Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong: Recent Episodes
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Conversation Piece is a place for leaders and members of the community to have a voice in the real day to day issues & celebrations of urban living locally and worldwide, and brings awareness to the point of action & cataclysmic change. Yes, storytelling changes & saves lives!
Los Angeles native, Angela Arkwright Birdsong, is shaking up the media space with her groundbreaking media production company, MTAS Productions, and her online radio show, Conversation Piece, which she hosts weekly on RadioJustice.org.*
Angela also has worked as a producer/guest host on Pacifica Network KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles radio shows Liberated Sisters and The Hutchinson Report, along with ghost writing for some folks…shhhh.
~Ranked #1 Show on RadioJustice.org for multiple weeks in 2019/2020 with over 5000 listeners ~Most Placed Show on RadioJustice.org in 2019/2020
What it is!!! I am Angela Birdsong your Conversation Piece host coming from KPFK Studios with the real day to day happenings of urban living locally and worldwide.Black immigrants across the United States are being detained, snatched, disappeared, kidnapped from their families, friends and their communities by ICE, with little media coverage, little public outcry, and very little accountability. Today on Conversation Piece, meet Nana Gyamfi, Human Rights Attorney, Professor, KPFK host of Sojourner Truth Radio Fridays at 7am and Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration also known as BAJI. BAJI was formed to bring Black voices together to advocate for equality and justice in our laws and our communities. Yes, Nana will discuss the SCOTUS decision on the Temporary Protected Status designation for Haiti.What’s happening to our Black immigrant brothers and sisters is not separate from what’s happening to African Americans. The work of BAJI reminds us that immigration justice is racial justice. We are stronger together. Nana Gymafi says, “We build the world we need and deserve by supporting and protecting each other. Whatever the challenges, we know that we are good because we got us!”For more information about BAJI go to BAJI.org. Also visit WeMakeThemStop.org and to find the emergency planning steps checkout BAJIActionFund.org.
Today on Conversation Piece…A Father’s Day Special as I present to some and introduce others, my father, the late, great Edwin Birdsong.The Conversation Piece show you are about to hear with my father, Edwin Birdsong, was recorded at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice for Radio Justice Los Angeles where Radio Justice was housed. It was the day before my father died. The show was scheduled to air the day after he passed away and it did air on Tuesday after the King Holiday. It would be the last interview of my father that just happened to be on my show.That day at Radio Justice with program manager Adam Rice, audio engineer Joseph Tucker, my other two guests, my cousin Michael Washington creator of my opening and closing theme song and Kris DJ Stress McManus founder of the Producers Corner we enjoyed our time recording the show. May you not only enjoy hearing this Conversation Piece Father’s Day Special, may you remember to enjoy every moment of life and living.Go to TheProducersCorner.net for details about the weekly Sample Challenge on Saturdays.To learn more about my father’s music legacy, The Edwin Birdsong Experience go to EdwinBirdsong.com.Welcome to Conversation Piece!
Concert on June 19th at the historic Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles, as well as share with us her journey in community organizing. Later at a recent press conference, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition announcing their lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles.As we approach the 250th anniversary of this country, LA CAN is asking a bigger question: what kind of future are we going to build together?Welcome to Conversation Piece!Cangress.orgMTASProductions.com
Today on Conversation Piece from 838 East 6th Street in the apartheid state, the center of Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row, meet Jade Arellano, Housing Organizer with Los Angeles Community Action Network, LA CAN where the Tenant Rights Committee is building a Slumlord Campaign. The Tenant Rights Committee meets weekly on Thursdays, 2pm at LA CAN, 838 East 6th Street in DTLA Skid Row. For more information call 213.228.0024.Cangress.orgWelcome to Conversation Piece!Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
California’s June 2 primary election is your first chance to shape what shows up on the November ballot. In California’s top-two primary system, the two candidates with the most votes—regardless of party—move forward to the general election.That means every vote matters now, not just in November.Today on Conversation Piece… California Black Power Network (CBPN), Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE), and more Black organizations across California held the Black Ecosystem Gubernatorial Forum, on the anniversary of the LA Uprisings on April 29th. All of the California governor candidates were invited to address specific policy demands of California’s Black community. We will hear this forum today on Conversation Piece which is not a debate, but is an accountability session with questions from our communities, placing the answers on public record, ensuring everyone knows this election matters.Welcome to Conversation Piece!BlackPowerNetwork.orgConversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
Conversation Piece10am PT Saturday, March 7KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.orgToday on Conversation Piece…from 838 East 6th Street in the apartheid state, the center of Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row…a powerful presentation at Los Angeles Community Action Network better known as LA CAN during their monthly Residential Organizing Committee Meeting moderated by LA CAN Lead Organizer, Adam Smith, for a conversation about building people and community power with former leaders of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman. The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most important working class movements in US History, based in Detroit, Michigan were 2nd and 3rd generation northerners from the evil Jim Crow South, fought to end the exploitation and poverty of automotive workers against corporations and unions. Authors Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman describe the rise, the history and formation of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers from 1968 to 1971, challenging both race and class oppression in auto factories and within the United Automobile Workers union. Find Jerome and Walda’s book, Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries/ The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers at MotownRevolutionaries.org. For more information about LA CAN’s monthly ROC meetings on the second Friday’s of the month call 213-228-0024 for details.We are taping history today…Welcome to Conversation Piece!MotownRevolutionaries.orgConversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
Today on Conversation Piece…Meet Christopher Ackerly as he tells us his housing journey, from living in an encampment, the lack of housing options, choosing to say yes or no to shelters to becoming a member with Los Angeles Community Action Network, LA CAN. Chris with his neighbors throughout Skid Row are fighting to stay housed in a housing disaster that is out of control in Los Angeles. Chris with his neighbors throughout Skid Row are fighting to stay housed in a housing disaster that is out of control in Los Angeles where the toughest property protections in the State of California protects the poorest of the poor from sneaky developers like Hope For an Affordable LA and slumlords like Leo Pustilnikov, who in Skid Row will do anything to displaced tenants and ignore property ordinances such as the Wiggins Residential Hotel Protections and the Residential Hotel Ordinance. Hear Chris Ackerly’s housing journey…Welcome to Conversation Piece!Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
Today on Conversation Piece…Meet Coach Rob Silver, who says folks need to know how to edit stress, release emotional weight and live from the present. Contact him at CoachRobSilver@gmail.com.But first let’s hear from the LARSO Campaign, the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance with Lena Sullivan of SAJE who is part of the Keep LA Housed Coalition, and from Memphis Paredes of Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council. Lena was the lead organizer at a rally in front of the Los Angeles City Hall about LARSO to get it passed in the Los Angeles City Homeless and Housing Committee. Paredes and Sullivan along with many others are helping to keep rent from being so damn high.For more info about SAJE, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, go to SAJE.net. To learn more about LARSO, the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance check out KeepLAHoused.org.
Today on Conversation Piece hear the story of Nicholas Burgos, who was murdered by Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Dalia Gonzalez while he was hospitalized. Joining us to tell Nicholas' story is his sister Maria Burgos about that fateful day at Harbor UCLA Medical Center when Deputy Gonzales fired 9 shots at Maria’s brother, Nicholas, 7 of the 9 shots hit him. Hear about Nicholas, the big hearted generous funny man.Later meet TemuAsyr Bey and Brother Adam X from the Community Hub in Inglewood at Imani Gardens Kathy Kitchen where they are dismantling food apartheid, by being on the frontlines of regaining control of our food supply and getting our people farming again. They say, we are the solutions to the so called food deserts. Find them on IG under Imani Gardens and at 7701 Crenshaw Bl in Inglewood, California.
