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August 24, 2018 No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
DARNELL L. MOORE. “No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America”.
When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of gasoline on him. He escaped, but just barely. It wasn't the last time he would face death.
Three decades later, Moore is an award-winning writer, a leading Black Lives Matter activist, and an advocate for justice and liberation. In No Ashes in the Fire, he shares the journey taken by that scared, bullied teenager who not only survived, but found his calling. Moore's transcendence over the myriad forces of repression that faced him is a testament to the grace and care of the people who loved him, and to his hometown, Camden, NJ, scarred and ignored but brimming with life. Moore reminds us that liberation is possible if we commit ourselves to fighting for it, and if we dream and create futures where those who survive on society's edges can thrive.
No Ashes in the Fire is a story of beauty and hope-and an honest reckoning with family, with place, and with what it means to be free.
Featuring:
Darnell Moore
Credits:
Host: Anita Johnson
Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani and Monica Lopez.
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement and Web Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Special Thanks to KPFA Radio in Berkeley, Ca and Darnell Moore.
For More Information:
https://www.darnelllmoore.com/ [1]
Black, Gay and Becoming Visible
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/books/review/darnell-l-moore-no-ashes-in-the-fire.html [2]
https://www.amazon.com/No-Ashes-Fire-Coming-America/dp/1568589484 [3]
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/darnell-l-moore [4]
https://kpfa.org/event/darnell-l-moore/ [5]
[1] https://www.darnelllmoore.com/
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/books/review/darnell-l-moore-no-ashes-in-the-fire.html
[3] https://www.amazon.com/No-Ashes-Fire-Coming-America/dp/1568589484
[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/darnell-l-moore
[5] https://kpfa.org/event/darnell-l-moore/
1 hr
August 24, 2018 No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
DARNELL L. MOORE. “No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America”.
When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of gasoline on him. He escaped, but just barely. It wasn’t the last time he would face death.
Three decades later, Moore is an award-winning writer, a leading Black Lives Matter activist, and an advocate for justice and liberation. In No Ashes in the Fire, he shares the journey taken by that scared, bullied teenager who not only survived, but found his calling. Moore’s transcendence over the myriad forces of repression that faced him is a testament to the grace and care of the people who loved him, and to his hometown, Camden, NJ, scarred and ignored but brimming with life. Moore reminds us that liberation is possible if we commit ourselves to fighting for it, and if we dream and create futures where those who survive on society’s edges can thrive.
No Ashes in the Fire is a story of beauty and hope-and an honest reckoning with family, with place, and with what it means to be free.
Featuring:
Darnell Moore
Credits:
Host: Anita Johnson
Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani and Monica Lopez.
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement and Web Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Special Thanks to KPFA Radio in Berkeley, Ca and Darnell Moore.
For More Information:
https://www.darnelllmoore.com/
Black, Gay and Becoming Visible
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/books/review/darnell-l-moore-no-ashes-in-the-fire.html
https://www.amazon.com/No-Ashes-Fire-Coming-America/dp/1568589484
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/darnell-l-moore
https://kpfa.org/event/darnell-l-moore/
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18 min
August 17, 2018 The Struggle Inside: The Murder of George Jackson
[1]On this edition of Making Contact we present, The Struggle Inside: The Murder of George Jackson, a program about the modern anti-prison movement. This year marks the 38th anniversary of Black August, first originated in the California prisons to honor fallen Freedom Fighters, George and Jonathan Jackson, Khatari Gaulden, James McClain, and William Christmas.
Jonathan Jackson was gunned down outside the Marin County courthouse on August 7, 1970 as he attempted to take hostages in a plan to negotiate the release of his brother, George. This action liberated three imprisoned Black Liberation Fighters: James McClain, William Christmas and Ruchell Magee. Ruchell Magee still imprisoned, and is the sole survivor of the Marin County Rebellion.
Featuring
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz professor, who supported George & Jonathan Jackson
David Hilliard, former Black Panther Party leader
Ruchell Magee, prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political activities
Georgia Jackson, mother of George and Jonathan Jackson
Harry Belafonte, performer and human rights activist
James Baldwin, outspoken writer and social activist
George and Jonathan Jackson, activist
David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata Tate, all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the murder of GeorgeJackson
Narrated by Jonathan Jackson, Jr.
Credits
Host: Anita Johnson and Jonathan Jackson, Jr.
Special thanks to the Freedom Archives for producing and allowing us to share it.
Producers: Monica Lopez, Salima Hamirani, Anita Johnson
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Photo Credits: Freedom Archives
For More information:
Freedom Archives [2]
The Struggle Inside – George Jackson [3]
US Prison Culture [4]
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson [5]
Blood in My Eye, by George Jackson [6]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/george.jpg
[2] https://www.freedomarchives.org/George%20Jackson.html
[3] https://www.freedomarchives.org/struggleinsideAug.html
[4] http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2012/08/21/the-legacy-of-george-jackson-a-eulogy-by-angela-davis/
[5] https://www.amazon.com/Soledad-Brother-Prison-Letters-Jackson/dp/1556522304
[6] https://www.amazon.com/Blood-My-Eye-George-Jackson/dp/0933121237/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=26JGQG200PTCKR0KD0C7
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August 17, 2018The Struggle Inside: The Murder of George Jackson
On this edition of Making Contact we present, The Struggle Inside: The Murder of George Jackson, a program about the modern anti-prison movement. This year marks the 38th anniversary of Black August, first originated in the California prisons to honor fallen Freedom Fighters, George and Jonathan Jackson, Khatari Gaulden, James McClain, and William Christmas.
Jonathan Jackson was gunned down outside the Marin County courthouse on August 7, 1970 as he attempted to take hostages in a plan to negotiate the release of his brother, George. This action liberated three imprisoned Black Liberation Fighters: James McClain, William Christmas and Ruchell Magee. Ruchell Magee still imprisoned, and is the sole survivor of the Marin County Rebellion.
Featuring
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz professor, who supported George & Jonathan Jackson
David Hilliard, former Black Panther Party leader
Ruchell Magee, prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political activities
Georgia Jackson, mother of George and Jonathan Jackson
Harry Belafonte, performer and human rights activist
James Baldwin, outspoken writer and social activist
George and Jonathan Jackson, activist
David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata Tate, all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the murder of GeorgeJackson
Narrated by Jonathan Jackson, Jr.
Credits
Host: Anita Johnson and Jonathan Jackson, Jr.
Special thanks to the Freedom Archives for producing and allowing us to share it.
Producers: Monica Lopez, Salima Hamirani, Anita Johnson
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Photo Credits: Freedom Archives
For More information:
Freedom Archives
The Struggle Inside – George Jackson
US Prison Culture
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
Blood in My Eye, by George Jackson
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18 min
August 10, 2018 Parenting From Prison, Inside Out (Encore)
When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inmates and families like FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program, encourage rebuilding and maintaining relationships despite being separated by prison.
Description:
When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inmates and families like FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program, encourage rebuilding and maintaining relationships despite being separated by prison.
The Osborne’s FamilyWorks program, the first comprehensive parenting program in a men’s state prison founded in 1986. FamilyWorks operates as a counterbalance to the numerous challenges in keeping a family together, such as the high cost of collect calls to inmates, long distances to prisons.
The Storybook program in at the State Prison for Men in Concord, New Hampshire is a little different than at other prisons across the country. This is run by the Department of Corrections (DOC) instead of a nonprofit or grassroots organization that can function as a link between the men inside and their communities outside. This non-narrated piece shares some of the experiences and changes that these fathers experience, but also some of the stories and messages they read to their children.

