KPFA - Making Contact

Barbara Attard, civilian oversight consultant, former San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints investigator and former Berkeley Police Review Commission Director; Marcel Diallo, artist and victim of police harassment; Rashidah Grinage, PUEBLO Executive Director; Jason Wechter, San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints investigator; Reginald Lyles, BART consultant and former Berkeley Police Officer; Gary Gee, BART Police Chief; Jesse Sekhon, BART Police Officers Association President; Quintin Mecke, California State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano’s Communications Director; Greg Kaufory, attorney; Omar Osirus, Jan, and Bo, protestors; Daniel Buford, Allen Temple Baptist Church Reverend; Joyce Hicks, San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints Director and former Oakland’s Citizens Police Review Board Director; Patrick Cacares, Oakland Citizens Police Review Board acting director; Paulette Hogan, tasered Oakland resident who filed complaint with Internal Affairs; Chris Shannon, Oakland Police Lieutenant; Cephus Johnson, Oscar Grant’s uncle; Mark Kroeker, Portland Police Chief

For More Information:

Berkeley CopWatch

http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/

Berkeley Police Review Commission

Berkeley, CA

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/DepartmentHome.aspx?id=10184

California State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano
Sacramento, CA
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a13/

Justice For Oscar Grant Committee

http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/

Oakland Citizens’ Police Review Board
Oakland, CA

http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/citizens/homepage.html

 National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE)
Indianapolis, IN

http://www.nacole.org/

People United For a Better Oakland (PUEBLO)

Oakland, CA

http://www.peopleunited.org/

 Portland Copwatch
Portland, OR

http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/

San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints

San Francisco, CA 

http://www.sfgov.org/site/occ_index.asp

Blogs, Articles, Links:

NACOLE list of Civilian Oversight Agencies

http://www.nacole.org/media/pdf/NACOLERosterAug07.pdf

 US Dept of Justice Report:

Citizen Review of Police: Approaches and Implementation.  March 2001

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/184430.pdf

 City of Berkeley Police Review Commission 2004 report

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/uploadedFiles/Police_Review_Commission/Level_3_-_General/PRC%202004%20Stat%20Report.pdf

Justice for Kendra James Community Information

http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/james.html

http://www.grittv.org/2010/07/14/oscar-grant-mehserle-clemente-rucker-race/

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For decades, people have said the United States has treated Latin America as a project for exploit and economic expansion. Even do-gooders see the global south as deserving of unilateral help or charity.  But social change activists say the tables have turned.  On this edition, we'll hear from experts who say – especially in times of crisis – there's a lot to learn from social movements in Latin America.

Featuring:

Marina Sitrin, author and attorney; Ben Dangl, Burlington College in Vermont professor; Mario Murillo, author & Hofstra University professor; Oscar Estrada, Honduran filmmaker & 2010 NarcoNews School of Authentic Journalism participant.

 Special thanks to Between the Lines at WPKN Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

For More Information:

Between the Lines

A weekly radio news magazine show

http://btlonline.org/

Latin America Solidarity Coalition
http://www.lasolidarity.org/

Latin America Solidarity Network
http://www.latinlasnet.org/

Left Forum 2010

http://leftforum.org/

New York, NY

NarcoNews
http://www.narconews.com/

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This June, thousands of grassroots activists converged on Detroit, Michigan to attend the United States Social Forum.  Participants said it wasn't a conference, but a movement building process toward ecological and economic justice.  We were at the forum and on this edition of Making Contact, we'll bring you some of the local and international voices we found there.

Featuring: Lidy Nacpil, Freedom from Debt Coalition Vice President in the Philippines; Liepollo Pheko, The Trade Collective in South Africa policy & advocacy director; Invincible, Detroit-based hip-hop artist; Gloria House, Detroit-based professor and long-time activist;

For More Information:

Freedom from Debt Coalition

http://www.fdc.ph/

Manila, Philippines

Invincible

http://www.myspace.com/invincilana

Detroit, MI

James & Grace Lee Boggs Center

http://www.boggscenter.org/

Detroit, MI

South African Civil Society Information Servic (Trade Collective)

http://www.sacsis.org.za/site/home/

Johannesburg, South Africa

US Social Forum 2010

http://www.ussf2010.org/

Detroit, MI

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Immigrant detention is the fastest-growing form of incarceration in the U.S., with more than 30-thousand detainees behind bars on any given day.  Reports of rampant abuse and negligent medical care are widespread.  And once again politicians, lawyers and human rights groups are calling for comprehensive immigration reform.

