Author: First Voice Apprenticeship

First Voice Apprenticeship is an apprenticeship program at KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley and is designed to provide comprehensive broadcast, technical, and administrative skills training in radio. First Voice also aims to build and strengthen community and empower our participants to find their voice and tell their stories. The First Voice program is based on community building, a collaborative work environment and passing on our skills and stories. We focus on bringing women and people of color into media and work in partnership with Pacifica community radio station KPFA and other community media outlets, both locally and nationally. First Voice Apprenticeship Mission To fulfill the missions established by the Pacifica Foundation in 1949 by fostering & promoting media access, opportunity and equity to women, people of color and underserved communities. These can be summarized as community building and working to build peace. First Voice has 2 options for Group 45 participants, a 12 month basic curriculum and an advanced curriculum of 18 months [which incorporates full participation in Full Circle, the apprenticeship's weekly broadcast program.] Basic Curriculum: GROUP AGREEMENTS/GROUP DYNAMICS - 6-8 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS: - TO BUILD INTER GROUP BONDS AND COHESIVENESS SOUND FORGE BASICS – 8-10 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS: - TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE SOUND FORGE APPLICATION TO PROPERLY RECORD, SAVE, EDIT AND PLAYBACK SOUND FILES. PRODUCTION CONSOLE BASICS – 2 SESSIONS OBJECTIVE/GOALS - TO LEARN THE BASIC OPERATION & USE OF THE AUDIOTRONICS 210 PRODUCTION CONSOLE TO PLAYBACK, RECORD & SAVE STANDARD AUDIO SIGNALS COMMENTARIES - 4 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE & OBJECTIVE OF COMMENTARIES - TO WRITE & RECORD A PERSONAL COMMENTARY ADOBE AUDITION BASICS – 8 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - TO LEARN HOW TO USE ADOBE AUDITION FOR MULTI TRACK SOUND MIXING - TO CREATE AN ADOBE AUDITION PROJECT USING NARRATION, SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PSA PRODUCTION - 4 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT & SIGNIFICANCE OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - LEARN THE KPFA PSA GUIDELINES - WRITE AND PRODUCE A PSA WITH A MUSIC BED WRITING BASICS - 4 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS: - TO LEARN THE BASICS OF RADIO WRITING, INCLUDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES [SCRIPT, COMMENTARY, FEATURES, NEWS] - TO UNDERSTAND AND STRENGTHEN YOUR PERSONAL VOICE -TO COMPLETE A SCRIPTING ASSIGNMENT VOX POP PRODUCTION – 4 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - TO LEARN THE NATURE OF A VOX POP - TO PRODUCE AN AIRABLE VOX POP, INCLUDING GATHERING & ASSEMBLING AUDIO FILES FULL CIRCLE TECH ASSISTANCE – 24-26 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE FULL CIRCLE SHOW BY HELPING TO BURN CD'S FOR ON AIR PLAYBACK, CUEING CD'S AS NEEDED DURING THE SHOW, ENTERING INFORMATION IN THE CONFESSOR REPORTING SYSTEM, POSTING DATA TO KPFAAPPRENTICE.ORG WEBSITE INTERVIEWS – BASIC – 4-6 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - TO LEARN THE COMPONENTS TO PRODUCE AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW, INCLUDING INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, AUDIO QUALITY, AND EDITING. - TO PRODUCE AN INTERVIEW [15-20 MINUTES] THAT IS SUITABLE FOR BROADCAST AND PLAYBACK ON FULL CIRCLE. NEWS PRODUCTION BASICS OBJECTIVES/GOALS - TO LEARN THE COMPONENTS NEEDED FOR COMPREHENSIVE BROADCAST NEWS STORIES. - TO LEARN THE TECHNIQUES FOR RECORDING NEWS STORY COMPONENTS OUTSIDE OF A STUDIO SETTING - TO PRODUCE AN AIRABLE NEWS STORY. FIELD/REMOTE PRODUCTION – 2 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS – TO PARTICIPANT IN & LEARN THE BASICS OF A FIELD/REMOTE LOCATION PRODUCTION FULL CIRCLE SHADOWING – 14 SESSIONS OBJECTIVE/GOALS - TO GAIN A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A WEEKLY BROADCAST PROGRAM IS PRODUCED BY ATTENDING & OBSERVING EDITORIAL MEETINGS. USING SOCIAL MEDIA - 2 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS: - TO GAIN FAMILIARITY WITH THE CURRENT POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS, HOW TO ACCESS THEM AND HOW TO POST TO THOSE SITES. - FORMULATE A GROUP PLAN FOR ONGOING POSTING DURING THE GROUP'S FIRST VOICE PARTICIPATION. Advanced Curriculum: FULL CIRCLE PRODUCTION - 24-26 SESSIONS OBJECTIVES/GOALS -TO PRODUCE, HOST, AND ENGINEER A WEEKLY LIVE RADIO BROADCAST FIELD/REMOTE PRODUCTION – Additional Opportunities as they occur The First Voice Apprenticeship Program has a 12 months basic skills option and an 18 month graduate level option during which participants produce, engineer & host Full Circle. Everyone is required to spend one business day each week working at KPFA, as well as two class nights. The dayshift is a three hour shift and apprentices do administrative and production tasks. The dayshift runs on an intergenerational group learning model, with each phase teaching the next, and integrates service to the station, skills acquired in classes, motivation and leadership.

