How much better have things gotten for LGBT youth?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to Ron Schmidt, author of Once Removed, about his journey from life as a closeted gay student in Catholic schools, to marriage and single-parenting, through alcoholism and psychotherapy, to working as a teacher in CA public schools and starting organizations to support LGBT youth. Are schools safer for queer students and families today? Join us at 10 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the best way to help LGBT youth feel safe and supported? It's Your Call with guest host, Angie Coiro, and you.

Guests:
Ron Schmidt, founder of South Bay chapter of the Bay Area Network of Gay and Lesbian Educators (BANGLE), and author of Once Removed: A Story of Love, Loss and a Cause Championed

Jill Marcellus, director of the Make It Better Project with the Gay-Straight Alliance

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How is the Occupy Movement affecting college campuses?

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

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What can we learn from young environmental activists?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with three young activists who are recipients of 2011 Earth Island Institute's David Brower Youth Awards. What inspires and motivates young people to organize? Join us live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you know a young person who has inspired you to do more for the environment? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Tania Pulido, founder of the Berryland garden in the Iron Triangle neighborhood of Richmond.

Junior Walk, an environmental activist who travels across the country educating people about the long-term environmental, health and community degradation caused by coal mining.

Madison Vorva, an environmental activist who started a campaign to get the Girl Scouts to replace palm oil.

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What makes a protest powerful?

On the next Your Call, as the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations gain momentum and organizers prepare for a nationwide day of action on the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, we'll ask what makes a protest matter. Is it about a focused message or a broad coalition? What's the role of leadership? And how do you know when a protest has worked? Whether you're involved in the current protest movement or following it with interest, join the conversation on the next Your Call with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:

Janet Weil from Code Pink, an antiwar activist since beginning of Afghanistan War, one of the first protestors of the invasion as well as the embassy bombing shortly after September 11.

Morgan Fitzgibbons is the co-founder of the Wigg Party, a neighborhood group working to make the community that lives around San Francisco's Wiggle bicycle route a leader in the transformation to sustainability and resiilience.

Brent Schulkin, founder of the Carrotmob movement. In a Carrotmob campaign, a business agrees to take a socially-beneficial action and, in exchange, a network of consumers spends money to reward the business.

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What's it like for children growing up poor?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about increasing number of children who are living in poverty. According to US Census Bureau 16.4 million children live in poverty. So what is the day-to-day reality of young people living below the poverty line? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the long term effects of poverty on children? And how they could be fixed? It's Your Call, with Shirin Sadeghi, and you.

Guests:

Alice O'Connor, Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History

Donny Lumpkin, youth reporter with New America Media

Valerie Klinker, a content producer at New America Media

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Will young people revolt against shrinking economic opportunity?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how current economic circumstances are translating into activism amongst young people. Total unemployment for people between 16 and 25 is about 25%. How did lack of economic opportunity fuel the Arab uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia? Join us live at 10 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How will we deal with youth unemployment? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Adam Hudson, a writer, long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area and a human rights activist

Lucas Guilkey, a community activist and a volunteer with the Ella Baker's media department

Costas Panayotakis, an associate professor of sociology at the New York City College of Technology at City University New York

Laurie Penny, a journalist and feminist activist from London.

Mandy Cohen, a graduate student at UC Berkeley who is on the executive board of UAW2685

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on California's overcrowded prisons and Sacramento Bee's ongoing investigation of the California National Guard. We'll also talk about continuing mass protests in Spain. We'll be joined by McClatchy's Mike Doyle, Sacramento Bee's Charles Piller and Iberosphere's Guy Hedgecoe joins us from Madrid. 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:
Mike Doyle covers the U.S. Supreme Court for McClatchy

Charles Piller, investigative reporter with Sacramento Bee

Guy Hedgecoe, co-editor of Iberosphere.com, a website that offers news, comment, and analysis on Spain and Portugal

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How will future generations live with global warming?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Mark Hertsgaard, author of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. He was inspired by his daughter, whose generation will inherit the consequences of climate change. We'll also speak with Alec Loorz, a 16-year-old climate activist who is suing the federal government over climate change. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the most important actions we can take to protect our planet? It's Your Call, with Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:
Mark Hertsgaard, independent journalist and author of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth

Alec Loorz, 16-year-old climate activist and founder of Kids vs. Global Warming

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What art is inspiring you today?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with three artists--a filmmaker, a dancer, and a spoken word poet. With the San Francisco International Film Festival, Bay Area Dance Week, and National Poetry Month all coinciding, it's a great time to reflect on the art, performance, and creativity that inspires us. Have you been creating art lately? Or enjoying art made or performed by others? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does art affect your life? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lech Majewski, director of the film The Mill and the Cross

Wayne Hazzard, executive director of Dancers' Group

Queen Nefertiti Shabazz, poet with Youth Speaks

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Will Young People Save the Earth?

What can we learn from the next generation of environmental activists? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with winners of this year's David Brower Youth Awards, which honors young people for their achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. Do you know a young person who's inspired you to do more to protect the environment?

Join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is there a heightened environmental consciousness in the next generation? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Sharon Smith, program director for the Brower Youth Awards & New Leaders Initiative

Robin Bryan, a 21-year-old student from Canada whose project protects 1 million acres of forest in Canada from industrial logging.

Alec Loorz, a 15-year-old student from Southern California, who initiated Kids vs. Global Warming and is the youngest presenter of Al Gore's "The Climate Project."

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Your Call 080408 Foster Care in Focus

What is life like for foster children? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how kids are faring in the foster care system. There are 10,000 children in foster care in the Bay Area, half of them over the age of 10. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed a number of foster care bills, including one that allows children to participate in court hearings. What else needs to be done to ensure the system works well for foster children? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Erika Dirkse-Rescher, case supervisor at San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program

Chantel Johnson, California Youth Connection Legislative and Policy Coordinator

Sergio Medina, Field Coordinator with Office of Refugee Resettlement at Catholic Charities

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Your Call 073108 The Kids Are All Left

How do today's young liberals participate in the political process? On the next your Call, we talk to a panel of young people who have recently become political activists and who are trying to mobilize other progressive youth. Polls and election analysts predict that the 18-to-29-year-old voting bloc will play a decisive role in this fall's presidential election. Why are young voters turning to the left in record numbers, and how are they using new technology to organize? What can these activists learn from the protesters of the 1960s? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Young political activists

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