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GUESTS: Violet Gonzalez, mother of Academia student, member of Padres Unidos of Academia Semillas del Pueblo, Mixpe Ley, community activist
Academia Semillas del Pueblo in El Sereno is an LAUSD charter school that is facing closure. It is one of several schools in the district being evaluated on the basis of charter renewal. …
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2007
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GUEST: Josef Avesar, founder of the Israeli- Palestinian Confederation
Josef Avesar is an Israeli-born lawyer based in Southern California. But in his spare time, as founder of the Israeli- Palestinian Confederation, Josef tries to convince anyone who will listen, that he has found a potential solution to the Middle-East conflict. Israelis and …
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Mar
13
2007
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GUESTS: Rob Kaplowitz, Associate Artistic Director of Relentless Theatre Company, Kittson O’Neill and Tom Lenoci, actors
Jigsaw Nation is a new traveling theater piece by the Relentless Theater Company which seeks answers to the question, “What does American mean to you?†The theater piece is based on man-on-the-street interviews conducted by Gary Winter, Marjorie …
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Mar
13
2007
… on the “New Jewel Movement” in Granada.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
Mar
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2007
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” — Frederick Douglass …