Hello Good People,
In these times of tumult and change, why not come out to some groundbreaking spoken word?! We'll be shaking up LITQUAKE prime time on Friday night October 19th at Cafe du Nord. I'm honored this year to share the stage with local jazz legends the Broun Felinis and a cast of phenomenal performance poets in San Francisco's Literary Festival!
Word/Jazz
In the great tradition of San Francisco jazz and spoken-word basement readings first forged by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, and Bob Kaufman, witness this contemporary blowout. Litquake's Word/Jazz features world-class poets accompanied by improvised music created on the spot. With Paul S. Flores, Valerie Ibarra, outgoing SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, and Rico Pabón. Music by Afro-futurist jazz trio Broun Fellinis. $15 adv / $20 door
*You can get tickets here: https://sched.co/FQRv
Cafe du Nord
Fri. 10/19
8pm sharp! (I'm on in the first hour)
I hope you can make it out to the show :)
Peace,
Val
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Global Val's Election Season Coverage 2018
Local San Francisco politics are never dull. With the untimely death of Mayor Ed Lee, the rush of an abbreviated run for Mayor has the City in political overdrive. There are multiple Mayoral Candidate Forums being hosted all over town. I have made it to five forums and two kick-off parties so far. What I have seen is an interesting slate of candidates who are primarily focused on the same issues: homelessness, housing, transit, and public safety. With that, San Franciscans are more or less assured that whoever ends up in Room 200 will be getting to work right away to try to tackle these vital and complex situations. Thus, the personalities and the policies are the meat of this election season. Who speaks to your sensibilities, whose record can you trace to embrace your unique brand of San Francisco values, and who do you think you can trust to get the job done?
Another intriguing factor to consider is that San Francisco voters get to rank their top three candidates. In short, you can choose up to three candidates and rank them 1-2-3. If one candidate gets over 50% of 1st choice votes, they automatically win. The candidate with the smallest number of 1st choice votes is eliminated, but if that was your 1st choice candidate, your 2nd choice vote will be counted. If your 2nd choice is eliminated, only then will your 3rd choice receive a vote. This "instant run-off" continues until someone has a simple majority to win. Somehow, your vote still only counts once. Even the politicos on the campaign trail sit perplexed at the way this numbers game could work out, especially with a field of candidates who each garner a lot of community support!
Well, in case you're not quite the political nerd as I am, going to forums all over town - even on VALentine's Day! - I want to help you all figure out who you might want to vote for on June 5th. No, no, I would never tell you WHO to vote for (or who I'M voting for, for that matter), which is why I have been inviting and interviewing some of the candidates for Mayor on my weekly radio show "Women's Magazine with Global Val" and in some instances "The Common Thread Collective" (with Diamond Dave) on MutinyRadio.fm. It's best to let the candidates speak for themselves, while engaging them in robust conversation.
Tune in! Here are links to the podcasts:
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Candidate AMY FARAH WEISS
1. Common Thread Collective - February 23rd 2018
(starts at minute 24)
2. Women's Magazine - May 11th 2018 > As part of a larger conversation about creative housing solutions, Amy Weiss discusses her pilot SOS (Safe Organized Spaces) Transitional Villages for homeless. Amy's part starts after the music around minute 35.
3. Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
Candidate ANGELA ALIOTO, ESQ.
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 16 and there's a little overlap into the Common Thread Collective...)
Common Thread Collective - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 15)
Candidate LONDON BREED, President of the Board of Supervisors from District 5
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 23rd
*Went a little long, and thus into the Common Thread Collective podcast
Candidate Mark Leno - rescheduled
Candidate Jane Kim - no response
Candidate Michelle Bravo - Women's Magazine 01-June-2018
Women's Magazine - June 1, 2018 (Min 30-45)
Common Thread Collective - June 1, 2018 (Min 15-30)
OVERVIEW OF SF PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5th BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val on 30-March-2018
(starts at minute 18)
Women's Magazine 18-May-2018
(min 13-25)
OVERVIEW OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5TH BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val - May 4th 2018 (Just an intro, but more homework is needed)
Prop 68 - Parks & Water Bond > Guest: Deb Callahan, Bay Area Open Space Council (Min ~ 10-25)
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR & US CONGRESS:
1. Green Party Candidates on Common Thread Colletive on 12-January-2018
Barry Hermanson for US Congress, SF
Josh Jones for Governor
Sadie Fulton, Campaign Manager for Josh Jones
2. Shahid Buttar for US Congress:
Common Thread Collective 06-April-2018
(starts at the 1 hr mark)
Common Thread Collective 18-May-2018 (a lost tape from March!) - a great intro to this candidate (min 20-50)
3.Ryan Khojasteh for US Congress
Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
(Our conversation with Ryan comes on after Amy Weiss, in the first 20-30 mins of the podcast.)
4. House of Representatives D12 Candidate Forum! (Starts at minute 30)
Shahid Buttar
Ryan Khosjasteh
Barry Hermanson
OTHER PODCASTS OF POLITICAL INTEREST:
Common Thread Collective - Dec.8, 2017: We spoke with Art Persyko of the Progressive Democrats of America
Common Thread Collective - Jan. 26, 2018
Tim Mayer of the California Association of Voting Officials - discussing the need for open source voting software
Common Thread Collective - Feb. 16, 2018
Democratic Socialists of America SF Chapter
All these shows & more can be found on MutinyRadio.fm in our Podcast section!
They are also available on iTunes under Free Podcasts :)
Be sure to register to vote!
~ And now, a haiku ~
Civilization
looks like cooperation
in an earnest way
- V.I.
Peace,
Global Val
Another intriguing factor to consider is that San Francisco voters get to rank their top three candidates. In short, you can choose up to three candidates and rank them 1-2-3. If one candidate gets over 50% of 1st choice votes, they automatically win. The candidate with the smallest number of 1st choice votes is eliminated, but if that was your 1st choice candidate, your 2nd choice vote will be counted. If your 2nd choice is eliminated, only then will your 3rd choice receive a vote. This "instant run-off" continues until someone has a simple majority to win. Somehow, your vote still only counts once. Even the politicos on the campaign trail sit perplexed at the way this numbers game could work out, especially with a field of candidates who each garner a lot of community support!
Well, in case you're not quite the political nerd as I am, going to forums all over town - even on VALentine's Day! - I want to help you all figure out who you might want to vote for on June 5th. No, no, I would never tell you WHO to vote for (or who I'M voting for, for that matter), which is why I have been inviting and interviewing some of the candidates for Mayor on my weekly radio show "Women's Magazine with Global Val" and in some instances "The Common Thread Collective" (with Diamond Dave) on MutinyRadio.fm. It's best to let the candidates speak for themselves, while engaging them in robust conversation.
Tune in! Here are links to the podcasts:
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Candidate AMY FARAH WEISS
1. Common Thread Collective - February 23rd 2018
(starts at minute 24)
2. Women's Magazine - May 11th 2018 > As part of a larger conversation about creative housing solutions, Amy Weiss discusses her pilot SOS (Safe Organized Spaces) Transitional Villages for homeless. Amy's part starts after the music around minute 35.
3. Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
Candidate ANGELA ALIOTO, ESQ.
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 16 and there's a little overlap into the Common Thread Collective...)
Common Thread Collective - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 15)
Candidate LONDON BREED, President of the Board of Supervisors from District 5
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 23rd
*Went a little long, and thus into the Common Thread Collective podcast
Candidate Mark Leno - rescheduled
Candidate Jane Kim - no response
Candidate Michelle Bravo - Women's Magazine 01-June-2018
Women's Magazine - June 1, 2018 (Min 30-45)
Common Thread Collective - June 1, 2018 (Min 15-30)
OVERVIEW OF SF PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5th BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val on 30-March-2018
(starts at minute 18)
Women's Magazine 18-May-2018
(min 13-25)
OVERVIEW OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5TH BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val - May 4th 2018 (Just an intro, but more homework is needed)
Prop 68 - Parks & Water Bond > Guest: Deb Callahan, Bay Area Open Space Council (Min ~ 10-25)
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR & US CONGRESS:
1. Green Party Candidates on Common Thread Colletive on 12-January-2018
Barry Hermanson for US Congress, SF
Josh Jones for Governor
Sadie Fulton, Campaign Manager for Josh Jones
2. Shahid Buttar for US Congress:
Common Thread Collective 06-April-2018
(starts at the 1 hr mark)
Common Thread Collective 18-May-2018 (a lost tape from March!) - a great intro to this candidate (min 20-50)
3.Ryan Khojasteh for US Congress
Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
(Our conversation with Ryan comes on after Amy Weiss, in the first 20-30 mins of the podcast.)
