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Tonight, Full Circle comes to you ready to do our part in this important fund drive...and we do so with the eye opening film “Food Chains: The Revolution in America's Fields” … “Food Chains” is a documentary film that introduces us to the people that plant, cultivate and harvest the fruits and vegetables out in the field:  the farm workers of America. The film also shows us how all that fresh prod...

Tonight! We ask… how can our art be part of the resistance? Specifically… theater. On tonight’s show: … I am joined live in studio by Jon Tracy and Dezi Solèy of local theater company TheatreFIRST. … We will discuss their show “Between Us” which opens this Sunday! - Dezi’s role as the late Marie Laveau - and how T1 is doing theater differently. … Plus! We will have a ticket giveaway -- you don’t w...

Tonight, we discuss incarceration. From Angela Davis’ “Are Prisons Obsolete?” to Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow,” the surge of freedom fighters challenging our mass incarceration system is ever-increasing, particularly in light of growing ICE raids and the reign of violence targeting black and brown communities. On tonight’s show: • I am honored to be joined by Keith Wattley, founder and e...

It’s been more than four months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico, or Borinquen, the island’s indigenous name. You might be wondering how things are over there, so on tonight’s show: We will update you on how disaster capitalism measures continue to unfold. We will speak with Raul Garcia from earthjustice.org about the role of US Congress and its agencies in Borinquen’s failed disast...

This weekend marks the One Year Anniversary of the landmark SFO protest against one of Trump’s first Executive Orders: The Muslim Ban. On tonight’s show: • Lara Kiswani of the Arab Resource Organizing Center gives a retrospective on the three Muslim Bans that went into effect since last January ... • We investigate the connection between the bans and U.S. Imperial and military interests ... • Then...

On tonight’s show we’ll look at … … The detrimental effects of anxiety, fear and anger occurring when any group focuses on differences between themselves and others, even if those differences are imagined or artificially created. … And, we will look back over millennia to help us understand this issue in our current day. We also talk about the First Voice Apprenticeship Program, producers of Full...

Tonight we honor the work of Native Americans and their allies, who dedicate their time and energy to raising awareness of the struggles and needs of their communities. On tonight’s show, we: … Hear from prayerful Black Friday protesters at the Emeryville Shellmound, a.k.a. The Bay Street Mall. … We’ll also hear one woman’s story about her battle against meth and addiction on her reservation and w...

Tonight we honor the work of Native Americans and their allies, who dedicate their time and energy to raising awareness of the struggles and needs of their communities. On tonight’s show, we: … Hear from prayerful Black Friday protesters at the Emeryville Shellmound, a.k.a. The Bay Street Mall. … We’ll also hear one woman’s story about her battle against meth and addiction on her reservation and w...

Tonight we honor the work of Native Americans and their allies, who dedicate their time and energy to raising awareness of the struggles and needs of their communities. On tonight’s show, we: … Hear from prayerful Black Friday protesters at the Emeryville Shellmound, a.k.a. The Bay Street Mall. … We’ll also hear one woman’s story about her battle against meth and addiction on her reservation and w...

Tonight we honor the work of Native Americans and their allies, who dedicate their time and energy to raising awareness of the struggles and needs of their communities. On tonight’s show, we: … Hear from prayerful Black Friday protesters at the Emeryville Shellmound, a.k.a. The Bay Street Mall. … We’ll also hear one woman’s story about her battle against meth and addiction on her reservation and w...

So … initially we had in store for you all a show about resolution and revolution … what time tested techniques do we use to create lasting transformation?  BUT... there is a crisis going on here at KPFA/Pacifica that we simply cannot ignore … therefore … On tonight’s show, we will: ... Discuss the facts of the matter at hand. ... Speak with Grace Aaron of the Pacifica National Board. ... And, we'...

Welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. On tonight’s show we are presenting to you the fiery and inspiring music of Oakland based artists Mother and the Boards. Ahead of their album release, we have them in studio to perform for us live and to tell us about the powerful message that drives their music. We will get...

