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Interview with Emily Newman

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us as we talk with Emily Newman of the American Humanist Association about their program to outreach to nonreligious folks incarcerated in jails and prisons through a program called Humanism for All. Humanism For All aims to connect incarcerated people who ident... Read more

Fentanyl, Mandatory Minimums, and Racism

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: Fentanyl, mandatory minimums, and racism. We hear from Grant Smith, Deputy Director of Drug Policy Alliance Office of National Affairs; Nkechi Taifa, author of a new memoir entitled Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice, CEO of The ... Read more

In The Wake Of Blake

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Washington state Supreme Court recently invalidated that state’s laws against simple personal possession of controlled substances. Simple possession had been a felony in Washington, regardless of whether the individual knew that they were in possession. The decision in ... Read more

Buscando America on 04/06/21

Airs at: Tue, 04/06/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Un GRAN logro! … en este programa escucha a Maru Mora Villalpando sobre la aprobación del proyecto de ley HB1090 el cual prohíbe la detención privada en el estado Washington. Escucha un reporte de la organización Pueblo sin Fronteras porque las masacres y secuestros se han... Read more

Legislation Impacting Incarcerated Mothers and their Children

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated mothers with their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.  On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to convene Oregon's Day of Empathy. We’ll hear from women... Read more

Katal Turns Five

Airs at: Wed, 03/31/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice turns five this year. To celebrate, they’ve begun hosting a series of public dialogues about the broad themes that drive their work: equity, health, and justice. The first of those dialogues was held March 29. On this edition... Read more

Oregon Day of Empathy

Airs at: Wed, 03/31/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated women with their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.  On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to convene Oregon's inaugural Day of Empathy. Oregon’s eve... Read more

Making Change Inside from the Outside

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Tacuma Jackson co-founder of the Mary Kiona Foundation.  The organization focuses on helping people of color, indigenous and LGBT persons with mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, housing and reentry. Read more

Eclectic Pandemic

Every fourth Sunday 8:00pm - 10:00pm   Not everything in day to day life has been as hectic and unnerving as mass Media seems to project We all do come together through acts of love, faith, resilience, perseverance, and a strong sense of what our community is struggling w... Read more

Voting in Jails PDX with Amelia Fowler

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us as we talk with Amelia Fowler of Voting in Jails PDX.  Many people think that those who are currently incarcerated or have a felony, have lost the right to vote. In Oregon, this is not the case. Prisoners can vote if they are serving time on a misdemeanor cha... Read more