4. House of Representatives D12 Candidate Forum! (Starts at minute 30)
Shahid Buttar
Ryan Khosjasteh
Barry Hermanson
OTHER PODCASTS OF POLITICAL INTEREST:
Common Thread Collective - Dec.8, 2017: We spoke with Art Persyko of the Progressive Democrats of America
Common Thread Collective - Jan. 26, 2018
Tim Mayer of the California Association of Voting Officials - discussing the need for open source voting software
Common Thread Collective - Feb. 16, 2018
Democratic Socialists of America SF Chapter
All these shows & more can be found on MutinyRadio.fm in our Podcast section!
They are also available on iTunes under Free Podcasts :)
Be sure to register to vote!
~ And now, a haiku ~
Civilization
looks like cooperation
in an earnest way
- V.I.
Peace,
Global Val
Friday, April 14, 2017
Spring 2017
Greetings to all as we come out of the haze of this dark season and into the light of Spring, where anything is possible and life can flourish wildly!
Here are some upcoming FREE events that may help soothe your soul ~
Sunday, April 16th 4-6pm: KASSIDAT III
Adobe Books: 3130 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
A poetic showcase of some of San Francisco's finest and funnest poetic voices. This one falls on Easter Sunday, so bunny hop down the Mission for some inspiration.
Hosted by Blood Flower
Tuesday, April 18th 7-9pm: The Word Party
Piano Fight: 144 Taylor St.
Jazz + Poetry Open Mic! This amazing event is held every 3rd Tuesday at Piano Fight. This month celebrating National Poetry Month AND National Jazz Month.
Featuring EK Keith and YOU!
Hosted by Jennifer Barone, Ingrid Keir, and Nova Jazz.
Wednesday, April 19th 7-9pm: Sacred Grounds Poetry Open Mic
Sacred Grounds Cafe: 2095 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Open mic every Wednesday, but we'll also be drawing a name for a guaranteed reading slot at City Hall on the 27th.
Featuring Global Val Ibarra and Aja Couchois Duncan
Curated by Kim Shuck
Hosted by Dan Brady
Saturday, April 22nd 11am-6pm: Earth Day SF
San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
Celebrate Earth Day with the March for Science: teach-ins, music, food, play, community. You might see Global Val on the main stage or in the Radish Dome as one of the MCs for the day!
www.earthdaysf.com
Thursday, April 27th 5:30-8pm: Poems Under the Dome XII
San Francisco City Hall: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, SF (in the North Light Court)
Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading a poem inside beautiful San Francisco City Hall! Poems Under the Dome is the largest poetry open mic in San Francisco all year long!
Drop your name in the hat for a chance to read ONE poem in 3 minutes or less (yes, a haiku = one poem). This all-ages event invites you to exercise your poetic expression inside the halls of government. Come to read, or just come to listen for the love of poetry!
www.poemdome.net
Every Friday 3-6pm: The Common Thread Collective: Community Open Mic
Mutiny Radio: 2781 21st St., SF, CA 94110
Join our open door, open heart, open mind open mic and be heard around the planet on the internet live & as a free podcast on www.MutinyRadio.fm. Music, poetry, activism, community, LOVE! Hosted by Diamond Dave & Global Val
Here are some upcoming FREE events that may help soothe your soul ~
Sunday, April 16th 4-6pm: KASSIDAT III
Adobe Books: 3130 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
A poetic showcase of some of San Francisco's finest and funnest poetic voices. This one falls on Easter Sunday, so bunny hop down the Mission for some inspiration.
Hosted by Blood Flower
Tuesday, April 18th 7-9pm: The Word Party
Piano Fight: 144 Taylor St.
Jazz + Poetry Open Mic! This amazing event is held every 3rd Tuesday at Piano Fight. This month celebrating National Poetry Month AND National Jazz Month.
Featuring EK Keith and YOU!
Hosted by Jennifer Barone, Ingrid Keir, and Nova Jazz.
Wednesday, April 19th 7-9pm: Sacred Grounds Poetry Open Mic
Sacred Grounds Cafe: 2095 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Open mic every Wednesday, but we'll also be drawing a name for a guaranteed reading slot at City Hall on the 27th.
Featuring Global Val Ibarra and Aja Couchois Duncan
Curated by Kim Shuck
Hosted by Dan Brady
Saturday, April 22nd 11am-6pm: Earth Day SF
San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
Celebrate Earth Day with the March for Science: teach-ins, music, food, play, community. You might see Global Val on the main stage or in the Radish Dome as one of the MCs for the day!
www.earthdaysf.com
Thursday, April 27th 5:30-8pm: Poems Under the Dome XII
San Francisco City Hall: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, SF (in the North Light Court)
Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading a poem inside beautiful San Francisco City Hall! Poems Under the Dome is the largest poetry open mic in San Francisco all year long!
Drop your name in the hat for a chance to read ONE poem in 3 minutes or less (yes, a haiku = one poem). This all-ages event invites you to exercise your poetic expression inside the halls of government. Come to read, or just come to listen for the love of poetry!
www.poemdome.net
Every Friday 3-6pm: The Common Thread Collective: Community Open Mic
Mutiny Radio: 2781 21st St., SF, CA 94110
Join our open door, open heart, open mind open mic and be heard around the planet on the internet live & as a free podcast on www.MutinyRadio.fm. Music, poetry, activism, community, LOVE! Hosted by Diamond Dave & Global Val
Monday, May 23, 2016
Are Americans Giving Up (on) their democracy?
Are Americans Giving Up (on) their democracy?
By Valerie A. Ibarra
In the last half of the 19th Century, voter turnout in Presidential elections ranged from 69.9-81.8%. The highest year of the 20th Century was its first year, 1900, which saw 72%, but thereafter ranged from 49.2-65.4%. In the 21st Century, that percentage has ranged from 50.3-57.1%. Though a number of factors can affect voter turnout - war, conviction or imprisonment, and other forms disenfranchisement - we must look at what we have and ask ourselves: Are Americans giving up (on) democracy?
When Bernie Sanders calls for a political revolution, he’s asking for people to get involved in their communities, states and nation at large. He’s asking for people to exercise their rights to free speech, to peaceful assembly, and to vote. With a growing 21st Century population and a seemingly low interest in participating in general elections for the highest office in the land, maybe it’s not really a revolutionary idea to actually use the tools – the rights – we have. After all, isn’t democracy the “freedom” that all this fighting has supposedly been for?
Many people casually or indignantly say that voting doesn’t matter because it doesn’t have any effect, or that the whole system is rigged. Yet it is troubling to look at this voter turnout trend and not try to imagine what a larger number of representative voices could look like… and how the establishment might take the population more seriously when taking corporate contributions so handily and making policy accordingly.
Take a look at what happened during Democracy Spring in April 2016. People marched from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. for a week of protests and peaceful sit-ins outside the Capitol. Their message to Congress was, “The American people will no longer accept the status quo of big money corruption and voter suppression.” Fourteen-hundred non-violent protesters were arrested outside the Capitol (check out Lady Liberty in handcuffs!), but it also prompted nearly 100 representatives to call for hearings on voting rights & campaign reform legislation.
Elected representatives inside may be seeing the wolves at the gate, even if the mainstream media largely ignores them. Yet protesters are not savage beasts, but concerned human beings whose livelihoods are affected by the decisions made at a national level; whether it’s subsidizing the Wall Street banks and their insurers (and rewarding them with tax loopholes) instead of bailing out homeowners, or pouring $1.5 trillion dollars into building the F35 fighter jet (which hasn’t proved itself to be anything but a persistent lemon) instead of investing in education, infrastructure, clean energy and the jobs thereby afforded.
If it’s not feasible or desirable to take a week off to cross the country for sit-ins at the Capitol, or for marches during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25-28, don’t feel left out of the process. You can be like the over 1.5 million newly registered voters in California, and vote.
***
Californians 18 and over can register to vote online:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration
To vote in the CA Presidential Primary on June 7th - register by May 23rd.
To vote in the General Election on November 8th - register by October 24th.
