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KPFA - We Rise

We Rise brings you stories, interviews, and music to nourish our imaginations in service of collective liberation. Guided by Toni Cade Bambara’s call to make the revolution irresistible, each show explores the practice of solidarity in today’s freedom movements. Brought to you by We Rise Production. www.weriseproduction.com

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47:49

Radically Fit with Lindsey Page, Ep. 21

KPFA - We Rise ·

2021/01/06

We Rise’ dynamic duo creators Cat & Nicky are joined by Lindsey Page, founder & trainer at Radically Fit gym in Oakland – occupied Huichin – in this hilarious & honest conversation about the fitness industry, our relationships with our bodies, taking up space, capitalism, and well, joggers, of course. Apologies that there’s only one Friday left in February to catch the self-defense workshop we talk about at the end of the show. We decided to leave that in because self defense training, especially

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111:30

Women Saving Our Own Lives, Solstice Edition, Ep. 20

KPFA - We Rise ·

2021/01/06

Rhodessa Jones of The Medea Project and Cultural Odyssey joins us again for this sweet & potent Winter Solstice edition of Women Saving Our Own Lives. Uzo Nwankpa and Lisa Frias, who both performed in The Medea Project’s When Did Your Hands Become A Weapon? join host Cat Petru live in the KPFA studios as well. Please note that we discuss rape culture and violence against women in this #metoo moment. The sharing is often intimate. Please take exquisite care of yourself as you listen. GUESTS Rhodessa

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58:31

Buen Vivir, Right Living, Ep. 19

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/12/19

With the rains just lifting the dense smoke in the SF Bay Area, some might be reminded of the nourishment of life in balance. The massive fires, in both Northern and Southern California, were devastating. Wildfires though they are, their intensity is a result of global warming brought on by uncontained, disproportionate & extractive economic growth. Our eco-logical and eco-nomic systems are not so disconnected. On this episode, a circle of guests from the Buen Vivir Fund join host Cat Petru to shed

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59:00

Midterms+Housing+Ranked Choice Voting, oh my! Ep. 18

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/12/19

Get out the vote! Please enjoy this plunge into electoral politics with trusty guides Sharon Peterson & Mari Nakagawa. From KPFA’s Full Circle (where Cat learned everything she knows), we bring you this rebroadcast. On this episode, Mari & Sharon get into: Protecting our vote, and raising our voices (even between elections) How we can improve our electoral process so that it better serves, you know … we the people! Money & Politics… and ways that voters can change how that works. Again … to serve …

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40:04

The Legend of Rhodessa Jones, Women Saving Our Own...

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/12/19

One constellation of guiding lights for We Rise are Toni Cade Bambara’s words: “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” Rhodessa Jones is this artist. With her latest show When Did Your Hands Become a Weapon? running thru this weekend at San Francisco’s Brava Theater, to 40 years of Cultural Odyssey and 30 of The Medea Project, we have a lot to dive into – and celebrate. There is also a ticket giveaway!! Email angieinlegal@yahoo.com for a chance to win! You can also connect

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51:32

The Witching Hour Pt. 2, Ep. 16

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2018/12/19

How do your ancestors understand “the thinning of the veil between the worlds” that marks this time of year? Was there a name for this time in their languages? Are your ancestors from the northern or southern hemisphere? How might that shape their relationship with autumn months? “The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; thenew therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.” –

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49:46

Ep. 15 Lupine “Too Legit to Quit” Change Makers

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2018/06/11

“Do you know what human beings need to feel peace? Mindfulness. And solidarity” – Akatl, age 7 “History is a very important part of who we are.” – Gryffin, age 8 “People should use collaboration instead of discrimination.” – Evelyn, age 7 Join Ms. T’s Lupine Classroom from Urban Montessori School in Oakland as they drop some knowledge about ancestors, discrimination, mindfulness, colonization, gun violence, pollution, and more! This mix grade classroom paid a visit to the KPFA studios to share their

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Ep. 14 The Witching Hour

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

What are your earliest memories of magic? How did your ancestors pray? Where did whiteness come from? How can people racialized as white decimate white supremacy? What do you think of when you see or hear the word “witch”? Grace Diehl, Johanna Holden, and Kelsey Gustafson join host Cat Petru to dive into these questions and more in this episode called “The Witching Hour.” Kelsey and Johanna sing (Kelsey in Gaelic!) and Grace reads from her novel entitled “Yuppie White Girl Treason.” Please tune in

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59:06

Ep. 13 Radical Educators Cast Spells

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2018/06/01

Three visionary educators – James Damiani, Tiarra “Ms. T” Asia Knox, and Safahri Ra – join Cat & Nicky to talk about: – the significance of humility and honesty in the classroom – nourishing creativity and empowerment – challenges and revelations in teaching and the education system – how technology impacts learning Collaborative music breaks with Safahri Ra, free-styling, and a debut by Ms. T! LINKS Tiarra “Ms. T” Asia

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58:46

Ep. 12 #Right2Return – The Movement to Free Palestine

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

In January, members of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) joined me on a previous show to discuss the history of colonization and occupation of Palestine by the settler state of Israel. On this episode of We Rise, as Israeli attacks persist against Palestinians marching for the right to return to their homeland, PYM’s Nadya Tannous and Ramah Awad join me to discuss 17-year-old Palestinian political prisoner Ahed Tamimi, the latest in her case, and its implications for young political prisoners

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60:11

Ep. 11 Women’s History Month edition – Birthwork as...

