Listen Up! Northwest Program 9 features stories on our region's Japanese American experience before and after World War II. Segments include:

* A Japanese American elder shares an account of her family's experiences through the internment and how the events have affected her (Sandi Billings, KRFP-Moscow)
* A poem on how one remembers an internment camp though he was an infant (Larry Matsuda, Seattle)
* Japanese American communities throughout our region celebrate the Obon. (Yuko Kodama, KBCS-Seattle)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest Program 8 features stories on how art brings us together. Segments include:

* Elders in Seattle who were part of the swing dance movement during the Harlem renaissance continue their passion in Seattle (Sallie Bodie, KBCS-Seattle)
* Anchorage unveils a sculpture that commemorates the history of civil rights in Alaska (Len Anderson, KSKA-Anchorage)
* A group of people with disabilities in Eugene, Oregon use theater arts to speak out on accessability issues (Julie Sabatier, Destination DIY-Portland)
* Refugees who have made the northwest their home share their arts with the community (Donald Giesen, KBCS-Seattle)
* A group of high school students in Washington who have experienced war, read their poems about war's repercussions (Merna Ann Hecht, KBCS-Seattle)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest Program 7 presents stories of small scale farming in our region -- the benefits and the challenges. Segments include:

* What should one think about when going into small scale farming? Some thoughts from one of our region's farmers. (Jonathan Steinman, Kootenay Coop Radio)
* A discussion about the challenges faced by local farms who want to convert from conventional to organic farming (Tom Allen, KBCS-Seattle)
* Small scale farms are asking for policy changes to cope with the increased flooding in Washington (Martha Baskin, Green Acre Radio)
* Customers at a Nelson, BC cooperative wrote letters of support to their local farmer. Find out how this started (Jonathan Steinman, Kootenay Coop Radio)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest Program 6 presents stories from around the world brought home by northwest radialistas. Segments include:

* South Ethiopian women who travel miles to fetch water each day (Jessica Partnow, Common Language Project-Washington)
* The orphan crisis in Uganda (Tom Herriman, KBCS-Seattle)
* The impacts of the US military efforts on women and children in Afghanistan (Martha Baskin, KBCS-Seattle)
* A Cambodian artist whose music literally saved his life in under the Pol Pot regime (Dmae Roberts, Crossing East-Portland)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest Program 5 takes a look at food: growing it, eating it and thinking about its role in our region's past and future. Segments include:

* The western diet as a form of European colonization (Jonathan Steinman, Kootenay Coop Radio-Nelson, British Columbia)
* Seattle Mien community takes over public land for farming (Martha Baskin, KBCS-Seattle)
* The seed saving movement (Tom Allen, KBCS-Seattle)
* Backyard Chickening (Bucky Buckaw, Radio Boise)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest is a collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washingon, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

Listen Up! Northwest Program 4 features NW people making changes to some of our most basic governing and social service systems. Segments include:

• Communities proposing changes to Spokane's city charter (Brad Reed, KYRS-Spokane)
• Alternative healthcare for homeless and low-income communities (Lisa Farino, KBCS-Seattle)
• An exonerated former prisoner talks about the Innocence Project (Joaquin Uy, KBCS-Seattle)
• Encouraging sustainable DIY home-building practices by addressing Portland land use policies (Magnus Fleming, KBOO-Portland)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest is a collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washingon, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

Listen Up! Northwest Program 3 features issues of motherhood and birthing. Segments include:

• Why some people choose home birth (Julie Sabatier, Destination DIY-Portland)
• Canadian government sterilization practices of First Nations people (Kevin Annett, Vancouver Coop Radio)
• When is the right time to have a child? (Julia Donk & Sasha Summer Cousineau, KBCS-Seattle)
• Your mom: she's a real person too. (Sandi Billings, KRFP-Moscow)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest is a collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washingon, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

Program 2 features the following stories:

• African-American authors share experiences in Seattle (Julia Donk, KBCS-Seattle)
• Portland's Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center turns 10 (Carla Remey, KBOO-Portland)
• Canadian residential schools (Kevin Annett, Vancouver Coop Radio)
• Bridging the cultures of Mexico and the US (Bing Bingham, KWSO-Warm Springs)
• Dear Tyra Banks: spoken-word poetry from Hollis Wong-Wear

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

Listen Up! Northwest is a collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washingon, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

Program 1 features the following stories:
• an environmental initiative of the Samish Nation (Robin Carneen/KSVR)
• homelessness in Seattle (Adam Vaughn/KBCS)
• arts and empowerment in women's prisons (Julie Sabatier/Destination DIY), and
• remembering Japanese internment (Marianne Gutteridge/KSER)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.

The Grassroots Radio Conference is coming to Portland this July - and organizers have issued a call for workshop and discussion proposals. This is the first time the GRC has taken place in the Northwest, and it will be a great opportunity for regional community radio makers to get together and scheme with colleagues from around the country. Visit KBOO's conference page for details, or read on for the call for proposals (due June 15).