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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO “FULL CIRCLE,” YOUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS RADIO MAGAZINE, PRODUCED BY MEMBERS OF THE FIRST VOICE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM HUICHIN, OCCUPIED OHLONE TERRITORY, ALSO KNOWN TO SETTLERS AS THE BAY AREA.
ON TONIGHT’S SHOW……
ALL THAT TONIGHT ON FULL CURCLE … I’M YOUR HOST RADIO SHAQ AND IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK …….. STAY WITH US
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. Broadcasting from Huichin-Occupied Ohlone Territory, also known to settlers as Berkeley, CA. On tonight’s show we will hear excerpts from a press conference on the case of Angelo Quinto, a young man who died from a knee on his neck on what the police are calling a medical emergency in Antioch police custody. Next Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe and Vice Mayor Monica E. Wilson discusses bridging the gap, teen dating violence, black history month programming and the fight for police reform. Closing out the show is a tribute to the Lawyer and Reverend Pauli Murray.
Links and Information
Angelo Quinto leaves behind his mother, Cassandra, his stepfather, Robert, his two younger siblings, Andrei and Isabella, and his close cousin, Miguel.
Watch the entire Quinto family press conference here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUE4aBxtXc&feature=emb_err_woyt
Pauli Murray Tribute
My Name is Pauli Murray (Documentary trailer – Democracy Now)
Pauli Murray College (at Yale College)
Florence Price – Sonata in E Minor: Adagio-Allegro (played by Maria Corley) – YouTube
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and Graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. On tonight’s show, we”ll hear pieces produced by past apprentices.Including a look at some dark times in our history when lynching was rampant and I will share a tragic story from my family some listeners may be familiar with. We’ll also hear some thoughts on Harlem history and Billie Holiday. Later we will have a short tribute to one of the original Supremes. All that tonight on Full Circle, I am your host, Freewillin Franklin coming to you from downtown Antioch Bay Miwok territory. Keep it locked right here to KPFA.
Links and information
Read the newspaper articles about the lynchings in Contra Costa County in 1986 & 87.
Associated Press article https://apnews.com/article/6d587bda7517c77cd5c4550ada11f716
LA Times article https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-24-mn-21180-story.html
Letters and Politics w/ Mitch Jeserich – YouTube channel
MARY WILSON
Solo – “Someday We’ll Be Together” (1989) – YouTube
“Someday We’ll Be Together” and Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party Leader
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and Graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. On tonight’s show, We”ll hear how a decade long tradition in Antioch has gone virtual during these COVID times. And we’ll get an update on truth, reconciliation and reparations from our own Joy Moore with writer and historian, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. Later we will bring back an archival interview with renowned poet, author and former KPFA programmer Adam David Miller. All that and more tonight on Full Circle. I am your host, Freewillin Franklin. Coming to you from downtown Antioch… Bay Miwok territory, keep it locked right here to k-p-f-a..
To log into the 11th Annual Black History Arts and Artifacts Virtual Exhibit click on the link. https://www.gracearmsofantioch.org/black-history The event kicks off at noon Saturday Feb.6th
Check out the Turn Up Kids AKA “TUK” on their youtube channel below.
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and Graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. On tonight’s show we”ll hear from three graduate apprentices about what’s going on. How things happen in our life and some plans for making change in 2021. Also we’ll get an update from Jehan Hakim of Yemeni Alliance Committee on some of the first moves of the Biden Harris administration and she’ll give us information on a live screening of the documentary film Hunger Ward, filmed entirely in Yemen over a two month period in a Yemeni hospital. And later we’ll hear how a small Oakland restaurant is surviving during this pandemic while places all around are closing up. All that and more tonight on Full Circle
Links and information
Register here for the upcoming film screening of Hunger Ward: https://www.fcnl.org/yemenfilm
Check out the Hunger Ward website and see the Trailer for the film.
Here are some talking points for those important conversations onYemen and a list of action items in the Yemen Alliance Committee toolkit:
View Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb”
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Represent.US – Fighting corruption and Big Money in politics.
US House of Representatives – (202) 224-3121
US Senate – (202) 224-3121
FairVote – Gerrymandering/Redistricting and Ranked Choice VotingCheck out Aburaya in downtown Oakland and get yourself some Japanese fried chicken
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and Graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. Well the election is over. The inauguration is over. The moving on has begun? This evening we will dive into local and national politics. On tonight’s show we`ll hear from. Green party activist and writer for the SF Bayview Barry Hermanson. Later we’ll hear from the Black Agenda reports Poet in Residence, The town crier aka Raymond Nat Turner. But we kick off the show with a report on local politics out of the Far East.. East Bay that is, Antioch CA. I am your host tonight Freewillin Franklin.. Keep it locked right here to k-p-f-a..
Keep up with newly elected city Councilwoman Tamisha Torres Walker on Facebook @Tamisha Walker for District 1 Antioch City Council
Follow local police reform activist and advocate by following these pages @Justice Advocates and Resources on Facebook and Instagram
Tune into the Bridging The Gap, Conversations on Police Reform Put on by the Antioch city Council. Next meeting; Feb. 18th 10AM.