***
NOTE: This is an introductory op-ed that I plan to expand upon, and I've rushed to get it out by May 23rd. Any suggestions as to where I should submit it, please leave a message below or on my Facebook page > Women's Magazine with Global Val
Valerie A. Ibarra holds a BA in Political Science & International Relations from the University of California Santa Barbara, and is currently: a Radio Host/Producer for KPFA 94.1FM and MutinyRadio.fm, and an English teacher & administrator at an international language school in San Francisco.
By Valerie A. Ibarra
In the last half of the 19th Century, voter turnout in Presidential elections ranged from 69.9-81.8%. The highest year of the 20th Century was its first year, 1900, which saw 72%, but thereafter ranged from 49.2-65.4%. In the 21st Century, that percentage has ranged from 50.3-57.1%. Though a number of factors can affect voter turnout - war, conviction or imprisonment, and other forms disenfranchisement - we must look at what we have and ask ourselves: Are Americans giving up (on) democracy?
When Bernie Sanders calls for a political revolution, he’s asking for people to get involved in their communities, states and nation at large. He’s asking for people to exercise their rights to free speech, to peaceful assembly, and to vote. With a growing 21st Century population and a seemingly low interest in participating in general elections for the highest office in the land, maybe it’s not really a revolutionary idea to actually use the tools – the rights – we have. After all, isn’t democracy the “freedom” that all this fighting has supposedly been for?
Many people casually or indignantly say that voting doesn’t matter because it doesn’t have any effect, or that the whole system is rigged. Yet it is troubling to look at this voter turnout trend and not try to imagine what a larger number of representative voices could look like… and how the establishment might take the population more seriously when taking corporate contributions so handily and making policy accordingly.
Take a look at what happened during Democracy Spring in April 2016. People marched from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. for a week of protests and peaceful sit-ins outside the Capitol. Their message to Congress was, “The American people will no longer accept the status quo of big money corruption and voter suppression.” Fourteen-hundred non-violent protesters were arrested outside the Capitol (check out Lady Liberty in handcuffs!), but it also prompted nearly 100 representatives to call for hearings on voting rights & campaign reform legislation.
Elected representatives inside may be seeing the wolves at the gate, even if the mainstream media largely ignores them. Yet protesters are not savage beasts, but concerned human beings whose livelihoods are affected by the decisions made at a national level; whether it’s subsidizing the Wall Street banks and their insurers (and rewarding them with tax loopholes) instead of bailing out homeowners, or pouring $1.5 trillion dollars into building the F35 fighter jet (which hasn’t proved itself to be anything but a persistent lemon) instead of investing in education, infrastructure, clean energy and the jobs thereby afforded.
If it’s not feasible or desirable to take a week off to cross the country for sit-ins at the Capitol, or for marches during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25-28, don’t feel left out of the process. You can be like the over 1.5 million newly registered voters in California, and vote.
***
Californians 18 and over can register to vote online:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration
To vote in the CA Presidential Primary on June 7th - register by May 23rd.
To vote in the General Election on November 8th - register by October 24th.
***
NOTE: This is an introductory op-ed that I plan to expand upon, and I've rushed to get it out by May 23rd. Any suggestions as to where I should submit it, please leave a message below or on my Facebook page > Women's Magazine with Global Val
Valerie A. Ibarra holds a BA in Political Science & International Relations from the University of California Santa Barbara, and is currently: a Radio Host/Producer for KPFA 94.1FM and MutinyRadio.fm, and an English teacher & administrator at an international language school in San Francisco.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Springing Into Action!
Such abundance!
Spring of 2016 is proving to be bustling with poetry and civic engagement.
I kicked off the season at the Beat Museum, featuring in an all-women's poetry showcase "Women of a Different Beat" for International Women's Day. Thanks to Justice Morrighan of North Beach Press for curating that riveting event!
Furthermore, I'm honored to be returning to my high school Alma Mater, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, to speak with the students who have designed Writing Week. Coming full circle to share my love of poetry and see what these young writers are up to!
Here are some FREE EVENTS in San Francisco where I'll be popping up in April & May:
Saturday, April 23rd/ 11am-6pm
Pleased to be the MC for Cesar Chavez Day & Earth Day SF ~ two festivals for the greater good of people, food, and planet. Participants of BOTH fests are marching from Dolores Park at 11am to the Cesar Chavez Celebration, where I'll be presenting the Speakers starting at 12:15pm. Later, I'll be on the Main Stage at Earth Day 1:40-2:15pm.
Ceasar Chavez Day - Sowing the Seeds of Change
www.cesarchavezday.org (24th & Treat)
Earth Day SF
www.earthdaystreetfest.com (22nd & Mission/Valencia @ Main Stage afternoon)
Thursday, April 28th / 5:30-8pm sharp!
Join us inside beautiful San Francisco City Hall for the 11th Annual Poems Under the Dome, a free, all-ages event welcoming everyone to celebrate National Poetry Month at the Mother of All Open Mics! Put your name in the hat for a chance to read a poem (original or an old favorite) or simply enjoy the show.
Reading will begin at 5:30 in the North Light Court, but don't miss the opening ceremony under the Rotunda!
*We are very close to meeting our fundraising goals. If you'd like to help sponsor this year's event, please contact me privately by email: valibarra.poet@gmail.com. We'll be happy to thank you on our website: www.poemdome.net
EVERY Thursday in May/ 7:30pm
Featured on BAVC Poetry TV - Comcast Channel 29 or U-Verse 99. My first foray into TV. Tune in!
Saturday, May 7th/ 7:00-9:30pm
Co-Featuring with Eileen Malone at La Promenade Cafe (3643 Balboa @ 38th Ave. SF) & hopefully bringing some live music into the mix.
EVERY FRIDAY on MutinyRadio.fm / Live & Podcast
Women's Magazine with Global Val (2-3pm)
http://podcasts.pcrcollective.org/WomensMagazine/
Common Thread Collective open mic with Diamond Dave (3-5:45pm)
http://podcasts.pcrcollective.org/CommonThreadCollective/
www.mutinyradio.fm
***
Grateful for the abundance & for your continued support! I'll check in again soon as Summer is just around the corner, and to every season...turn turn turn...there will be a reason to share more :)
PEACE
Spring of 2016 is proving to be bustling with poetry and civic engagement.
I kicked off the season at the Beat Museum, featuring in an all-women's poetry showcase "Women of a Different Beat" for International Women's Day. Thanks to Justice Morrighan of North Beach Press for curating that riveting event!
Furthermore, I'm honored to be returning to my high school Alma Mater, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, to speak with the students who have designed Writing Week. Coming full circle to share my love of poetry and see what these young writers are up to!
Here are some FREE EVENTS in San Francisco where I'll be popping up in April & May:
Saturday, April 23rd/ 11am-6pm
Pleased to be the MC for Cesar Chavez Day & Earth Day SF ~ two festivals for the greater good of people, food, and planet. Participants of BOTH fests are marching from Dolores Park at 11am to the Cesar Chavez Celebration, where I'll be presenting the Speakers starting at 12:15pm. Later, I'll be on the Main Stage at Earth Day 1:40-2:15pm.
Ceasar Chavez Day - Sowing the Seeds of Change
www.cesarchavezday.org (24th & Treat)
Earth Day SF
www.earthdaystreetfest.com (22nd & Mission/Valencia @ Main Stage afternoon)
Thursday, April 28th / 5:30-8pm sharp!
Join us inside beautiful San Francisco City Hall for the 11th Annual Poems Under the Dome, a free, all-ages event welcoming everyone to celebrate National Poetry Month at the Mother of All Open Mics! Put your name in the hat for a chance to read a poem (original or an old favorite) or simply enjoy the show.
Reading will begin at 5:30 in the North Light Court, but don't miss the opening ceremony under the Rotunda!
*We are very close to meeting our fundraising goals. If you'd like to help sponsor this year's event, please contact me privately by email: valibarra.poet@gmail.com. We'll be happy to thank you on our website: www.poemdome.net
EVERY Thursday in May/ 7:30pm
Featured on BAVC Poetry TV - Comcast Channel 29 or U-Verse 99. My first foray into TV. Tune in!
Saturday, May 7th/ 7:00-9:30pm
Co-Featuring with Eileen Malone at La Promenade Cafe (3643 Balboa @ 38th Ave. SF) & hopefully bringing some live music into the mix.
