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"Making Contact” is produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media). We dig into the story beneath the story. 🎧on local stations + 🎙️platforms!
Oakland, CA
Joined April 2009
Hello “Making Contact” listeners! Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. We are Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media) — the media organization behind the 30-year-old show that you love. Learn more about how we've outgrown our name here:
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We’re thrilled to share some exciting news with you: National Radio Project (International Media Project) is evolving into Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media)! The radical, nuanced reporting you...
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Black students with dyslexia all too often carry a heavy burden in public schools. Like many Black youth, Geraldine's grandson was labeled with an “intellectual disability” and deprived of proper education. Listen now 🎤
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TRANSCRIPT Machine generated Transcript Monica Lopez: This week on Making Contact, an Oakland African American matriarch fights for educational justice for the grandkids she’s raising. Geraldine...
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This week on #MakingContact, we're revisiting an updated encore from 70 Million: “Why Policing Our Schools Backfires.” Explore the relationship between disabled students and school resource officers, and the changes some would like to see. Listen now 🎤
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School resource officers are often called upon in middle and high schools to help with routine discipline. But for many children, especially those with disabilities, a law enforcement response to...
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Disability Pride Month ♿ This episode, we look back at our 2019 episode on disability, culture and identity from the perspective of disability communities themselves, from subways to syntax ft. Dorian Taylor and Professor Sara Acevedo 🎵 Listen now:
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Disability “Disability: Our Culture Ourselves”— in this episode we discuss disability, culture and identity from the perspective of disability communities themselves. Seattle based activist Dorian...
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It's #DisabilityPrideMonth, so we're revisiting the dynamic and complex relationship of care receiving and giving from 2016 by former Community Storytelling Fellow Alice Wong ♿💘 Listen now 🎵
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The vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of family care and paid assistance, or exclusively...
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This episode, we look back at Reverend James Lawson Jr., a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement and advocate of nonviolence, with our friends at Re:Work from the UCLA Labor Center. 🎙️ Listen now:
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A year ago, the world said goodbye to Reverend James Lawson Jr. On today’s show, we look back at the work and legacy this leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement and advocate of nonviolence,...
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East Orosi, which has been fighting for clean water for 20+ years. This week, we revisit Community Utility Districts. Staffed by volunteers, they’re underfunded and trying to share water. What are the problems with CUDss and how do we to save them? https://t.co/Z1mKY22PeP
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This episode first aired on Aug 7, 2024 as “East Orosi’s Long Struggle for Water Part 2: The Role of Community Utility Districts.” You can learn about new developments since then in more recent...
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California declared water a human right in 2012 — yet, communities like East Orosi haven't had safe tap water in 20+ years. In this encore, we talk to residents & advocates about life without water access & finding a solution. Listen now: https://t.co/JZSPPSk8pk
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Who was the first Black woman to be a physician in the US? Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was. We'll trace the course of her remarkable life and work with in a story brought to us by the podcast Lost Women of Science 💥 Listen now:
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Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. Working in the aftermath of the Civil War, she made immense contributions to public health, despite the...
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ENCORE 🎙️ Musician @samoraabayomi tells us about The Healing Project, a multimedia, fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of systemic racism and the prison industrial complex. Listen now:
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This episode was last updated in 2024. It was originally published in 2023. Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamenta...
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In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, we hear about therapist Claudia Morales' work at the intersection of therapy, healing and social justice. Produced by our partners at @rework_radio from @uclalabor. Listen now on our website 🎧
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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we bring you a story at the intersection of therapy, healing and social justice. We’ll hear about one therapist’s work to bring the lens of radical therapy...
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Using science to slow climate change sounds perfect, right? Well...there might be more risks than you think. 🤔 This encore revisits the powers of #geoengineering and the potential risks it could pose. Listen now 🎧
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Geoengineering is defined as some emerging technologies that could manipulate the environment and partially offset some of the impacts of climate change. Seems like the perfect solution for a...
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Last week was #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, so our show shared a conversation about how one woman followed her calling to midwifery. This story is brought to us by @rework_radio from the UCLA Labor Center. Listen now 🎙 https://t.co/U3Trv4O9n2
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After 30 years, today we share with a difficult announcement: after deep reflection and careful consideration, we have decided to sunset our beloved organization. Learn more in our blog post:
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For 30 years, Frequencies of Change Media — legally known as International Media Project — has been dedicated to broadcasting audio stories that honor the rich wisdom and lived experience of histor...
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This encore revisits our chat with Thenmozhi Soundararajan, author of "The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition." Learn more caste oppression, Dalit liberation and more: https://t.co/vDYJEZAoWI
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ENCORE 🎙️ We're revisiting our episode with comedy queen Karinda Dobbins just after she released her CD, Black and Blue. From trap yoga and lesbian weddings, Karinda catches us up. Listen now: https://t.co/JMSwqN4NYl
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The Supreme Court has always been a big game, and Trump has the upper hand again. @elienyc (justice correspondent, @thenation) talks about what could've been done under Biden, possible nominations, and what it means for our remaining rights. Listen now 🎧 https://t.co/z5tnVSdqhu
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These days, we can go to the store and grab a pregnancy test off a shelf , but that wasn't the case just 60 years ago. Listen as we revisit how, without Meg's determination, that wait could have been even longer (and how she found love on the way!): https://t.co/FPXj401AqA
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With billionaires sending celebrities to space, AI on the rise, & the influx of natural disasters, Longtermism is already underway. This week we revisit the dangers of this ideology with Dr. Émile P. Torres (@xriskology). 🔗 https://t.co/2l0gxdSHae
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ENCORE 🎙 This week, a story of urban planning and how race has shaped American cities. Author Mitchell Schwarzer explores the origins & lasting impacts of transportation, systemic racism, and regional competition. 🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/PlJPrI1AWd
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This week, our podcast partners at @sfpublicpress talk with veterans about what they saw when they were forced to participate in nuclear experiments & explore a disturbing national pattern of radiation experiments with Eileen Welsome. 🎙 https://t.co/A6qrZL6Z0L
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