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Recently on Full Circle we heard about the current class offerings at the Albany UC Gill Tract Farm including an interview with Sophia Martinez Lopez about the overall project and Joy Moore about the Gill Tract’s medicinal herb series featuring succulents. We also spoke with Lady E about the medicinal properties of Rosemary, and we got a report from Frank Sterling about Project Hope for Palestine. All that and a poetry shout-out in this National poetry month.

Last week on Full Circle, we took a stand with two local families whose son’s lives were taken by police. We heard from a ceremony honoring Pedie Perez who was killed by Richmond police in 2014. The city and family just honored Pedie with the placing of two art cans at the site where Pedie was killed. Outside Uncle Sam's Liquors on Cutting Boulevard in Richmond. We also heard from the family of Angelo Quinto. The city of Antioch CA. just agreed to a settlement of 7.5 million dollars for the killing of Angelo by Antioch police in 2020

Last week on Full Circle we continued to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. We heard from Rami of the Palestinian Youth Movement Bay Area. He was part of the protest at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View. They were there speaking out about Google’s contributions facilitating genocide in Palestine. We also heard from the family of Angelo Quinto. The city of Antioch ca just agreed to a settlement of 7.5 million dollars for the killing of Angelo by Antioch police in 2020

Last week on Full Circle we featured voices from the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the emergency rally for Rafah at Sproul Plaza, including voices from the rally, the UC Berkeley Divestment Coalition and UC alumni and community activist, Andrea Prichett. We also heard from Professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora, Arab and Arab American studies, colonialism and post-colonial studies, Hatem Bazian.

This week on Full Circle, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show. The Richmond city council divests from apartheid and war, that includes many companies doing business with Israel, we’ll speak with Richmond Mayor Edurado Martinez and Imam Abubakar Elgarguri. We’ll also hear from Healthcare Workers for Palestine, including Dr Jess Ghannam who spent 25 years working in Palestine. He is speaking at an event tomorrow, From The Frontlines; Eyewitness Accounts From Palestine. We’ll give you details on that. Then we’ll close out the show with Jeralynn Blueford, she is the mother of Alan Blueford who was killed by Oakland police in 2012, she will tell us about some events she is having in honor of her son.

This week on Full Circle we cover national and international news with a local connections. On tonight's show, we’ll get an update on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UC Berkeley, what’s happening there? What are their demands? Then we’ll get an update on what is happening with the Antioch police one year after being outed as violent, homophobic, racists in a text message scandal.

Last week on Full circle we checked in with the We Rise Production Co-Founders Cat Petru and Nicky Gervacio. We shared clips from their recent community event, Crosspollination hosted and organized by we rise, Including voices from organizations like Homies Empowerment, Anti Police Terror Project and People’s Programs. And within those conversations we kept our eyes and ears on Palestine and Gaza.

This week on Full Circle, We'll hear about the current class offerings at the Albany UC Gill Tract Farm including an interview with Sophia Martinez Lopez about the overall project. Also we speak with Joy Moore on the Gill tract medicinal herbs series, featuring succulents. We’ll also hear about the medicinal properties of rosemary. Later we get a report on Project Hope For Palestine, helping to get food and water to displaced Palestinians in Gaza. And we give a shout out to National Poetry Month

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as well as other conflicts. On tonight’s show, we’ll get a short update on an event called Artists Rising, Oakland to Palestine ,a benefit art show and market for Middle East Children's Alliance. We’ll also have an interview with Save California Salmon. Some salmon runs are down 96 percent, leaving the salmon fishing season canceled throughout most of the west coast. And with the civil unrest going down in Haiti we talked to Pierre Labossierre, cofounder of the Haiti Action Committee about what he is hearing from his comrades on the ground in Port Au Prince.. That’s coming from JR Valrey and Block Report Radio

Last week on Full Circle we covered a couple of local events. We heard voices from a gathering honoring Nex Benedict, the non binary youth from Oklahoma who died after an attack in their high school bathroom. Police are saying suicide, but others are waiting for a detailed report. We also heard from a healing ceremony held in Antioch ca, “May We Gather”, a national Buddhist ceremony for Asian American ancestors visited Antioch, the first city in the nation to officially apologize for the deliberate destruction of the city's Chinatown by european settlers in the area.