Imagining Community

"I was a wanderer a long time. For some reason Chico grabbed me. I just have a love for this community, and it's manifested in many different ways. Part of it is wanting to make Chico a better place for all people, and listening to all voices." -- Robert Trausch

A special KZFR 90.1FM studio #416 appreciating Bob Trausch, a dear friend of KZFR 90.1FM and the community at large. With music by Van Morrison and Janis Joplin with live musical performances by John Michael-Sun, August Bullock, Anna Kurnizki, Ann-Dan Cassamajor and Anna Meehan. With testimonials and love by KZFR General Manager Grant Parks, show host Guillermo Mash, Susan Dobra, Stacey Perry-Wear, Bill Kurnizki and, of course, the one, the only, Robert Trausch. As aired on People Powered Radio -- Saturday, April 30, 2022

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A special post Camp Fire episode broadcast on KZFR 90.1FM in May of 2019, featuring local artist and educator Jess Mercer. -- "Every school has it's own energy and cultural. I just try to work with that. I'm not just there for the kids but the staff as well to offer them relief and something positive. For four hours on a Monday we do something different; which is called celebrate joy, be present and just njoy each other's company." -- Jess Mercer

Guillermo Mash's final Public Affairs broadcast on KZFR 90.1FM. With colorful and insightful commentary on letters, editorials, guest comments and essays I penned for the CN&R, Chico Enterprise Record and the Humboldt Edge. With special call-in guest Alex Brown, Chico City Council member.

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"My journey in life is to find peace. Peace is what keeps people sane. Loyalty and love are the precious objects of peace." -- Shadow, from the book Writing for Donuts, Volume 2

I produced a Writing for Donuts expose (tinyurl.com/w4dKZFR) for KZFR 90.1FM which aired Wednesday, January 12th on the Writing on Air program. Once curated into the worthiness it deserved, I listened to it over and over. You see, some of the youth who wrote for donuts are my friends. Precious friends who I share time and stories -- with the earnest care nestled within as a runaway in 1976. As much as their experience converges and diverges with mine, the essence is the same. Making ones way as a teenager. Some of the wisest words I have read are, "be the person you needed when you were a child." Being the person I myself needed is the most precious actuation of loyalty and love I have given to bear.

One of those friends is Olivia who high-fived me when I told her I was a runaway at 16. "Me too," she said. Years later she named here first vehicle Guillermo, after me. Another is Kyle, who once told me he couldn't believe he had a friend like me. I stopped walking and looked him in the eye, "I feel the same about you."

Guillermo Mash on behalf of KZFR and Writing on Air, thanks all the voices who contributed to this radio segment and to the 104 writers featured in the book.

A, Aaron, Adam, Alex Jury, Alexa B, Alexander Wolf, Amanda C, Angel, Anonymous, Ashley, Bre H-W, Brelyn, Buggy, Carrington Forbes, Cedra T, Coral D, Courtnie B, Death, Dennis G, Donna A, Dr Jones (aka doughboy), E, EIT, Emporer Augustus the Elitist, Figs, Flying Spirit, Gabi, Gaby R, Girl, Gypsy, Hati, Hezi (Aka Heather S), HG, Jace, Jackson NJ, James, Jaymi, Jimmy V, Joe, Jose, Joseph, Joseph Franke, Josh, JR, Justin, Justin F, Justin Fernandez, Justin R, Kay, Kim S, Krystal Gatewood, Kyle, Kyle M, Kyle T, Lily, Loredana, Lucia, M, Malinda, Mama bear, Manalo G, Maxson, Mike R, Moose, Natalie Stowe, Nick, Prudence and Adam, Purple Dragon, Robert H, Robert L, Rocco W, Ross, S, Sandwhich, Sara Clifton, Shadow, Shae, Shaun P, Shawn Pope, Shelley, Sho Thao, Siena, Skorase, Skorase Spyglass, Sky, Spencer Douglas Hines, Stefanie, Summer, Sweet, Talara, Taylor K, That one Girl, The son you used to know, Tim L, Tyler, Unknown, Veronica, Vivian, Will, Will F, Zachary Foster, Zak, Zane S

Writing for Donuts volumes one and two are available at the Bookstore, 118 Main Street in Chico.

