Bread and Roses

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Every Friday from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

 

Bread and Roses is a collective of women-identified radio activists. We offer feminist public affairs programming. We give voice to those working for social justice and equity, globally and locally. We strive to challenge systems of oppression. All this, and we have fun!

Bread and Roses highlights the achievements of women artists, activists, athletes, scholars and innovators. We strive for programming excellence and collaborative efforts, providing access and training to women.

 

Topic tags: 
Gender, Women, Youth, Class, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Community Building, Activism
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KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

May 28th is International Menstrual Hygiene Day

Airs at: Fri, 05/23/2014 at 12:00am
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Urmila Chanam, Indian activist has organized a campaign to raise awareness about the situation rural women and girls face in India around menstrual hygiene. Her campaign "Celebrate the Red Droplets" invites all of us to break the silence, to banish taboos, myths and shame a... Read more

Interview with Laura Cooper

Airs at: Fri, 05/16/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Ashley and Twilight interview local singer songwriter Laura Cooper. Laura will also be playing live in the studio songs from her album How To Be An American. Read more

Belinda Underwood

Airs at: Fri, 05/09/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Belinda Underwood, local musician and dancer joins us for a live performance and interview about her art and activism. Find out more about Belinda UNderwood and her music: www.belindaunderwood.com Hosted and Produced by Delphine Criscenzo Read more

5/2 -The Night, and the Rain, and the River. New Anthology of Short Stories by Oregon Writers

Airs at: Fri, 05/02/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Bread and Roses celebrates the launch of the new Oregon short story anthology, The Night, and the Rain, and the River, by woman-owned local publisher Forest Avenue Press.  We welcome Editor Liz Prato and local writers Domi Shoemaker and Tammy Lynne Stoner.  Donate to KBOO ... Read more

QSoC Conference “(Re)Generating Community: Radical Coalitions at the Intersections"

Airs at: Fri, 04/25/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Bread and Roses welcomes the Queer Students of Color Conference planning committee this Friday. The Fourth Annual Queer Students of Color Conference will take place from May 9-11 and will feature inspiring speakers, including Lavern Cox, Fabian Romero and Emi Koyama, constr... Read more

Young Women’s Youth Empowerment Group from Native American Youth and Family Center

Airs at: Fri, 04/18/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Bread and Roses host, Ashley Thirstrup will be interviewing the Young Women’s Youth Empowerment Group from Native American Youth and Family Center.  We will be discussing issues facing our local young women, some service learning projects they are working on in the communit... Read more

CIVIC ending the isolation of men and women in U.S immigration detention

Airs at: Fri, 04/11/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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lIsten to a conversation about U.S immigration detention centers, such as the Norwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA, and the efforts of CIVIC, a non-profit dedicated to ending isolation for men and women in the system. We are joined Live, on the phone from San Francisco by... Read more

Iris Krasnow, Author of "Sex After..."

Airs at: Fri, 04/11/2014 at 12:00am
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Delphine Criscenzo sat with author and Professor Iris Krasnow to discuss her new book "Sex After... Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes" just before a book signing event at Powell's Bookstore. Iris is a prolific author of narrative non-fiction books about wom... Read more

Dr. Suzanne Fanger: Understanding the Excluder: Why Young Children Exclude Their Peers

Airs at: Fri, 04/04/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Dr. Suzanne Fanger returns to Bread and Roses to share practical solutions and findings in the study of peer exclusion among preschool-age children.  Her work focuses on developing socio-emotional curriculum and helping parents and educators solve the social issues of young... Read more

Not Your Rescue Project

Airs at: Fri, 03/28/2014 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Twillight Kallisti interviews N'jaila Rhee, co-creator of the Twitter hashtag #NotYourRescueProject about sex workers, online activism and the politics of sex work. N'jaila Rhee is co-host of TWIB After Dark on Twib.fm, also a journalist and BBW adult web model and PSO. St... Read more