Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong

What it is!!! I am Angela Birdsong your Conversation Piece host coming from KPFK Studios with the real day to day happenings of urban living locally and worldwide. Black immigrants across the United States are being detained, snatched, disappeared, kidnapped from their families, friends and their communities by ICE, with little media coverage, little public outcry, and very little accountability. Today on Conversation Piece, meet Nana Gyamfi, Human Rights Attorney, Professor, KPFK host of Sojourner Truth Radio Fridays at 7am and Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration also known as BAJI. BAJI was formed to bring Black voices together to advocate for equality and justice in our laws and our communities. Yes, Nana will discuss the SCOTUS decision on the Temporary Protected Status designation for Haiti. What’s happening to our Black immigrant brothers and sisters is not separate from what’s happening to African Americans. The work of BAJI reminds us that immigration justice is racial justice. We are stronger together. Nana Gymafi says, “We build the world we need and deserve by supporting and protecting each other. Whatever the challenges, we know that we are good because we got us!” For more information about BAJI go to BAJI.org. Also visit WeMakeThemStop.org and to find the emergency planning steps checkout BAJIActionFund.org.

Today on Conversation Piece…A Father’s Day Special as I present to some and introduce others, my father, the late, great Edwin Birdsong. The Conversation Piece show you are about to hear with my father, Edwin Birdsong, was recorded at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice for Radio Justice Los Angeles where Radio Justice was housed. It was the day before my father died. The show was scheduled to air the day after he passed away and it did air on Tuesday after the King Holiday. It would be the last interview of my father that just happened to be on my show. That day at Radio Justice with program manager Adam Rice, audio engineer Joseph Tucker, my other two guests, my cousin Michael Washington creator of my opening and closing theme song and Kris DJ Stress McManus founder of the Producers Corner we enjoyed our time recording the show. May you not only enjoy hearing this Conversation Piece Father’s Day Special, may you remember to enjoy every moment of life and living. Go to TheProducersCorner.net for details about the weekly Sample Challenge on Saturdays. To learn more about my father’s music legacy, The Edwin Birdsong Experience go to EdwinBirdsong.com. Welcome to Conversation Piece!

What it is!! Today on Conversation Piece…local Juneteenth Commemoration celebrations, Monique Noel of Los Angeles Community Action Network tells us how LA CAN will honor Juneteenth with Freedom Now 2026 Gala & Concert on June 19th at the historic Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles, as well as share with us her journey in community organizing. Later at a recent press conference, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition announcing their lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. As we approach the 250th anniversary of this country, LA CAN is asking a bigger question: what kind of future are we going to build together? Welcome to Conversation Piece! Cangress.org MTASProductions.com

Today on Conversation Piece from 838 East 6th Street in the apartheid state, the center of Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row, meet Jade Arellano, Housing Organizer with Los Angeles Community Action Network, LA CAN where the Tenant Rights Committee is building a Slumlord Campaign. The Tenant Rights Committee meets weekly on Thursdays, 2pm at LA CAN, 838 East 6th Street in DTLA Skid Row. For more information call 213.228.0024. Cangress.org Welcome to Conversation Piece! Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

California’s June 2 primary election is your first chance to shape what shows up on the November ballot. In California’s top-two primary system, the two candidates with the most votes—regardless of party—move forward to the general election. That means every vote matters now, not just in November. Today on Conversation Piece… California Black Power Network (CBPN), Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE), and more Black organizations across California held the Black Ecosystem Gubernatorial Forum, on the anniversary of the LA Uprisings on April 29th. All of the California governor candidates were invited to address specific policy demands of California’s Black community. We will hear this forum today on Conversation Piece which is not a debate, but is an accountability session with questions from our communities, placing the answers on public record, ensuring everyone knows this election matters. Welcome to Conversation Piece! BlackPowerNetwork.org Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturday, March 7 KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Today on Conversation Piece…from 838 East 6th Street in the apartheid state, the center of Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row…a powerful presentation at Los Angeles Community Action Network better known as LA CAN during their monthly Residential Organizing Committee Meeting moderated by LA CAN Lead Organizer, Adam Smith, for a conversation about building people and community power with former leaders of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman. The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most important working class movements in US History, based in Detroit, Michigan were 2nd and 3rd generation northerners from the evil Jim Crow South, fought to end the exploitation and poverty of automotive workers against corporations and unions. Authors Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman describe the rise, the history and formation of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers from 1968 to 1971, challenging both race and class oppression in auto factories and within the United Automobile Workers union. Find Jerome and Walda’s book, Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries/ The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers at MotownRevolutionaries.org. For more information about LA CAN’s monthly ROC meetings on the second Friday’s of the month call 213-228-0024 for details. We are taping history today… Welcome to Conversation Piece! MotownRevolutionaries.org Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

