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In this episode of Hard Knock we speak with George Galvis the executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice also known as (CURYJ) about the Grand Opening of the organization’s new Youth Power Zone in the heart of Oakland’s Fruitvale Village. In 2020, CURYJ launched an ambitious expansion campaign centered on the concept of the Youth Power Zone—an antithesis … Continued
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We speak with Sunspot Jonz about his new book, The Dentist and The Fire Breathing Dragon.
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We speak with educators Dave Stovall and Candice Davis about the state of schools under Donald Trump. We look at where things are headed and what are some new innovative approaches to take to better inform our youth?
Within the left, debates rage over whether we should focus on race, class, or gender as the primary form of oppression today. Josh Fattal points to the writings of CLR James and Raya Dunaevskaya as a way out of the conundrum: they saw the struggles of one oppressed group acting as spores for spreading revolt … Continued
Following Friday’s youth-led climate strike — the largest-ever global protest focused on climate — we speak with Bill McKibben, longtime journalist and co-founder of 350.org. McKibben’s latest piece for The New Yorker is titled “Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns,” and his cover piece for Time magazine is headlined … Continued
On today’s show we discuss young people transforming the world through poetry. And later we discuss the new art exhibit, Game Recognize Game.
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we speak with Awele Makeba and Skyline High School students about saving the arts in schools. And later Poor News Network explores America’s War on The Poor.
Hannah Richardson is not your average High School Senior living in the East Bay!. She is an accomplished pianist, a music instructor, an agile athlete, and a talented vocalist. Hannah’s mission in life, “…to spread the word about how youth can change the world by questioning people’s fears and unconscious limits”, has already been realized. In … Continued
Taking the power struggle out of parenting: sound impossible? It can be done, and you and any children you know will benefit. Sharon Strand Ellison shows us how. PLUS, two empowering, eye-opening, historical novels introduce young people, and folks of all ages, to the richness and possibilities that are all around us, even in the … Continued
The devastation from last Saturday’s massive earthquake continues to unfold in Nepal. And though charges have been filed against police in the death of Freddie Grey, unrest continues in Baltimore. PLUS: May Day, International Workers Day, David Bacon tells us the state of labor in 2015. With host Kris Welch.
