FM July 16, 2025: Mutual Aid / Operation Healthy Hearts

THIS WEEK on FemMag with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: Last month, a few days after the ICE kidnappings began in Los Angeles, rightwing media including Fox News and the NY Post reported that “ Leftwing nonprofit groups are openly helping to fuel anti-ICE riots in LA”.  Among the groups they attacked for sharing PPE kits was Operation Healthy Hearts (OHH) – which is in fact a grassroots mutual aid organization based in Hacienda Heights. We talk to Operation Healthy Hearts founder Jackie Villalta...

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FM April 30: ‘Pre...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Sammy Lyon and Lauren McQuade :  Are you ready to explode the myth that we live in a “post-identity” world, that somehow the world of academia is more evolved when it comes to race, gender and class?  A new book —  “Presumed...

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FM April 23: Girls take...

‘Hey, Shorty!’ What’s it like for girls dealing with harassment and violence in schools and on the street? If you don’t know about Girls for Gender Equity, you should. GGE is a grassroots organization in New York that aims to help girls develop into psychologically, emotionally...

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FM April 16: Teach-In, ...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Sammy Lyon and Lauren McQuade :  First, we’re bringing you highlights from the KPFK 90.7 FM Women’s History Month Teach-In, coordinated by members of the KPFK Local Station Board. Hear clips from the Educational/Cultural Panel  speakers:...

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FM April 9: “Lunch La...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Sammy Lyon and Lauren McQuade : It’s time to take a fresh look at the school food debate.  And Cornerstone Theatre is doing just that with their new production of Lunch Lady Courage. This collaboration with Los Angeles High Schools of the Arts...

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• FM July 16, 2025: Mutual Aid / Operation Healthy Hearts
• FM July 2, 2025: Where Women Made History
• FM Sept 25, 2024: Bridges Across Homelands / She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
• FM Aug 11, 2024 : Gender Liberation March / Election Security
• FM July 17, 2024 : MeToo & Christine Blasey Ford / Revolutionary Mothering
• FM June 5, 2024:: Conscious Style Guide / Self Care for Activists
• FM May 28. 2024 :: Frida in America / Healing from Military Trauma
• FM April 3, 2024:: Land Liberation & Homefulness / “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”

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