Join Katy and guest co-host April Capil this Thursday, September 25, 4 - 5:30 on KKCR (Kaua'i Community Radio)

At 4, we will be joined by Parin Shah of Green Jobs Now to discuss the organization and thinking behind this Saturday's Green Jobs Now event on Kaua'i.

At 4:30, we will speak with Navy veteran Maricela Guzman, here in Hawai'i as part of a speaking tour promoting military benefits for active duty troops as well as veterans, women’s rights in the military, the anti-war movement, and youth counter-recruitment. She organizes with the American Friends Service Committee and Service Women Action Network (SWAN).

At 5:00 we will speak with Raymond Catania about the question of natural resource depletion and the Superferry, and a new organizing effort aimed at elevating the concerns of local fishermen and others who depend on Kauai's natural resources.

As always, phone lines will be open for your questions, comments, and ideas. Please
dial 808-826-7771 or 1-866-275-1112. Listen at 90.9, 91.9, 92.7 FM and kkcr.org

TODAY, Thursday, September 11, 4 - 5:30 on KKCR (Kaua'i Community Radio)

Join Katy and guest co-host Marcus as we speak with Steve Dinion of Hawai'i Labor for Peace and Justice. (Jimmy Trujillo
will be off this Thursday.)

Hawai‘i Labor for Peace and Justice, an affiliate of US Labor Against the War, is a coalition of Hawai'i working people who oppose the occupation of Iraq and support a free Iraqi labor movement. They call for an immediate withdrawal of all US troops and contractors from Iraq, and demand that they be properly cared for when they return. HLPJ opposes US-led efforts to privatize Iraq's resources and undermine Iraqi unions, and pledges to fight against efforts to increase US intervention in the region.

Steve Dinion is a musician, a union member and an organizer for Hawai'i Labor for Peace and Justice.

http://hawaiilaborforpeace.blogspot.com/

As always, phone lines will be open for your questions, comments, and ideas. Please
dial 808-826-7771 or 1-866-275-1112. Listen at 90.9, 91.9, 92.7 FM and kkcr.org

KKCR Board Meeting: Monday, September 8, 5:30-8:30PM Kapa`a Neighborhood Center.

TOMORROW, Thursday, August 28 4 - 5:30 on KKCR (Kaua'i Community Radio)

Join Katy and guest co-host Marcus as we speak with a protest organizer and bloggers at the the site of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Jimmy Trujillo will be off this Thursday.)

We'll talk with Jim and Judy Tarbell, writers and community radio programmers from Northern California. Jim is the co-author of "Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire." Jim and Judy are in Denver participating in protests and reporting on the events at their "Justice Rising" site:

http://afdjusticerising.blogspot.com/search/label/Conventions%202008

Also, we will be joined on the phone by Clayton Dewey of Unconventional Denver, a local chapter of the Unconventional Action committee, a nation-wide anarchist network organizing protests and direct action at the Democratic and Republican conventions.

http://www.unconventionalaction.org

As always, phone lines will be open for your questions, comments, and ideas. Please dial 808-826-7771 or 1-866-275-1112. Listen at 90.9, 91.9, 92.7 FM and kkcr.org

Toward freedom,

Katy

Join hosts Keone Kealoha and Andrea Brower on the Malama Kaua`i Sustainability Show, 12-1 on KKCR. We will b interviewing mayoral candidates following the Eco-Rountable Candidates Forum.

KATY AND JIMMY’S PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR THURSDAY JULY 31

 Maui Student Peace Activist Speaks Out on Campus Recruiting and Alternatives to Militarism

 STOP DAT!, a new community organization, forms to contest “Disrespectful Air Tourism,” plans a demonstration for Monday, August 4 in Lihue

 Open forum for your calls and comments!

Join us this Thursday, July 31 from 4 – 5:30 on KKCR at 90.9, 91.9 or92.7 FM, and on the web at kkcr.org. Our phone lines will be open for calls at 808-826-7771 or 1-866-275-1112.

This week, we will be joined by Ali Powell, a student activist and musician who started a peace club at King Kekaulike High School on Maui. While she was giving a presentation on conscientious objector rights, the vice-principal confiscated her material and shut down the class.

Ali started the campus peace organization last year in response to several violent outbreaks at her school .She included anti-war programs, offering a presentation on conscientious objector rights and sponsoring war resistor Aimee Allison's visit to her school last February. Ali has also tabled at her school’s career fair on non-military alternatives, military facts, and student rights.

In the second part of the program, we will speak to representatives of STOP DAT!, the newly-formed coalition to Stop Disrespectful Air Tourism. STOP DAT! will be kicking off its campaign for a boycott of the air tourism industry at 3:00 pm next Monday, August 4, with a protest by the entrance to the Lihue airport at the intersection of Kapule

Hello allies in the media justice world:

I write to inform you of an opening for the position of general manager of our small
community radio station on Kaua'i, Hawai'i.

I am a volunteer public-affairs programmer at KKCR. Over the last several months
I have been involved in an effort to challenge the closed and homogeneous atmosphere
at the station. Many community members and several volunteers have been frustrated
by the lack of representation at the station of our working-class, Native Hawaiian
and other communities of color, queer, disabled and politically dissident populations.
Some of our efforts to contest the status quo have begun to bear fruit, including
an acknowledgement by the Board of Directors that the search for a new station manager
must cast a wide net in order to find a manager with the skills needed to open up
our airwaves to our diverse island population.

KKCR is the only community radio station in Hawai'i. As such, it may be difficult
to find a qualified manager with cutting-edge community media experience locally.
That is why I hope that this announcement can be passed on through your networks
of people passionate about vibrant, relevant community media which is accountable
to underserved communities.

Thank you very much for considering my request!

In Solidarity,
Katy Rose

The following is the announcement from the KKCR website (http://kkcr.org/):

"The Kekahu Foundation, license holder for KKCR-Kauai Community Radio, seeks
applicants for Station Manager

ALOHA KKCR AND KEKAHU FOUNDATION OHANA,

As some of you may know, KKCR and the KEKAHU FOUNDATION have been meeting since May, working on a Strategic Plan for the next five years. We have been meeting as a closed group to concentrate on all the possible specific visions, strategies and goals that will need to be incorporated into the final plan. At this point, our team is moving out into the Kauai community, conducting open meetings to get input from residents, listeners, members, programmers and volunteers. Our team has condensed our work into six definite categories/topics that are all open for community input. They are: Financial, Conflict Resolution, Governance /Policies, Community Outreach, Facilities/Equipment and Volunteer Program.

Team members Marj Dente and Paul Moody, will be conducting and facilitating the Volunteer Program Community Meeting on Saturday, August 2, 2008, 9 AM to 1 PM at the Kapa'a Library Conference Room. The task of our group meeting is to brainstorm how we can best accomplish the following goals, and this is where we need your help:

To establish a comprehensive, effective volunteer program with clear policies and defined responsibilities, resulting in broad community support and active participation of a diverse, enthusiastic, reliable, well-trained and committed volunteer team.

Some likely goals to be more specific about, but not limited to are: community outreach and education, volunteer job descriptions and policies, recruitment process, volunteer training, etc.