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January 12, 2018 Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities
[1]On today’s Making Contact, journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from redlining and racial covenants in the early 20th century, to land grabs and privatization in the 21st - and the rise of progressive alliances to reclaim them.
Featuring:
Juan González, journalist and author of Reclaiming Gotham
Credits:
Host: Marie Choi
Producers: Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Special thanks to Pegasus Books for organizing the event and allowing us to broadcast excerpts of Juan González’s discussion of Reclaiming Gotham. The event took place in Berkeley, CA in October 2017.
For More Information:Reclaiming Gotham [BOOK]https://thenewpress.com/books/reclaiming-gotham [2]
No, Juan Gonzalez, Bill de Blasio Isn’t Ending ‘The Tale of Two Cities’
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/no-juan-gonzalez-bill-de-blasio-isnt-ending-the_us_59b73610e4b08f6632c07699 [3]
Neoliberalism is a Political Project
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/david-harvey-neoliberalism-capitalism-labor-crisis-resistance/ [4]
Neoliberalism: The Idea that Swallowed the World
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/aug/18/neoliberalism-the-idea-that-changed-the-world [5]
Local Progress
http://localprogress.org/ [6]
Richmond Progressive Alliance
http://www.richmondprogressivealliance.net/ [7]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Juan-Gonzalez-Making-COntact.jpg
[2] https://thenewpress.com/books/reclaiming-gotham
[3] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/no-juan-gonzalez-bill-de-blasio-isnt-ending-the_us_59b73610e4b08f6632c07699
[4] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/david-harvey-neoliberalism-capitalism-labor-crisis-resistance/
[5] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/aug/18/neoliberalism-the-idea-that-changed-the-world
[6] http://localprogress.org/
[7] http://www.richmondprogressivealliance.net/
30 min
January 05, 2018 We Got Next: Youth Poets Changing the World
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll examine how young people are using spoken word as a mechanism for social change. The show also will explore how Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam has challenged mainstream culture and created spaces that welcome and encourage marginalized communities to speak up about their life experiences – all through poetry.
Featuring:
Kayla Kitchen; Aleah Bradshaw; Victor Masony; Quinton Campbell-Rod; Aurelle Marie; Aisha June; Tish Jones the Founder & Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks and Brave New Voices leadership fellow; James Kass, the Founder & Executive Director of Youth Speaks.
Credits:
Host: Anita Johnson,
Producers: Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada and Anita Johnson
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Special Thanks:
James Kass, the Founder & Executive Director of Youth Speaks
Tara Dorabji, the Director of Development & Communications at Youth Speaks
And Youth Speaks
For More Information:
Youth Speaks
Brave New Voices
Aleah Bradshaw
Slam Champions
Black Exorcism
Image Credit:
Constellations | Very Quiet – Flickr
Music Credit:
All Our Clocks Are Dying – by Ergo Phizmiz
Prelude No. 1 – Chris Zabriskie
Profanity Beep Notification:
At these times we beeped out all profanity.
1:00:347
6:10:276
22:07:00
22:11:667
22:16:766
24:29:261
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9 min
January 05, 2018 We Got Next: Youth Poets Changing the World
[1]On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll examine how young people are using spoken word as a mechanism for social change. The show also will explore how Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam has challenged mainstream culture and created spaces that welcome and encourage marginalized communities to speak up about their life experiences – all through poetry.
Featuring:
Kayla Kitchen; Aleah Bradshaw; Victor Masony; Quinton Campbell-Rod; Aurelle Marie; Aisha June; Tish Jones the Founder & Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks and Brave New Voices leadership fellow; James Kass, the Founder & Executive Director of Youth Speaks.
Credits:
Host: Anita Johnson,
Producers: Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada and Anita Johnson
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Special Thanks:
James Kass, the Founder & Executive Director of Youth Speaks
Tara Dorabji, the Director of Development & Communications at Youth Speaks
And Youth Speaks
For More Information:
Youth Speaks [2]
Brave New Voices [3]
Aleah Bradshaw [4]
Slam Champions [5]
Black Exorcism [6]
Image Credit:
Constellations | Very Quiet – Flickr
Music Credit:
All Our Clocks Are Dying - by Ergo Phizmiz
Prelude No. 1 - Chris Zabriskie
Profanity Beep Notification:
At these times we beeped out all profanity.
1:00:347
6:10:276
22:07:00
22:11:667
22:16:766
24:29:261
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/flickr.jpg
[2] http://youthspeaks.org/
[3] http://youthspeaks.org/bravenewvoices/
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxay2wfFR8g
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJm0q3KL0N0
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7G3wLya9Q
30 min
December 29, 2017 Fallen Heroes of 2017
Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, we’ll hear about some of the fallen heroes of 2017.

