February 21, 2022 - 12:09 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220221 Remember And Resist Day Of Remembrance 2022 On February 19th, a number of Japanese American organizations and La Resistencia partnered to observe the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt. This act authorized the US military to forcibly remove and incarcerate 120,000 people of Japanese
February 18, 2022 - 1:54 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220218 ICE And Detention Antonio Guerrero, whose name is changed to protect their identity, describes what it was like to be picked up by ICE and to live and work for roughly a dollar a day at the US ICE detention center in Tacoma. Producer: Yuko Kodama Photo: University of Washington
February 18, 2022 - 7:42 am
On Feb 19, 1942 Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an Executive Order authorizing the involuntary evacuation of Japanese American people from the West Coast to relocation centers throughout the country. As a result, most of the US Japanese and Japanese American population, 120,000 people, were forcibly incarcerated. Paul Tomita was sent to Minidoka Relocation Center
February 4, 2022 - 7:16 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220204 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year celebrations kicked off on Tuesday. The season is marked with celebrations involving food, feasts with loved ones, firecrackers and lion and dragon dances. KBCS brings you some tape from lion dance trainings in Renton and an interview about the dances and rituals of this
photo from the Southern Poverty Law Center
February 3, 2022 - 9:13 am
(This story originally aired in February of 2020.)
During the 1960’s, Jimmie Lee Jackson tried registering to vote multiple times without success in Marion Alabama. These experiences activated him to take up the cause for the right to vote. His efforts, and finally his murder, led to a march which resulted in Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama during 1965.
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January 27, 2022 - 6:54 am
91.3 KBCS · Dr. David Buscher on Environmental Science with a Comment on Addiction Dr. David Buscher is a Medical Doctor in Environmental Science; the study of the interactions between the environment and human health. He describes his experiences working with patients alongside Dr. Theron Randolph, the father of Environmental Medicine. Producer: Yuko Kodama
January 21, 2022 - 2:51 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220121 Michelle Williams Clark On Youth And Mental Health 1 Michelle Williams-Clark is the Eastside Youth Coalition Founder and Executive Director. The organization is committed to providing Black, Latinx, Youth Of Color with racially and culturally relevant programs, in a safe community where their lives are valued. Williams-Clark describes how the
January 21, 2022 - 10:27 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220121 An Experience Of A Panic Attack – Creating A Web Of Trusted Adults For Youth Kate Donaldson experienced her first of daily panic attacks while she was in high school. She describes the anatomy of her panic attack in this audio story. Luckily, Donaldson had access to some key
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December 23, 2021 - 3:05 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20210923 Dr Robert Jeffrey On Bringing Community Back To The CD Dr. Robert L Jeffrey is the pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Seattle’s Central District. The church has over 70 years of history. In 1994, the church was destroyed by a fire. As the congregation was rebuilding the
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Dana Buckingham KBCS GM
December 21, 2021 - 10:15 am
Happy Holidays from all your friends at KBCS! This has been a remarkable year of renewal and revitalization at KBCS. Thanks to the support from our listeners like you, KBCS is on more secure financial footing and moving forward on multiple fronts to bring you our unique blend of eclectic community radio programming that informs, educates, and entertains. New programs like Balkana, featuring Slavic folk music and Brasilidade, highlighting popular music from Brazil, further
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