Conversation Piece10am PT SaturdayKPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.orgHuman rights, economic justice and do not promise something that cannot be delivered. All People’s Health Collective refuses to leave anyone behind and will find solutions that benefit everyone.Today on Conversation Piece…learn about the All People’s Health Collective with Lex Steppling because “People are the healthiest when their fundamental needs are met. We are safest when everyone has housing, community, health, and purpose.” Welcome to Conversation Piece!Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
March, where they tell everyone to join the fight against the fascist police state. StopLAPDSpying.orgLater Stephano Medina, Managing Attorney, Movement Legal speaks of the importance of rental assistance to keep Angelenos housed, and why the Los Angeles City Attorney has placed millions of dollars on hold for most of 2025, for rental assistance leaving tenants vulnerable to being evicted. If you need to know your tenant rights, check out StayHousedLA.org and MovementLegal.org.Welcome to Conversation Piece!Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
House Keys NOT Handcuffs! This week on a special Music To Resist By Edition of Conversation Piece, we speak to members of the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) about the effects of Trump's executive order on homelessness, and it's real effects on housing and criminalization policies region wide. Join our guests Therese Howard of the Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND), Clayton Shea from the Missoula Homeless Union, and Sam from Judy's Midnight Diner in Oregon to get the real picture of the oppression of poor people on the ground, and what they are doing to fight back! Welcome to Conversation Piece, the Music To Resist By edition.Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PTKPFK.orgKPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
On Conversation Piece today…Meet my guests: Angie Wilson, the president of the Council of Black Nurses Los Angeles Chapter, and Gwen Woods, who will share why she is a fierce bone marrow advocate and community activist with a personal story about her grandson, Eric Alexander. Did you know that Black patients are less likely to find a bone marrow match due to low representation on the bone marrow registry? July is designated as African American Bone Marrow Month, and my guests say don’t wait until July for a simple cheek swab to save a life.But first we have a Sister Charlene Muhammad with a news report.Welcome to Conversation Piece!
What it is! Friday,June 6, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents invaded Los Angeles. They used administrative civil warrants to arrest students, hotel workers, cooks, landscapers, and construction workers. Invading schools and workplaces demanding that any Angeleno who wasn’t sufficiently Caucasian produce their papers. Taking them away in unmarked vans, without judicial process. Of course, the people of LA wouldn't stand for this, and mass protests flooded out downtown Los Angeles. The news, federal government, and even some members of the city council lied about these peaceful protests being riots, but the video shows that the only ones rioting were the LAPD. Today we are going to speak to a community member who was there all week, and later we will be joined by Matyos Kidane to explain the strategy behind these lies...Welcome to Conversation Piece.
Today on Conversation Piece...Meet Ronnie Laws and his sister Debra Laws, as you may know about their jazz-soul fusion of music with instrumental songs like Always There and love ballads like Very Special. With early musical roots in their family today you will hear some of theri musical hisotry and legacy from Ronnie Laws' early professional breakthrough when he joined Earth Wind & Fire to Debra's solo career.See Ronnie and Debra Laws perform next Saturday, June 28 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Follow Ronnie Laws on all social media platforms to find his next performance and upcoming releases.
During our KPFK Membership Fund Drive, we have a special Black History Edition of Conversation Piece with a speech you may not have heard as much as the I have a Dream speech. This speech was given in Los Angeles on March 16, 1968, less than three weeks before Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated. The setting is a house in the Hollywood Hills with a group of artists who were concerned about the war in Vietnam. Dr. King is introduced by one of the artists there, novelist, playwright, and poet James Baldwin. KPFK was there to record the event and Pacifica Archives has curated it. The recording aired on KPFK on April 4, 1968. Welcome to Conversation Piece!You can participate in our Membership Fund Drive by calling 818-985-5735, hit option 2, that's 818-985-KPFK and online anytime at KPFK.org.
What it is!!A coalition of tenants, housing rights advocates, public interest lawyers and community based organizations formed a coalition called Keep LA Housed with the goal of protecting tenant rights by the of way of strengthening the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance for the City of Los Angeles, improving the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance for rent control, and ensuring the Right to Counsel for low income renters to name a few of the ongoing actions by Keep LA Housed. I covered two of their many press conferences hosted by this coalition upholding the Housing Movement. Hear some of the voices from Keep LA Housed saying housing is a human right and that no one should EVER be evicted without legal representation. This rally took place on the South Lawn of Los Angeles City Hall.Later hear about the Pickle-ball craze in the City of Inglewood, which is a combination of tennis, badminton, ping pong and racquetball and is currently one of the fastest growing sports in America! To see the sport in action, search the web: keyword – Pickle-ball. For more information about Pickle-ball in Inglewood, please 310-412-8750 or reach the Pickle-ball Ambassador at 310-654-7344.For more information about Keep LA Housed Coalition and to read the Tenant Bill of Rights and about TAHO, the Tenants Anti Harassment Ordinance go to KeepLAHoused.org.Song Credit: California Rent Control by Adam SmithConversation Piece w/ Angela BirdsongSaturdays 10am PT KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles / KPFK.org98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.MTASproductions.com
What it is!!LA CAN’s (Los Angeles Community Action Network) Human Rights Watch Report (“You Have to Move! The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused People in Los Angeles’) Release - Panel discussion of organizers and some with lived experiences and all on the frontline in the Los Angeles Housing Crisis. Criminalization and harassment of the unhoused.Guests: John Raphling, Human Rights Watch, Associate Director for the US Program, Researcher and Writer for the Human Rights Watch Report; Pete White, Executive Director & Founder of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN); Natosha Smith, Housing Organizer / Downtown Women’s Action Coalition Organizer, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN); Ndindi Kitnoga, Houseless Rights Advocate, Co-founder of Angeles Workshop School; Sonya Verdugo, Ground Game LA; and Derrick Metyor, Member of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN).Conversation Piece w/ Angela BirdsongSaturdays 10am PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / KPFK.org98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
Conversation Piece10am PT SaturdaysKPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.orgHear from Pete White, Executive Director & Founder of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), about Los Angeles Municipal code 41.18, which bans sleeping, sitting and standing on public sidewalks, and the outrageous resources the LAPD steals from our pockets every year to enforce this code which violates human rights. Find out how this endangers our community.Later LA CAN Sweep the Court Rally with LA CAN organizers Natosha Smith, Mr. Pancake, Adam Smith and General Dogon, along with Atty Shayla Myers of Unhoused People’s Justice Project under Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.Folks want House Keys Not Handcuffs!Read the LA CAN report, "Separate and Unequal," to learn about 41.18, at Cangress.org.KPFK Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.http://MTASproductions.com
Hear why James of Soul Saving Productions gives free hair cuts in Downtown Los Angeles in the Skid Row community at LA CAN. Learn more about James at SoulSavingProductions.org.Later on Conversation Piece, a friend Douglas Sandoval shares his story to give hope to do the impossible against all odds, while discovering the importance of family, faith and the belief in himself…as told in his book, Comeback One Man’s Triumph Over A Near Death Experience. Yes Sandoval’s book is part of my personal library! Find his inspiring book at Amazon, Ebay and Barnes & Noble. For speaking engagements, email him at Douglas4107@gmail.com.KPFK Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.#StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives#StorytellingBuildsLives
Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Today’s special guests were the youth and founder of Women’s Leadership Project speaking about the #Standing4BlackGirls rally in Leimert Park October 28th, their Virtual Homegirl Podcast, with limited special premiums of Books, Hand-Painted T-shirts, and a Play.KPFK is in our Fall Membership Fund Drive! A listener supported station where listeners get to vote, become an elected delegate. Call 818-985-5735 or go to KPFK.org and check out our special premiums for Conversation Piece:- White Nights, Black Paradise, a novel by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson- Hand painted #Standing4BlackGirls T-shirts KPFK is in our Fall Membership Fund Drive! A listener supported station where listeners get to vote, become an elected delegate.KPFK Conversation PieceSaturdays 10am PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.
On the next Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong, Saturday 10am PT on KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org...~Mental Health Crisis should not mean 7 bullets by the police, hear The Nicholas Burgos Story told by his sister, Maria Burgos. For mental health resources, crisis support, helplines and warmlines go to NamiUrbanLA.org under resources. ~South Central Run Club changing the narrative in South Central Los Angeles...they are running everywhere you would not! Hear about from co-captain Zaakiya Brisker. SouthCentral.runMTASproductions.comPhoto Credit, Angela Birdsong
Ethnic Media Services briefing will examine the rise in cases, the new variant, the new boosters, strategies their expert panelists are taking to prevent infections, as well as the phenomenon of paxlovid rebound.This Ethnic Media Services Covid Report aired on KPFK Rebel Alliance News as Covid19 cases are rising once again and several folks I personally know have gotten it, including me! I received negative feedback from a couple of folks who wrote my news director about this report. So I am putting it on my SoundCloud to continue keeping folks informed. Covid testing sites are not easily accessible as stated in the report. I could not find any on a Saturday in Los Angeles to determine if I had Covid or not.Anyhoo chew the meat and spit out the bones...don't choke.KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.
