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First Voice Media is building a lasting institution for women, people of color, and under-resourced communities to learn media skills and gain access to radio as a means of empowerment using mass communications and art.Members of First Voice Media produce, write, host, and engineer Full Circle, a cultural affairs radio magazine which showcases personal views, interviews, feature stories, and live performances from our community. Airing on Friday at 7pm on KPFA 94.1, all content comes from members of First Voice Media and reaches all across northern and central California.

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  1. Full Circle 07-11-2025 F ICE Activists and NAMI Contra Costa

    This week on Full Circle, we’ll speak with an activist on the frontlines of the battle with ICE abducting our friends, families and neighbors. We'll talk about what happened in San Francisco on Tuesday when protesters put their bodies on the line while attempting to block ICE from abducting a...

  2. Full Circle 04-11-2025 Andrew Hall Early release and Mumia Freedom Tour

    On this episode of Full Circle we bring it back here to the Bay Area and bring you news from a recent press conference and some information about an upcoming event coming to the Bay Area. We will hear voices from a press conference and rally opposing the early release of former Contra Costa…

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  3. Full Circle 04-04-2025 University Student Press Conference-Vanished Book Release-Electronic Intifa Resistance Report on Yemen

    This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as well as Yemen and the Arabian peninsula. On tonight's show, college students from 11 Northern California universities speak out against the Trump administration's kidnapping of their fellow international students.…

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  4. Full Circle 03-28-2025 Water Protection Speaker Series and The Rights Of Water New York

    This week on Full Circle we will check in on the health of California water supplies. On tonight’s show we’ll hear voices and an interview from the SAve California Salmon, Water Protection Speaker Series, Where Does Your Water Come From? Then in the second half of the show we'll head to New York,...

  5. Full Circle 03-21-2025 The Resistance To Genocide Here AtHome

    This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine, and the resistance here at home. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear voices from an emergency rally to free Mahmoud Khalil. The rally was last Saturday at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco. Among those voices will be students...

  6. Full Circle 03-14-2025 Palestine Yemen and Mahmoud Khalil

    This Week On Full Circle, we turn our eyes and ears back to Palestine, Yemen and the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Sen. Chris Murphy D-CT and Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil the Columbia University graduate that was arrested last…

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  7. Full Circle 11-22-2024 Peoples Arms Embargo and Contra Costa College Student Action for Palestine

    This week on Full Circle, we’ll hear from the People’s Arms Embargo as they blocked the entrances to Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield CA. We also will check in with Sophie, a high school student attending Contra Costa College, she is organizing a rally for Palestine on her campus in San Pablo....

  8. Full Circle 11-15-2024 The Childrens Press Conference

    As the devastating war in Gaza continues and of course expanding now into the West Bank Lebanon Syria Iraq and Yemen. We continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and the region. On tonight’s show, We’ll share information about the effort to block a 20 billion dollar weapons deal with…

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  9. Full Circle 11-08-2024 Local Palestinian Solidarity Events

    This week on Full Circle, We’ll share information about a couple of local Palestinian solidarity events happening here in the Bay Area. The Children's Press Conference In Oakland And another Potluck for Palestine. We’ll also share some Palestinian Solidarity songs.

  10. Full Circle 11-01-2024 Timothy Charles Lee and State Senator Scott Weiner interrupted

    On this episode of Full Circle, I will share the story of my cousin, Timothy Charles Lee. He was found lynched in a tree near the Concord BART station in 1985, today we call this MMIP, Missing or Murdered Indigenous People. In the second part of the show, we’ll hear from protesters who disrupted…

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  11. Full Circle 10-25-2024 FLACC 2024 and Where Olive Trees Weep

    Last week on Full Circle we heard from two women from the organization “Soul Of My Soul”. They recently had a theater cancel their screening of the Palestinian film, “Where Olive Trees Weep”. The cancellation came after heavy pressure from Zionist organizations based mainly on the East Coast who...

