Full Circle KPFA

On tonight’s show we’ll share clips of my interview with South Africa’s tour guide and educator, Wilson Chifike and  his inside assessment on colonialism, apartheid and land reclamation in South Africa and Zimbabwe. You’ll also learn a bit about his tribe - the Shona. And if you visit our website after the show – kpfaapprentice.org, we’ll include a bonus segment all about African tourism - including an enticing layout of a 2-month camping trip through Africa.

Good evening everyone… and Welcome, to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. We are broadcasting live in Huichin, otherwise known to settlers as Berkeley and the greater East Bay Area.

On tonight’s show, we’ll have the privilege of previewing some amazing material from the Pacifica archives, originally broadcast direct from Alcatraz during the 1969 occupation by Indians of all tribes.

We’ll also hear some incredible voices from a more recent Indigenous Sunrise Ceremony held on The Rock,

We are extremely honored to welcome live in studio, Miguel Gavilan Molina, current director of Radio Free Alcatraz, and producer of La Onda Bajita, to speak more on the Alcatraz Movement.

All that and more, tonight on Full Circle.

My name is Stevie “G” and tonight is all things silicon Sounds from the Valley! I have had the pleasure of working with some future Technologists, currently spending some time on NASA’s ames research center campus. we have (with no priority in mind), Johnson C. Smith, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Hampton, Howard & my own Alma mater Morehouse college. Question: Will Stevie “g” update his playlist after tonight? Tonight the Silicon sounds of HBCUS students in with the United Negro College Fund. I am your host Stevie “G”. Let’s get to the music.

On our show this evening, you will hear about Oakland’s Being Healthy (BH) Brilliant Minds 12th annual Juneteenth festival in West Oakland … KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there to bear witness! We brought back the collective community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds.

On tonight’s show you will hear some changemakers and learn how to hook up with them to make our own change in our lives and in our communities, learn how this particular Juneteenth festival came to be, and hear some great Juneteenth-themed music!

On our show this evening, you will hear about Oakland’s Being Healthy (BH) Brilliant Minds 12th annual Juneteenth festival in West Oakland … KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there to bear witness! We brought back the collective community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds.

On tonight’s show you will hear some changemakers and learn how to hook up with them to make our own change in our lives and in our communities, learn how this particular Juneteenth festival came to be, and hear some great Juneteenth-themed music!

On our show this evening, you will hear about Oakland’s Being Healthy (BH) Brilliant Minds 12th annual Juneteenth festival in West Oakland … KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there to bear witness! We brought back the collective community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds.

On tonight’s show you will hear some changemakers and learn how to hook up with them to make our own change in our lives and in our communities, learn how this particular Juneteenth festival came to be, and hear some great Juneteenth-themed music!

On our show this evening, we pay tribute to my musical mom (drum roll please)... Aretha Franklin. Joining me in the studio will be Bay Area Music Legend, Janice Maxie-Reid, along with three brilliant, beautiful & blessed souls known as... Sweet Nectar. Ms Marueen Smith, Ms Sue McKracklin and Ms Shirley Davis-Faulkner.

The Bay Area is known for its great musical artistry and because we here at KPFA always want to present as many amazing people as possible, we thought tonight would be a great time to learn more about some of your favorite musicians like the Queen of Soul… Aretha Franklin… along with these local Bay Area artists who are here with us tonight.

Welcome to Full Circle! On tonight’s episode we discuss the devastating humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The Arab Spring has turned into a bloody conflict that has created horrible conditions like starvation and disease for the Yemeni people. We will be joined by President of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Aisha Jumaan, whose on the ground in Yemen, members of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, former U.S. Colonel, Ann Wright and Isaac Evans-Franz of Action Corps. Stay tuned.

Welcome to Full Circle! On tonight’s episode we discuss the devastating humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The Arab Spring has turned into a bloody conflict that has created horrible conditions like starvation and disease for the Yemeni people. We will be joined by President of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Aisha Jumaan, whose on the ground in Yemen, members of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, former U.S. Colonel, Ann Wright and Isaac Evans-Franz of Action Corps. Stay tuned.

Welcome to Full Circle your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. this show is written, produced and engineered in Huichin.occupied Ohlone territory aka the East Bay Area.

On tonight’s show, we will delve into the histories of the people of this planet under the tyranny of imperial and colonial powers. we will be reciting short stories from one of my favorite authors, Eduardo Galeano. one of Latin America’s most distinguished writers he is renowned for his three- volume memory of fire; open veins of Latin America; soccer in sun and shadow; the book of embraces; walking words; upside down; and voices of time. also selected music which i believe encapsulates the struggles & triumphs of the wretched peoples of the world. all that tonight on Full Circle, I am your host… Aria Moshirian “Engelabi Hameche” which in my native tongue means revolutionary always!