Conversation Piece10am PT SaturdaysKPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.orgMy next guests on Conversation Piece will tell a story of serious trauma and amazing deliverance. Nickie V Smith, author and advocate for rape & sexual assault survivors...and she is a survivor also! Her cousin Risa Wheat and friend of my family will join us.Self-Healing For Sexual Abuse Survivors, Inc. a 501c3, helps Sexual Abuse Survivors learn to thrive, by offering 1-on-1 Coaching and Group Coaching. Nickie Smith is available for Public Speaking, Seminars, etc. Contact information: Email: booksbynvsmith@yahoo.com, Phone: 323-351-9770. Nickie is the Author of Sergeant Benjamin Premiers and Family, and also Self-Healing for Sexual Abuse Survivors, both sold on Amazon.com. Again, the contact info is Email: booksbynvsmith@yahoo.com, and/or call 323-351-9770 Mondays - Fridays 10 am - 5 pm.KPFK90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.#StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives
Conversation Piece10am PT Saturday, September 23rdKPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.orgHave you had a DNA Micronutrient work up done by your doctor? Do you know what that is? I didn’t know either and I want to get one! Find out on Conversation Piece w/Angela Birdsong, for Pain Awareness Month with my guest Dr Glenna Tolbert of Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness. DrGlennaTolbert.com Conversation Piece w/ Angela BirdsongSaturdays 10am PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com#StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives
Welcome to Conversation Piece!Today on Conversation Piece we may reshape or confirm your music taste and playlists, as we get into the discussion about Building A United Front Against Murder Music with Kwabena Rasuli, of Clear The Airwaves Project whose objective is to Clear The Airwaves of misogynistic, violent, destructive lyrics on radio stations that are specifically geared towards the Youth! Find out what is murder music and how to support the many Black artists whose music still loves and respects us. But first let’s talk with Derek Steele, Executive Director, Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, California. working with and preparing our next generation of youth. Derek started his journey with Social Justice Learning Institute after a diagnosis with hypertension at the age of 25. It was there at SJLI that he began to figure our how to re-create locate food access system to health disparities and food insecurity in the Inglewood community and beyond.~Building a United Front Against Murder Music is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, September 30th to October 1st, 2023, 11am - 4:30pm at the Auburn Ave Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave NE. Part of the United Front Against Murder Music are: Black Panther Party Veterans, Black Lives Matter Gary Indiana, National Black Leadership Alliance, Clear The Airwaves Project, Nubian Leadership Circle, and the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP). For more information go to Facebook and search Clear The Airwaves Project. ~Check out Kwabena and his co-host Lexi for the WeeklyRapUp, Koncious Hip-Hop and Classic Funk that airs every Friday from 6-midnight at 88.7 FM WGVE.Websites mentioned on air: ClearTheAirwaves.org SJLI.orgConversation Piece w/ Angela BirdsongSaturdays 10am PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.orgMTASproductions.com
CONVERSATION PIECEDo you have a book deep in your belly in your soul waiting to burst out! What and whose story would you be writing about? Meet today’s guest to tell us their writing journey, and the ups and downs of the process from finding a publisher vs self publishing, book covers, font size, writer’s block, you name it, they most likely experienced it while writing their books. The three authors with us today are:~Dr. Althea Moses - "IRRESISTIBLY FIT: How to Become a Spiritually Strong, Sexy and Firm Woman Everyone Admires and No One Can Resist" AltheaM.com~Melisa Arnold - "The Color of Pain” TheColorOfPainBook.com~Donna Cooper - "Killer Actress" and "Achieving Fulfillment: 10 Simple Strategies Placing You On The Path To Peace (The Big Ten FulFillment Series Book 1)” Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Good ReadsTheir writings are in my personal Conversation Piece Library!MTASproductions.com
Surrogate Pregnancy, the love, the stigma, the joy and the goodbye...Do you know anyone? Meet my guests on Conversation Piece: Bettina Sanborn MSN, and Chantel Runnels CD (DONA). Hear the journey of being a surrogate from Sanborn, and how & why a Doula can help with this process and more with Runnels.Websites mentioned in this episode...For doula services:ChantelRunnels.comFrontlineDoulas.comBlackInfantsAndFamilies.orgJoin the movement to ensure BIRTHING JUSTICE for Black mothers and their families, and to find a film screening in your area, or to create a space for local conversations by bringing Birthing Justice to your community, visit BirthingJustice.com.
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This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Black owned platforms creating a space for consumers to purchase products exclusively created and sold by Black entrepreneurs -Los Angeles World Airports Bans the Sale of Single-use Plastics in a Bid for Sustainability -Guyanese descendants of enslaved Africans demand reparations -In Gabon, the military has annulled the results of the weekend's general election and deposed the newly reelected president, while closing the country's borders. -International News with Don DeBar and Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
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KPFK has been on the air non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year (366 next year), since July 1959, the second Pacifica listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational radio station after KPFA in Berkeley invented the concept and made it a reality in 1949. We are in our August membership fund drive! Go to KPFK.ORG and pledge securely online or call 818-985-5735, That is 818-985-KPFK and press 2.
This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-California Democrats urge Gavin Newsom to give state worker union a contract and raises -Film Back on the Strip hits the trifecta by being directed, produced and theatrically released by Black people -Interfaith conference of the Parliament of the World’s Religions took place in Chicago. -International News with Don DeBar and Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
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The writer and actors strike that has paralyzed Hollywood is part of the ongoing "hot labor summer" strike of 2023, becoming the biggest moment for strikes since the 1970s.
Ethnic Media Services briefing, brings experts providing the front-line view of striking workers and the point of view of labor experts on the larger issue at stake.
As announced on KPFK Rebel Alliance News... Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
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African Focus... We have a history making show for you today!!! Just as Marcus Garvey had a mission of liberation to bring all descendants of Africa together with options to repatriate to Africa or to simply have a connection to our homeland. Our guests today are concerned about the Unity of the African Diaspora and the Akan History.
It is my honored to introduce you to HRH Nana Semeshia Ohene Asah Krofa II, is the Abakomahene of Ahwerase-Akuapem in the Akuapem South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region of Ghana. AHWERASE is one of the seventeen major towns in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Joining HRH is Queen Mother Nana Akosua Sekyiaabea I, who will share her story of becoming a Queen Mother and will tell us about the African Goodwill Awards.
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Check out our amazing guest, learn about the Buy Black Movement, and several announcements...
~Delxino Wilson de Briano, President of the BuyBlackMovement.com, and check out their event Friday, August 18th in person and online. Get details at GarveyNation.com. See you there!!
~Coalition of Black Museums Press Conference w/ Dr. Sajdah Wendy Muhammad...preserve The Elijah Muhammad House aka Sajdah House SajdahHouseDonations.com and reference Liberated Sisters / Sister Charlene
~KPFK Membership Fund Drive…Our premium is MP3 of John Henrik Clarke: Marcus Garvey Talk from August 1986 (POWERFUL!!), with a donation of $65.00…go to KPFK.org or call 818-985-5735, that’s 818-985-KPFK
~Check out Charlene Muhammad’s YouTube page to watch the Janazaa for Minister Jabril Muhammad and the Reflections and Burial Service Minister Brother Jabril Muhammad. And remember to go to Media.NOI.org and FinalCall.com for full the coverage.
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If it’s impacting our community or can uplift us as a people, let’s talk about it. Peace!
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This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Los Angeles County to Provide Free Phone Calls and Robust Programming in the Los Angeles County Jails -More on the Writer Guild Strike and Hotel Workers Rolling Walkouts with Ethnic Media Services -Black man at work is attacked on Alabama riverfront by several white men -An Iraqi woman who went viral on social media attempting to save a Qur'an from desecration in Denmark has been identified -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
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California’s lieutenant governor and other elected officials on Tuesday urged Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a way to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers. Starting Thursday, Swift is scheduled to perform six sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood near Los Angeles, with some hotel properties doubling and tripling what they charge because she is coming. Unite Here Local 11, which represents some 30,000 hotel workers, is negotiating for better wages, improved health care benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads. Contracts expired last month at more than 60 hotels, including properties owned by major chains such as Marriott and Hilton.
This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Food Swamps and Food Deserts -Black August Honors Past Freedom Fighters and Remembers Their Sacrifices. -Yellow Freight Bankruptcy -NAACP Antelope Valley Address Police Brutality Against Black Women -Kenya Has Agreed to Lead a Multi-National Force to Haiti -International news with Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
Today on Liberated Sisters, we bring you exclusive coverage from across Los Angeles County in Palmdale with SCM with her Pumps on the Ground in the Antelope Valley covering a press conference called by the new Antelope Valley NAACP President Lourie Walker to address police brutality against Black women and allegations of mistreatment by child welfare officials.
