call the orbital debris problem a wicked hard problem. To solve problems like this we need all hands on deck and the hands had better be global. It is not a problem Americans can solve alone, but we can and we should be the leaders. The solutions the government co-creates with the private sector will lead to an even bolder and brighter future in space for all of humanity to enjoy. I want to keep my remarks short and I want to turn it to Crystal for questions and I'm looking forward to a really good discussion. Thank you, Bavia. That was a great quick overview of where the agency is at, what they're thinking about, about some really important issues around space sustainability. I know that I immediately took note that there is a new active debris review team at NASA and I look forward to hearing more about that in the future. In fact, I was fiercely taking notes. I do want to turn this over to the audience. So if anyone out there I've seen that some questions have already come in and we will just jump right into these. Bavia's agreed to take a few questions so we won't probably be able to get to them all, but please go ahead and add those into Mentimeter. The first question that I wanted to hit on you with you, Bavia, is touching on international community issues. And so you can see it on screen there. What steps... Nope, I'm sorry. That is actually not the correct question. I apologize. I'm going to grab the correct one. So here it is. Are there opportunities for emerging or non-traditional space countries to participate in Artemis? So as you know well, space exploration is neither inexpensive nor easy. We want the world to join us, not only for a sustainable presence on and around the Moon, but stay with us as we go on to Mars and beyond. NASA's Office of International and Interagency Relations, OIR, is an interface with NASA's counterpart around the world. And our folks there would be happy to engage in potential collaborations related to Artemis program. NASA has publicly available reports on the potential for specific science and technology development activities on the Moon and around the Moon. And we would be excited to engage with both current and new partners on the potential for joint activities. There is plenty to be doing together and not enough money to go around. So all hands on deck, let's do it. Great. I'm sorry, returning to the first question that we flashed up. I just put them in the wrong order. My apologies. You know, the Moon is a busy place these days. And so one of our audience members is wondering, you know, what steps does the international community need to take to ensure operations can be coordinated and conducted safely? You know, it's a new set of opportunities. So how does NASA see that? Great question. Thanks, Crystal. I mean, as you know, and our administrator is this morning was in Congress testifying on the Hill. You know, he is moving aggressively forward on the Artemis program, which includes landing the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon and parallel with the program itself. And that kind of relates right to the question you asked. NASA has also developed a statement of a shared vision to create a safe and transparent environment to facilitate exploration science and commercial activities not only on the Moon, but deep space, Mars, comets, and asteroids. Artemis Accords, as these principles are called, established a commitment to ensure transparency, peaceful uses of space, the open and timely sharing of scientific data, and compliance with all international obligations. As you may know, the Accords have been signed by 12 nations. We hope to be having the rest of the world join us as well. Just recently, South Korea, New Zealand, and Brazil joined in the past month or so. The first signatories under the Biden administration. The Artemis program will be the largest and most diverse human space flight exploration coalition in history. And note, I underscore the word coalition. We are not going there alone. We are going with partners. We expect that over the course of the coming months and years, our countries will join the Artemis program and commit to the principles of the Accords. And I mean, obviously, the Accords represent a strong initial start. There is much work to be done to establish responsible norms of behavior in space. Specifically, along with the departments of state and defense, NASA will be participating in an interagency process to support the development of norms of behavior in space for all operations, including national security. So, yes, the moon is a busy place in the coming years. And there is a lot we need to do together with the international community to ensure coordination and safe conduct of operations with Artemis Accords as a center of our strategy to do so. Wonderful. I'm sure we're going to be hearing more and more about that in the coming months. The next question I'd like to is actually referencing back to your remarks. It's fairly specific. One of our audience members would like to know, is the NASA Active Debris Review Team the same as the previous year's O-D-M-S-P-I-W-G? Got to love acronym CITI. Specifically, is it government-only, or does it include commercial and academia? So the Orbital Debris Review Team I'm leading is an internal NASA-only team. And our goal is to better examine how NASA could be a better leader in ensuring space sustainability. Up until now, NASA has focused mainly on protecting our own assets. I talked earlier about making sure ISS is safe. We have a team at Goddard that looks at our robotic missions. We have an Orbital Debris Program Office, which does a lot of the modeling characterization, the data around the space debris environment. We are looking in this review team on things that NASA could be doing beyond what we do in protecting our own assets and being leaders in the broader community. And we hope to be sharing our thoughts with you in the coming months. Great. Well, I know the community is going to be eager to hear from you on that. And I'm excited to hear that you're actually leading the team. So wonderful. Our next question switches topics just a little bit. And so what, you know, specifically in terms of plans or programs, does NASA have to help mature and field active debris removal technology? So overall, big picture, NASA is globally recognized for its technical competence and has played a leadership role in promoting orbital debris mitigation best practices within the national community on the debris removal removal front specifically. NASA is currently focusing, any of this may change in going forward, but we are currently focusing on early stage technology developments as opposed to operational systems. So since 2011, the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts NIAC program has funded six early stage research studies relevant to orbital debris mitigation and removal. And we can get you the studies if you'd like. More recently at the request of