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This week on Full Circle we go back to cover Palestine and the ongoing genocide taking place. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Rami of the Palestinian Youth Movement. He will bring us up to speed as to what it's like on the ground in Gaza. He will also give us details on upcoming actions in the Bay Area this weekend. Then we will check in with our friend, Palestinian American activist, Layla Dar...

This week on Full Circle, we’ll hear from the battle at People’s Park here in Berkeley. The historic park is again under threat of development. We have voices from yesterday’s rally and an interview with Andrea Pritchett. We’ll also hear from JR Valrey, and his interview with BART Co-Director Lateefah Simon about some of the things that she has worked on at the Bay Area Rapid Transit System since...

This week on Full Circle we keep our eyes on Palestine. We’ll hear from Palestinian American Layla Darwish as she reflects on the past couple weeks in Palestine. We’ll also hear from the Minister of Information, JR, as he speaks with former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as she speaks about her experiences in Gaza and how she sees the current devastation unfolding in Palestine. And we'll feature m...

Last week on Full Circle, Christmas was canceled in Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus. On last week’s show, we heard part of a special report from Democracy Now, focusing on Christmas festivities being canceled in Bethlehem. We’ll also shared some voices from the Labor Solidarity Rally for Palestine held in Oakland last weekend. And we featured music from Palestine and supporters.

This week on Full Circle we will keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll be joined by our special guest you met a couple weeks ago, Palestinian American Activists, Layla Darwish. She will again reflect on the past few days and give us an update on her work in Fresno. We’ll also hear some voices from past few weeks of Full Circle and tell you how to see the video of the events...

This week on Full Circle we will check out sounds from the 2023 Memorial Walk for Justice for Timothy Charles Lee. A young Black/Indigenous gay man who was found hanging in a fig tree near the Concord BART station in 1985. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear some voices from the Memorial event. Including Richmond City Council District 1 Representative Melvin Willis, Antioch Mayor, Lamar Thorpe and commu...

This week on Full Circle we will take it to “The Rock”, Alcatraz,as Indigenous people gather for the annual No Thanks Given Sunrise Gathering. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear some voices from the island as thousands of people honored/memorialized and mourned the day. We’ll also be joined by our special guest you met a couple weeks ago, Palestinian American activists and organizer, Layla Darwish. She...

This week on Full Circle we have community updates for you. First on tonight’s show, we’ll get a heads up on a planned rally and ceasefire march happening tomorrow at North Berkeley BART, and a caravan to MLK Memorial Park. Then we’ll hear some voices from the bay bridge takeover yesterday when hundreds of protesters blocked morning commute traffic into San Francisco. We’ll close out the show with...

This week on Full Circle we focus our attention with the rest of the world on the ongoing atTemted genocide in Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear an interview with Palestinian American and social justice activist Layla Darwish as she shares her thoughts on her family in Palestine and her silencing on social media. After that we’ll hear excerpts from the Indigenous Solidarity Rally for Palest...

This week on Full Circle, First Voice Media Graduate, Natalie Kilmer returns to the airwaves with the latest episode of her podcast, West Coast Water Justice. Tune in as she says... "We interview Jesus Alonso and Ngodoo Atume from Clean Water Action in California. Ngodoo is a Senior Water Policy Analyst and Jesus serves as Clean Water Action’s Kern County Gas and Oil Organizer. We learn about Cali...

This week on Full Circle we have two updates for you. First on tonight’s show, we’ll get an update on the case of Timothy Charles Lee, the young man who was found lynched at Concord BART in 1985. Timmy was my cousin and we are organizing the second annual memorial walk for Timmy next Thursday Nov 2nd, the day he was found hung in a fig tree in 1985. Then we’ll hear from the Palestinian Youth Movem...

First Voice Graduate and Funky Man Stevie G steps in to guest hosts last weeks Full Circle. He spoke with Therapist Dr. Monika Davis and Alicia Jones about mental health pre versus post pandemic. He also plays song great music.

Thanks to First Voice Graduate Joy Moore for hosting this special episode of Full Circle last month. Shout out to Graal Swartz and Loq Frank of Soul Mechanix for stoping by.

