Community Building

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban in Court

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

In May, voters in Lincoln County, Oregon, which stretches along the coast from Lincoln City to Yachats, approved a measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. The new ordinance was almost immediately the subject of a lawsuit brought against the county... Read more

The Case of Robyn Drown

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Host Emma Lugo speaks with film maker Mary Knight about her film about the case of Robyn Drown, a current inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. The film screening will be held at the 2017 Women in Prison Conference in Portland on October 21 & 22nd. ... Read more

Villages Northwest and Oregon's Military History

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

Oregon’s military heritage goes back thousands of years, including native people’s warrior traditions. Most of the cultures in this region were relatively peaceful, even welcoming visiting strangers, such as the Lewis and Clark overland Army expedition in 1805–1806. Then, o... Read more

Language Is Life, Land is Sacred

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is a part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generations. Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Isabella Zizi is a ... Read more

Jeff Chang: We Gon' Be Alright

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

From almost every kind of responsibility and tie from engagement and from faith. So the artist--our task is to move ourselves and the rest of us in the opposite direction. Toward more engagement, towards stronger ethics, toward a social that's open and inclusive to all ... Read more

On the Ground Radio

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

A recurring theme in this show is news, media, information and voice. Who gets to be heard. What stories, narratives, lives are lifted up as worthy, and what lies are lifted up as truth. Gerald Horne is in the house with new books, including "The Rise and Fall of the Ass... Read more

Up & Over

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

What can you personally do to help vulnerable people during the harsh winter months? Our guest is Up and Over founder Javonnie Shearn, who was this year appointed by the governor to the Board of Directors at the Oregon State Hospital. We'll be talking about Up and Over's... Read more

Our friends in Puerto Rico Need Our Help

Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico hard - and despite the fact that it's a US Territory filled with US citizens, the Trump administration has been slow to take action to help. Instead, hundreds of thousands of people remain stranded without communication, food o... Read more

Colombian Indigenous Broadcaster and Activist Killed, US-Made Munitions Involved

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

US-made riot-control munitions were used by authorities in Colombia at a clash that resulted in the death of indigenous broadcaster Efigenia Vasquez Astudillo. She was reporting on clashes between the state’s Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron, or Esmad, and the Kokonuko people in C... Read more

Sound Documentation, Preservation and Advocacy

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

"What did I have to offer a world that was forgetting? My memory! How could my memory help? By offering comparisons! By telling the young what once was. By considering our losses! I found the more I remembered, the more I could remember! Millions of things." --The Old M... Read more