Congress, NASA conducted several agency-wide reviews of technologies that support active debris removal. The last such review was 2019 and described 16 different investments. Our space technology mission director, STMD, was funding to remove or otherwise mitigate orbital debris. These reviews continue to identify technology gaps that need to be closed in order to enable active debris removal. But have not identified major technology breakthroughs that would warrant another in-depth study at this time, but things change. More work needs to be done in areas such as proximity operations, sensors and instruments, efficient propulsion, guidance and navigation, autonomy, robotic manipulation. And many of these technologies are being matured through currently funded projects such as solar electric propulsion, satellite servicing, and other small spacecraft missions all in the STMD directorate. In addition, NASA is funding research through academia with a primary focus on improving algorithms related to de-spinning uncooperative debris and controlled the orbit of large objects. NASA routinely attracts new orbital debris removal concepts through its annual NIAC, New Innovative Advanced Concepts program I mentioned earlier, Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer, SBIR and STTR programs. And also, and this is something I just recently learned, the space technology research development demonstration and infusion ready solicitations. These solicitations draw participation from a number of commercial entities interested in pursuing this capability as a business venture, approaches ranging from debris capture through the use of small spacecraft or sales as drag devices. We are thinking about the possibility of future public-private partnerships and these programs demonstrate the potential for commercialization of NASA-developed technologies. And all throughout, STMD continues to invest in promising early-stage concepts and technologies that could alter the landscape for identifying technically cost-effective. And again, I want to underscore the term cost-effective. I was talking earlier about the back of the envelope cost of ADR. So we want to be thinking about cost-effective, viable or build debris removal approaches. Our review team will have more on this and we look forward to feedback from the community as well. Yeah, and we had another question that really builds on your comments there and so they're kind of broadening the scope a little bit and they're curious, do you think NASA is going to support or would support a new international agreement to remove or reduce orbital debris? You know, how do you see this playing out in the international fields? So that's a great, great question and one we should probably consider in our internal discussions. You know, if you want to send some, you know, more thoughts on potential approaches, please do. But NASA is, you know, a strong proponent of doing things internationally. I think I read somewhere recently that only about 30% of debris is, or 30% of everything that's in space is U.S. owned and anything that we do in space has to be and with respect to orbital debris removal has to be coordinated internationally. So international coordination is critical and we need to be doing this in that way as opposed to some unilateral approach. So send us ideas and we are listening. Excellent. So we do have another international question and I understand that this is one that's, you know, the policy is probably still forming. You are a new administration, but we did have someone ask, you know, if Congress would decide to lift restrictions on cooperation or engagement with China, you know, what is NASA's thoughts on that and how would you expect NASA to react? So NASA will continue to follow U.S. law, in particular the Wolf Amendment that provide guidance on how and if NASA can engage with China. There is no ifs, buts, or thens around that. In recent years NASA has engaged in certain cooperative activities with China in full accordance with this law. For example, both NASA and China have spacecraft in orbit around Mars, along with ESA, India, and the UAE. NASA and CNS say the Chinese National Space Agency are sharing data on our respective spacecraft as NASA does with other agencies with spacecraft around other celestial bodies to assure spacecraft safety and collision avoidance. We will continue to do whatever is in the best interests of the United States, and as long as we are in accordance with the law, which is one of our most important criteria, which is the criterion for engaging internationally. Wonderful. So just to close out on one final question for you. You've had this incredible opportunity, and you've been a driving force in the Biden administration in deciding what they're going to do about a lot of topics, and space sustainability, obviously being one that we care the most about here at this summit. And I was wondering if you just have any concluding thoughts or remarks you'd like to make on just your impressions. What is this administration's commitment to this topic? Are there any behind the scenes insights you can share in terms of where you expect things to go broadly with the administration in the next few months and years? So, yeah, I think if you look at just the 2022 PBR, you will see the funding increases for Earth Science for climate change. So sustainability is a pretty strong priority for the administration. Space sustainability is not that different from atmospheric, you know, biosphere sustainability. So it is a clear priority. We are still developing some of our ideas on how we are wanting to proceed. And as we have more, you know, the National Space Council gets in place and Executive Secretary is appointed, we will begin to speak about our plans and formulate our plans to greater degrees of specificity. So I hope you will invite me back. And others from NASA, and we will have to have a chance to collaborate more Fortunately, I think we need to start. We're looking at the OSTP R&D plan on orbital debris mitigation. That is a real clear place to start. But there is so much more to do. So hopefully we'll have a chance to work together. Yeah, absolutely. And I know we're thrilled to see, you know, the direction that the Space Council takes, NASA, OSTP, everyone in the administration on all of these topics. So thank you so much for your insights today. We were thrilled you were able to join us. I know this is an incredibly busy week at NASA. And obviously you guys aren't exactly at 100,000 percent in terms of staffing up. So we really appreciate your time and interest in speaking with us today. And I look forward to talking again in the future. Thank you, Crystal. Yes, it was a pretty exciting time at NASA this week. Pam Melroy, our Deputy Administrators here. So we have now a full complement of leaders. And yes, it's full speed ahead. Thanks again. Yeah, we love Pam. She was at one of our earlier summits. So enjoy and we'll talk to you soon.


