KPFA - Pushing Limits

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April 24, 2005 KPFA Special Broadcast – April 24, 2005
Armenia:
The 20th Century’s First Genocide
Araxie Barsmain, a survivor, shares her story with Students from the
University of Colorado about the20th century’s first genocide. In 1915 the Armenian people were targeted by the Turks for extermination, who
proceeded to kill thousands and forced the rest to flee their homeland in Turkey.
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5 min
April 17, 2005 Pushing Limits – April 17, 2005
Tonight at 6:30 pm, KPFA’S Pushing Limits Collective, in collaboration with the KPFA Labor Collective, share interviews by Pushing Limits host Safi wa Nairobi, with injured workers Rachel Williams, Dina Padilla, Larry Nign and Christine Pietz (writer and producer of "Almost Broken," the recently released documentary exposing insurance corruption).
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5 min
April 10, 2005 Pushing Limits – April 10, 2005 at 6:30pm
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April 03, 2005 Pushing Limits – April 3, 2005
Sunday April 3, 2005 pushing limits will broadcast a continuation of its
reporting on people with disabilities in the African Diaspora. Pushing
Limits will commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.
Hosts Leroy Moore and Gerald Sanders will talk to a Rwanda reporter,
activists Mr. Bido
Zyandwi and his mother plus air clips from Zyandwi’s video
documentary Justice in Rwanda. Plus music from the movie Hotel Rwanda. Sunday April 3 at 6:30 PM.
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5 min
March 20, 2005 Pushing Limits – March 20, 2005
An original audio condensation of acclaimed African-American C.J. Jones’ one- man show, "What Are You . . . Deaf?" Called "a great storyteller" by the L.A. Weekly, Jones paints colorful, riveting pictures of his life, growing up in a tough St. Louis neighborhood with his deaf Golden Gloves Champion father. It’s the insightful, comedic worldview of a man who is both Deaf and African American.
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March 06, 2005 Pushing Limits – March 6, 2005
Tonight Pushing Limits looks at the proposed Social Security
privatization and why it would be devastating for people with disabilities
and others. Tune in to learn what it all means, and what we can do to fight
for our rights and against the destruction of the Social Security system
which is vital to the survival of millions of people.
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5 min
February 27, 2005 KPFA Special Broadcast – February 27, 2005
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5 min
February 20, 2005 Pushing Limits – February 20, 2005
A discussion about disability and how it is
portrayed in films. Among the films considered, the show will review and
discuss the pertinent disability rights issues highlighted in the movie
Million Dollar Baby, a movie nominated for multiple academy awards while simultaneously infuriating the disability community.
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5 min
February 06, 2005 People with Disabilities Staffing Independent Living Centers
Pushing Limits will discuss the issue of whether able
bodied people or people with disabilities should be staffing and directing independent living centers and agencies that serve the disability community. Is the question of import to the community or does it simply not matter?
Pushing limits will interview Patrick Connelly, a long time disability activist. Patrick was a close associate for many years of Ed Roberts plus he is a former board member of the Marin Center for Independent Living and Protection and Advocacy, Inc., A state wide organization that advocates for and pursues the legal rights of persons with disabilities.
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5 min
January 30, 2005 Pushing Limits – January 30, 2005
Pushing Limits looks at love relationships in the disabled community. We will touch on universal commonalities and individual differences in relationships for disabled and non-disabled people. Folks in our community will share some of their thoughts and feelings on this topic vital to all of us.
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A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public. By and About People with Disabilities!