Today on Conversation Piece…Meet Christopher Ackerly as he tells us his housing journey, from living in an encampment, the lack of housing options, choosing to say yes or no to shelters to becoming a member with Los Angeles Community Action Network, LA CAN. Chris with his neighbors throughout Skid Row are fighting to stay housed in a housing disaster that is out of control in Los Angeles. Chris with his neighbors throughout Skid Row are fighting to stay housed in a housing disaster that is out of control in Los Angeles where the toughest property protections in the State of California protects the poorest of the poor from sneaky developers like Hope For an Affordable LA and slumlords like Leo Pustilnikov, who in Skid Row will do anything to displaced tenants and ignore property ordinances such as the Wiggins Residential Hotel Protections and the Residential Hotel Ordinance. Hear Chris Ackerly’s housing journey… Welcome to Conversation Piece! Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

Today on Conversation Piece…Meet Coach Rob Silver, who says folks need to know how to edit stress, release emotional weight and live from the present. Contact him at [email protected]. But first let’s hear from the LARSO Campaign, the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance with Lena Sullivan of SAJE who is part of the Keep LA Housed Coalition, and from Memphis Paredes of Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council. Lena was the lead organizer at a rally in front of the Los Angeles City Hall about LARSO to get it passed in the Los Angeles City Homeless and Housing Committee. Paredes and Sullivan along with many others are helping to keep rent from being so damn high. For more info about SAJE, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, go to SAJE.net. To learn more about LARSO, the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance check out KeepLAHoused.org.

Today on Conversation Piece hear the story of Nicholas Burgos, who was murdered by Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Dalia Gonzalez while he was hospitalized. Joining us to tell Nicholas' story is his sister Maria Burgos about that fateful day at Harbor UCLA Medical Center when Deputy Gonzales fired 9 shots at Maria’s brother, Nicholas, 7 of the 9 shots hit him. Hear about Nicholas, the big hearted generous funny man. Later meet TemuAsyr Bey and Brother Adam X from the Community Hub in Inglewood at Imani Gardens Kathy Kitchen where they are dismantling food apartheid, by being on the frontlines of regaining control of our food supply and getting our people farming again. They say, we are the solutions to the so called food deserts. Find them on IG under Imani Gardens and at 7701 Crenshaw Bl in Inglewood, California.

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturday KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Human rights, economic justice and do not promise something that cannot be delivered. All People’s Health Collective refuses to leave anyone behind and will find solutions that benefit everyone. Today on Conversation Piece…learn about the All People’s Health Collective with Lex Steppling because “People are the healthiest when their fundamental needs are met. We are safest when everyone has housing, community, health, and purpose.” Welcome to Conversation Piece! Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturday KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Today on Conversation Piece…from East 6th Street in the apartheid state, the center of Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row…Hear voices, chants and sounds at the O22 Rally & March in Downtown Los Angeles at LA CAN for the National Day of Protest against police brutality. Stop LAPD Spying Coalition hosted the O22 Rally & March, where they tell everyone to join the fight against the fascist police state. StopLAPDSpying.org Later Stephano Medina, Managing Attorney, Movement Legal speaks of the importance of rental assistance to keep Angelenos housed, and why the Los Angeles City Attorney has placed millions of dollars on hold for most of 2025, for rental assistance leaving tenants vulnerable to being evicted. If you need to know your tenant rights, check out StayHousedLA.org and MovementLegal.org. Welcome to Conversation Piece! Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

