Jaws of Justice Radio

Monday, July 11th, the crew of Jaws of Justice is going to air a tribute to Hedy Harden, the chairperson of Missouri Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), […] The post NOW MORE THAN EVER: A TRIBUTE TO HEDY HARDEN, CHAIR PERSON OF MISSOURI CURE appeared first on KKFI .

Monday, July 4th, the crew of Jaws of Justice is going to air The Dialogue News Show #118, Police Reform in the Aftermath of George Floyd.  The Dialogue News Show […] The post WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY? appeared first on KKFI .

Monday, June 27th, host David Bell returns with part 3 of his trauma series to speak with Erik Hulse, a retired police officer who now teaches mindfulness and meditation to […] The post TRAIN THE MIND TO MORE OPEN AND LESS REACTIVE. USE THIS TOOL IN TIMES OF STRESS AND WELL BEING CAN RESULT appeared first on KKFI .

Monday, June 20th, host Craig Lubow will speak with Attorney Michael Sharma-Crawford about immigration cases decided during the current US Supreme Court term. The Supreme Court's ability to review decisions […] The post MICHAEL SHARMA-CRAWFORD GIVES AN UPDATE ON THE US SUPREME COURT RULINGS PERTAINING TO IMMIGRATION; DEREK FARMER EXAMINES THE LOGIC OF TRANSFERRED INTENT appeared first on KKFI .

Monday, June 13th, host Latarha Smith will speak with Mika Williams, who is operational with OneDay@ATime4Me, Inc a charitable and educational organization in Kansas City, Missouri that assists women returning to society from incarceration. The reentry into society of incarcerated people remains one of the most significant challenges facing the criminal justice system, as correctional facilities i...

Monday, June 6th, host Bev Livingston will speak with Anne Calvert, President, League of Women Voters of Kansas City/Jackson, Clay & Platte Counties. https://lwvkc.org/ Their conversation will be about the […] The post COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT – WHEN YOU VOTE, YOU ARE A RESOURCE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY appeared first on KKFI .

Monday, May 23rd, host David Bell will speak with Dr. Marina G Villani- Capo, an Adolescent Psychologist associated with Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida.  Dr. Villani Capo worked with […] The post UNDERSTAND CHILDREN ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING – HOW TO MAKE SENSE TO THEM appeared first on KKFI .

Monday, May 23rd, host Terri Wilke will speak with Stacey Knoell, the Executive Director of the Kansas African American Affairs Commission. Terri and Stacey will discuss racism. https://kaaac.ks.gov/home In addition to Stacey Knoell’s work with the Commission, she has also led the third congressional district chapter for the Kansas Interfaith Action organization. She has a […]

Jason Miles joins host Craig Lubow to discuss programs to help inmates readjust while in prison and post-release. Jason is a board member for Reaching Out From Within. Reaching Out From Within (ROFW) was established in 1982 in Kansas as an incarcerated-led program that empowers residents to transform themselves and heal each other. ROFW is […]

Monday, May 9th, Jaws of Justice will play a program which ran on 6-21-21 when Jalen Anderson, 1st District At-Large Jackson CTY Missouri Legislator spoke with Host Bev Livingston about the new KCMO detention center. At that time there had been a recently identified location for Jackson County to build a new detention center. Since […]

Host Margot Patterson interviews Jackson Beck, Program Associate at the Vera Institute for Justice, a non-profit national organization that partners with impacted communities and government leaders for transformation of the criminal legal and immigration system so that money doesn’t determine freedom; fewer people are incarcerated; and everyone behind bars is treated with dignity. https://www.vera...