Featuring:
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Sumiteru Taniguchi, chairman of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation executive director
Prudence Nobantu Mabele, President of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa
Yvette Raphael, South African HIV Activist
Isidro Baldenegro López, farmer and leader of Mexico’s Tarahumara people
Randall Gingrich, Tierra Nativa director
Gauri Lankesh, journalist, activist and editor of Lankesh Patrike
Anu Natarajan, former Vice-Mayor of Fremont CA
Corey Dubin, HIV & hemophilia activist and radio journalist
Carl Weixler, president of the committee of 10,000
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, first female MP in Sudan
Yosra Akasha, Sudanese feminist blogger
Dennis Banks, co-Founder of American Indian Movement (AIM)

Credits:
Host: Andrew Stelzer
Special thanks to: filmmaker David Hoffman, African Women’s Development Fund,
Goldman Environmental Prize, The School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University
Voiceover for Sumiteru Taniguchi – Zach Goldberg
Voiceovers for Isidro Baldenegro López – Drake Apablasa
Voiceover for Gauri Lankesh – Jessica Stelzer
Producers: Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and 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:
Dick Gregory
Gauri Lankesh: Murdered Indian journalist in her own words
Gauri Lankesh Patrike
Isidro Baldenegro–2005 Goldman Prize Recipient
Corey S. Dubin: 1955-2017 A Powerful Voice and Advocate
Interview with Sumiteru Taniguchi, Japanese Citizen, Nagasaki
Western States Legal Foundation
American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks passes away at the age of 80
American Indian Movement–AIM
The Pied Piper of the broken-hearted: HIV activist Prudence Mabele
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim emancipation as a craft
Yosra Akasha
Anu Natarajan
Committee of 10,000
Tierra Nativa
Positive Women’s Network
Yvette Raphael
David Hoffman-Filmmaker
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9 min
December 29, 2017 Fallen Heroes of 2017
Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, we’ll hear about some of the fallen heroes of 2017.

Featuring:
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Sumiteru Taniguchi, chairman of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation executive director
Prudence Nobantu Mabele, President of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa
Yvette Raphael, South African HIV Activist
Isidro Baldenegro López, farmer and leader of Mexico's Tarahumara people
Randall Gingrich, Tierra Nativa director
Gauri Lankesh, journalist, activist and editor of Lankesh Patrike
Anu Natarajan, former Vice-Mayor of Fremont CA
Corey Dubin, HIV & hemophilia activist and radio journalist
Carl Weixler, president of the committee of 10,000
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, first female MP in Sudan
Yosra Akasha, Sudanese feminist blogger
Dennis Banks, co-Founder of American Indian Movement (AIM)