House Keys NOT Handcuffs! This week on a special Music To Resist By Edition of Conversation Piece, we speak to members of the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) about the effects of Trump's executive order on homelessness, and it's real effects on housing and criminalization policies region wide. Join our guests Therese Howard of the Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND), Clayton Shea from the Missoula Homeless Union, and Sam from Judy's Midnight Diner in Oregon to get the real picture of the oppression of poor people on the ground, and what they are doing to fight back! Welcome to Conversation Piece, the Music To Resist By edition. Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

On Conversation Piece today…Meet my guests: Angie Wilson, the president of the Council of Black Nurses Los Angeles Chapter, and Gwen Woods, who will share why she is a fierce bone marrow advocate and community activist with a personal story about her grandson, Eric Alexander. Did you know that Black patients are less likely to find a bone marrow match due to low representation on the bone marrow registry? July is designated as African American Bone Marrow Month, and my guests say don’t wait until July for a simple cheek swab to save a life. But first we have a Sister Charlene Muhammad with a news report. Welcome to Conversation Piece!

What it is!  Friday,June 6, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents invaded Los Angeles.  They used administrative civil warrants to arrest students, hotel workers, cooks, landscapers, and construction workers.  Invading schools and workplaces demanding that any Angeleno who wasn’t sufficiently Caucasian produce their papers.  Taking them away in unmarked vans, without judicial process.  Of course, the people of LA wouldn't stand for this, and mass protests flooded out downtown Los Angeles.  The news, federal government, and even some members of the city council lied about these peaceful protests being riots, but the video shows that the only ones rioting were the LAPD.  Today we are going to speak to a community member who was there all week, and later we will be joined by Matyos Kidane to explain the strategy behind these lies...Welcome to Conversation Piece.

Today on Conversation Piece...Meet Ronnie Laws and his sister Debra Laws, as you may know about their jazz-soul fusion of music with instrumental songs like Always There and love ballads like Very Special. With early musical roots in their family today you will hear some of theri musical hisotry and legacy from Ronnie Laws' early professional breakthrough when he joined Earth Wind & Fire to Debra's solo career. See Ronnie and Debra Laws perform next Saturday, June 28 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Follow Ronnie Laws on all social media platforms to find his next performance and upcoming releases.

During our KPFK Membership Fund Drive, we have a special Black History Edition of Conversation Piece with a speech you may not have heard as much as the I have a Dream speech. This speech was given in Los Angeles on March 16, 1968, less than three weeks before Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated. The setting is a house in the Hollywood Hills with a group of artists who were concerned about the war in Vietnam. Dr. King is introduced by one of the artists there, novelist, playwright, and poet James Baldwin. KPFK was there to record the event and Pacifica Archives has curated it. The recording aired on KPFK on April 4, 1968. Welcome to Conversation Piece! You can participate in our Membership Fund Drive by calling 818-985-5735, hit option 2, that's 818-985-KPFK and online anytime at KPFK.org.

What it is!! A coalition of tenants, housing rights advocates, public interest lawyers and community based organizations formed a coalition called Keep LA Housed with the goal of protecting tenant rights by the of way of strengthening the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance for the City of Los Angeles, improving the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance for rent control, and ensuring the Right to Counsel for low income renters to name a few of the ongoing actions by Keep LA Housed. I covered two of their many press conferences hosted by this coalition upholding the Housing Movement. Hear some of the voices from Keep LA Housed saying housing is a human right and that no one should EVER be evicted without legal representation. This rally took place on the South Lawn of Los Angeles City Hall. Later hear about the Pickle-ball craze in the City of Inglewood, which is a combination of tennis, badminton, ping pong and racquetball and is currently one of the fastest growing sports in America! To see the sport in action, search the web: keyword – Pickle-ball. For more information about Pickle-ball in Inglewood, please 310-412-8750 or reach the Pickle-ball Ambassador at 310-654-7344. For more information about Keep LA Housed Coalition and to read the Tenant Bill of Rights and about TAHO, the Tenants Anti Harassment Ordinance go to KeepLAHoused.org. Song Credit: California Rent Control by Adam Smith Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles / KPFK.org 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. MTASproductions.com

