Community Building

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Car caravans make protesting viable during COVID-19 considerations

Airs at: Tue, 06/23/2020 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The threat of coronavirus means that organizing and protesting in person is often not feasible for many, even if they would like to make their presence known and their voice heard. But local groups have found a way through that barrier, using car caravans as a way to sho... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: Episode 5 with Sarah Farahat

Airs at: Wed, 06/24/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Art Talk Bus Stop is a serial 30-minute podcast produced by a group of students and educators based out of Reynolds High School in Troutdale, OR, just outside of Portland. The students are enrolled in the Reynolds Gallery of Contemporary Art (RoCA), where they learn profess... Read more

Community control of police challenges the power relationship between police and oppressed communities: a conversation with Max Rameau

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  "The problem particularly for Black communities and oppressed communities is that [defunding the police] wouldn't change the fundamental power relationship between our communities and the police, and that's what we really need changed." Protests spurred by the police mu... Read more

PAALF's 'Defund the PPB' campaign would reinvest police funds into Black, Indigenous and POC communities

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 5:30pm - Mon, 06/22/2020 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  "A lot of us in this moment are reassessing our ideas about policing, our understanding of public safety, and being an organization that is rooted in imagination, we truly believe we can imagine an alternative." The Movement for Racial Justice has put the spotlight on po... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of The Old Mole which includes, Trump and the Military: Bill Resnick interviews Garett Reppenhagen, National Director of Veteran's for Peace. They discuss how to stop Trump's efforts to stay in power and do it in part by enlisting the for... Read more

Native Services Inside & Beyond the Bars

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview Trish Jordan with Red Lodge Transition Services, a Native American led organization providing culturally focused programs for women releasing from jail, prison or treatment.   More information: https://redlodgetransition.org Read more

Juneteenth Special: a conversation with N.K. Jemisin

Airs at: Fri, 06/19/2020 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Juneteenth Special
  N.K. Jemisin is the first black writer to win Science Fiction & Fantasy's most prestigious prize, the Hugo Award, for best novel.  And Jemisin is the first writer ever, in the history of the genre, to win the Hugo Award for best novel three consecutive times.  She has be... Read more

Hyung Nam on Police Budgets

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers talks with activist Hyung Nam, who served on the city-appointed citizens Police Budget Advisory Committee, and who organizes with the Portland Metro People’s Coalition, which has been working with Unite Oregon, Portland African American Leadership Forum... Read more

BLM Protests

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Greg McKelvey and reflects on policing and on the protests locally and nationally.  Portland Black Lives Matter Events Calendar: https://www.pdx-blm-events.org Some earlier Mole interviews about policing with Malik Miah, Alex Vitale, and Kristian... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 15, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Frann Michel, and includes these segments: BLM Protests: Bill Resnick talks with Greg McKelvey and reflects on the protests locally and nationally, which continue and as of this weekend show no sign of diminishing. Black Panthers and Public Hea... Read more