KMOJ's Community Viewpoint

KMOJ continues doing its part to foster safe communities and also to help it heal following the aftermath of the George Floyd murder. Listen to a short montage of KMOJ's work-product taken from live interviews and public service announcements.

Housing First: KMOJ explores Housing Challenges and Opportunities, So Our Community Can Thrive – Hour 2 The program continues the exploration of how housing challenges affect people in our communities from Hour 1. In this program, we look at what is now being done to mediate the effects of these historical inequities, and current efforts to create more affordable housing in the twin cities, as wel...

The program features: Daniel Bergin, a filmmaker and longtime producer with Twin Cities PBS, speaking about his film “Jim Crow of the North”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQfDbbQv9E Researchers from Mapping Prejudice speaking about their project which visualizing the hidden histories of race and privilege in the urban landscape. https://www.mappingprejudice.org/   We hear from Laronda Lake abo...

KMOJ Hosts Chantel SinGs and Freddie Bell shine a light on how sex trafficking hurts women and our communities. The program explores the causes behind this violent and illegal economy. And how some brave survivors are finding freedom. The program features interviews with Breaking Free survivors, Rev. Alika Galloway and the survivors' group at Liberty Community Church, UROC (Lauren Martin), a truck...