International Oakland Film Festival and Hip Hop For Change
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1 @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Hard Knock Radio
4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
On today’s program we speak with Stephanie Cornwell, the Program Services Director with (World) Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases about women living with HIV/AIDS and Alameda County HIV Infection rate among women being the highest in the western United States. And later Poor News Network examines economic violence against communities of color.
We speak with long time activist Donald Lacy about the upcoming debate at City Hall around LoveLife signs being posted and city adopting its motto. We speak with Carrol Fife about upcoming showdown at city hall about moratorium on rent increases and evictions
UC Davis student and activist Duane Wright talks about student demands that the Chancellor be removed immediately. Citing her paid side gigs and the horrific brutality by campus cops that marred her tenure.
Long time activist and artist Adisa Banjoko speaks on his new book Bobby, Bruce and Bam which deals with the intersection between Chess, Martial Arts and Hip Hop Culture.
The Fight to Save The College of Ethnic Studies at SF State and #MUTULUISWELCOMEHERE Campaign!
We speak with Andrew J Jolivette, Professor and Chair American Indian Studies Department about the battle to save the College of Ethnic Studies from threatened cuts, to the one-of-a-kind program. Later we spoke to Ayanna Davis about the #MUTULISWELCOMEHERE Campaign.
On today’s program we speak with author Monique W. Morris, about her new book Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. An examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged—by teachers, administrators, resource officers and the justice system—and degraded by the very institutions charged with … Continued
Malik I. Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, a founding member of the legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, died yesterday at the age of 45, as a result of complications from diabetes. Last year marked the 25-year anniversary of the group’s first album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. … Continued
Oakland International Film Festival; Gentrification in Oakland; and The First Voice Apprenticeship Program
David Roach speaks on Oakland Int’l Film Festival, Tony Coleman speaks on Gentrification and a look at The First Voice Apprenticeship Program
The Murder of Alex Nieto
Today we speak with artist and activist Equipto about the 2 year anniversary of Alex Nieto being killed by SFPD. Later on in the show we hear a speech from Jesse Jackson