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
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Activist mom Cindy Sheehan continues fight for peace

Airs at: Thu, 01/15/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
One of the most enduring images of war protests in the Bush years were the angry mothers whose children have died in the war. One mother, Cindy Sheehan caught the world's attention by camping out in President Bush's Crawford Texas ranch. In this interview, she urges the pea... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Bridget B. hosts the January 9, 2009 segment of Bread & Roses.  She'll be interviewing two local women writers, Anjala Ehelebe author of Images of America: Portland's Woodlawn Neighborhood and Jewel Lansing author of My Montana: A History and Memoir - 1930-1950.  Anjala tak... Read more

Two Women Writers: "Keepers of History"

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Bridget B. hosted the January 9, 2009 segment of Bread & Roses.  She interviewed two local women writers, Anjala Ehelebe author of Images of America: Portland's Woodlawn Neighborhood and Jewel Lansing author of My Montana: A History and Memoir - 1930-1950.  Anjala took us t... Read more

Nora Guthrie: Keeping alive Woody's legacy

Airs at: Thu, 12/04/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Folk hero Woody Guthrie left behind thousands of unpublished lyrics. His daughter, Nora Guthrie, shares discovering these songs and, in the process, discovering her father. Also featured: creative work by Billy Bragg and Jonatha Brooke www.jonathabrooke.com  who had access ... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 11/28/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
The US Economic Crisis has affected many women across or great country, but how is it affecting women in other countries?  Listen to Bread & Roses on KBOO 90.7FM on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6:00pmPST to learn more. Join me, Bridget B., as I speak to women from Sweden, Pa... Read more

US Economic Crisis: How Its Affecting Women In Other Countries

Airs at: Thu, 11/27/2008 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
The US Economic Crisis has affected many women across or great country, but how is it affecting women in other countries?   Join me, Bridget B., as I speak to women from Sweden, Amsterdam and Paris; each one expressing their views on the negative and even positive impact the... Read more

My Dead Body

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
On October 31, it was a  Bread & Roses full of scary stories, disguises, and tributes to the dead.   Thanks to all the listeners who called in to share. In this audio, listen to Brooke Kavanagh's story about something she finds a little scary:  her dead body.       Read more

Pursuit of justice: Joyce Horman and Chile's Sept 11

Airs at: Thu, 09/11/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
When will the pursuit of justice finally come to end after September 11--that's September 11, 1973, in Chile. 35 years ago, a coup supported by the US brought General Agusto Pinochet to power and what followed were years of state-sponsored disappearances, torture and execut... Read more

The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 09/03/2008 at 9:14am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Interviews with Nellie Wong and Laura Mannen on The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, the upcoming Radical Women Conference to be held October 3-6 in San Francisco.Part I:  Nellie Wong, a long time revolutionary feminist activist and poet, will be a keynote speaker at... Read more

The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, Part I

Airs at: Thu, 08/21/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Interviews with Nellie Wong and Laura Mannen on The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, the upcoming Radical Women Conference to be held October 3-6 in San Francisco.Part I:  Nellie Wong, a long time revolutionary feminist activist and poet, will be a keynote speaker at... Read more