Live From Main Street: Miami’s Economic Crisis and Sustainable Future
Live from Main Street takes us to the streets of Miami, Florida for a town hall discussion of how local communities and grassroots groups are facing the economic and housing crunch while working to build a stronger sustainable city.
My T-Shirt Says it All
On this edition, we’ll hear how three T-shirt designers use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural identity, and mourn friends who’ve passed away.
America, America
On this edition, ‘America, America’ we go to the streets of richmond, california where Jairo’s story takes place to hear how a life altering event could force him hang up his cleats and choose between game he loves people loves.
Whose Neighborhood is This Anyway?
On this edition, Making Contact intern Joaquin Palomino spoke to former gang members, and other mission residents, about gang injunctions, a controversial legal strategy that’s divided the community of San Francisco.
From Brooklyn to Bethlehem: Separate Histories, Common Struggles
In this program, we’ll explore the power of solidarity…from the perspectives of young people in Brooklyn, New York, a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and a historian and mother who lives in Palestine.
Reproductive Justice: Voices from SisterSong (encore edition)
On this edition from our Women’s Desk, we hear from three women advocating for comprehensive reproductive health, that include the issues of sex education, HIV and AIDS prevention, housing, educational opportunities, queer-conscious-healthcare, the economic resources to support a child, the right to live free of violence, as well as an analysis of reproductive technologies.
Renaissance Village: FEMA’s Dirty Secret
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, thousands were sent to live at Renaissance Park, a FEMA run trailer park. Hundreds of families are still stuck there. We hear from youth, women and advocates from “Workers Centers,” organizing to move out.
Reproductive Justice: Voices from SisterSong
Women in the reproductive justice movement seek the basic human right to control their bodies. This includes a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy, and the rights to have a child, and to parent that child. On this edition from our Women’s Desk, we hear from three women advocating for comprehensive reproductive health.
Queer Youth Identities (encore edition)
On this edition of Making Contact, in a collaboration with KPFA’s Full Circle Apprenticeship Program, we’ll examine how queer identity intersects or collides with racial identity in the activist community.
LGBTQ:On the Streets, In the Schools, Outside the System (encore edition)
Thousands of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) youth are forced out on to the streets, and face harassment, homophobia and even violence. We’ll hear from the LGBTQ community, on the streets, in the schools and outside the system.