Check out the work of Journalist Barry Hermonson on SF Bayview Newspaper
Visit these inks to read Barry Hermonson’s November and December articles
Also looking forward to Barry Hermonson’s article for February which will include a report on the 2021 Medicare for All national strategy conference this coming weekend. https://www.healthcare-now.org/
Hear more from The Town Crier AKA Raymond Nat Turner on the Black Agenda Report website
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. This week we broadcast live from Huichin-Occupied Ohlone Territory, also known to settlers as Berkeley, CA. On tonight’s show we will discuss the events of January 6th at the US Capitol. We look at what happened, what steps have been taken to hold people accountable, and where we go from here to build and embrace our diversity as a nation. We began with a recap of the efforts made toward justice after the January 6th attack and attempted coup by Drumpf and his supporters. Followed by tonight’s guests which included Iraq war veteran and now Veteran for Peace, Emily Yates and Professor Erica Peng who teaches a graduate course at UC Berkeley entitled, “Interpersonal Skills and Embodied Leadership.” Emily Yates shares her concerns about last week’s insurrection. Special guest, Professor Peng guides us in connecting with each other in conversation. We end the show by opening up the phone lines to hear from our supporting listening audience. We are your hosts Freewillin Franklin and Joy Moore.
To reach out and find or contact Emily Yates and her music her writing on Facebook Instagram or her podcast, What the Folk check out this link: http://linktr.ee/emilyyatesmusic
Also visit the Veterans For Peace website /http://veteransforpeace.org/
To reach out to Erica Peng, try her website ericapengconnects.com
Welcome to Full Circle, your Cultural Affairs radio magazine produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. This week we will check out a Pacifica network produced show/podcast. It’s called, Called COVID, Race and Democracy. On tonight’s show we will hear highlights from the Pacifica Network series. Later we’ll speak with journalist Ann Garrison, one of the producers and hosts of COVID Race and Democracy about the show and the podcast and about the Pacifica Network. Also, we’ll learn about Area 941. Have you ever heard of it? It’s KPFA’s podcast zone on kpfa.org. Well get all that and some great music tonight on Full Circle. I am your host… Freewillin Franklin,
Links and information.
Check out the work of Journalist AnnGarrison on Black Agenda Report (BAR)
Check out all the stations in the Pacifica Network in the links below and be sure to show you support if you are able. All the stations in the Pacifica Network are listener supported.
KPFA kpfa.org KPFT kpft.org KPFK KPFK.org WBAI wbai.org WPFW wpfwfm.org/radio
Check out the Covid Race and Democracy website, Pacifica Covid 19 Task Force
To learn more about the Pacifica Network, visit the website, Pacifica.org
Check out a couple of Ann Garrison’s favorite affiliate stations. KBOO in Portland and in Moscow Idaho KRFP
Also check out the Area 941 Podcast Zone on kpfa.org Register for the 41st Annual EcoFarm Conference online
Welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. This week we dive into the new year with you. On tonight’s show we’ll hear the voices of the newest First Voice Apprentices as they begin their studies and training to eventually take over the Full Circle mic. We’ll also get an update on the situation in Yemen from Dr. Aisha Jumaan of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation and Jeham Hakim of the Yemeni Alliance Committee. Later we wrap up the show with our own Joy Moore and her thoughts going into the new year.
Links and information.
Follow these links for contact information and social media.
Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
Whoever saves a life is as if saved all Humanity
Email: Aisha@Yemenfoundation.org
https://www.facebook.com/savealifeinyemen/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFtUXbWbjSowuFjBBZPpT8w?view_as=subscriber
Yemeni Alliance Committee
FB Flyer & event for the Jan 25th, Bay Area caravan: bit.ly/CaravanYEMEN
YAC toolkit has a lot of info about the global day of action: https://bit.ly/EndYemenWarNow
Yemeni Alliance Committee on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YACofCalifornia
Yemeni Alliance Committee invites you to a free virtual film screening of HUNGER WARD (by Oscar & Emmy nominated director Skye Fitzgerald) followed by a Zoom panel discussion on the crisis in Yemen on Saturday, January 16th 2:00-3:30PM EST-Wash DC / 7:00-8:30PM GMT-London.
The panel discussion will include special guests U.S. Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) and RT HON Andrew Mitchell (U.K. Member of Parliament) as well as other experts on the crisis.
Go to https://gathr.us/screening/31710 to register for your free virtual ticket to the event. The Zoom meeting link for the panel discussion will be sent before the event.
Welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. On tonight’s show we wish you a Happy Holidays, as Full Circle steps into a holiday break we will hear some favorite Holiday tunes from a variety of genres, of course some Metal, some Punk, Hip Hop and R&B. And again we will be asking for a special holiday donation for this station kpfa. So keep it locked to KPFA.
Playlist and information.
Also make a donation to kpfa anytime at kpfa.org
No Presents For Christmas by King Diamond
God Rest Ye Weary Gentlemen Christmas Song by Dio
Run Run Rudolph by Lemmy Kilmister
Merry Christmas I don’t Want To Fight Tonight by The Ramones
Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
It’s Gonna Be Punk Rock Christmas This Year by The Ravens
A Christmas Song by Jethro Tull
Last Christma by Leslie Odam Jr.
