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The U.S. House has passed a recissions package to claw back two years of already-approved funding for public media stations, including KBCS. The package now goes to the senate for a final vote. You can make a difference today by contacting your representative and becoming a KBCS contributor. Thank you in advance.

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It’s Fair Trade Friday!

March 19, 2021 - 5:08 am

The KBCS Spring Fund Drive begins today. We want to send you a KBCS coffee mug along with coffee from our partners at Equal Exchange as our way of saying thank you for supporting KBCS during what we’re calling Fair Trade Friday! Today only, when you make a one-time contribution of $120 or become an

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The Paper Tigers – a New Kung Fu Film, and the Asian American Male Experience

March 5, 2021 - 7:13 pm

 

The Paper Tigers, a new Kung Fu drama comedy screens at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival on Saturday, March 6.  It’s a filmed, produced and directed by three homegrown Pacific Northwest friends.  KBCS interviewed the Director, Bao Tran about the film, and about the role martial arts can play in the Asian American male experience.

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Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2021

Vanessa Au

March 5, 2021 - 3:28 pm

The Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) is on now through March 14th.   In addition to films centered around the Asian American narrative, the event features panel discussions on the disappearance of local Asian American gathering places and the topic of healing from miscarriage stillbirth and infant loss.  The film festival also partners with local Asian American restaurants for the celebration.

Listen in on this KBCS interview with SAAFF Co-founder and Executive Director, Vanessa Au about the films featured this year (COVID19 was one of the themes), and what makes this event important for our community.

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Racial Bias in Healthcare

March 4, 2021 - 11:55 am

 

Racial Bias in healthcare has negatively impacted communities of color since the beginning of U.S. history.   Black communities and medical professionals are  pushing for reform and cultural change in the healthcare system as we face this world-wide COVID19 pandemic.

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Takeaways from Japanese American Stories of Incarceration

February 28, 2021 - 10:37 am

For the past 24 years, Tom Ikeda, the founding Executive Director of Densho and his staff have been conducting oral histories of Japanese Americans who have endured the painful experience of being forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated en masse by the United States government.

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Demystifying COVID 19 Vaccinations

Dr. Karla Fuller

February 23, 2021 - 11:58 pm

Why did COVID 19 vaccination roll out go so quickly? Should I get vaccinated?  Dr. Karla Fuller, Associate Professor of Biology at City University of New York and Project Lead for the National Human Genome Research Institute, shared her perspective on this at a Black Employees of Bellevue College-hosted virtual event last week.

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