Featuring:
Gia Corrigan
Marni Corrigan
Kim Corrigan
Frankie Corrigan
James (Jim) Corrigan - FamilyWorks Graduate
Jean Louis - FamilyWorks Graduate
Emani Davis - co-creator, instructor of FamilyWorks Curriculum
Elizabeth Gaynes - President and CEO of The Osborne Association, founder and instructor of FamilyWorks program
Dr. Karl Mazza - co-founder/creator/instructor of FamilyWorks Curriculum, DSW, LMSW, Professor of Social Work at Lehman College of the City University of New York
Giovanni Monroe
Kristina Toth - New Hampshire Department of Corrections Administrator, and founder of Family Connection Center
David Johansen
Holly Johansen
Tony Hebert

Credits:
Producer: Sylvia Ryerson, Lisa Bartfai, R.J. Lozada
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Special Thanks:
Laura Roan
Jonathan Stenger
Elizabeth Gaynes
Brenda Maietta
Gabriella Kenner
Steuben Vega
For More Information:
FamilyWorks, Osborne Association [1]
Parents in Prison, Sentencing Project [2]
Parents and Their Children, Trends 1991 - 2007 [3]
[1] http://www.osborneny.org/programs-down/reconnecting-families/familyworks/
[2] http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Parents-in-Prison.pdf
[3] http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Incarcerated-Parents-and-Their-Children-Trends-1991-2007.pdf
1 hr
August 10, 2018 Parenting From Prison, Inside Out (Encore)
When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inmates and families like FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program, encourage rebuilding and maintaining relationships despite being separated by prison.
Description:
When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inmates and families like FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program, encourage rebuilding and maintaining relationships despite being separated by prison.
The Osborne’s FamilyWorks program, the first comprehensive parenting program in a men’s state prison founded in 1986. FamilyWorks operates as a counterbalance to the numerous challenges in keeping a family together, such as the high cost of collect calls to inmates, long distances to prisons.
The Storybook program in at the State Prison for Men in Concord, New Hampshire is a little different than at other prisons across the country. This is run by the Department of Corrections (DOC) instead of a nonprofit or grassroots organization that can function as a link between the men inside and their communities outside. This non-narrated piece shares some of the experiences and changes that these fathers experience, but also some of the stories and messages they read to their children.