full circle 12-03-2021 WO2Wa poets west oakland to west africa

Posted on December 3, 2021December 5, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

Tonight on Full Circle, hosted by graduate apprentice & proud member of West Oakland to West Africa International Poetry Exchange (WO2WA), Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart! We’ll be spending the hour with WO2WA. On October 6, 2017 WO2WA were our guests on Full Circle, prior to their sojourn to Ghana, West Africa. Tonight we will hear all about that trip to Ghana and what WO2WA has been doing since then. We’ll be joined by the founding director, Karla Brundage, along with other members of WO2WA.

Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart Graduate Apprentice of KPFA’s First Voice Media Apprenticeship Program, is a writer, published poet, storyteller, performance artist, visual artist, author and radio producer and host. Her artistic skills combined with a medical background, allow her to produce shows that help educate and heal the community. Zakiyyah’s voice can be heard on the Full Circle show on KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, CA. Her poetry is published in many anthologies and has been shared internationally. Zakiyyah’s sojourn to Ghana, West Africa inspired her to publish her first book of poems and short stories entitled, “Ghana On My Mind: Poetic Reflections on Journeying to the Motherland”, (on Amazon Books).
Zakiyyah… zakiyyahgecapehart@gmail.com On Facebook, What’s App and YouTube
Co-Founder of “TuBeNu Cultural Gatherers”

Guests Info

Karla Brundage

Karla… karlabrundage.com

On Facebook, IG, Twitter and YouTube.

More contact info for Karla Brundage.

West Oakland to West Africa

https://westoakland2westafrica.com/

IG: westoakland_westafrica

Twitter: WOakland2Africa

Makeda Esi aka Sandra Hooper Mayfield

Makeda… makedaartist@gmail.com

On Facebook, What’s App(510) 717-1308

Mariska Araba Taylor-Darko Mariska… mariska.taylor@gmail.com

Full Circle 11-26-2021 Indigenous Self Determination, Sovereignty & Solidarity

Posted on November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

We share live recordings and sounds from the 52nd Anniversary Of The Indigenous Occupation Of Alcatraz Held Last Saturday November 20th On The Rock as Native American Heritage Month Draws to an end.

In the hopes of inviting listeners to turn towards the truth of our living history to and realize and recognize indigenous self determination, sovereignty, and solidarity.

sentient shiloh speaks with Morning Star Gali, David De La Gran interviews Dancers and Activist Lisa Felix, Kendall Crakow hears from Paloma Flores, and Freewilling Franklin talks with Dr. LeNada War Jack. And hear excerpts from the First Native American Secretary Of The Interior Deb Haaland’s press conference.

