Listen to Ted Talk with Dr. Roni Ellington who talks about STEM education to underrepresented groups. 

Ted Talk STEM Education Roni Ellington

Tonight’s Full Circle, discusses A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross.  In addition, sentient shiloh b plays excerpts of archived speeches and readings of Angela Davis, Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ntozake Shange and Kathleen Cleaver from the Pacifica Radio Archives Voices that Changed the World Collection. All five women are contained in the powerful and important pages of A Black Women’s History of the United States because they all voice their visions of liberation, courageously resist, and assert their autonomy and authority in calling for social justice and how to achieve it.  Black Women musicians provide the soundtrack to accompany and amplify these freedom dreams and calls for collective liberation. Tracy Chapman, Seinabo Sey, Alicia Keys, Andra Day, Nina Simone, and Shelly Doty with Skip the Needle are heard in this hour.

FULL CIRCLE 02-17-2023 A BLACK WOMEN'S HISTORY OF US

RA FREEMAN GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH DR. SEBI FOR AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW FOLLOWING DR. SEBI'S INTERVIEW ON FULL CIRCLE.

DR SEBI EXTENDED INTERVIEW

ON TONIGHT'S SHOW YOU'LL HEAR A LIVE  INTERVIEW WITH DR SEBI, A NATURAL HEALER WHO HAS BEEN HEALING SERIOUS ILLNESSES, LIKE AIDS AND CANCER, FOR DECADES; CONTENT PRODUCED BY A FELLOW APPRENTICES, FELICIA BRIDGES ABOUT EXPERIENCES WITH VEGANISM; AN INTERVIEW WITH BERKELEY’S OWN, REPUBLIC OF V, THE VEGAN GROCERY STORE WHICH RECENTLY OPENED ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE; AND WE’LL BE SPEAKING WITH  THE FANTASTIC AFRO FUNK BAND, BELLS ATLAS, WHOSE MUSIC WILL ALSO SERVE AS OUR MUSICAL BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

Full Circle 8 - 22: Veganism And Spirituality

This week on Full Circle we have two updates for you. First on tonight’s show, we’ll get an update on the case of Timothy Charles Lee, the young man who was found lynched at Concord BART in 1985. Timmy was my cousin and we are organizing the second annual memorial walk for Timmy next Thursday Nov 2nd, the day he was found hung in a fig tree in 1985. Then we’ll hear from the Palestinian Youth Movement. A grassroots, independent community led volunteer organization connecting the young  Palestinian Diaspora; PYM has been instrumental in helping organize rally’s in support of stopping the genocide in Palestine.

Full Circle 10-27-2023 Reopen The Case Of Timothy Charles Lee and Genocide in Gaza

This week on Full Circle, First Voice Media Graduate, Natalie Kilmer returns to the airwaves with the latest episode of her podcast, West Coast Water Justice. Tune in as she says... "We interview Jesus Alonso and Ngodoo Atume from Clean Water Action in California. Ngodoo is a Senior Water Policy Analyst and Jesus serves as Clean Water Action’s Kern County Gas and Oil Organizer. We learn about California’s Central Valley communities that do not have safe drinking water, some that have to pay for contaminated water, and others whose wells have been poisoned or sucked dry. Jesus shares stories from his community, in Kern County, we hear about what it's like living and attending school next door to an oil pumpjack and the health risks associated. We learn about the fossil fuel industry’s chemical and radioactive-laced wastewater and how it is sold to farmers and used to grow food in five California water districts."

Full Circle 11-03-2023 West Coast Water Justice Podcast

This week on Full Circle we focus our attention with the rest of the world on the ongoing atTemted genocide in Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear an interview with Palestinian American and social justice activist Layla Darwish as she shares her thoughts on her family in Palestine and her silencing on social media. After that we’ll hear excerpts from the Indigenous Solidarity Rally for Palestine held in Oakland last night

Full Circle 11-102023 Free Palestine Indigenous Solidarity

This week on Full Circle we have community updates for you. First on tonight’s show, we’ll get a heads up on a planned rally and ceasefire march happening tomorrow at North Berkeley BART, and a caravan to MLK Memorial Park. Then we’ll hear some voices from the bay bridge takeover yesterday when hundreds of protesters blocked morning commute traffic into San Francisco. We’ll close out the show with an interview with local Pastor, Pastor Mike, he spoke with KPFA’s own Davey D on yesterday’s Hard Knock Radio and breaks down the black christians open letter calling for a ceasefire in Palestine.

