Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Jun 09, 2008 by Lara Jones

Midday Metro now airs weekdays at 11 a.m., repeats weeknights at 7 p.m.

Thirty years ago, the LDS Church announced a revelation extending priesthood callings to all worthy males. Midday Metro talks about race and religion with Don Harwell, president of The Genesis Group, a support group for black Mormons, and the group's mission leader, Michael Joseph Rice.

Plus, the shortage of Arabic translators is an obstacle in the war on terror. Midday Metro finds out what it takes to learn the language with participants in the STARTALK summer Arabic language program at BYU. Guests include Kirk Belnap, director of BYU's National Middle East Language Resource Center; high school student Josh Hveem, who took the course last summer and will continue his studies in Jordan this year; and instructor Dr. Muhammad Eissa, who teaches Arabic at the University of Chicago. 

Join the conversation.  Call 355-TALK or email midday@kcpw.org during the show to participate. Midday Metro, coming up after the news here on KCPW.

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