On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the November 15 strike at California colleges and universities in response to deep cuts and tuition hikes. Since 2008, there's been a 200 percent increase in tuition at state schools. California students say they plan to occupy dozens of campuses in the coming days. What are the most effective strategies? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.
Guests:
Mandy Cohen is a graduate student at UC Berkeley and on the executive board of UAW2865.
Richard Walker, UC Berkeley professor of geography and Berkeley Faculty Association member
Robert Hass, UC Berkeley English professor and former poet laureate
Gwen Urey, professor of Urban and Regional Planning and president of Cal Poly's California Faculty Assocaiaton
Click to Listen: How is the Occupy Movement affecting college campuses?
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
How is the Occupy Movement affecting college campuses?
Thursday, September 8, 2011
What is the value of community colleges?
On the next Your Call, we'll be broadcasting live from the Mission Campus of the City College of San Francisco. Community colleges have long offered affordable and accessible education to people of all ages and walks of life. But budget cuts have resulted in potential students being turned away and a loss of services. What do we lose as community colleges scale back? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is your community college story? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Dora Palacios, student in community health program at the Ocean Campus of CCSF
Juan Rodolfo Cendejas, student in business and graphics at Mission Campus of CCSF and president of the Associated Student Council
Lulu Orozco, student in journalism program at Ocean Campus of CCSF
Jessie Ryan, associate director with the Campaign for College Opportunity in Sacramento
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Do public works projects stimulate local economies?
On Thursday's Your Call, we'll take a look at the public infrastructure projects that we depend on. How is public money being allocated and who is making these decisions? What are we still good at making locally? This past Sunday the final sections of the Bay Bridge were delivered from Shanghai. The bridge builders estimate they saved $400 million by outsourcing to a Chinese company. But at what point is that extra burden to taxpayers worth the trade to stimulate local economy? Has local hiring on these major projects become inefficient? Do public works projects no longer stimulate local economies? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Corey Marshall, Good Government Policy Director from SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association)
Dr. Gray Brechin, Historical Geographer and Author
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Monday, July 18, 2011
What can we learn from the California in the 1930s?
On the next Your Call, we're going to go back in time and revisit California in the 1930s. We'll talk about how citizens and political leaders responded to the Great Depression with efforts to promote not only jobs, but lasting infrastructure, art and literature. We are suffering with a dire economic situation today--so what can we learn from that historic period? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are there programs we might consider using today from that era? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.
Guests:
Gray Brechin, historical geographer and author; project scholar of California's Living New Deal Project with U.C. Berkeley Department of Geography
David Kipen, owner of Libros Schmibros and former National Endowment for the Arts' director of Literature
Lauren Coodley, author of The Land of Orange Groves and Jails: Upton Sinclair's California, and California: a Multicultural History in Documents
Click to Listen: What can we learn from the California in the 1930s?
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
How are budget cuts affecting state parks?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California parks. Redwood forests, beaches, and some of the state's most important cultural and historic sites are among 70 parks slated for closure. As many as 220 jobs will be eliminated. Will widespread park closures lead to privatization? Join us live or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should be done to save our state parks and keep them in public hands? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Bonny Hawley, executive director of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks
Click to Listen: How are budget cuts affecting state parks?
Friday, May 20, 2011
Media Roundtable
On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of California teachers' week-long protests and Detroit's mass teacher layoff. We'll also talk about media coverage of protests commemorating the Palestinian Nakba day and President Obama's speech on the Middle East. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Simone Landon, ColorLines' Julianne Hing and IPS' Mel Frykberg joins us from Ramallah. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Services global news agency's Ramallah correspondent
Simone Landon, Huffington Post News Editor. She also reported for the Detroit Metro Times, and the national magazine Labor Notes.
Julianne Hing, a reporter and blogger for ColorLines.com covering immigration, education and criminal justice.
Click to Listen: Media Roundtable
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
What reforms will improve California's economic future?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Andreas Kluth, West Coast Correspondent for the Economist. In his special report on Californian, he reports California has been declared a "failed state," "dysfunctional," and "ungovernable." The good news is that California's problems, though complex, are now well understood, so reform has become possible. So where should we look for solutions? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Andreas Kluth, West Coast Correspondent for the Economist
Click to Listen: What reforms will improve California's economic future?
Thursday, April 7, 2011
What do you want to ask California lawmakers?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with state representatives. California is facing a $26 billion budget shortfall and last week Gov. Brown announced an end to budget negotiations with Republicans. So where are they heading? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want to tell your representatives in Sacramento? What should their priorities be? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Senator Loni Hancock represents the 9th Senate District. It includes Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Dublin, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Livermore, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, and San Pablo. She chairs key policy and budget committees on public safety.
Nancy Skinner represents the Bay Area's 14th Assembly District. It includes Albany, Berkeley, Canyon, East Richmond Heights, El Cerrito, El Sobrante (part), Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakland (part), Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, Rollingwood, San Pablo, and Waldon (part).
Jerry Hill Represents the 19th Assembly District. It includes Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Millbrae, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, and South San Francisco and parts of unincorporated San Mateo County.
Click to Listen: What do you want to ask California lawmakers?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
How would Governor Jerry Brown's budget change California?
Monday, February 21, 2011
What's in store for foster care in California?
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
How are college students responding to economic austerity on campus?
On the next Your Call we'll talk about how students are organizing against budget cuts for higher education. In the UK, campuses have become the front line for resistance to economic austerity. Will students in California follow suit? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do the cutbacks at California campuses compare with those in other parts of the U.S., and in Europe? If you're a student, teacher, or parent, what actions are you taking? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Ateo Peruyero, student organizer at Lehman College in New York
Ben Beach, student organizer at University College of London
Click to Listen: How are college students responding to economic austerity on campus?