EVERY FRIDAY on MutinyRadio.fm / Live & Podcast
Women's Magazine with Global Val (2-3pm)
http://podcasts.pcrcollective.org/WomensMagazine/
Common Thread Collective open mic with Diamond Dave (3-5:45pm)
http://podcasts.pcrcollective.org/CommonThreadCollective/
www.mutinyradio.fm
***
Grateful for the abundance & for your continued support! I'll check in again soon as Summer is just around the corner, and to every season...turn turn turn...there will be a reason to share more :)
PEACE
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Global Val hosts the 1st SF Mayoral Forum 2015 on Mutiny Radio
Mutiny Radio has been at the forefront of local media talking to three of the candidates for Mayor of San Francisco. Amy Farah Weiss, Francisco Herrera, and "Broke Ass" Stuart Schuffman - all of whom decided to run independently to disrupt pay-to-play politics and try to set SF on track for a better future amidst a housing & cultural crisis - decided to form a people-powered coalition to use ranked choice voting to replace the incumbent, Ed Lee. Francisco Herrera affirms this is not a "symbolic" action, but rather a determination to bring the people and the wisdom of the neighborhoods into City Hall.
We hosted the "1-2-3 to Replace Ed Lee" coalition at Mutiny Radio on September 18th 2015.
Listen/Download the two shows at www.MutinyRadio.fm > Podcasts > Fridays:
- Candidates in conversation: The Weekly Review with Roman & Molly: 1-2pm on 9/18
- SF Mayoral Candidate Forum: Women's Magazine with Global Val: 2-3pm on 9/18
We hosted the "1-2-3 to Replace Ed Lee" coalition at Mutiny Radio on September 18th 2015.
Listen/Download the two shows at www.MutinyRadio.fm > Podcasts > Fridays:
- Candidates in conversation: The Weekly Review with Roman & Molly: 1-2pm on 9/18
- SF Mayoral Candidate Forum: Women's Magazine with Global Val: 2-3pm on 9/18
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Global Val hosts the #1 & #5 shows at MutinyRadio.FM!
What a year!
With a tingling ambition to put on a show or two EVERY Friday at Mutiny Radio in the Mission District of San Francisco, 2015 has proven to be a year of exponential growth in our worldwide audience.
I'm proud to announce that "Women's Magazine with Global Val" - Fridays 2-3pm on MutinyRadio.fm - was the #5 show at Mutiny Radio in June 2015. With over 3,000 downloads in that month, I am humbled to know that so many people are out there listening and hungry for unique content that is otherwise lost on mainstream channels.
Speaking of unique content, "The Common Thread Collective" with Global Val & Diamond Dave - our weekly community open door, open minds, open hearts, open mic - Fridays 3-6pm - has been reaching FAR & WIDE; and with 22,237 downloads in the month of June alone!, it has risen to become THEE #1 SHOW AT MUTINY RADIO!!!
I always post the content from the previous week's shows/podcasts on our Facebook pages, and it truly has been an inspiring season of music, poetry, activism and community.
Women's Magazine with Global Val
The Common Thread Collective
Thank you for listening and please know that Mutiny Radio is here for you :) Join us LIVE and feel free to send people our way as we pride ourselves on providing an online radio presence for free speech and free expression.
"Cast a wide net. Find the common thread. Let life flourish. Don't panic. Just keep it organic." - D.D.
Peace,
Global Val
With a tingling ambition to put on a show or two EVERY Friday at Mutiny Radio in the Mission District of San Francisco, 2015 has proven to be a year of exponential growth in our worldwide audience.
I'm proud to announce that "Women's Magazine with Global Val" - Fridays 2-3pm on MutinyRadio.fm - was the #5 show at Mutiny Radio in June 2015. With over 3,000 downloads in that month, I am humbled to know that so many people are out there listening and hungry for unique content that is otherwise lost on mainstream channels.
Speaking of unique content, "The Common Thread Collective" with Global Val & Diamond Dave - our weekly community open door, open minds, open hearts, open mic - Fridays 3-6pm - has been reaching FAR & WIDE; and with 22,237 downloads in the month of June alone!, it has risen to become THEE #1 SHOW AT MUTINY RADIO!!!
I always post the content from the previous week's shows/podcasts on our Facebook pages, and it truly has been an inspiring season of music, poetry, activism and community.
Women's Magazine with Global Val
The Common Thread Collective
Thank you for listening and please know that Mutiny Radio is here for you :) Join us LIVE and feel free to send people our way as we pride ourselves on providing an online radio presence for free speech and free expression.
"Cast a wide net. Find the common thread. Let life flourish. Don't panic. Just keep it organic." - D.D.
Peace,
Global Val
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The Common Thread Collective gets a great write-up on Rock the Pigeon
Check out this great article by Rock the Pigeon really captures the feel of what our show, The Common Thread Collective, on Mutiny Radio, Fridays 3-6pm on Mutinyadio.fm:
http://rockthepigeon.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/the-common-thread-at-mutiny-radio/
Reprinted here:
THE COMMON THREAD at MUTINY RADIO in SF
October 22, 2014 · by rockthepigeon· in Acoustic Music, Anti-Folk, Blues, DIY, Folk, Folk Punk, Indie Rock, Jams, Open Mic, Radio Station, Rock, Singer-Songwriter. ·
Mutiny Radio is a DIY-style radio station based in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission district. Mutiny Radio opens its doors to many different types of events; concerts, poetry readings, comedy shows, and even pumpkin carving contests.
Today, we want to bring your attention to one very special show, The Common Thread Collective hosted by San Francisco’s beloved poet and activist Diamond Dave and Women’s Magazine’s Global Val! This wonderful and spontaneous show takes place every single Friday afternoon from 3PM-6PM. It is run open-mic style but there is no sign-up sheet! Show up with your guitar, your readings, your poems, and be ready to go! Diamond Dave directs the show as he goes. He crafts the line-up throughout the show as he sees fit and it always ends up to be perfect. “Another amazing show!”
Songwriters may play one song and then Dave may ask you to play a second, a third, or maybe even a fourth if you are truly talented and if time permits. Poets recite their poetry, sometimes improvising pianists. Global Val and Diamond Dave often read poetry on the show. People read from their published or unpublished novels. There are call-in guests. There are activists talking about how to make social change. There are many people calling for revolution through their work and words. Guests are often interviewed, sometimes spontaneously. If you perform, you may be asked to do an interview only seconds later.
The last 30 minutes of the show usually erupt the radio airwaves with an open jam session. Everyone that was part of the show bangs their drums, noodles on their guitars, and sings lyrics written on the spot. It is often very folky or bluesy. It’s a very exciting event that revolves around community and togetherness. The happy vibe that the Common Thread Collective emits will linger for the rest of your Friday. Come on down and be found.
http://rockthepigeon.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/the-common-thread-at-mutiny-radio/
Reprinted here:
THE COMMON THREAD at MUTINY RADIO in SF
October 22, 2014 · by rockthepigeon· in Acoustic Music, Anti-Folk, Blues, DIY, Folk, Folk Punk, Indie Rock, Jams, Open Mic, Radio Station, Rock, Singer-Songwriter. ·
Mutiny Radio is a DIY-style radio station based in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission district. Mutiny Radio opens its doors to many different types of events; concerts, poetry readings, comedy shows, and even pumpkin carving contests.
Today, we want to bring your attention to one very special show, The Common Thread Collective hosted by San Francisco’s beloved poet and activist Diamond Dave and Women’s Magazine’s Global Val! This wonderful and spontaneous show takes place every single Friday afternoon from 3PM-6PM. It is run open-mic style but there is no sign-up sheet! Show up with your guitar, your readings, your poems, and be ready to go! Diamond Dave directs the show as he goes. He crafts the line-up throughout the show as he sees fit and it always ends up to be perfect. “Another amazing show!”
Songwriters may play one song and then Dave may ask you to play a second, a third, or maybe even a fourth if you are truly talented and if time permits. Poets recite their poetry, sometimes improvising pianists. Global Val and Diamond Dave often read poetry on the show. People read from their published or unpublished novels. There are call-in guests. There are activists talking about how to make social change. There are many people calling for revolution through their work and words. Guests are often interviewed, sometimes spontaneously. If you perform, you may be asked to do an interview only seconds later.