Later we will hear from the We Are LA Team Appreciation Event, with guest speaker Mayor Karen Bass.
For more information about the Antelope Valley case, read more at the FinalCall.com
Learn more about We Are LA and the statewide movement at WeAreCalifornia.org.
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A woman who was punched by a sheriff’s deputy while holding her baby last year has filed a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the deputies involved in the violent encounter. In a federal civil rights lawsuit, Yeayo Russell alleges the deputies involved in the July 13, 2022 incident used excessive force in her wrongful arrest.
This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-How Los Angeles City Civil Rights Office can help you as hate is on the rise -Los Angeles Charter School and Its Construction Scandal -We Are Los Angeles program sets out to stop homelessness for individuals before it begins -Ecuador declares 60-day state of emergency due to prison crisis -International news with Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
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Cedars-Sinai faces federal civil rights investigation over treatment of Black mothers and the family of April Valentine who died in child birth on January 10, 2023, at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood is still waiting for that facility to be fully investigated.
This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-No reparations for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre -Reports on the Hospitality Workers Strike, the Writers Guild Strike, and now Esty is striking -Cannabis Dispensary Drivers & Depot Workers Want to Unionize -International news with Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
Father & Son team, Sylvester Rivers and Jom Kijana Rivers, delivers two separate enlightening commentaries: One is about the 4th of July aka the 4th You Lie with Sylvester Rivers, and the other is Being an American by Jom Kijana Rivers. Enjoy
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On the Fourth of July, thousands of workers of Southern California hotels marched through downtown Los Angeles in what was their third day on strike, pushing for higher wages and better health and retirement benefits.
This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Starbucks Employees are Striking -Inglewood Postpones Action and Public Hearing to Regulate Street Vending -Digital IDs and the Danger of the Surveillance State -Commentaries about the 4th of July and Being an American -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
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-Los Angeles and Orange counties hotel workers say more homes not hotels -10 Ways to Love Your Brain with Tia Delaney Stewart -Hunter Biden's plea deal -Science Fiction Writers Have Been Envisioning the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence for Decades -Russia recruits killers from prison to fight in the war -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
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Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Los Angeles and Orange counties hotel workers say more homes not hotels -10 Ways to Love Your Brain with Tia Delaney Stewart -Hunter Biden's plea deal -Science Fiction Writers Have Been Envisioning the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence for Decades -Russia recruits killers from prison to fight in the war -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
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The Alzheimer’s Association says there is Growing evidence that shows people can reduce their risk of cognitive decline by adopting key lifestyle habits. Public Health Nurse Tia Delaney-Stewart, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter, provides Brain Health Tips…
ALZ.org Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 helpline: 800.272.3900
I am guest hosting for the founder and host of Liberated Sisters, Sister Charlene Muhammad.
Liberated Sisters, today’s show will remind us How to Eat to Live, and remember, Let Your Food Be your medicine and your medicine be your food. We are reconnecting with the One Meal One Mile iMprOVEMENT project that Sister Charlene created (and if she joins us today we will here more about it) to get healthy, stay healthy and bringing women together for this health movement under the guidance of our guest The Food Prophet, Dr. Jollie Harris III, author of Home Cooking to Cure Cancer, Prevent, Reduce, Destroy, Eliminate, Cure: Heart Attacks, ADD/ADHD, SIDS, Colds, Flu, Diabetes, Weight, Alzheimer’s, Asthma, Arthritis, Allergies, Aches, Pains, Glaucoma, AIDs and all Diseases. Harris continues to say on the cover of his book, eat to heal the body, restore, rebuild, rejuvenate.
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This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong -KPFK is in our on-air membership fund drive throughout the month of June, become a sustainer today at KPFK dot org
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-From Jose Huizar to Mark Ridley Thomas to now Curren Price, another Los Angeles politician bites the dust -Florida, Governor Ron Desantis and his political terror campaign against Blacks, Trans, immigrants and trade unionists. -The British Parliament pushes a bill aiming to ban boycotts of Israeli products in support of Palestinian rights. -Realignment process in Latin America and the Caribbean -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.
This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
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Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Reconnecting with to our African Heritage in our Final segment on the Wayucee Multimedia Arts bringing healing from the arts during Juneteenth with HRH Nina Womack -Biden’s chances for re-election -NATO holds military exercises in Germany near the Italian border -Political and economic leaders from the Islamic Republic on a tour of the Latin American and Caribbean region -And the Community Calendar highlighting local Juneteenth celebrations
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This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong
KPFK is in the first week of our on-air member drive through the month of June become a sustainer today at KPFK.org
Here are Today’s Headlines:
-Cornell West announcement to run for US President -Learn about the Weusi Multimedia Arts bringing healing from the arts during Juneteenth...more info at WeusiArtExhibit.eventbrite.com -Ukraine military and their Nazi imagery -News highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening
KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsThe 80th Anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots is upon Los Angeles. LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis in her motion to the Board of Supervisors denounces the devastation of the Zoot Suit Riots, to recognize this as dark chapter in Los Angeles County’s history and recommit to fighting against racial discrimination.This is KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsGood evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-Ranked Choice Voting and what it is-Can A I replace us-News highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere, and an important event in Brazil this past week-Commentary by Sikivu Hutchinson on creating safe spaces for Black LGBTQ+ youth and also from Mumia Abu-Jamal as he addresses the United Nations-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsTina Turner, music icon, unstoppable with a comeback story unlike no other from leaving harsh farm living in Jim Crow South, and surviving an abusive work marital relationship to becoming a legend with over 7 decades as a powerful singer entertainer died today in her home near Zurich, Switzerland. Tina Turner was 83 years old. Simply The Best…Good evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-Reignite Freedom and the Global Walkout-Neo-Nazi group based in Ukraine stopped by Russian military-Range Projects Gallery AWOL Exhibit, Meet the Artist Joan Robey-News highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-Commentary from Pedro Baez-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsLegislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday.Good evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-End The Gun Violence Movement-UFCW Organizer Speaks with Reporter Dan McCrory-Range Projects Gallery Brings Awareness to Alzheimer’s in Art and Creative Writing Workshops-Dating in College while balancing Mental Health Commentary with Ashantee Polk-A State of Emergency was declared in Ecuador by the current president-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming upKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.SIDEBAR: My nephew, William Owens, in the photo with me assisted with engineering the show under the tutelage of Mr. Wendell Handy. Thank you for showing him the ropes!