Monday, January 3, 2011
What should Governor-elect Brown do to solve the budget crisis?
What should Governor-elect Jerry Brown do to solve California's budget crisis? On the next Your Call, on the day of his inauguration, we'll discuss what steps he can take to tackle the state's $28 billion budget deficit. What are your priorities for the state? Join us live at our new time, 10 a.m., or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What changes and solutions would you like to see? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Mark Paul, a visiting scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How It Can Be Fixed
Peter Schrag, writes weekly columns for California Progress Report and is the author of Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future and California: America's High Stakes Experiment
Click to Listen: What should Governor-elect Brown do to solve the budget crisis?
Monday, October 25, 2010
How should we fix California's taxation system?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Propositions 21, 24 and 26. Would Propositions 24 and 26 help revive the state's economy or let the state's wealthiest corporations off the hook? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is the vehicle license fee proposed by Proposition 21 a good way to create revenue for the State Parks -- and is it a good idea to earmark that revenue for a specific purpose? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Jean Ross, the founding executive director of California Budget Project
David Gamage, assistant Professor of Law with primary research in the areas of taxation, budget policy, and public finance
Click to Listen: How should we fix California's taxation system?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Should we allow the majority to rule on California's budget?
On the next Your Call, we continue our special California election series with a debate on Proposition 25: "the ballot measure that would lower the vote threshold down from 2/3, so that lawmakers could pass budgets with a simple majority." Why shouldn't the majority rule on the state budget? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why do some legislative decisions require supermajorities? And should passing the budget be one of them? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Fred Glass, communications director for the California Federation of Teachers--Yes on 25
Loren Kaye, president of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education--No on 25
Bill Monning, State Assemblymember representing the 27th District
Click to Listen: Should we allow the majority to rule on California's budget?
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
How are teachers preparing for the new school year?
On the next Your Call, we'll talk to California school teachers about their hopes, their fears, and their jobs as they anticipate coping with a dwindling education budget, growing class sizes, and strict standardized testing expectations. Thousands of teachers have been laid off this year. How will ones who are left meet rising demands for accountability in the classroom without additional resources? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do we support teachers under today's pressures? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Susan Scott, 5th grade teacher at Joaquin Miller in Oakland
Kelly Clark, 5th grade teacher at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in San Francisco
Cherese Young, 1st grade teacher at Evergreen School District in San Jose
Click to Listen: How are teachers preparing for the new school year?
Monday, July 26, 2010
Do you want to see Proposition 13 reformed?
On the next Your Call, it's our Agenda for a New Economy series: Do you want to see Proposition 13 reformed? How? Proposition 13 was passed over thirty years ago to cap real estate taxes at around one percent. This year, San Francisco lawmakers have introduced a bill to close tax loopholes written into Prop 13 for corporations. Legislators say they're denying the state billions in revenue. Has the state budget crisis finally prompted reform of Prop 13? Join the conversation live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org Do you want to change Prop 13? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Phil Ting, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder who will be hosting a town-hall meeting in Oakland tomorrow to discuss reforming Prop 13.
Thomas Elias, California syndicated political columnist
Click to Listen: Do you want to see Proposition 13 reformed?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
How Do You Deal with a Failing School?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about President Obama's Race to the Top Education reform plan, which has given school districts a tough set of options to deal with low performing schools. Shut them down, fire the principals or teachers, or turn them into charter schools. Are these the best options for under-performing schools?
Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are we getting it right about which schools aren't working? And how are schools responding? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.
Guests:
Arun Ramanathan is executive director of The Education Trust-West, which was established in 1990 in Washington D.C. by the American Association for Higher Education as a special project to encourage colleges and universities to support K-12 reform efforts.
Murry Schekman, principal of Watsonville Valley High School, one of the schools identified as "persistently lowest achieving" in the State.
Roma Grove, principal of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Oakland, one of the schools on the list of "persistently lowest achieving" schools in the state.
Click to Listen: How Do You Deal with a Failing School?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Can We Talk About Taxes?
As fiscal crises hit every level of American government, is it finally possible to break the taboo around raising taxes? On the next Your Call, we'll look at how the question of taxation is framed in today's political agenda, how that affects tax policy, public opinion, and the budget deficit. What would make you feel good about paying taxes? Join us live at 11am or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we talk about taxes in a positive way? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Lenny Goldberg, executive director of California Tax Reform Association
Kevin Looper, director of "Yes for Oregon" Tax Hike's Campaign
Click to Listen: Can We Talk About Taxes?
Friday, March 12, 2010
Media Roundtable
On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the coverage of Vice President Biden's trip to Israel, California's plans to close down 188 of its "worst" schools and threats to 'take out' Democratic lawmakers who vote against the healthcare bill. How did the media cover these stories? We'll be joined by Contra Costa Times education reporter Theresa Harrington, Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros and Media Channel founder and executive editor Danny Schechter. Where did you see the best reporting this week?
Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Theresa Harrington, education reporter for Contra Costa Times
Sherine Tadros, a correspondent for Al Jazeera English based in Jerusalem
Danny Schechter, founder and executive editor of Media Channel
Click to Listen: Media Roundtable
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Who can Save California's Public Schools?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the statewide day of action to protest the cuts in education. Where is the power to halt the decline of California's schools and colleges? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the strategy to bring together the coalition to defend what was the country's best system of public education? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
José Luis Santos, assistant professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA
Mark Lisip, an organizer with against cuts campaign, and English and philosophy instructor at Berkeley City College
Dr. Robert Ovetz, adjunct professor of Sociology and Political Science at Cañada College
Craig Gordon, high school teacher at Robeson High in Oakland
Click to Listen: Who can Save California's Public Schools?