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2018/06/01

Cat Petru (We Rise) and Theresa Adams (graduate of KPFA’s First Voice Apprenticeship program) guest host a special edition of KPFA’s Women’s Magazine in honor of Women’s History Month. Cat speaks with doulas, Megan Chadwick and Eri Guajardo Johnson (Birth Bruja host!), about birthwork as a site of healing, transformation, and justice. Theresa and Cat simultaneously celebrate this month by illuminating women’s legacies and labor – from the newsroom to the birthroom – and challenge the pretense that

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Ep. 10 #Right2Resist: The SFO Muslim Ban Protest…One...

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2018/06/01

This rebroadcast of Cat’s show on KPFA’s Full Circle commemorates the One Year Anniversary of the landmark SFO protest against one of Trump’s first Executive Orders: The Muslim Ban. On this episode of WE RISE: Lara Kiswani of the Arab Resource Organizing Center gives a retrospective on the 3 Muslim Bans that went into effect since Jan. 2017… We investigate the connection between the bans and U.S. imperial and military interests… We are joined in studio by 2 members of the Palestinian Youth Movement

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Ep. 9 We Rise and the Lodestar Common Ground Expedition

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2018/06/01

What happens when kids view the world as investigative journalists? On January 16th, we visited Lodestar Elementary School in Oakland. We were told that the students of Ms. Laura Einhorn had been producing podcasts about Islamophobia. On today’s show we feature the official podcasts produced by the Lodestar Common Ground Expedition, and share sounds from our classroom visit in January. The show ends with a few music tracks that lift up young freedom fighters and challenge Islamophobia. Find their

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58:33

Ep. 8 WE RISE with the PINK PANTHERS!

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

The women and girls of the Pink Panther Sorority join us in the studio to talk about self esteem and solidarity in sisterhood. PINK PANTHER SORORITY Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pinkpanthersorority/ Email projectpantherpink@gmail.com Follow the women of @pinkpanthersororityinc on Instagram: Ms. T: @__mst__ Nyisha Moncrease: @blackberry_nyi Tamika Renee: @micky_cruz_ WE RISE Email weriseproducers@gmail.com Twitter @weriseproducers Facebook & Instagram @weriseproduction The post Ep. 8 WE

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Ep. 7 MLK Day: Counter Narratives

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2018/06/01

We want to celebrate the legacy of radical organizing in this region and also call into question the false narratives that pedestalize certain leaders and organizations without acknowledging the ways in which they were problematic and even counterrevolutionary. As the call to reclaim Martin Luther King, Jr.’s radical legacy sounds throughout the Bay Area, we speak with long-time organizers John Hayakawa Torok and Sulaiman Hyatt about the less known stories of our freedom movements. These stories, it

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Ep. 6 We Rise NYE with DJ Deep Space!

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

DJ Deep Space takes us through a galaxy of music to celebrate the turn of the Gregorian calendar – welcome 2018! We Rise co-producer Nicole Gervacio co-hosts with Cat Petru. Guests include the ineffable DJ Deep Space and doula and artist Megan Chadwick of NECTAR birth collective. Join us for jams that will get you up outta your seat and conversation about healing and helping those creative juices flow. PHOTO: The Butterfly Galaxy (it’s real!) WE RISE Email weriseproducers@gmail.com Twitter

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59:35

Ep. 5 Mia Mingus of the Bay Area Transformative...

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

In this conversation about transformative justice and healing, Mia Mingus of the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective poses the questions, “What is accountability? What is justice?” How can our movements be survivor centered? What IS community? LINKS Mia Mingus’ website Leaving Evidence: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/ Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc.wordpress.com/ Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet: https://batjc.wordpress.com/pods-and-pod-mapping-worksheet/ BATJC

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Ep. 4 Puerto Rico + Disaster Capitalism

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2018/06/01

Host Laura Echegaray discusses Puerto Rico – or Borinquen, the island’s indigenous name – the current social and political situation, how we got where we are, and what’s next. We will learn some historical facts about the relationship between the U.S. government and Puerto Rico. We will go over the concept of disaster capitalism as defined by Naomi Klein in her 2007 book The Shock Doctrine, the rise of disaster capitalism and why is it important to understand Borinquen’s situation. We will speak

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Ep. 3 Left-Wing Military Historian Jason Ridler...

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

On this episode of We Rise, we explore the conditions in the United States that set the stage for perpetual war. Guest Jason S. Ridler Ramirez, Canadian-born left-wing military historian and professor, speaks about his experience in the field of military studies in Canada and the US, the history of the military industrial complex, and tangible strategies to truly challenge the MIC and US-made war. Throughout the show you will hear excerpts from documentary films that reveal the ways US citizens have

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Ep. 2 In Dialogue with Alice Walker & Arundhati Roy

KPFA - We Rise ·

2018/06/01

This is rebroadcast of Full Circle, produced by members of KPFA’s First Voice Apprenticeship program. This episode is hosted and produced by our own Catherine Petru. Arisika Razak and Hemal Lalabhai join Catherine to discuss Arundhati Roy and Alice Walker’s recent dialogue as part of KQED’s City Arts & Lectures. This show features: – Arundhati Roy reading from her latest novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” – Alice Walker and Arundhati Roy in dialogue – a discussion of the significance of Alice

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