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsBillboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, more women — both young and old — choose not to do so. Some women said they’ve had enough — no matter the consequence. They say they are fighting for more freedom in Iran and a better future for their daughters.Good evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-At least 25 killed and 42 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since Tuesday, more news highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-Renovations become Evictions and are called “Renovictions” in Santa Barbara-The Writers Guild Association Strike-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
Elon Musk invited Don Lemon — who last month was fired from CNN following a string of gaffes as co-host of “CNN This Morning” — to revive his career by launching a show on Twitter, saying the Audience is much bigger. As of midday Wednesday, Lemon — who had tweeted last month that he was blindsided by the news of his firing just hours after his final broadcast — had not replied to Musk.Good evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-Writers Guild Association Strike-May Day holiday in Havana-UC Santa Barbara’s Healing Space–now the local school district’s partner to address racial bullying.-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsA jury on Thursday convicts four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory.Good evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-Thumbs down on over 3500 windowless units for UCSB Student Housing-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-Venezuela hits the news today-The Writers Guild Strike-Civil Rights Leader Calls on Mayor Bass and LA City Council to Name Belafonte Street in L.A.-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming upKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance News2023 year marks the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1993. May 3rd acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom, to raise awareness about the value of press freedom, the necessity of defending journalists’ rights and the need to support independent, free media, along with paying tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty. This year theme for the day is, Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Drive for All Other Human Rights…”Good evening I’m Angela BirdsongHere are Today’s Headlines:-Part 2 of Learned lessons by UAW 2865 UCLA strikers-Conditions in California Prisons-Granddaughter of Disney is vocal about worker’s rights at the magical kingdom-Air Drone attack on the Kremlin-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsWhite Woman, whose lies got 14 year old Emmit Till Kidnapped, Lynched and Killed, dies today. She was 88 years old.Here are Today’s Headlines:-Chicago Transit workers under attack-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-Commentary on Tucker Carlson’s Departure and the Mainstream Media reliance on corporate and government interests-US Congressional resolutions passed Tuesday against Russia-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsLos Angeles Metro going cashless is a bumpy road especially for the unbanked. Some 40% of LA Metro riders pay the old way: with cash.Here are Today’s Headlines:-Learned lessons by UAW 2865 UCLA strikers of a 2 part series-Anti-American sentiment is widespread in Somalia-Harry Belafonte-President of Venezuela may exile in Miami Florida-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
Kathy Sutton, Executive Director, Sensory Integration Education & Resource Foundation (SIERF), Speaks with Reporter Angela Birdsong about Being a Mother and Advocate for Autism.SIERF.orgAired on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles KPFK.org
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. formally declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, and Fox news pays Dominion Voting Systems, instead of going to trial.Here are Today’s Headlines:-First in-person public meeting of the City of Los Angeles’s Reparations Advisory Commission-LA County Approves affordable housing in Westwood-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-Commentary with Pedro Baez about gun violence-Dan Nowman brings us Bill Maher and Russell Brand -And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsAffordable Care Act ups and downs across the country, with expansion in Medicaid for North Carolina, but possibly struck down in Texas for no cost preventative care, however a few California counties help some contracted employees get healthcare…Here are Today’s Headlines:-Executive Director Kathy Sutton of SIERF, Sensory Integration Education and Resource Foundation speaks of the importance of Autism Awareness Month-Birthing Justice airs on PBS to celebrate Black Maternal Health Week-Presidents of the largest economy in Latin America and the largest economy in Asia have an informal meeting-International news from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere-Commentary with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson of the Women’s Leadership Project-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsAs Los Angeles County Jails Depopulation Discussions Continue with County Board of Supervisors…Here are Today’s Headlines:-Gloria Gray Won the Councilperson Seat in Inglewood-A History Lesson w/ Mr. Ernest Crim, III-Finland Becomes NATO's Newest Member-International News from Outside the NATO-Controlled Media Sphere-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up at 6pm this eveningKFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsIn Today’s Headlines:-LA City Council Ordinance on Catalytic Converter Theft-History of West Coast Hip Hop with film, Eve After Dark at Pan African Film Festival-South Africa against load sharing or the ongoing power outages-International news from non-NATO media outlets-Commentaries with Lizette Nsilu and Darrin Brown-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
Missing & Murdered in Mississippi Do you know what happened to Rasheem Rayelle Carter? Find out TODAY on Liberated Sister with our guest William Muhammad, journalist and contributing writer for The Final Call Newspaper and me guest-hosting for Charlene Muhammad…taking your calls at 818-985.5735. Saturday 10am PT KPFK90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.To read Brother William Muhammad's articles go to FinalCall.com
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsIn Today’s Headlines:-Anti-war rallies this weekend-12th anniversary of the Fukushima meltdown-Black Cowboys, Horses and Art on Slauson Ave-International news from non-NATO media outlets-Commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.Get comfortable with mistakes, as you grow. Hmmm perhaps it's just growth.
We have a wonderful show set up for you today! Have you heard of the Compton Cowboys? I have not either until I went to Range Projects Gallery on Slauson Avenue, and checked it out for myself, one of the most exciting exhibit openings I have attended and Liberated Sisters want you to hear all about the artist, Gabe Gault and the gallery with its Executive Art Director Julia Smith.Last week on Liberated Sisters, you heard part of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s Saviors Day speech given in Chicago. Today Brother Demetric Muhammad from the Research Team for the Nation of Islam returns as our guest to speak about “The Truth and The Lies about Saviors Day Message and The Minister” and we will take your calls at 818-985.5735. But first meet the team behind the Wild Westside Exhibit with portraits of the Compton Cowboys at Range Projects Gallery on Slauson.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsIn Today’s Headlines:- Namibian Rossing Union miners fighting against Chinese National Nuclear Corporation-Commentary by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson of the Women’s Leadership Project about the skyrocketing levels of sadness and depression among girls and queer youth.-US trade preference status placed on Ethiopia-Black History Advocate, Mr. Ernest Crim, III-International news from non-NATO media outlets-Protestors in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsIn Today’s Headlines:-African American Infant Maternal Mortality Outreach-Mayor Karen Bass’s Proposed Public Safety Plan -Texas prohibits the purchase of land by your nationality Senate Bill-Commentary with Action in Activism on Block Invasion tactics-International news from non-NATO media outlets-Along with Latin American and Caribbean news-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsIn Today’s Headlines:-LA's housing crisis-Freedom of Speech-The Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement-International news from non-NATO media outlets-Along with Latin American and Caribbean news-And the Community Calendar…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
Liberated Sisters UFOs and The Nation of Islam…The Source, Proof, and Reality of The Wheel written by Author Ilia Rashad Muhammad, AND Bro Rashad has a Documentary Series - Answered: UFOs Identified and Demystified…TODAY on Liberated Sisters Saturday 10am PT KPFK90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.For more information about Brother Rahsad’s projects go to BrothersNations.comReminder: THE BATTLE IN THE SKY: During The Official NOIs upcoming saviors day convention, there will be a plenary session hosted on Saturday, Feb. 25th titled: “The Christ, The Messiah and The Wheel”
KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsIn Today’s Headlines:-California Declining Population-Actress Raquel Welch dies-Jadyn Taylor of Women’s Leadership Project with a Poetic Commentary-Your Black History Fact of the Day with Mr Ernest Crim III-Hal G. Lohr of Voices for the California Nation speaks on how Critical Race Theory needs California to Fight for It -Only nine EU nations help with Syria's humanitarian catastrophe-Beijing and Tehran sign bilateral agreements, in defiance of US pressure-The BRICS summit in South Africa will focus on reconstructing global politics, economics and financial architecture-Two South American nations try to defend their national sovereignty against global imperialism in Washington, London and Brussels…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
Welcome to Liberated Sisters coming live from KPFK Studios, I am Angela Birdsong, sitting in for Sister Charlene Muhammad. Today’s guest is Dr. Rosie Milligan, author, publisher, business women, founder of Black Writers on Tour and so much more. Dr. Milligan was the first guest on Liberated Sisters 12 years ago and we are excited to have our inaugural guest with us today as she talks about the 2023 Black Writers on Tour Conference and Southern California Black Business & Tech Expo on Saturday, March 25th at the Carson Community Center, 801 E Carson Street. The theme is Literacy is Everybody’s Business. Who Will Tell Our Story?BlackWritersOnTour.com for information
In Today’s Headlines:-Oil in California and Gun Control Ordinances in LA County-Coalition of anti-war forces from across the political spectrum plan protest in Washington DC-Your Black History Fact of the Day with Mr Ernest Crim III-Scottish Independence and the Transgender Bill Blocked by English Parliament-Combatting racist low expectations in higher education with Ashantee Polk-Earthquake aftermath and conditions in Syria with limited if any assistance from other countries …All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
In Today’s Headlines:-LA Unified students will be able to carry Narcan on school grounds-Warrior Style Policing with Civil Rights Activist Atty Connie Rice-Talking Points with Hal G. Lohr on California Independence or Keep the Democrats in Power?-European Union lawmakers are divided over the supply of deadly weapons to Ukraine-South Africa is considering declaring a national state of disaster over its acute energy crisis-Close of the Seventh annual Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States-Residential up-zoning fails to reduce homelessness…All this and more coming upKPFK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
In Today’s Headlines:- Zapatista January series grand finale- Black girls and suicide commentary with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson-The US and Germany have approved sending their main battle tanks to Ukraine.- Palestine's Foreign Ministry has called on the West to pressure Israel to stop the demolition of a village in the occupied West Bank. - Tribute to David Cosby…All this and more coming upKPFK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
In Today’s Headlines:-Femicide: The Missing and Murdered Black Girls, a Commentary with Lizette Nsilu -More from the Zapatista January series-Rally in New York City honor the true anti-war legacy of Rev. Dr. King -Changing Global Hegemony-International highlights focusing on Non-Nato and the CELAC Conference…All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
In Today’s Headlines:- Bruce’s Beach, Section 14, - Power to People Commentary- Non NATO International Highlights- Issues Facing the Rising Economies of Africa- The Ruling Elite- and a Tribute to Lawrence Reyes…All this and more coming up!KPFK Rebel Alliance NewsMonday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.Photo: After the show, Angela Birdsong with on air personality, Sylvester Rivers, who sat in as onsite producer for the news. Thanks!!!
