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APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asian and Pasifika folx from all corners of the community. We are dedicated to highlighting the artists and changemakers that make up our diverse community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, artists, and activists and airs each week on KPFA 94.1FM.
This week, APEX Contributors Karl Jagbandhansingh and Marie Choi bring us APEX’s final segments recorded at the Moana Nui 2013 Teach In. Speaker Bios below (generated from Moana Nui conference): Kyle Kajihiro (Hawai’i) See Video American Friends Service Committee; DMZ Hawai’i/Aloha Aina Kyle Kajihiro is a board member of Hawai’i Peace and Justice, the successor organization to the … Continued
The existence of community-based, community-run institutions are critical now more than ever, as gentrification and displacement plague cities across the country. Tonight we celebrate two institutions who have decades of serving Bay Area communities – City College of San Francisco and Suigetsukan Dojo in Oakland: The struggle to save CCSF has been ongoing over the … Continued
Tune in to APEX Express’ spotlight on India tonight – in the aftermath of the heinous gang rape in Delhi in December 2012, more than a year ago now, there was an explosion of media and public outrage against pervasive violence against women. But these incidents seem to continue unabated – most recently with the … Continued
Happy 2014! To bring in the new year, we have a great show lined up tonight: Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the striking Korail labor union members stage a demonstration march in central Seoul (photo credit: Korea Joongang Daily) We start with an update from the Korean Railway Workers strike in Korea. … Continued
This week, it’s all about music. For our last show of 2013, we’re bringing you musical treats to warm your souls this winter. We’re honoring our musical brothers and sisters, past and present, from Oakland to New York to our homelands in Asia and the Pacific Islands. We’ll start with a full feature interview with … Continued
On Tonights Installment: Those of you on the Twitterverse may have seen a surge of tweets labeled#NotYourAsianSidekick. What is it? What does it mean? In the studio to talk about the twitter movement and it’s translations to on the ground organizing is Cayden Mak, New Media Director of 18 Million Rising. Protestors gather in San Francisco’s … Continued
On tonight’s show: First up we’ll be hearing the San Francisco Solidarity Fast for Family, calling for national immigration reform. Then we go to Minnesota, where a female Professor of color who was reprimanded by her school administration for teaching a lesson on structural racism. Then back to the Bay where local Muslims are … Continued
On this special No THANKS broadcast of APEX Express, we say No Thanks to deportations and No Thanks to exploitation of immigrants. Immigrants rights protest during SF Obama visit.Photo by Vincent Pan. We rebroadcast a show looking at the immigration movement through the lens of artists with a discussion at the Migration NOW exhibition in February. But … Continued
On tonight’s show: We’ll be hearing about Taskforce Haiyan, a local effort to support the 4 million people in the Philippines who were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan. Taskforce Haiyan Then we’ll learn about Kearny Street Workshop’s artist reception in Oakland focusing on finding home where the heart is. Photo from makanamusic.com We’ll round out the … Continued
