It's Your Voice

Barbara Bartolome has had 2 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs); once as a toddler & once at 31. She previously held a SECRET status clearance with the U.S. Dept of Defense & in 2004 was named Businesswoman of the Year in Santa Barbara, CA. She founded the Santa Barbara group of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) in 2011; it has grown to be the largest on the West Coast...

The Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum in Sacramento, CA is far more than a museum. William Mc Daniel & Dale Morris, Chair & Vice Chair of its board describe the extensive display of artifacts, photographs, current art, & poignant educational content - spanning from Mansa Musa to modern issues in America. The National Academic Youth Corps is the parent organization for the SOJO mu...

Zoe Weil, co-founder & president of the Institute for Humane Education, created the first graduate programs in comprehensive Humane Education linking human rights, environmental sustainability & animal protection, offered online in affiliation w/Antioch University. A frequent keynote speaker, she’s given 6 TEDx talks including acclaimed The World Becomes What You Teach & written 8 book...

Garth Lindley promotes a doable approach to climate change illustrating how we can live within the boundaries of nature. He envisions a better future by changing our mindsets, talking in productive ways & finding peace in our own lives. In his 20s Garth volunteered with watershed organizations learning ways to restore balance in our world. He’s joined many environmental non-profits, attended A...

Dr. Jonathan London, Ph. D. Professor & Program Director at UCDavis Dept of Human Ecology/Community & Regional Development shares his research on air quality & environmental justice based on a study of communities in the San Joaquin Valley & elsewhere in CA. The CA Air Resources Board has invested millions to improve air quality in some of the most overburdened communities. He shar...

Cheng Monica Dui is a small business owner who operates a very popular restaurant in the college town of Davis, California, “Good Friends Hawaiian Poke.” In this episode she shares her family’s heart warming story, how proud she is of her outstanding children, and how she managed to keep her restaurant running through obstacles and adversity in one of the toughest businesses to succeed in. Her exc...

Yin Myo-Flores works as a substitute teacher & leads mindfulness meditation & yoga classes. Shortly after the civil rights movement & uprising of 1988 in Myanmar, Yin’s dad won the immigration lottery. With the hope of a better future for younger generations, her dad sank ships in home country & journeyed forward to a new, strange land. Yin is becoming a full time teacher & edu...

Ro Mottsmith is a mixed Mexican & American nonbinary artist in Davis, CA. Their art draws on themes & practices from both of their cultures to create new art forms & designs. They create vibrant, complex pieces made from cut paper & ceramics, embracing color, nature, & humor. “I'm inspired by folk art because of its beauty & accessibility. I love how folk art is meant to be...

Camica Edwards is a counselor, an advisor to Black Student Unions/Black Staff Unions; the creator of “Sankofa Saturdays” (an academic program teaching Black history & Kwanzaa principles for 3rd-6th graders;) and a strong advocate for the greater good for everyone. We discuss the blatant levels of current waves of backlash against women and how to support a return to the progression of women’s...

Toni Rizzo, artist & co-founder of the new art & music lounge in Davis called “Secret Spot,” discusses the power of art & non-conventional art; how art helps us process hard feelings; art & sensory needs; why we create; fully accepting our creative weirdo selves & grappling with others' perceptions. “I often think about the overlap of being both neurodivergent and an artist. Ab...

02/28/24 Systems Changer, Sandy Holman, & Hip Hop conscious rapper, M’ster Lewis, have just released an album: Sankofa Life, honoring the history of African Diasporic people. She directs The Culture C.O.-O.P., United in Unity & authored: We All Have a Heritage; Grandma Says Our Hair Has Flair; Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad? Her Cost of Darkness film traces racial disparities back to col...

02/21/24 Amanda Eke, a Nigerian American Artist, Spoken Word Poet, Filmmaker, Educator and podcaster, “has forged a career as an artist in many mediums and has helped so many discover their own voice through her work.” (amandaeke.com) She's won numerous awards including a Fulbright Fellowship and a UN award. Tune in to hear some of Eke’s powerful spoken word poetry; untold stories that she's showc...

4 award-winning artists-musicians Pat Humphries & Sandy O, Reggie Harris & documentarian Tom Weidlinger talk art in these times, the documentary “Keep on Moving Forward” Tom is making on Emma’s Revolution & the 02/21/24 concert w/ them, Holly Near, et al in Berkeley. Available livestream & replay. Art is a survival mechanism, especially in dire times, it's the oxygen we crave, the...

