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Rose Bent, "a stand-out all-female hip-hop crew, joined forces in 2010 with a mission to represent the silenced voices of women in hip-hop. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, The City of Roses, Rose Bent is comprised of two aspiring musicians: Kheoshi & Jacque. Few of the se... Read more

G2: Guatemala, Guantanamo and us We speak with the International Center for Transitional Justice about the difficult journey of peace in Guatemala, and the current trial of General Rios Montt, who is accused of orchestrating a genocide supported with US military aid.  An... Read more

Wendy Sample, a 10 year plus advocate of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will discuss her journey through 50 years with a family member living with mental illness.NAMI Oregon is a statewide grassroots organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of ... Read more

Montavilla Food Coop is taking off! Tune in to Bread and Roses to hear from the Montavilla Food Coop organizers and board members about their project and about the incredible benifits of cooperative businesses.Four years ago, a handful of Montavilla neighborhood resident... Read more

Granito is an expression of the indigenous people of Guatemala...none of us can do it alone, each must put in their granito, their tiny grain of sand.  Direct descendants of the ancient Maya, the indigenous of Guatemala make up 40% of the population.  With the help of th... Read more

Sprig Health is a Portland-based company with a vision to "change the U. S. health system by introducing a common sense alternative to health insurance". They provide individuals, with or without health insurance, with direct access to providers and services at affordabl... Read more

Bread and Roses welcomes Pacific Northwest author, Jennie Shortridge, on the eve of publication of her fifth novel, Love Water Memory.Waking up knee-deep in the San Francisco Bay with no understanding of how she got there, Lucie Walker discovers she has no memories of he... Read more

Learn about PlayWrite, a local non-profit founded 10 years ago which works with youth ‘at the edge’ to create original plays, powerful vehicles through which the voices of young people are heard. We welcome in the studio Lyndsay Hogland, program director, Alyson Osborne,... Read more

Bread and Roses welcomes Della Rae, local author of the Little Book of Self Care.Della Rae returns to talk about her experiences since the launch of her Self Care Campaign last October, a yearlong mission to share her book and vision with the community. She'll discuss th... Read more