Making Contact

Making Contact – July 19, 2020

Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, RJ Lozada and Anita Jonhson. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2


Sunday Show

Sunday Show – July 19, 2020

In the first hour “Corona On My Mind” with  Arthur L. Reingold  M.D., Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.  In the second hour, “Under the Cover of Covid” with Paul Rauber,   Senior Editor Sierra   Magazine.    


Today we discuss transphobia and homophobia in the Black community. Specifically, as it pertains to anti-Black racism in policing and the movement for Black Lives. We cover the murder of a Black trans man Tony McDade by Tallahassee police (2 days after the murder of George Floyd and the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the … Continued


It's Going Down

Lessons from the Uprising in Hong Kong in the Face of Rising Authoritarianism

On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with Wilfred Chan, a contributing editor in The Nation and a participant in the anti-colonial and anti-capitalist project, Lausan, about the recent uprising in Hong Kong which kicked off in the summer of 2019. The revolt was centered around defeating the proposed (and now … Continued