  12. Full Circle 10-18-2024 Golden Gate 26 Co Co Go Big GBI and The Salmon People

    On this episode of Full Circle We’ll got an update on the Golden Gate 26, the protesters that earlier this year blocked traffic on the Golden Gate bridge demanding a ceasefire in Palestine. Also Contra Costa County is considering a guaranteed basic income. We'll hear from Loren Dalbert, the…

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  13. Full Circle 10-11-2024 Student Day of Action And Angelo Quinto Manner of Death Challenge

    Last week on Full Circle we kept our eyes and ears on Palestine and Lebanon. We also checked in with the Quinto family out in Antioch. Their loved one, Angelo Quinto was killed by Antioch police in 2020, they were back in court today. On this episode of Full Circle, we’ll hear from the student…

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  14. Full Circle 10-04-2024 Actions Marking 1 Year of Genocide on Gaza and Local news From Antioch

    This week on Full Circle we keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and Lebanon. And we also check in on some news out of the city of Antioch. On tonight’s show. We get an update on the upcoming week of actions here in the Bay Area marking 1 year of the aggression on Gaza. We’ll be speaking with a...

  15. Full Circle 09-27-2024 Lebanon Palestine and Local Events

    This week on Full Circle we turn our attention to Lebanon and we also check in on some local events from the past couple weeks. On tonight’s show, we hear from the “All Out for Lebanon" rally in San Francisco. We’ll also hear from the “Julian Assgage is Free" celebration that was held in Berkeley...

  16. Full Circle 09-20-2024 Tribute To John Coltrane

    Tonight on Full Circle we will be in conversation with two of the musicians from the upcoming John Coltrane tribute concert. We’ll talk to upright bassist & bandleader Dewayne Oakley. And vocalist Bryant “Mr. B” Bolling. We’ll also hear live music from our guests who are inspired by John…

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  17. Full Circle 09-13-2024 Palestine Palestine Palestine

    Last week on Full Circle we continued to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On last week’s show, we heard from a recent senate briefing, titled, Gaza, Public Health & Healthcare Access. The hearing featured the voices of doctors and healthcare workers who recently worked in Gaza. We also heard...

  18. Full Circle 09-06-2024 Palestine Local Events and Electronic Intifada

    This week on Full Circle, as the attempted genocide on Palestinians continues in Gaza and the West Bank we check in on a couple of local events. On tonight's show, we speak with Fatinah, an organizer with Unmute Humanity. She’ll speak about an upcoming webcast series, Voices Of Palestine and the...

  19. Full Circle 08-30-2024 Anti Palistine Protest laws and Antioch Passes Just Cause for Eviction

    This week on Full Circle, as the attempted genocide on Palestinians continues in Gaza and the West Bank we check in on the anti Palestine or anti genocide movement laws that are being passed around the country and especiall here in California. And as rents continue to rise and evictions continue…

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  20. Full Circle 08-23-2024 Palestinian and Jewish Voices Reflect on the 2024 DNC

    This week on Full Circle, as the devastation continues in Gaza we check in with Palestinians and members of Jewish Voice For Peace and get their thoughts on what did and didn’t happen at the DNC as it relates to Palestine. We’ll host a roundtable discussion on how the DNC treated the genocide in...

  21. Full Circle 08-16-2024 Good Health and Wellbeing and The Gill Tract Farm

    Recently on Full Circle we heard from folks in the Berkeley Albany area who are focused on bringing better health, nutrition and welfare to the community. We hear from Dr Amelia Barili, UC Berkeley instructor, a past participant at the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and a stellar instructor in Yoga,...

  22. Full Circle 08-09-2024 Palestine Rev Munther Isaac and Layla Darwish

    This week on Full Circle we check in on some upcoming local events planned to help educate and bring awareness on the situation and history of Palestine. On tonight's show, we'll speak with renowned international speaker and author, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. Rev. Munther is a Palestinian faith…

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  23. Full Circle 08-02-2024 West Oakland to West Africa

    Tonight on Full Circle, we will be in conversation with West Oakland to West Africa International Poetry Exchange. (WO2WA). We will talk about what they’ve been doing since the last time they honored us with their presence on Full Circle. We will also hear about their upcoming production, Lake...

  24. Full Circle 07-26-2024 Black Repertory Group

    First Voice Graduate Stevie G speaks with folks from the Black Repertory Group about the history of the Theater group, their historic location and what the future holds for both.

  25. Full Circle 07-19-2024 Gaza healthcare_Islamiphobia In California and Growing up in The BPP

    Last Friday on Full Circle, as the devastation continues in Gaza, we spoke with a critical care physician and trauma surgeon, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa. He volunteered in Gaza and has returned to share his story. And in California, a thirteen year old Palestinian girl wearing a hijab was attacked and...

