Monday, March 29, 2021: Working Women in Puerto Rico; Women's Labor in a Lockdown Economy

Read more about Federici in
the New York Times article.

For this 5th Monday of the month show, join 1st Monday of the month host, Vylma V, as she talks with Bay Area activist Aixa Gannon about a recent panel linking working women of Puerto Rico with women in the diaspora working on social justice, along with an engaging conversation about women’s labor, Silvia Federici and our lockdown economy with Womens Magazine Collective members Margo and Jovelyn for the second half the show.  

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min 

BAASPR (Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Puerto Rico) panel on Youtube

Monday, March 22, 2021: Name It: Anti-Asian Femicide with Margo Okazawa-Rey

Hyun-Jung Grant 51

Soon-Chung Park 74

Sun-cha Kim 69

Yong-Ae Yue 63

May they rest in peace and power

Today’s show is intended to help us understand better the complexity and nuances of what happened in Atlanta and the anti-Asian violence around the country.

All the victims above were murdered by a 21-year-old misogynist, racist white man.  “He is a devout Christian; he did not have a racial motive. He is a self-admitted sex addict.” 

We have heard similar expressions of sympathy, tolerance, and excuse too many times.  Long’s is consistent with the common storyline of the majority of mass shooters in the US: young, white men with access to guns, committing violence in the name of real or perceived grievances. Aside from racial differences among the shooters, all are MEN.

This  latest incident is part of the nearly 3800 reported incidents of hate violence against  Asians since March 2020. Buried in these aggregated statistics is the fact that women have been  victimized at  twice the rate of men. 

Last week’s murders are all part of the gendered, anti-Asian violence. But there’s more. Of the 6 Asian women, 4 were Korean immigrant women.

Make no mistake: Long’s violence is unequivocally racist and misogynist. Let’s call it what it is: Anti-Asian femicide. The deliberate killing of Asian women because they are women and Asian. 

And the bigger story of anti-Asian violence in the US is that it started in the 19th century against the first arrivals and has continued unabated, periodically more direct and more violent. It’s deeply rooted in economic and military policies and interests of the US and the political rhetoric and actions of national leaders. Anti-Asian violence clearly directs us to connect the dots: between US foreign policies and domestic policies; between white supremacist racism and misogyny.

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min 

About the Guests

Rev. Deborah Lee is the Director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity organizing faith communities for immigrant justice and ending criminalization and incarceration and is based in Oakland Chinatown.  She is a founding member of Women for Genuine Security and the International Women's Network Against Militarism.

Esther is an organizer with Red Canary Song since 2019, a sex-workers-led grassroots collective that does massage worker outreach in NYC and pushing for the full decriminalization of sex work. She is also currently a consultant at The Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center and the Communications Associate at The Bronx Defenders. 

Tammy Kim is a freelance reporter and essayist, a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, and a co-host of the Time to Say Goodbye Podcast. She previously worked as a social-justice lawyer and is active in the labor movement. etkwrites.tumblr.com /@etammykim

Recording of the Red Canary Song Vigil for 8 Thursday 18 March 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfyJWmXytbY 1:38:00 min

Ways to support:  https://www.redcanarysong.net/atlanta

Butterfly Asian and Migrant Worker Support Network

https://www.butterflysw.org/

Monday, October 29, 2018: Kshama Sawant

Prophetic and Profound

We'll also talk with Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, whose election in 2014 paved the way for Seattle's becoming the first large US city to adopt a $15 minimum wage (with some exceptions). Sawant breaks down how she has achieved policy victories without sacrificing either personal integrity or movement accountability and outlines some strategies for current candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Presley to follow in her footsteps.



Click here to listen to the entire show. 59:50 min


Also on today's show:
Ntozake Shange
Reflections on Pittsburgh

Monday, July17, 2017: The Space Between Women and Financial Literacy

What is the Space Between Women and Money?

Jovelyn Richards hosts her live call-in show, The Space Between Us. Today the theme is the space between women and financial literacy with guest Veronica Dangerfield, award winning Financial Educator and Alison Mata, program manager of Oakland Women's Center. Listen to women's personal stories, memories, consciousness and the impact of money in our lives.

