It's Your Voice

Deema Tamini is a nonprofit & startup founder, community organizer, advocate for social justice, communal food systems, mutual aid & the arts. She brings tech/marketing skills, creativity, empathy & leadership to her local organizing in Davis, CA. She serves on the Davis Human Relations Commission. In collaboration with Yolo for Palestinian Justice she helps create public education eve...

Six Voters from Alaska, California, Georgia, Maryland & Pennsylvania speak their deep concerns on what they're voting for & why. Dr. Zent shares that some say "I don't do politics." Her retort, "Politics are doing you." Healthcare cuts, housing, extreme cruelty of ICE, voter disenfranchisement, subsistence food access, basic living, rivers, parks, national landmarks, rising inflation, war,...

Three women: Christine Decker, a Learning & Development Expert; Karen Carberry-Goh, a Biology Professor; & Kim Sikes a Family Caretaker share formidable experiences of searching for and finding ways to fulfill social, spiritual and mental health needs, to cultivate overall, holistic well being, after they’d each received the terrifying diagnosis of breast cancer. "Doctors often only deal w...

Ever think about how much we depend on the ocean? Minquansis Sapiel does. Minquansis is a mother, entrepreneur, author, a public speaker & holds a Masters Degree in Social Work & a Captain license. She has spent much time on the Passamaquoddy Bay having grown up in the Wabanaki territories, Sipayik, in Eastern Maine, Seagull clan. Tune into her inspirational passion and love for the ocean...

NYC resident Suzie Baer shares her experience of 911, its impact on days, months & years after, on hopes and fears 25 years later. As a filmmaker, she made the feature documentary Warrior, The Life of Leonard Peltier, recognized as the definitive film on Peltier’s life. She’s been a lifelong activist on recycling, No Nukes, organizing for Black liberation, lobbying for safe bike lanes. In 2001...

Richard & Gray, producers of MyDavisCalifornia, are self-proclaimed “Davis Nerds.” Hear their kind enthusiasm as they talk about their innovative, wide-ranging process of sharing all things and happenings in Davis for their 47,000+ followers. Although both are from other states originally, Texas & New Mexico, they've lived in Davis for over a decade. They love their adopted hometown &...

Silas grew up in Davis and has been involved with serving the homeless community here for over 10 years. He is the Supportive Services Coordinator for the Permanent Supportive Housing Program at Paul's Place which is owned and operated by Davis Community Meals and Housing. DCMH has been serving the community since 1990 and they now have 160 beds of permanent supportive housing in Davis and see ove...

Ryan Berilla is a volunteer activist particularly passionate about his work with Progressive Victory, a political group that has found success through an experimental social-media-based organization model. “In 2026, the building blocks of a successful political movement are changing. The goals of finding electoral success, building mutual aid, and growing community can all be solved in tandem.” Li...

Kim Parrott of SeaChange Resources, LLC based in Blue Hill, Maine, talks about how her extended, multi-generational family celebrates the 4th of July: they read the Declaration of Independence together & play charades to act out Constitutional Amendments! Enjoy hearing about the good belly laughs that arose, particularly during these troubling times as we strive through the 250th anniversary o...

“Each kind act that you do is a poke at the belly of all things awful.” Sandy Holman informs us of her ways of coping with the difficult world that exists today. Listening to her words will inspire you to take some actions that will assuage some of the hurt you may be feeling. We can all do something small that will help the world in some way, by it centering yourself, connecting with others in pe...

Eric Jones, candidate for US Congress, District 4, CA, 2026, shares details of his vision for extending healthcare, supporting small farms, getting money out of politics and getting the US out of wars. Eric grew up in a military family, is the son of a disabled veteran with a passion to make life more affordable. He has helped create 1000s of jobs in healthcare & education in CA & brings f...

An engrossing conversation with two young men who are trying to forge their own paths amidst the changed world that their generation is experiencing. Henri Gang and Felipe Gutierrez have a thoughtful discussion that touches on many topics ranging from the so-called apathy of Generation Z (and how it may be justified in many ways) the uncertainty of career opportunities even after receiving a colle...

