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November 11, 2022 Robert Bouvard – Pushing Limits – November 11, 2022
Is that old neighborhood guy a wheelchair-using amputee?

Or a man in an impeccably tailored formal gown with Oscar-caliber make-up and hair?

Robert Bouvard is both.
Robert Bouvard worked with the pioneering Jewel Box Revue, a female impersonation show that toured the Chitlin Circuit in the 1940s. The Jewel Box played New York’s Apollo Theater while Black Muslims on the sidewalk outside yelled, “Get the faggots out of Harlem.”
Later Bouvard worked in Hollywood and toured with many Broadway musicals, including “Hello Dolly” and “Phantom of the Opera.” Now, 85 years old, he lives in a three-room apartment with his good friend Suzie, tools his go-cart around town and enjoys his theatrical sensibility.

We ask ourselves – who else lives in the neighborhood?

Hosted by Adrienne Lauby.
Produced by Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby.
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November 04, 2022 Disability & the U.S. Election – Pushing Limits – November 4, 2022
The election is right around the corner.
What role will people with disabilities play in the national contest, both as voters and as candidates?

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman has faced a barrage of attacks on his competency after having a stroke in May. Many other potential disabled candidates are simply passed over by their respective parties. And disabled voters face vote suppression similar to that of people of color.

Join us as host Mark Romoser discusses all this and more with Lilian Aluri, civic engagement coordinator for the American Association of People with Disabilities and Maria Town.

Maria Town is the president and CEO at the American Association of People with Disabilities. Before that, she was the key disability person in the Houston mayor’s office. And she learned a thing or two about voter suppression as a student at Emory University outside Atlanta, Georgia.

This program inaugurates an expanded program schedule for Pushing Limits, KPFA’s weekly program by and about people with disabilities.
Now you can tune in
This Friday, and Every Friday, at 2:30 PST, or
Any Time, Right Here on the world wide web.
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October 21, 2022 Vote for Your LIfe -Pushing Limits – October 21, 2022

The weather’s getting colder, November’s drawing near, and you know by your full mailbox the SPOOOOOOOOKY season is here!

Today, the Pushing Limits crew sketches some state and local issues with a LEETLE Federal spice, and tell you which measures are naughty and which nice.
Our web site has goodies to make you more wise, and inoculate you against tricks and the evil surprise.

Konstantine Anthony, Chair of the California Democratic Party’s Disabilities Caucus, is soon to be Mayor of Berbank and the first openly autistic mayor in the US.
He’ll walk us through state propositions of interest to people with disabilities.
Eddie Ytuarte will talk about local housing measures in Alameda County.
Sheela Gunn-Cushman hosts, and will tell you why you are seeing one Federal Senate seat TWICE on your ballot, and why you may not be in the district you thought you were in. (Yes, the lines HAVE moved!)
Mark Romoser and Josh Elwood contributed production help to this program.

Resources
Affordable Housing on East Bay Ballots
Recommendations from East Bay Housing Organizations Voter Guide has got you covered. ‌
Over on their YouTube channel, you can watch their Endorsed Ballot Measures Forum as well as candidate forums with candidates for Alameda County District 3 Supervisor and Oakland Mayor.
Check out their Elections Hub for voter information and information about how to get involved.
Say yes to affordable housing:
YES Berkeley Measure L
YES Berkeley Measure M
YES Berkeley Measure N
YES Oakland Measure Q
YES Oakland Measure U
YES Oakland Measure V
Oakland Ballot Measures
Measure Q – Article 34 Authorization. Preapproves the construction or acquisition of 13,000 affordable homes.
Measure U – Infrastructure Bond. An $850M infrastructure bond which includes $350M for affordable housing.
Measure V – Just Cause Expansion. Further extends eviction protections to residents of RVs, school aged children and teachers, and more.
Berkeley Ballot Measures
Measure L – Infrastructure Bond. A $650 million dollar bond, which includes $200 million for affordable housing.
Measure M – Vacancy Tax. Taxes property owners who keep non-exempt homes vacant for more than six months in a year.
Measure N – Article 34 Authorization. Preapproves the construction or acquisition of 3,000 low-rent homes.
How to Help
Commit just thirty minutes this month or ten hours a week.
1) Table for Oakland’s Measure U. Hosted by Safe Street Advocates at the Grand Lake Farmer’s Market on Saturdays and the Temescal Farmers Market on Sundays. Shifts are 9 AM–2 PM. Sign Up to Table
2) Lawn Sign for Oakland Measure U. Don’t have any time, but still want to help out? Email [email protected] to have a free lawn sign for Measure U delivered to your doorstep.
3)   Canvass for Oakland Measures Q & V. Hosted by Care 4 Community Action. Shifts are held at 10 AM on Saturdays and Sundays and 5:30 PM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sign Up to Canvass
4) Phone Bank for Berkeley Measure L. Co-hosted by EBHO on Thursdays from 6-8 PM at Campaign HQ, 2026 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. Email Angelina at [email protected] to sign up!
5)   Volunteer for Measure M.   The Measure M campaign is offering several ways to get involved including canvassing, voter outreach, and delivering yard signs. Sign Up to Volunteer
Call & Text for Measure M Every Wednesday Night for calls and texting at 2025 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley. More Information.
Hear from the Candidates
Watch the Alameda County District 3 Forum
Watch the Oakland Mayoral Forum
What do your candidates say about affordable housing? Click here to read what candidates for Alameda County District 3 Supervisor, Oakland Mayor, Oakland City Council, Berkeley City Council, San Leandro Mayor, and San Leandro City Council give as their positions on housing and homelessness.