Click here to listen to the entire show. 59:50 min

Oakland Women's Center is excited to announce the first annual Smart Women, Smart Money Conference on Saturday, July 29, 2017!  

For more info go to https://sites.google.com/view/smartwomen-smartmoney/home

This conference is designed to improve the financial trajectory of the participant's life! The event will be held at California State University East Bay, Downtown Oakland and will run from 9AM-3:30PM. The full day of activities includes workshops, lunch, and raffle prizes! Workshops include: Salary Negotiation, Budgeting is Sexy, Investing in Your Business, and more!

Tickets can be purchased HERE
Pricing is as follows: $25 for 18-30, $35 for 30+.  They are offering limited number of $10 discounted tickets for low-income participants.  Call them today at (510) 823-2120 to get the code!

Monday, February 13, 2017: Meet the East Oakland Collective

http://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/

Millennials Igniting Change in East Oakland

Aqueila Lewis talks with Candice Elder, Laksmi Lagares and Maliha James of the East Oakland Collective.  The East Oakland Collective is a cohort of millennials (and other generations) invested in the state of deep East Oakland. Find them on the web (link above), Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Calendar of events.

The East Oakland Collective is a cohort of millennials invested in the state of East Oakland through actionable community work and civic engagement.  Members are influencers that consist of natives, homeowners, residents and allies of the city of Oakland. Members are invested in working towards a better future for the underserved populations and communities of East Oakland.

Candice Elder, Founder/Executive Director

Candice Elder is a native of Oakland and long time resident of East Oakland. She currently resides in District 7 of East Oakland. It was the looming possibility of gentrification and the daily drives through underserved neighborhoods of East Oakland that ignited Candice to form The East Oakland Collective in January 2016.

After being a legal professional for nine years, Candice made a career change to work full time in the non-profit sector as the Executive Coordinator for the Women's Funding Network---the largest philanthropy network of women's funds and foundations in the country. In addition to working full time to make a better world for women and girls, Candice served on the advisory committee for Breaking the Silence Town Hall on Women and Girls of Color in Oakland. The Breaking the Silence dynamic model and initiative is spearheaded by the African American Policy Forum under the great leadership of renowned feminist Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw.

Candice holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science with a minor in African-American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley; and a Masters of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. Candice currently serves on the Board of Directors for the UC Berkeley Black Alumni Club. Candice enjoys hiking with her rambunctious dog, reading, exploring and engaging with the community.

Laksmi Lagares, Chief Strategy Officer

Laksmi Lagares’ purpose is to help people realize they are more than their environment or conditions predispose them to be.

Laksmi is a Civic Leader, C Level Strategist, owner and Principal Consultant at Lagares Consulting. Her firm supports impact and partnership needs of private and public sector companies, schools/ universities, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Her career includes; 15yrs experience in all aspects of Business Development and Public Relations within: Civic Engagement, Tech, Education, Social Justice, Finance, Advertising and Marketing. She is the curator of Application versus Theory workshops, which have been featured at college campuses across the U.S. including Mills College, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford University. She is a subject matter expert in Diversity and Inclusion with an emphasis on race and equity and her communications styling, crosses cultural and socio economic divides; translating needs to create strategy supporting mutual wins. Laksmi is a Hive Global Leader, Co-Director of New Leaders Council Oakland, a key planner of Oakland’s Breaking the Silence Town Hall; an initiative of Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum, acknowledged by the Obama Administration; and Host Committee member of a three part workshop series facilitated by Dr. Monique Morris, author of Pushout.

Click here to listen to the entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Juana Alicia on the Artist's Role

Monday, August 1, 2016: Aya de Leon talks about her new novel

Tune in now for an hour-long conversation with Bay Area poet, author, activist and educator, Aya de Leon. 

On this special fund drive show, we talk about Aya's first novel, Uptown Thief, her writing career and growing up in the movement in Berkeley. Uptown Thief, just released from Kensington Press last week, is the story of a Puerto Rican/Nuyorican sex worker-turned-feminist health worker who turns to robbing rich men to save her clinic.  Aya discusses her views on sex work, trafficking and the challenges of marketing authentic, subversive fiction centering women of color.

We'll be offering copies of Uptown Thief and Aya's spoken word CD, "Joy in the Struggle" as thank you gifts for your donation during this special fund drive show.  It's the only time during this fund drive that these gifts will be offered (although they should be available on the website whenever you give - so if you can't listen live, you can still support us).

