At sunrise, we gather. Tune in as KPFA broadcasts live from Alcatraz for the Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving event, centering ceremony, history, and Indigenous resilience.
Special Broadcast
KPFA goes live to the streets of San Francisco for special coverage of the No Kings protest. The Flash/Onda Crew brings you the sounds, voices, and stories from the crowd — a real-time look at people standing up against fear, greed, and the illusion of power.
KPFA brings you the Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering live from Alcatraz Island — a powerful celebration of resistance, remembrance, and renewal. Organized by the International Indian Treaty Council, this annual ceremony honors the ongoing struggles and triumphs of Indigenous peoples across the Americas. Featuring voices from the land, songs of healing, and messages … Continued
Berkeley Pride + Queer Joy!
Tune in with KPFA and explore related themes of queer joy and resistance, and feature some of the amazing folks who are involved.
Thursday, May 1st, KPFA brings you live, on-the-ground coverage of Bay Area May Day marches and rallies, hosted by Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina of Flashpoints. This special broadcast amplifies the voices of workers, immigrants, and organizers demanding dignity, justice, and change. Featuring real-time reporting from the streets, interviews with movement leaders and participants, … Continued
KPFA and The Jazzline Institute present The Funky Latin Getdown, broadcast LIVE on from Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in downtown Oakland, CA on Saturday, 7pm – 10pm PST. This event is hosted by The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol and features Jesus Diaz and other bay area musicians.
The World Famous Show brings together two Bay Area legends, Russell “Big Russ” Gatewood and Chris “C.J. Flash” Jourdan-el, whose combined talents have shaped the region’s music scene for decades. Together, their synergy fuels The World Famous Show, an entertainment powerhouse renowned for its ability to electrify audiences from intimate gatherings to international stages. … Continued
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was a true activist. Joining the struggle for civil rights in his teens, he went on to become a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party, and a survivor of the FBI’s CoIntelPro. In this talk from the Pacifica Radio Archives, given … Continued
Nikki Giovanni was a writer, poet, activist and educator who was one of the world’s best known African American poets. Her work expressed outspoken views on race, gender, violence and inequality. Shortly after her death last year, Davey D spoke with poets who knew her and were deeply influenced by her work. This program … Continued
CARRY THE LIGHT: ATLANTA: AMERICA’S BLACK CAPITAL
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A conversation from Hard Knock Radio with Davey D and Dr Jeffrey Ogbar, author of America’s Black Capital, who shares the history of the trials, tribulations, survival and triumphs of Atlanta’s Black citizens. Hard Knock Radio airs Monday – Friday at 4PM here on KPFA.