KPFA - Making Contact

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May 05, 2006 Making Contact – May 5, 2006
The Long Walk to Abolish the Death Penalty
On the next Making Contact, Sarah Olson brings us in touch with a group of California religious leaders who walk – rain or shine – 25 miles for every state-held execution.
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April 28, 2006 Making Contact – April 28, 2006
Katrina Uncovers: Exploited Workers and Endangered Wetlands
On this edition, we hear from migrant workers helping to clean up and
rebuild New Orleans and about their struggle for better wages and working
conditions. We also hear from one organization fighting on their behalf.
Then, we visit the bayou of Louisiana where we meet with locals trying to
preserve the wetlands as a natural barrier against hurricanes.
Featuring:
Israel Mijares, migrant worker; JJ Rosenbaum, staff attorney, Southern
Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project; Albert Pellegrin, tour
guide; Bill Munson, owner, Munson Swamp Tours.
Hosts: Tena Rubio and Justin Beck
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April 21, 2006 Making Contact – April 21, 2006
Real estate prices in San Francisco are topping the charts. So, one would
expect West Marin County, just across the gold Gate Bridge, to be populated
by malls and big box stores. Instead, it remains an agricultural greenbelt
of family farmers. How did this happen?
Back in the days of horse-drawn wagons and hand milking, this area was
nicknamed "Cow Heaven" by one early rancher. Remarkably, it has held on to
this distinction to this day. In this edition of "Making Contact" we learn
how West Marin was permanently preserved as farms and agricultural open
space.
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April 14, 2006 Making Contact – April 14, 2006 at 1:30pm
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April 07, 2006 Making Contact – April 7, 2006
More than six months after Hurricane Katrina, much of the Gulf Coast still
lay in ruin, but beyond the physical destruction, the disaster brought to
light a number of deeper issues. On this edition, we go to New Orleans,
where we hear from local people working to rebuild their communities.
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March 31, 2006 Making Contact – March 31, 2006
How Brazil is coping with AIDS, including sex worker education and free
medicine for it’s HIV-positive citizens.
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March 24, 2006 Making Contact – March 24, 2006
Imagine your own government blowing Nuclear bombs up near your hometown:
What would it do to your community, and could anything be done to stop it
from happening in the first place?
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March 17, 2006 Making Contact – March 17, 2006
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program we profile three courageous women struggling with religious issues.
Elana Rozenman is co-director of the Women’s Interfaith Encounter in the Middle East. Irshad Manji is a Canadian Muslim lesbian and feminist who wants a reformation of her own faith. And Regina O’Callahan helped found the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum to support religious diversity in her country.
Featuring:

Elana Rozenman, Co-Director of the Women’s Interfaith Encounter; Irshad Manji, Author; Regina O’Callahan, Founder, Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum.
This week’s host: Sandina Robbins.
Produced in collaboration with Lyn Feinerman and Crown Sephira Productions.
For more information:

Irshad Manji
Author of The Trouble with Islam Today
www.muslim-refusenik.com
Elana Rozenman
Co-Director, Women’s Interfaith Encounter
[email protected]
Regina O’Callahan
Founder, Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum
[email protected]
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March 10, 2006 Making Contact – March 10, 2006
A 7-point-six earthquake hits Kashmir, a region that overlaps the borders of Pakistan and India, leaving thousands dead and millions homeless. Months later, conditions remain critical as the Kashmiri people struggle to survive the harsh Himalayan winter.
On this edition, we’ll hear from one grassroots organization that has close and personal ties to Kashmir, as they bring aid directly to the people along with a message of hope.
Featuring: Talal Ansari, journalism student and community and campus outreach coordinator.
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March 03, 2006 Making Contact – March 3, 2006
In September 2005, women from across the globe gathered for the 10th annual
International Women and Health Meeting in New Delhi. Representing a variety
of age groups, ethnicities, religious beliefs and countries the women
assembled to share their thinking and tackle issues affecting their lives,
their health, their families and their futures.
From the rise of religious fundamentalism and the implementation of the
"global gag rule" to neo-liberal economics and environmental justice, the
common thread running through the weeklong gathering was improved human
rights for women.
Featuring:
Adatoun Illomoka, founder and executive director of the Empowerment and
Action Research Centre; Rashida Bee, survivor of the 1984 Union Carbide
chemical disaster in Bhopal, India; Adela Barroquilla, Filipina "comfort
woman"; Vasma Farouk, Afghan Women Skills Development Center in Kabul;
Coudou Bop, Senegalese feminist scholar; Alibhe Smyth, director of the
Women’s Education, Research and Resource Center at University College Dublin, Ireland; Manisha Gupta, feminist health and civil rights activist in
India.
This week’s host: Tena Rubio.
Producer: Sarah Olson.
For more information:
10th International Women and Health Meeting
Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health
c/o N.B.Sarojini
G -19, 2nd Floor, Saket
New Delhi – 110017
India
Phone: +91-11-55637633
www.10iwhmindia.org
Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC)
House #1267 Str.1
Near Mujahed Workshop, Parwan-e-3
Kabul-Afghanistan
[email protected]; www.afghanwomensnetwork.org
Empowerment And Action Research Centre (EMPARC)
1 Wegbo Street (off 56, Iwaya Road)
Iwaya, Yaba, Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: +234-1-864656
Women’s Education, Research and Resource Centre at
University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Phone: +353-1-7167777
www.ucd.ie/werrc/
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