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Sankofa Impact: Dr. William Barber at the Selma, Bloody Sunday 50th Anniversary

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March 12, 2018 - 10:50 am

Several political leaders and activists from the civil rights movement commemorated Bloody Sunday in Selma Alabama Sunday with a Jubilee and a march across the Edmond Pettis Bridge. Before the commemorative march across the bridge Rev. Dr. William Barber spoke about the state of civil rights today in front of Browns Chapel where the original march in 1965 started from. KBCS’s Ruth Bly was there with Project Pilgrimage.

Unmute the Commute: The Commute Challenge

March 7, 2018 - 12:40 am

20 days, 20 different commutes. Today’s Unmute the Commute is brought to us by producer Jennie Cecil Moore.

Hunger Strike in Effect at Tacoma’s Northwest Detention Center

March 6, 2018 - 2:40 pm

The newest hunger strike at Tacoma’s immigration detention center started February, 2018. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama speaks with Maru Mora Villalpando, community organizer of Northwest Detention Center Resistance, about conditions inside the Northwest Detention Center, for its detainees.

Rescue of Hoarded Animals

March 6, 2018 - 1:44 pm

We meet some people who do a special kind of rescue work. Serenity Equine Rescue’s Patricia Clark, speaks with KBCS’s Judy Lindsay about her experience saving animals from hoarders.

Activist Reflects on Immigration Issues and DACA

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March 1, 2018 - 11:26 am

KBCS’s Yuko Kodama recently spoke with Maru Mora Villalpando, community organizer of Northwest Detention Center Resistance and activist and organizer for #Not1More Deportation, about immigration issues and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Reverend Sekou – a story from Ferguson, Missouri

February 27, 2018 - 12:39 pm

Musician, Author and Theologian, Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou was arrested for praying in front of Ferguson, Missouri riot police, in 2014 during the protests for slain teenager, Michael Brown. He shares that story with KBCS’s Yuko Kodama.

The Media and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

February 26, 2018 - 8:38 pm

KBCS’s KD Hall interviews clinical psychologist, Chalon Ervin about how some of us can experience post traumatic stress disorder by constantly being exposed to tragedies in the media.

Unmute the Commute: the Kent Food Desert

February 26, 2018 - 12:49 pm

Kicking off Season III of Unmute the Commute with a ride along to the Kent Food desert.

Unmute the Commute is a weekly series featuring stories that move you.

Depression in the Black Community

February 26, 2018 - 12:42 pm

This three-part series addresses common attitudes toward depression in the black community as KBCS’s KD Hall interviews Chalon Ervin, clinical psychologist.

Nature: Sword Fern

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February 16, 2018 - 11:31 am

Join us in another nature walk in Seattle’s Seward Park as KBCS’s Yuko Kodama talks to Ed Dominguez, Seward Park Audubon Center Lead Naturalist, about our local Sword Ferns. Discover what characteristics distinguish them from other ferns and how many Sword Ferns in Seward Park are burdened by a mysterious problem causing them to brown and die.

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