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On the heels of ‘Strike-tober’, more than 100,000 workers in the so called “United States” either participated in or prepared for strikes in one of the largest increases of organized labor in the twenty-first century. Striketober began amidst the Great Resignation, when people started to quit jobs due to low wages and oppressive working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, which some economists described as a general strike. In response, we share one water protector’s reflections from the frontlines of the Stop Line 3 movement, as they discuss how labor organizing is vital to our movements, like LandBack, Climate Justice, and Prison & Police Abolition. Their story from a direct action is a beautiful allegory for how we can collaborate, strategize & care for each other – on the frontlines and in our daily lives – as we continue to navigate the very real daily, personal challenges amidst the pandemic, economic & climate crises collectively. The post Water Protector Interview: Resistance & Labor Organizing, Ep. 38 appeared first on KPFA.

Here is our complete interview with Jaike Spotted Wolf, who we met on Anishnaabe land, and who you heard snippets of on our episode called The People are a River. Jaike discusses the significance of Line 3 across Turtle Island – from the summer heat domes of the Pacific Northwest to polar cap ice melting in Alaska – the need for indigenous leadership and land stewardship, strengthening cross-movement solidarity, and how this movement effects all of us. If you are just learning about Line 3, here is some context… Line 3 is a pipeline expansion project that will process tar sands from Alberta, Canada and carry the refined oil across Anishnaabe treaty land in Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge Corporation, the Canadian pipeline construction company, is responsible for the largest oil spill in the U.S. in 1991, Grand Rapids, MN. They’ve been permitted by the state of Minnesota to remove 5 billion gallons of water from the Mississippi headwaters to complete this project, which has already wreaked havoc on the land, water, and water protectors: the Mississippi headwaters have dropped 10 feet since April 2021, there have already been 28 drilling spills in the wetlands, and over 700 water protectors have been arrested by local sheriff departments, which are being paid off by Enbridge. The situation is dire, worse by some accounts than the Dakota Access Pipeline, as this pipeline will cross over 227 waterways, including the Mississippi twice. The project’s destruction and violence perpetuates climate catastrophe, and the brutalization of indigenous people, the vital wild rice, the animals, and land. JOIN THE MOVEMENT: stopline3.org The post Water Protector Interview: Jaike Spotted Wolf on Climate, Indigenous Leadership & Solidarity, Ep. 37 appeared first on KPFA.

This episode offers our full conversation with Ember Phoenix & Ben Joselyn, water protectors on Anishnaabe land, building community & protecting the sacred. For more on the movement to Stop Line 3, you can listen to We Rise episode 32 (called Have you heard of Line 3?), 35 – The People are a River, and 37, our full interview with water protector Jaike Spotted Wolf. ABOUT LINE 3: Line 3 is a pipeline expansion project that will process tar sands from Alberta, Canada and carry the refined oil across Anishnaabe treaty land in Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge Corporation, the Canadian pipeline construction company, is responsible for the largest oil spill in the U.S. in 1991, Grand Rapids, MN. They’ve been permitted by the state of Minnesota to remove 5 billion gallons of water from the Mississippi headwaters to complete this project, which has already wreaked havoc on the land, water, and water protectors: the Mississippi headwaters have dropped 10 feet since April 2021, there have already been 28 drilling spills in the wetlands, and over 700 water protectors have been arrested by local sheriff departments, which are being paid off by Enbridge. The situation is dire, worse by some accounts than the Dakota Access Pipeline, as this pipeline will cross over 227 waterways, including the Mississippi twice. The project’s destruction and violence perpetuates climate catastrophe, and the brutalization of indigenous people, the vital wild rice, the animals, and land. As we continue to experience climate emergency after emergency, we have so much to learn from the struggle against Line 3. Despite the ongoing violence and destruction to people, land, and water, mainstream media is not picking up this narrative. While the Biden administration canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, they continue to support the Line 3 pipeline. JOIN THE MOVEMENT: stopline3.org The post Water Protector Interview: Ember Phoenix & Ben Joselyn on Building Community, Healing & Resistance, Ep. 36 appeared first on KPFA.