Full Circle 11-17-2023 Free Palestine Cease Fire Now

This week on Full Circle we will take it to “The Rock”,  Alcatraz,as Indigenous people gather for the annual No Thanks Given Sunrise Gathering. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear some voices from the island as thousands of people honored/memorialized and mourned the day. We’ll also be joined by our special guest you met a couple weeks ago, Palestinian American activists and organizer, Layla Darwish. She will reflect on some of the speeches from Alcatraz and the past few days' news with me and offer some Palestinian resistance songs for us to share in and enjoy .

Full Circle 11-24-2023 Indigenous Peoples Day of Thanks Giving and Palestinian Solidarity

This week on Full Circle we will check out sounds from the 2023 Memorial Walk for Justice for Timothy Charles Lee. A young Black/Indigenous gay man who was found hanging in a fig tree near the Concord BART station  in 1985. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear some voices from the Memorial event. Including Richmond City Council District 1 Representative Melvin Willis, Antioch Mayor, Lamar Thorpe and community representatives from Rainbow Community Center, Concord Community Alliance and Reimagine Antioch.

Full Circle 12-01-2023 Memorial Walk For Timothy Charles Lee 2023

This week on Full Circle we will keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll be joined by our special guest you met a couple weeks ago, Palestinian American Activists, Layla Darwish. She will again reflect on the past few days and give us an update on her work in Fresno. We’ll also  hear some voices from past few weeks of Full Circle and tell you how to see the video of the events. Finally, we’re raising funds to keep kpfa on the air so we will be asking for you support.

Full Circle 12-08-2023 Spotlight Palestine and Indigenous Solidarity from Turtle Island

Last week on Full Circle, Christmas was canceled in Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus. On last week’s show, we heard part of a special report from Democracy Now, focusing on Christmas festivities being canceled in Bethlehem. We’ll also shared some voices from the Labor Solidarity Rally for Palestine held in Oakland last weekend. And we featured music from Palestine and supporters.

Full Circle 12-22-2023 Christmas Should be Canceled for Palestine

This week on Full Circle we keep our eyes on Palestine. We’ll hear from Palestinian American Layla Darwish as she reflects on the past couple weeks in Palestine. We’ll also hear from the Minister of Information, JR, as he speaks with former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as she speaks about her experiences in Gaza and how she sees the current devastation unfolding in Palestine. And we'll feature music from Palestine and Supporters

Full Circle 12-29-23 Update on Palestine with Layla Darwish and Cynthia McKinney

This week on Full Circle, we’ll hear from the battle at People’s Park here in Berkeley. The historic park is again under threat of development. We have voices from yesterday’s rally and an interview with Andrea Pritchett. We’ll also  hear from JR Valrey, and his interview with BART Co-Director Lateefah Simon about some of the things that she has worked on at the Bay Area Rapid Transit System since being elected. To close out the show, First Voice is collaborating with youth from Moving South Berkeley Forward. We’ll hear one of the first interviews from the group..

Full Circle 01-05-2024 People's Park Latefah Simon and MSBF

This week on Full Circle we go back to cover Palestine and the ongoing genocide taking place. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Rami of the Palestinian Youth Movement. He will bring us up to speed as to what it's like on the ground in Gaza. He will also give us details on upcoming actions in the Bay Area this weekend. Then we will check in with our friend, Palestinian American activist, Layla Darwish. She is down in Fresno for our friends at KFCF. There are actions planned in Fresno and she will get us the details.

Full Circle 01-12-2024 Palestinian Youth Movement and Palestinian American Activist Layla Darwish

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and the ongoing attempted genocide taking place. We also take a look at the growing conflict in the region with US strikes on targets in Yemen and Iraq and Iran launching its own strikes on Iraq, Pakistan and Syria. 
On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Aisha Jumaan of the Yemeni Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. She will give us a little history on Yemen and the Houthi who have disrupted shipping in the Red Sea. Then we will hear a speech from the West Coast March on Washington for Gaza. To close out the show, South Africa has presented its case of genocide in the International Court of Justice and Israel has responded. We will get an update from Lebanese American lawyer Belal Shatila.

Full Circle 01-19-2024 Update on Palestine and Yemen

This week on Full Circle, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Dr Jess Ghannam a Palestinian American doctor who spent 25 years working in Gaza. We’ll also hear from Professor Hatem Bazian of UC Berkeley. They both spoke at the West Coast March on Washington. To close out the show, we’ll hear from JR Valrey and the Block Report, he spoke with Alameda County District Attorney, Pamela Price.