First Voice Graduate Apprentice and Full Circle Production Consultant, Joy Moore, talks with Leaders in the Food Justice Movement, highlighting successes and future challenges. Join us in conversation with three amazing people working to insure our food future: Dru Rivers of Full Belly Farm, Co-Founder of Eco-Farm, Ecological Farming Association, based in Santa Cruz and Mona Urbina, Youth Program...

On tonight’s show we’ll be addressing financial inequality here in the USA. We’ll discuss ... ... How do we understand the widening wealth gap; what is fueling its runaway increase? ... Student debt and the cost of higher education as a barrier to building wealth. ... Also … medical costs, now a leading cause of personal bankruptcy and loss of savings. ... And finally, blessedly, a review of thing...

On tonight’s show we’ll be giving clips from the documentary film: Trumping Democracy. We explore the shock of a Donald Trump victory and the obscure tactic his team used to achieve it. We will listen to excerpts of the documentary “Trumping Democracy.” which also explains how our use of Facebook and other social media platforms gives them the tools to effectively hack democracy.

On tonight’s show, we will hear from folks who are at the frontlines of Oakland’s new soda tax, making sure that it addresses the epidemic of diabetes and other health impacts from too much sugar in our diets, and the racial dimension of this issue. Tonight, we will … • Hear from key leaders from the Sugar Freedom Project, who have gone door-to-door in East Oakland involving the community in setti...

We have such a treat in store for you tonight! We will be airing exclusive segments from City Arts and Lectures’ June Evening with Arundhati Roy and Alice Walker … and … I have in studio with me two very special guests whose lives and work are uniquely intertwined with Alice’s and Arundhati’s. On tonight’s show… ... We’ll listen to Arundhati Roy reading from her latest novel “The Ministry of Utmos...

Tonight we will be talking about Puerto Rico, or Borinquen, the island’s indigenous name. We will discuss the current social and political situation … how we got where we are, and what’s next. On tonight’s show … … We will learn some historical facts about the relationship between the U.S. government and Puerto Rico. … We will go over the concept of disaster capitalism as defined by Naomi Klein in...

Tonight we will be talking about Puerto Rico, or Borinquen, the island’s indigenous name. We will discuss the current social and political situation … how we got where we are, and what’s next. On tonight’s show … … We will learn some historical facts about the relationship between the U.S. government and Puerto Rico. … We will go over the concept of disaster capitalism as defined by Naomi Klein in...

We commemorate Armistice Day - Veterans Day - Remembrance Day…………..A memorial of the day in 1918 when the Allied Forces signed an armistice With Germany effectively ending all military operations and hostilities in all theatres and fronts of World War One. On this show we’ll hear from two veterans who have focused their life on peace. Discuss strategies for ending war and the Military Industrial C...

Welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. Tonight we bring you another presentation of our new segment, “People Helping People.” On tonight’s show, we’ll ... ● Learn about Opportunity Junction, a free job training and placement program for folks in Contra Costa County … ● We’ll also learn about White Pony Express and...

Good evening, everyone … and welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. On tonight’s show, just a few days before Halloween, we will delve into both the mythology and known history of witches. I am pleased to welcome my guest Max Dashu, the founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives. Tonight... … We will learn why a...

Buenas noches, on tonight’s Full Circle we are pleased to present the fifth episode of the Spanglish Power Hour with our host Josiah Luis Alderete. First, an offering of poesia from two latinx poets: Rene Vaz y Angel Dominguez. Then we speak to Itzel Calvo and Araceli NL from the East Bay Immigrant Youth Coalition, an undocumented queer+transgender youth organization based aqui in Oakland. Along t...

On tonight’s show, we are overjoyed to welcome our very special guest for the hour, Miakoda Taylor. Miakoda is the founder of Fierce Allies, an organization that teaches relationship-based strategies that build communities of practice by catalyzing dynamics of power and privilege towards equity and justice. Tonight ... … We will learn why Miakoda created Fierce Allies, and exactly what it does. …...

On this program, we will explore poetry with WOWA (West Oakland to West Africa) poetry exchange group. This poetry group consists of some extraordinary poets in West Oakland as well as some of their phenomenal poet partners in West Africa. Guests include: - Makeda aka Sandra Hooper Mayfield...poet, journalist, tutor, counselor, and community activist. - Mimi Gonzalez...poet, freelance journalist,...