Host Terri Wilke will speak with Latahra Smith of KC Freedom Project and Keith Carnes, who was recently released after more than 18 years of wrongful incarceration. Keith Carnes was never a criminal and prison did not turn him into a criminal.  I hope you will hear his message, grateful that he now has a chance […]

For our show on Monday April 11th, host Richard Mabion will speak with his friend, Rich Gutowski.  Rich is Founder of Alveare Foundation and Alveare PBC which are focused on regionally placed based community development using Public Benefit corporations as both the tool of cross sector collaboration and the means of providing sustainable long support […]

Host David Bell speaks with Rekha Sharma Crawford, Attorney and Author. https://sharma-crawford.com/ Rekha Sharma-Crawford is an immigration attorney and partner in the Kansas City law firm Sharma-Crawford Attorneys-at-Law. She is nationally recognized for her expertise. Sharma-Crawford regularly practices before the Federal Courts on cases involving affirmative immigration benefits and before the...

For the first half of our hour, host Bev Livingston speaks with Sen. Barbara Anne Washington about Missouri’s legislative happenings this session. https://www.senate.mo.gov/mem09/ Senator Washington, a Democrat, represents the 9th Senatorial District in the Missouri Senate. She was sworn into office on Jan. 6, 2021. Prior to being elected to the Senate, she served the […]

Veronica’s Voice helps victims of the sex trafficking trade in the Kansas City area.  Lucy will talk about the fear that victims have in the criminal justice system as victims and witnesses in the courtroom. https://www.veronicasvoice.org/ Sadly, there has been no end to sex trafficking.  Gladly, advocacy organizations like Veronica’s Voice provide high quality services […]

From misconceptions about people who have committed sexual offenses, to educational opportunities with our children to prevent sexual violence, we can learn about ourselves from studying how society treats sex offenders. Join David Bell as he speaks with Dr. Amy Griffith for this insightful and thought-provoking discussion. They talk about misconceptions we need to expose […]

Host Bev Livingston speaks with Janay Reliford-Davis of Camp CHOICE. https://campchoicekc.com/ Camp CHOICE is a life enrichment company serving youth ages 5-24. Camp CHOICE teaches vital life skills to help youth understand the impact of choices.  The Camp CHOICE mission is to provide youth life enrichment experiences that benefit their present and future spiritual, physical, […]

Latahra Smith, Founder of KC Freedom Project, talks with Cliff Middleton, son of Ken Middleton.  Ken was convicted for the 1990 murder of his wife in an act he has always clearly denied, contending she mishandled the gun and that her death was a tragic accident. Ken’s conviction was overturned because of ballistics evidence, but […]

Latahra Smith, Founder of KC Freedom Project, talks with Michelle Smith, Director of Community Engagement and Outreach with Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.  Michelle is a criminal legal system impacted advocate who experienced incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic.  This made her more intimately aware of the dire reality faced by our imprisoned populations […]

Host David Bell Wilke talks with Kevin Pose, former Jackson County Missouri Chief Investigator, now retired, whose career in law enforcement began as Dispatcher before he was 21.  He retired in December 2021 after helping the office do its job under seven prosecutors. Kevin opens his story of the investigations he conducted with a review […]

Host Terri Wilke talks with Melissa Stiehler, Advocacy Director for Loud Light, whose mission is to engage, educate, and empower individuals from underrepresented populations to build community power that has an impact on decision makers.  They’re transforming Kansas because of their informative videos, coalition building, civic engagement, youth voter turnout. Voting can help everyone become […]

KKFI is amazing – the entire idea of Community Radio is amazing!  KKFI is not part of any larger media conglomerate, KKFI is us, thanks to the efforts of volunteers who program and produce shows like Jaws of Justice. The mission of Jaws of Justice Radio is to investigate how to achieve justice in America, […]

Kevin H. Sharp, Jeanne Roach, and Lenny Foster join host Craig Lubow to discuss the ongoing movement to free Leonard Peltier, the native American that was wrongly convicted of killing FBI agents and is viewed as a long-serving political prisoner. All three served on a workshop panel at a virtual Amnesty International event in the […]

During the first half of our hour, host Terri Wilke will speak with Latahra Smith, Founder of KC Freedom Project.  She will bring us up to date on the efforts of the community of the ministry which has been established to advocate for innocent persons who have been wrongly convicted of crime.  They will discuss Conviction […]