On today’s show:
0:08 – We continue our coverage of OUSD’s school closures with Pecolia Manigo (@SistahPecolia), co-director of Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network and member of the Reparations for Black Students Coalition, Moses Omolade (@craft_ed._x), Westlake Middle School administrator and hunger striker, VanCedric Williams (@ousdVan), OUSD School Board Director for District 3, and Keith Brown (@keithdashawn), President of the Oakland Education Association.
0:33 – We commemorate Thiền Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh who founded the engaged buddhism social movement during the Vietnam War. KPFA made this recording when he spoke at the Berkeley Community Theater in 1993.
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1:08 – David Walker (@davidf.walker), award-winning comic book writer, filmmaker, journalist, and educator discusses his latest graphic novel The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.
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