Urban Habitat Voters Guide
This guide overlaps with some of the advice above, as you would imagine, but it covers other issues and races as well. It even has a recommendation for Healdsburg voters way up in the North Bay.
How Pete’s Voting
Community Activist Pete Woiwode: “How Pete’s Voting”
Pete has opinions on a ton of local ballot measures and city council races and much, much more.   You may not agree with him on everything but his frank, concise voting guide is well worth some attention.
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October 07, 2022 Pre-empted for Fund Drive – Pushing Limits – October 7, 2022
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. This program returns October 21..
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September 23, 2022 Pre-empted for Fund drive – September 23, 2022
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs on even weeks Friday 2:30pm.
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September 09, 2022 Reproductive Justice and Disability – Pushing Limits – September 9, 2022

The clamor about the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke Roe v. Wade and allow the states to make their own rules about a woman’s reproductive right to abortion has been loud.
The women-led backlash to this decision may actually allow the Democrats to keep control of the House of Representatives next year. But, in all the noise and anguish, voices of women with disabilities have generally been absent.
In this program, we are going to shout truth into that wall of silence – because this decision has grave consequences for women with disabilities and those who love them.
Guests:
Sins Invalid’s Director Patty Berne talks to Bianca Laureano, MA, CSE, CSES, about reproductive rights, disability, ableism and much more. (from their 2020 series “Reproductive Justice is Disability Justice.”)
Santa Barbara civil rights attorney, Elise Cossart-Daly, explains how the court decision strikes a blow against privacy rights for people with disabilities.

Produced by Jacob Lesner Buxton.
Hosted by Adrienne Lauby.
Edited by Sheela Gunn-Cushman and Mark Romoser.
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August 26, 2022 Labels & Names – Pushing Limits – August 26, 2022
We talk about names- the labels people give people with disabilities and the labels we choose for ourselves.
Sometimes labels are a result of able bodied discomfort with talking to someone who looks or acts differently from them.
You know the question:
“What do I say? How do I approach a person with an obvious disability.”
There’s a simple answer:
“Say ‘Hello, My name is _____’”
But, historically and individually, the issue of names and labels is quite complex.
We recorded a Friday afternoon social hour with twelve people on this topic. It was hosted by the Tri-County Independent Living Center in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo. The Pushing Limits collective was represented there by Jacob Lesner-Buxton who hosts this regular event and by Adrienne Lauby.
From Handicapped to Crip, what we call ourselves and what others call us has repercussions for our self-worth, our position in society and our future on the planet.
The discussion was led by Bonnie Elliot and you’ll hear from
Andrew Oman
Rosa Lopez
Ella Moore
Vanessa Acain
Sandy Krietzberg
Emily Bridges
Judith Lesner
Chelsea Crabill.
The Pushing Limits collective was represented by Jacob Lesner-Buxton, who hosts this regular event, and by Adrienne Lauby.

Program Host: Mark Romoser
Produced by: Jacob Lesner-Buxton.
Edited by: Adrienne Lauby & Mark Romoser
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August 12, 2022 Hunting the Elusive State Job – Pushing Limits – August 12, 2022
For many years the unemployment rate of people with disabilities has hovered around 70%.   It seems that every few years, a public official announces initiatives to address this statistic by hiring ten people, or thousands of people with disabilities for public service. Do these programs lead to more of us obtaining government employment?

Today Pushing Limits talks to three people about the reality of being hired by the State of California while living as a person with a disability.
Aaron Carruthers is the director of the State Council of Developmental Disabilities. One of the issues his organization advocates around is employment for those with disabilities.
Catherine Campisi works with the Association of California State Employees with Disabilities (ACSED) a membership organization working to address issues faced by individuals with disabilities in obtaining employment through the state.
Ammy Joseph is a person with a disability who’s looking for state employment.

Announcements
The 10th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival is coming to San Francisco for next three days. It’s produced by Antoine Hunter’s Urban Jazz Dance Company, California’s only Black Deaf-led professional Dance Company. Deaf artists are flying in from Colombia, Canada, India and all over the USA. The Festival has four major performances and workshops in Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet and ASL Dance all taught by local Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Hearing artists who sign fluently.   There is a great depth and variety in their accessibility options. Sadly the main performance space at Dance Mission Theater has a delay in the installation of its elevator, so if you need that kind of access, you can find it at the Sunday performance at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.   To find out more about the covid precautions and everything else about this exciting, amazing, wonderful festival, go to RealUrbanJazzDance.com.

And, by the way, the East Bay’s AXIS Dance Company, one of the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled and non-disabled performers, has an evening of world premier pieces called Adelanti coming up the weekend of Sept 17 at the ODC Theater in San Francisco..   You can get $20. tickets but only if you book them TODAY using the code “Axis Early Bird”.
Produced and Interviews by Jacob Lesner-Buxton
Host & Audio Editor: Mark Romoser
Additional Audio Editing: Sheela Gunn-Cushman & Adrienne Lauby
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July 29, 2022 Pushing Limits – July 29, 2022
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs on even weeks Friday 2:30pm.
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July 15, 2022 Musicians with Disabilities – Pushing Limits – July 15, 2022
Another in our occasional series of programs about musicians who have disabilities.
Lets see…
          …this time, artists from Brazil,
                             from Hawaii,
                                  a famous film/ theatrical musical composer, and
perhaps
                     one or two rock and rollers.
Eddie Ytuarte hosts.
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