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Midwifery and the Politics of Birth

Airs at: Fri, 02/12/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Normal 0 Hosts Nicole Vulcan and Ashley Thirstrup examine the issue of birth rights, the home birth issue, and efforts nationwide to see that families have a choice when it comes to how they  bring their children into this world.  They talk with two advocates work... Read more

Signs of Change

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Tonight on Circle A Radio, we’ll take you on an audio tour through the art exhibition: Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now.  Hundreds of posters, photographs, video, and audio representing more than forty years of activism, political protest, and social  j... Read more

Will Aaron Campbell's death finally bring police accountability to Portland?

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Will Aaron Campbell's death finally bring police accountability to Portland?   A Multnomah County grand jury this week found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police officer Ronald Frashour in the Jan. 28 fatal shooting of Aaron Campbell. The death of an unarmed young ... Read more

The Clinic That Wouldn't Be Stopped

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette, will open it's eagerly awaited and much protested regional center on NW Martin Luther King Blvd in Portland this Valentines Day. Guests, Liz Delapoer marketing director for the organization and Roey Thorpe of Planned Parenthood... Read more

Art and Activism

Airs at: Fri, 02/12/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for: 
 Art and Activism: with Special guests- Aishah Shahidah Simmons, award-winning independent feminist filmmaker, writer, international lecturer, and activist and Darlene, a.k.a. Blacque Butterfly, poet & performer, youth worker, event host, and organizer. For more info on... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02/04/10

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Haiti, Race and International Adoption The arrest of 10 American Baptists for attempting to take children out of Haiti without permission has rekindled the debate over international adoption. Many Americans believe the plight of Haitian children more than justifies removal ... Read more

Today's topic is Abortion, and Female Callers take Precedence

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2010 at 12:00am
 With Joe on vacation, Abe takes on the warm, fuzzy, not-at-all divisive issue of Abortion.  It's clear that the issue of abortion elicits a visceral reaction from certain members of the political right, in a way that few other issues do. The reason why is perhaps less cl... Read more

Kicked Out: Stories by Homeless LGBT Youth

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Normal 0 In her foreward to the new anthology Kicked Out--by current and formerly homeless LGBTQ youth-- Judy Shepard (mother of Matthew Shepard) notes that a disproportionate percentage of the youth on America's streets are there in part because they identify as les... Read more

Long Interview with Tommi Kicked Out Contributor

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
In her foreward to the new anthology Kicked Out--by current and formerly homeless LGBTQ youth-- Judy Shepard (mother of Matthew Shepard) notes that a disporportionate percentage of the youth on America's streets are there in part because they identify as lesbian, gay or tra... Read more

Interview with Tenzin From Kicked Out

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
In her foreward to the new anthology Kicked Out--by current and formerly homeless LGBTQ youth-- Judy Shepard (mother of Matthew Shepard) notes that a disporportionate percentage of the youth on America's streets are there in part because they identify as lesbian, gay or tra... Read more