ABOUT THE EPISODE: A small group of artists from We Rise Production went to the Mississippi headwaters in July 2021 and – with permission – gathered stories and sound. On this episode you’ll hear directly from people who have been on Anishnaabe land in Minnesota for months. What have they been doing there? Rising up against the construction of a tar sands pipeline called Line 3. As we continue to experience climate emergency after emergency, we have so much to learn from the struggle against Line 3. Despite the ongoing violence and destruction to people, land, and water, mainstream media is not picking up this narrative. While the Biden administration canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, they continue to support the Line 3 pipeline. On this episode, we learn about Line 3 and how it relates to our survival. You’ll hear water protectors – people taking action against these pipelines – talk about the pain of the devastation to the land and people – and – the joy of building community as an act of healing and resistance. ABOUT LINE 3: Line 3 is a pipeline expansion project that will process tar sands from Alberta, Canada and carry the refined oil across Anishnaabe treaty land in Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge Corporation, the Canadian pipeline construction company, is responsible for the largest oil spill in the U.S. in 1991, Grand Rapids, MN. They’ve been permitted by the state of Minnesota to remove 5 billion gallons of water from the Mississippi headwaters to complete this project, which has already wreaked havoc on the land, water, and water protectors: the Mississippi headwaters have dropped 10 feet since April 2021, there have already been 28 drilling spills in the wetlands, and over 700 water protectors have been arrested by local sheriff departments, which are being paid off by Enbridge. The situation is dire, worse by some accounts than the Dakota Access Pipeline, as this pipeline will cross over 227 waterways, including the Mississippi twice. The project’s destruction and violence perpetuates climate catastrophe, and the brutalization of indigenous people, the vital wild rice, the animals, and land. JOIN THE MOVEMENT: stopline3.org Transcript for The People Are A River, We Rise podcast episode 35 The post The People are a River, Ep. 35 appeared first on KPFA.

“What you are about to hear comes from youth from across Turtle Island – from occupied Ohlone land in the San Francisco Bay Area to Shawnee territory in Louisville, Kentucky. As we learn and explore media making, we bring you the wisdom we carry in our voices… and the seeds of our vision for the future…” This episode of We Rise was co-created by youth from our Telling Our Stories: Re-Envisioning the Future⁠ initiative with Bioneers & Mycelium Youth Network. In this 4 month series of workshops, frontline youth explored writing, audio & video production, and social media to learn various ways to share stories of climate resilience, resistance, regeneration and sovereignty, while raising up issues that matter to them. Featuring: Kyler Williams Sabreen Ahmed Helen Xin Sol Armstrong Becca Kaelin Daydrianna Jeffries Solyana Mesfin Ataijah Burrus Music shared with Creative Commons permission: Flute Fleet by Podington Bear Sounds Piano by Reed Blue Respiration by Podington Bear Slow Water by Serge Quadrado Saudade by Digi G’Alessio We Rise theme song by Pink Panther Sorority, Inc. Mixed by DiaspoRADiCAL.  The post Telling Our Stories: Youth Re-Envisioning the Future, Ep. 34 appeared first on KPFA.

This episode contains 9 speeches by organizers of the event: From The Shellmounds to Sheikh Jarrah: Call to Honor Those We Have Lost to Colonialism, held on Memorial Day 2021. We share their memories, visions & voices with utmost care & consent. A few times, speakers explain that they are going to share a prayer, but the prayer is not in this podcast. That’s because these prayers are sacred & We Rise does not record or share without explicit consent. We encourage you to listen deeply to the speakers’ words, and sense any prayers or longings their words evoke for you. Listen to this episode in order, in one sitting, or come back to it again & again. Let it be meditative & moving. Inspiring bold vision & courageous action. Thank you to all who showed up & spoke at this event, in active solidarity, for our collective liberation. From the event description: This Memorial Day, please join us at safe distance as we gather in prayer and solidarity with all those who struggle to protect sacred land and life from colonial destruction and desecration. We call to honor the lives of those lost to the ongoing colonial terror and devastation that is presently being suffered by those in Palestine, Columbia, India, Okinawa, and here on Ohlone lands. We invite all to come honor the ancestors and remember those who have passed by leaving messages, prayer ties, artwork, flowers, and blessings at the West Berkeley Shellmound – the sacred Ohlone cultural and village site that is now fenced-off with razor-wire at ‘1900 Fourth Street’ in so-called Berkeley, CA. We further welcome and invite all to make and leave offerings, prayers, and blessings at the shellmound throughout the entire weekend (Sat & Sun May 29-30) in advance of our gathering (Mon. May 31). Photo from Palestinian Youth Movement The post Rising for Our Motherlands: From the Shellmounds to Sheikh Jarrah, Ep. 33 appeared first on KPFA.

