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Damaris Webb

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae gets caught up with Damaris Webb is an actor, director, teaching artist and co-director of The Vanport Mosaic. She's directing a film version of the first act of Martha Bakes: a Biography of a Revolution and Insurrection that never happened, a by Don Wilson Glenn fo... Read more

Martin Luther King Day Celebration on KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for:  MLK Day Special
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” A Tribute to the Life & Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Streaming on: www.worldartsfoundation.org, Open Signal, KBOO 90.7 FM,  This retrospective program draws from our organization's legac... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: "Brown Sugar Babe" by Charlotte Sherman

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Charlotte Sherman writes, "I love being brown and wanted to write a poem to highlight the splendor of this underestimated color for young boys and girls, so they too will love the skin they are in. When I first heard a beautiful, radiant, brown-skinned child say, “I’... Read more

Opposition to Interstate Urban Renewal Area expansion organizes "Postpone the Vote" campaign

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  On December 16th, Portland City Council heard testimony from community members urging them not to amend and extend the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area (ICURA). The district covers the area around I-5 in North and Northeast Portland, the majority of Portland’s hist... Read more

Martin Luther King Day Celebration on KBOO

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” A Tribute to the Life & Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Streaming on: www.worldartsfoundation.org, Open Signal, KBOO 90.7 FM,  This retrospective program draws from our organization's legac... Read more

Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area expansion threatens Black community, opponents say

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  "We're talking about lives here, not just a policy... It's almost saying that gun that killed you is gonna be the same gun that resurrects you. Well, guns don't resurrect people, do they? But you keep shooting us." On December 16th, Portland City Council will consider an... Read more

Racial unrest, disease, depression: 1919 vs. 2020

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Sharon Grant, a community health educator for Multnomah County Health Dept, reads from an article printed in the Middletown Press (CT) on June 21, 2020, titled "Racial unrest, disease, depression: 1919 versus 2020." The article draws parallels to the social. political an... Read more

The Black & White Album: African-American Artists Cover The Beatles

Airs at: Fri, 12/04/2020 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Songcircle
Today's program focuses mainly on material from the latter-day masterpieces The Beatles (a.k.a. the White Album) and Abbey Road, drawn largely from three expertly-curated compilations: 2011's Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon-McCartney, its 2016 sequel Let It Be: Bl... Read more

Local Folks Podcast Season 4: Episode 4

Airs at: Tue, 12/01/2020 at 7:00pm - Wed, 12/01/2021 at 7:00pm
Produced for:  Local Folks
Howdy folks, this is Zeke back for one more go-round. I’ll be heading back to my little cabin in the mountains after this here show, but I just had to get a couple of more things about the election and the state of our union off my chest, so to speak. I'm certain sure we ha... Read more

Ep 117. It Takes A Village To Make It Through Another Week

Airs at: Wed, 11/25/2020 at 12:30am - Mon, 11/30/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
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