The last 30 minutes of the show usually erupt the radio airwaves with an open jam session. Everyone that was part of the show bangs their drums, noodles on their guitars, and sings lyrics written on the spot. It is often very folky or bluesy. It’s a very exciting event that revolves around community and togetherness. The happy vibe that the Common Thread Collective emits will linger for the rest of your Friday. Come on down and be found.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Radio Reflections with Global Val : Two Years with KPFA 94.1
I was reflecting the other day about the way my creative dedication to showing up at Mutiny Radio every Friday since the end of 2010 (to engineer & co-host for The Common Thread Collective with Diamond Dave, Fridays 3-6pm), has blossomed into a vast body of work that continues to evolve...change shades, shapes, and colors. It's been a shifting of awareness, as subtle yet as striking as the changing light of a day. Those long drawn out days, have turned into seasons, and so I've found myself at another coordinate of the turning:
I'm celebrating an anniversary - It was two years ago that I was recruited to become a contributing Producer to Women's Magazine on KPFA 94.1 Pacifica Network. Since then, I've independently produced, hosted & edited a dozen shows for KPFA 94.1 (11 have aired so far, but #12 will air at a date TBA), by interviewing guests on my weekly Women's Magazine show at Mutiny Radio (Fridays 2-3pm) and teaching myself how to edit audio.
My goal from the outset has been to interview women who are changing the world and highlighting issues that affect us all. Although many of the topics are deeply serious, I always try to unveil some light in the darkness..."Because remember, just when your aspirations seem outrageous, that inspiration is contagious."
With every project, I learn and I get better at editing and crafting the story. Looking back on what I've produced makes me proud and makes me realize how far I've come, but also inspires & motivates me to do and learn more.
All of these shows can be found on kpfa.org. Search the Archives by date and Women's Magazine:
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Magnificent Matriarchy - March for Elephants
Guests: Rosemary Alles & Tamara Birdsall
www.MarchforElephants.org
JULY 14, 2014
Voice of Witness
Guests: Mimi Lok, Executive Director of Voice of Witness, Winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for Social Progress 2013, and Audrey Petty, editor/compiler of High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
www.voiceofwitness.org
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
Women's Poetry Showcase #2 - Poetry as an Agent of Change
Guests/Poets: Alicia Zakon & Alexandria Rain Smith
Featuring music by The Nectarian Collective from the Big Island of Hawaii
AUGUST 5, 2013
Human Egg Harvesting & California AB 926*
Guests: Jennifer Lahl (Executive Producer/Director of the Award Winning documentary Eggsploitation: The Fertility Industry has a Dirty Little Secret), Dr. Diane Tober, PhD, (Assoc. Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society), Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq.
www.eggsploitation.com
*Note: AB 926 was later vetoed by Gov. Brown
JUNE 3, 2013
Women's Poetry Showcase #1
Guests/Poets: Jennifer Barrone (The Word Party), EK Keith (Poems Under the Dome & Mission High School), Mama Coatl, Ava Bird, Kimberly Escamilla (International Poetry Library)
Featuring music from: Clara Bellino & Nova Jazz
MARCH 18, 2013
Aging Women, Housing Rights & Domestic Violence
Guests: Rose Aguilar (Host of Your Call on KAWL 91.7fm) & Lindsay Sweetnam (La Casa de Las Madres)
Based on an article by Rose Aguilar "Old, Female and Homeless", which appeared in The Nation on February 13, 2013
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Break the Chain - 40 Years After Roe v. Wade
Guests: Rose Aguilar (Host of Your Call on KALW 91.7) & Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq. (Green Feminist)
Featuring the song/international One Billion Rising flash mob: "Break the Chain" by Tena Clark, choreographed by Debbie Allen
www.onebillionrising.org
JANUARY 7, 2013
Code Pink Delegates Report back from Pakistan: CIA's Drone War
Guests: Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink & Global Exchange; Toby Blome and Dr. Diane Budd, Delegates
www.codepink.org
DECEMBER 3, 2012
Shedding Light on an Invisible War - Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
Guests: Katie Weber (Protect Our Defenders) and Latonia Dixon(Veterans for Peace)
NOVEMEBER 5, 2012
Election (of) Eve
Guests: Patty Bellasalma and Stacy Malkin, (CA NOW); Christina Lopez (Vice Presidential Candidate for the Freedom-Socialist Party), Janet Wiel (Code Pink)
Co-Producer: Molly Hankowicz
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Creating a U.S. Department of Peace
Guests: Nancy Merritt and Nancy Kivette (The Peace Alliance) and Monique Graves, Founder of Lauren's House for Positive Change in East Palo Alto
www.peacealliance.org
www.lh4pc.org
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Peace and Thank you,
Global Val
I'm celebrating an anniversary - It was two years ago that I was recruited to become a contributing Producer to Women's Magazine on KPFA 94.1 Pacifica Network. Since then, I've independently produced, hosted & edited a dozen shows for KPFA 94.1 (11 have aired so far, but #12 will air at a date TBA), by interviewing guests on my weekly Women's Magazine show at Mutiny Radio (Fridays 2-3pm) and teaching myself how to edit audio.
My goal from the outset has been to interview women who are changing the world and highlighting issues that affect us all. Although many of the topics are deeply serious, I always try to unveil some light in the darkness..."Because remember, just when your aspirations seem outrageous, that inspiration is contagious."
With every project, I learn and I get better at editing and crafting the story. Looking back on what I've produced makes me proud and makes me realize how far I've come, but also inspires & motivates me to do and learn more.
All of these shows can be found on kpfa.org. Search the Archives by date and Women's Magazine:
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Magnificent Matriarchy - March for Elephants
Guests: Rosemary Alles & Tamara Birdsall
www.MarchforElephants.org
JULY 14, 2014
Voice of Witness
Guests: Mimi Lok, Executive Director of Voice of Witness, Winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for Social Progress 2013, and Audrey Petty, editor/compiler of High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
www.voiceofwitness.org
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
Women's Poetry Showcase #2 - Poetry as an Agent of Change
Guests/Poets: Alicia Zakon & Alexandria Rain Smith
Featuring music by The Nectarian Collective from the Big Island of Hawaii
AUGUST 5, 2013
Human Egg Harvesting & California AB 926*
Guests: Jennifer Lahl (Executive Producer/Director of the Award Winning documentary Eggsploitation: The Fertility Industry has a Dirty Little Secret), Dr. Diane Tober, PhD, (Assoc. Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society), Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq.
www.eggsploitation.com
*Note: AB 926 was later vetoed by Gov. Brown
JUNE 3, 2013
Women's Poetry Showcase #1
Guests/Poets: Jennifer Barrone (The Word Party), EK Keith (Poems Under the Dome & Mission High School), Mama Coatl, Ava Bird, Kimberly Escamilla (International Poetry Library)
Featuring music from: Clara Bellino & Nova Jazz
MARCH 18, 2013
Aging Women, Housing Rights & Domestic Violence
Guests: Rose Aguilar (Host of Your Call on KAWL 91.7fm) & Lindsay Sweetnam (La Casa de Las Madres)
Based on an article by Rose Aguilar "Old, Female and Homeless", which appeared in The Nation on February 13, 2013
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Break the Chain - 40 Years After Roe v. Wade
Guests: Rose Aguilar (Host of Your Call on KALW 91.7) & Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq. (Green Feminist)
Featuring the song/international One Billion Rising flash mob: "Break the Chain" by Tena Clark, choreographed by Debbie Allen
www.onebillionrising.org
JANUARY 7, 2013
Code Pink Delegates Report back from Pakistan: CIA's Drone War
Guests: Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink & Global Exchange; Toby Blome and Dr. Diane Budd, Delegates
www.codepink.org
DECEMBER 3, 2012
Shedding Light on an Invisible War - Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
Guests: Katie Weber (Protect Our Defenders) and Latonia Dixon(Veterans for Peace)
NOVEMEBER 5, 2012
Election (of) Eve
Guests: Patty Bellasalma and Stacy Malkin, (CA NOW); Christina Lopez (Vice Presidential Candidate for the Freedom-Socialist Party), Janet Wiel (Code Pink)
Co-Producer: Molly Hankowicz
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Creating a U.S. Department of Peace
Guests: Nancy Merritt and Nancy Kivette (The Peace Alliance) and Monique Graves, Founder of Lauren's House for Positive Change in East Palo Alto
www.peacealliance.org
www.lh4pc.org
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Peace and Thank you,
Global Val
Monday, September 15, 2014
March for Elephants & Rhinos - before it's too late! - KPFA 94.1 Women's Magazine - September 22, 2014, 1-2pm
Join me on Monday, September 22, 2014, 1-2pm on Women's Magazine, KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
The African elephant is scheduled to be extinct within the next ten years.