Full Circle 01-26-20 The West Coast March on Washington and an Interview with DA Pamela Price

This week on Full Circle we will be covering 3 topics, of course  we  continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from an East Contra Costa Imam, Imam Abubakr and a young organizer from Contra Costa 4 Palestine. They are hosting a teach-in and are pressing for Antioch City Council to bring a ceasefire resolution for a vote. And to kick off Black History Month on Full Circle we’ll hear from a past guest on the show, Oakland filmmaker Bryan Gible. He is wrapping up the first stages of his film Sign My Name to Freedom, The Lost Music of Betty Reid Soskin. And to close out the show, we will continue with Black History Month and hear why it's important to link the fight for black liberation to the fight for a free Palestine with a speech by the People's Mayor of Oakland, Cat Brooks.

Full Circle 02-02-2024 Local Events for Palestine East Contra Costa and Black History Month

This week on Full Circle we again will be covering 3 topics, and, of course, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from a protest in Fairfield CA, at the Travis air force base where Code Pink and Youth 4 Palestine protesters demanding a ceasefire blocked entrances to the military base during the morning commute. And JR Valrey and Block Report Radio honor Black History Month with an interview with  internationally known historian and author Gerald Horne discussing how the energy being generated against the genocide in Gaza can be used to stop the genocide in the Congo and the International Court of Justice case in south Africa. To close out the show, we will bring it back to Antioch CA, as Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez Thorpe signs the Pacific Environment’s Mayors Challenge, pledging no further investments of city funds into fossil fuel infrastructure.

Full Circle 02-09-2024 Palestine and Congo plus Pacific Environment Mayor's Challenge

This week on Full Circle we again have three topics for you, although two come from the city of Antioch CA., and of course we continue to keep our eyes and ears on  Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from public comments at the Antioch City Council as the community pushes for a ceasefire resolution. And staying in antioch, the city has sworn in the first Police Accountability Citizen Oversight Commission, we’ll hear members of the Council, the new Commissioners and the Acting Police Chief. And to close out the show, we will hear a little of the opening ceremonies of day 2 of the MMIP Summit held at the State Capital

Full Circle 02-16-2024 Ceasefire and Police Oversight at Antioch City Council and MMIP Summit

This week on Full Circle we’ll hear from a recent teach-in on Gaza held in Brentwood California, including personal testimony from a displaced Palestinian. Also at the teach-in was a representative from Jewish Voice for Peace. We’ll hear how one Jewish person came to realize there needs to be a free Palestine. And a third speaker from the event is a Japanese American faith leader who details how his family was forced into prison camps here in the United States during WWII. We close out the show with an interview with one of the organizers of “La Caravana”, A group of folks that traveled from the Mexican border up to Sacramento, to bring attention to immigrants rights and farmworkers rights.

Full Circle 02-23-2024 Teach In on Gaza and La Caravana

This week on Full Circle we turn toward Women's Hestory Month and events, and, of course, while we do that, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear an interview with retired army Colonel and Diplomat, now warrior for peace, Ann Wright. And in the second half of the show, we get the 411 on the upcoming International Working Women's Day, rally and march, March 8th. We’ll speak with reps from the Palestinian Feminists Collective and the Philippine Solidarity Task Force

Full Circle 03-01-2024 Ann Wright and International Working Womens Day

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as we share some voices from the hands off Rafah march and rally held last weekend in San Francisco. On tonight’s show, We’ll hear voices that kicked off the event at Harry Bridges Plaza. We’ll also hear a couple short interviews from the march. A doctor shares his thoughts on the targeting of healthcare workers and an organizer from Palestinian Youth Movement speaks on the importance of the day, and the SFPD violent response to protesters. We’ll close out the show with another segment from Block Report Radio featuring Lebanese attorney Belal Chatila talking about the International Court of Justice seeing merit in South Africa's accusations that Israel is committing genocide in Palestine. They also speak on the self immolation of Aaron Bushnell

Full Circle 03-08-2024 Hands Off Rafah and an Interview with Belal Chatila

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on  Palestine and we also cover local and national stories. On tonight's show, we’ll hear a short interview with one of the protesters that shut down the San Francisco international terminal calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We’ll also hear from the family of Angelo Quinto as they mark 3 years of achievements since their beloved son and brother was killed by Antioch police. We’ll close out the show with an update on Peehee Mu’huh aka Thacker Pass and the lithium mine that is currently devastating the land of the Paiute and Shoshone people.