02/07/21 Naomi Davis grew up in Davis, CA attended primarily white schools & endured mistreatment no one should ever experience as one of only four Black students in elementary; one of seven in JH, one of 15 in HS. For 21 years Ms Davis has volunteered to lead students in Black Student Unions, creating a home base for many to cultivate confidence, support families & help build lasting frie...

1/22/24 Andy Jones, poet, teacher, & 24 year radio host speaks on truth-telling on air. He’s taught classes at UC Davis since 1990, e.g. TS Eliot, Literature & Jazz, the Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop, on personal essay, fine arts writing & journalism. Author of 4 books & a weekly column for The Davis Enterprise, Andy hosts a KDVS show Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour &...

1/17/24 Key to achieving social justice in the face of harsh realities: hope & unity. Gloria Partida, former mayor of Davis & the ED of Davis Phoenix Coalition; Sandy Holman, ED of Culture C.O.- O.P & of United in Unity, author & filmmaker; Dr. Sara Ruebelt, a Multicultural Family Therapist who’s worked w/refugees & immigrants from Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia, Vietnam an...

Susie Herrick, a licensed psychotherapist, Enneagram teacher, mediator, consultant & also author of Aphrodite Emerges, describes her 2nd book, Your Story Is Your Power, Free Your Feminine Voice. Co-authored with colleague/illustrator/writer Elle Luna, Your Story is gorgeously illustrated, very accessible & fiercely encouraging. Susie relates the insidious nature of misogyny and that “this...

9/27/23 Susie Herrick talks about the impact that studying research & near death stories has had on her practice as a psychotherapist.“Hearing Experiencers describe what they saw & felt is consciousness expanding, love being the constant. One can only conclude that love is at the core of existence.” She outlines features of near death experiences, how elements of them can help with interve...

5/10/23 In Part 1 of Healing Davis, Sandy L. Holman, a Systems Change Agent, Author & Documentarian, & Mayor Will Arnold help a community begin to heal by honoring the lives of two brilliant, beloved souls, David Breaux, AKA “The Compassion Guy,” and Karim Abou Najm, a 20 y/o student also known for his kind heart. Both lives were taken by separate brutal attacks. A third victim survived. T...

3/22/23 Emma’s Revolution, live from studio, sing & share their vibrant, legendary perspectives, now being captured in a documentary by accomplished filmmaker Tom Weidlinger. Known for fearless, truth-telling lyrics & harmonies, this award-winning activist duo, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, have sung for the Dalai Lama & shared stages with Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Joan Baez, Amy Goodman...

3/15/23 The Fourth Trimester is a unique, vastly needed program for women & families. Lisa Herrington, Emma Shandy Anway & Abbie Harper, 3 mothers, created the pilot project by combining their individual skill sets. Emma is a licensed therapist; Abbie a licensed pelvic floor P.T. & Lisa a certified personal trainer/group fitness coach. They were inspired to create the program due to th...

3/1/23 Minquan & Liliana Sapiel share a beautiful, frank, enlightening mother-daughter talk on challenges Young Indigenous Women face, from their Passamaquoddy, Penobscot Wabanaki Nations & beyond. Liliana, a pre-law political science student, expertly answers questions on women’s history, current conditions, life on & off reservation, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, water rig...

The Sacramento Observer is the #1 Black American newspaper, a powerful multimedia voice for the African American consumer. Est. in 1962 to call truth to power & to highlight leaders & warriors of the African American community not shown elsewhere, it was named the nation’s best Black newspaper by ‘73. During covid over 300 newspapers folded but S.O. tripled its newsroom. By shining light o...

2/1/23 Cassandra Flipper, retired lawyer, is the great grand niece of Second Lt Colonel Henry Ossian Flipper, the first Black graduate of West Point, not the first Black man to attend, but first to overcome hazing. No other students spoke to him while he was there. He graduated in 1877 & was posted at Fort Sill as commanding officer of the 10th Cavalry, aka Buffalo Soldiers. Falsely accused/di...

3/8/23 Honor International Women’s Day w/Dr. Sara Ruebelt, Family Therapist/Multicultural Specialist & Heidi Randall, ED of Maine Boys to Maine. Sara, an Iranian American, describes how women in Iran have no freedom of expression & wants to be a voice for all women to be free. Heidi works to end male violence, self harm & to change the dominant story in our cultures. She trains student...