...a matriarchal society, carrying ancient knowledge
...a keystone species, supporting entire ecosystems, and help mitigate climate change!
...being ILLEGALLY poached for ivory trinkets, that are still LEGALLY manufactured in China and SOLD IN CALIFORNIA
...funding terrorist groups throughout Africa
Join me on Monday, September 22, 2014, 1-2pm on Women's Magazine, KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
March for Elephants & Rhinos - before it's too late!
October 4th is World Animal Day, and in 85 cities around the world - including San Francisco - groups will be participating in the March for Elephants and Rhinos. Why? Because poaching illegal ivory and legal ivory manufacturing have put African elephants in danger of extinction within a decade! Join Global Val Ibarra of MutinyRadio.fm as she talks to some of the prime organizers of the March for Elephants, Rosemary Alles and Tamara Birdsall, who tell us the story of the Elephant, and why we need to & how we can save this keystone species and magnificent matriarchy. www.MarchforElephants.org and www.march4elephantsandrhinos.org
Sign the petition to Governor Brown and other representatives.
Join the March on October 4th: 10:30am St. Mary's Square/ China Town > ending in UN Plaza / Civic Center
Monday, September 22, 2014, 1-2pm on Women's Magazine, KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
Archive/Podcast will be available on kpfa.org (search by the date and show) and at kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
Peace and Thank you!
Global Val
The African elephant is scheduled to be extinct within the next ten years.
...a matriarchal society, carrying ancient knowledge
...a keystone species, supporting entire ecosystems, and help mitigate climate change!
...being ILLEGALLY poached for ivory trinkets, that are still LEGALLY manufactured in China and SOLD IN CALIFORNIA
...funding terrorist groups throughout Africa
Join me on Monday, September 22, 2014, 1-2pm on Women's Magazine, KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
March for Elephants & Rhinos - before it's too late!
October 4th is World Animal Day, and in 85 cities around the world - including San Francisco - groups will be participating in the March for Elephants and Rhinos. Why? Because poaching illegal ivory and legal ivory manufacturing have put African elephants in danger of extinction within a decade! Join Global Val Ibarra of MutinyRadio.fm as she talks to some of the prime organizers of the March for Elephants, Rosemary Alles and Tamara Birdsall, who tell us the story of the Elephant, and why we need to & how we can save this keystone species and magnificent matriarchy. www.MarchforElephants.org and www.march4elephantsandrhinos.org
Sign the petition to Governor Brown and other representatives.
Join the March on October 4th: 10:30am St. Mary's Square/ China Town > ending in UN Plaza / Civic Center
Monday, September 22, 2014, 1-2pm on Women's Magazine, KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
Archive/Podcast will be available on kpfa.org (search by the date and show) and at kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
Peace and Thank you!
Global Val
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Mutiny Radio STATS are off the charts!
It's been a ripe year at Mutiny Radio!
Things are always evolving at Mutiny Radio, but what remains is a tight collective of DJs and supporters who continuously put out eclectic content & promote free speech in the form of 48 weekly shows, streaming around the planet on the internet at MutinyRadio.fm.
As the nature of radio expands, live listenership is not the mode of the day. It's all about the downloads. So, whether you and your family sit around the fireside and listen to your favorite podcasts, I know not. What I do know, is that PEOPLE ARE LISTENING, thanks to our fantastic volunteer statistician.
The monthly numbers are in for both the shows I run on Fridays atMutinyRadio.fm:
1. The Common Thread Collective, with Diamond Dave. Our weekly open mic, community building extravaganza. Friday 3-6pm
2. Women's Magazine with Global Val, in conjunction with KPFA 94.1, this is my weekly radio workshop highlighting women who are changing the world & issues that affect everyone. Fridays 2-3pm.
MARCH 2014
Common Thread Collective was #20 with 4,120 downloads
Women's Magazine was #32 with 3,261 downloads
TOTAL = 7,381
APRIL 2014
CTC #3 - 9,614 dwnls
WM #18 - 4,004 dwnls
TOTAL = 13,618
MAY 2014
CTC #14 - 4,865 dwnls
WM #20 - 4,233 dwnls
TOTAL = 9,098
JUNE 2014
CTC #8 - 5,925 dwnls
WM #17 - 5,370 dwnls
TOTAL = 11,295
JULY 2014:
CTC 6370 downloads
WM 6144 downloads
TOTAL= 12,514
AUGUST 2014 = 11,728
CTC is #6 show with 7003 downloads
WM is #16 with 4725
TOTAL = 11,728
SEPTEMBER 2014 = 11,071
CTC is #9 with 5861
WM is # 15 with 5210
TOTAL = 11,071
OCTOBER 2014
*Our shows not only grew in terms of downloads, but also, live listenership!
Common Thread Collective is the #2 show!
8424 downloads
Women's Magazine is #15
5725 downloads
TOTAL = 14,149
NOVEMBER 2014
CTC #3 with 6,227
WM #23 with 3,229
TOTAL = 9,456
December 2014
CTC #3 = 7,482
WM #13 = 6,006
TOTAL = 13,488
JANUARY 2015 - Our biggest month of downloads yet!!!
CTC #3 = 12,261
WM #8 = 6,013
TOTAL = 18,274
FEBRUARY 2015 - A short month with some technical interruptions to our archives, but still great numbers :)
CTC #4 = 6,188
WM #11 = 5,319
TOTAL = 11,507
So, in a year's time, we've been able to reach a lot of people!
The Common Thread Collective was downloaded 84,340 times!
Women's Magazine was downloaded 59,239 times!
That's a grand total of 143,579 downloads of shows run by Global Val in the past 12 months...Woohoo!
So, THANK YOU to the folks who have downloaded our shows!
Also, thanks to everyone who has contributed to Mutiny Radio.
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!
Like us on Facebook:
- Common Thread Collective
- Women's Magazine with Global Val
- Mutiny Radio
In the words of Diamond Dave, "We be doin' it!"
Peace & Thank you,
Global Val
Things are always evolving at Mutiny Radio, but what remains is a tight collective of DJs and supporters who continuously put out eclectic content & promote free speech in the form of 48 weekly shows, streaming around the planet on the internet at MutinyRadio.fm.
As the nature of radio expands, live listenership is not the mode of the day. It's all about the downloads. So, whether you and your family sit around the fireside and listen to your favorite podcasts, I know not. What I do know, is that PEOPLE ARE LISTENING, thanks to our fantastic volunteer statistician.
The monthly numbers are in for both the shows I run on Fridays at
1. The Common Thread Collective, with Diamond Dave. Our weekly open mic, community building extravaganza. Friday 3-6pm
2. Women's Magazine with Global Val, in conjunction with KPFA 94.1, this is my weekly radio workshop highlighting women who are changing the world & issues that affect everyone. Fridays 2-3pm.
MARCH 2014
Common Thread Collective was #20 with 4,120 downloads
Women's Magazine was #32 with 3,261 downloads
TOTAL = 7,381
APRIL 2014
CTC #3 - 9,614 dwnls
WM #18 - 4,004 dwnls
TOTAL = 13,618
MAY 2014
CTC #14 - 4,865 dwnls
WM #20 - 4,233 dwnls
TOTAL = 9,098
JUNE 2014
CTC #8 - 5,925 dwnls
WM #17 - 5,370 dwnls
TOTAL = 11,295
JULY 2014:
CTC 6370 downloads
WM 6144 downloads
TOTAL= 12,514
AUGUST 2014 = 11,728
CTC is #6 show with 7003 downloads
WM is #16 with 4725
TOTAL = 11,728
SEPTEMBER 2014 = 11,071
CTC is #9 with 5861
WM is # 15 with 5210
TOTAL = 11,071
OCTOBER 2014
*Our shows not only grew in terms of downloads, but also, live listenership!
Common Thread Collective is the #2 show!
