Our guest is poet, filmmaker, educator, retired therapist, and thought leader
– La Toya A. Hampton, MSW ~ The Poet Lady Rose. She is holding Rhymes and
Roots: Celebrating North Portland through Poetry Workshops through Sunday,
February 9.
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On this edition of Prison Pipeline: School Suspensions Fail Kids.
School suspensions have risen in many parts of the country in recent years.
This trend threatens long-running efforts to reform school discipline and to
develop restorative justice strategies centered on chil...
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As Syria struggles to emerge from decades of conflict, we revisit our
November 2018 conversation with Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald.
Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as
she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in German...
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“Take a deep a deep breath and think about the best way ground yourself in
this moment and to present for what is come in this year of Wood Snake . . .
”
-El
DJ Ellie D.
Eleanor Kiyoko Rose Nakayama
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This week on Century of Lies: Counterfeit Benzos.
In the words of the executive producer of the Drug Truth Network, Dean
Becker, Because of prohibition you don't know what's in that bag. That was
true well before fentanyl came along. And these days, it's not only fentanyl,...
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Back in April of 2023, a 9-year-old girl in Shasta County, California was
raising a 4-H goat named Cedar when she realized that she couldn't go
through with giving up her friend to be sold and slaughtered, as the program
demands. The fair board, which runs the 4-H progra...
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Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra,
enters its second century this weekend. The opening concert for PYP’s
historic 101st season takes place this Saturday, November 9th at Portland’s
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
The program, conducted b...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Global State of Harm Reduction.
On Tuesday October 29, Harm Reduction International released its new report
entitled The Global State of Harm Reduction 2024. HRI held a news conference
to announce the release and discuss their findings.
We...
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