Seattle MLK Jr. Organizing Coalition
January 12, 2024 - 2:31 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20240112 Seattle MLK Organizing Coalition Martin Luther King Day was founded as the only federal holiday designated as a day of service in honor of the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr. It’s referred to as a ‘day on, not off’. One of the region’s largest planned observances is over
Griot Party Experience
January 5, 2024 - 12:01 pm
Griot Party Experience is an evening of authentic and inspiring storytelling to heal the soul. Long time KBCS contributor, Logic Amen directs this event which features griots such as IamChamel, Monique Franklin, Deaunte Damper, Halisi, Na’eem Shareef, Mecca Amen and many others. Griot Party Experience is January 13th, 8 pm at Langston Hughes Performing Arts
Fleeing Myanmar (aired August, 2023)
January 4, 2024 - 1:15 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230801 Rohingya Mohamed Imran has been a student in Washington after having fled Burma years ago as an 12 years old. Imran describes his journey to the US and how he has stayed active in working for his community. Producers: Laura Florez, Lucy Braginski and Yuko Kodama Photo and drawing: Widder
Curating the Audience – Monique Franklin
January 4, 2024 - 11:37 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20240108 Curating the Audience – Monique Franklin Monique Franklin is the Founder of Inspired Child, an organization that uses black art forms to encourage self awareness and empowerment and to strengthen the local Black community. She explains why it’s important to her to ‘not only curate the artwork, but the audience’. Producer: Yuko
Learning Lushootseed in an Environment of Intergenerational Trauma (aired August 2023)
January 1, 2024 - 2:49 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230808 Learning Lushootseed In A Household With Intergenerational Trauma According to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), indigenous language learning is increasing in Canada. Tribes in our region have established multiple language programs to teach Lushootseed, the language of the Coast Salish in the Greater Seattle Area, north to Skagit River
Tribal Canoe Journey 2023 Protocol (aired August 2023)
December 31, 2023 - 11:34 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230808 2023 Tribal Canoe Journey Protocol At Muckleshoot The InterTribal Canoe Journey, otherwise referred to as “canoe journey” or “tribal journey” are a Coast Salish tribal event to bring back the ancestral cultural ways of using cedars canoes on the Salish Sea as a means to live in relation. Canoe journeys
Black Belt Eagle Scout
December 19, 2023 - 5:03 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20231219 Black Belt Eagle Scout Katherine Paul or KP is the music artist behind Black Belt Eagle Scout. Her music has influences of alternative rock and traditional indigenous singing and drumming. Paul is enrolled in the Swinomish tribe and is from Colville and Inupiaq lines. She grew up in a family
2023 Year-End Message From Our General Manager
December 19, 2023 - 12:11 pm
Dear Friends and Supporters of KBCS, It won’t be long now before we celebrate the arrival of a new year and bid farewell to 2023. This is a friendly reminder that you have until midnight on December 31st to make a tax-deductible contribution to KBCS on your 2023 tax return. Donations from KBCS listeners make
The Houston family property in Renton
December 13, 2023 - 1:10 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20231213 Houston Family Property In Renton This is a story about the Houston family who is seeking reparations from Renton School District in what they say was an unfair acquisition of their family’s former land in Renton. They were part of a vibrant Black community there in the 1950s. Producers:
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December 12, 2023 - 3:24 pm
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