Credits:
Host: Andrew Stelzer
Special thanks to: filmmaker David Hoffman, African Women's Development Fund,
Goldman Environmental Prize, The School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University
Voiceover for Sumiteru Taniguchi – Zach Goldberg
Voiceovers for Isidro Baldenegro López – Drake Apablasa
Voiceover for Gauri Lankesh – Jessica Stelzer
Producers: Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and 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:
Dick Gregory [1]
Gauri Lankesh: Murdered Indian journalist in her own words [2]
Gauri Lankesh Patrike [3]
Isidro Baldenegro--2005 Goldman Prize Recipient [4]
Corey S. Dubin: 1955-2017 A Powerful Voice and Advocate [5]
Interview with Sumiteru Taniguchi, Japanese Citizen, Nagasaki [6]
Western States Legal Foundation [7]
American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks passes away at the age of 80 [8]
American Indian Movement--AIM [9]
The Pied Piper of the broken-hearted: HIV activist Prudence Mabele [10]
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim emancipation as a craft [11]
Yosra Akasha [12]
Anu Natarajan [13]
Committee of 10,000 [14]
Tierra Nativa [15]
Positive Women's Network [16]
Yvette Raphael [17]
David Hoffman-Filmmaker [18]
[1] https://dickgregory.com/
[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41170785
[3] http://gaurilankesh.com/
[4] http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/isidro-baldenegro/
[5] https://www.independent.com/news/2017/feb/02/corey-s-dubin-1955-2017/
[6] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/fallout/taniguchitranscript.html
[7] http://www.wslfweb.org/
[8] https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/10/30/american-indian-movement-leader-dennis-b.asp
[9] https://www.aimovement.org/
[10] https://mg.co.za/article/2017-07-12-prudence-mabele-my-guide-to-the-new-south-africa
[11] http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article63328
[12] https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/yosra-akasha
[13] https://www.greenbelt.org/team/anu-natarajan/
[14] http://www.cott1.org/
[15] http://www.tierranativa.org/en/index.php
[16] https://www.pwn-usa.org/
[17] https://www.avac.org/fellow/yvette-raphael
[18] http://www.thehoffmancollection.com/
30 min
December 22, 2017 Parenting From Prison, Inside Out
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

Image Credits:
Photo by Osborne Association
lower quality photos credit Marni Corrigan
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9 min
December 22, 2017 Parenting From Prison, Inside Out
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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 [2]
Parents in Prison, Sentencing Project [3]
Parents and Their Children, Trends 1991 - 2007 [4]

Image Credits:
Photo by Osborne Association
lower quality photos credit Marni Corrigan
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Marni_Jim_Family_Osborne.jpg
[2] http://www.osborneny.org/programs-down/reconnecting-families/familyworks/
[3] http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Parents-in-Prison.pdf
[4] http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Incarcerated-Parents-and-Their-Children-Trends-1991-2007.pdf
30 min
December 01, 2017 A Tale of Two Heights
Two neighborhoods — Boyle Heights in Los Angeles and Crown Heights, Brooklyn New York — are experiencing the gamut of changes associated with gentrification. And some are pushing back against those who would cash in on the eviction and displacement of longtime residents. On this edition of Making Contact we hear how one Crown Heights restaurant drew the protest of local residents, and how a coalition of activists in Boyle Heights is taking direct action against gentrifying forces in the neighborhood.

Featuring:
Leonardo Vilchis, Union de Vecinos & Defend Boyle Heights; Claudia Medina, Eviction Defense Network; Carlos Montes, Centro CSO & Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council; Diana Richardson, NY State Assembly; Becca Brennan, owner of Summerhill restaurant; Geoffrey Davis, Crown Heights community organizer
For more information:
Crown Heights Bar Owner Plasters Over Controversial ‘Bullet Hole’ Wall – Emma Whitford, Gothamist
http://gothamist.com/2017/09/20/summerhill_crown_heights_wall.php
Crown Heights Town Hall Meeting, August 24, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYwq8vfar_k

