NYCFC: S1E29 Interview with Jenny Lando about The Light Rail, WAVE & Peace Pandemic

What's up everybody thank you so much for joining me today in episode S1E29 of the NYCFC Fan Podcast. On today's show I am so happy to have Jenny Lando join us. interview was on june 10th If you don't know who Jenny Lando is, she's a proud member of The Blue Ladies of NYCFC. This marks the third time we have a Blue Lady on the podcast (second time as an interview)! We all get to know Jenny a bit more personal plus we go in depth on why she supports NYCFC and how she became a fan. Furthermore we discuss topics Jenny is directly involved with such as raising awareness for WAVE, Peace Pandemic (with a small clip by Jeb Brovsky) and the rise of a new supporters club for families with children under the age of 14 called The Light Rail! Show notes: http://www.nycfcpodcast.com/s1e29

Here's what you'll hear on today's episode:

We get to know Jenny Lando a bit more personally and how she started playing soccer at a young age
Jenny is a newly elected Third Rail Board Member and the first female on the board
She's also in charge of The Light Rail Supporters Club (A 14 and under children's supporters group in which an adult/guardian must be a member with The Third Rail)
Shot outs to NYCFC third rail, blue ladies, bbsg, hearts of oak and hooligans astoriahaiku
Why and how was The Light Rail founded?
What are The Light Rail's goals are?
The Light Rail could possibly be the only Under 14 Youth Supporters Group in the MLS
Janny Lando and The Third Rail challenge all MLS Supporter Groups to create a 14 and under Club
Jenny is also an advocate for gun violence prevention and has made a decision to support the team and its player both on and off the pitch
Why The Blue Ladies held a baby shower charity event for The Brovsky's Peace Pandemic which was also supported by WAVE
Operation Soccer Chopper -  https://osc2007.wordpress.com/
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence - http://nyagv.org/
We talk about WAVE Women Against the Violence Epidemic
As well as The Brovsky's Peace Pandemic
Peace Pandemic - Article on Jeb Brovsky from 2011 http://kroc.nd.edu/profiles-peacebuilding/jeb-ba-11

  Alright I hope you enjoyed episode S1E29 with Jenny Lando. All show notes will be found at http://www.nycfcpodcast.com/s1e29   

Podcast Links

Jenny Lando - Twitter [@JLa_NYC] https://twitter.com/JLa_NYC WAVE on Twitter - [@WAVE3Org] https://twitter.com/WAVE3Org Peace Pandemic on Twitter - [@PeacePandemic] https://twitter.com/peacepandemic Peace Pandemic on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PeacePandemic The Third Rail website - http://www.thirdrail.nyc/ The Light Rail on Twitter [@TRLightRail] https://twitter.com/TRLightRail The Blue Ladies of NYCFC on Twitter -  [@BlueLadiesNYCFC] https://twitter.com/blueladiesnycfc The Blue Ladies of NYCFC on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/blueladiesnycfc Jebi Knights on Twitter - [@Jebi_Knights] https://twitter.com/jebi_knights Jebi Knights NYCFC on Twitter - [@nycfc_jebi]  https://twitter.com/nycfc_jebi Neverson Heatley III on Twitter - [@nevheatley3]  https://twitter.com/nevheatley3

 
WAVE Promo Flyer
 
Resources Mentioned in this Episode

#NinaWeek June 14-21 THREE women die EVERY SINGLE DAY in the U.S. from domestic violence. https://t.co/BfIXRV6Ii8 pic.twitter.com/eOcoQxeLRN

— WAVE (@WAVE3Org) June 11, 2015
 
 

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