  26. Full Circle 07-12-2024 Report From Houston on Hurricane Beryl and Israel and the Hannibal Doctrine

    This week on Full Circle, it’s clear now that Israel has enacted the Hannibal Doctrine on October 7th and it’s ongoing, allowing the Israeli occupation forces to kill their own people to prevent them from being taken prisoner. We’ll check in with a report from the Electronic Intifada. And as the...

  27. Full Circle 07-05-2024 50th Anniversay of The International Indian Treaty Council BNC Replay

    Thanks for your patience as we catch up on some post’s. Last week on Full Circle, we shared some sounds from the IITC 50th anniversary gathering. As some of you may know, I recently became part of the Bay Native Circle team here at KPFA Radio. Tonight we’ll play a couple of interviews that just...

  28. Full Circle 06-21-2024 People of The Water

    Last week on Full Circle, First Voice Graduate, Channa Wilson , along with her partner Dana travelled to Alaska where they met a wonderful family who are reviving their Haida Nation's cultural practices. This is, of course, after the awful impacts of colonization: deaths from smallpox and other...

  29. Full Circle 06-14-2024 Free Leonard Peltier Prayer vigil and Free Palestine Sidras Sancuary

    This week on Full Circle we have two stories for you. On tonight's show, we hear from the prayer vigil for Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist and land defender that is coming up on 50 years of incarceration for a crime he didn’t commit. At that prayer vigil for Leonard…

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  30. Full Circle 06-07-2024 Vallejo PD also SFBFF with Mario Van Peebles and Soul Mehanix

    Last week on Full Circle, we heard from Melissa Nold, human rights attorney out of Vallejo CA. There is a lot happening out there trying to clean up a racist violent police department. Melissa will give us an update on a planned action for (tonight) Tuesday June, 11th, at the Vallejo city…

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  31. Full Circle 05-31-2024 UC Gill Tract Events_Project Hope for Palestine_National Poetry Month

    Recently on Full Circle we heard about the current class offerings at the Albany UC Gill Tract Farm including an interview with Sophia Martinez Lopez about the overall project and Joy Moore about the Gill Tract’s medicinal herb series featuring succulents. We also spoke with Lady E about the...

  32. Full Circle 05-24-2024 Pedie Perez Art Can Dedication and Angelo Quinto Press Conference

    Last week on Full Circle, we took a stand with two local families whose son’s lives were taken by police. We heard from a ceremony honoring Pedie Perez who was killed by Richmond police in 2014. The city and family just honored Pedie with the placing of two art cans at the site where Pedie was...

  33. Full Circle 05-17-2024 Palestine Google Protests and Angelo Quinto

    Last week on Full Circle we continued to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. We heard from Rami of the Palestinian Youth Movement Bay Area. He was part of the protest at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View. They were there speaking out about Google’s contributions facilitating genocide in...

  34. Full Circle 05-10-2024 UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment

    Last week on Full Circle we featured voices from the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the emergency rally for Rafah at Sproul Plaza, including voices from the rally, the UC Berkeley Divestment Coalition and UC alumni and community activist, Andrea Prichett. We also heard from Professor…

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  35. Full Circle 05-03-2024 Palestine and Jeralynn Blueford

    This week on Full Circle, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show. The Richmond city council divests from apartheid and war, that includes many companies doing business with Israel, we’ll speak with Richmond Mayor Edurado Martinez and Imam Abubakar Elgarguri. We’ll...

  36. Full Circle 04-26-2024 UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Camp and Antioch Police Text Scandal 1 Year Later

    This week on Full Circle we cover national and international news with a local connections. On tonight's show, we’ll get an update on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UC Berkeley, what’s happening there? What are their demands? Then we’ll get an update on what is happening with the Antioch…

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  37. Full Circle 04-19-2024 We Rise Cross Pollination

    Last week on Full circle we checked in with the We Rise Production Co-Founders Cat Petru and Nicky Gervacio. We shared clips from their recent community event, Crosspollination hosted and organized by we rise, Including voices from organizations like Homies Empowerment, Anti Police Terror Project...