The music used in the tribute to Anastasia Russell by Joy Moore was , Temple of Peace (ID 1611) by Lobo Loco contact: contact@musikbrause.de

https://www.musikbrause.de

Morning Star Gali

IITC California Tribal & Community Liaison

International Indian Treaty Council | IITC

Lisa V. Felix

Operations Manager

Restoring Justice for Indigenous Peoples

Dr. LaNada War Jack

Dr. War Jack recently wrote a book titled “Native Resistance: An Intergenerational Fight for Survival and Life” which is available on her website

Paloma Flores

Director of Community Development & Partnerships

American Indian Cultural District

Indians of All Tribes was formed to support the Alcatraz Indigenous Occupation of 1969-1971

Deb Haaland Secretary Deb Haaland

#IndiansOfAllTribes #TreatyCouncil #KPFA #FullCircle #FirstVoiceMedia #IndigenousSovereignty #IndigenousSunriseGathering #IndigenousOccupationOfAlcatraz #SelfRepresentation #LandBack #MMIW #AmericanGenocide #LivingHistory #NationalDayOfMourning #IndigenousThanksgiving #TellTruthfulHistory #Decolonize

FULL CIRCLE 11-19-2021 INDIGeNEOUS HEALTH IS GLOBAL HEALTH

Posted on November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

On tonight’s show we’ll hear a conversation hosted by First Voice Apprenticeship graduate Kendall Crakow between Indigenous Health advocates in the Navajo Nation who are preserving culture and building local community to forward a movement for Health Equity across the world. Her guests are Denee Bex MPH, Adriann Begay MD and Christina Rivera Carpenter. Tonight they share where they draw their strength from and how they are bridging Indigenous knowledge systems with conventional Western Medical models. As they share their Visions for what a future centering the needs of the Navajo Community looks like.

Links:

Sogorete Land Trust https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/

HEAL Initiative https://healinitiative.org

Tumbleweed Nutrition https://tumbleweednutrition.com/

IG Handles

@healinitiative (UCSF Heal Initiative)

@crisriveracarp (Cristina Rivera Carpenter)

@tumbleweed_nutrition (Denee Bex)

@samiseeart (Sam Shilf, co producer)

@kendz_210 (me)

Full Circle 11-12-2021 We Rise ep. 35; the people are a river

Posted on November 12, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

On tonight’s show we’ll hear; Episode 35 of We Rise, The People Are A River, it’s the story of a small group of artists that journeyed to the Mississippi headwaters to join the fight against the line 3 pipeline. That’s tonight on Full Circle. I am your host Freewillin Franklin with the We Rise crew, coming to you from downtown Antioch, Bay Miwok territory.

Learn more about the cultural Productions of We rise at weriseproduction.com

Follow We rise on Facebook and Instagram @Weriseproduction

Follow We rise on Twitter @Weriseproducers

Learn more about line 3 at stopline 3.org

View films from the Native American Cinema showcase at hyperallergic.com

Get your tickets to the Indigenous Peoples day of Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz at Cityexperiences.com

Full Circle 11-5-2021 Poetry & Revolution

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

We share live recordings from @Litquake Out Loud’s outdoor stage 10/16 Revolution Poeticized which challenges each of us to reimagine what true political transformation looks like through poetry. In Three Voices, Three Worlds, Achy Obejas presents Boomerang/Bumerán, a bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in mostly gender-free English and Spanish that addresses immigration, displacement, love and activism.

Achy Obejas, Darius Simpson, and Mimi Tempestt who are all writing a different world and way of being into existence, discuss poetry’s role in revolution. We also provide segments from Litquake’s Out Loud programs Three voices, Three worlds (curated by Achy Obejas) & Revolution Poeticized (curated by Imani Cezanne). Finally we end with a discussion of Audre Lorde’s essay Poetry is Not a Luxury with the three poets.