In Today’s Headlines:-Filing Deadline for Childhood Sexual Abuse Cases Expires-Local protests against Ukraine War and military budget-New York Mayor believes that “Big Brother is protecting you”-Femicide in the US and Latin America-Dr Malhotra wants Covid shots taken off the shelves until more research-The sanctions against Russia and their disastrous effects...All this and more coming up!KPFK Rebel Alliance Rebel News 6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and where it is archived.
In Today’s Headlines:-Thoughts about Colorism-We’re talking about the Real Zelensky-The meaning of House committee report investigating January 6 th-the Equador against Chevron Lawsuit-how the Brand president of Levis was forced to quit over wanting the schools openedduring Covid-and an analysis of Latin America’s Multipolar organizations, plus more!KPFK Rebel Alliance Rebel News6pm-7pm PT90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and where it is archived.
In today's headlines: -The LA City Council has approved Mayor Karen Bass’ declaration of homelessness in the city as a state of emergency. - We hear from journalist Matt Taibbi on the release of the Twitter Files.-Don Debar explores multilateralism and regional integration in Latin America- Real Talk about Sex Trafficking & Its impact on Black Girls with Ashantee Polk of Women's Leadership Project…All this and lots of LOCAL happenings coming up.KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles98.7 FM Santa Barbara93.7 FM San Diego and99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China LakeHeard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.
What it is KPFK! I’m Angela Birdsong and here is your Rebel Alliance News Community Calendar Tips. More Than a Sparrow Productions, Reporting for KPFK Rebel Alliance News.
About 200 protested on November 24 at Restaurant Depot to demand justice for a single Black mother who was fired for expressing her opinion about Ye, the iconic rapper/songwriter/fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West.Read the article on https://linktr.ee/AngelaBirdsong.
Released in 1969, Isaac Hayes second studio album HOT BUTTERED SOUL. We salute Issac Hayes and HOT BUTTERED SOUL as a Moment of Freedom Now in Music & History.I’m Angela Birdsong with More Than A Sparrow Productions, Reporting for KPFK News.
Child Tax Credit news report created from a 15min interview I conducted with Gabriela Gomez, Spokesperson, Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, Communications, to discuss what is the child tax credit and why the urgency.I’m Angela Birdsong with More Than A Sparrow Productions, Reporting for KPFK News.
Meet the 27th Assessor for the County of Los Angeles, Jeff Prang who is running for reelection. The Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office is the largest local public assessment agency in the nation and is responsible for establishing the value for over 2.4 million taxable parcels and nearly 300,000 business assessments, with a value close to $1.8 trillion dollars.…find out today what Assessor Jeff Prang does for us and our county, about new hiring & educational opportunities in that department and who he is.
Also a More Than A Sparrow Productions news clip with Medea Brown, Associate Programmer and Theater & Film Information for the Pan African Film & Arts Festival which is the biggest Black film and arts festival in the United States.
Many people, especially in communities of color, do not speak about mental illness or seek treatment because of the stigma & lack of knowledge. We need to talk about it!
I decided to go off the beaten path of the 27th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) to showcase those who may not normally be interviewed at PAFF for a broadcast. We will meet artists PeQue Brown and Baba Ohsahgeefo of Timbuktu Art Colony, along with ARTFest Director and Curator Allohn Agbenya. I am savoring every moment!
Education Focused on Conversation Piece with Mandla Kayise who is a leader and innovator in the fields of education and student development with over 20 years of experience, and is founder of New World Education. Kayise will explain how to build successful student communities and define what is a successful empowered student community. NewWorldEd.com @newworldedu
December marks the birth and death of Stanley “Tookie” Williams as we see him through the eyes of friends Melvin Farmer and James McCarter. Stanley Tookie Williams was cofounder of Los Angeles Street Gang, The Crips. Later in life he expressed remorse and was dedicated to try to undo some of the havoc he caused.
Stanley Tookie Williams III Born: December 29, 1953, New Orleans, LA Died: December 13, 2005, San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA
On Wednesday November 10th I attended a Prayer Vigil and press conference in Brunswick, Georgia at the Glynn County Courthouse where the McMichael Bryan trial was, where Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Roddie Bryan were found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging, running in Satilla Shores neighborhood.
Meet Ahmaud Arbery’s Aunts Diane Jackson and Ruby Arbery and others: one of his high school friend’s Laquinta Ferguson; Chloreese Wright and Shenoah Shaw comrades for justice; Carl Oliver from Alabama; Timothy Bessent, a local supporter; Filmmaker Rasheed Ali of Atlanta, who is a close supporter to the Arbery family; and hear the parents of Jamal Sutherland speak about their son being tased to death while in custody in jail in Charleston, South Carolina.
My deep condolences to the Ahmaud Arbery family, thank you for being so gracious and hospitable to me and others.
Photo: Ahmaud Arbery's Paternal Aunts Diane Jackson and Ruby Arbery at Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia.
Interview clips from Congresswoman Maxine Waters 43rd District Christmas Party and Toy Drive with Council of Pakistan Chairman Adnan Khan; Cinder Eller-Kimbell - Sr Community Affairs Liaison of Inglewood Police Department; Executive Director Kathy Sutton of (SIERF) Sensory Integration Education Research Foundation. I also took this on the road to the Black Women’s Forum Walk Talk Shop and Eat gala in Leimert Park and met with Debra Reid Founder of the Jonathan Reid Family Rights Coalition.
Photo: My nieces with Congresswoman Waters at the Black Women's Forum in Leimert Park.
3x Olympian Althea Moses and her mother, Candi Lawrence, speak on life in Belize as a survivor of domestic violence and immigrating to the United States, as told boldly in Moses’ International Bestseller Irresistibly Fit. This mother daughter duo gives other women hope to survive and thrive beyond domestic violence. Find Irresistibly Fit at AltheaM.com and at Amazon.
Althea Moses Fitness Club the first Saturday of every month 9-10am, at Edward Vincent Jr Park in Inglewood in front of the tennis courts. For more information call 310-740-1157.
Precious Jackson, author of "Revelation- Unveiling The Mask," tells her riveting story of living HIV+ to dating, to loving yourself. Quoting Freddie Williams’ review of Jackson's book...instilling hope and inspiring many affected/infected by HIV to find their voice and take back their lives.
~Do you can know your HIV status? To find HIV Testing Sites and Care Services go to HIV.gov ~LA Rape and Crisis Hotline 310.392.8381 ~For Domestic Violence matters, if you are in danger call 911 or reach the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233. ~Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800.273.TALK 800.273.8255 ~For more crisis support, helplines and warmlines resources go to NamiUrbanLA.org.
Discussion with playwrights Sardia Robinson of Yardie to a Yankee, and Shaunelle Curry of Shattered Glass. Their plays give abused women a voice in their poignant plays.
Also hear from Bri Parnell of the Women’s Leadership Program about their upcoming annual rally Standing for Black Girls.
Black Women for Wellness offers Get Smart B4 U Get Sexy, which is a movement that aims to end sexual and reproductive health disparities, through creating a community of smart and sexy women who are creating a sexual and reproductive health culture that is safe, affirming, nonjudgmental, pleasurable, and addresses all women’s diverse needs to maintain autonomy over their own reproductive, sexual health and well-being.
BWWLA.org HIV Testing Sites and Care Services go to HIV.gov For more crisis support, helplines and warmlines resources go to NamiUrbanLA.org.
Hannibal Tabu award winning comic book writer and poet, who will discuss Black Comics/portrayal of Blacks in comics, his road to writing comic books, and share some tips for upcoming creators. Hannibal Tabu is a Top Cow Talent Hunt winner and City of Los Angeles Cultural Trailblazer....and a close friend of my family. HannibalTabu.com Operative.net
This question & answer session with Dr Harry Edwards at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport in 2016, is on time for football season, as he explains the four waves of athletics in protest. So chew the meat and spit out bones. Get some talking points for those hard conversations about athletic protests with a history to build upon it.
Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown Jr, "Ferguson Rises."
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu discussed his first featured film, "Ferguson Rises." This life changing documentary examines the story of Michael Brown's father's grief and a small town's defiance that showed the world that Black Lives Matter.
