How can we facilitate healing from the legacy of the US Government's Indian Boarding Schools? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with the filmmaker of "The Thick Dark Fog" about one Lakota man's trauma and recovery. The Canadian Government has set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help people tell their stories and heal. There's also a commission in the state of Maine. What do you think the U.S. government should do to help native people heal from the abuses that they suffered in boarding schools? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Randy Vasquez, director of The Thick Dark Fog, part of the 36th Annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco
Marilyn St. Germaine, a member of the Blackfeet/ Cree Tribe from Montana who was sent to government boarding school as a child
Denise Alvater, lead organizer of the Maine Tribal-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
How can we heal the legacy of Indian Boarding Schools?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
What's the history between the US military and American Indians?
What's the historical relationship between the US military and American Indians? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Winona LaDuke, author of The Militarization of Indian Country. She writes, "Native people have seen their way of life destroyed by the military." It began with colonization and continues with military testing on native lands and using words like Apache and Blackhawk to name military equipment. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take for this country to come to terms with past and its present? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.
Guests:
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist, two-time vice presidential candidate with the Green Party's Ralph Nader, executive director of Honor the Earth, and author of The Militarization of Indian Country.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
What can we learn from the history of renewable energy?
What can we learn from the history of renewable energy in the US and how far back does it go? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Alexis Madrigal, author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. He says in order to move toward a green energy system, we need to look to the past. What is the history of green technology? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can past inventions help us solve today's environmental crisis? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Alexis Madrigal, a senior editor at The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Who should decide how textbooks are written?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about changes in school textbooks. The California State Senate recently passed a bill to add LGBT History to textbooks while the Texas State Board of Education voted to make major changes to the civil rights movement, slavery and hundreds of other historical events. So who should ultimately decide what children learn? Join us at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How would you decide what to include in textbooks? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Professor Salvucci, associate professor of history at Trinity University. She presently serves as Vice-Chair of the National Council for History Education and as a member of the Board of Governors of The Historical Society; she is a contributing editor to Historically Speaking.
Margaret C. Jacob, professor of History at UCLA.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
What's the state of worker safety?
On the next Your Call, we'll mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most tragic labor disasters in American history--the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. The deaths of 146 garment workers drastically changed labor laws and worker safety standards. It also electrified the labor movement. So how safe are our workplaces today? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does worker safety in the US compare to regulations in factories overseas? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Charles Kernaghen, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights (formerly known as the National Labor Committee)
Eileen Nevitt, granddaughter of one of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers
Dr. Larry Rose, former doctor with Cal OSHA
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Who are history's unknown heroes and heroines?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
What Does It Take to be a Whistleblower?
What are the stakes of being a whistleblower today? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Daniel Ellsberg who is featured in the new documentary film, The Most Dangerous Man in America. What does it take to be a whistleblower today versus what it took during Vietnam?
Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Based on the realities of politics today, what do you expect from potential whistleblowers? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Daniel Ellsberg, an activist and political analyst. His leaking of the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War.
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, president of the No Fear Institute
David Colapinto, general counsel, National Whistleblower Center
Lewis Maltby, founder of the National Workplace Institute and author of Can They Do That? Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Workplace.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
How Did Howard Zinn Change the History of the United States?
On the next Your Call, we'll look back at the writing, activism, and life story of social historian Howard Zinn. His influential People's History of the United States sold over a million copies and is used in many history courses. What did his work mean to you? How did it change your perspective of history?
Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcall.org. How should Zinn's work influence the way history is taught in the future? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Daniel Ellsberg, an activist and political analyst. His leaking of the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War.
Ron Briley, a history teacher and assistant headmaster at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has taught for over thirty years.
Olive Mitra, a humanities and English literature teacher at June Jordan School for Equity, a San Francisco public high school.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
How did Angel Island Change America?
One hundred years after the opening of the U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island, we look at the history of its opening and the people who came through its gates. How does the story of immigrants in the U.S. look different through the stories of Angel Island than those of Ellis Island? What happened at Angel Island and how did it shape California, and the country? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.
Guests:
Eddie Wong, executive director of the Angel island Immigration Station Foundation
Judy Young, professor of American Studies at UC Santa Cruz and author of Island: Poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island
Casey Lee, who has lived on Angel Island for the past nine years working as an interpreter
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