Street Soldiers Radio

A discussion of California’s ballot Proposition 17-Voting rights for Californians on parole. Also an update on the 2020 Census. Guests: Andrea Shorter, Dorsey Nunn (All of Us or None), Kelly Rodriquez, William Porter and Willard Birts.

How folks outside the U.S. view the Black Lives Matter Movement. Perspectives from Kingston Ontario, Canada; Cape Town, South Africa; and Cartagena, Colombia. Guests: Tamiko Ferguson, Alex Rocha, Llowelyn Syce and Demetra Jones. This show is dedicated in loving memory to Chadwick Boseman.

Been there, done that! Formerly incarcerated men talk about how they’ve been able to get out and stay out……and how they are helping others and giving back. Guests: Rico Hamilton (Both Sides of the Conversation), Damien Posey (Uncle Damien/Us4Us), Asani Shakur, Bendrick Foster and John Jones

Black Lives Movement- What would you like to see come out of it? Nearly 3 months after the death of George Floyd, what are your feelings about the Movement? How do you think it’s going and what would you like to see come out of it? A discussion. Guests: Enitan Bereola, Lydia Blanco, Victor Johnson, Kino Carson, Nashira Talley and Malcolm Mobley.

Our college students share their journey to and through college!

Works of Power, Truth and Protest. Spoken Word artists Prentice Powell, Javier Reyes, and Donte Clark.

Meet Alive & Free’s College Prep Class! We have 18 students who have learned the writing process, financial literacy, and life skills in Lady Estell & Ms. Demetra’s College Prep class and we celebrate their journey as they take their next big step in life…college!

A conversation about community violence with our guests from Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Pasadena, and Tacoma. Guests- Corey Monroe, John Henry, Rico Hamilton, Devitta Briscoe, Shalisa Hayes, Garey Thompson and Commissioner Dennis Deer.

Tonight’s show features young people who are standing up and making change. Armond Corshawn Lee (23), Lavonia Bobo (23), Samone Anderson (20), Melanie Gichane (17), Kimyatta Newby  (17), Anastasia Wilkinson (18), and Isiah Moody (26) share with us what they are doing and why they are doing it. 

What would Dr. King think about what is happening today? Guests—Clarence B. Jones-Dr. King’s personal attorney and speech writer and Omegas Bobbi Brown, Langston Reece, Armond Hervey, Masiyah Edwards, Josephine Harper and Kevin Lindsay. Join us on Facebook.com/StayAliveAndFree at 8pm PST on June 28th, 2020 to watch the discussion.

Street Soldiers celebrates the joys of Fatherhood. Guests—Dr. Khalid White, Ray Upchurch, Marquex Boynton, Murrell Green and Charles Robinson.

A different kind of policing and a different kind of police officer. Street Soldiers Radio takes a look at the Camden, New Jersey Police Department and at San Francisco Police Officer Jason Johnson.

Reforming police departments across the country: What has shown promise, what every department should have and what more needs to be done. Guests: San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, Supervisor Shamann Walton, Police Commissioner DJ Brookter, Mario Goins, Tre Hines, and Bennett Williams and Aurion Wiley-Green.

Street Soldiers Radio discusses the recent injustices toward Black men (Minnesota, Georgia and New York) and more with special guests Garey Thompson, Larry Chatmon, Garey Bizer, Mario Goins, Murrell Green, DJ Brookter, and Asani Shakur.   Facebook Live : www. Facebook.com/StayAliveAndFree

Street Soldiers on Zoom. Good Deeds during the Quarantine. Guests: Katrelia Robinson, Lowell Davis, Shamann Walton, Cisco Punsalan, Valerie Magalong, Te’Reisha Graves, Rigo Molina and Fernando Marquez. 

What are the mental health concerns that we’ve seen and what things can be done to address them? Guests are therapists Ms. Rika L. White-Soso and Nia Ridgle.  Youth guests are Omegas Analeigh Fulgham, Mario Goins, Nia Gastinelli, Aaron Menses and Bobbi Brown.

Street Soldiers Radio on Zoom celebrates the Mother’s Day with our Alive & Free family.

Street Soldiers on Zoom. Two authors talk about their books and their craft. Guests—Alive & Free alums Ashley Blanco and Nzinga Mpenda.   Visit  www. NzingaD.com  and  www. AshleyMBlanco.com  for more information! 

Street Soldiers Radio talks to some key members of the 2020 Census here in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn more about the upcoming Census and why we should all participate.  Robert Clifton (City of San Francisco/OCEIA), Alessia Simmonds (Alameda County Complete Count Committee), and David Tucker (California Complete Count) join us in the studio and La’Nae Norwood joins us on the pho...

We are excited to jump in to Women’s History Month as Lady Estell asks the Street Soldiers team, “What’s cool about being woman, what’s not cool?”

Street Soldiers Radio talks about the commonalities and differences of the African Diaspora with phone guests Sessle Sarpy, Mariah Ray, Jasmine Kayla, Mavi Root and Kino Carson. 

Street Soldiers Radio wants to know what is something you learned about Black History that made you just go “wow”. Kino Carson of Urban Heat Academy joins us in the studio as we get ready for the 7th Annual Best of the Bay Step Show at Skyline High School in Oakland, CA on Feb. 29, 2020.

Street Soldiers Radio celebrates Black History Month as we reflect on Kobe Bryant and all of the great work he did.

Street Soldiers Radio shares our feelings in the tragic loss of the legendary basketball player, community advocate, and loving father Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna. Our callers share their memories as we open up the lines to talk about what’s going on in the news.