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Terra Verde Fundraiser Show: Part II

We’re in a golden age of graphic novels, comics, and cartooning. Let’s make it a golden age for KPFA free speech radio! Hosts Michelle Chan and Laura Garzon Chica (@EarthMediaArts) talk to Andy Singer and Saul Griffith about their environmentally-themed comics projects. Andy Singer’s Why We Drive: The Past Present and Future of Automobiles in America from Microcosm Publishing and Saul Griffith’s Howtoons: Tools of Mass Construction from Image Comics are available as premiums during this fund drive.

Please note: This is the second part of a Terra Verde show that began at 2 pm. To hear the beginning of the show go to: Eco-Comics Fundraiser Part 1

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Newark NJ students are currently leading a boycott supported by parents while they have no schools to attend in result of Gov Christie’s actions. Frankie Adao of the Newark parents union and a student will be joining Kitty. And Oakland Council member Lynette McElhaney will discuss Oakland’s path-breaking action to hire a local, less expensive trash company in preference to the usual $22 billion mega-corporation- Waste Management.

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Today Kkitty interviews the dynamic new president of the National Teachers Union, Lily Garcia, who is very critical of standardized tests and has called for the resignation of education secretary Arne Duncan. Kitty also interviews a teacher and student who are trying to keep their local school from falling victim to gentrification.

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