Full Circle 03-15-2024 Palestine_Angelo Quinto_Thacker Pass

This Week on Full Circle, the show was all about the women. On the fourth Friday of International Women's History Month, Full Circle celebrated women. Joy Moore was your host and she shared an interview with three women About their journey to, and experiences working at KPFA Radio. She also shared a previously aired interview with Liz Carlisle Author of healing grounds and you’ll hear some great music by women artists, on Full Circle

Full Circle 03-22-2024 Celebrating Women of KPFA and Healing Grounds

Last week on Full Circle we covered a couple of local events. We heard voices from a gathering honoring Nex Benedict, the non binary youth from Oklahoma who died after an attack in their high school bathroom. Police are saying suicide, but others are waiting for a detailed report. We also heard from a healing ceremony held in Antioch ca, “May We Gather”, a national Buddhist ceremony for Asian American ancestors visited Antioch, the first city in the nation to officially apologize for the deliberate destruction of the city's Chinatown by european settlers in the area.

Full Circle 03-29-2024 Nex Benedict and May We Gather

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as well as other conflicts. On tonight’s show, we’ll get a short update on an event called Artists Rising, Oakland to Palestine ,a benefit art show and market for Middle East Children's Alliance. We’ll also have an interview with Save California Salmon. Some salmon runs are down 96 percent, leaving the salmon fishing season canceled throughout most of the west coast. And with the civil unrest going down in Haiti we talked to Pierre Labossierre, cofounder of the Haiti Action Committee about what he is hearing from his comrades on the ground in Port Au Prince.. That’s coming from JR Valrey and Block Report Radio

Full Circle 04-05-2024 From Oakland to Palestine to Haiti and Save California Salmon

This week on Full Circle, We'll hear about the current class offerings at the Albany UC Gill Tract Farm including an interview with Sophia Martinez Lopez about the overall project. Also we speak with Joy Moore on the Gill tract medicinal herbs series, featuring succulents. We’ll also hear about the medicinal properties of rosemary. Later we get a report on Project Hope For Palestine, helping to get food and water to displaced Palestinians in Gaza. And we give a shout out to National Poetry Month

Full Circle 04-12-2024 Medicinal Suculents Project Hope For Palestine and Poetry Month

Last week on Full circle we checked in with the We Rise Production  Co-Founders Cat Petru and Nicky Gervacio. We shared clips from their recent community event, Crosspollination hosted and organized by we rise, Including voices from organizations like Homies Empowerment, Anti Police Terror Project and People’s Programs. And within those conversations we kept our eyes and ears on Palestine and Gaza.

Full Circle 04-19-2024 We Rise Cross Pollination

This week on Full Circle we cover national and international news with a local connections. On tonight's show, we’ll get an update on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UC Berkeley, what’s happening there? What are their demands? Then we’ll get an update on what is happening with the Antioch police one year after being outed as violent, homophobic, racists in a text message scandal.

Full Circle 04-26-2024 UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Camp and Antioch Police Text Scandal 1 Year Later

This week on Full Circle, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show. The Richmond city council divests from apartheid and war, that includes many companies doing business with Israel, we’ll speak with Richmond Mayor Edurado Martinez and Imam Abubakar Elgarguri. We’ll also hear from Healthcare Workers for Palestine, including Dr Jess Ghannam who spent 25 years working in Palestine. He is speaking at an event tomorrow, From The Frontlines; Eyewitness Accounts From Palestine. We’ll give you details on that. Then we’ll close out the show with Jeralynn Blueford, she is the mother of Alan Blueford who was killed by Oakland police in 2012, she will tell us about some events she is having in honor of her son.

Full Circle 05-03-2024 Palestine and Jeralynn Blueford

Last week on Full Circle we featured voices from the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the emergency rally for Rafah at Sproul Plaza, including voices from the rally, the UC Berkeley Divestment Coalition and UC alumni and community activist, Andrea Prichett. We also heard from Professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora, Arab and Arab American studies, colonialism and post-colonial studies, Hatem Bazian.

Full Circle 05-10-2024 UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment

Tonight on Full Circle, hosts Audio Desperado Ephraim Colbert and Freewillin Frank Sterling bring us more from Standing Rock, with Frank's recordings as well as updates on legal and front lines developments. Then, they speak with Corrina Gould, Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone founder of the Sogrea Te' Land Trust and Indian People Organizing for Change, on the fight to protect sacred sites here in the Bay Area (Huichin), which is currently focused on the West Berkeley Shellmound.

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