As you have probably heard, if you are a regular KPFA listener, we started this fund drive in the middle of the Democratic National Convention because we don't have the money to pay our bills.  So this is no joke.  If you want to keep KPFA on the air in this time of looming fascism, and if you want Women's Magazine and voices like Aya's to be part of it, please give whatever you can tomorrow.  It's the sad truth that we don't make as much money as a lot of other public affairs shows, and when we do, it's usually with self-help content or books or films by white feminists.  But centering women of color, LGBTQ voices and radical feminists is important to us and you can show that it's important to you by donating during this, our only show of this pledge drive.

Thanks so much to Aya and Kensington Press for donating the copies so that all of your tax-deductible donations will go directly to us.

Click now to listen to the entire show. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
Women's Community Calendar

Monday, July 18, 2016: Feminist resistance to neoliberalism

Banner from CUPE 3909 presentation

This Monday July 18th KPFA's Women's Magazine speaks to the authors of a new article called  "For Slow Scholarship: A Feminist Politics of Resistance through Collective Action in the Neoliberal University", which is a call for a feminist ethics of care that challenges the neoliberal working conditions of the university and replaces it with a feminist and collective model you all are calling slow scholarship.  Lisa Dettmer talks to Professors Win Curran, Margaret Walton-Roberts, Trina Hamilton and Alison Mountz about their article and how self care is a radical feminist act. You can find a link to download this article at www.academia.edu and on Facebook.

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Lesbian feminist poet Barbara Ruth
Women's Community Calendar

Monday, June 6, 2016: Echo Brown talks about Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters

The Art of the Outsider

Listen now or Get MP3. 28:20 min

Echo Brown discusses her long-running one-woman show, Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters, playing at the Marsh Berkeley through June 18. Humor shot through with some very serious moments, Brown's autobiographical show looks at the intersections of racism, colorism, sexism, poverty, dating and the Ivy League.  Oh, and hipsterism, of course.

"...plugging in and merging with the audience."

Hailed as a "transformational storyteller," Echo Brown is a writer, performer, & actress from Cleveland, Ohio. Echo’s meteoric rise in the San Francisco art scene with her hit one-woman show, Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters, has been widely praised. Attracting the attention of TV networks and literary agencies, Echo continues to garner critical praise for her stunning debut.

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min.


Also on today's show:
Virgie Tovar
The Women's Community Calendar

Monday, May 2, 2016: Trade Policy Demystified

Professors Maria Floro and Stephanie Seguino, two of the premiere voices on gender equity and globalization, demystify trade policy. Did NAFTA cost US jobs or not? Is free trade good or bad for developing economies and is it possible to have a policy that works for workers in both rich and poor countries? How does trade policy affect women and gender inequality in developing and developed countries? Find out on this week’s show.

Listen now or Get MP3.  29:35 min










Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Solidarity between US and Palestinian prisoners
Remembering Eileen Hansen

Monday, April 18th, 2016: Women from Chiapas Interchange Collective

Another World is Possible

This Monday April 18th KPFA Radio's Women's Magazine talks to Erin Araujo and Sarai Garcia Lopez two of the women from Chiapas who created a non monetary, non capitalist feminist economic community where people donate and exchange services and goods for free.

Their inspiring documentary,  "Cambalache: El Valor de Inter-Cambiar" (The Courage to Inter-Change)  which movingly depicts the "interchange" will be screening Sunday May 1st at the  Humanist Hall in Oakland from 2pm or 2:30pm as part of the free festival "Utopia Now! Commons Fest."

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min.


El Valor de Intercambiar Trailer from El Cambalache on Vimeo.