My name is Michael Morris. I'm the superintendent of the Amherst Pellum Regional School District and welcome to the latest edition of Window Into Arps. Today I'm so glad to be welcoming two people I've known for quite a while from our microcracker farm days. So first, Anastasia Morton, who works in our family center and Cassonne Jordan, who's a high school student. Again, towards the end of being a high school student. It's a very exciting time as we're filming this at the end of April. So thank you for joining us and thanks for coming in to talk about student leadership at the high school. It's something that's critically important for all of our students, but particularly our oldest students, you know, our high school students to feel like they're an active part of their school community and really an active part of shaping the school community that is to come at Amherst Regional High School. So thank you both for being here. Thank you for having us. Oh, absolutely. And we'll start with just a quick introduction so you can share a little bit about yourself and your role. So as you stated, my name is Anastasia Morton. Most of the students call me Stasia. I'm originally from New York City, but moved out here to go to Mount Holyoke Community College, about community, Mount Holyoke College from LaGuardia Community College. I moved up here with my son to go to Kropper Farm. And since then, I've been working in the Amherst Regional Public Schools District as a youth leadership coordinator. Thank you very much, Anastasia. And as you stated, my name is Cassonne Jordan. I was born in New Jersey, Nork. And my mom moved up here for me to get a better education instead of staying down there. So I've been up in Amherst for about 16 years of my life. I played varsity football for two years and yeah, that's about it. Great, great. And it's nice to roll from the New York area. I was born in New York. I was born in the Bronx and grew up in New York area as well. So Patriots fans may throw things at us at the moment, but we're okay. So and a more serious note, Anastasia, you played a large role in part of your role specifically, is to organize and facilitate students to take on leadership opportunities in the school. And so actually starting with our student, can you share some of the best experiences you've had being involved in student leadership? The best experiences I've had in being involved with this group is being able to go there and like have an open mind and being able to play with other people. Like we play Uno some days and we all get to relax, but then after that we get really serious and in deep depth about life and about what after high school what we want to do and how to show people that we can guide ourselves without others telling us what to do all the time. Anastasia, would you mind like lifting the curtain on that? How do you facilitate, how do you get students to feel comfortable talking about very serious things in their lives? So I think the biggest part of it is really becoming a program that is participant centered, taking the time to get to know students. So there's a couple of different projects that I engage in over the school year. One of them is they made it so can I when I go out to the different elementary schools and get a chance to meet with all the sixth graders in the district so that when they come to the middle school, I already have a relationship with them at the middle school. I'm able to get them into lunch groups as well as Vela, which is a project that kind of started with Calvin Terrell back in 2012. And since that, it's really been able to have the opportunity to work with the students since elementary school, middle school and to high school so that I'm able to know the students individually, personally in as a person within the community so I can give them opportunities that connect to them personally. Every student is different and every student has unique needs. So really being able to say what is it that this individual needs at this time in their life and then shift something that can help them work on the things that they're good at, but also the things that they need to improve upon. Fantastic. Thank you. For either of you, what are some of the favorite activities that you've done as part of the youth leadership group? So I'm going to go first, but one of my favorite activities in that group is called the handy redote, which is it's a small, it's like it's kind of like a game, but it's so she gives you a card from a deck and if it's red and black or if you have an A sort of page, you'll have a certain job or you'll just be a high school diploma student and you'll be having a certain job at a certain amount of pay and or you'll have a degree with the X amount of money per year. So we'd have to figure out and navigate our own budget depending on what we were dealt with. So it helps us like navigate what we want to do and what kind of degree we want, or even if we do want to graduate and go just to a job right away to see what we can do after high school. Yeah, that'd be a useful thing for a lot of adults to do, let alone young people. It's a challenging experience for many people to really have to start managing their budgets and honestly it's something that across the country there's a lot of focus on schools taking a larger role in that to better prepare students for graduating high school because you know some of the academic areas we put a lot of resources into for good reason, but actually some of those life skill areas, I mean I think when I was in high school the only thing I got like that was how to write a check. That was that was it. I didn't do any of the budgeting stuff that you're talking about.  It's a very challenging time for many people to get you know the cost of living and the cost of and what people are making in terms of salary. Sometimes they're ill-aligned, they're the mega work. So how about for you from your perspective? So I would say definitely working with the students and having them work with the teachers. A lot of times for different age ranges the students come and they have a very different experience in classroom than the teachers would share and it's really about trying to get them to the point where they can get in a space and learn from each other. I've done a lot of work with students that were in the middle school lunch group and as they matured in high school they were able to facilitate dialogues with teachers during various curriculum days and we do second year teachers workshops. So really just being able to get the teachers in circle dialogue, the high school students being able to lead and facilitate workshops where teachers can really think about what is the impact that they have not just with students who often do well but for those students who struggle in school and who are openly saying throughout behavior all their words I don't get it I need help this isn't working for me. How are they able to effectively communicate that their behavior really is a different sign of something but then also say even if you weren't able to get through to me when the next generation comes in and you have these problems here are some tools that you can think about for me that's just immensely like a joy in my job. Seeing the students really go from saying this is what I'm struggling with to really embodying and stepping up and saying I'm going to be a leader instead of path for the next generation has been like one of the best parts of my job and a lot of people don't think that the students I work with are often leaders but I