Achy Obejas

https://www.achyobejas.com/

@achylandia on Twitter

@guaraguasi on IG

Beacon Press for Boomerang/Bumeran

http://www.beacon.org/Boomerang-Bumer%c3%a1n-P1705.aspx

Imani Cezanne

https://imanicezanne.com/

Darius Simpson

https://www.dariussimpson.com/

social media: @_dariussimpson

donation link: https://www.peoplesprograms.com/donate

Mimi Tempestt

the monumental misrememberings book by Mimi Tempestt

Mimi’s Website

Instagram: @thegoddessmimi

Twitter: @MimiTempestt

Full Circle 10-22-2021 – black Panthers 55th anniveRsary

Posted on October 24, 2021October 25, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

(ICYMI) 55 years ago in Oakland, the community stepped forward with a voice of their own, a voice of the youth, filled with spirit, energy, anger, and a supportive health, educational, political and security perspective. Born out of the Civil Rights narrative and experience, October 1966, the Black Panther Party was formed… and informed the world on the Black community.

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Posted on October 18, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

If you missed last Fridays Full Circle on KPFA, check out our replay for a fun-filled hour of Music People Love! You’ll hear some of our favorite tunes, and we’ll talk about why we like ‘em and how this music gives us joy, brings back memories & shapes our lives. Our guests will include apprentices past & present, and you’ll hear music from bands including: @ConFunkShunBand @BlackSabbath @EarthWindAndFire & #TheGypsyKings.

Full circle 10-8-2021 CodeBreaker Films

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

This episode of Full Circle features the two women co-founders of Codebreaker Films production company who’s films highlight national security and human rights issues. Sonia Kennebeck and Ines Hofmann-Kanna share clips from their documentaries “United States vs Reality Winner,” “Enemies of the State” and an earlier film “National Bird” which highlights 3 whistleblowers in the US killer drone program. We speak with the two women producers and directors about these films and their independent production company Codebreaker Films.

Websites:

Codebreaker Films (people can sign up to receive our occasional newsletters here)

Enemies of the State

National Bird

Social Media:

IG: @codebreaker_films

Twitter: @c_odebreaker

IG: @soniakennebeck

Twitter: @soniakennebeck

Festivals to watch United States vs. Reality Winner:

–Hot Springs Documentary Festival (10/8-10/16)

–DoubleExposure Investigative Film Festival in Washington DC (10/13-10/17)

–Film Fest Tucson (10/14-10/17)

–UN Association Film Festival (10/21-10/31) — one in-person screening in Palo Alto at 9:20pm on Saturday, October 23rd

Lake County Film Festival (11/4-11/15)

Full Circle 10-01-2021 gardening in communities

Posted on October 1, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

(ICYMI). I am your host for Full Circle, Joy Moore, from apprentice group 20. In “La Kesh”. Tonight, we’re in conversation with Bonnie Boruki, community food activist of Ashby Community Gardens, Transition Berkeley, Albany Gil Tract and much, much more. Also Rob Bennaton, in a discussion on how to establish new land access opportunities for urban farming and highlighting the need for cities and counties to consider sites as part of open space and climate action plans, to support urban farms and community gardens as local community hubs for resilience. And finally we’ll speak with two workers, Bobby House and Gordon Limbrick who share their work experiences with Planting Justice. All that tonight on “Full Circle.” Again, I am your host, Joy Moore.

Links and Information

To contact Bonnie Borucki

email: webeegardeners@gmail.com

website: webeegardeners.org

Check out the GoFundMe for Ashby Garden https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-ashby-garden-for-future-generations?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp_guide_do&member=14185777

Rob Bennaton,

University of California Cooperative Extension

Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor

Landline: (510) 453-3958 rbennaton@ucanr.edu

Best to Email as well, if URGENT!

Please feel free to share it widely.

Bay Area Urban Farming Resources Guide

https://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanAg/Urban_Ag_Workshops

Learn About Urban Ag

https://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanAg/

Full Circle 09-24-2021; Josiahluis Alderete poetry night

Posted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 by First Voice Apprenticeship

(ICYMI) This episode of Full Circle joins in on the fall fund drive and continues honoring storytelling for social change and I am very excited about the fall theme featuring poetry. Yessss! On tonight’s show we’ll hear amazing poetry recorded live at the steps of the San Francisco downtown public library last week. We also hear from the organizer of the event First Voice graduate and renowned poet Josiahluis Aldereta. We’ll talk about his poetry and his new book Baby Axolotls and Old Pochos and of course, we will be asking for your support tonight as part of the KPFA Fall fund drive..