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August 16, 2019 - 1:44 pm

A study on the impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACE), including exposure to emotional, physical, sexual abuse, or household dysfunction on adult long term health was published in 1998.  The study found a relationship of ACE exposure to increased heart disease, cancer and chronic lung disease in adulthood.  Since this study, many public health agencies

Read More about Adverse Childhood Experiences and Long Term Health Impacts

August 15, 2019 - 11:25 am

Juvenile Bald Eagles are learning to make a living this time of year, while adult eagles feed them.  Follow Seward Park Audubon Center’s Lead Naturalist, Ed Dominguez and KBCS’s Yuko Kodama on a trail in Seattle’s Seward Park as they listen for the young eagles’ calls for food.  Producers: Yuko Kodama and Jesse Callahan

Read More about Nature – Juvenile Bald Eagle

August 14, 2019 - 1:32 pm

Silas McGhee was from a family of civil rights activists in Greenwood, Mississippi.  In 1964, he worked to desegregate a movie theater.  He was targeted for this work, and shot in the face by someone whom many believe was a local klansman.   You can listen to the story of what happened to Silas the

Read More about Sankofa Impact – Civil Rights Foot Soldier, Silas McGhee

July 26, 2019 - 3:02 pm

This year’s Tribal Canoe Journey, honoring ancient indigenous traditions is underway.  The Lummi Nation is hosting this year’s festivities by welcoming over one hundred indigenous canoes  to their shores.  Canoe families come from Washington state, British Columbia, Alaska and as far as Hawaii.

Read More about Canoe Journey 2019 – Samish Landing

July 25, 2019 - 12:37 pm

Jaime Rubio Sulficio faces deportation, and took sanctuary at Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral at the end of March.  Rubio was a business owner, Latin dance instructor and active member of the community.  He and his wife, Keiko Maruyama describe their experiences adjusting to this chapter in their lives in this series on their experiences. Producer:

Read More about Taking Sanctuary : Jaime Rubio and Keiko Maruyama

July 17, 2019 - 12:07 am

Summer wildfires are the new face of catastrophic climate change in Washington and much of the West. As summer 2019 unfolds, those who can, are making plans to become seasonal climate refugees to escape the smoke and unhealthy air. Find out what options there are who can’t leave town. Producers: Martha Baskin and Daniel Guenther

Read More about Basing Summer Plans on Wildfires

July 15, 2019 - 1:56 pm

Paul Tomita is a third generation Japanese American who attended a protest in June, against the Trump Administration’s plans to incarcerate 1400 children at US army post, Fort Sill this month.  The organizers of the event were Japanese American, and some were elders who had experienced forced relocation and incarceration by the United States government during World War II.

Read More about How the Indigenous Community Assisted the Fort Sill Protest

July 15, 2019 - 1:28 pm

The Japanese American Community organized a Lights for Liberty event on July 12, in Wisteria Park, across from the Seattle Buddhist Temple.  This is a collage of sounds and impressions from people who attended. Producers: Gol Hoghooghi and Yuko Kodama Photos: Yuko Kodama Alice Ito with a photo of her friend, Fumiko Hayashida and Hayashida’s

Read More about Lights for Liberty – Seattle Wisteria Park

July 15, 2019 - 10:18 am

Are you a media sales pro with non-profit experience? You could work at KBCS. We seek a Corporate Relations Manager, responsible for increasing underwriting and sponsorship revenue in support of KBCS and Bellevue College. Learn more here.

July 12, 2019 - 1:09 am

Over 700 Lights for Liberty events across the United States and in a couple of dozen countries were planned on Friday, July 12th, to protest concentration camps at the US southern border. Other significant protests within the past few months were one in Crystal Springs, Texas, and Fort Sill Oklahoma. These were both on or

Read More about Why Japanese American, Dr. Satsuki Ina Protests Concentration Camps at the Border