Voices from the Edge

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Every Thursday from 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Progressive talk radio from a grassroots perspective

About the program …

Community dialogue is important. Voices from the Edge lends a KBOO microphone to informed guests you might not hear anywhere else. With an hour to invest, the call-in format engages listeners in meaningful conversations about crucial issues like racial disparity, government accountability, environmental justice and politics on local, state and national levels. Join lively discussions about concerns that are important to you and our community. Together we’ll make Oregon and our nation a better place for a larger number of those living here.

About the host

Jo Ann Hardesty is a Portland City Commissioner and Principal Partner at Consult Hardesty. She serves as a subject matter expert on a myriad of issues and is available as a speaker, facilitator and campaign planner. A long-time voice for Portland's under-represented communities and a leader in the struggle against racial and economic injustice, Jo Ann was three times elected to the Oregon legislature and for many years Executive Director of Oregon Action. She’s been called on by the City of Portland to help re-write the City Charter and organizes those on the downside of power to pursue their interests from the local to the federal level. She is particularly committed to leadership development and in holding those in power accountable.

Join the conversation …

Join the conversation every Thursday morning from 8-9 a.m. by calling 503-231-8187. Keep the conversation going after the program at our blog at kboo.fm/voicesfromtheedge.

 

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Enough Is Enough Campaign in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 08/21/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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While many watchers have their eyes on the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, here in Portland the black community is reeling from the murder of a 21-year-old pregnant mom gunned down in her own apartment last weekend. Portland Police are working with city officials and mothers... Read more

Enough is Enough-A conversation about Police violence

Airs at: Thu, 08/14/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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"Enough is Enough" is a tag line for a new snitch program from the Gang Enforcement Police folks in Portland. It's purpose is to encourage people to share information with police to solve crimes in black communities. Let's talk about the elephant in the room, the police wil... Read more

Brauti Atharee interview on Black Leadership in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 08/07/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Where are the leaders in the African American community is a question I get asked a lot. As I look inside our current political system this is what I have found: Recently Governor Kitzhaber quietly let go his Director of Media Services a young African American woman named N... Read more

Dr. Mary's Monkey author Edward T. Haslam

Airs at: Thu, 07/31/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Join Edward T. Haslam, author of the updated book Dr. Mary's Monkey  How the unsolved murder if a doctor, a secret laboratory in New Orleans and cancer-causing monkey viruses are linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK assassination and emerging global epidemics for what shoul... Read more

The future of Occupy gathering in Sacramento on July 31 2014 w/Daniel Hong

Airs at: Thu, 07/24/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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The Occupy movement is an international protest movement against social and economic inequality, its primary goal being to make the economic and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly distributed. Local groups often have different ... Read more

Update w/Latoya Harris & daughter, arrested at 9-yrs-old update show

Airs at: Thu, 07/17/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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On June 26 we first spoke with Latoya Harris who's daughter (9-years old at the time) was handcuffed at her home dressed only in a swimsuit - and days following a playground tiff that had long since been resolved. No case was ever brought, not by a DA, nor by our 'self-defe... Read more

Discussion on City hall's latest community initiative to intervene on gang violence

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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It's summer time in Portland so gangs must be on the rise, as per Chief Mike Reese, Portland Police Bureau.  Yesterday Multnomah County Local Public Safety Council released a 500 page report met to make us all afraid that gang activity in Multnomah County is running rampant... Read more

Urban League's Midge Purcell: Should everyone have a fair chance for a good job and stable housing?

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Guest host Dave Mazza speaks with Midge Purcell of the Urban League about their campaign to pass an ordinance to require employers and landlords to remove the box on applications asking about an applicant's previous arrest record or convictions.  They ask if you believe th... Read more

Ms. Latoya Harris and the arrest of her 9-year old daughter

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Portland police Officer David McCarthy and Officer Matthew Huspek, who are assigned to a special police detail at New Columbia, placed a 9-year-old girl in handcuffs last May and took her to police headquarters in downtown Portland to be fingerprinted and photographed in co... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06/19/14

Airs at: Thu, 06/19/2014 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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