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Making Contact – September 21, 2007

It’s a well worn-worn path in human history. Non-traditional and marginalized communities attacked for their lifestyles and their individual choices – whether it’s based on sexual identity, gender equity or the quest for collective empowerment. So how do we challenge and overcome gender and sexual oppression? Doctor Andrea Smith of "INCITE! Women of Color Against … Continued


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Making Contact – August 24, 2007

Beyond Bars: Community Resistance to Prison Expansion In the U.S., more than more than 2 million people live behind prison bars. Dr. Ruth Gilmore, a professor of geography at the University of Southern California and a long-time prison activist, extracts lessons from more than two decades of on-the-ground community organizing against what’s been termed the … Continued


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Making Contact – August 10, 2007

Musicians, Migrants and All That Jazz On the next Making Contact…Musicians have always been the heart and soul of New Orleans. And like everyone else in the flood damaged city, they’re struggling to survive. On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn how the historic New Orleans music scene plays on and … Continued