Housing/Homelessness

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Adrienne Rich: Ballad of the Poverties

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In honor of the late Adrienne Rich, Frann Michel reads a poem of hers called "Ballad of the Poverties". Read more

the 'foreclosure movement' in portland

Airs at: Thu, 03/08/2012 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
according to the 2010 u.s. census, the black population is only 1.8% in the state of oregon, and 6.3% in the city of portland.   and in 2010, black home ownership dropped to 32.4% (from 38.2% in 2000).  part of the reason for this lowered percentage is due to gentrification... Read more

Outside In: Domestic Violence

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. Nancy will speak about types of domestic violence, tips for supporting survivors of domestic violence, resources and a poem she wrote.   Read more

Outside In: Incarceration

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. Youth Specialist Heberto who will interveiw Max, recently released from Multnomah County Detention Center, about being homeless and incarcerated.   Read more

Outside In Guerilla Theatre Peer Education Radio

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. We begin with  Erick and Heberto Espinosa, Youth Specialist, who introduce the show. Next, Richard Temple finds out how others cope with stress in order to adapt, cope an... Read more

Pushing Back on the Economic Effect of Foreclosure

Airs at: Tue, 12/23/1913 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Lecture Room
  A workshop on the topic of foreclosures with a focus on the state of Oregon by Nancie Koerber of Project Reconomy on January 14, 2012 at First Unitarian Church, Portland.  "Pushing Back on  the Economic Effect of Foreclosure" covers the housing situation pre-Depression to... Read more

Colombia - La Lucha Sigue

Airs at: Wed, 01/04/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
On October 12th, 2011, Congress passed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.  The fight against the FTA, by trade unionists, small farmers, Indigenous communities, Afro-Colombians, and human rights activists was lost after 5 years, but the struggle continues.  On this program... Read more

Interview with Youth Film Makers from Outside In about their screening on Jan. 30th.

Airs at: Thu, 01/19/2012 at 12:00am
For the second year in a row Outside In's Guerilla Theatre youth have created films about issues that are important to them. Young filmmakers, who have experienced homelessness, participated in an intensive film internship in an effort to inspire and educate their peers and... Read more

Right 2 Dream Too talking about their homeless families' encampment on a fenced streetcorner

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   First snowstorm of the year, and host Lisa Loving spends the hour with Ibrahim Mubarak, Derrick Shelton, and Shasta Leming from Right 2 Dream Too talking about their homeless families' encampment on a fenced streetcorner on NW Burnside Street in P... Read more

Portland Shelters Face More Cold Weather

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland is experiencing unusually cold weather and snow is forecast for the weekend. For an update on how homeless shelters are managing, KBOO’s Joe Meyer spoke with Brian Merrill of the Portland Rescue Mission.   Read more