have this quote that really shapes up leadership for me so it's from John Quincy Adams and it says if your actions inspire others to dream more learn more do more and become more than you are a leader and that's one thing that all the students I work with everybody watches them everybody is looking at them and whether they're good role models or bad role models to the person kids follow what they do and they want to be like them when they grow up so really being able to say how can you work with these students but then also get them to embody the leadership that they have and do the right thing with it is just a joy every single day. That's great and I'll say as someone who sees the feedback forms that our staff fill out from those sessions the sessions where we involve students in the professional development are consistently the highest rate among the highest rate or the highest rated of any of the PD that we do it feels much more real when we have student voice involved and as you know we had student voice at the beginning of our last PD day for everyone in the district to talk about you know what was working for them and and what are some challenges and what could all of us collectively as an organization how could we better meet their needs so thank you for your work and organizing that because it's one thing to work as you said directly with the students which is fantastic but to to affect the larger changes a more challenging thing I think. Well can I just say something as well so you know one of the biggest things in the schools that's very difficult is a lot of the students they put in work outside of school so it may be a vacation they're showing up three days out of the five to really work on planning for the professional development after school they may show up in between practice after studying for classes and these are students that are trying to balance sports in homework and a lot of times they're not getting the best grades but they show up and get extra time just in this thing that they don't get paid for but they really love to engage in it they show up on days when everybody else is off but they're at the school working from and I'll tell them it starts at nine we at the school at eight so they're like an hour early they're prepping and then they leave so it's like this extra time that they just like put in and nobody sees it's like really something that I cherish and it's like even now K-San's out of school we have other students here this is just what they love to do. Yeah absolutely so K-San what makes this program different from the other things that you're involved you clearly are involved with sports athletics academics what what what makes the student leadership piece feel different to you? I feel like so growing up I didn't have a father and not having a father figure it makes you lose yourself at some some way you'll lose yourself eventually and when I met Stasia I just came out of a bike car accident so I was in a really bad space and after a while getting to know Stasia and her son I grew up with them and then she eventually started helping me once I got to middle school and I feel like she's been like that figure I've always needed and she's really helped me navigate my way over to where I can be my best self so like I feel like she this program and her have helped me develop my personal ability to be who I am today and to develop all my skills to help other people so I feel like it's a great thing that she's doing this and helping other people because without her I don't know where I'd be. Yeah thank you I must feel powerful to hear it's powerful for me to hear and I'm glad you're getting hearing that acknowledgement first hand. Thank you K-Song. You think of a specific time that you felt the group helped you learn something or helped you in some other way and not necessarily specific to Stasia because I think you stated that very powerfully but I think one of the things that I've seen from other members who are involved in student leadership the group dynamics are as important as anything the adults do the group within the students can you think of how that's affected you or anything specific? I think that has made me a better decision maker on my own which like I mean for me I really don't know how to like describe it but like I feel like she's very like the program itself and all the activities have shaped me so like I know what to do more rather than not knowing and choosing a worse decision than what I would so I feel like it's helped me become a better decision maker and whoever else I'm pretty sure to so yeah and how do you um what motivates you I mean it's really challenging work because you talked about the students being there after hours but I know when I leave the office sometimes it's not just the students who are there after hours it's it's you too so um and I don't leave very early in my office I know I see you there on my way out so what motivates you and what um inspires you to be doing the work that you're doing? I think honestly for me it's where I grew up coming from New York you're not really given a lot of chances but more or less you're not really having people to show you the way you have people who show you a specific way and you have to make your decision on your own to say I'm going to go and set another path be willing to make mistakes and just really I say dream with your eyes wide open a lot of times when we sleep we have the best dreams but you know it's really hard to be fearless which your eyes just open and that's really something for me that I wish when I was younger not only did I have people that really encouraged me in that way but also I listened so to be able to be in a position now where I can do something like that one thing I love to do is just say you know how can I really think about what do the individual students need to hear for them to get the courage just to say even if other people don't think I can do it I can be strategic about how I go approaching it and even if I don't get the result that I think or I want to have I still went for it I'm still able just to go for and I think a lot of times even when adults we let fear hold us in a space of not even trying and with children or at least youth they have the time to change so really try as many things as you can while you don't have kids why you can't like not pay any bills you know why you can travel and do all these things so that when you get to adulthood you're really able to say you know I can really say I try this and I know I don't like it or I try that and I do like it but you're able to make a decision that's based on due diligence and information versus just fear if you were talking to another student let's say a younger student's watching this or their their parent what are what would you tell them about you know being involved in student leadership what would be you know things that you would tell them that they might be benefits for them to get involved with Stasia and student leadership more generally I would tell them that if if you don't feel comfortable enough uh at least talk to Stasia herself because she will you will slowly be involved with it and she'll slowly get you into it but once you're into it it's it'll help you like honestly really will uh she goes she takes you guys to trips and those are beneficial for you to know about other schools about how they work uh and just be there and feel like if you really want to be there like that's the atmosphere that you're going to be there for like two four years so you got to enjoy it right so she'll