This week on Full Circle we will hear from the city of San Pablo in West Contra Costa County as well as Antioch in far east Contra Costa. First activists gathered in opposition to a proposed 43 million dollar police training facility in San Pablo CA, dubbed Stop Cop Campus after the Stop Cop City Movement in Atlanta, we’ll hear from organizers. In the second half of the show, the city of Antioch j...

This week on Full Circle we will be diving into the politics of the National Football League, yes the NFL. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear clips from Dave Zirin's ground breaking film, Behind The Shield; The Power and Politics of the NFL. And we’ll hear an extended excerpt of an interview with filmmaker Dave Zirin and KPFA’s own Davey D of Hard Knock Radio. And of course, we will be asking for your...

This week on Full Circle we will hear powerful legal and community testimony regarding two police departments here in Contra Costa County. First on tonight’s show, we’ll hear from two attorneys litigating the first serious test of California's new, Racial Justice Act. The new California law is being litigated for the first time here in Contra Costa County. We’ll also hear sounds from the 9 year me...

This week on Full Circle we speak with independent filmmaker Brian Gibel about his documentary film, Sign My Name To Freedom. A film that rediscovers a past part of the life of Betty Reid Soskin who, many know as the oldest National Park Ranger based here in Richmond CA, But who also had a secret side of her life as a musician and poet, we’ll hear that interview and an extended clip from the film,...

This week on Full Circle we will hear sounds from the Save California Salmon event held at the California State Capitol on July 5th. On tonight’s show we’ll hear from tribal people, community activists and other water warriors as they fight to protect our water and salmon from the delta tunnels project.

This week on Full Circle we hear two stories from two local communities here in the Bay Area, both involving police violence and police terrorism. On tonight’s show we’ll hear yesterday's press conference held by the family of Sean Monterrosa, a young man who was gunned down by Vallejo PD from their moving unmarked police vehicle. The officer that fired the fatal shots was fired but was recently r...

On the August 25th episode of Full Circle we featured an interview and information about one of our long term colleagues and occasional instructor, Dr. Amelia Barili. Check the replay and you'll hear about Dr Barili's journey to the practice of Yoga, Qigong and meditation. Dr Barili's current work with Dr. Stephen Porges related to the Polyvagal Theory.

We are catching up on late posts. On the August 18th episode of Full Circle we heard from First Voice Graduate Sara Blanco as she stepped in to host KPFA’s Flashpoints, filling in for Dennis Bernstein. As contributing producer Sara Blanco covered Cluster Bombs being sent to Ukraine, with a a roundtable discussion with guests with first hand knowledge of what these and other Anti-Personnel Weapons...

This week on Full Circle we will hear a short tribute to my cousin Tony, an Oakland native and beloved family man and football coach. Coach Tone as he was known passed away earlier this week. Then we will get an update on the fight to unionize Starbucks locations. I spoke with a SEIU local 1021 organizer. And we will close out the show with a new way of fighting crime, before it happens, we will h...

(ICYMI) Last week on Full Circle we introduced our listeners to the Women’s Magazine show, which airs at 1pm on Mondays at KPFA, 94.1 fm. We’ll be enjoying more contributions from them in upcoming months. On this episode we hear:-The 4 producers [3 of whom are First Voice graduates] talk about their focus in producing for Women's Magazine and later in the show Lisa Dettmer interviews women whose f...

(ICYMI) Last week on Full Circle we shared two stories from two local communities. First, how the Antioch City Council just passed anti harassment and anti retaliation ordinances to protect tenants from negligent or abusive landlords. We also heard an interview from First Voice Graduate apprentice Sara Blanco that was a part of her time hosting the national show Flashpoints here on KPFA. She spoke...

(ICYMI) Full Circle and First Voice Media were out at the 16th Annual BH Brilliant Minds Juneteenth Celebration. We spoke to many different community folks and representatives of community organizations. Included in the show was John Burris, Civil Rights Attorney and Jeralynn Blueford of the Allan Blueford Foundation. Be sure to check out videos from the livestream on the First Voice Media Faceboo...