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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
From the farm fields to the classroom, unions unite to ask for fair and competitive wages. We discuss the film 'A Song for Cesar' from the lens of the filmmakers--Andres Alegria and Abel Sanchez--which will air on PBS this month. We'll also hear from the teachers in the Lafayette School District, who say that while the district may be ranked among the top in the county, the pay scale of teachers is among the lowest.
Lastly, we'll hear from Blues Singer Johnny Burgin. The show airs on KPFA, 94.1 fm or KPFA.org on the third Sunday of each month.
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Lafayette may have a reputation as being one of the top districts in Contra Costa County, but the teachers say their pay is among the lowest and they want more. With students, parents and aides at their side, a few dozen teachers stood in front of Lafayette Elementary Schools picketing with signs and stats. They have rejected the district's offer of a 12 percent raise, saying that in order to stay competitive with peers in the county, they need 14.
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
What started as a simple song that Abel Sanchez wrote to commemorate the work of the late Cesar Chavez, who along with Dolores Huerta, organized the United Farmworkers Union, grew into something much bigger. With the blessings and perspectives of Maya Angela, Dolores Huerta and many others and the filmmaking partnership with Andres Alegria (who is the co-director), the song grew into a music video and then a feature-length film. The film takes on the question of what the role of music and art is in building and sustaining social justice movements as powerful as the United Farmworkers Union.
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
In this piece, generations of community members involved with the Community Youth Center share their truth of finding a safe place to land and how their paths turned out differently than peers who didn't have the same access.
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
It’s been some 80 years since 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated in internment camps across the Pacific Coast during World War II and 50 years after people of Japanese Descent came together to form the committee against Nihonmachi (the equivalent of Japan town) eviction, as Japanese Americans faced generations of discrimination and displacement even decades into the aftermath of the relocation and internment camp experience. It’s also been 50 years since the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California became a fixture in San Francisco. As the center celebrates its anniversary, singer, songwriter, dancer and author Nobuko Miyamoto is bringing a performance inspired by her latest album 120,000 to San Francisco on August 5, 2023.
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Gina Brillon has something for everyone! If you've ever stayed in the wrong place or with the wrong person for too long, had a conflict with literally anyone, felt out of place in a gym, or grappled with some of the woos of marriage, singleness, parenthood or any aspect of your identity, Gina's got something for you. She uses her own life experiences as her content platform and tells stories that are so relatable that you can't help but laugh. If therapy is too expensive or you just need to supplement it with a little something extra--go see Gina Brillon's show!
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
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.