Pushing Limits
2:30 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.
Noemi Sohn, poet
PEN Oakland Award Winner, author of Intertwined, Noemi Sohn, a Filipina-American feminist with cerebral palsy. PEN Oakland is a literary organization whose purpose is to promote works of excellence by writers of all cultural and racial backgrounds and to educate both the public and the media as to the nature of multi-cultural work. Noemi Sohn … Continued
Pushing Limits – December 5, 2004
Tonight Pushing Limits hosts a call in show. We want to hear from you! What’s on your mind? Do you want to tell us you love electronic voting machines, that John Kerry was the greatest thing for people with disabilities, that disability is something too serious to make jokes about, or that Pushing Limits needs … Continued
Pushing Limits – November 21, 2004
Post Election Depression There are 55 million stories about this election. Pushing Limits looks at the epidemic of election depression and finds a hornets nest that chases our interviewer around and around how this election could happen. Tune in November 21st for the buzz as Pushing Limits records broken hearts mending from despair.
Pushing Limits – November 7, 2004
The November general elections are done…over. So what do the results mean for the disability community? Members of Pushing Limits collective will give their impressions about what happened this past Tuesday when the show airs on Sunday, November 7 from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Come and listen and see if you agree with the opinions … Continued
Pushing Limits – October 31, 2004
Voice Activated Phone Systems The increasing prevalence of voice activated phone systems and the problems posed for users who have disabilities that affect their speech. Pushing limits will demonstrate four common voice activated systems plus conduct an interview with California Telephone Access Program’s outreach director Frances Franco.
Pushing Limits – October 3, 2004
A discussion on the use of law suits by the disability community to secure its rights. Disability activists have taken legal action to make the Restaurant chain Taco Bell accessible to people with physical disabilities. But at the same time, there is a national boycott of Taco Bell because of its labor policies. So why … Continued
Making Contact – September 26, 2004
A New York Welcome – Protesters Respond to the Republican Agenda President George W. Bush’s 2004 presidential nominee acceptance speech touted national security as the nation’s priority. But outside the convention center at New York’s Madison Square Garden, hundreds of thousands protested the Republican agenda. On this edition, correspondent Pauline Bartolone takes us on an … Continued
Pushing Limits – September 19, 2004
Pushing Limits goes back to school with parents, advocates and local events focusing on disabled youth! Guest: Sonia Jackson of Harambee and Family Resource Network talks about the 5th annual Village Gathering, we will talk to attendees of the recent Learning Disability Conference and information about Bay Area Youth Agency who has started recruiting disabled … Continued
Pushing Limits – September 5, 2004
This week Pushing Limits features Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) of Hayward. CRIL is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Danny Kodmur, CRIL’s Systems Change Coordinator will talk about CRIL and its services. This weeks’s hosts are Eddie Ytuarte and Peggy Hecker.