Do you know about Line 3? Maybe you’ve heard of Keystone XL or DAPL (the Dakota Access Pipeline)? Many of us haven’t heard about Line 3… yet. Even though it is the biggest tar sands pipeline project in global human history. Enbridge Corporation is reconstructing a pipeline on Anishnaabe land in occupied Minnesota, and we must rise to stop it – to protect the clean waters, for the wild rice, to show up in solidarity with the indigenous people who live there, & for our collective future. The songs, speakers, and prayers you’ll hear on this episode come from Treaty People Gathering (TPG), a mass mobilization of native folks & accomplices to Stop Line 3 in early June 2021. In order, you’ll hear voices from TPG’s introductory video, a welcome from Winona LaDuke, Anishnaabe of Honor the Earth, and speeches from Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, native youth Silas, famed actress & activist Jane Fonda, and Winona LaDuke once more. Credit & gratitude to Keri Pickett of Honor the Earth, Morgan Brings Plenty of Indigenous Environmental Network, RISE Coalition, Allyson Woodard with Sunrise Movement, and TPG movement media, for gathering & sharing the vital footage featured on this episode. The call is urgent for allies & accomplices to join water protectors on the front lines this summer to put an end to Line 3. Learn more & take action at stopline3.org. Photo credit Ron Turney of Indigenous Environmental Network. The post Have you heard of Line 3?, Ep. 32 appeared first on KPFA.

Part three of the Free Palestine! series features voices from Yelamu Ohlone land commonly known as San Francisco, California. We begin with Mama Tiny of Poor Magazine offering a warrior call & prayer. Then, Zeyad of Palestinian Youth Movement speaks to us on May 15th, Nakba Day, where nearly 10,000 people, families, children, and allies took to the streets that day in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and against the on-going Israeli settler-colonialism and violence. As Palestinians of the diaspora had been preparing to commemorate the 73rd year of the Palestinian catastrophe, Al Nakba, Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah began to experience an increase of violent dispossession. This episode also features voices from the protests held in front of the Israhelli Consulate in Yelamu Ohlone Land – San Francisco – May 18th, as Palestinians and allies participated in a general strike and day of action from Jerusalem, across colonized Palestine, and the world. Organizers of the Palestinian Youth Movement and Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) share history about successful strikes & boycotts in solidarity with Palestine and leave us with a call to action: Block The Boat. Learn more: https://blocktheboat.org/ As of now, that boat has been delayed for over a week and is currently treading the waters outside the San Francisco bay. 5/27/2021 update: “We’ve delayed ZIM – Our readiness to mobilize to the Port of Oakland is working! The Israeli ZIM-operated “Volans” ship was scheduled to dock this morning, but hasn’t done so in fear of facing our protest. For every hour its cargo isn’t unloaded, the Apartheid state of Israel loses enormous amounts money. Our action is sending a clear message that Israel’s occupation of Palestine will come with a heavy price. Stay tuned, as ZIM-operated ships are still on the schedule for the Port of Oakland. Let’s keep up the momentum and keep apartheid-profiteering out of the Bay Area!” -AROC Stay tuned for transcripts… http://palestinianyouthmovement.com http://araborganizing.org/ The post Free Palestine! Voices From Yelamu Ohlone Land, Pt 3 appeared first on KPFA.

May 15 is Nakba Day. Catastrophe. Remembering May 15, 1948 when Palestinians were violently forced to leave their land, their homes by the settler colonial nation state of Israel. 73 years later, the violence has not stopped. Voices have not faltered. The call to return remains. Part two of Free Palestine! series is the second half of Center for Study & Preservation of Palestine’s Nakba Day rally on Chinook land, known by settlers as Portland, Oregon. On this hot Saturday afternoon, listen, as Palestinians share stories of the 1948 Nakba as well as stories of the ongoing experience of ‘The Catastrophe,’ standing in solidarity with their people in the homeland resisting ethnic cleansing by the Zionist occupation state. The live event had ASL interpretation. Stay tuned for transcripts! Featured music is Dammi Falastini by Mohammad Asaaf The post Free Palestine! Nakba Day 2021, Chinook Land, Pt 2 appeared first on KPFA.

