Congratulations to Ariel Boone & Scott Baba who both won awards from the Public Media Journalist Association! On July 14, KPFA is hosting a Live In-Person event @ the Carton Art Museum for Brian Doherty’s book release Dirty Pictures. Congratulations to the Apprenticeship Program Graduates – New Classes enrolling soon www.kpfaapprentice.org And the News Headlines … Continued
According to Juneteenth.com, “Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States,” and became a federal holiday in June of 2021. Along with cities across the US, Juneteenth celebrations are happening all across the bay area! Starting in San Francisco, there are multiple events happening across the city … Continued
Grassroots Groups Bay Area Doula Collective: An organization supporting people getting abortion, in and outside of clinics. Access Reproductive Justice: We combine direct services, community education, and policy advocacy to promote real reproductive options and access to quality health care for people in California. No other organization in the state provides the same range of … Continued
Staring on Thursday, June 9th, KPFA will be featuring a special broadcast hosted by Mitch Jeserich from Letters and Politics on the Select Committee Hearing to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States capitol. “The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will present previously unseen material documenting … Continued
Pacifica Radio opened its airwaves to some of the most important people of our time from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr to Bob Dylan to James Baldwin to Lorraine Hansberry to Noam Chomsky to Maya Angelou to Alice Walker to Akira Kurosawa to Angela Davis to Leonard Cohen to Langston Hughes. Most importantly we opened … Continued
KPFA will be 73 years old on Friday, April 15th and we will be having a one day Birthday Drive. We will have phone lines open that day. KPFA was launched in 1949 by conscientious objectors, pacifists against war. KPFA was founded with the idea that putting out information without the influence of commercial advertising … Continued
Welcome to On the Deck, your monthly roundup for news and events at KPFA! This month, KPFA celebrates its 73rd birthday on April 15, 2022. We also have several virtual events in April: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:00 PM PST – Shawn Levy & Debi Durst – In on the Joke: The Original Queens of … Continued
I will be meeting with our Health & Safety Committee in three days to renew our discussions on the lower-risk options to slowly reopen the station. Our discussion will entail ways that we can manage guests, monitor vaccination status, maintain masking indoors, continue our “if sick, stay home” policy, and other challenges and realities of … Continued
On Tuesday March 22nd and Wednesday March 23rd from 6 am to 4 pm (PST), Mitch Jeserich hosts a special live broadcast of the Confirmation Hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Welcome to On the Deck, your monthly roundup for news and events at KPFA! KPFA celebrates International Women’s Day with a 24-hr special broadcast on March 13th. There will be a live Zoom Event with Authors Tony Messenger and Lucy Kang on March 24. Tickets available on Eventbrite. Program updates around the station. Josh Elwood … Continued