Also on today's show
Poet Bruja Denisa Benavides

Bay Area Feminists Weekly Calendar for April 18th:

April 21–April 24, 2016
Thursday–Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Top Girls
Presented by A.C.T.’s 2015–16 Fellows
Written by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Ariella Wolfe

Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. Women in legend or history join Marlene at her dinner party and offer perspectives on maternity and ambition. In the following scenes that move from Marlene’s estranged sister’s home to the Top Girls Employment Agency office and back again, Churchill reveals the relationships and politics that have shaped Marlene’s identity. Ultimately, Marlene, like her famous guests, has had to pay a price to ascend from proletarian roots to the executive suite.
Performances are FREE. To reserve seats, email Marketing Fellow Ashley Gennarelli at agennarelli@act-sf.org
Join us following the Friday evening performance for a talkback discussion with Top Girls’ Dramaturg Cecilia Padilla and members of the cast!
Top Girls will take place at A.C.T.'s Costume Shop Theater at 1117 Market Street, San Francisco. Phone: 415-749-2228

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 7:30pm
Anna Pulley / The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (With Cats!)
Booksmith
1644 Haight St, San Francisco
415-863-8688

Lesbian sex has been confounding people since the dawn of time. What is it that two women do together exactly? The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (with Cats!), a humorous guide to lesbian sex, dating rituals, and relationships, aims to dispel all myths. Haiku paired with hilarious watercolor illustrations of cats in various stages of sexual awkwardness will enlighten, demystify, remystify, and most importantly entertain as you learn all the aspects involved in girl-on-girl action.

This laugh-out-loud book is the perfect gift to amuse and educate your friends, loved ones, and lovers.

ANNA PULLEY is a writer in Oakland, California. Her work has appeared in New York magazine and Mother Jones, on BuzzFeed, AlterNet, The Toast, and Salon, and in zines tastefully peppered with Ani DiFranco lyrics. She’s been a repeat guest on Dan Savage’s podcast, Savage Love, and is a sex and relationship columnist for the Chicago Tribune and AfterEllen.

RSVP appreciated but not required.

Saturday, April 23 from 10AM - 4PM (9:30AM arrival and registration)
Spirit, Sound & Silence Retreats

Gather for a day of spiritual renewal, inspiration, and healing surrounded by the beauty of nature.
Holy Redeemer Center
8945 Golf Links, Oakland
510-595-5598

Facilitated by: Dr. Liza and the OneLife Angel Team

Musical Inspiration: Destiny Muhammad the "Harpist from the Hood" and other guest musicians.

Tuition: Sliding scale $35 – 150 (more if you can / less if you can't -- no one turned away for lack of funds). Scholarships available.

Advance RSVP requested for planning purposes. Please e-mail us at: onelife@onelifeinstitute.org

Please bring your journal, a potluck item for our shared lunch (we will supply some vegetarian basics), and anything you need to be comfortable for the day. It's fine to bring a blanket or pillows if you'd like to sit on the floor. Also, as we strive to be more "green" we are asking guests to bring your own re-usable water bottle -- we will have filtered water available for you.

Dress comfortably - layers are recommended as temperatures may be variable.

This is a wheelchair accessible venue.

Monday, February 15, 2016: Homeless Prenatal Program

On this week’s edition of Women’s Magazine, we talk with two groups who are working to address inequities in pregnancy and childbirth. Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min.

Then Angela Wellman talks with jazz great Regina Carter, who will be performing at a benefit for the Homeless Prenatal Program on February 27 at San Francisco’s Nourse Theater. HPP provides services to over 4000 low income and homeless families each year. Two staff members from HPP also join the conversation.

Get tickets to the show

Also on today's show:
Reproductive Justice Meets Black Lives Matter

Monday, October 19, 2015:Adrienne Lauby on Fighting Homelessness in Sonoma County (and everywhere)

Women's Magazine talks with Adrienne Lauby, host and producer of Pushing Limits on KPFA, about her work with Homeless Action in Sonoma County.  Adrienne was recently honored for her activism by the Sonoma County Task Force for the Homeless.  We talk about gender dynamics in homeless communities and about creative solutions to the exploding housing crisis in our area.

"Rent control is the first line of defense."

Listen now or Get MP3. 31:13 min

Adrienne with tenant organizer Christine Webster at a rally in Healdsburg

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:

Pacifica Archives "American Women" project

Monday, October 5, 2015: Selling Breast Cancer

"Hijacking the Breast Cancer Movemnent"

Breast Cancer Action website has a wealth of  information

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is here again - and corporate-sponsored pink ribbons still don't provide women's health care. Listen to a portion of Kate Raphael's interview with Karuna Jagger of Breast Cancer Action about what's wrong with the whole concept of a breast cancer awareness. Click here for complete interview.