May 15 is Nakba Day. Catastrophe. Remembering May 15, 1948 when Palestinians were violently forced to leave their land, their homes by the settler colonial nation state of Israel. 73 years later, the violence has not stopped. Voices have not faltered. The call to return remains. Part one of Free Palestine! series comes from the Center for Study & Preservation of Palestine’s Nakba Day rally on Chinook land, known by settlers as Portland, Oregon. On this hot Saturday afternoon, Palestinians shared stories of the 1948 Nakba as well as stories of the ongoing experience of ‘The Catastrophe,’ standing in solidarity with their people in the homeland resisting ethnic cleansing by the Zionist occupation state. The live event had ASL interpretation. Stay tuned for transcripts! Please note the last speech in this episode is in Arabic and was not translated. The speaker’s words & voice are immensely powerful, whether you understand Arabic, or not. The post Free Palestine! Nakba Day 2021, Chinook Land, Pt 1 appeared first on KPFA.

We Rise has been partnering with Mycelium Youth Network for over a year, and together, we are so excited to share this two-part podcast series with you. Here is the second of two keynote speeches from MYN’s Autumn 2020 conference entitled Apocalyptic Resilience: An Afro-Indigenous Futuristic Adventure. This episode features the brilliant organizer, researcher, & AfroFuturist Black feminist nerd Dominique Thomas speaking on “AfroFuturism, Organizing + Earthseed: Journey to Collective Liberation” (bio below). Mycelium Youth Network prepares young people for climate change, using a combination of our ancestral knowledge and practices, and the best of science technology engineering arts and math (STEAM) thinking. For the past year We Rise, MYN, and Bioneers have been collaborating to bring you an amazing project to support young people telling their stories of climate resilience and environmental justice. You can learn more and support the work by going to MyceliumYouthNetwork.org. Feel free to follow @MyceliumYouthNetwork on Facebook & Instagram and @MyceliumYouth on Twitter for more updates. About Dominique Thomas: Dominique is a grassroots organizer, researcher, Afrofuturist Black feminist nerd based in Harlem, New York, who believes relationships are essential to successful base-building and being strategic requires organizing from the intersections of climate and other systems of oppression. She launched The Climate League in 2020, a BIPOC training program to learn organizing and campaigning skills, focusing on racial justice in the climate movement. Her main objective in this work is to uplift the labor and stories of those who have been erased from the climate movement, while creating avenues for engagement utilizing an organizing orientation where communities can empower themselves. Read more here: https://womensearthalliance.org/meet-the-leaders-of-the-2020-us-accelerator/dominique-thomas/ Gigantic shout out to Indigo Mateo, who both introduced Dominique Thomas in this keynote AND shared her gorgeous music with us for this podcast. The track is titled “Just On Time.” For more, please check out IndigoMateo.com. Thank you Indigo! The post Apocalyptic Resilience: Part 2 AfroFuturism, Organizing + Earthseed with Dominique Thomas, Ep. 32 appeared first on KPFA.

