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April 16, 2023 Newscast

Grace Wegener, Member of the East Nashtivists

From a mass shooting that claimed the lives of children and educators to the expulsion of two black legislatures and the reinstatement of them to an uptick in transphobia and acts of white supremacy, the East Nashtivists, an activist group in Nashville has plenty of work to do in fighting for a more just state and working toward a more just world.

Grace Wegener weighs in on the state of affairs in Nashville and on why she's staying in Tennessee for the long haul. 

Showing up as your authentic truth is an act of resistance

In working toward a more just world, we sometime find that for every two steps forward, we take one step backward. The good news is that we're still a step ahead of where we started from. As educational communities are doing more to make sure that all are included no matter what gender, racial or religious identity they may have, there is an increasing amount of transphobic rhetoric and misinformation being spread. This interviewee identifies as Christian, black and queer and uses he/they pronouns and is standing tall and proud in his/their intersectional identity. I'm sharing this story with their permission because stories are the one thing that offer the capacity to touch both hearts and minds.

International Women’s Day Special 2023

Angela Harrelson, aunt of George Perry Floyd and author of Lift Your Voice: How the Murder of my Nephew George Floyd Changed the World, Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant and founder of the Oscar Grant Foundation and other moms weigh in about their experience as aunts and mothers to adult children who have lost their lives to police violence. 

Angela Harrelson, aunt of George Perry Floyd and author of Lift Your Voice

Angela Harrelson, aunt of George Perry Floyd speaks her truth and illuminates the way her nephew, whom the world came to know posthumously, was. 

February 19, 2023 Newscast

Kelechi Ubozoh speaks about her book We've Been Too Patient and Ann Garrison reports on the impacts of U.S. drone strikes in Somalia. 

George Perry Floyd Square and the continued struggle for racial justice in Minneapolis

More than 900 days after George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, community members, family, friends and artists remain on the streets of E 38th and Chicago Ave in what is now called George Floyd Square. What has been accomplished and what still needs to be done? 

Angela Harrelson speaks about the legacy of her nephew Perry (George Floyd)

News for October 30, 2022

From Lafayette, California to Tehran, Iran--Human Rights Are At Stake

This newscast, we deep dive into the state of affairs in Iran, as we speak with an organizer and a first generation Iranian-American. We also look with the ways in which resistance to acceptance of diverse identities is showing up in the platforms of some contra costa county school board candidates.