"Pink ribbons from their very inception have been a corporate marketing tool...Companies are actually doing harm through these pink ribbons promotions...Pink ribbon culture is not contributing to women's health." Jagger explains how.

Breast Cancer Action has helpful information on mammograms, screening, prevention, treatment, and resources for women of all ages, race and income levels. Breast Cancer Action does not accept money from corporate sponsors who benefit from or contribute to breast cancer.

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Poison Isn't Pretty

The Personal Care Products Council and the American Cancer Society are giving women in cancer treatment cosmetics that contain chemicals linked to increased cancer risk and some of the chemicals may actually interfere with breast cancer treatment.

Demand these multi-million dollar industry giants stop pinkwashing and start protecting women’s health. Click here to sign Breast Cancer Action letter today.

Also on today's show:
Cecile Pineda's Apology to a Whale
Star Trek Live

Monday, June 8, 2015: Fighting Gentrification in Oakland

Prioritzing Affordable Housing in Oakland

In this segment we look at the fight against gentrification in Oakland after activists successfully fought back the sale of public land to developers in the Lake Merritt area of downtown Oakland.
Lisa Dettmer of KPFA Women's Magazine records and interviews live on the scene at the Oakland Council meeting and rally last month. The successful delay of the sale was led by Eastlake United for Justice and several allied groups. More info at Save the E 12th Street Parcel for the People.

Click here to sign the Petition to stop the sale!

Listen to the entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Feminists Discuss Ireland's Same Sex Marriage Vote

Monday June 1, 2015: On Her Own

Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM on Monday at 1 PM:

In the second half, a discussion about the reality of maintaining a family farm, with Nancy Prebilich, the subject of the new film ON HER OWN, will change the way you think about your food supply. The film documents Nancy’s struggle, along with her sister, niece and nephews, to hold onto the life their family lived for five generations.  Filmmaker Morgan Schmidt-Feng also joins the discussion.
The film shows at docfest on June 7 and 14.

More information at Docfest.

Click here to listen to podcast of June 1st show. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
Peace activist Kathy Kelly

Monday, May 4, 2015: Nepal, Women Bear Brunt of Disaster

"The worse the disaster the bigger the gender disparity."

Dr. Renu Adhikari talks about the disparate impact of natural disasters on women, and how we can help make sure that the needs and voices of Nepali women are included in the reconstruction efforts. Dr. Adhikari is an OB/GYN and founder of the Women’s Rehabilitation Center, a leading organization addressing violence against women, as well as the National Alliance of Women Human Right Defenders in Nepal.

Listen now or Get MP3. 19:54 min

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min.

Below is a list of women-led organizations that have asked for support for their long-term responses to the crisis. They are already mobilizing their communities to take action and welcome donations at this time.

ACHA Himalayan Sisterhood – Funds will go to support recovery efforts for Tibetan refugees, and other minority groups, in Nepal.

The Global Fund for Women – Funds will go to support grassroots women’s groups in Nepal to assist women and girls impacted by this disaster.

The Nepal Women’s Fund (TEWA) – Funds will go to support community needs assessments and to mobilize grassroots women’s groups to rebuild and strengthen rural areas of Nepal.

The Women’s Rehabilitation Center (WOREC Nepal) – Funds will go to support essential services and infrastructure to women most in need, including new mothers and pregnant women.

Women’s Awareness Centre Nepal (WACN) – Funds will go to support recovery efforts for Indigenous women in rural areas of Nepal.

Also on today's show:

Mariposa and The Saint: From Solitary Confinement, a Play through Letters

Monday September 8, 2014: Exploring the experience of older homeless women

Kate Raphael interviews Jo Kreiter of Flyaway Productions. Jo's new aerial dance piece, Multiple Mary and Invisible Jane, explores the experience of older homeless women.Kate and Jo talk about some of the stories about homeless women in San Francisco from a different, on the street perspective.Jo pushes through "compassion fatigue" with her incredible production.