8424 downloads
Women's Magazine is #15
5725 downloads
TOTAL = 14,149
NOVEMBER 2014
CTC #3 with 6,227
WM #23 with 3,229
TOTAL = 9,456
December 2014
CTC #3 = 7,482
WM #13 = 6,006
TOTAL = 13,488
JANUARY 2015 - Our biggest month of downloads yet!!!
CTC #3 = 12,261
WM #8 = 6,013
TOTAL = 18,274
FEBRUARY 2015 - A short month with some technical interruptions to our archives, but still great numbers :)
CTC #4 = 6,188
WM #11 = 5,319
TOTAL = 11,507
So, in a year's time, we've been able to reach a lot of people!
The Common Thread Collective was downloaded 84,340 times!
Women's Magazine was downloaded 59,239 times!
That's a grand total of 143,579 downloads of shows run by Global Val in the past 12 months...Woohoo!
So, THANK YOU to the folks who have downloaded our shows!
Also, thanks to everyone who has contributed to Mutiny Radio.
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!
Like us on Facebook:
- Common Thread Collective
- Women's Magazine with Global Val
- Mutiny Radio
In the words of Diamond Dave, "We be doin' it!"
Peace & Thank you,
Global Val
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Voice of Witness on Women's Magazine KPFA 94.1 - July 14th, 2014, 1-2pm
Pleased to be back on KPFA 94.1 "Women's Magazine" on Monday, July 14th 2014, 1-2pm.
Presenting:
Voice of Witness, a non-profit book series and education program that shares the oral histories of those involved in ongoing human rights and social justice issues. Join me as Diamond Dave and I talk to the Executive Director, Mimi Lok, who, along with VoW co-founder Dave Eggers, won the 2013 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for Social Progress, for their work with Voice of Witness. We'll also speak with Audrey Petty, the Editor and Compiler of High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, which shares the stories of people who used to live in the high rise projects that were torn down in the early 2000s as part of Chicago's Plan for Transformation. Sharing inspiration and the power of the personal story to tell otherwise untold perspectives that are so often hidden in conventional history and media.
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
Peace & Thank You!
Global Val
Presenting:
Voice of Witness, a non-profit book series and education program that shares the oral histories of those involved in ongoing human rights and social justice issues. Join me as Diamond Dave and I talk to the Executive Director, Mimi Lok, who, along with VoW co-founder Dave Eggers, won the 2013 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for Social Progress, for their work with Voice of Witness. We'll also speak with Audrey Petty, the Editor and Compiler of High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, which shares the stories of people who used to live in the high rise projects that were torn down in the early 2000s as part of Chicago's Plan for Transformation. Sharing inspiration and the power of the personal story to tell otherwise untold perspectives that are so often hidden in conventional history and media.
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
Peace & Thank You!
Global Val
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Global Val MCs for EarthDaySF
I'm pleased to announce that I've been asked to MC for Earth Day SF on Saturday, April 19th, 2014, at Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco. 10am-6pm. FREE/all ages!
I'll be in the Speakers Tent 12-2:30pm
-Starting at NOON with a panel discussion about "Positive & Healthy Consumer Solutions" with me, environmental attorney Mona Lisa Wallace, Stacy Malkan of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and Pamm Larry of the Label GMO campaign.
*Tune in to Women's Magazine on MutinyRadio.fm on Friday 4/18, 2-3pm for a preview of the panel.
- Other speakers on 4/19 include:
Katie Cantrell of the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
Kevin Connelly of the Earth Island Institute
Rosemary Alles of March for Elephants
David Braun of Americans Against Fracking
Representatives from Friends of the Urban Forest
Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange
Leila Salazar Lopez, Program Director of Amazon Watch
Osprey Orielle Lake of We Can International & President/Founder of the Women's Earth & Climate Caucus
Dr. Meg Lowman, the "real life Lorax" or "Einstein of the treetops", pioneer of canopy ecology, joining us from the California Academy of Sciences
Bob Linden of the nationally syndicated, non-profit, weekly show Go Vegan with Bob Linden
And then I'll be on the Earth Mother main stage 3-6pm with MUSIC & even more speakers, including:
Pamm Larry of the Label GMO campaign
Bill McKibbin of 350.org, who will also be part of the march from the Embarcadero (starting at 11am) to Civic Center, against the Keystone XL Pipeline
There'll be music & dancing, education, workshops & lots of inspiration for all ages. Join us at this FREE event, 10am - 6pm on Saturday, April 19th, 2014. Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco.
EarthDaySF.org
I'll be in the Speakers Tent 12-2:30pm
-Starting at NOON with a panel discussion about "Positive & Healthy Consumer Solutions" with me, environmental attorney Mona Lisa Wallace, Stacy Malkan of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and Pamm Larry of the Label GMO campaign.
*Tune in to Women's Magazine on MutinyRadio.fm on Friday 4/18, 2-3pm for a preview of the panel.
- Other speakers on 4/19 include:
Katie Cantrell of the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
Kevin Connelly of the Earth Island Institute
Rosemary Alles of March for Elephants
David Braun of Americans Against Fracking
Representatives from Friends of the Urban Forest
Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange
Leila Salazar Lopez, Program Director of Amazon Watch
Osprey Orielle Lake of We Can International & President/Founder of the Women's Earth & Climate Caucus
Dr. Meg Lowman, the "real life Lorax" or "Einstein of the treetops", pioneer of canopy ecology, joining us from the California Academy of Sciences
Bob Linden of the nationally syndicated, non-profit, weekly show Go Vegan with Bob Linden
And then I'll be on the Earth Mother main stage 3-6pm with MUSIC & even more speakers, including:
Pamm Larry of the Label GMO campaign
Bill McKibbin of 350.org, who will also be part of the march from the Embarcadero (starting at 11am) to Civic Center, against the Keystone XL Pipeline
There'll be music & dancing, education, workshops & lots of inspiration for all ages. Join us at this FREE event, 10am - 6pm on Saturday, April 19th, 2014. Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco.
EarthDaySF.org
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
9th Annual Poems Under the Dome at San Francisco City Hall
- Poster by Chad Xavier -
Poems Under the Dome - 9th Annual Celebration of National Poetry Month at San Francisco City Hall
JOIN US!
An open mic celebration of National Poetry Month. The 9th Annual Poems Under the Dome welcomes you to read a poem inside beautiful San Francisco City Hall in the North Light Court. Enter the free lottery at the event to read ONE poem in THREE minutes or less. FREE & open to all ages! Thursday, April 24th, 5:30-8pm. www.poemdome.net
Notes & Thanks:
"April is the cruelest month. " -T.S Eliot
Nine years ago, Diamond Dave Whitaker was sitting at Alamo Square, looking down at the freshly gilded dome of City Hall glistening in the sun, and declared, "What a great place for poetry!" After his epiphany, he called in the help of a few local poets, namely EK Keith & Charlie Getter, to help him realize this dream. They got on the task, and with the support of various Supervisors and the Mayor, were able to put together the 1st Poems Under the Dome in 2006.
Since then, with the dedication of EK, the primary organizer, and a group of volunteers, this special event hasn't skipped a beat (so to speak) and we're thrilled to invited ALL AGES to attend this FREE event on Thursday, April 24th, 5:30-8pm in the North Light Court inside San Francisco City Hall. It's the only event of its kind at City Hall - in that it is a free event for the public, welcoming participation.
Readers are selected by lottery at the event and at a handful of poetry open mics around town during the month of April. So come and put your name in the hat for one of the coveted 3-minute spots to read ONE poem of your choosing (an original or a favorite). The shorter your poem is, the more opportunity there is for others to get to read. Either way, it's a great chance to experience live poetry and the thriving poetic community of San Francisco!
This year, our current Poet Laureate of San Francisco, Alejandro Murguia, will read the first poem. We also have a small group of local youth who will help start off the evening. Names for the open mic will be drawn at various points throughout the evening, so we encourage you stick around, be patient and enjoy the show!
For more information go to www.poemdome.net
We want to thank John Avalos & the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor and the Sheriff's Office, and the SF Public Library for their continued support of this one-of-a-kind event, the mother of all open mics, inside City Hall, in celebration of National Poetry Month.
JOIN US!
Friday, December 13, 2013
"Why Photographs and Images of Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela are So Important" by Sylvia Frain
Global Val welcomes her first guest blogger & international correspondent, Sylvia C. Frain, PhD Student at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Why Photographs and Images of Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela are So Important
by Sylvia C. Frain
While President Barack Obama’s ‘selfie’ picture with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt at the memorial of Rolihlahla ‘Nelson’ Mandela now dominates the international media’s attention, I would like to offer a more in-depth analysis regarding photographs and images within the coverage of Mandela’s passing.
