UpFront PM

UpFront PM – September 30, 2021

Girl takes photo in front of the “We Can Do It” sign at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park Image: NPS, licensed under CC 2.0

 

On today’s show:

Savala Nolan (@savalatweets), executive director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the UC Berkeley School of Law joins us to discuss her debut book Don’t Let it Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body.

Fund Drive Premium – As part of our summer Fund Drive, pledge $120 and receive a copy of Savala Nolan’s Don’t Let it Get You Down as a thank you gift from KPFA.

And:

We spend the second hour celebrating the 100th birthday of Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest living National Park Service Ranger.

Fund Drive Premium – We’re offering Betty Reid Soskin’s latest book, Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life as a gift for your pledge of $150.