Making Contact
2:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: Fridays
Covering the movements, the issues, and the people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang.
Making Contact – How We Survive: The Deepening Homeless Crisis
Across the U.S., virtually everyone is feeling the deepening economic crunch in one way or another. Unemployment rates are soaring and homelessness is skyrocketing as the economy continues to sink. Millions of Americans are in dire straits… and stories of trying to survive the times are all too common. On this edition, we visit with … Continued
Making Contact – Swimming Upstream: Can Our Rivers Be Saved?
Freshwater is our most vital natural resource. It’s a finite one too, although we don’t always treat it that way. Contamination, overconsumption, misuse and abuse have made freshwater increasingly scarce around the world. So how do we protect our water supply? Many say start at the source––take care of the rivers. On this edition, we … Continued
Making Contact – Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence
Who polices the police? Do you or your neighbors have any say in the way your town’s cops and sheriffs do business? For more than 35 years, cities around the country have been creating civilian oversight agencies – trying to make local police and sheriffs accountable to the communities they serve. On this edition, producer … Continued
Making Contact – “How We Survive: Resisting Foreclosures”
It’s been a couple of years since the mortgage crisis first broke. And there is little to indicate that the financial picture will be improving anytime soon. In this year alone, it’s projected that more than two million people will lose their homes to foreclosure. On this edition, we continue our series “How We Survive”, … Continued
Making Contact – July 31, 2009 at 1:30pm
Joanna Manqueros hosts Music of the World. Interview with Lila Downs at 11AM, who will be part of the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco 8/29/09. Tickets for Israel Vibration at the independent and Alam Khan at Herbst Theatre for 9/19/09.
Making Contact – July 17, 2009
Physicians are taking a stand for a single-payer health care system for all. They say a public plan that cuts out for-profit insurers is the only way to fix our health care woes. Featuring: Michael Lighty, California Nurses Association; Oliver Fein, Physicians National Health Program president; Elizabeth Frost, Physicians National Health Program; U.S. Senator Max … Continued