help you with that and like honestly if you feel like you need it do it like there's no regret for me I have zero regrets for me because it's helped me it's helped many other people that I know who are now in college doing great so I feel like it's very beneficial to anybody this isn't body and Stasia what would you see as you think about the future and kind of expanding the work and and I know you've started over the last couple years doing that expanding you know what would be your vision or what would you hope um to see five years from now in terms of theater leadership oh well that's a tough question so for me I would have to say this year one of the most challenging adventures that I took on was working with the seniors because I've been working with them throughout like I said elementary school to high school it just naturally came that they're all seniors this year really let's just try to get them in a place where they can go for it and it was a lot of work from common apps to fast to really saying I don't just want you to apply to a school but I want you to apply to a school that fits you fits your dreams fit what you want so really having to get students to really think about what do I want in life what are my dreams where do I see myself long-term you know really having to be able to do that work and then also say how can I make sure that not only are they able to get into school but really set them up for graduation so taking students to the historically black college fair that was in new york taking students to visit the different schools throughout the years having people from the schools come here I did a career day a couple weeks ago that was just amazing it was so many people in the family center I didn't know what to do it it was just like every minute I was like I need more tears so really just being able to do more things like that even though it was difficult it was very rewarding because a lot of students in the beginning felt like there was a limit to where they could go in life and you would just see them after every encounter just like you know what I have more options I have more options and there's more things that I want to choose to do with my life and we have a big group of six graders that will be in the high school soon that I would love to see them in that same boat it's fantastic so sometimes when we do these shows someone from the community wants to reach out to a staff member to either say hey I could help out or I have these resources I had to find out more would you mind sharing the best way to get in touch with you if someone said oh I see this and I think I could help with this work that's an excellent question it's email phone what works better for you I feel like the family center is one the phone at the family center should I say the number I should say four one three three six two eighteen seventy five would reach me and I'm Morton ad at arps.org would be my email and um right now really seniors is a big deal really just trying to say stuff that they might need to go to college if anything um middle schoolers I just took a group to Hampshire college to tour the school so really even saying you know just being able to get them on campus is another thing so reaching out to me for that um I think scholarships is another big thing as well a lot of students that was a big thing this year really just trying to get them to think about scholarships apply for scholarships really even seeing that they're worthy of something like that so even if there's people who know about scholarships I would say this would be something that your students should go for those are things that would be very helpful fantastic anything else either of you would like to share pretty close out you don't have to you've been so both of you telling you know weaving together just they're pretty um you know insightful um retelling of the impact of the program so okay I got one more thing all right uh so I forgot to mention that and you forgot to mention too during our uh groups uh she brings in you are like college students and college students actually we they help us a lot like they so they could be guides for us too because some of them apply for what we want to go into and we can talk to them because they're like they're every Thursday basically so they are really helpful and they help us with homework they explain stuff to us that we don't understand from our teachers so we get better information and like it's just a great resource to have another student that went through your shoes but is now in college that is able to help you and like put you on a path that they were on so fantastic thank you yes and evidence of the leadership because you see he's prepped yeah he knows and he's like Stasia you forgot that come on see like the program so this is again the proof and the pudding but yes I have to let it be known all the colleges in this area really really help there are my Holyoke always sends a student UMass sends classes of students him sure I always have several students but not only do they bring the kids to the school but they give us access to their colleges whenever there's different cultural events we always get tickets they help us with um transportation pay for food so just being able for the students to see somebody who's walked down that path and really have those informal conversations I would say I'm one of the biggest things that we have is building community because a lot of the students I bring them together and I think building community is very important but when they're in the high school they're like secret friends who was talking about this I'm like y'all don't even talk to each other but we hang out so like a big way that we'll um bring that together as we'll play uno we play spoons I'm a big person with the circle nobody sits out of my circle I will hurricane a million times but everybody's gonna sit in the circle and then everybody's gonna play uno just because it's a way for all of us to laugh together for us just to join in the game and a lot of people are like you know I'm nervous but then after 10 minutes they're talking they're like what's the rules no no draw two no you draw 20 and then by the end like everybody's like just calm so these things are wonderful when MCAS has come in you know finals are right around the corner everybody's filling out things for fast for you know I'm waiting for my letters back what are ways that we can all come together but also in a positive way burn off steam so somebody walking by might think like oh they're not doing anything they're just wasting time and it's like no these things are very integral to what we need to do next because the pressure's just going to get even more intense but if they don't have a time just to like let it go and just be kids again we really can't get past this point so really just being strategic so uno cards is enough well thank you thank you both for joining us today this was I think you were able to describe in really great detail both what what you're doing and the impact it has on students I thank you for taking time out of your busy end of school year challenging time as you're trying to wrap up the year to come in so we really appreciate you and this has been great on a personal level since I've known you both since probably first grade or something like that to see the change and see the development is really fun for me on a personal level so thank you both thank you and to the viewer thank you so much for joining us for this episode of window into ARPS we'll be back soon with another episode and hope you enjoy the rest of your day


