KPFA - Full Circle

THIS WEEK ON FULL CIRCLE WE CONTINUE INTO THE FALL FUND DRIVE TO KEEP DOING OUR PART TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT MEDIA OUTLET… KPFA… ON TONIGHT’S SHOW. We speak to Seth Donnelly of TAG, that’s taxpayers against genocide they have an event coming up next Saturday October 10th it’s called we charge genocide will speak with Seth about the US attacks on the international criminal court and their event c...

Your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. This week on Full Circle we’re jumping into the Fall Fund Drive to do our part to support this important media outlet… KPFA. On tonight’s show. We hear sounds from the streets as we head to Concord for an emergency rally and protest after 4 to 5 people were abducted by masked federal...

Your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program right here in Huichin, in that part of occupied Ohlone Territory known as Berkeley, California. This week on Full Circle, we take a look at two important community events right here in the Bay Area. On tonight’s show, We will bring you one last reminder about Living Timmy’s Dream, A Fa...

THIS WEEK ON FULL CIRCLE… -We check back in on  two Bay Area cases involving in custody deaths and we check in on an upcoming event to  organized by TAG, Taxpayers Against Genocide. -We hear the voices of family and supporters of Tammy Manzania who died in police custody after alleged medical neglect at the Marin County Jail she died after a paper transfer to the county hospital. -We will also get...

On tonight’s Full Circle we honor the Life & Legacy of Timothy Charles Lee, the 23year old fashion designer who was found hanging from a tree at the Concord BART station in 1985. We bring you news of an event to honor Timothy – called “Living Timmy’s Dream” – a fashion show. We hear from the organizers, the designers and the Runway producers about the upcoming show & why it’s important for the com...

This week on Full Circle: – We follow a story from last week last where an Antioch man verbally assaulted a young black woman with racial slurs, including repeatedly using the n-word… The community showed up to protest that racial abuse in a big way.   We’ll hear some voices from the community gathering. – First Voice graduate Sara Blanco, aka Sara b, returns to the Full Circle airwaves, with an u...

-We check in on a racial tirade where an Antioch man verbally assaulted a young black woman with racial slurs.  Antioch city council representative, Tamishaa Torres Walker talks with us about the rant and the response from community, city officials and police.   -We check on AB 22:18, a legislative measure to establish a formal state policy to acknowledge and address historical water-related inequ...

  This week on Full Circle: We take it to the streets and report on the non cooperation with ICE rally held in Martinez on Tuesday, August 11. The rally was held out front of the Contra Costa County Supervisor’s office.  It was a press event demanding the passage of a Strong ICE non-Cooperation Ordinance in Contra Costa County.   The post Full Circle – August 14, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On tonight’s Full Circle: -we hear from an organizer from Project Hope for Palestine, an organization that helps provide aid to Palestinians in need. -our host, Frank Sterling, speaks with the sister of & the attorney representing the family in regard to the Marin County ‘in custody’ death of Tammy Manzania. The post Full Circle – August 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

  On tonight’s Full Circle, host and producer, Frank Sterling, Jr., talks with: -Andrea Pritchett, one of the original co-founders of Berkeley Copwatch. a former Berkeley Police Review Commissioner, former member of the Berkeley Mental Health Commission and former KPFA Local Station Board member. -Participants with the July 30, four state Day of Action to protest use of drone warfare by the U.S. M...

  On tonight’s Full Circle we have a look at: -The C&H sugar strike in Concord -The memorial protest and silent procession in Concord in honor of people recently killed by ICE -The devastation resulting from the Venezuelan earthquake and information about   an upcoming fundraiser to assist survivors.   The post Full Circle – July 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On tonight’s Full Circle we have: An updated report related to the death of Yolanda Ramirez after being assaulted and arrested by Brentwood police. Interviews from the 19th Annual B.H. Brilliant Minds West Oakland Juneteenth Festival, including: – The Alameda County Tobacco Control Coalition – Black Bay Therapy – Alameda County for Reparations – Health & Nutrition Director of the Berkeley St. Paul...

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Tonight’s live program is presented in collaboration with La Onda Bajita. On the cusp of this country’s 250th anniversary, we host a presentation that features the words of Frederick Douglass who looks at the 4th of July celebration from the perspective of those still awaiting true emancipation – the enslaved population that helped to create the wealth and status of the so-called ‘United States of...

On tonight’s Full Circle we’ll hear about: -The Black LBGT+ Historical Society -The Black Music Hall of Fame -Music from Black LBGT+ artists -Comments on Black music from former President Barack Obama -Comments on Black music from Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program right here in Huichin, in that p...

THIS WEEK ON FULL CIRCLE  We celebrate the Juneteenth holiday with important interviews about two upcoming events. First the East County NAACP will be having a march and rally next Tuesday from the Antioch police department to Antioch City Hall. We get the detail with Porche Taylor of the Antioch Police Oversight Commission and Dr. Kimberly Payton, the president of the East County NAACP. And in th...

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We’ll get an update on the case of the Golden Gate 26. They are the protesters that occupied the Golden Gate Bridge on Tax day 2024 to protest our tax dollars being used to fund Genocide in Gaza.   A group of 7 of the protesters had closing arguments in their trial today and the jury is out.   In the second half of the show… the DMV is seeking 54 million dollars to share drivers’ license data with...

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On  tonight’s Full Circle, we play songs that remain very dear to us although they may have been first heard and loved some years ago. Tonight’s songs run from rap to rock to soul. Check it out to see if you too remember some of them and make your own list of ‘forever’ songs.           The post ‘FOREVER’ SONGS appeared first on KPFA.

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