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Impeachment Watch: The House votes to pass rules for impeachment inquiry; Plus: Fires, blackouts and disability

0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Live from Congress with Mitch

Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserichis host of Letters and Politics, at 10am on KPFA and affiliated Pacifica stations. He joins us from Washington where he’s covering the impeachment inquiry from Congress, featuring interviews with Rep Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chair of House Rules Committee and Rep Devin Nunes (R-CA), ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee.

0:34 – Healing Together: Restorative Approach to Domestic Violence

Marc Philpart is the Principal Coordinator with the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color and Managing Director (@AllianceforBMOC) at PolicyLink (@policylink). 

Kanwarpal Dhaliwal is the Associate Director at the RYSE Center (@RYSEyouthcenter).

Plus, we take listener calls.

1:08 – Fires, Blackouts, and Disability

Roughly 30 of the shelter residents were from one of a few skilled nursing facilities in Healdsburg that were evacuated on Saturday. We speak with Allison Dunseth, who works at Healdsburg Senior Living.

For more on resources and organizing to support those with disabilities coping with the fires and blackouts, we’re joined by India Harville is a disability justice art activist with the Disability Justice Culture Club

1:20 Voices from the Kincade Fire evacuation

Liddie is an unhoused Sonoma County resident who has lived in Forestville for over 25 years. She evacuated in the early hours of Sunday morning, and she had been staying at the shelter for two nights.

1:34 – Inmates at Alameda County Santa Rita Jail announced a hunger strike and work stoppage

Yolanda Huang is a long time civil rights attorney and has represented many clients in fighting for justice for abuses committed by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department. 

Lina Garcia-Schmidt is an organizer with IWOC: Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.

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