The 2022 annual Southeastern Kentucky Chamber Awards night is September 27th. For tickets call<PHONE_NUMBER>. You can also watch live on the free Mountain Top TV app. The Pike County Libraries will be hosting a 12 week sign language class at the Pike County and Phelps Public Library beginning September 14th. We're going to be teaching them anywhere from start out level from the ABCs on up to where they can perform a sentence with sign language, whatever they want to do. They'll have a little workbook. Everything's online. They'll have a class to follow, like a movie theater almost, and they'll have a class to follow online. And they'll do their workbook in class and I'll go over with them with the sign language and show them how their fingers and stuff should position. The class is free to attend for those 10 and over and no experience is required. My biggest thing for doing it is we have so many deaf in here in the Phelps area and not very many I'm to communicate with. And the more that communicates with them, the more we can understand them. And I think it's in any part of the Pike County system that you live in, whatever, there's always going to be somebody you run into that's deaf. And imagine how they feel if we didn't know they couldn't talk to us. I think it would make them feel great if we can talk to them. Class will be held each Wednesday at the Pike County Public Library at 2pm and every Thursday at the Phelps Public Library at 4.30. For more information, go to Pike County Libraries on Facebook. For Mountain Top News, I'm Breanna Robinson.


All right, here we go y'all 2022 2023 Bowman University Chrome basketball hobby 12 box full case number 11 random player style So just like a moment ago, I'm gonna show you all the the results here There's a link in chat with them. You can find them any time of late in sports cards comm I'm gonna stroll down a few here. Yes Lincoln Shats and Anytime you can find we can also use the search bar on the website. It's a great way to find the names Packaging tape. I mean packaging tables can be kind of tough It's pretty important though almost to the bottom. Oh, nope. Not there. Yeah, sorry. There it is Okay Let's do it Moment University Chrome two autos per box plus color. Good luck everybody It's at a super fractor. You're like, why are there so many names? All right guys dual case coming up pretty soon Six to go eminence and flawless Do you have cardless protection in that of a? Hobby box of 2223 prism draft, right and I'm carless in the dual case refractor M&J Rice Aliyah Boston on the Bowman throwback Brandon Miller there and be would be cool purple first moment Jordan Walsh That's solid a 399 of the Jordan Walsh Kajani right sky scraping Yet when be when be Yama is redemption next bit of junior sky scraping What's the auto refractor auto Armando bacon?  So pretty rare. I haven't pulled any out ever of the few cases refractor Timmy Allen Mark Mitchell sky scraping Brady dick on the throwback True blue first Bowman Kendrick Davis And your Davis is number 136 of 199 on the blue again, just basketball and football up tonight Oh in the 2020 moment, so basketball football and baseball after tonight. We got fiber here. Steve is so fast Especially upload speeds upload speeds are insane. There's Katelyn Clark base refractor cam Whitmore Invicta Kallelware. Whoa Badly scratched up Kallelware and Victor. I'm gonna send a box to that spot First Bowman auto Anthony black Anthony black first Bowman auto pretty good first box here. You love Dem sure were the victor Just like any other redemption fanatics owns tops. So that means they own Bowman too, so Just like any other redemption There was the photo of him signing that that green one the one that has the inscription on it That's that got kind of famous But I would assume that it shouldn't take too too long to get them back Refractor Armando Baycott. It's only at the shop Steve. I don't pay for it. I don't have fiber at home Are you kidding me? That's expensive next with junior Invicta I'm gonna get fiber just to play a fortnight and just wreck Jake all the time It's like seeing the future first Bowman base auto Vincent DeWitch who Yeah, maybe yeah, maybe magic maybe they might be purple shimmer first woman Avery Anderson I Won't be easy for him. I know that I but Still a lot of value even without Autographs yeah, could Johnny right first moment refractor Ray way first woman key Sean Bartella me Ray wave to 100 in the Barthel me Yeah, for sure Vaughan Yeah, anything non-auto of the guys that are gonna be nice exclusive is gonna be like It's gonna be a lot crazier refractor first woman posh Alexander still gonna be their only licensed cards rookie cards, so It's gonna go crazy Marcus sassar. I'm sure Pidini will get created with certain high-end things to yellow first Bowman auto Colin Chandler to 75 refractor jet Howard and a Katelyn Clark base This jet jet is Juwan Howard's son, right? Filipowski inserts Blue Ray wave first woman Judah Mintz. Oh, it says on the back. Yeah, it's funny. It's 199 Judah Mintz Juwan Howard magic legend. I guess I'm a Michigan fan now Fox 3 refractor to Ron Holmes as it says it on his car to see CW There's right on the back. Does that mean you want the head coach? I think aqua wave first woman Mike Myles read their assistant to 299 Mike Myles aqua wave CW would know refractor Colin Chandler got basketball starting soon Katelyn Clark first moment He is head coach nice Armani Bailey on the inserts throwback Refractor auto first woman Jordan Walsh. It's gonna be number to 499 Jordan Walsh spot having a pretty good break so far Purple shimmer now first woman Tiger Campbell Kristofensky refractor first woman Jalen Wilson Aliyah Boston on the base fuchsia mini diamond of Trey White first Bowman number to 150 Trey White Refractor will Richardson first Bowman Will Will Wheaton hello, where will Wheaton First woman auto base price sense of awe Oh, yeah Great movie Refractor Makai Ashton Langford first Bowman fun I think only you would know that Domingo that Domingo her mom has worn so many different Jerry's numbers orange shimmer first Bowman Ashlyn Watkins My so number 25 a 25 bookend Brandon Miller skyscraping refractor first Bowman Mark Mitchell hello, Jordan Walsh Invicta Make her mom know when I was suspended for sticky stuff Yeah, the oh Brandon Miller first woman. Oh, that's a nice hit There we go. That just means zero days without sticky stuff usage Purple shimmer first Bowman to Juan Harris Jr. Yes, one beniamas in this Refractor Aliyah Boston first Bowman Scott auto redemptions and he's got extended base short print Purple mini diamond first Bowman Jaden Zachary. That one's out of 399. I don't believe the Thompson twins are in this Refractor first Bowman Jordan Hawkins. I don't think They've been in any of the Bowman University products KLL wear Refractor first home auto Brandon Slater Slater's to 499. I'm not sure if that's it cuz a lot of the guys are in high school or they're in other leagues in this I don't know why they're not in it Right. Yeah, they're over timing lead, which is has its own like tops product. That might be the reasoning Or there's nothing else. That's like an obvious reason why they wouldn't All right, six to go dual case eminence and flawless breaking soon refractor Felix like para a para King Felix actual goat You should be right And he was also just very good for a very long time purple mini diamond KD Johnson This one's number two three ninety nine More group breaks in the morning as well with Matt if you