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Dr. Benjamin Danielson – Medical Services and Community

Dr. Benjamin Danielson

January 13, 2021 - 10:04 pm

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.

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Harassment of Japanese Americans After the Pearl Harbor Bombing

January 6, 2021 - 2:02 am

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

Henry Miyatake

December 30, 2020 - 1:40 pm

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

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December 21, 2020 - 10:29 pm

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201221 – Nature – 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

Intentional Shopping

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December 11, 2020 - 9:11 am

 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,

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Message from the KBCS General Manager – December 2020

A photo of a white man in a blue suit and red hair with trees in background. He is smiling candidly and looking directly into the camera with his eyes. Dana Buckingham KBCS GM

December 11, 2020 - 6:49 am

Some Matters of Relative Significance There is a quote by Anne Frank, whose diary bears witness to the horror of living during the Holocaust and to her enduring faith in a better future despite the desperate circumstances of her life and times. “I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness,” she wrote. “I

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