Just days before the annual Martin Luther King Jr holiday, Joshua Shurley talks with Dr. Jean Kennedy, who is a psychologist, WILPF activist, restorative justice advocate and community organizer. Through the lens of the "beloved community" concept, they discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King's life and struggle for racial and social justice and how its impacts reverberate through to today.

Stir It Up - January 11, 2023

This episode covers the topic of hate crimes, specifically toward the LGBTQ+ community. Our guests include Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama, US Attorney Phillip Talbert with the Department of Justice, Daren Miller with the Stop The Hate Town Hall plus Dr. Katherine Fobear of California State University Fresno discussing the new LGBTQ+ minor at the university and the upcoming fundraiser "A Love Letter To Fresno's Queer West".

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https://www.usa.gov/report-crime 
https://www.fresnoalliance.com 
https://www.sjvmediaalliance.org 
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/hormone-therapy-improves-mental-health-transgender-youths-new-study-fi-rcna66306 
https://www.courthousenews.com/education-committee-approves-arizona-senate-bill-banning-unapproved-use-of-pronouns-in-classrooms/ 
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Go West and Stop The Hate

On our May 19th, 2023 episode we talk to Bryan Cauwels, Tracie Cisneros and Kaede Coronado-Acuna about the 2023 Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival. Then Chris and Kaylia go over the latest on Pride in Fresno, the Pride Night at the Chaffee Zoo, the LA Dodgers and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and more LGBTQ+ news across the country. Enjoy!

Fresno Rainbow Pride https://www.fresnorainbowpride.com/
Pride Night at the Zoo  https://www.facebook.com/fresnochaffeezoo
Fresno Chaffee Zoo https://fresnochaffeezoo.org/
Dolly Parton “World On Fire” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLIGxNZeW78
Lyrics “World on Fire” https://genius.com/Dolly-parton-world-on-fire-lyrics
Out Loud Sports Fresno https://outloudsports.com/fresno
Dodgers Uninvite Sistershttps://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/us/dodgers-pride-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-drag-cec/index.html#:~:text=The%20Los%20Angeles%20Dodgers%20are%20getting%20some%20high,and%20activism%20efforts%20in%20the%20Los%20Angeles%20area.
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence https://www.thesisters.org/
Los Angeles Pride https://lapride.org/
Tampa Pride Cancels https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/tampa-pride-cancels-event-because-of-ron-desantiss-latest-anti-lgbtq-laws/#:~:text=Another%20Florida%20town%20has%20canceled%20an%20upcoming%20Pride,the%20same%20day%2C%20the%20Tampa%20Bay%20Times%20reports.
New York Times Book Ban Opinion Piece https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/book-ban-escambia-florida-lawsuit.html
Southern Progress Billboard Campaign https://www.printmag.com/culturally-related-design/southern-progress-billboards-inspire-floridians-to-say-gay-with-pride/

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Pride Runs Rampant

Our guests on this episode include Jen Cruz with the EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Robin McGehee talking about the push to get an LGBTQ+ liaison in the city of Fresno, and Annalisa Perea from the Fresno City Council.

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Queer Reps, Liaisons and Spaces, Oh My!

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

In this week’s program, Josh Shurley speaks with Ramsey Robinson from the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) about why the entrenched liberal status quo is failing to address today’s overlapping crises—from wars and ICE raids to economic inequality and ecological catastrophe. They discuss the principles and vision of the PSL, the growing public openness to socialism as a viable alternative, and how a reimagined system rooted in collective well-being could help heal deep fractures in our communities, our nation, and the wider world—because tinkering at the edges of a broken system is no longer enough.

Stir It Up - Aug 13, 2025

It's A Queer Thang covers local and national LGBTQ+ issues and events. We focus on politics, civil rights, news and, entertainment. Special guests are featured with interviews focusing on issues relevant to the LGBTQ+ community in Fresno and the Central Valley. Hosted by Chris Jarvis and Kaylia Metcalfe.

Queer Thang welcomes viewer input, suggestions. and questions at itsaqueerthang(at)gmail(dot)com.

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Members of First Voice Media produce, write, host, and engineer Full Circle, a cultural affairs radio magazine which showcases personal views, interviews, feature stories, and live performances from our community. Airing on Friday at 7pm on KPFA 94.1, all content comes from members of First Voice Media and reaches all across northern and central California.

Welcome to Stir It Up, a weekly program brought to you by a collective of local activist organizations in Fresno. Join us each Wednesday at 3:00 pm Pacific on 88.1FM or streaming at kfcf.org as we educate, agitate, and pontificate! 

The second Wednesday edition of Stir It Up is brought to you by the Fresno Center for Nonviolence. Stir It Up is hosted by Dr. Joshua Shurley, political science professor, activist, and organizer with Veterans For Peace, as well as a proud board member of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence. On behalf of the Center, thank you for listening. ☮ 

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