Education

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Common Sense Talk Radio on Employment Help for Immigrants, and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama, Grassia Melendez, and Lucilene Lira From the Center for Intercultural Organizing Today hosts Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez speak with Loretta Gallegos of the State of Oregon Employment Department, where she heads the Limi... Read more

Shalom Portland October 28 2009 - Hand in Hand, Hand to Hand, and Mark Rosenblum

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Shalom Portland

Hand in Hand Since 1997 Hand in Hand has been establishing integrated Jewish/Arab public schools in Israel. We speak with Lee Gordon about these bilingual schools, the effects of integrated education on the pupils, their families, and the neighborhoods where the... Read more

Common Sense: Immigrant Issues in our Schools

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama, Grassia Melendez, and Lucilene Lira From the Center for Intercultural OrganizingToday's topic is our educational system, and how it does (or does not) relate to the Immigrant and Refugee Community. We'll hear three Portland Pu... Read more

Safety in schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth

Airs at: Tue, 10/06/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Other Team

Youth are safe in schools, right? We'd like to think so. The truth is safety in school depends on many factors. Often, LGBTQ youth face verbal harrassment, sometimes daily. Some LGBTQ youth face violence in school. The Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) 20... Read more

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

HealthWatch Hosted by: David Naimon NurtureShock: New Thinking About ChildrenNurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions f... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 10/01/09

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Robin Hahnel is a radical economist and political activist. He is Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington, D.C. where he taught in the Department of Economics from 1976 – 2008. He has also taught at the University of Maryland at College Park, the Catholic... Read more

The African Women's Coalition

Airs at: Wed, 09/30/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama and Grassia Melendez From the Center for Intercultural Organizing Today's guests are local activists Sharif Mohamed and Arika from The African Women's Coalition. Read more

Focus on two large events both happening on Oct 11

Airs at: Tue, 09/29/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Carla speaks with Poison Waters and Maria about their work with Peacock After Dark, happening Oct 11th. Musical break 'Open Up' by Bitch, who is playing live at Mississippi Studios this Sat 10/3. Local group Lovers is opening for Bitch. Next Carla speaks with Marc and Josh f... Read more

Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences grow into troublesome gaps - and What You Can Do About It

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

KBOO's Host Crystal Leighty talks with Lise Eliot, author of "Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences grow into troublesome gaps - and What You Can Do About It." Read more

A call to fill Oregon's black leadership void

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Black leadership is on the rise - from the White House to corporate giants like Xerox Corp. In progressive Oregon, however, blacks currently hold no elected positions in the city, county or regional governments within the metropolitan area where most of their community resi... Read more