don't see something that we're breaking tonight I you're interested in check the schedule A lot of great breaks daytime with Matt starting 10 a.m. Eastern. He's got Don Russ baseball some Bowman impeccable Optic fast break optic football as well. So Good variety for the daytime and again, keep in mind everybody the baseball channel has been rebranded to Just a late in sports cards channel to Just needed it to be A multi sport multi-purpose channel for us refractor first woman J. Day Starling going down to four breakers and just adding some versatility to When and what we can we can we can stream or break I should say when and what we can break Yellow Caitlyn Clark First Bowman 21 of 75 Huge card Iowa Hawkeye color match, too Yeah, so if you see the the logo for channel to Everything is gonna kind of go off of that and the first channel to stream will be Wednesday daytime with Matt So you can see it right here Mitchell refractor Jalen Bridges cheap way Yeah, so everything is gonna be kind of like that It's gonna I think I think it looks really cool I'm excited for the the OBS overlay like the stream overlay is pretty nice as well Hallie just sent us over the the mock version of that Jake and I like it To see how rich likes it first woman auto could Johnny writes Pretty excited man. I think I'm gonna try to see if I can do like a stream over there The first woman refractor Trey white But to my knowledge Kylin Matt will definitely be over there a good a good bit on that on that second channel But you're also gonna have Kylin Matt on the main channel to so different faces different places Can I slow down? I'm going at a at a normal pace here. This is how we break all of these gold first woman auto I'll Amir Dawes Number 10 out of 50 nice true gold. It's just a lot of base cards Lot of packs a lot of base cards We break on a schedule So we kind of have to move at a certain pace first woman purple shimmer quiche on Barthelome The Clark is the 75 It's one of the jerseys number two refractor Ashlyn Watkins Sam Cassell joining Missoula's coaching staff. That's interesting Invicta Julian Phillips Aliyah Boston only inserts MJ Rice sky scraping nice. Ayanna Patterson Raiway first woman auto To 199 purple shimmer first woman Malik Renault No, Brad hasn't been breaking for a few months. He's just doing some other things to take time off from Breaking essentially refractor Jalen hood Shafino first moment. All right, orange first bowman Kamari lands Numbered five of 25 Boston Boston again Vincent deal with chukwu first woman refractor Invicta Oscar she way Pretty dick. So if you guys haven't subscribed make sure you subscribe to channel two If you if you were subscribed to the baseball channel, it's the same thing. We've just we've just changed the Just the branding and the imagery Just all just across the board on it So if you've already described the baseball you're already subscribed, but make sure you do subscribe It's a multi-sport now Every person's over there a certain night's group breaks at the same time as the main channel here daytime nighttime certain night So it'll be it'll be it'll be a lot of fun Gold lava Tyrese Hunter first bowman auto. It's a great color in this half case. It's a 50 That's right only half a case so far Refractor a Mari Bailey Mari Bailey insert. I was a Mark Mitchell insert Clark base Aqua first woman Kiki Rice Nice Kiki 299 You and Shawn do the same thing Really? Yeah, what about Kiki's delivery service? Still at six on the dual case Mega dual case eminence and flawless got Kyle Pilipowski first bowman refractor We've also got 16 now on the Sunday Funday mixer. That's football 2018 NT is the headliner box there with 2020 honors first off the line Said that right 2020 honors first off the line Which could potentially have? Burrow Herbert Hertz rookie autos not to mention the possibility of maybe a Mahomes or a Brady or a Lamar Jackson Not to mention Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen both of those as well as 18 NT That would be a freaking awesome if we could hit one of those true RPAs got a ray wave Mikey Williams to 100 There's also 2021 impeccable 2022 honors first off the line What am I missing? 2021 NT collegiate mosaic choice gold standard Elements a lot of a lot of different boxes.  I believe is what it is Yeah, 720 a spot 799 20 20 bowman Had to push that one back so we can get that one filled up to everybody the Marlingford refractor purple mini diamond first woman Malik run Oh 399 refractor Jeremy Roche how to go Jake Interesting All good all good Thanks, okay, everybody. Thanks. Okay. I directed them where you need to go refractor first woman auto DJ horn It's a 499 DJ horn. I've been my DJ name. He's not just playing the air horns the whole time All right refractor Chance Westry, where's the road road road road? Roop, sorry, I can't I can't tell which one's better for me that one or the one where some jobs in the saloon And he's like stupid contacts green refractor first woman auto Felix ok para That one's number 1099. It's on you guys really good color in this case Purple shimmer first woman Anthony black moving on Refractor Tyrese hunter for the first few all upside down Katelyn Clark Katelyn Clark insert throwback Is that a black shimmer black shimmer first bowman Timmy Allen one of one let's go Yee-haw so they say in Texas, right? Howdy Sardis stereotypes is one of one Timmy Allen big time right there. That's awesome. That's great. It's a lane card right there Hook em No way charge on dude. Oh my goodness a redemption a redemption Please be please be What is going on there? What is it? What is happening to me? Victor Wembleyama Bowman chrome prospects autograph parallel I believe that will be a base auto first bowman Victor Wembleyama Who has Wembleyama in the break here?  What a box. What a case We were on one right now We're killing it in Bowman products today. I must say We're all over these Bowman products all over them yee-haw Victor Wembleyama for the spurs in Texas Whoa a way first woman auto Jackson Kohler number to one ninety nine Purple shimmer Jalen Bridges refractor Lauren Betz Refractor Chris Murray is Chris as good as Keegan or better or not as good Keegan's very good All the a Boston on the insert Derek lively refractor. Is that like a short print or is that his base? It's just refractor. I don't know the car looked like different, right? I think it's I think it's the image It's the same Number on the bottom the fractured Jared and McCain I don't know I have the checklist. I had I had the check is it different different code Okay, it's open lively. Okay. I don't know why This ends in the one nine I just can't read it. Yeah, it's oh it is short print. Yeah, it is short print I don't know what I looked at But whatever was was wrong first woman auto Kiki rice Kiki Nice rice Okay, we saw four boxes in this case Four to go still on this one.  