Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Prop 6 and Prison Labor | Celebrating Diwali | ‘When We Were Colored’ Play in Oak Park


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Discussion Prop 6 and the experiences of working in prison. Celebrating Diwali in Sacramento. Finally, ‘When We Were Colored’ is re-staging at Oak Park’s Guild Theater this month.

Prop 6 and Prison Labor
Tomorrow, California voters will have a chance to weigh in on Prop 6, which would end forced prison labor. However, the measure is still struggling in the polls despite having no organized opposition. Esteban Núñez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez and Yannick Ortega, a Substance Use Disorder inpatient director are with the Yes on Prop 6 campaign. They join Insight to talk about their experiences with incarceration and working in prison, as well as the changes that Prop 6 would make.

Celebrating Diwali
Diwali, also known as The Festival of Lights, marks the new year for many people in the South Asian community. It also serves as a chance to uphold long-standing traditions and to connect with family. CapRadio reporter Srishti Prabha and Shawn and Poonam Dhaliwal from Taj Supermarket talk about the significance of this holiday, and how the Indian and South Asian communities across Sacramento are celebrating Diwali this year.

‘When We Were Colored’ Play in Oak Park
In 1964, author Eva Rutland captured her Black family’s journey from the Jim Crow South to Sacramento in a memoir, When We Were Colored: A Mother’s Story. More than four decades later, Eva’s daughter, Ginger Rutland — a longtime Sacramento journalist — adapted her mother’s memoir into a play. Originally premiering in 2015, When We Were Colored brings the family’s experiences to life through vignettes that capture their resilience navigating racism and community in their new home. The play breathes new life at the historic Guild Theater in Oak Park later this month. Ginger Rutland and her daughter Eva Schwartz discuss the story’s lasting legacy and why it’s being re-staged now. Also, actors Brooklyn Solomon and Ela'an Battiste perform a scene from the play.

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