Activism

Finding Home: Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California" three cities grappling with evictions, displacement, and homelessness. Featuring: Needa Bee, Oakland-based housing advocate; Messiah Ali, Oakland resident; Tom ... Read more

Six Months of Trump

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

It's been nearly six months since Trump became president and over seven months since George Polisner, an Oracle senior executive, publicly resigned from the company after his boss joined Trump's transition team, pledging her support to the president-elect. Since then George... Read more

Oregon Forrest Update from BARK

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

We're so happy to welcome back BARK, Watchdog organization for Mt. Hood National Forrest, attorney Brenna Bell who is going to get us up to speed about; a) the movement to privatize public lands (which is part of the official Republican Party platform as well as the al... Read more

Women in Science & Science Hack Day on The Digital Divide

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Digital Divide

Tune in this Friday at 11 AM for the Digital Divide on KBOO, Portland. This month we’ll be talking with Daniela Saderi and Max Ogden about Portland Women in Science and Science Hack Day Portland 2017. Read more

Where's [Peter] Waldo?

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 9:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

Paul Roland is host of KBOO’s Wednesday Talk Radio and Rise When the Rooster Crows folk music show (1st and 3rd Thursdays). After studying philosophy at Wesleyan University (CT), he made his way to the West Coast in 1985, ending up in Portland. Paul got involved with Eart... Read more

Time to Decriminalize the Use and Possession of Drugs

Airs at: Sun, 07/16/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: The DPA held a news teleconference to announce the release of their new report on decriminalizing drug use and possession in the US, so we hear from Neill Franklin, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Action Partnership, and Andrea Ritchie, a member of the Move... Read more

Hazel Newvelent discusses Comics For Choice

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2017 at 3:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Hazel Newvelent, an artist for Comics For Choice, discusses the organization and it's purpose Transcription of In Depth with Hazel Newvelent >>Alright I have on the line Hazel Newvelent. She is the uh, a cartoonist and an editor for Comics For Choice. Welcome very ... Read more

Juan Ramirez Stands Up

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 4:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

Juan Ramirez is a multi-media producer and free-lance journalist. He describes himself as a Mexican born, South Central Los Angeles raised DACA recipient. He also works at the Migrant School in Hillsboro, Oregon school district and has dedicated his free time aligning himse... Read more

Accidental Activism.

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 10:45am

Produced for: Evening News

Emily Gorcenski a data scientist discovered activism by accident. Zeloszelos Marchandt spoke with Emily recently and here is what she had to say. Read more

Activists Say No New Korean War, No Old Korean War and No THAAD Missile System

Airs at: Wed, 07/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

On this show, we hear voices of Koreans, Korean Americans and anti-war activists who say no new war on the Korean Peninsula, a final end to the old Korean war that is officially still going on, and no deployment of the THAAD missile defense system, which critics say is r... Read more