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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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December 10, 2020 - 7:00 am

   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

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December 9, 2020 - 9:15 am

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201207 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

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December 8, 2020 - 10:00 am

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201208 Japanese Bombing Of Pearl Harbor And US Declares War On December 7th, 1941,  Japan’s military attacked Pearl Harbor.  On December 8th, the following day, the United States declared war on Japan. This series of events forever changed the lives of the Japanese American community along the west coast of

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December 6, 2020 - 11:14 pm

<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> 91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20200218 Tim Wise at Bellevue College Tim Wise is an educator and author on anti-racism.  He addresses students at Bellevue College in March of 2019.  Here is a recording of the event. Transcript: 91.3 KBCS 20200218 Tim Wise at

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November 20, 2020 - 11:46 am

KBCS went to New Orleans with Project Pilgrimage participants in 2018 and learned about the movement to dismantle confederate monuments throughout the country. 91 3’s Ruthie Bly dives into the history of confederate symbols and what to do with a confederate legacy that just won’t concede defeat.

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November 13, 2020 - 7:51 am

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November 11, 2020 - 9:13 am

 Reverend Osagyefo Sekou shares some perspective on where joy lives in resistance. Reverend Sekou is the Theologian in Residence at Valley and Mountain Fellowship in Seattle’s Rainier Valley.

November 11, 2020 - 12:21 am

91.3 KBCS · Racialized Trauma Studies consistently show racial disparities in most every aspect of our social structures.  KBCS’s Kevin Henry explores how a racialized society impacts and traumatizes people in our communities. Psychotherapist Joshua Magallanes talks about racialized trauma from a clinical perspective. Shomari Jones works in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion field in

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November 8, 2020 - 10:12 pm

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201120 Take Em Down NOLA And WA Confederate Symbols Educator, Poet and Spokesperson for Take Em Down NOLA, Michael Quess? Moore spoke in Seattle in August of 2020 about Confederate Symbols, and why he advocates to take them down.  Also, in this segment, Eleanor Chang-Stucki, Sankofa Impact Project Pilgrimage intern

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