If you are in Los Angeles or the surrounding areas, Ferguson Rises opens on September 17th through to September 23rd, showing 3 times a day 1:30, 3:40 and 7:40pm at the Laemmle Monica Theater, 1332 2nd Street in Santa Monica. For more information go to Laemmle.com/film/ferguson-rises, and check out FergusonRises.com
GRID Greater Los Angeles movement with program manager Alex Turek as they bring affordable solar power and solar jobs to under-resourced communities and communities of color that disproportionately bear the burden of environmental injustice and climate change. GRID puts people-first and they are putting money back into families’ pockets, by reducing the energy cost burden for housing providers, and jumpstarting solar careers. They partner with affordable housing organizations, job training groups, government agencies, municipalities, utilities, tribes and local communities to make solar a win for everyone. To join and learn more about the Grid Greater Los Angeles movement visit GridAlterrnatives.com/GLA
In the Army, Homeless in LA, Left Six Figure Sales Job to Pursuing His Music Dream, Conversation Piece guest award winning Ollie Gabriel, songwriter, multi-instrumentalists, music producer and world class speaker and finalist on NBC Songland…Ollie Gabriel is More than a Musician. See his music videos, and follow his musical journey on Facebook and at OllieGabriel.com. My co-host for this week is one of my sister’s Heather Coleman which is how I met today’s guest.
Meet some of my Radio Justice LA colleagues and fellow broadcasters: Xalli Algo and Hector Marquez of Ni Santas, Ni Pasivas; Adam Rice of Music To Resist By; Fernando Velazquez of El Sur en El Norte; and RJLA Visionary CEO Leslie Radford.
From hard-hitting news to music, talk radio y programas en espanol, the goal of Radio Justice is to provide media to inform and empower local communities, and to promote and advocate for social justice. Radio Justice LA at RadioJustice.org Power for the All Oppressed People!
My fellow UCLA alumnae, Althea Moses, shares from her International Bestseller Irresistibly Fit the story of coming to America and her journey to become a record-breaking Olympian. When Althea first placed her feet on the track and runway, no one expected the skinny, disadvantaged, and ambitious teenager to become a triple-jump Olympian. Irresistibly Fit is not only a mini-memoir but also a mind, spirit and physical training guide.
Conversation Piece on the scene…hear from Lead Organizer, Sergio Vargas of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), and from tenants Jenise Dixon and Maria Luz Ortiz (Danny Acevedo Interpreter)…all of them and more spoke at the press conference in Downtown Los Angeles City Hall to get the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance passed bringing justice to renters who experience daily harassment from their landlords. acceaction.org
Radio Justice Community Calendar spotlight on Women & Money with some startling statistics.
Sha Givens with her Butterfly Project, I Can Fly International, discusses how she rescues girls in East Africa who are victims of child marriage, female genital mutilation, tribal war and poverty. Hear how & why she does it.
I Can Fly International Butterfly Project organization provides quality education, rescue programs, shelter and meals for women and children who face adversity every day of their lives in Eastern Africa. www.icanflyinternational.org
Hear Ashanti Daniel's story: Registered Nurse, BSN who went from being a perfect picture of health to using a wheelchair. After a 9 month search of an answer, She discovers how she was blindsided with a diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Learn about ME this week on Conversation Piece for ME Awareness Month. meaction.net
One of my UCLA Alums Michael Buttler talks about generational wealth through homeownership, but first Stasi Cusack-Mercedez with Downtown Women’s Action Coalition of LACAN to tell us about LACAN Culture Hour and the upcoming Freedom Singers concert series on Thursdays at 5pm & 6pm on Zoom and Facebook live. Go to Los Angeles Community Action Network on Facebook for details. For info about LACAN check out Cangress.org
When Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell turned the water and electricity turned off, the unhoused built showers, and drinking water sources to compensate for ones that O’Farrell had taken away from them.
They had constructed a community kitchen that was opened to all housed and unhoused residents and regularly prepared meals for both. Does that sound like community blight to you?
Meet the people who lived at Echo Park Lake before the city moved them out: Monica of Echo Park Lake, and Ayman and Wallstreet of Echo Park Rise Up. Thanks to General Dogon of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) Cangress.org
CEO Les Higgins of Triangle Christian Services whose single goal is to “Keep Families Together” and to do their part in making the world a better place for all. Founded by the late Rev Dr. Frank Higgins, Sr. Pastor Les continues the legacy of his father, as they serve the community through Your Pathway Home the Women’s and Children’s Shelter, Family Preservation Network and Food and Clothing Distribution. January Dove, one of the shelter’s guest, will share her journey of struggle, resiliency, of fear to safety to hope to keeping her family together on finding her pathway home...Real People, Real Families, Real Lives.
For more information about Your Pathway Home and Triangle Christian Services and how to support with donations or in-kind services go to TriangleFamily.org.
Thandisizwe Chimurenga award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, and author of “No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant,” and “Reparations ... Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait.” She came to journalism through activism, understanding how powerful media can be for destroying or building grassroots, revolutionary change. Hear Her Story...
How to Pay for College with my UCLA fellow alumni Benny Blaydes of Santa Monica College, and hear from two scholarship recipients (Marcelo Clark & Oladapo Sangokoya) of the Benny C. Blaydes UCLA Black Alumni (UBAA) Scholarship. CSAC.CA.GOV StudentAid.gov SMC.Edu
Media Done Responsibly is not letting up in 2021! Find out about its Media Done Responsibly Virtual Film Festival with Shaunelle Curry and meet director Zorrie Petrus...her documentary "Defining Ourselves, For Ourselves" produced by Women's Leadership Project.
MediaDoneResponsibly.org WomensLeadershipLA.org PhotographyByZorrie.com
The story Lorraine is going to tell us, speaks of her struggle and survival of living on the streets in Los Angeles Skid Row from 1986-1994 while addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol, lost her children, met a man while homeless who later becomes her 2nd husband. Inspiring hope and healing, Lorraine is standing firmly on solid ground. DowntownWomensCenter.org AlcoholismCenterForWomen.org GSCHomeless.org
2022 LA City Controller Candidate Madeline Cortez Le, South LA Local, mother and data techie who wants more transparency in the Controller’s Office here in the City of Angels....and later Delegate Shannon Ziggzaggerz Theus tells us about the life of a California #AssemblyDistrictDelegate and how to find yours...UPDATE: Delegate Shannon won her recent election!
CADEM.org for info about California Assembly District Delegates Ethics.LACITY.org to find out who is running for office in Los Angeles.
Services Not Sweeps Coalition for the Martin Luther King Day Freedom Ride for Housing. Unhoused residents randomly scheduled for sweeps often lose vital personal belongings like medicine and government issued ids. Hear from Housing & Human rights activists: Kwazi Nkrumah, Pastor Cue, General Dogon, Kayo Anderson, Craig R, Mr. Pancake, Kyle, Vision, Theo Henderson, and Ashley Bennet who organized this freedom ride.
People living on the streets die at 4 a day here in LA. Rev Dr King said Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
More Hip Hop underground stories with DJ Dat Kidd 179...a continuous mix of tells from break dancing, rapping, graffiti artistry, to ultimately spinning turntables while he was in grade school.
Catch Dat Kidd's Live From Zanzibar (house music), Friday nights 8-10pm PT on RadioJustice.org
How to keep families safe, healthy and happy with former Child Protective Services Case Manager Avais Arkwright who now trains agencies through a parenting program called SafeCare. But first we have part 1 with one of RadioJustice’s DJs Dat Kidd 179, dropping knowledge through his music & Hip Hop experience from Newark NJ, to New York City to Los Angeles and soon Nigeria
Find out how Healthy African American Families advocates for underserved communities with their Executive Director Felica Smith on #ConversationPiece host by me, Angela Birdsong.
The Pipeline from Prison to Society Challenged by COVID-19…2nd Call Gets Lives Back on Track. Hear Michelle’s Story (after over 10ys in prison) & Ops Mgr Shanae Polk discusses the pitfalls & opportunities of reentry.
Michelle Johnson, President UCLA Black Alumni Association, allowed me to play this important Town Hall on Conversation Piece about #Proposition16, Bringing the Case for Racial Equity & Justice Back to California, w/ her co-hosts Bobby Grace, LA County DA’s Office and Mandla Kayise, New World Education Consultant, and other speakers CA State Assembly Member Sydney Kamlager, University Administrator Yolonda Copeland Morgan, UCLA Alum and Oakland Business owner Shonda Scott, UC Riverside alum and businesswoman Keona Henderson, and current UCLA Student Body President Naomi Riley.
Larry Williams, Founder of Next2Get, tells his story from being a gang member to helping students stay focused and motivated. And meet one of his students Daylon who is Next2Get his success & greatness!
