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WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Founder and president Shannon Olive chats with host Lisa Loving about why women who are exiting the prison system and coming home to their families and communities are at the heart of this new program.  Click here to find out more about their work.  Photo: WomenFirst Trans... Read more

Portland Gray Panthers Testify on Housing Corporations at City Hall

Produced for:  Evening News
Measure 102, on your ballots now, changes the Oregon constitution to allow Housing Projects Funded by Municipal Bonds to be owned by private corportation. Testimony of Portland’s Grey Panthers at yesterday’s city council meeting has something to say about the this.   Mayo... Read more

Evening News on 10/25/18

Airs at: Thu, 10/25/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Governor Brown on Drilling After promising to do so earlier this week, Oregon Governor Kate Brown has issued an executive order blocking offshore oil drilling. Her order today directs state agencies to protect Oregon's coastal economy by preventing offshore oil and gas dri... Read more

Oregon Community Media: IMMIGRATION

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2018 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for:  Oregon Community Media
Oregon Community Media - Independent community radio and media working in collaboration to better serve Oregon. OCM is composed of over 20 local and independent community broadcasters. All share a commitment to community service and to keeping  local voices alive on the rad... Read more

Episode 68. It Takes A Village To Survive In These Streets ft. RaShanuda

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2018 at 12:00am - Tue, 11/06/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
IT HAPPENED Y'ALL! Tune in to hear the realest one alive, RASHAUNDA, on VillageVibesPodcast! We have been begging her to come on forever, so we did NOT take this opportunity for granted! She's on for the whole.damn.show and we're talking the danger of yt voices, how to grow... Read more

Basic Rights Oregon Responds to Trump Trans Memo

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Basic Rights Oregon hosted a press conference in response to the Trans Memo from the Trump Administration. The memo outlines a proposal to federally define gender as only male or female and determined at birth. The proposal outlined in the memo will not impact Oregon sta... Read more

One Land Many Voices

Airs at: Fri, 10/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
On today's program, we draw connections between the struggles of indigenous peoples in the US and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Host Layla Kanaan speaks with local Native American activist Jacqueline Keeler. In the second half of the program, we feature ... Read more

Evening News on 10/23/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Tavern shooting Police rushed out to the Glass House Tavern at 97th and Sandy Boulevard around 1:30 this morning after reports of gunfire. When they got there, they found a man on the sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound, who they pronounced dead at the scene. While t... Read more

Folsom50 Project

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp, founders of the Folsom50 project looking at Johnny Cash’s work around prison reform 50 years later.  The project brings music and artwork to incarcerated persons and they held their first concert at Columbia River C... Read more

Oregonians United Against Profiling

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Oregonians United Against Profiling is a coalition that is campaigning for the public to vote “no” on measure 105. Measure 105 is the anti-sanctuary state measure on the November election ballot. KBOO reporter Kyle Kerezsi spoke with Ivan Hernandez about the coalition an... Read more