KMOJ's Community Viewpoint

The program features: Daniel Bergin, a filmmaker and longtime producer with Twin Cities PBS, speaking about his film “Jim Crow of the North”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQfDbbQv9E

Researchers from Mapping Prejudice speaking about their project which visualizing the hidden histories of race and privilege in the urban landscape. https://www.mappingprejudice.org/ 

We hear from Laronda Lake about her path out of homelessness. We hear from Lorrhonda Byrd, MHHA, Program Coordinator at The Link Minnesota. http://www.thelinkmn.org/

Neeraj Mehta, Director of Learning for the McKnight Foundation, shares key insights about housing policies and their impact on residents. And we hear from Seanne Thomas, with ABC REALTY, LLC, and the East Side Development Corporation.

KMOJ’s “Housing First” programming was made possible by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Culture Heritage Fund. 

KMOJ Hosts Chantel SinGs and Freddie Bell shine a light on how sex trafficking hurts women and our communities. The program explores the causes behind this violent and illegal economy. And how some brave survivors are finding freedom. The program features interviews with Breaking Free survivors, Rev. Alika Galloway and the survivors' group at Liberty Community Church, UROC (Lauren Martin), a trucker with Brenny Trucking in St. Cloud (Truckers against Trafficking), Logan Tootle (MWIRC), Josh Waltzing from Alexandria (Men as Peacemakers) and more.  
This programming was made possible by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.