We should have got cannolis instead Dude cannoli is like an S tier. I wouldn't feel like I was eating a cheese steak and oh, I didn't mean like both I just meant have to have a cannoli for dinner instead Leave me alone. It's from for jolly's We're dropping dual case link dual case guys having this falls coming up soon Coming up soon refractor Frankie Collins So not like top five status top five top seven top ten. Gotcha Aqua first woman Marcus sassar Number to two ninety nine I Fractor race Thompson come on Gary. It's a race a race Gary orange shimmer Jared McCain One of 25 This is some sort of hot case. It's got to be because we're just hitting low numbers every single box now gold autos and one of ones and Victor redemption Clark base Brandon Murray refractor He has extended base short print when Miyama has extended base short print. You know if he pulled anymore after the one on release day Yeah The base seems rare than the auto Yeah, they're they're they're pretty rare red shimmer First bowman auto raseer Bolton One of five what's going on telling you man cooking sample to yesterday. Yeah, that's what yeah So they're still pretty rare because we ripped two cases on Friday didn't see one We were seven cases on Friday total and fold one sample to yesterday, so yeah, they're Not even close to being one per case or so Refractor Chris Livingston. Oh, yeah, though. We had a redemption in the break base auto women young redemption First bowman auto Colin Chandler Purple shimmer Jaden Zachary first bowman and on to the last three boxes. Yeah, this case has been pretty nuts That's weird, I haven't pulled this one singular base of Victor women Yammer This is like the third case plus there was like eight personals the other night. I just can't pull one. That's that's it Sick to Well, thanks, man Yeah Fractor set trimble degree in auto redemptions. Yeah, everybody wants that one and 99 chance at the That inscription next myth junior someone on a release day said that these boxes be worth a hundred dollars late in two weeks and Guys that's that's not true I Will not happen Ray wave first woman auto Tyrese hunter number to 199 and factory probably lucky if they Didn't go up in price nice hunter to 199 Markets going crazy for some women Yamas some clerks some scutes Purple shimmer Caitlyn Clark That's an awesome card too Non-numbered purple shimmer parallel refractor Julian Phillips Yes case this case is this case is on another one overall easily best case I think we ripped from like top to bottom purple first bowman Tyrese hunter number to 399 He begs a bulletin, right? Okay, Judah mints refractor FMA odokale true gold of Cam Whitmore This is getting real 40 at 50 true gold first woman Cam Whitmore drew Timmy. I'm back to school Gonna be 40th year senior these view Donis has a college basketball Refractor first woman kello where picked a sassar so pick your team cases are up for series two on Wednesday And we're also down to five on the dual case which breaks soon So they are not going to be on the schedule until we finish breaking tonight So I can get them on the schedule, but they are listed True green first moment of Leah Boston auto.  I think I had in the two cases plus like the eight persons I did Friday night Three to go dual case Three to go dual case Jarrah swalker refractor Prop probable Top ten pick Jarrah swalker. Maybe Orlando magic Jarrah swalker. We need to you Richard. That's who we need True green first woman Caroline to charm Number two nine to nine Is he gonna say take on the back? If you get a Jersey, I'm not like a sure as you get a Jersey Kyle's gonna get the customized one that says Richard in the bag First bowman refractor Jackson Kohler Well, first I got a draft him. I feel like they're gonna draft him though after we've been talking this up for literally like vomits in the night like Like they're gonna draft him now. We'll be talking about this for so so long.  What's so funny? Yeah Did you enjoy the oh first one auto arterio Morris, did you enjoy the Corey Kluber card that I gave you? I gotta give one to Sam as well purple shimmer first woman JJ Starling So can go in his forever PC Maybe the only Red Sox Cardiones refractor Hansel Immanuel nice My great Great a 2023 heritage base of Corey Kluber. Yeah, yeah, I probably I probably actually might be his only There's no chance Probably That like finest Name like him though, they'll put it in a lot. You know, I need to just like fill out the back end of Fractor auto RJ Davis Number to 499 There's no him having autism be kind of crazy. I don't think I've seen an auto of his in a while Think we pulled one in like like a 2017 like 2019 NT Obviously, that's not Last box everybody what has been a awesome case refractor Malik run-o blue ray wave Jared McCain to 150 Jared McCain spots them pretty well sorry to 199 blue ray wave 199 on that one refractor DeWon Harris jr Invicta Anthony black base auto Jeremy Roach purple shimmer first woman Kamari lands refractor Avery Anderson Katelyn Clark bowman throwback purple first woman mark Mitchell Number to 399 last few packs everybody refractor Artario Morris Invicta JJ Starling Ray wave first woman auto chance Westry number to 199 and Uday the refractor I can't tell all right. That'll do it. Let's do it recap great great case So dual case is sold out now Just 2020 Bowman baseball as well as the three football mixers With spots left for tonight That's it. All right, that was a short print Derek lively that we pulled purple shimmer Clark gold cam Whitmore orange shimmer McCain Watkins true orange Kamari lands into the autos Jeremy Roach Artario Morris Colin Chandler Kiki Rice Kejani Wright Brandon Miller Brice Sensible vented with Shoku Anthony black refractors to 499 RJ Davis Armando Bacot DJ horn Brandon Slater Jordan Walsh raywaves to 199 Jackson Kohler Ayanna Patterson chance Westry Tyrese Hunter Green to 99 Felix Okpara yell out a 75 Colin Chandler Gold lava to 50 Tyrese Hunter true gold. I'll Amir Dawes to 50 as well You had a green Aliyah Boston first bowman auto To 99 red shimmer raseer Bolton the five first bowman auto a victor webbing yama Bowman chrome prospect auto parallel Victor webbing yama That is a base. I believe I know it says parallel which is kind of confusing But that is just a base. I believe but still first woman yama fantastic black shimmer first bowman one of one Timmy Allen and True yellow to 75 21 of 75 Katelyn Clark first bowman that color match to on the Iowa Iowa colors. Thanks again, everybody great case moving on to impeccable


When an armed robber entered a dollar general store in Monroe, Louisiana, an employee shot and killed the man, according to the police. He has been charged with manslaughter. On Monday, an armed robbery occurred at the Dollar General in downtown Monroe, where Refuse Anderson was working, according to the police report. According to the police, Anderson fired a shot at the robber, striking both him and a customer as they tried to escape. Officers who arrived on the scene reported finding the robber laying in the money he had just robbed the store of to the north of the establishment. The wound ultimately proved fatal, and he passed away some time afterwards. A representative from Dollar General did not comment right away. It was reported that Anderson surrendered to police after closing the store. He informed police that this was the sixth armed robbery attempt at the store since August, four of which had been successful, and that he was terrified the robber would kill him. Anderson was freed from jail on no bail on Tuesday and is due in court on Wednesday. Both the establishment's proximity to low-income areas and their reliance on cash made them prime targets for armed robberies, according to a 2020 investigation by the New Yorker and ProPublica. In a lot of these regions, they're the only stores around, Vijay Bethel, a reporter with the local NBC affiliate in Dayton, Ohio, told the outlets at the time. He further said, it's the only location to get cash for criminals. According to statistics collected and compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, there were more than 85 shootings that are near establishments having the word dollar in the name that year. What do you make of this situation? Tell us in the comments area.