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(ICYMI) Here’s the Replay. Tonight’s Full Circle, Hosted by Sentient Shiloh b, AKA DJ Loh includes excerpts from a conversation they had with the artist collective WEDAPEPO , and five core members: Irene Carvajal, Oscar Lopez, Nivedita Madigubba, Michael Martinez and Jusun Seo. Listen in to our dialog about belonging, immigration, social practice, transnationality, creating culture, artistic collaboration and of course the circle. WEDAPEPO is a collaborative project started with seven trans-national artists; Irene Carvajal, Oscar Lopez, Nivedita Madigubba, Michael Martinez, Zhang Mengjiao, Jusun Seo and Vivian Vivas. We named our project after an anthology of essays on cultural identity by Jose Antonio Burciaga. Our discussion began with the question, “What space do I occupy in America?” Mainstream media often answers a question with manufactured labels, propaganda structures, and fragmented histories. WEDAPEPO emerges from the re-examination of our identities and roles within this rhetoric and we continue to question societal constructs, cultural myths, and weaponized institutions that continue marginalizing specific demographics in society.

Tonight on Full Circle, we will be getting word to you about two upcoming events in the Bay Area this weekend. On tonight’s show we’ll get an update from organizers in Contra Costa County as they plan to rally tomorrow in Antioch in support of a DA and FBI investigation into the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments. We’ll also get the 411 on the May May march set for Sunday May 1st in San Francisco to honor International Workers Day

On tonight’s show we'll get an update on the proposed lithium mine with our special guests Michon Eben Cultural Resources Specialist and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Reno Sparks Indian Colony and Will Falk attorney, organizer, and co-founder of Protect Thacker Pass. We’ll also hear some music from the Mankillers, a Native, all-woman drum group that performs traditional pow wow music in the northern tradition. And we’ll kick off the show with a short announcement about a planned action in Antioch supporting an FBI and Contra Costa County District Attorney’s investigation into the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments

Tonight Full Circle joins in on the KPFA Birthday Celebration, yessssssss!!!!!! And while we’re at it. We will feature The Backyard Hideout, a live and online hang out that features and promotes new artists on the music scene and supports local grassroots organizations. On tonight’s show we’ll hear some select tracks from The Backyard Hideout's featured performances. We also hear from the founder and operator of The Backyard Hideout Kevin McManimen. We’ll talk about his idea behind The Backyard Hideout and what he’s doing for new artists and local grassroots organizations. And of course. We will be asking for your support tonight as part of KPFA’s 73rd Birthday Celebration. All that tonight on Full Circle. I am your host. Freewillin Franklin.

Tonight on Full Circle we will spend the hour with folk music artist, podcaster and military veteran Joy Damiani. On tonight’s show we’ll hear an interview with graduate Apprentice Sara Blanco and Joy Damiani as she speaks about music, the military, the recruitment of our children and of course war and peace. We also hear some of her music. We will close the show with an announcement of some upcoming events.

Hey all, Tonight on FUll Circle we will feature some sounds recorded at recent events in Antioch. On tonight’s show we’ll hear voices from the Stop the Violence march and rally held in the Sycamore Corridor of Antioch. We also hear from the No Drilling Brentwood march and rally put together by youth leaders in Antioch and Brentwood along with the Sunflower Alliance

Hey all, Tonight on FUll Circle we will feature some sounds recorded at recent events in Antioch. On tonight’s show we’ll hear voices from the Stop the Violence march and rally held in the Sycamore Corridor of Antioch. We also hear from the No Drilling Brentwood march and rally put together by youth leaders in Antioch and Brentwood along with the Sunflower Alliance

(ICYMI) Tonight’s show was all about personal stories. These personal stories conveyed through interviews and firsthand narration will give us some insights and thoughts of the person who may be standing next to or passing by us at any given time of the day. On tonight’s show we’ll hear how one man made it from Michoacan Mexico to be my neighbor here in Antioch California . We also hear the reflections of author, Arif Katib, recalling a recent trip to the midwest as he traveled to speak about his book “In The Shadows of Obscurity'' and his new film, “Because They Believed”. Later we’ll hear from kpfa mailroom employee Josh Elwood and First Voice graduate Sonja Tyesi. And we will close out the show with some sounds from outside the Contra Costa County Superior court and District Attorneys office in Martinez as family members react to the sentencing of former Co Co County sheriff and Danville police officer Andrew Hall to 6 years for the 2018 killing of Luademere Arboleda

Yoni Ki Baat was developed in 2003 by South Asian Sisters, a non-profit collective of South Asian women based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been performed throughout the United States and around the world.

Tonight's Full Circle gives an International Women's Day shout out to the Yoni Ki Baat by sharing some of their stories and poetic musings. Additionally, collective members, including co-founder Sapna Shahani are interviewed by then First Voice Director Amelia Gonzalez-Garcia and apprentice in training, Pema Chogkhan, of Group 23, Kiva.

(ICYMI) Here’s the Replay. Tonight’s Full Circle, Hosted by sentient shiloh b, AKA DJ Loh is part one of Rona Reflections, which includes six different queer voices: Phillip L. Hammack a sociologist, Jessica Tracy a psychotherapist, Victoria Heilweil a feminist artist, a cultural producer, Victorian Montaño an Indigi Queer interdisciplinary artist, and Nicole Gervacio a social justice media maker and dancer reflecting on queer resilience, revalations, and revolution. As well as what we need to bring forward into 2022. This queering of time and space provided by Ms. Rona and her cousins is nowhere near over (which will only occur once the entire world is vaccinated) and we must evolve.

COVID 19 instituted a global pause which led many to reexamine, rethink, and redefine relationships in most if not all aspects of living. And what the world needs is healing and transformation. If we reflect, remember and redefine what is possible based on socially just priorities we will shift and transform culture into a more democratic and inclusive society. We must remember these insights and use them to redesign social structures and systems emanating from a foundation of repair and care.