Featuring:
Gia Corrigan
Marni Corrigan
Kim Corrigan
Frankie Corrigan
James (Jim) Corrigan – FamilyWorks Graduate
Jean Louis – FamilyWorks Graduate
Emani Davis – co-creator, instructor of FamilyWorks Curriculum
Elizabeth Gaynes – President and CEO of The Osborne Association, founder and instructor of FamilyWorks program
Dr. Karl Mazza – co-founder/creator/instructor of FamilyWorks Curriculum, DSW, LMSW, Professor of Social Work at Lehman College of the City University of New York
Giovanni Monroe
Kristina Toth – New Hampshire Department of Corrections Administrator, and founder of Family Connection Center
David Johansen
Holly Johansen
Tony Hebert

Credits:
Producer: Sylvia Ryerson, Lisa Bartfai, R.J. Lozada
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Special Thanks:
Laura Roan
Jonathan Stenger
Elizabeth Gaynes
Brenda Maietta
Gabriella Kenner
Steuben Vega
For More Information:
FamilyWorks, Osborne Association
Parents in Prison, Sentencing Project
Parents and Their Children, Trends 1991 – 2007
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18 min
July 27, 2018 Making Contact – July 27, 2018
Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, RJ Lozada and Anita Jonhson.
Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2
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July 20, 2018 Afrofuturism: 3 Women you Need to Know
On this edition of Making Contact, after the US Supreme Court's ruling on Trump’s travel ban, we’ll discuss how the new order impacts people from affected, Muslim-majority countries. We also talk about what's different about the new ban and how to fight it. We begin with the story of a woman who was in flight to the US when President Trump signed his first travel ban.
Featuring
Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area chapter
http://ca.cair.com [1]
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ON MUSLIM BAN 3.0: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
https://ca.cair.com/sfba/updates/u-s-supreme-court-ruling-on-muslim-ban-3-0-what-you-need-to-know [2]
Executive Order 13780—Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States
March 6, 2017
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=123450 [3]
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S. V. INT L REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/16-01436qp.pdf [4]
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S. V. HAWAII
https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/16-01540qp.pdf [5]
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
v. HAWAII ET AL.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf [6]
Stanford Storytelling Project
https://storytelling.stanford.edu [7]

[1] http://ca.cair.com/
[2] https://ca.cair.com/sfba/updates/u-s-supreme-court-ruling-on-muslim-ban-3-0-what-you-need-to-know
[3] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=123450
[4] https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/16-01436qp.pdf
[5] https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/16-01540qp.pdf
[6] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf
[7] https://storytelling.stanford.edu/
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July 20, 2018 Afrofuturism: 3 Women you Need to Know
On this edition of Making Contact, after the US Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s travel ban, we’ll discuss how the new order impacts people from affected, Muslim-majority countries. We also talk about what’s different about the new ban and how to fight it. We begin with the story of a woman who was in flight to the US when President Trump signed his first travel ban.
Featuring
Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area chapter
http://ca.cair.com
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ON MUSLIM BAN 3.0: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
https://ca.cair.com/sfba/updates/u-s-supreme-court-ruling-on-muslim-ban-3-0-what-you-need-to-know
Executive Order 13780—Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States
March 6, 2017
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=123450
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S. V. INT L REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/16-01436qp.pdf
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S. V. HAWAII
https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/16-01540qp.pdf
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
v. HAWAII ET AL.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf
Stanford Storytelling Project
https://storytelling.stanford.edu

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18 min
July 13, 2018 Patrisse Khan-Cullors, “When They Call You A Terrorist” (Encore)
This week is the five year anniversary of Black lives matter. We hear from Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, a meaningful, empowering account of strength and resilience.
In this conversation, hosted by long-time organizer Cat Brooks, we hear Patrisse Cullors’ insights on Black Liberation, Police Terrorism and the criminalization of Black activism in America.
WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST takes an intimate look at Cullors’ time growing up in Van Nuys, California, surrounded by a devoted family and supportive friends. She weaves her experiences into the larger picture of how predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods are under constant systemic attack. From an unrelenting and hostile police presence, to disproportionate punitive action, to lack of basic social and medical services, Cullors explains how lack of personal security and dignity makes daily life an act of survival.
Featuring
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and Cat Brooks, co-founder Anti Police -Terror Project
Host: Anita Johnson
Producers: Monica Lopez, Salima Hamirani, and Anita Johnson.
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Photo Credits Patrisse Cullors website. http://patrissecullors.com [1]
For More information:

Patrisse Khan- Cullors website
http://patrissecullors.com [1]
An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter [3]
A founder of Black Lives Matter answers a question on many minds: Where did it go?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-2017-htmlstory.html [4]
[1] http://patrissecullors.com
[2] http://patrissecullors.com
[3] https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter
[4] http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-2017-htmlstory.html
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