Born in Trinidad in 1901, CLR James was a leftist writer and social theorist until his death in 1989. In the 1930s, he worked for West Indian Independence, and moved to Britain, where he wrote a number of novels, and was the cricket reporter for the Manchester Guardian. In the 1940s and early 1950s, he lived in the United States, and wrote about politics, film, literature, and literary criticism.

Deported in 1953, he was much influenced by the 1957 revolution in which the former British colony of the Gold Coast became Ghana, and by the ensuing anticolonial and Black Power struggles of the 1950s and 60s.

Ah, the birds are migrating, the flowers are budding, and spring is getting springy,  must be time for the KBOO Spring Membership Drive!  The Drive runs on air from Saturday, March 22nd through Friday, April 11th; and we need to fill over 900 volunteer shifts.  This is a great time to get involved in your community radio station!

In June KBOO turns 40. 40 years strong, 40 years young, 40 years of activism, 40 years of fun! We are planning to party in true KBOO style the weekend of June 21. Andrew and I are heading up the party planning and we need your help! We're looking to make it quite the extravaganza. Many of you have shared some great ideas, now it's time to put the action to the words. Some ideas on the table include a 24 hour block party, art auction or art sale, live music/live broadcast and much more. Come to the next planning meeting:

40th Anniversary Workgroup/Development Committee
Monday, March 3, 7pm (and every first Monday!)
at KBOO, 20 SE 8th Avenue, Portland

DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE KBOO SITE, THIS EPISODE IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT <a href="http://destinationdiy.com">DESTINATION DIY</a> AT THIS TIME.

We're revisiting last year’s series on do-it-yourself education. You’ll hear voices from the Portland Free Skool and the Waypost, as well as Matthew Stadler, who gave a presentation at Reed College’s Learning is Fun and Dangerous event about a WWII-era zine called Vedem. As always, podcasts, zines and all kinds of information is available at <a href="http://destinationdiy.com">http://destinationdiy.org</a>.

For those that believe that LGBTQ folks don't need protection, read what happened INSIDE of a middle school. A child was killed because he was different. Please do what you can to stand for children, especially children who are 'different'. Hate crimes, gay bashings, violence toward LGBTQ and non-gender-conforming individuals happen every day. (media statement below)

A big thanks to Oregon Community Foundation for an unrestricted grant of $5,786.  This is in addition to a grant of $25,000 in 2007.  The donation is part of the "PGE Multnomah County Charitable Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation" which was created as part of a settlement in which PGE also refunded its customers who paid the Multnomah County Business Income Tax.

We are thrilled that OCF supports sister organizations like KBOO radio in leading positive change in our communities.

Arthur W. Davis
Station Manager
 

Hello, I am the self-proclaimed leading reporter on the Portland Jazz Festival. But I need help!! I just did the leg work to get the following tickets and any reporters or jazz programmers who are interested in attending with me and/or picking up my slack for the shows that I can not make it to at all. I will be bringing a field recorder to the shows (no artists are providing music releases) and it would be ideal to have someone interested in hustling interviews. I recieved 2 tickets to the following shows and next to each show I will write whether or not I'm planning to attend.

Joshua Redman

Bill Charlap

Spanish Harlem Orchestra (2 available)

The Bad Plus (2 available)

Portland Jazz Orchestra

Cecil Taylor

Maceo Parker

This Thursday on Voices from the Edge: Should reparations be paid to close the racial wealth gap caused by housing and lending discrimination? An interview with OSU's Jonathan Kaplan.

 Historic housing and lending discrimination against black Americans has created a significant discrepancy in their overall wealth. The average black American has only about 15 percent as much wealth as the average white American, even though black Americans earn about 60 percent as much as white Americans. And at every income level, white Americans have much more wealth than black.

As many of you know, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced that KBOO’s funding will be cut off unless we raise an additional $200,000 per year. This will impact $129,000 in grant funding and significant payments for music licensing. This comes at a time of predicted budget shortfalls for the station. It will hurt! The good news is that this situation, if handled well, can lead KBOO to become more engaged with our community and provide improved service while meeting our mission.