October
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2017
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During North Richmond Shoreline Festival
November
12
2017
Diana Gameros CD Release Concert
Feat. Magik*Magik and Diana's mother.
Making Contact’s Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is a part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generations. Making Contact’s Community Storytelling Fellow Isabella Zizi is a young native-american environmentalist shaped by the 2012 Chevron Refinery Explosion and by her indigenous women elders … Continued
Help for Puerto Rico
Organizations to Donate to for Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico. This list is pulled from a document compiled by Dr. Vanessa Díaz, Cesar Chávez Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College and is circulating on social media. Here’s a list of reputable organizations to donate funds to both off and on the island and information on local specific item donation … Continued
As the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria comes into focus, Puerto Rico attempts to contend with the destruction left in the wake of the storm. UpFront speaks with Gabriel Diaz, a member of Promises Are Over, an activist organization that opposes Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Control Board, and a leader of a recent student strike at the … Continued
Ralph spends the whole hour with journalist Franklin Foer, author of World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech, about how the Big Four, Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are attempting to dominate every aspect of our lives and minds. Plus, we get Ralph’s take on the Bernie Sanders’ single-payer bill, and he answers … Continued
Most of the world simply has no health care… vast tracts of land and vast populations of people don’t have doctors – or at best must make great efforts to reach medical care. In addition, masses of displaced people and refugees – over 100,000,000 at last count – desperately need to be rescued from their … Continued
September
14
2017
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November
16
2017
James Baldwin and Cinema
Reflection and Resistance
Staying Rooted: Community Focused Economic Models, Cooperative Housing, and the New Economy Coalition
Collective housing, cultural co-ops, land trusts, community banks are community-rooted enterprises that empower those that have been excluded from traditional economic institutions. Solidarity economy models exercised throughout the country are becoming viable solutions towards sustainable and economically just living. Today we’re visiting community-rooted enterprises where people are rethinking power and participation in their lives. Collective … Continued
Mirrors of Privilege is a remarkable and engaging film that explores stories from white men and women about their journeys in overcoming issues of unconscious bias and entitlement. From Shakti Butler, director of “Cracking the Codes: The System of Inequity” and “The Way Home: Women Talk About Race in America,” “Mirrors of Privilege” is a … Continued