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The Trump Administration has sent Congress a rescissions package that would claw back already-approved funding for public media, including KBCS. A vote could happen any day. These cuts would leave KBCS with a 10% gap in its budget. Our Summer Fund Drive starts next week, but you can help safeguard your favorite KBCS programs today. Please, donate now and thank you in advance.

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Dr. Benjamin Danielson – Medical Services and Community

The prominent pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Danielson stepped down from his position as Medical Director at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District. This was in protest of Children’s Hospital’s racially inequitable management practices, as written by Dr. Danielson in a South Seattle Emerald opinion piece from this week.

Listen to a KBCS 2019 interview with Dr. Danielson as he discusses how a team approach to healthcare involving social services, and many other circles, could better support communities. (more…)

Seattle City Council Public Safety Committee Meeting

The Seattle City Council Public Safety Committee will hold a discussion on the police chemical weapons ban today (January 12, 2021) at 9:30 this morning.

Sign Up for public comment starts at 7:30 am and is open until public comments ends.

This would be the first discussion about the police use of tear gas, blast balls, chemical weapons and other crowd control weapons used against Black Lives Matter protests.

Harassment of Japanese Americans After the Pearl Harbor Bombing

After the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese American communities in the United States faced growing animosity from their neighbors.   Dr. Roy Ebihara was eight years old at the time.  Dr. Ebihara recounts how terrifying it was living in New Mexico within the months after the US entered WWII.  Tom Ikeda of the Seattle-based, Densho Project interviewed him.

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Henry Miyatake’s Suitcase

In 1941, Henry Miyatake befriended a Jewish boy who had fled Poland with his family.  They went to the same middle school during WWII.  This is a story about their relationship, before Miyatake and his family were incarcerated by the US government.   Tom Ikeda, Densho Project Co-Founder interviewed Miyatake and recounts the story.

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Winter Solstice

It’s Winter Solstice 2020.  Ed Dominguez describes some winter solstice festivities and a rare astronomical phenomenon occurring on the same day.

Producer: Ed Dominguez, Yuko Kodama and Jesse Callahan

Photo: JLS Photography – Alaska

How Small Businesses are Critical to Community

 

Laura Clise, the Founder and CEO of Intentionalist, describes why moving away from a transactional  economy to a relational economy is so important for the health of our communities.  Intentionalist is an online directory and guide promoting businesses owned by black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQ, veteran and differently-abled  communities.

 

 

Seattle Chinatown International District – A Tour

Take a tour of a sampling of places in Seattle’s Chinatown International District with Doan Nguyen.  Nguyen is the Senior tour Manager for the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian American Experience.  (more…)

Intentional Shopping

It’s shopping season, and this time of year is critical for small businesses and their families to survive. Laura Clise is the Founder and CEO of Intentionalist, an online directory and guide to small businesses and the diverse people behind them.   This series highlights how small and diverse businesses are critical to a community, and how to be intentional in where we spend money in our community.

Producer: Yuko Kodama

Image: Intentionalist

 

Domestic Violence – How We Might Help

 

December 10th is Human Rights Day.  The United Nations and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) declare domestic violence as a violation of women’s human rights.  Domestic violence survivor advocate, Emy Johnston discusses how one might help someone they think is being abused in this story.

API CHAYA  M-F 10 am to 4 pm 1-877-922-4292/206-325-0325

National Domestic Violence Hotline 24 hours everyday chatting available on their website 1-800-799-7233

National Human Trafficking Hotline 24 hours everyday 1-888 -373-7888

King County Sexual Assault Resource Center 24 hours everyday 1-888-998-6423

Producers: Yuko Kodama and Jesse Callahan
Image: United Nations

Salmon Run

Late fall is the beginning of the salmon run season in the Pacific Northwest.  It’s the time of year salmon make their end of life journey up the tributaries in our region to spawn as their last gesture before they die.

Naturalist, Ed Dominguez takes you along the banks of Piper’s Creek in Seattle’s Carkeek Park with KBCS’s Yuko Kodama to describe the life cycle and important contributions of the salmon to the ecosystem.

Producers; Jesse Callahan and Yuko Kodama

Image: Ingrid Taylar