Parrish, Will — Tree Sit to Protest Highway Bypass

Radio Curious visits with journalist Will Parrish, who sat in a tree for a week to protest development of a highway bypass in Willits, Ca.

An episode of the Radio Curious » Mendocino County podcast, hosted by LeGov, titled "Parrish, Will — Tree Sit to Protest Highway Bypass" was published on June 11, 2013 and runs 29 minutes.

June 11, 2013 ·29m · Radio Curious » Mendocino County

Summary

Journalism and civil disobedience is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is Mendocino County journalist, Will Parrish, a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a major in Sociology and Social Change and a minor in Journalism. Currently, he describes himself as a "social change activist/journalist." In this interview recorded in the studios of Radio Curious May 27th, 2013, Will Parrish describes some of his past experiences as a journalist and continues with his story of why he sat in a tree for a week near Willits, Ca as an act of civil disobedience to protest the building of a highway. The book Will Parrish recommends is “The Merry Adventurers of Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/[email protected]/1197-1-PARRISH_WILL_INTERVIEW_CA_5-2013.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=69043&version_id=76550&version=1) to download the podcast.

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