Circle A Radio

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Hosted by: 
Erin Yanke
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Local, national and international issues focusing on those who are not allowed a voice

Circle A covers local, national and international issues, focusing on the voices of communities who, for political reasons, are not allowed a voice in the mainstream media.

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The Circle A Radio Collecitve created programming for KBOO from 2000 - 2013. The Circle A Radio Collective included members Kaylene Chassie, Jodi Darby, Marlena Gangi, Shizuko Hashimoto, BreAna Loranger, Cecily Rodgers, Trillium Shannon, Honna Veerkamp and Erin Yanke.

Topic tags: 
Activism, African American, Arts/Culture, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Community Building, Education, Elders, Gender, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, History, Housing/Homelessness, Humor, Immigration, Indigenous, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Media, Music, Police, Prison, Race, War/Peace, Women
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Max Rameau and the Take Back The Land Movement

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
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 Max Rameau  is the founder of the Miami-based organization Take Back the Land. In 2006, the organization seized control of a vacant lot and built a shantytown called Umoja Village. Take Back the Land then began a campaign of taking over bank-owned foreclosed homes and movi... Read more

Appalshop Celebrates their 40th Anniversary!

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
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Appalshop, a non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center, located in Whitesburg Kentucky, has just celebrated it’s 40th year of existence in the heart of Appalachia. Appalshop is dedicated to the proposition that the world is immeasurably enriched when local cul... Read more

Circle A Radio on 10/21/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
We talk with members of Rose City Antifa, a Portland group fighting white supremicy and Holocaust Deniers, about the recent upswing in Holocaust Deniers coming to Portland, and their ties to the 9-11 Truth movement. Read more

Homelessness in Portland

Airs at: Wed, 09/02/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
As the number of people living on the streets continues to increase during this recession, many cities are passing ordinances restricting survival activities such as sleeping, sitting down, and asking for spare change. The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty rel... Read more

Flo Kennedy

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Whe Flo Kennedy died at the age of 84 on December 22, 2000, the progressive movement lost a fiery dedicated and outspoken lawyer; civil rights activist; lecturer and writer. For nearly 50 years, Flo was a prominent activist in the Black, gay rights and feminist movements. ... Read more

San Francisco Eight Victory

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Charges were recently dropped against 4 of the San Francisco 8, leaving only one defendent left. We talk with Richard Brown of the SF8 and Miasha Quint from the Committee to defend the SF 8 about the recent developments, the sucess of the organizing, the cointelpro targeti... Read more

David Irving is Coming to Portland

Airs at: Wed, 07/15/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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  David Irving is a British author and a revisionist historian who denies the holocaust ever happened. Irving’s reputation as a historian was widely discredited when he lost a libel suit in 1996. He will be appearing in Portland July 19th at an undisclosed location. There ... Read more

Boise Voices Oral History Project

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Boise Voices is an intergenerational Oral Histrory Project, founded by Apricot Irving. This  project pairs at-risk youth from Albina Youth Opportunity School, and Boise Elementary School, with Boise Neighborhood Elders in order to preserve the history of the neighborhood. T... Read more

Diana Block

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
 A life long political activist, Diana Block has been involved in many struggles for liberation both in American and internationally. She has written for political journals and women’s magazines and currently edits The Fire Inside, the newsletter of the California Coalition... Read more

High School for Recording Arts Portland

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
On tonight's show you'll hear from Imani Muhammad, Versatyl of the Lifesavas, Erica Jayasuriya, and Mic Crenshaw about the High School for Recording Arts Portland (HSRAP). HSRAP will expose students to the roots of music, culture and arts by using current youth culture (hip... Read more