Homegrown Power

In this episode of Homegrown Power, we talk to Sammy Gutierrez from Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) about everything from Filipino punk rock to gentrification and voting. https://powercalifornia.org/ http://filipinos4justice.org/

For this episode, we talk to Celi Tamayo Lee from San Francisco Rising (SF Rising) about everything from the tech industry to public art to shifting the culture of phone banks. https://powercalifornia.org/ http://www.sfrising.org/

In this episode, we're recording live from City Heights, San Diego! We talk to Ismahan Abdullahi from Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) about Muslim-American identity, the refugee and immigrant experience, and the power of art and culture to shape connections. https://powercalifornia.org https://www.panasd.org

For this episode we're recording live in the field with 99Rootz! Please excuse the traffic noises and occasional profanity. We talk to Alicia Olivarez and Crissy Gallardo, organizers who are following the example of the 1960's Freedom Summer and giving it a 2018 twist. Using art, culture, healing, and political education they're registering youth of color to vote and restoring a sense of pride in the Central Valley. http://www.powercalifornia.org https://www.facebook.com/99Rootz/

For the very first episode of Homegrown Power, we're out in the field talking to Alicia Bonner, Akilah Bonner, and Tré Vasquez, organizers with North Bay Organizing Project. In the wake of the deadly North Bay fires, they are running healing clinics and taking cues from the Black Panther Party newspaper to keep people in their homes and in community with each other. http://northbayop.org https://powercalifornia.org