Three visionary educators - James Damiani, Tiarra "Ms. T" Asia Knox, and Safahri Ra - join Cat & Nicky to talk about:
- the significance of humility and honesty in the classroom
- nourishing creativity and empowerment
- challenges and revelations in teaching and the education system
- how technology impacts learning

Collaborative music breaks with Safahri include free-styling and a debut by Ms. T!

LINKS:
Tiarra "Ms. T" Asia Knox http://www.urbanmontessori.org/ & https://www.facebook.com/Pinkpanthersorority/ ~ @_mst_ on IG
Safahri Ra http://rosesinconcrete.org/ ~ @safahri on IG
James Damiani http://www.naturallyexpressiveleaders.com/
Nicole Gervacio http://rosesinconcrete.org/ ~ @nicolegervacio on IG

MUSIC TRACKS:
BlocBoy JB & Drake - "Look Alive" (Instrumental)
Mobb Deep - Burn (Instrumentals)

Earlier this year, members of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) joined Cat on We Rise ep. 10 #Right2Resist to discuss the history of colonization and occupation of Palestine by the settler state of Israel.

On this episode, as Israeli attacks persist against Palestinians marching for the right to return to their homeland, PYM’s Nadya Tannous and Ramah Awad join Cat to discuss 17-year-old Palestinian political prisoner Ahed Tamimi, the latest in her case, and its implications for young political prisoners. We also get an update from writer Rawan Yaghi on the ground in Gaza. And we answer questions from listeners about Palestinian liberation.

LINKS
Palestinian Youth Movement http://www.pymusa.com/
Gaza Screams for Life, NYT article by Rawan Yaghi https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opinion/gaza-palestine-israel-protests.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur

Cat Petru (We Rise) and Theresa Adams (Full Circle) guest host a special edition of KPFA's Women’s Magazine in honor of Women’s History Month. Cat speaks with doulas, Megan Chadwick and Eri Guajardo Johnson*, about birthwork as a site of healing, transformation, and justice. Theresa and Cat simultaneously celebrate this month by illuminating women’s legacies and labor – from the newsroom to the birthroom – and challenge the pretense that women are centered merely one month out of the year.

*Check out the Birth Bruja podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, etc ~ also produced by We Rise Cultural Production!

Connect:
Megan Chadwick - [email protected]
Eri Guajardo Johnson - Instagram @birthbruja or email at [email protected]

This rebroadcast of Cat's show on KPFA's Full Circle commemorates the one year anniversary of the landmark SFO protest against one of Trump’s first executive orders: The Muslim Ban.

On this episode of WE RISE:
Lara Kiswani of the Arab Resource Organizing Center gives a retrospective on the 3 Muslim Bans that went into effect since Jan. 2017...
We investigate the connection between the bans and U.S. imperial and military interests…
We are joined in studio by 2 members of the Palestinian Youth Movement to investigate the move to make Jerusalem the capital of Israeli settler state…
We talk about the powerful, tireless resistance movements.

RESOURCES
Arab Resource and Organizing Center http://araborganizing.org/
Bay Resistance https://bayresistance.org/
Stop Urban Shield http://stopurbanshield.org/
Palestinian Youth Movement http://www.pymusa.com/

FILMS
Edward Said’s “On Orientalism” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVC8EYd_Z_g
Reel Bad Arabs https://vimeo.com/56687715

What happens when kids view the world as investigative journalists? In January of 2018, we visited Lodestar Elementary School in Oakland, CA. We were told that the students of Ms. Laura Einhorn had been producing podcasts about Islamophobia. On today’s show we feature the official podcasts produced by the Lodestar Common Ground Expedition, and share sounds from our classroom visit. The show ends with a few music tracks that lift up young freedom fighters and challenge Islamophobia.

Find their original podcasts here: https://soundcloud.com/lodestarcommonground

MUSIC
"Sweet Freedom" by Sol Development - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZGzZxCVmI
"Islamophobia" by Raspact - https://youtu.be/cAb6BuRWmgI?t=284
"Islamophobia" by Genocide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzUxpaLrJ9s
"With My Own Two Hands" by Ben Harper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEnfy9qfdaU

The women and girls of Pink Panther Sorority, Inc. join us in the studio to talk about self esteem and solidarity in sisterhood.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Pinkpanthersorority/
EMAIL: [email protected]

Follow the women of @pinkpanthersororityinc on Instagram:
Ms. T: @__mst__
Nyisha Moncrease: @blackberry_nyi
Tamika Renee: @micky_cruz_

We want to celebrate the legacy of radical organizing in this region (Oakland/Huichin/SF Bay Area) and also call into question the false narratives that pedestalize certain leaders and organizations without acknowledging the ways in which they were problematic and even counterrevolutionary.

As the call to reclaim Martin Luther King, Jr.'s radical legacy sounds throughout the Bay, we speak with long-time organizers John Hayakawa Torok and Sulaiman Hyatt about the less known stories of our freedom movements. These stories, it turns out, are necessary for our collective liberation.

DJ Deep Space takes us through a galaxy of music to celebrate the turn of the Gregorian calendar - welcome 2018! We Rise co-producer Nicole Gervacio co-hosts with Cat Petru. Guests include the ineffable DJ Deep Space and doula and artist Megan Chadwick. Join us for jams that will get you up outta your seat and conversation about healing and helping those creative juices flow.

PHOTO: The Butterfly Galaxy (it's real!)

In this conversation about transformative justice and healing, Mia Mingus of the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective poses the questions, “What is accountability? What is justice?” How can our movements be survivor centered? What IS community?

TRANSCRIPT https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZxgBQ8T6gTSVfRDbpyNRSiM3v2csjbamL9_fZJC9a-g/edit

LINKS
Mia Mingus’ website Leaving Evidence: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc.wordpress.com/
Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet: https://batjc.wordpress.com/pods-and-pod-mapping-worksheet/
BATJC Resource Page: https://batjc.wordpress.com/resources/
And for folks newer to transformative justice, the BATJC readings for the 2016 TJ Study: https://batjc.wordpress.com/batjc-2016-tj-study-readings/

SUPPORT BATJC
https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/help-us-build-transformative-justice

MUSIC
“For the Courageous” by Climbing PoeTree http://www.climbingpoetree.com/experience/listen-tracks/
“Freedom” by Taina Asili ft. Michael Reyes http://tainaasili.com/video/

Guest host Laura Echegaray discusses Puerto Rico - or Borinquen, the island’s original name - the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, how we got where we are, and what’s next.

We will learn some historical facts about the relationship between the U.S. government and Puerto Rico.
We will go over the concept of disaster capitalism as defined by Naomi Klein in her 2007 book The Shock Doctrine.
We will speak with Defend Puerto Rico’s activist Khalil Jacobs Fantauzzi.
And we will learn about what’s happening at the University of Puerto Rico, and how organizations on the island are continue generating responses to the crisis.

For links featured in the conversation please visit https://kpfaapprent.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/full-circle-11-17-17-puerto-rico-and-disaster-capitalism/