On this edition, we hear the story of an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Phoenix, Arizona.  And we report on a successful grassroots effort to change policies at "Hutto," a family detention center in Texas. 

The first segment of this show is part of a special collaboration between "Feet in 2 Worlds," a project that brings the work of immigrant journalists to public radio and National Radio Project.

Thanks to contributing producers Valeria Fernández  & Matt Gossage. And much appreciation to the Omnia Foundation for funding for this program.

Featuring: 

Kathy, 9-year-old U.S. Citizen; Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff; Salvador Reza, PUENTE organizer; Sandra, Kathy's mother; Griselda, Kathy's aunt; Marina, Kathy's aunt; Sarah Myklebust, Phoenix Repeal Coalition member; Denia and Karen, Former Immigrant Detainees; Frances Valdez, Immigration Attorney; Michel Brane, Women's Commission on Refugee Women and Children Director; Jose Orta,  Local LULAC President; Alison Parker, Human Rights Watch U.S. Program Deputy Director.

For More Information:

ACLU– Immigrant Family Detention

http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/detention

New York, NY

Detention Watch Network

http://detentionwatchnetwork.org
Washington, DC

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It's been decades since the U.S. has had a powerful labor movement and recent efforts to revive it have mostly fallen flat. But there is hope for a new U.S. labor movement. It's a vision that goes beyond the unions. On this edition, we'll hear from an array of panelists discussing the future of labor in the U.S. recorded at the 2010 Left Forum in New York City. 

Special thanks to Building Bridges at WPKN Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Featuring:

Dr. Frances Fox Piven, Left Forum 2010 ‘Future of Labor in the U.S.' moderator & CUNY Graduate Center sociology & political science professor;
Dr. Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY Graduate Center sociology, cultural studies & urban education professor;
Bill Fletcher, Jr., labor activist & BlackCommentator.com editorial board member and columnist;
James Gray Pope, Rutgers School of Law-Newark professor & Sidney Reitman Scholar; Saket Soni, New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice Director;
Elaine Bernard, Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School Executive Director

For More Information:

The Black Commentator
http://blackcommentator.com/
Mullica Hill, NJ

CUNY Graduate Center
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/
New York, NY

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The 1960 lunch counter sit-ins catapulted civil rights into the nation's consciousness.  But they weren't just spontaneous protests; they came after years of planning and studying techniques of non-violent civil disobedience.  The chief architect of the strategy was James Lawson, who worked along side Martin Luther King Jr., and was with him only hours before King was killed. On this edition, we sit down with Reverend James Lawson to get his reflections on the past, and his assessment of the current movements for justice in the US.

Featuring: Reverend James Lawson, civil rights leader and United Methodist Pastor

For More Information:

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)

http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/

Narco News

www.narconews.com

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While the country waits to see if the U.S. Congress will fix the broken immigration system, more than 11-million undocumented people are left in limbo.  Over the past few years, those living in the shadows have begun to organize, but still more hurdles lie ahead.

On this edition, we hear from LGBTQ immigrants in the U.S. who not only have to hide  their legal identity, but their sexuality too.  Their stories demonstrate why living illegally in the U.S. is not only their refuge, but also their biggest fear.

Featuring:

Un Jung Lim, gay immigrant; Aries Liao, Q-Wave steering committee member reading story of gay immigrant from Egypt; Rev. Noel Bordador, gay immigrant; Sadat Iqbal, reading for queer immigrant friend from Bangladesh; Trishala Deb, Arcus Foundation National LGBT Rights Program Officer.

Special thanks to Out-FM — A multi-racial, progressive LGBT public affairs and culture show on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York for this audio.

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