We Rise has been partnering with Mycelium Youth Network for over a year, and together, we are so excited to share this two-part podcast series with you. Here is the first of two keynote speeches from MYN’s Autumn 2020 conference entitled Apocalyptic Resilience: An Afro-Indigenous Futuristic Adventure. This first episode features the unstoppable Isha Clarke with Youth vs. Apocalypse, and Atekpatzin, indigenous educator (bios below). Mycelium Youth Network prepares young people for climate change, using a combination of our ancestral knowledge and practices, and the best of science technology engineering arts and math (STEAM) thinking. For the past year We Rise, MYN, and Bioneers have been collaborating to bring you an amazing project to support young people telling their stories of climate resilience and environmental justice. You can learn more and support the work by going to MyceliumYouthNetwork.org. Feel free to follow @MyceliumYouthNetwork on Facebook & Instagram and @MyceliumYouth on Twitter for more updates. Isha Clarke is a West Oakland resident, organizer, advocate, activist, and co-founder of Youth Vs Apocalypse. Isha is a recent high school graduate who was born, raised, and educated in West Oakland, CA. Isha recognizes that climate change is the consequence of fundamental systems of oppression like white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism, and therefore, disproportionately impacts people of color, indigenous communities, and working-class people. Knowing this, Isha’s work is focused on building a movement that shapes the leadership of frontline communities, creates solidarity between other fights for justice, and works to dismantle the systems of oppression that fuel climate change. As a result of this work, Isha was awarded the 2019 Brower Youth Award, 2020 Diller Tikkun Olam Award, and has become a nationally recognized speaker, presenter, and writer. Atekpatzin Young is an independent researcher, consultant, writer, artist, and musician. Mr. Young has done extensive research on the Indigenous peoples of Tehuayo, Indetah and Aztlán and their present-day descendants. He has also studied the relationship of ancient and contemporary Nahua religious practices. He spent fifteen years studying with traditional Indigenous healers. Mr. Young is the recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship award, and the Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Leadership Award. Thank you to Dani Ahuicapahtzin Cornejo for generously contributing your music to this episode. Original music: Wayñumi Aswan Allin from new album Debajo del Agua. The post Apocalyptic Resilience: Part 1 with Isha Clarke & Atekpatzin, Ep. 32 appeared first on KPFA.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has called for all organizations in support of Palestinian liberation to endorse the “Days of Resistance”, in occupied Palestine and internationally, August 7-9, 2020. In response, Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) chapters and many organizations across the nation are participating in actions throughout this weekend. This program was curated to go along with these actions, furthering the conversation around what annexation has meant and currently means for Palestinians on the ground and in diaspora. Days of Resistance: https://samidoun.net/2020/07/the-days-of-resistance-are-growing-join-over-50-organizations-in-the-call-to-action-august-7-9/ MUSIC *shared with permission Al-Keffiyeh Al-Arabiyeh by Shadia Mansour ft. M1 (Dead Prez) Push Defend Fight by Soulidarity Wave Min Irhabi by DAM Sharaft Ya Nixon by Sheikh Imam Somos Sur by Ana Tijoux ft. Shadia Mansour Broken Promises by Soulidarity Wave Artwork by Mohammed Hassona The post Days of Resistance, No to Annexation, Ep. 31 appeared first on KPFA.

This show is a follow up to our last episode about the indigenous led peasant movement in Nicaragua – in defense of land, water and sovereignty. On that episode David de la Gran of KPFA’s La Onda Bajita spoke with Medardo Mairena, one of the most prominent leaders of Nicaragua’s peasant movement, and a recently released political prisoner. His sentence by Ortega’s government was for 200 years… Today, we are joined by another courageous leader and recently released political prisoner. Edwin Carcache is a bit younger than Medardo Mairena — On Tuesday June 11, 2019 Edwin Carcache, a charismatic student leader and journalist, was one of 56 political prisoners released from jail in Nicaragua, after nearly 10 months of illegal detention. Today, we will speak with him about what he is fighting for, the role of women and young people in particular in the freedom movement, how the United States is involved in ongoing injustice and human rights violations, and more. The post Edwin Carcache de Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia, Ep. 30 appeared first on KPFA.

We Rise had the extreme honor to record a show with David de la Gran of KPFA’s La Onda Bajita featuring Medardo Mairena, leader of Nicaragua’s indigenous peasant movement. David was joined by UC Berkeley students to co-facilitate the conversation. Mairena was joined by four members of Nicaragua’s National Council in Defense of the Land, Lake and Sovereignty. On June 11, 2019, Mairena was released from prison, after being sentenced to 200 plus years for his activism. Mairena is the national leader of the Anti-Canal Peasant Movement and a representative in the Civic Alliance, which is composed of the private sector, students, human rights activists, social and community leaders. The Alliance led negotiations with the government of Nicaragua for a peaceful resolution and a cease and desist to mass public killings and repression. Mairena directly addressed Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s current president, at the national dialogue negations. This show is in Spanish. It is vital that we de-centralize English in this work and we strongly encourage folks with familiarity with the language to listen! LINKS Nicaraguan Rural Leader Medardo Mairena Speaks after Prison- https://havanatimes.org/nicaragua/nicaraguan-rural-leader-medardo-mairena-speaks-after-prison/?fbclid=IwAR3ezpFeIf-8CQSowaFULglEeTWQ58lZwBstuScuDUUYuoER_rL5_dYfuXE From CNN Español: a video with the daughter of Medardo Mairena- https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/nicaragua-medardo-mairena-secuestro-sot-camilo/ Nicaraguan activists sentenced to more than 200 years- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47290527 From La Prensa: Defenderemos con sangre nuestras tierras- https://www.laprensa.com.ni/2019/08/14/politica/2579012-movimiento-campesino-sobre-el-nuevo-anuncio-del-gran-canal-defenderemos-con-sangre-nuestras-tierras The post Medardo Mairena and the Nicaraguan Peasant Movement, Ep. 29 appeared first on KPFA.

