Latest Content for Bread and Roses

Cancer and Nutrition:  More than a pink ribbon!  During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bread and Roses host Nico V. explores real ways to prevent cancer, beyond buying pink ribbons.  Portland naturopath Dr. Greg Nigh and nutritional therapist Maria Zilka talk about how pre... Read more

Bread and Roses hosts Ashley and Nico discuss Domestic Violence Awareness Month with two local domestic violence advocates.  Guests Chenoa Landry from the Native American Youth and Family Center Healing Circle and Choya Adkinson Stevens talk about the meaning of DV Aware... Read more

 Special Needs: We'll examine community resources and opportunities for adults and children with developmental disabilities. Call in! Read more

 Bread and Roses host Nico talks with members of Maidenspirit, a Portland-based rite of passage program for adolescent girls.  Guest Dr. Jennifer Brusewitz explains the importance of rites of passage for girls in modern culture and links to historical rites of passage in... Read more

Arabs Gone Wild but mostly they just want to live their lives... A conversation with Maysoon Zayid is an actress and professional standup comedian, who received her BFA in acting from Arizona State University . She is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New Yo... Read more

How to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and row for a cure: Profiles of extraordinary women paddlers--the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and a local hero who founded Row for a Cure, the water sports' community crusade against breast cancer. You, too,... Read more

A local rower's dream of raising funds for breast cancer resources and research has made big waves. Row for the Cure, which began in Portland, is now a national event. And it's not too late to dust off your canoe and join in the Oct 3 event. Read more

Reading is a radical act.  Books change people; people change the world. But Portland's high drop-out rate has means large numbers of adults in our community are stuck without high school diplomas and in low-wage jobs. In this celebration of Internatinal Litearcy Day, fi... Read more

Hosted by Gabriele Ross Joshunda Sanders is a writer for the Statesman, in Austin, TX. Her previous journalism experiences included working for the Houston Chronicle, the Beaumont Enterprise, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her creative no... Read more

Joshunda Sanders is a writer for the Statesman, in Austin , TX . Her previous journalism experiences included working for the Houston Chronicle, the Beaumont Enterprise, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her creative nonfiction essays have a... Read more