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Having Conversations With People You Don’t Agree With

91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230818 Manu Meel On The Power Of Conversation In Divided Times Manu Meel, Co-founder of Bridge USA speaks with KBCS about why it’s important to try to have conversations, and most importantly, to listen each other in times like this. Producers: Lucy Braginski and Yuko Kodama Special thanks to Sapan Parekh

On the Block

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

Indigenous Milk Medicine Week

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

Gratitude Gatherings

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

Protectors of Luma, the Western Red Cedar

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

Asian and Black Communities

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

Cornel West in Seattle

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

Bridging the Divide Through Music

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

The Future of US-China Relations

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

Guatemala Citizen Action

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