~ Lanae Norwood, MyBlackCounts Take the Census ~ Althea Moses, Ups & Downs in Teaching 3rd Graders Online ~ Pre-COVID Life, A Flashback to PAFF w/ Filmmaker Dagmawi Abebe
Douglas Sandoval who will share his story of survival, perseverance and faith to give hope to do the impossible…Mr. Sandoval’s inspiring story is told in his book, Comeback One Man’s Triumph Over A Near Death Experience. ComeBackDouglas.com
Beats Tracks Samples & Hip Hop and the state of music today with DJ Stress Kris McManus (The Producers Corner), Michael Washington MWashSoul (Conversation Piece Theme Song & my Cousin), late great Edwin Birdsong (Multi-Grammy Winner/Nominee and my Daddy!). We recorded this show on Sunday Jan 20, 2019, the day before my father passed away unexpectedly. His last interview was with me.
Students Deserve with student leaders Marshe Doss and Justin Scott Jr, and parent leader Kahllid Al-Alim with actual accounts of being victimized by random school searches in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and participation in protests against it and their fight to end criminalization of black and brown youth in LA schools.
Dentist Dr Toni Oliver-Carfino of Oliver Dental Health to discuss the importance oral health, why do we hate going to the dentist, dental myths, root canals and why your mouth is a window into the health of your body. You'll be surprised!
Meet City of Los Angeles, Park Mesa Heights Community Organizers Kahllid Al-Alim President of Park Mesa Heights Community Council and Julia Smith At Large Representative candidate for Park Mesa Heights (she won the position).
Meet Morehouse School of Medicine Alum Dr Muhammad Shuaib who talks about how being African American is a risk factor in most diseases and why, along with telling his inspirational journey to medical school.
I Interviewed the Legendary musical group The Family Stone: Russell ‘Swang’ Stewart (lead singer)and Nate Wingfield (lead guitarist) at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood before they performed that night at Hollywood Bowl for the 41st Playboy Jazz Festival. slystonemusic.com thefamilystonemusic.com
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Injustices @ the Fire Departments in the Cities and County of Los Angeles, Pasadena's controversial dismissal of Fire Chief Bertral Washington and hear about some successes, programs to help you become a Firefighter and mentorship throughout your career, some Black history lessons and Los Angelenos firefighting in Africa & Haiti.
~Addington C Stewart, International Association of Black Professional Firefighters ~Inspector Gerald Durant, LA City Stentorian ~Cptn Jonathan Bowers, LA County Fire Department Stentorian
Radio Justice Community News Weekly w/Adam Rice, Angela Birdsong, Lawrence Reyes ~ Jed Parriott, Street Watch LA ~ Pacy Hackett, Organizer for FedEx Workers ~ Paul Bolden, Western Regional Advocacy Project ~ RJLA Community Calendar
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Power to All Oppressed People, and Peace to You if You’re Willing to Fight for It
Radio Justice Community News Weekly w/ Adam Rice, Angela Birdsong, Lawrence Reyes Mon 8am & 12pm; Wed 4pm & Fri 1pm; Sun 1pm PT ~ Lanae Norwood, My Black Counts ~ Cookie Lago, Project for Vida in Puerto Rico ~ Theo Henderson, WeTheUnhoused ~ Victoria, K-Town for All ~ RJLA Community Calendar RadioJustice LA https://radiojustice.airtime.pro/ Power to All Oppressed People, and Peace to You if You’re Willing to Fight for It
Shutdown effect on Africa Town (Leimert Park) w/ Brother Billion…And Quarantine Healthy & Well w/Seba Inpu of KhASA.
Meet the cast and crew of stage play Martin Duty Calls. Martin Duty Calls gives the audience an eye-opening glimpse into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Coretta Scott King’s personal life from 1955 through 1968. This play directed by David Wendell Boykins and created by Roy Parker and Chaz Ingram to open the eyes of a new generation about what was done in Dr. King’s time to achieve the gains we have today…many achievements to be proud of. However, to remind us the struggle is not over.
The most guests I had at one time (not enough chairs or mics but it worked; I think it was about 8 folks).The rebroadcast of this show garnered me my first #1 show for 2019!
Radio Justice Community News Weekly ~ Los Angeles Community Acton Network Steve Diaz by Adam Rice ~ Park Mesa Heights Neighborhood Council Kahllid Al-Amin by Angela Birdsong ~ Frente de Socialista in Puerto Rico Jose Izquierda by Lawrence Reyes ~ RJLA Community Calendar by Angela Birdsong ~ Special Report on COVID Protest by Adam Rice
Radio Justice Community News Weekly ~ Impact of COVID 19 on the Homeless Population Pastor Cue by Sister Charlene Muhammad ~ Sew Against COVID-19 Tina Sanchez & Estella Roach by Angela Birdsong ~ Stop LAPD Spying Coalition Hamid Kahn by Adam Rice ~ RJLA Community Calendar by Angela Birdsong
Women on the frontlines of COVID-19 with Photojournalist Desiree "Dez" James capturing scenes of despair and wealth in Atlanta, and later Andrea Cammarota, a Chaplain in a local Los Angeles Emergency Room.
Rhetoric, the spoken word event that started it all. Meet the AMAZING spoken word artist Alexander James who recites one of his poems, Malpractice. Marketing Director of Rhetoric, Andwele Williams joins Conversation Piece also.
Every year, people come away with changed minds and hearts by this artistic presentation of holy truth. Rhetoric.P4CM.com
CP Roadshow brings Part 2 of Rhetoric 2019 On the Scene interviews with 3 rappers Jermaine Lee Morris, Joseph Clough, FriiStyle Gahspol, 2 singers V.Rose, Kennis Clark, organization Kings Meet Queens and more!
RHETORIC, the spoken word event that started it all. Every year, people come away with changed minds and hearts by this artistic presentation of holy truth.
Four Los Angeles based entrepreneurs: Tatiana Beamon (Tati’s Cupcake Couture), The Stevenson Brothers: Ishmael and Malik (NaturesGalore), and Kash (BreadmakersCo)...Hear their stories and celebrate these self starters of overcoming statistics by becoming innovators and leaders, as they expose their brand, grow a strong client customer base and expand the business. @TatisCupCakeCouture NaturesGaloreProducts.com LegallyTrappin.com
Meet Fellow UCLA Alumni Dr Glenna Tolbert and CFO Kelvin Tolbert of Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation & Wellness: Husband and Wife changing Health Care Disparities. DrGlennaTolbert.com
Dr Glenna Tolbert of Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness UCLA Professor of Medicine and former president of Association of Black Women Physicians, Dr Tolbert helps raise public awareness of issues in the area of pain and pain management. DrGlennaTolbert.com
Conversation Piece Roadshow covers SIERF 8th Annual Back To School Giveaway with SIERF Executive Director Kathy Sutton, KNS Rockstar, Torrance Mayor Patrick J Furey, Mike Wilson and Gardena Councilman Mark E Henderson. Sensory Integration Education and Research Foundation, preparing our children for the future... SIERF.org
Sister Charlene Muhammad sits down with Conversation Piece host Angela Birdsong to tell her journey from small town Opelousas, Louisiana to being a National Correspondent for The Final Call Newspaper...journalism, faith, family and more. Part 2
Sister Charlene Muhammad sits down with Conversation Piece host Angela Birdsong to tell her journey from small town Opelousas, Louisiana to being a National Correspondent for The Final Call Newspaper...journalism, faith, family and more. Part 1
Scot Brown tells the story of Funk, A Migration of Sound and History that intertwines Black Freedom Movement in the Sociology of Funk. Dr Brown is a musician songwriter, and a professor at UCLA. Photo: #TalesFromTheTourBus
Freedom Fighter William Campbell Billion of AFRICA TOWN Coalition protesting against liquor store for harassing its customers in Leimert Park Village aka Africa Town.
Empowering youth with tolls not only to graduate but to seek major players on campus and to become one. Pilot Broadcast on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles. Host Angela Arkwright Birdsong Guest Mandla Kayise Producer/Engineer Sister Charlene Muhammad
Guest Host Angela Birdsong sitting in for Host/Founder Sister Charlene Muhammad (SCM) on Liberated Sisters, with guest The Food Prophet, Jollie Harris III discussing: “Let Your Food Be Your Medicine & Your Medicine Be Your Food." Pumps on the Ground with the Justice Report, SCM reporting. Broadcast Date: November 26, 2016 on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles.