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Books for Back to School

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Multnomah County Youth Librarian Kirby McCurtis and Library Assistant SyNova Blackwell will share recommendations for young readers.  They will also tell audiences about free library programs for the entire family.  Fall is family reading time at the library. Read more

A Conversation With KAIROS-PDX School:

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
​“We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.” ~Mary McLeod Bethune educator, leader for Black improvement, and leader in understanding the importance of GROUP ... Read more

0808 OR public investments

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 3:45pm
A group of local alternative finance experts is getting together tonight for the first time to talk about how to leverage the power of public money to break the power Wall Street has on local communities. Dianne Freany is a self-described reformed investment banker. She is ... Read more

The Young Ladies of 'Produced By Her'

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
​Join EarToTheStreets of Portland on KBOO Community Radio this Thursday night starting at 7:00pm live. On this episode of ETTS....we welcome some of the producers of the film series Produced By Her​, a story-telling documentary which will be showing at the Hollywood theate... Read more

Interview with Harold Johnson

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2016 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
The first month's episode of "Poetry and Everything," a new show hosted by Portland writer Judith Arcana, was enthusiastically dedicated - by both Judith and her guest, Harold Johnson - to Barbara LaMorticella, who was a monthly KBOO poetry host for many years.   Harold Jo... Read more

Black Lives Matter Endorses Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Black Lives Matter has endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, in solidarity with the people of Palestine. To find out more, KBOO reporter Doug McVay spoke with Ned Roche from the Portland chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. Read more

Youth and the Law

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty will be interviewing 4 students who participated in a summer works program called Youth and the Law.  The students have developed tools for incoming freshmen to teach them and their parents about their rights in encounters with the police. Read more

A Conversation about Solitary Confinement

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carlos Chavez interviews Phil Stockton with Big House Kite on his upcoming event, "Within These Walls", a town hall conversation about the nature and state of solitary confinement in Oregon and the U.S. today.  The event will include a panel of state legislators, past membe... Read more

Elegizing Black Lives: How Poets Have Elegized Victims of Lynching and State Violence

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Host Celeste Carey speaks with Gabriele Hayden about a class she is teaching for Portland Underground Graduate School called "Elegizing Black Lives," The course will look at how African American poets have elegized victims of lynching and state violence. How have they ce... Read more

An American Ascent on KBOO News

Airs at: Tue, 08/02/2016 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"An American Ascent" is having its Portland premiere this weekend at the Hollywood Theater. Director/Producer Andy Adkins talked to KBOO about his documentary that captures an expedition of 9 African-American mountaineers as they ascend America's tallest peak, Denali.  Read more