THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with co-hosts Lynn Harris Ballen & Suzette Zazueta :: FIRST … This Saturday, a free large-scale LA public art event is taking over part of Hollywood Blvd. It’s called LOVE &/OR FEAR: A Celebration of Genders. This epic public performance event will involve over 30 local artists, performers, and community groups. And, using art and public performance, will celebrate and investigate both the artists’ and the audiences’ views about gender. LOVE &/OR FEAR also aims to make this an evening in a fearless public space and will declare the two city blocks of this event on Hollywood Blvd. a ‘Sexual Harassment-Free Zone’ – in support of the initiative from community partner Peace Over Violence. We hear all about it, from creator Anne Bray of Freewaves, and artists Young Joon Kwak and Amitis Motevalli.
THEN … As the new school year begins, what are the experiences of black girls across the country? The book Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools examines how their intricate lives are misunderstood and highly judged “by teachers, administrators, and the justice system”, and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. Dr. Monique Morris, author of Pushout shows how, despite obstacles, stigmas, stereotypes, and despair, black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into their lives in classrooms, juvenile facilities, and beyond. Hosted by Anita Johnson of Making Contact.
AND … A recent episode of Orange Is The New Black featured a real-life national detention hotline on the show. After the show aired, in real-life ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) shut down the actual Freedom for Immigrants hotline intended for immigrants who can’t afford attorneys. The National Hotline is a crucial resource for people in immigration detention. But ICE’s response to criticism was to block this option for free and safe communication. We talk to Cynthia Marlene Galaz, National Hotline and Policy Monitor from Freedom for Immigrants.
All this on KPFK on Tuesday at 2.
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This week’s program was produced by Lynn Harris Ballen, with a segment courtesy of Making Contact.
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