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Trump’s First Year in Office, Plus, An Update from Houston Post-Harvey

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Today, we air a special show featuring thirteen interviews from influential thinkers, strategists, and activists spanning the fields of racial equity, immigration, environmental justice and more about the impact of Donald Trump’s first year in office. Tune in as we ask them what the biggest impact to their work has been, where they see the resistance and their biggest hopes and fears for the coming year.

But first, we’ll hear a brief update on what Houston looks like months after Hurricane Harvey devastated the city from Dr. Abdul Haleem-Mohammad, Founder and CEO of ACTION Community Development Corporation and local radio host from our sister station KPFT.

**Please scroll down for phone numbers and resources related to immigration and ICE raids.

Guests: 

  • Dr. Abdul Haleem-Mohammad, Founder and CEO of ACTION Community Development Corporation, minister at a local mosque and radio host from our sister station KPFT
  • John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation
  • Anthony Wright, Executive Director of Health Access California
  • Mary Sweeters, Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace
  • Sophia Andary, co-lead of Women’s March San Francisco
  • Zahra Billoo, Executive Director of the SF Bay Area Chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations
  • Woods Ervin, Program & Policy Director of TGI Justice Project
  • Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of Arab Resource Organizing Center
  • Norman Solomon, coordinator of RootsAction.org
  • Charles Long, member of BlackOUT Collective
  • Craig Aaron, President and CEO of Free Press
  • Chuck Collins, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits inequality
  • Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Senior Fellow on the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at Prosperity Now
  • Sean Morales-Doyle, attorney in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center

 

RESOURCES FOR IMMIGRATION AND ICE RAIDS

Rapid Response Phone Numbers

A reminder to ONLY use these numbers for CONFIRMED raids or personal attacks.

These numbers were put out by the National Lawyers Guild SF Bay Area Chapter:

Alameda County-(510) 241-4011
San Francisco County- (415) 200-1548
San Mateo County- (203) NOMIGRA (203-666-4472)
Santa Clara County- (408) 290-1144
Monterrey County- (831) 643-5225
Fresno County- (559) 978-4797
Sacramento County – (916) 245-6773
Santa Cruz County – (831) 239-4289
SIREN (texting) – (201) 468-6088
 
Other organizations to call:

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