What it is!! LA CAN’s (Los Angeles Community Action Network) Human Rights Watch Report (“You Have to Move! The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused People in Los Angeles’) Release - Panel discussion of organizers and some with lived experiences and all on the frontline in the Los Angeles Housing Crisis. Criminalization and harassment of the unhoused. Guests: John Raphling, Human Rights Watch, Associate Director for the US Program, Researcher and Writer for the Human Rights Watch Report; Pete White, Executive Director & Founder of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN); Natosha Smith, Housing Organizer / Downtown Women’s Action Coalition Organizer, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN); Ndindi Kitnoga, Houseless Rights Advocate, Co-founder of Angeles Workshop School; Sonya Verdugo, Ground Game LA; and Derrick Metyor, Member of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN). Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / KPFK.org 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturdays KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Hear from Pete White, Executive Director & Founder of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), about Los Angeles Municipal code 41.18, which bans sleeping, sitting and standing on public sidewalks, and the outrageous resources the LAPD steals from our pockets every year to enforce this code which violates human rights. Find out how this endangers our community. Later LA CAN Sweep the Court Rally with LA CAN organizers Natosha Smith, Mr. Pancake, Adam Smith and General Dogon, along with Atty Shayla Myers of Unhoused People’s Justice Project under Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Folks want House Keys Not Handcuffs! Read the LA CAN report, "Separate and Unequal," to learn about 41.18, at Cangress.org. KPFK Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. http://MTASproductions.com

Hear why James of Soul Saving Productions gives free hair cuts in Downtown Los Angeles in the Skid Row community at LA CAN. Learn more about James at SoulSavingProductions.org. Later on Conversation Piece, a friend Douglas Sandoval shares his story to give hope to do the impossible against all odds, while discovering the importance of family, faith and the belief in himself…as told in his book, Comeback One Man’s Triumph Over A Near Death Experience. Yes Sandoval’s book is part of my personal library! Find his inspiring book at Amazon, Ebay and Barnes & Noble. For speaking engagements, email him at [email protected]. KPFK Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. #StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives #StorytellingBuildsLives

Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Today’s special guests were the youth and founder of Women’s Leadership Project speaking about the #Standing4BlackGirls rally in Leimert Park October 28th, their Virtual Homegirl Podcast, with limited special premiums of Books, Hand-Painted T-shirts, and a Play. KPFK is in our Fall Membership Fund Drive! A listener supported station where listeners get to vote, become an elected delegate. Call 818-985-5735 or go to KPFK.org and check out our special premiums for Conversation Piece: - White Nights, Black Paradise, a novel by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson - Hand painted #Standing4BlackGirls T-shirts KPFK is in our Fall Membership Fund Drive! A listener supported station where listeners get to vote, become an elected delegate. KPFK Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.

On the next Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong, Saturday 10am PT on KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org... ~Mental Health Crisis should not mean 7 bullets by the police, hear The Nicholas Burgos Story told by his sister, Maria Burgos. For mental health resources, crisis support, helplines and warmlines go to NamiUrbanLA.org under resources. ~South Central Run Club changing the narrative in South Central Los Angeles...they are running everywhere you would not! Hear about from co-captain Zaakiya Brisker. SouthCentral.run MTASproductions.com Photo Credit, Angela Birdsong

Ethnic Media Services briefing will examine the rise in cases, the new variant, the new boosters, strategies their expert panelists are taking to prevent infections, as well as the phenomenon of paxlovid rebound. This Ethnic Media Services Covid Report aired on KPFK Rebel Alliance News as Covid19 cases are rising once again and several folks I personally know have gotten it, including me! I received negative feedback from a couple of folks who wrote my news director about this report. So I am putting it on my SoundCloud to continue keeping folks informed. Covid testing sites are not easily accessible as stated in the report. I could not find any on a Saturday in Los Angeles to determine if I had Covid or not. Anyhoo chew the meat and spit out the bones...don't choke. KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturdays KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org My next guests on Conversation Piece will tell a story of serious trauma and amazing deliverance. Nickie V Smith, author and advocate for rape & sexual assault survivors...and she is a survivor also! Her cousin Risa Wheat and friend of my family will join us. Self-Healing For Sexual Abuse Survivors, Inc. a 501c3, helps Sexual Abuse Survivors learn to thrive, by offering 1-on-1 Coaching and Group Coaching. Nickie Smith is available for Public Speaking, Seminars, etc. Contact information: Email: [email protected], Phone: 323-351-9770.  Nickie is the Author of Sergeant Benjamin Premiers and Family, and also Self-Healing for Sexual Abuse Survivors,  both sold on Amazon.com. Again, the contact info is Email: [email protected], and/or call 323-351-9770 Mondays - Fridays 10 am - 5 pm. KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. #StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturday, September 23rd KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Have you had a DNA Micronutrient work up done by your doctor? Do you know what that is? I didn’t know either and I want to get one! Find out on Conversation Piece w/Angela Birdsong, for Pain Awareness Month with my guest Dr Glenna Tolbert of Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness. DrGlennaTolbert.com Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com #StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives

