Bread and Roses

Produced by:

KBOO

Every Friday from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Bread and Roses is a collective of women-identified radio activists. We offer feminist public affairs programming. We give voice to those working for social justice and equity, globally and locally. We strive to challenge systems of oppression. All this, and we have fun!

Bread and Roses highlights the achievements of women artists, activists, athletes, scholars and innovators. We strive for programming excellence and collaborative efforts, providing access and training to women.

Topic tags:

Gender, Women, Youth, Class, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Community Building, Activism

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Retired

Guantanamo Family Stories-1

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

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During Omar Deghayes' 5 years of imprisonment at Guantanamo, his family became very outspoken. For the Deghayes family, it seemed history was repeating itself: In 1986, they had fled persecution in Libya where Omar's father had been assassinated, and had sought asylum i... Read more

Poet Activist Sunni Patterson on V-Day in New Orleans

Airs at: Fri, 04/11/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

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Activist, poet and healer Sunni Patterson speaks with Bread & Roses from the Tenth Annual V-Day celebration in New Orleans. The annual V-Day event is an international celebration of ending violence against women and girls, and this year honors the women of New Orleans a... Read more

Community Runs Free Adult Health Clinic

Airs at: Thu, 02/21/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

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The North by Northeast Community Health Center opened in response to the medical needs of Hurricane Katrinia survivors and of the medically uninsured here in Portland. This audio features interviews with Dr. Jill Ginsberg, Pastor Mary Overstreet Smith, and Suzy Jeffreys... Read more