  38. Full Circle 04-12-2024 Medicinal Suculents Project Hope For Palestine and Poetry Month

    This week on Full Circle, We'll hear about the current class offerings at the Albany UC Gill Tract Farm including an interview with Sophia Martinez Lopez about the overall project. Also we speak with Joy Moore on the Gill tract medicinal herbs series, featuring succulents. We’ll also hear about…

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  39. Full Circle 04-05-2024 From Oakland to Palestine to Haiti and Save California Salmon

    This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as well as other conflicts. On tonight’s show, we’ll get a short update on an event called Artists Rising, Oakland to Palestine ,a benefit art show and market for Middle East Children's Alliance. We’ll also have an...

  40. Full Circle 03-29-2024 Nex Benedict and May We Gather

    Last week on Full Circle we covered a couple of local events. We heard voices from a gathering honoring Nex Benedict, the non binary youth from Oklahoma who died after an attack in their high school bathroom. Police are saying suicide, but others are waiting for a detailed report. We also heard...

  41. Full Circle 03-22-2024 Celebrating Women of KPFA and Healing Grounds

    This Week on Full Circle, the show was all about the women. On the fourth Friday of International Women's History Month, Full Circle celebrated women. Joy Moore was your host and she shared an interview with three women About their journey to, and experiences working at KPFA Radio. She also…

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  42. Full Circle 03-15-2024 Palestine_Angelo Quinto_Thacker Pass

    This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and we also cover local and national stories. On tonight's show, we’ll hear a short interview with one of the protesters that shut down the San Francisco international terminal calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza....

  43. Full Circle 03-08-2024 Hands Off Rafah and an Interview with Belal Chatila

    This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as we share some voices from the hands off Rafah march and rally held last weekend in San Francisco. On tonight’s show, We’ll hear voices that kicked off the event at Harry Bridges Plaza. We’ll also hear a couple short...

  44. Full Circle 03-01-2024 Ann Wright and International Working Womens Day

    This week on Full Circle we turn toward Women's Hestory Month and events, and, of course, while we do that, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear an interview with retired army Colonel and Diplomat, now warrior for peace, Ann Wright. And in the second...

  45. Full Circle 02-23-2024 Teach In on Gaza and La Caravana

    This week on Full Circle we’ll hear from a recent teach-in on Gaza held in Brentwood California, including personal testimony from a displaced Palestinian. Also at the teach-in was a representative from Jewish Voice for Peace. We’ll hear how one Jewish person came to realize there needs to be a...

  46. Full Circle 02-16-2024 Ceasefire and Police Oversight at Antioch City Council and MMIP Summit

    This week on Full Circle we again have three topics for you, although two come from the city of Antioch CA., and of course we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from public comments at the Antioch City Council as the community pushes for a ceasefire...

  47. Full Circle 02-09-2024 Palestine and Congo plus Pacific Environment Mayor's Challenge

    This week on Full Circle we again will be covering 3 topics, and, of course, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from a protest in Fairfield CA, at the Travis air force base where Code Pink and Youth 4 Palestine protesters demanding a ceasefire…

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  48. Full Circle 02-02-2024 Local Events for Palestine East Contra Costa and Black History Month

    This week on Full Circle we will be covering 3 topics, of course we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from an East Contra Costa Imam, Imam Abubakr and a young organizer from Contra Costa 4 Palestine. They are hosting a teach-in and are pressing for...

  49. Full Circle 01-26-20 The West Coast March on Washington and an Interview with DA Pamela Price

    This week on Full Circle, we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Dr Jess Ghannam a Palestinian American doctor who spent 25 years working in Gaza. We’ll also hear from Professor Hatem Bazian of UC Berkeley. They both spoke at the West Coast March on...

  50. Full Circle 01-19-2024 Update on Palestine and Yemen

    This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and the ongoing attempted genocide taking place. We also take a look at the growing conflict in the region with US strikes on targets in Yemen and Iraq and Iran launching its own strikes on Iraq, Pakistan and Syria. On...

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First Voice Media is building a lasting institution for women, people of color, and under-resourced communities to learn media skills and gain access to radio as a means of empowerment using mass communications and art.Members of First Voice Media produce, write, host, and engineer Full Circle, a cultural affairs radio magazine which showcases personal views, interviews, feature stories, and live performances from our community. Airing on Friday at 7pm on KPFA 94.1, all content comes from members of First Voice Media and reaches all across northern and central California.

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