Welcome to Conversation Piece! Today on Conversation Piece we may reshape or confirm your music taste and playlists, as we get into the discussion about Building A United Front Against Murder Music with Kwabena Rasuli, of Clear The Airwaves Project whose objective is to Clear The Airwaves of misogynistic, violent, destructive lyrics on radio stations that are specifically geared towards the Youth! Find out what is murder music and how to support the many Black artists whose music still loves and respects us. But first let’s talk with Derek Steele, Executive Director, Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, California. working with and preparing our next generation of youth. Derek started his journey with Social Justice Learning Institute after a diagnosis with hypertension at the age of 25. It was there at SJLI that he began to figure our how to re-create locate food access system to health disparities and food insecurity in the Inglewood community and beyond. ~Building a United Front Against Murder Music is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, September 30th to October 1st, 2023, 11am - 4:30pm at the Auburn Ave Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave NE. Part of the United Front Against Murder Music are: Black Panther Party Veterans, Black Lives Matter Gary Indiana, National Black Leadership Alliance, Clear The Airwaves Project, Nubian Leadership Circle, and the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP). For more information go to Facebook and search Clear The Airwaves Project. ~Check out Kwabena and his co-host Lexi for the WeeklyRapUp, Koncious Hip-Hop and Classic Funk that airs every Friday from 6-midnight at 88.7 FM WGVE. Websites mentioned on air: ClearTheAirwaves.org SJLI.org Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

CONVERSATION PIECE Do you have a book deep in your belly in your soul waiting to burst out! What and whose story would you be writing about? Meet today’s guest to tell us their writing journey, and the ups and downs of the process from finding a publisher vs self publishing, book covers, font size, writer’s block, you name it, they most likely experienced it while writing their books. The three authors with us today are: ~Dr. Althea Moses - "IRRESISTIBLY FIT: How to Become a Spiritually Strong, Sexy and Firm Woman Everyone Admires and No One Can Resist"  AltheaM.com ~Melisa Arnold - "The Color of Pain” TheColorOfPainBook.com ~Donna Cooper - "Killer Actress" and "Achieving Fulfillment: 10 Simple Strategies Placing You On The Path To Peace (The Big Ten FulFillment Series Book 1)” Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Good Reads Their writings are in my personal Conversation Piece Library! MTASproductions.com

Surrogate Pregnancy, the love, the stigma, the joy and the goodbye...Do you know anyone? Meet my guests on Conversation Piece: Bettina Sanborn MSN, and Chantel Runnels CD (DONA). Hear the journey of being a surrogate from Sanborn, and how & why a Doula can help with this process and more with Runnels. Websites mentioned in this episode... For doula services: ChantelRunnels.com FrontlineDoulas.com BlackInfantsAndFamilies.org Join the movement to ensure BIRTHING JUSTICE for Black mothers and their families, and to find a film screening in your area, or to create a space for local conversations by bringing Birthing Justice to your community, visit BirthingJustice.com.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News -KPFK is the strongest FM signal west of the Mississippi, broadcasting at 112,000 watts of power, serving most of Southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego, webcasting at KPFK.org, with an eclectic mix of public affairs, talk, news, culture, music, and health and spirituality content, including some Spanish language programming. We are in our August membership fund drive. Go to KPFK.ORG  and pledge securely online or call 818-985-5735, That is 818-985-KPFK and press 2. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Black owned platforms creating a space for consumers to purchase products exclusively created and sold by Black entrepreneurs -Los Angeles World Airports Bans the Sale of Single-use Plastics in a Bid for Sustainability -Guyanese descendants of enslaved Africans demand reparations -In Gabon, the military has annulled the results of the weekend's general election and deposed the newly reelected president, while closing the country's borders. -International News with Don DeBar and Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News KPFK has been on the air non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year (366 next year), since July 1959, the second Pacifica listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational radio station after KPFA in Berkeley invented the concept and made it a reality in 1949. We are in our August membership fund drive! Go to  KPFK.ORG and pledge securely online or call 818-985-5735, That is 818-985-KPFK and press 2. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -California Democrats urge Gavin Newsom to give state worker union a contract and raises -Film Back on the Strip hits the trifecta by being directed, produced and theatrically released by Black people -Interfaith conference of the Parliament of the World’s Religions took place in Chicago. -International News with Don DeBar and Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

