Leigh Brasington has been practicing meditation since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Venerable Ayya Khema. She confirmed his practice and requested that he begin teaching. Leigh assisted Venerable Ayya Khema starting in 1994, and has been leading retreats on his own since 1997 in both Europe and North America.
S.W. Conser and Jennifer Chavez follow two teams from the Portland 48 Hour Film Project around town as they attempt to produce a finished short film in the span of a weekend.
Drop Beats, Not Bombs: A night of Music, Consciousness, Celebration, and Support, benefiting the Portland Central American Solidarity Committee’s peace work. This event will be held TONIGHT, 9:00 pm, at Rotture, located at 315 SE 3rd AVE in Portland OR. Drop Beats, Not Bombs is a Hip Hop show that will feature 2Mex, Mic Crenshaw, Serge Severe, Rose Bent, M4, and Ubuntu Project. Expect special guests, artists, dancers, and speakers. Former soldiers now turned peace activists and youth advocates will also share words at the event, which kicks off the "No Soy El Army" Peace Tour. There will be a donation at the door; more information at rotture.com
KBOO Reporter Brenda Escobar interviews A.C. Thompson, the staff reporter for ProPublica and PBS Frontline Correspondent who broke the story regarding an alleged order that the New Orleans Police Department received to shoot so called "looters" in the Katrina aftermath.
A video was released last week portraying Denver police Officers beating a gay couple without apparent provocation. In response, members of Denver's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community joined in calls for a zero tolerance policy on excessive force violations and demanded the termination of the offending officers.
This news comes as the Denver Police Department and the Denver Jail have come under fire for three high-profile cases of excessive force. KBOO's Rebecca Nay spoke with Crystal Middlestat, who is a co-director of Colorado's Anti-Violence Program.
This month on the Recovery Zone, the focus is on Palestine. Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Alaina Melville and Joe Walsh on what is happening on the ground in both the West Bank and Gaza, how the US got involved and what's happening here in Oregon. Alaina shares her experiences from a work camp she attended this summer in the West Bank with the IsraeliCommittee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).
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