In collaboration with journalist Rose Aguilar, Episcopal Community Services of SF, UC Hastings College of the Law, and composer Pamela Z, Flyaway will instigate the piece  on the border between the Tenderloin and Central Market Neighborhoods of downtown SF, where the city’s extremes of privilege and deprivation crash into each other. We will illuminate the experience of homeless women in San Francisco, whose population has grown dramatically in the last 20 years.  Flyaway will capture the sorrow faced by an increasing number of these women, as well as the dignity with which they are facing their new American reality. Featuring Erin Mei-Ling Stuart, Alayna Stroud, Marystarr Hope, Becca Dean, Laura Ellis, and Esther Wrobel.

MULTIPLE MARY AND INVISIBLE JANE
A new site specific dance in the Tenderloin Neighborhood of SF, bringing attention to the older homeless women who inhabit our streets, seeking refuge
UC Hastings School of the Law/ 333 Golden Gate Ave SF, between Larkin and Hyde
Look for the outdoor wall on the back side of the Larkin Street Parking Garage
Premiering September 12-20, 2014:
Friday-Saturday, Sept 12‐13@8pm and 9pm
Wednesday‐Thursday, Sept 17‐18@ Noon and 8pm
Friday‐Saturday, Sept 19‐20@8pm and 9pm

Click here to listen to KPFA Women's Magazine 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
Daisy Hernandez talks about her new writings.

July 14, 2014: Stories from Chicago Public Housing

First up: Grief in Palestine

The death toll in Gaza climbs daily. More than 200 Palestinians have died; 1 in 4 are children. The US gives Israel $14 million a day most of which is spent by the military. One can be assured that every kid that has been killed has been with weapons we paid for. Call or write your Congress people. To find out what is currently happening the following websites are excellent sources: Arab Resource and Organizing Center, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and The Electronic Intifada.

To order this book:
  http://voiceofwitness.org/high-rise-stories/

VOICE OF WITNESS EXPLORES CHICAGO PUBLIC HOUSING

Global Val Ibarra of Mutiny Radio speaks with Mimi Lok and Audrey Petty of Voice of Witness about their book, High-Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing.

Voice of Witness is a San Francisco-based nonprofit using oral history to illuminate human rights crises of our time. Voice of Witness was started in 2004 by author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen. In 2008 Mimi Lok came on board as Executive Director and Editor. The Voice of Witness Book Series depicts human rights injustices through the stories of the men and women who experience them. The Voice of Witness Education Program connects thousands of students and educators each year with these stories and issues through common core-aligned, oral history-based curricula and holistic educator support. All of the teaching tools are free or at a very low price.

In High-Rise Stories, they use the stories of people displaced by the destruction of Chicago's high-rise public housing to illustrate the consequences of gentrification, redlining, privatization, and new approaches to urban policy. This Chicago specific book resonates on a national level.

Listen now or get MP3. 32:09 min.





Hear the entire program in the KPFA archives. 59:49 min.


Also on today's show:
Tomboy, the Art of Nancy Cato

April 7, 2014: Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project

Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project

As most mainstream media ignore the UN Report on Climate Change, we talk with Carla Perez, Doria Robinson and Ellen Choy of Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project about the concepts of climate justice, food justice, Urban Tilth and resilience-based organizing.

Listen to this segment:





or Get MP3 28:40 min.


Also on this show:

Comedians Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Karinda Dobbins on their upcoming interview with former Black Panther Elaine Brown.

Listen to entire show. 59:50 min.

August 5: Harvesting Human Eggs & International Surrogacy; Abortion Rights Freedom Ride

Harvesting Human Eggs & International Surrogacy: Risks to Health & Human Rights

Discussing California AB 926 (on Governor Brown's desk as of August 5th): A bill that would repeal the current limits on compensation for women who 'donate' their eggs to research, and elevate it to $5-10K. Framed as a 'women's equity' bill, it neglects the health risks of invasive egg donation procedures. We'll discuss the history of this legislation, the health risks - as seen in the acclaimed documentary Eggsploitation - as well the legal argument against harvesting human eggs & the under-regulated industry of international surrogacy.

Featured Guests:
Diane Tober, PhD, Assoc. Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society 
Jennifer Lahl, Executive Producer & Director of the Award Winning documentary Eggsploitation: The Fertility Industry has a Dirty Little Secret - www.eggsploitation.com 
Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq.

Abortion Rights Freedom Ride

Plus the first in a series of live reports from the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride going around the country to raise awareness about the legislative assault on women's rights.

Listen to the entire show. 59 min.