The writer and actors strike that has paralyzed Hollywood is part of the ongoing "hot labor summer" strike of 2023, becoming the biggest moment for strikes since the 1970s. Ethnic Media Services briefing, brings experts providing the front-line view of striking workers and the point of view of labor experts on the larger issue at stake. As announced on KPFK Rebel Alliance News... Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

African Focus... We have a history making show for you today!!! Just as Marcus Garvey had a mission of liberation to bring all descendants of Africa together with options to repatriate to Africa or to simply have a connection to our homeland. Our guests today are concerned about the Unity of the African Diaspora and the Akan History. It is my honored to introduce you to HRH Nana Semeshia Ohene Asah Krofa II, is the Abakomahene of Ahwerase-Akuapem in the Akuapem South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region of Ghana. AHWERASE is one of the seventeen major towns in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Joining HRH is Queen Mother Nana Akosua Sekyiaabea I, who will share her story of becoming a Queen Mother and will tell us about the African Goodwill Awards. AfricanFocus.org

Liberated Sisters at KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles Check out our amazing guest, learn about the Buy Black Movement, and several announcements... ~Delxino Wilson de Briano, President of the BuyBlackMovement.com, and check out their event Friday, August 18th in person and online. Get details at GarveyNation.com. See you there!! ~Coalition of Black Museums Press Conference w/ Dr. Sajdah Wendy Muhammad...preserve The Elijah Muhammad House aka Sajdah House SajdahHouseDonations.com and reference Liberated Sisters / Sister Charlene ~KPFK Membership Fund Drive…Our premium is MP3 of John Henrik Clarke: Marcus Garvey Talk from August 1986 (POWERFUL!!), with a donation of $65.00…go to KPFK.org or call 818-985-5735, that’s 818-985-KPFK ~Check out Charlene Muhammad’s YouTube page to watch the Janazaa for Minister Jabril Muhammad and the Reflections and Burial Service Minister Brother Jabril Muhammad. And remember to go to Media.NOI.org and FinalCall.com for full the coverage. Liberated Sisters Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived. If it’s impacting our community or can uplift us as a people, let’s talk about it. Peace!

KPFK Rebel Alliance News KPFK has been on the air non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year (366 next year), since July 1959, the second Pacifica listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational radio station after KPFA in Berkeley invented the concept and made it a reality in 1949. We are in our August membership fund drive! Go to  KPFK.ORG  and pledge securely online or call 818-985-5735, That is 818-985-KPFK and press 2. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Los Angeles County to Provide Free Phone Calls and Robust Programming in the Los Angeles County Jails -More on the Writer Guild Strike and Hotel Workers Rolling Walkouts with Ethnic Media Services -Black man at work is attacked on Alabama riverfront by several white men -An Iraqi woman who went viral on social media attempting to save a Qur'an from desecration in Denmark has been identified -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org. T-Shirt by @NicTheArtist 4427 Crenshaw Bl, Los Angeles, California

KPFK Rebel Alliance News California’s lieutenant governor and other elected officials on Tuesday urged Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a way to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers. Starting Thursday, Swift is scheduled to perform six sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood near Los Angeles, with some hotel properties doubling and tripling what they charge because she is coming. Unite Here Local 11, which represents some 30,000 hotel workers, is negotiating for better wages, improved health care benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads. Contracts expired last month at more than 60 hotels, including properties owned by major chains such as Marriott and Hilton. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Food Swamps and Food Deserts -Black August Honors Past Freedom Fighters and Remembers Their Sacrifices. -Yellow Freight Bankruptcy -NAACP Antelope Valley Address Police Brutality Against Black Women -Kenya Has Agreed to Lead a Multi-National Force to Haiti -International news with Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

