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Black History Festival NW 

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features the first ever Black History Festival NW with festival director Shalanda Sims about this extension of her Black History Month play Who I Am Celebrating Me Black History play which will have its 12th performance this year (Feb. 11 & 12 at 7:30pm). With her w... Read more

Portland's African American Boys: How To Be An Ally

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Justice Rajee discusses his passion and advocacy for Black boys in Portland and the new course entitled: "Portland's African American Boys: How to be an Ally" this February at the Portland Underground Graduate School.  The course will focus on the past, present, and future ... Read more

Betty Before X author Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the sp... Read more

The future of Black Portland: A SWOT Analysis

Airs at: Sat, 01/27/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Royal Harris guest hosts a portion of the show to discuss the future of Black Portland: A SWOT Analysis. He and his guests will be looking at how we build, retain and grow the community looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The rest of the show will ... Read more

Profile: Dr Lonnie Smith

Airs at: Sat, 02/17/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  On February 17, from 4-5 pm, the show will focus on the career of Dr Lonnie Smith, the last of the masters of the Hammond B-3 organ, who is performing at the PDX Jazz Festival on Friday Feb 23. Rick Mitchell will be talking with Dr. Lonnie Smith by phone at some point in... Read more

Families of Those Lost to Police Violence Unite for Justice and Reform

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Tomorrow morning there will be a protest in front of the Multnomah County Courthouse. A community group, made up of families who have lost loved ones to police violence, will be calling attention to the role that district attorneys play in the lack of justice for these kill... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this Martin Luther King day. In addition to the songs of Woody Guthrie and Bill's comments about them,  we hear: California fires, floods, mudslides, loss of life. But California will recover.  Probably not Puerto Rico and many undeveloped countries. Bal... Read more

The Roots of Racism and Martin Luther King on working class solidarity

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge comments on the roots of racism and white supremacy. "This account should help us see that Capitalism and White Supremacy grew up together and are facets of a single system. Political movements to end the exploitation of everyone by Capital must at the s... Read more

Introducing: Syde-Ide Collaborations

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Host James Dixon talks with Tyharra Cozier and Monica Fleetwood, founders of Syde-Ide Collaborations dedicated to presenting intersectional collaborative programming. Their mission at Syde-Ide: to illuminate the marginalized lens through theatrical and visual art, inspiring... Read more

The Music and Contribution of Otis Redding

Airs at: Fri, 01/19/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
For the first radio show and Podcast of  2018 ,"From the Grassroots" will deconstruct and celebrate the music and contribution of Otis Redding Joining LaNita Duke will be Art Historian  Professor Dianne  Johnson and the Prophet of Rage. We will answer the question ," Should... Read more