Commissioner Ryan Davis, running for Yolo County Judge has extensive court experience, membership on the Judicial Council & at the Superior Court of Sacramento County. He’s presided over traffic, small claims, unlawful detainer cases & now presides over a family law dept. He was Deputy Attorney General at CA Dept of Justice where he represented Californians in complex cases on constitution...

Deema Tamini, community organizer, nonprofit/startup founder, marketing/technology professional, shares the inspiration for "we will save us" rooted in mutual aid & solidarity, a nod to "we will not cancel us.” She speaks on finding courage as an individual & as a collective, how to handle attacks on your character, her experience & journey & collective liberation as a grounding an...

Fairuze Ahmed Ramirez shares how her identity & lived experience inform her commitment to teach liberatory writing, empowering students to draw on personal, family, & community stories to challenge dominant narratives, & express voices that are often ignored, excluded, or misrepresented. Her approach centers lived experience & community knowledge as meaningful sources of understand...

Camica Edwards Avorgbedor, licensed professional clinical counselor, daughter, sister, mother, community leader, career public educator, curriculum creator on practical applications of the 7 principles of Kwanza to live year-round, shares her thoughts on the challenges of filling the shoes of great women mentors who came before us. She illustrates aiming high to match their level of impact, excell...

Serena Peregrina-Williams, PhD, is a linguist and educator who integrates language, place, and storytelling into a coherent life of public-facing humanities. She teaches interdisciplinary linguistics courses that explore how language shapes identity, culture, and meaning, and what is at stake when languages are lost. Through Chronos Heritage Services, she leads walking tours of Davis, CA and Ancho...

Davis Chief of Police Todd Henry spells out the role of city police if/when ICE or Border Patrol show up. Given the illegal, extremely brutal conduct that the world witnessed from federal agents in Minnesota that resulted in two killings & other terrifying acts, Chief Henry leads DPD to build trust in & for the community with firm clarity that the job of local police is to protect the peop...

Dr. Ruth Ann Zent & Aucha Kameroff humbly describe how to organize & mobilize from a tiny, rural town leading to a growing network for democracy. Aucha, w/masters in Public Admin & in Indigenous People’s Law is trekking 500+ miles on snow machines throughout rural Alaska to get out the vote from Kotzebue/Emmonak & Buckland, village to village with 2 friends to encourage all peoples...

Immigration Attorney Kamalpreet Chohan gives us a very timely opportunity to learn about legal defense services ranging from immigration enforcement to removal defense that she and other attorneys at the California Immigration Project provide. Tune in to learn highly relevant information about defense services, due process & other constitutional rights that should be upheld for everyone. Attor...

Antonio De Loera is the Communications Director for the United Farm Workers. He shares information about the greatest challenges facing immigrant workers & what neighbors can do. He describes how violent acts committed by border patrol or ICE agents in US cities now has been the norm at the southern border where abusers of power should also be held to account. Antonio serves on the board of th...

Diana Almendariz, Cultural Practitioner, Educator, & Gatherer of Maidu/Wintun, Hupa/Yurok descendancy carries decades of environmental expertise, skills & experience. She is uniquely qualified to address cultural, environmental, & food justice & cultural discipline given her deep knowledge of sustaining indigenous plants, cultural fire & ecological systems. She teaches traditio...

Richard Hughes explores the links between human health & the health of planet Earth in this interesting conversation, with his 30 years of experience working in public health and environmental conservation for Johns Hopkins University and the World Wildlife Fund. He began his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal, then worked in many Asian & African countries. Learn how the health of...

Heart of Davis is a volunteer run program that manages Safe Parking for people living in their vehicles who need a safe, legal place to sleep overnight. Andrew Waterhouse & Kary Shender help ensure that the program provides secure, monitored parking spaces & that each participant is treated with respect & dignity. Research, partnerships & volunteers make Safe Parking possible, a co...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Richard K. Cassem II, US Army, now Senior Army Instructor, provides illuminating clarity on the Proper Use of the Military. This episode is dedicated to the well-being of veterans, fully acknowledges the trauma that many suffer and emphasizes how to find the support veterans need. Host Bahia asks about the role of the National Guard, ICE agents & the struggle soldier...