Full Circle 6-14-19 Father’s Day Tribute

Good evening everyone, and welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine. This show is produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program.

Tonight you’re in for a special treat. We are introducing us… We are KPFA First Voice Apprentice group 44, and we are called “Audacity”. We’ll be hosting and producing Full Circle for the next few months.

On tonight’s Father’s Day tribute show our group will share original commentaries about our Fathers. We’ll give you a heads up about the kind of programming you can expect to hear from First Voice “Audacity”, and we’ll hear some great music. So sit back relax and get ready to meet your hosts for tonight’s show: Audacity.. Radio Shaq… Eric DatBoy Media.. Shanice… Chana… KC and yours truly Theodora… All that tonight on Full Circle.

Full Circle 6-7-19 SF Black Film Festival

Welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by apprentices of the First Voice Media Action Program. On tonight’s show you will hear interviews and thoughts from “the creative folk” associated with the film industry.

In this first segment you will hear interviews with Kali O’ray O’ray & Atera Crossley from the San Francisco Black Film Festival, David Roach from the Oakland International Black Film Festival, and Michael D. Mccarthy “Belonging in the USA: The Story of Michael D. Mccarthy”

We will also hear San Francisco Black Film Festival film clips for the movies: Agwe, Skin, Lalo’s House, Belonging in the USA: “The Story of Michael D. Mccarthy, Guitar Man (Bay Area – Oakland), Teddy Pendegrass, Robeson Effect (Bay Area-San Francisco) And for tonight’s we’ll be playing musical selections that carry a beat for you to move your feet!!!

All of that tonight on Full Circle.

To find out more about the SF Black Film Festival, please visit their website:

 

FC 5/31/19 Berkeley World Music Festival

 

Tonight, we bring you some great music to get you excited about the Berkeley World Music Festival, which is taking place tomorrow and Sunday, June 1st and 2nd, at People’s Park, and on Telegraph Avenue.

• Learn a bit about the history of the world music festival from lead organizer Gianna Ranuzzi.
• We’ll speak with KPFA DJ Stephen Kent and also Cornelius Boots, two world-class musicians who will be performing this weekend. As a special treat, they will play live in our studio.
• And, we’ll also preview some of the amazing and diverse music you can hear at the festival, beginning tomorrow and lasting through Sunday

LINKS:

Berkeley World Music Festival Home Page

ARTISTS PAGES:

https://stephenkent.net

https://corneliusboots.com/

https://barakamoon.com/

https://www.walterstrauss.com/collaborations/fula-brothers/

https://www.facebook.com/LaMixtaCriolla/

https://www.ancient-future.com/georges.html (GEORGE LAMMAM)

http://www.sangmatiz.org/

www.hernandez-hideaway.com/home

https://www.harlanjamesbluegrassband.com/

https://www.artistgeneral.com/ (MICHAEL MASLEY)

http://www.stellaheathmusic.com/french-oak.html (FRENCH OAK GYPSY BANK)

http://berkeley-morris.org/

Full Circle 5-24-19 … #MayDay

 

Tonight, we bring you sounds from May Day celebrations around Oakland. The First Voice Apprenticeship Program was there as part of a special collaboration with Work Week Radio and Brightpath Video.

On tonight’s show …

• We’ll learn about May Day … a truly American holiday

• Then we’ll share audio from the Port of Oakland and Oscar Grant Plaza

• And we’ll let you know how you can check out the entire video broadcast and other May Day videos from the Bay Area and around the world

• And, near the end of the show, we’ll get a special update on the exhibit, New Mestizx, which opens tonight (5/24), at Acción Latina in San Francisco

All that tonight on Full Circle.

 

VIDEO LINKS:

AFA CWA President Sara Nelson attended the Oakland Howard Terminal May Day Rally to support the struggle of ILWU Local 10 WATCH THE VIDEO HERE  AND CLICK HERE TO SEE AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT NELSON

Canadian Native American ILWU Local 500 unionist Joulene Parent and her husband joined ILWU Local 10 Longshore workers in Oakland. She spoke about solidarity and the struggle of Native people in Canada.. YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

To watch the Special May Day Livestream from Oscar Grant, please click on the following links: PART ONE and PART TWO

Also be sure to visit our “Pacifica Radio May Day Broadcast”  Facebook page, created to bring labor-related news and information to you.

To see the work of writer/photographer David Bacon, check out his website, “The Reality Check” here.

To learn more about Critical Resistance and the movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex, check out the Critical Resistance website

To learn more about the the New Mestizx Exhibit and Sami See’s work, visit

Sami See Arts Website

Sami See on Instagram

Acción Latina’s Juan R. Fuentes Gallery

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center SF

Full Circle 5-17-19 Malcolm X Our Witness

On tonight’s episode, Stevie G brings some history from the archives, in remembrance of Malcolm X. You’ll hear from Malcolm’s cousin, Jamal X as well as Hakeem Jamal, James Baldwin, Maggie Hathaway, Ernie Smith and Malcolm X himself. You will also hear music from the legendary James Brown. Tune into our birthday celebration of two great figures of history!

Full Circle 5-10-2019 Honoring Mother’s

Tonight on Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine, join Kenny C & Nancy Jo as they honor all the mamas! Not only do they honor their own mamas, but all the mamas that have lead the way for us to live life as we know it today….including our earth mama. This show is for them, of them, with them, and because of them.

Tonight you will hear some original commentaries honoring mothers from our very own women of First Voice and you’ll hear some great music. Please remember we’re in the beginning of our annual spring fund drive…and that means we’ll be honoring KPFA as our radio mother as well….and Asking for your support to keep her stronger than ever.

Full Circle 5-3-2019 Recovery and Addiction Part II

Tonight we bring in our recovery circle to talk about addictions to drugs and alcohol and ways to overcome those addictions. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago on Addictions and Recovery Part I, I kicked a 10 year addiction to meth in 2005 with the help of NA… Narcotics Anonymous. Stay tuned to learn how you can get the help that can save your life.

Click here to download an Alcoholic Anonymous app for your cell phone Includes the Big Book of AA, Daily reflections and much more

Facebook, click on this link and follow Sober Nation

To help you find a meeting near you here is the app for your android smartphone.

This is for AA And this is for NA

If you are not an alcoholic but live with or dealing with one in your life please try reaching out to Al-Anon

To learn more about AA, visit their website

To learn more about NA you can visit their website