91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230815 On The Block On the Block is an event to celebrate local artists in visual art, music, street-wear and food every second Sunday of the month through October. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with Julie Chang Schulman, Co-founder of Forever Safe Spaces, and is one of the Co-organizers of a coalition
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230810 Indigenous Milk Medicine Week Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is August 8th thru 14th this year. It’s a part of a series of observances celebrating breastfeeding during the month of August. Camie Goldhammer is a Social Worker, Lactation Consultant and Founder of the Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington. She
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230719 Gratitude Gathering To Resist Urban Tree Loss To Development Gratitude gatherings are held for urban trees in the Seattle area. It’s to honor these elder plants, and to resist the aggressive removal of urban trees for building development. KBCS’s Martha Baskin has this story. Producers: Martha Baskin and David Guenther
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230714 Luma The Western Red Cedar And Droplet On Friday, July 14th, a group of concerned community members rallied around a western red cedar named Luma in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood. They hope to preserve the tree since aggressive development activity in Seattle has led to increased loss of large trees
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230530 Brian Park Poem Brian Park is a Korean American artist and software developer. He read this poem he penned on May 28th, during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The reading was at Valley and Mountain fellowship’s Set Us Free From Fear event featuring Dr. Cornel West with
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230530 Cornel West Set Us Free From Fear Dr. Cornel West spoke at the Rainier Arts Center on May 28th as part of the Valley and Mountain fellowship sponsored Set Us Free from Fear series. You can listen to his address on The Prophetic Tradition in the Time of Neo
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230525 Music Bridges The Divide Miriam Oomen is a musician (fiddle player), teaches music and plays in old-time bands. She hails from Eugene, Oregon and was at Bellevue College as a speaker at a Bellevue College event, Voices United: A Week of Campus-Wide and Civic Conversation. It provides the opportunity to
Governor Gary Locke, who serves as Interim President at Bellevue College spoke on campus about the future of US-China relations on May 16th. Governor Locke served as Washington State Governor from 1997-2005. He served as the 36th US Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011 and as ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014. The
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230518 Accion Ciudadana Guatemala Title 42 expired just one week ago today. Biden’s new policy requires most migrants to prove they were denied asylum in a country they passed through en-route to the United States. Since Title 42 ended, the ACLU has sued the Biden administration to attempt to block new
1.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230518 Lauren Iida – Processing Intergenerational Trauma Lauren Iida is a local artist, whose work adorns public spaces including the Washington State Convention Center, Plymouth Housing in Seattle and Uncle Bob’s place in Seattle’s Chinatown International District. Her main medium is hand-cut paper. Iida’s Japanese American grandparents were incarcerated
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