"Best practices comes out of many minds." -- Bob Trausch, co-founder of Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT), on solutions founded on listening to, and collaborating with, the entire community.

Solutions Across the Divide, Thursday, January 6, 2022 on KZFR 90.1FM. Produced and hosted by Bill (Guillermo) Mash, featuring a talking across the divide conversation with Chico News and Review Editor, Jason Cassidy and Enterprise Record Editor, Mike Wolcott.

"I think there are some solutions to be found in this town. Cuz there are a lot of people who care that are really smart people." -- Mike Wolcott

"A big part of it is to getting people in the same room together. It's really hard to call somebody a name, or even to identify a person as an enemy or a problem. The divide can be bridged by just being in the same room." -- Jason Cassidy

We also feature conversational prompts from clips featuring the insights and wisdom of Bob Trausch, and Justin Lee author of Talking Across the Divide: how to communicate with people you disagree with and maybe change the world. Lee, a gay christian, has spent more than twenty years building bridges between conservatives and progressives.

"Sincere people can be wrong, and wrong people can be sincere. I know it sounds simple, but it's more powerful than you think." -- Justin Lee

Guillermo Mash from Imagining Community coffee chats with life-long, mid-twenties-aged, Addison Winslow who shares his extensive knowledge of the neighborhoods of Chico, California. All within the context of Strong Towns and Not Just Bikes, two popular, apolitical research organizations that shed light on what makes for a safe, happy and thriving community.

We set the tone with three Paradise, California residents displaced by the Camp Fire, passionately speaking from the podium of the climate chaos action outside the San Francisco office of BlackRock Corporation. Followed by the audio portion of "A message from the future of Paradise", concluding with, Allen Myers, the Filmmaker and Executive Director of Regenerating Paradise.

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Guillermo Mash welcoming you to a special Imagining Community segment on the October 29th, 2021 defund climate chaos action outside the San Fransisco office of BlackRock Corporation.

From KQED: Climate demonstrators gathered outside the San Francisco headquarters of investment management company BlackRock on Friday, as part of a global day of action. Demonstrators came out to demand financial institutions end their funding of corporations perpetuating climate destruction — actions took place in at least 100 cities around the world in an effort to "defund climate chaos."

The worldwide day of action was timed ahead of COP26, the United Nations climate conference beginning in Glasgow on Sunday.

BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment management corporation based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as a risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$9.46 trillion in assets under management as of 2021. BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries.

A contingent of Butte County residents including , filmmaker Allen Myers, Camp Fire survivor Carrie Max, Micro-biologist Wendy McCall, PHD candidate Meleiza Figueroa, Mary Kay Benson with Butte 350 and muralist and Traditional Ecological Educator Ali Meders-Knight stood tall in painting an "Indigenous Leadership ~ Climate Action Now" mural outside BlackRock's San Francisco office. Blackrock is the largest investor of fossil fuel projects and PG&E, which caused the wildfire deaths of 100 people in Butte County. The group painted their mural with the sacred ashes and charcoal collected from the burned properties of their Paradise participants.

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Guillermo Mash with Imagining Community welcoming you to our 2021 season finale on water, featuring an interview with water protector and h20 policy analyst Jim Brobeck. It's a feature unlike none other this year as Brobeck details the symbiotic relationship between his music and the watersheds he has championed to farmers, electeds, enthusiasts and the precious community of humans, wildlife, flora and fauna. With waterside musical performances as recorded and produced by Imagining Community for our 2021 series on water.

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Introducing Covering Ground Farm in Chico, California. CGF is an all organic regenerative farm realized by farmer Paul Prather, owner and chief architect. Features interviews on Covering Ground Farm in August and September with Paul Prather and Jared Geiser, a local AG expert and farmer who shares his extensive knowledge about mulching.