An LA Community Fights the “Discovery” of Its Neighborhood by Commercial Art Galleries – Abe Ahn, Hyperallergic
https://hyperallergic.com/252268/an-la-community-fights-the-discovery-of-its-neighborhood-by-commercial-art-galleries/
Track every NYC apartment eviction on this interactive map – Tanay Warekar, Curbed New York
https://ny.curbed.com/2017/9/25/16361572/rent-stabilization-map-crown-heights-bushwick
Defend Boyle Heights – Anti-gentrification coalition based in Boyle Heights
http://defendboyleheights.blogspot.com/
Defend Boyle Heights sparks controversy with anti-gentrification push – Saúl Soto, Boyle Heights Beat
http://www.boyleheightsbeat.com/defend-boyle-heights-sparks-controversy-with-anti-gentrification-push-18040/
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9 min
December 01, 2017 A Tale of Two Heights
[1]Two neighborhoods -- Boyle Heights in Los Angeles and Crown Heights, Brooklyn New York -- are experiencing the gamut of changes associated with gentrification. And some are pushing back against those who would cash in on the eviction and displacement of longtime residents. On this edition of Making Contact we hear how one Crown Heights restaurant drew the protest of local residents, and how a coalition of activists in Boyle Heights is taking direct action against gentrifying forces in the neighborhood.
Featuring:
Leonardo Vilchis, Union de Vecinos & Defend Boyle Heights; Claudia Medina, Eviction Defense Network; Carlos Montes, Centro CSO & Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council; Diana Richardson, NY State Assembly; Becca Brennan, owner of Summerhill restaurant; Geoffrey Davis, Crown Heights community organizer
For more information:
Crown Heights Bar Owner Plasters Over Controversial ‘Bullet Hole’ Wall - Emma Whitford, Gothamist
http://gothamist.com/2017/09/20/summerhill_crown_heights_wall.php [2]
Crown Heights Town Hall Meeting, August 24, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYwq8vfar_k [3]
An LA Community Fights the “Discovery” of Its Neighborhood by Commercial Art Galleries - Abe Ahn, Hyperallergic
https://hyperallergic.com/252268/an-la-community-fights-the-discovery-of-its-neighborhood-by-commercial-art-galleries/ [4]
Track every NYC apartment eviction on this interactive map - Tanay Warekar, Curbed New York
https://ny.curbed.com/2017/9/25/16361572/rent-stabilization-map-crown-heights-bushwick [5]
Defend Boyle Heights - Anti-gentrification coalition based in Boyle Heights
http://defendboyleheights.blogspot.com/ [6]
Defend Boyle Heights sparks controversy with anti-gentrification push - Saúl Soto, Boyle Heights Beat
http://www.boyleheightsbeat.com/defend-boyle-heights-sparks-controversy-with-anti-gentrification-push-18040/ [7]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/082517SummerhillMeeting-4-640x400.jpg
[2] http://gothamist.com/2017/09/20/summerhill_crown_heights_wall.php
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYwq8vfar_k
[4] https://hyperallergic.com/252268/an-la-community-fights-the-discovery-of-its-neighborhood-by-commercial-art-galleries/
[5] https://ny.curbed.com/2017/9/25/16361572/rent-stabilization-map-crown-heights-bushwick
[6] http://defendboyleheights.blogspot.com/
[7] http://www.boyleheightsbeat.com/defend-boyle-heights-sparks-controversy-with-anti-gentrification-push-18040/
30 min
November 24, 2017 Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and touring internationally. He’s done this by creating a unique sound — melodic hooks, primal blues-rock chords, clever lyricism, a killer falsetto, and in-your-face social consciousness.
On this week’s Making Contact, we learn about Fantastic Negrito’s journey, his creative process, and how he’s utilizing his artistic platform to advocate for social justice.

Featuring:
Fantastic Negrito, Oakland-based black roots revivalist
Credits
Host: Eric Arnold
Episode Producers: Anita Johnson, Eric Arnold, Marie Choi
Making Contact Producers: Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Special thanks to Fantastic Negrito and the Blackball Universe crew.
More information
Fantastic Negrito’s Music
Fantastic Negrito Official Page
Dance of the Displaced by Eric Arnold

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