Today on Liberated Sisters, we bring you exclusive coverage from across Los Angeles County in Palmdale with SCM with her Pumps on the Ground in the Antelope Valley covering a press conference called by the new Antelope Valley NAACP President Lourie Walker to address police brutality against Black women and allegations of mistreatment by child welfare officials. Later we will hear from the We Are LA Team Appreciation Event, with guest speaker Mayor Karen Bass. For more information about the Antelope Valley case, read more at the FinalCall.com Learn more about We Are LA and the statewide movement at WeAreCalifornia.org. KPFK.org > Audio Archives > Liberated Sisters Photo: We Are LA

KPFK Rebel Alliance News A woman who was punched by a sheriff’s deputy while holding her baby last year has filed a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the deputies involved in the violent encounter. In a federal civil rights lawsuit, Yeayo Russell alleges the deputies involved in the July 13, 2022 incident used excessive force in her wrongful arrest. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -How Los Angeles City Civil Rights Office can help you as hate is on the rise -Los Angeles Charter School and Its Construction Scandal -We Are Los Angeles program sets out to stop homelessness for individuals before it begins -Ecuador declares 60-day state of emergency due to prison crisis -International news with Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Cedars-Sinai faces federal civil rights investigation over treatment of Black mothers and the family of April Valentine who died in child birth on January 10, 2023, at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood is still waiting for that facility to be fully investigated. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -No reparations for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre -Reports on the Hospitality Workers Strike, the Writers Guild Strike, and now Esty is striking -Cannabis Dispensary Drivers & Depot Workers Want to Unionize -International news with Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

Father & Son team, Sylvester Rivers and Jom Kijana Rivers, delivers two separate enlightening commentaries: One is about the 4th of July aka the 4th You Lie with Sylvester Rivers, and the other is Being an American by Jom Kijana Rivers. Enjoy

KPFK Rebel Alliance News On the Fourth of July, thousands of workers of Southern California hotels marched through downtown Los Angeles in what was their third day on strike, pushing for higher wages and better health and retirement benefits. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Starbucks Employees are Striking -Inglewood Postpones Action and Public Hearing to Regulate Street Vending -Digital IDs and the Danger of the Surveillance State -Commentaries about the 4th of July and Being an American -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS!!!!

KPFK Rebel Alliance News This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong -KPFK is in our on-air member drive through the month of June become a sustainer or simply support my efforts on air and donate today at KPFK.org. THANK YOU :)) Here are Today’s Headlines: -Los Angeles and Orange counties hotel workers say more homes not hotels -10 Ways to Love Your Brain with Tia Delaney Stewart -Hunter Biden's plea deal -Science Fiction Writers Have Been Envisioning the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence for Decades -Russia recruits killers from prison to fight in the war -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

Sneak Peak to segment for KPFK Rebel Alliance News this Wednesday. The Alzheimer’s Association says there is Growing evidence that shows people can reduce their risk of cognitive decline by adopting key lifestyle habits. Public Health Nurse Tia Delaney-Stewart, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter, provides Brain Health Tips… ALZ.org Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 helpline: 800.272.3900

