Circle A Radio

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Hosted by: 
Erin Yanke
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Local, national and international issues focusing on those who are not allowed a voice

Circle A covers local, national and international issues, focusing on the voices of communities who, for political reasons, are not allowed a voice in the mainstream media.

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The Circle A Radio Collecitve created programming for KBOO from 2000 - 2013. The Circle A Radio Collective included members Kaylene Chassie, Jodi Darby, Marlena Gangi, Shizuko Hashimoto, BreAna Loranger, Cecily Rodgers, Trillium Shannon, Honna Veerkamp and Erin Yanke.

Topic tags: 
Activism, African American, Arts/Culture, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Community Building, Education, Elders, Gender, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, History, Housing/Homelessness, Humor, Immigration, Indigenous, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Media, Music, Police, Prison, Race, War/Peace, Women
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

ICE Raids and Community Resistance

Airs at: Wed, 06/04/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
On June 12th, 2007, as workers at the Del Monte processing plant in North Portland, neared the end of their work shift, agents from the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE, raided the plant, detaining 167 people, separating families, ... Read more

Winter Soldier

Airs at: Wed, 05/21/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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We bring you audio from the original Detroit Winter Soldier, with Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and excerpts from Winter Soldier 2008 which took place March 14th thru the 16th in Silver Spring Maryland, organized by Iraq Vets Against The War. We also talk with Seth Manzel... Read more

Olympic Resistance

Airs at: Wed, 05/07/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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 The Summer 2008 Olympics will take place in Beijing, China.  As protests continue to bring attention to the human rights abuses in this year’s summer Olympics host, Circle A Radio explores human rights abuses of Olympics past with Author and Retired Professor Helen Jeffers... Read more

Medical Tourism

Airs at: Wed, 04/16/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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 Because of cost, Americans are outsourcing their healthcare. An estimated 3 million Americans travel to Mexico, India, Thailand, Manila, Singapore and other destinations to receive medical are and to purchase prescription medications.  Terry is one example. As a teacher in... Read more

Hip Hop and Activism

Airs at: Wed, 04/02/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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We speak with Gabriel Yaiva, Navajo and Hopi hip hop artist, owner of the independent label Fourth World Entertainment, www.4went.com, empowering people through community work, such as The Peace and Balance Project, www.peaceandbalance.com. Featured songs, artists, and alb... Read more

Cambodia and their Tribunals

Airs at: Wed, 03/19/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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 Tonight on Circle A Radio, we’ll be talking to Bhavia Wagner, Executive Director of Friends of Cambodia, Activist Lawyer and Asian Reporter Columnist Polo, and we’ll also hear audio from the documentary Cambodian Culture: Death Of A Sideshow: Reclaiming The Shattered Past ... Read more

Africa House

Airs at: Wed, 03/05/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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The Africa House Refugee Center is a multilingual community-based center that works with immigrants from 32 of the 54 African Countries. We speak with Africa House Coordinator Jimmy Dogo , Daniel Amine, Mediation specialist of Africa House, and Ali Ibrahim, Africa House Com... Read more

Updates from 2007

Airs at: Wed, 01/02/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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 We speak with Claude Marks about the San Francisco 8 Case, Lisa from Reed College about their Halloween, 2007 “noose incident” and the continuous response to the Jena 6 Case in Jena, Louisiana, and to Eric Ward about anti-immigrant legislation.   Read more

Portland Response to the Jena 6

Airs at: Wed, 10/03/2007 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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 The Jena Six refers to a group of six black teenagers who were charged with the beating of a white teenager at Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana on December 4, 2006 , although it is believed that the incident began on September first, 2006 when 3 nooses were found hangin... Read more

Grassroots Media Camp

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2007 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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August 24th- 26th,2007,grassroots media makers, organizers, and community members converged to participate in a weekend of skillshares – called the Portland Grassroots Media Camp. We interviewed media camp organizers, instructors and participants.  You’ll also hear a sampli... Read more