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Gabriella Hirsch, Program Coordinator, and Britt Julious, a writer for the

Chicago Tribune, joined Jill Hopkins in the studio to talk about the Girls Rock!

Carnival, as well as their week long Girls Rock! Camp

Girls Rock! Chicago is a non-profit that promotes a welcoming environment for Girls,

Transgender youth, and gender non-conforming youth who want to get more involved in

music. The camp teaches them about the musical, creative, and technical skills

involved in being a musician.

Listen to The Morning AMp every weekday from 8 to 10 AM on vocalo.org/player or 91.1

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Girls Rock! Chicago can be found here: http://girlsrockchicago.org/

Sandra Trevino is the Founder and Editor of Enchufate.com, Chicago's

leading source for Latin Alternative music and news. She joins us every Friday to

spill the juiciest gossip and updates from the scene, as well as to premiere new

music. This week she brought us a new tune from Chicago "super group" Army of Juan

(Juan Lugo and Armando Pérez of ESSO Afrojam Funkbeat). The song "Agradecido" is off

their new EP by the same name. Sandra also debut the new Single from Kansas City

(and long time friends of Vocalo) band Making Movies. "Delilah" features Ruben

Blades, and it's the song that Blades wrote with Lou Reed about immigration. This is

the third single from their upcoming album "ameri'kana." Making Movies will be in

Chicago on May 15th, playing at Subterranean.

The Morning AMp airs weekdays 8-10 AM on 91.1 FM (Chi) and streaming at vocalo.org

The "Intersex Justice Project" was started by activists Pidgeon Pagonis and

Sean Saifa Wall to highlight the discriminatory and harmful medical practices of

intersex surgeries and demand the end to these practices. Intersex surgeries are

condemned by many human rights organizations but they are performed on children in

the USA and around the world. Jill Hopkins spoke with Pidgeon and Saifa about their

campaign as well as a protest action taking place Friday, May 3rd. For more info

about Intersex Justice campaign and their actions, visit:

http://www.intersexjusticeproject.org

The Real Chi is a learning newsroom program from Free Spirit Media. It's

based in the North Lawndale neighborhood and consists of participants ages 18-25 who

report on everything from criminal justice reform to arts and culture. Glenance

Green is the Deputy Director of Free Spirit Media and Lee Edwards is the Program

Coordinator for The Real Chi. They spoke with Jill Hopkins about the program, its

aim to change media narratives and give voices to communities, as well as how to get

involved in the program.

For more info about The Real CHI program and Free Spirit Media, visit:

https://freespiritmedia.org/therealchi

The Morning AMp airs weekdays 8-10 AM on 91.1 FM (Chi) and streaming on vocalo.org

Damon Young is a writer, a cultural critic, a co-founder of Very Smart

Brothas, and one of the most prominent Black voices on the internet. His first book

is a memoir called "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker." It is a collection of

personal essays that reflect on the angst and the absurdities of life as a Black man

in modern-day America. Damon spoke with Jill Hopkins on The Morning AMp about some

of those personal experiences, and what made the time right to write this book.

Photo by: Sarah Huny Young

The Morning AMp airs M-F 8-10 AM on Vocalo 91.1 FM in Chicago and streaming at

vocalo.org

Lois MacMillan is a Master Teacher with the Gilder Lerhman Institute of

American History, a Grammy award-winning educator, and the Senior Education Fellow

for the Hamilton Education Program - better known as #Eduham.

To date, that program has engaged over 10,000 CPS students and teachers from

Chicago's lowest income high schools in learning about America's founding period,

and the arts.

Listen to our interview with Lois after a recent performance of Hamilton ​at the

CIBC Theatre in Chicago's Loop about the program, educating through music, and that

Grammy.

David Himmel is an author and self-proclaimed journalistic mercenary. As an

oldies radio DJ during a time when commercial radio was falling victim to

automation, Himmel has a unique perspective on the birth and death of the disc

jockey. In "The Last DJ", Himmel discusses his love for the craft and some chance

celebrity encounters. Listen to the full interview here and head over to vocalo.org

to read the entire write-up.

Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner joined us in the studio this Women's History Month

to discuss her new book, "The Women's Suffrage Movement". The anthology focuses on

the unsung voices from the battle for equal rights including Native-American and

black women's involvement in the era. Wagner is known for her texts on feminist

history. Listen to the full interview + then buy the newest book here:

http://bit.ly/2TKE8gK

Maria Bamford is a comedian and mental health advocate whose work is seen

on Arrested Development, Lady Dynamite, Bojak Horseman and Adventure Time, to name a

few. Bamford is everywhere in both comedic circles and advocacy spaces where she

blends humor with the story of her ongoing battle against mental illness. We had the

privilege of talking to Maria about comedy, her upcoming show at The Den Theatre,

and what her dream reality TV series would look like.

The Morning AMp airs weekday mornings from 8-10am on 91.1 FM / vocalo.org

In an op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times, Columnist Mary Mitchell writes that

Chicago's millennial voters are to blame for the low turn out in the municipal

elections. In a rebuttal for The Triibe, activist and organizer Charles Preston

asserts that the city's young activists have made this election one of the most

dynamic the city has ever seen.

He joined Jill Hopkins on The Morning AMp to defend his fellow millennials and shed

some light on the work young people have done to make social justice an issue every

candidate must address.

To read Mary Mitchell's op-ed, visit:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/millennial-voters-fail-to-take-their-energy-to-the-polls/

To read Charles Preston's response, visit:

https://thetriibe.com/2019/03/opinion-in-defense-of-chicago-millennial-voter-turnout-a-response-to-columnist-mary-mitchell-municipal-election/

The Morning AMp airs weekdays on 91.1 FM (Chi) and streaming at vocalo.org