Activism

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 27, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes these segments: Desiree Hellegers speaks with activists from the recent Vancouver, WA oil train blockade Denise reads commentary on Brexit as Global Rebellion Laurie Mercier talks with an historian and a... Read more

Vancouver 21 Direct Action

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers speaks with Imogene Williams and Lowen Berman, two of the twenty-one activists who were arrested at the Vancouver, Washington oil train protest and blockade on June 18. Read more

Documentaries From the Streets of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

Jenn Chavez talks with Ibrahim Mubarek about the Clinton Street Theater's upcoming documentary screening Right 2 Survive: Breaking the Chains, a series of short films about the rise of the grassroots homeless advocacy group Right 2 Survive. And S.W. Conser asks comed... Read more

MacLaren Students Honored

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Join host Carlos Chavez to celebrate seven students from MacLaren Youth Corrections who are raising the bar for those serving time at Oregon Youth Authority through the Janus Youth / Hope Partnership Program. We honor their work as leaders within youth detention and reco... Read more

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

How to Set a Fire and Why, Jesse Ball’s singular, blistering new novel, tells the story of a teenage girl who has lost everything—and will burn anything. Lucia’s father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she’s living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her ... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Sue Perlgut was a co-founder and collective member of the 1970-1976 feminist theater collective It's All Right to Be Woman Theatre. She continues as a theater artist and is a documentary filmmaker. Sue is currently working on a multi-media performance, Women's Wisdom Pla... Read more

Episode 002: Human Trafficking Sergeant Discusses Domestic Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2015 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Produced for: Justice Hope Freedom

Molly McDade-Hood, Multnomah County, Human Trafficking Sergeant discusses the issue and sex trafficking and domestic sex trafficking. She talks about pimps, victims, buyers and more. Click here to listen to Episode 002! Read more

Our Toxic Air: We can do better!

Airs at: Wed, 06/22/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Recovery Zone

Breathing the air in Portland has been compared to drinking the water in Flint, Michigan, and Multnomah air has been ranked 58 out of 3,200 counties nationwide for the dubious distinction of causing cancer. A growing movement of concerned community members is demandin... Read more

Oregon Action Coalition and the Future of Nursing

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Jana Bitton, the executive director of the Oregon Center for Nursing, and co-lead of the Oregon Action Coalition. She also speaks with Christopher Wallace, the current president of the Oregon Student Nurses Association, whi... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Bomb Ass Pussy joins the Bread and Roses conversation; they are transplants from Los Angeles, transplants from drag, transplants from another planet of fierce queer creatures- the trioBomb Ass Pussy tells stories of queer identity and celebration through hip hop. Their m... Read more