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Report On the Oregon Community Foundation

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has released a report on The Oregon Community Foundation, the state's largest charitable foundation. While the report praised its rural approach, it was critical of the foundation’s outreach to Oregon's marginalized communi... Read more

News In Depth on 06/23/16

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Documentaries From the Streets of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

Jenn Chavez talks with Ibrahim Mubarek about the Clinton Street Theater's upcoming documentary screening Right 2 Survive: Breaking the Chains, a series of short films about the rise of the grassroots homeless advocacy group Right 2 Survive. And S.W. Conser asks comedy w... Read more

Episode 002: Human Trafficking Sergeant Discusses Domestic Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2015 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Produced for: Justice Hope Freedom

Molly McDade-Hood, Multnomah County, Human Trafficking Sergeant discusses the issue and sex trafficking and domestic sex trafficking. She talks about pimps, victims, buyers and more. Click here to listen to Episode 002! Read more

Our Toxic Air: We can do better!

Airs at: Wed, 06/22/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Recovery Zone

Breathing the air in Portland has been compared to drinking the water in Flint, Michigan, and Multnomah air has been ranked 58 out of 3,200 counties nationwide for the dubious distinction of causing cancer. A growing movement of concerned community members is demanding t... Read more

Good in the Hood on KBOO News

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

Good in the Hood is holding it's 24th annual multicultural music, arts, and food festival on Saturday, June 24-26. Good in the Hood is the largest community parade in the PNW. KBOO News spoke with Samuel Thompson to learn more about this yearly Portland tradition. Read more

Talking Pride: Portland Trans Unity, Black Pride, & Two Spirit Society

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Talking Pride! in the face of hate, violence, and terror, we'll be talking with folks who are celebrating community, resistance, visibility, and love. We'll hear first from sometimes-Portlander amira caluya, who is program co-director at stonewall youth, in olympia washing... Read more

KBOO Broadcasts LIVE From Good In The Hood!

Airs at: Sat, 06/25/2016 at 2:00pm - 10:00pm

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For over 20 years....the Good In The Hood Multicultral festival has been north Portland's #1 leader in bring together community with food, arts, and live music! Every year at the end of the June weekend....the festival opens up on the last Friday in June; followed by the Go... Read more

Krista Tippett, Becoming Wise

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Krista Tippett is the host of NPR’s On Being. It is a show that asks, “What does it mean to be human and how do we want to live?” She was trained as a journalist and reported from divided Berlin. She received a Masters of Divinity Degree from Yale in 1994 and turned her att... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 13

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Pete Dolack about his new book, It's Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment. The book analyzes the history of attempts to transcend capitalism, not only the Soviet Union but also the failed German revolution, the Sandinista Revolution ... Read more