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Malcolm Mitchell | Super Bowl Champ to Champion of Literacy

Airs at: Sat, 02/20/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Malcolm Mitchell is the rookie who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI.  He’s also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students, and works to improve literacy in schools.  Malcolm‘s Share the Magic  Founda... Read more

Hospital Workers Struggle for Racial Justice

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sunita Patel, housekeeper at Legacy Emanuel hospital, and Lorna Wood, Certified Nursing Assistant at Legacy Emanuel, speak out about their battles for covid safety, adequate leave, hazard pay, living wages, fair hours, and health care.  In the midst of a union contract camp... Read more

WEB DuBois and Scientific Racism

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Scientific racism is the long-established practice of marshalling pseudo-scientific evidence to prove the biological inferiority of African-Americans and other people of color. Patricia Kullberg reads from and comments on two works by scholars of race and science, with an e... Read more

African Film Fest

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken interviews Tamara Dewit, who is screening her film, Finding Sally, at the 2021 virtual Cascade Festival of African Films. Read more

The Gap: Spreading the Black Joy Virus and Community Resiliency in the Ice Storm

Airs at: Fri, 02/19/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by interviewing S. Renee Mitchell, the founder of I Am M.O.R.E. a nationally award-winning, youth-leadership program. Mitchell has developed a creative-and arts-based, intergenerational endeavor that is intended to incre... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 22, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes   Motherhood, Work and the Pandemic: Bill Resnick talks with Ursula Ursula McTaggart, teacher of English at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Ursula McTaggart’s newest book is Guerrillas in the Indu... Read more

Black Oregon Land Trust & PreSERVE Coalition

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
This episode of the Food Show features interviews with two organizations working to build health and community among Black Oregonians: the Black Oregon Land Trust and the PreSERVE Coalition The Black Oregon Land Trust BOLT  is working to create opportunities for Black farm... Read more

Special Programming on 02/16/21

Airs at: Tue, 02/16/2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Join KBOO every Tuesday at 7 p.m. throughout the month of February to hear interviews from some of your favorite KBOO programmers!  We'll be diving into the history of Black KBOO, and Black Portland as a whole. We'll cover subjects ranging from gentification, religion, Blac... Read more

Buscando America on 02/16/21

Airs at: Tue, 02/16/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En este programa festejamos el cumpleaños de Audre Lorde y escuchamos fragmentos de Usos de lo erótico: Lo erótico como poder, texto publicado en 1978. También escuchamos la reflexión de Angeley sobre el crecer Afrolatinx aquí en EEUU a través de  #DefineBLACK. Además, ... Read more

Life and Times of a Black Wobbly

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Luisa Martinez interviews Peter Cole on the second edition of his book titled Ben Fletcher: Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. A gifted labor organizer, Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW's Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most ... Read more