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An interview with writer and journalist Roberto Lovato about the current state of immigration policies and his ties to Central America. His work popularized the term “Juan Crow”, a reference to a system of surveillance and control of immigrants to the US that resonates with Jim Crow segregation laws. Affiliated with the San Francisco's Writers' Grotto, Lovato recently completed a 3-year turn as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for Latino Policy Research.

How does the self-representation of undocumented migrants become reflected in documentary film and video? Dr. Rebecca M. Schreiber, Associate Professor in the American Studies Department at University of New Mexico discusses her new book titled The Undocumented Everyday: Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility (2018, University of Minnesota Press). She explains how Mexican and Central American migrants have depicted themselves and members of their communities since 9/11 through documentary photography, film, video, and audio projects.

Your host Dan Woo explores the decimation of the great society of California beginning in the late 1970s. Proposition 13, passed in 1978 is the root of this situation; stunting the tax base and holding the legislature's ability to mend the situation in a stranglehold the last four decades. Dan Woo grills Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association VP of Communication Susan Shelley on the impacts of the proposition which is the crowning achievement of their anti-tax prophet, Howard Jarvis....and asks why property owners deserve rights.

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman Valentin Lopez speaks on the Amah Mutsun's efforts to derail a proposed mining project on sacred lands in the southern tip of Santa Clara County...and their wish to return to the land and practice traditional land management techniques.

How do you meet the educational needs of the "whole child" beyond what you see in the classroom alone? Dr. Rebecca London discusses an ambitious new initiative she’s a part of in the Bay Area called the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust. This research project seeks to build a database in which school and social service partners work together to meet the needs of the whole child. Dr. London is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department and Faculty Director of the Student Success Evaluation and Research Center at UCSC. Her research focuses on understanding the challenges faced by disadvantaged children and youth and the ways that communities and community organizations support young people to be healthy and successful.

Dr. Mary Thomas worked with twelve artists and independent presses for a new art exhibit titled "Emerging Visions: Creative Practice at the Nexus of Freedom and Justice" (open from April 19, 2018-June 19, 2018).  Dr. Mary Thomas is the Research Associate for the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery (Cowell College, UC Santa Cruz) and Associate Director of Development for the U.S. Latinx Art Forum.

Headlines: Stage 1 Water Restrictions in Santa Cruz, Redwoods Park in Los Gatos, UCSC Plant Field Guide, Ebikes in Santa Cruz.  Stories: Sambrailo Readycycle Plastic-alternative Berry Packaging, the People of Color Sustainability Collective at UCSC.  More at newsfromoutdoors.org

How can activists or advocates engage in storytelling as a political tool without compromising the complexity of the narrative? Dr. Sujatha Fernandes, Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at the University of Sydney, and a visiting scholar at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, discusses her latest book Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling (Oxford University Press, 2017) about how the power of storytelling can sometimes undermine structural changes in society.

Dr. Ann Lopez is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville, CA and an emerita professor of San Jose City College where she taught courses in Biology, Environmental Science, Ecology and Botany in the Biology department. She talked about the work of the Center for Farmworker Families, the health challenges facing farmworkers as a result of pesticides used in our county, and how to provide stability for these families who make an important contribution to our local community.

Headlines: Condor Cam, West Cliff Drive Management Plan, Burn Season, Earth BioGenome Project, Perfect Lawns Create Climate Change, Chicken Waste Power.  Stories: New Parks Director Citizen Involvement, UCSC Chancellors Defend Development and Housing Plans.  More at newsfromoutdoors.org

Bristol Cave-LaCoste studies prostitution and sexual policing within immigration policy of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She is a Ph.D. candidate in History, with a Designated Emphasis in Latin American and Latino Studies, at UC Santa Cruz. She is one of four student presenters at an April 26, 2018 public campus-sponsored event discussing her archival research on the sexual policing of migrant women.

Formed in the early 70's, the Dixie Dregs bent the genre boundaries of rock, jazz, country and classical.  Fusing unique instrumentals, the Dixie Dregs challenged the listener to expand beyond the industry standard typically fed to the masses as pop music.  This uniqueness became the demise of their marketability. However, forty one years later—as the original members of the Dregs have reunited for their Dawn of the Dregs tour—the massive response and fan support is proving that notion to be obsolete Carol from KZSC's Test of Time spoke with Steve Morse, guitarist and founding member of the Dixie Dregs about his early influences, work ethics and the band's reunion tour. Steve also talks about his career with Deep Purple, sharing his first experience as the band's guitarist and how Deep Purple and its music has retained his attention for 24 years.  

In this episode, we hone in on drill music, a sub-genre that has gained notoriety since 2012 due to its nihilistic, dark, hyper-violent lyrics and sonic elements. Dr. Charity Clay, a Sociology professor at Merritt College in Oakland, CA weighs in to provide understanding of the social, environmental, and historical conditions in Chicago. The aim is to provide alternate perspectives to audiences that dismiss its cultural value, and write it off as pathological to city conditions.

An interview with Dr. Francesca Degiuli, Assistant Professor of Sociology and the director of the Gender Studies Minor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is also a Visiting Fellow in the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU. She has written numerous articles on the topics of gender, globalization and migration throughout the years exploring different subjects from labor laws in China to undocumented students in the United States. She discussed her first book, Caring for a Living: Migrant Women, Aging Citizens, and Italian Families (2016, Oxford University Press). This ethnography explores the challenges facing postindustrial societies with an aging population, such as Italy, and the difficult work performed by eldercare workers who are im/migrant women.

An interview with Dr. Paul Ortiz, Associate Professor of History from the University of Florida. He is the author of numerous books, including Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 (2006, UC Press). He discussed his latest book, An African American and Latinx History of the United States (2018, Beacon Press) about the shared civil rights struggles of African American and Latinx communities.

KZSC News ~ 15 Mar 2018 San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson resigns Santa Cruz unveils citywide neighboorhood policing plan Toxins found in SF Bay Area shellfish UC Regents meet at UC Los Angeles More online at kzsc.org

This show is a tribute to the life and legacy of Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, on the two year anniversary of her assassination in her home on 2 March 2016. She received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015. Thank you to Skylight and The Goldman Environmental Prize for granting permission to use their clips for this broadcast. This broadcast features Karen Calles, Voces Críticas production assistant for the Winter 2018 quarter.

A conversation with two key organizers of the UC Santa Cruz conference "Dig In: Cultivating Inclusive Approaches to Food Justice," (held on March 2, 2018). Dr. Linnea Beckett (Food Justice Coordinator, Colleges Nine and Ten, UCSC) and Chris Lang (Environmental Studies Graduate Student, UCSC) addressed the meaning of food justice, discussed racism and racial dynamics in the vegan movement, and what the process and practice of decolonizing food means to them.

TJ Demos is a Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, and he is the Founder and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies. He writes widely on the intersection of contemporary art, global politics, and ecology and discussed his latest book called Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today (Sternberg Press, 2017). He addressed the meaning of Anthropocene and neoliberal sustainability, and spoke about his views about the future of the environmental justice movement today.  

Carol from KZSC's Test of Time interviews legendary jazz drummer Billy Cobham.  Acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer, Cobham has recorded with many great jazz bands of our era.  From his work with Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra to his innovative solo career, Cobham continues to push the boundaries of jazz. Hear Cobham speak about his current Crosswinds Project, the inspiration behind the songs, and why he's returning to this early body of work.