This week on The Exchange, we talk with inspirational people who never lost hope despite war, oppression, and disability.
A Simpson College professor has written a new book about the life of Schindler’s List survivor Celina Karp Biniaz. She arrived in Des Moines after World War II, after defying Nazi doctor Joseph Mengle as a child, and working in Oskar Schindler's factory. The book is called, Saved by Schindler: The Live of Celina Karp Biniaz.
We also hear the story of a 12 year old Ukranian girl Yeva Skalietska,
who tells her story of survival in the current war in her home country, and her journey to safety and a new life in Dublin, Ireland with her grandmother. Her book is titled, You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine.
And we talk with a woman who is thriving despite having to deal with impaired vision and hearing. Elsa Sjunneson is an American speculative fiction writer, editor, media critic, and disability rights activist. She tells her story in her new book, Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism.
And we take a new look at scanty broadband coverage in rural Iowa, as the state receives more than five million dollars in federal funds to improve broadband service and internet equity. We talk with Curtis Dean of the non-profit Community Action Broadband Network (CBAN).
