Housing/Homelessness

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Portland nurse travels to the Gaza Strip

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
On October 18th, 2011, health care workers from Washington and Oregon left for a medical delegation to Gaza, hosted by the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. The purpose of the trip is to learn more about the effects of ongoing war and occupation on the health of t... Read more

Occupy Foreclosed Home Action in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 12/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  Deb and Ron Austin raised their two kids in a modest home in northeast Portland.  Now, after a bankruptcy resulting from unforeseen medical bills, the family is facing foreclosure and a possible eviction in March.   Around a hundred people gathered at the Austin family h... Read more

GETTING CONGRESS TO WORK FOR THE NINETY NINE PERCENT

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Fifty four Oregonians are on their way to Washington, DC this week to "Take Back the Capitol" for Good Jobs, Not Cuts.  A coalition of groups from We Are Oregon, Oregon Action, Service Employees International Union, and Jobs with Justice have organized the Oregon Delegat... Read more

Occupy, Women and Homelessness

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Desiree Hellegers. Desiree spent time working in women's homeless shelters in the 1980s and she describes listening to them tell their stories. She says of her new book about homeless women, based in part on that experience, that "she wanted to ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Dec. 5th

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Chris Williams about the COP-17 international climate change conference. Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Richard Wolff about workplace democracy and the occupy movement. Laurie... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12-01-11 Miracles Club

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Miracles Club: a comprehensive, culturally competent approach to addiction recovery What started in 1993 with three men wishing to create a safe and sober environment to sustain the African American Community has evolved into the Miracles Club, a non-profit organization... Read more

It Calls You Back

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Carlos Chavez interviews author, poet and activist Luis J Rodriguez. They discuss his new memoir, It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing. Luis J. Rodriguez has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country wit... Read more

Evening News - Occupy Portland Live Stream - 11-10-11 Part 3 of 3

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Interviews from the Occupy Portland encampment as heard originally on the KBOO live stream.  Volunteers, residents, supporters and commentators comment on the mayor's eviction notice, the future of the movement, the camp as a microcosm of society, the Molotov cocktail... Read more

Evening News - Occupy Portland Live Stream - 11-10-11 Part 2 of 3

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Interviews from the Occupy Portland encampment as heard originally on the KBOO live stream.  Volunteers, residents, supporters and commentators comment on the mayor's eviction notice, the future of the movement, the camp as a microcosm of society, the Molotov cocktail... Read more

Evening News - Occupy Portland Live Stream - 11-10-11 Part 1 of 3

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Interviews from the Occupy Portland encampment as heard originally on the KBOO live stream.  Volunteers, residents, supporters and commentators comment on the mayor's eviction notice, the future of the movement, the camp as a microcosm of society, the Molotov cocktail in... Read more