I am guest hosting for the founder and host of Liberated Sisters, Sister Charlene Muhammad. Liberated Sisters, today’s show will remind us How to Eat to Live, and remember, Let Your Food Be your medicine and your medicine be your food. We are reconnecting with the One Meal One Mile iMprOVEMENT project that Sister Charlene created (and if she joins us today we will here more about it) to get healthy, stay healthy and bringing women together for this health movement under the guidance of our guest The Food Prophet, Dr. Jollie Harris III, author of Home Cooking to Cure Cancer, Prevent, Reduce, Destroy, Eliminate, Cure: Heart Attacks, ADD/ADHD, SIDS, Colds, Flu, Diabetes, Weight, Alzheimer’s, Asthma, Arthritis, Allergies, Aches, Pains, Glaucoma, AIDs and all Diseases. Harris continues to say on the cover of his book, eat to heal the body, restore, rebuild, rejuvenate. KPFK is in our Fund Drive, our Membership Drive, with at least a donation of $25 gives you the right to vote in our upcoming elections. How about that as a KPFK member you get to vote to determine the future, growth and impact of KPFK to renew and refresh our commitment and our engagement with new generations and new communities. Please pledge securely online at KPFK dot org. with your $25 to be a voting member or become a sustainer with a monthly subscription. Go to KPFK.org to pledge securely online.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong -KPFK is in our on-air membership fund drive throughout the month of June, become a sustainer today at KPFK dot org Here are Today’s Headlines: -From Jose Huizar to Mark Ridley Thomas to now Curren Price, another Los Angeles politician bites the dust -Florida, Governor Ron Desantis and his political terror campaign against Blacks, Trans, immigrants and trade unionists. -The British Parliament pushes a bill aiming to ban boycotts of Israeli products in support of Palestinian rights. -Realignment process in Latin America and the Caribbean -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong We are in our Fund Drive, our Membership Drive that allows you to vote in the upcoming elections that might determine the future of KPFK as a lean mean fighting machine of uncensored news and inspiration as opposed to sounding like all other news outlets. With at least a donation of $25 gives you the right to vote in our elections. For a donation of $250 you will get the right to vote and the Voices That Change The World premium USB flash drive that has about 1300 hours of historical speeches of revolutionaries, visionaries and activists who worked for the betterment of this country and the world compiled by Pacifica Radio Archives, now available for the very first time on a single USB stick, 64 gigabytes Donate at KPFK dot org. Here are Today’s Headlines: -Reconnecting with to our African Heritage in our Final segment on the Wayucee Multimedia Arts bringing healing from the arts during Juneteenth with HRH Nina Womack -Biden’s chances for re-election -NATO holds military exercises in Germany near the Italian border -Political and economic leaders from the Islamic Republic on a tour of the Latin American and Caribbean region -And the Community Calendar highlighting local Juneteenth celebrations

KPFK Rebel Alliance News This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong KPFK is in the first week of our on-air member drive through the month of June become a sustainer today at KPFK.org Here are Today’s Headlines: -Cornell West announcement to run for US President -Learn about the Weusi Multimedia Arts bringing healing from the arts during Juneteenth...more info at WeusiArtExhibit.eventbrite.com -Ukraine military and their Nazi imagery -News highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News The 80th Anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots is upon Los Angeles. LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis in her motion to the Board of Supervisors denounces the devastation of the Zoot Suit Riots, to recognize this as dark chapter in Los Angeles County’s history and recommit to fighting against racial discrimination. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Ranked Choice Voting and what it is -Can A I replace us -News highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere, and an important event in Brazil this past week -Commentary by Sikivu Hutchinson on creating safe spaces for Black LGBTQ+ youth and also from Mumia Abu-Jamal as he addresses the United Nations -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Tina Turner, music icon, unstoppable with a comeback story unlike no other from leaving harsh farm living in Jim Crow South, and surviving an abusive work marital relationship to becoming a legend with over 7 decades as a powerful singer entertainer died today in her home near Zurich, Switzerland. Tina Turner was 83 years old. Simply The Best… Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Reignite Freedom and the Global Walkout -Neo-Nazi group based in Ukraine stopped by Russian military -Range Projects Gallery AWOL Exhibit, Meet the Artist Joan Robey -News highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere -Commentary from Pedro Baez -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -End The Gun Violence Movement -UFCW Organizer Speaks with Reporter Dan McCrory -Range Projects Gallery Brings Awareness to Alzheimer’s in Art and Creative Writing Workshops -Dating in College while balancing Mental Health Commentary with Ashantee Polk -A State of Emergency was declared in Ecuador by the current president -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived. SIDEBAR: My nephew, William Owens, in the photo with me assisted with engineering the show under the tutelage of Mr. Wendell Handy. Thank you for showing him the ropes!

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, more women — both young and old — choose not to do so. Some women said they’ve had enough — no matter the consequence. They say they are fighting for more freedom in Iran and a better future for their daughters. Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -At least 25 killed and 42 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since Tuesday, more news highlights from outside the NATO-controlled media sphere -Renovations become Evictions and are called “Renovictions” in Santa Barbara -The Writers Guild Association Strike -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KFPK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online at KPFK.org and archived.