On July 15, Cal Shakes (an SF Bay Area theater company) hosted a community meal and civic dialogue about the role of joy in our movement building, our resistance, and our art, inspired by our production of House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar. We Rise got to record, produce, and edit this episode of Asides, the Cal Shakes podcast. Hosts: Tierra Allen, SK Kerastas, and Kimiya Shokri. Guests: Playwright Madhuri Shekar and poet and RYSE Youth Center teaching artist and program manager Ciera-Jevae “CiCi” Gordon. For more, including full transcripts, visit calshakes.org. or weriseproduction.com. Here’s the conversation. The post The Role of Joy in Our Movements, Ep. 28 appeared first on KPFA.

On July 9, Cal Shakes (an SF Bay Area theater company) partnered with Causa Justa :: Just Cause to host a community meal and civic dialogue called “Is Capitalism Killing Us?” inspired by their production of The Good Person of Szechwan. We Rise got to record, produce, and edit this episode of Asides, the Cal Shakes podcast. Hosts: SK Kerastas and Tierra Allen. Guests: Aimee Suzara, Ronald Flannery, Anjali Lynn Nath Upadhyay, and Cal Shakes community partner Causa Justa :: Just Cause. For more, including full transcripts, visit calshakes.org. or weriseproduction.com. Here’s the conversation. The post Is Capitalism Killing Us?, Ep. 27 appeared first on KPFA.

In the spring nicole gervacio of We Rise joined Mycelium Youth Network at Pear Tree Community School as they were finishing their 6 week program entitled ‘Science for Survival’ where youth learned water catchment, water purification, created emergency bags, made tinctures and salves, went on a medicinal first aid walk, and conducted a mini-home assessment of needs. Mycelium Youth Network educates young people on building eco-sustainable communities while maintaining personal and environmental health in the face of climate change. Drawing from local indigenous traditions as well as visionary imaginings, our Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math (or STEAM) based curriculum offers customizable short-term workshops and long-term trainings that teach youth strategies to address ecological degradation, as well as techniques that will enhance their ability to respond to environmental emergencies efficiently and effectively. LINKS Mycelium Youth Network myceliumyouthnetwork.org Instagram – @myceliumyouthnetwork Twitter – @myceliumyouth Phoenix, Woke Witch on Instagram @wokewitch420 The post Mycelium Youth Network, Ep. 25 appeared first on KPFA.

With an invitation from First Voice Media producer Kendall Crakow, Birth Bruja creator & host Eri Guajardo Johnson and We Rise co-creator & co-host Cat Petru sat down to weave stories about their mothers and grandmothers. As the two state in their dialogue, there are so many stories left untold. The ones that surfaced reflect the personal & political, pain & revelation. They are prayers, memories, and offerings. What is your relationship with mothers & mothering? How has it been defined and by whom? What might reclaiming this relationship feel like? And who or what might be available for support on this journey? Hear more from Eri on her podcast Birth Bruja, available on iTunes & SoundCloud. LINKS Mama’s Day Show on KPFA’s Full Circle https://kpfaapprent.wordpress.com/2019/05/10/full-circle-5-10-2019-honoring-mothers/ Dr. Vandana Shiva in Yes! Magazine https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/vandana-shiva-seed-saving-forest-biodiversity-20190503 Braiding Sweetgrass https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass Caliban and the Witch https://www.akpress.org/calibanandthewitch.html The post Stories for Our Grand Mothers, Ep. 23 appeared first on KPFA.

On a bright, sunny day at Mills College in Oakland, California (better known as occupied Huichin), We Rise co-creators Cat & Nicky joined queer pop singer songwriter Be Steadwell and the exceptional artists of A Letter To My Ex, Be’s first musical. A Letter To My Ex premiered in DC and opens in Oakland on Wednesday, April 10. The run is short – April 10-13 – and tickets will sell out. So get yours: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/be-steadwell-a-letter-to-my-ex-the-musical-mills-bsc-annual-fundraiser-tickets-56942374174?aff=erelexpmlt For more on Be & to give, please visit besteadwell.com The post A Letter To My Ex …the queer breakup musical, Ep.22 appeared first on KPFA.