A reflection and exploration of this past week’s vast amounts of photographs and images has demonstrated a parallel struggle for freedom. Photographs of Mandela that we are sharing and reposting were once banned from the media and outlawed from the public under apartheid. However, this past week they have flowed freely across online media galleries and slideshows unlike ever before.
A review of online news outlets and blogs from the day of his death and until his memorial service has produced numerous titles for Mandela. Depending on the source, he has been branded as a revolutionary, a protestor, a president, a trouble maker, a terrorist, a freedom fighter, a political activist, a rebel, a leader, a prisoner, world’s best negotiator, a peacemaker, and a legend. While these titles are descriptive and expressive, a photograph or image of him communicates much more.
“On the day Nelson Mandela died, like millions of other people around the world, my 14-year-old updated his Facebook page with a picture of Mandela… I have been mesmerized by pictures of him, soaking in gallery after gallery of photographs of his remarkable life.”
Nearly all online media and blogs relating to the coverage included at least one photograph or image, producing an inclusive visual language. Each feature included a range of visual components: a slideshow, visual timeline, or an interactive photo essay with photographs by professionals as well amateurs. “Photography is the starting point of mass media and communication, and is the most common language of our civilization.” Since its invention, photography has been examined and critiqued, regarding its powerful role to revisit history, examine politics, and to understand international affairs visually.
History has demonstrated that photography’s power can be used for ‘good and evil’, as a propaganda tool, for political manipulation, and as a method to control the representation of conflict and war. It has the power to “deaden [the audience] to political horrors and condition them to accept racism, sexism and deepening class divisions as natural, necessary conditions of existence.”
We can come to understand history through the images of the era, or even the absence of images. “Prohibitions against photographs always indicate a healthy respect for their power.” According to the BBC, during the 1970s and 1980s, “carrying the image of Mandela or being overheard saying his name could result in torture and a prison sentence.” Not only was his photograph illegal, the apartheid state banned Mandela posters and “imposed stiff sentences on anyone caught smuggling posters across the border.” See The New York Times for apartheid posters from the 1980s and 1990s. This censorship and control further helped to elevate visual representation of him as a symbol against oppression and defiance of unjust leadership. The more the regime tried to hide, suppress and control his image, the greater the drive was to expose it.
“As you can imagine, there was intense competition to get the first picture of Mandela. A day before his release, the South African government reversed its policy and published a picture of Mandela.” Once released in 1990, and thanks to contemporary technology, live images of a ‘free Mandela’ were transmitted via satellite to audiences around the world. This photograph of a free man, a man who had spent so many years in prison, and endured institutionalised racism, now could be seen in full light, and his image became an international icon.
Photographs and images of Mandela are a symbol for common experiences of the struggle against oppression, as well as a figure of forgiveness, strength, and democracy. His image represents more than a resilient and tolerant man, but also a resistance ideology, one that works towards freedom and against repression worldwide. Through this past weeks' ‘Life in Pictures’ online slideshows and galleries, photographs have communicated and visually expressed the universal struggle against domination as well as creating the image of common humanity.
Mandela’s passing is unlike any other magnitude of global grievance, mourning or loss. Photography shapes public memory, assists with making sense of a shared experience and can relay emotions better than any written text. His actions, words and practices have reached people all over the world, and people want to celebrate his vision. The photography of the global reaction, as well as pictorial tributes, which are featured on nearly every media site, show people from all walks of life, speaking different languages, across borders and spanning generations around the world gathered to pay respect, and join together in remembrance and collectively mourn Mandela.
The Wall Street Journal developed a live interactive obituary platform, with global user content, Twitter posts and quotes embedded within the article. The Australian ABC featured a video timeline of his life and major events also a tribute page with mix-media including user content and Instagram photographs. These sites provide a shared pace to instantly and visually collaborate and memorialize Mandela globally.
Mandela’s image now “adorns everything from expensive cotton pillowslips, to fridge magnets, to dusty township tavern walls.” The pictures of Mandela were once outlawed, and now have become one of the most shared images online. I believe it will continue to influence people struggling and resisting oppression world-wide for generations to come, much longer than any number of world leader ‘selfies’.
December 2013
Sylvia C. Frain
PhD Student
National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Otago
520 Castle Street
Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
_______________________________________________________________________________________
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-pleming/remembering-nelson-mandela_b_4406395.html
2. Freund, G. l. (1980). Photography & society. Boston: Boston : D. R. Godine.
3. Mitchell, W. J. T. (1995). Picture theory: essays on verbal and visual representation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
4. Goldberg, V. (1993). The power of photography: how photographs changed our lives. New York: Abbeville.
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25256818
6. http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/bring-me-the-head-of-nelson-mandela
7. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/05/world/africa/Mandelas-Struggle-in-Posters.html?smid=tw-share
8. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-pleming/remembering-nelson-mandela_b_4406395.html
9. http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/ImageGrid/?slug=Mandela
10. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-06/tributes-to-nelson-mandela/5139520?section=australianetworknews
11. http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/bring-me-the-head-of-nelson-mandela
Why Photographs and Images of Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela are So Important
by Sylvia C. Frain
While President Barack Obama’s ‘selfie’ picture with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt at the memorial of Rolihlahla ‘Nelson’ Mandela now dominates the international media’s attention, I would like to offer a more in-depth analysis regarding photographs and images within the coverage of Mandela’s passing.
A reflection and exploration of this past week’s vast amounts of photographs and images has demonstrated a parallel struggle for freedom. Photographs of Mandela that we are sharing and reposting were once banned from the media and outlawed from the public under apartheid. However, this past week they have flowed freely across online media galleries and slideshows unlike ever before.
A review of online news outlets and blogs from the day of his death and until his memorial service has produced numerous titles for Mandela. Depending on the source, he has been branded as a revolutionary, a protestor, a president, a trouble maker, a terrorist, a freedom fighter, a political activist, a rebel, a leader, a prisoner, world’s best negotiator, a peacemaker, and a legend. While these titles are descriptive and expressive, a photograph or image of him communicates much more.
“On the day Nelson Mandela died, like millions of other people around the world, my 14-year-old updated his Facebook page with a picture of Mandela… I have been mesmerized by pictures of him, soaking in gallery after gallery of photographs of his remarkable life.”
Nearly all online media and blogs relating to the coverage included at least one photograph or image, producing an inclusive visual language. Each feature included a range of visual components: a slideshow, visual timeline, or an interactive photo essay with photographs by professionals as well amateurs. “Photography is the starting point of mass media and communication, and is the most common language of our civilization.” Since its invention, photography has been examined and critiqued, regarding its powerful role to revisit history, examine politics, and to understand international affairs visually.
History has demonstrated that photography’s power can be used for ‘good and evil’, as a propaganda tool, for political manipulation, and as a method to control the representation of conflict and war. It has the power to “deaden [the audience] to political horrors and condition them to accept racism, sexism and deepening class divisions as natural, necessary conditions of existence.”
We can come to understand history through the images of the era, or even the absence of images. “Prohibitions against photographs always indicate a healthy respect for their power.” According to the BBC, during the 1970s and 1980s, “carrying the image of Mandela or being overheard saying his name could result in torture and a prison sentence.” Not only was his photograph illegal, the apartheid state banned Mandela posters and “imposed stiff sentences on anyone caught smuggling posters across the border.” See The New York Times for apartheid posters from the 1980s and 1990s. This censorship and control further helped to elevate visual representation of him as a symbol against oppression and defiance of unjust leadership. The more the regime tried to hide, suppress and control his image, the greater the drive was to expose it.
“As you can imagine, there was intense competition to get the first picture of Mandela. A day before his release, the South African government reversed its policy and published a picture of Mandela.” Once released in 1990, and thanks to contemporary technology, live images of a ‘free Mandela’ were transmitted via satellite to audiences around the world. This photograph of a free man, a man who had spent so many years in prison, and endured institutionalised racism, now could be seen in full light, and his image became an international icon.
Photographs and images of Mandela are a symbol for common experiences of the struggle against oppression, as well as a figure of forgiveness, strength, and democracy. His image represents more than a resilient and tolerant man, but also a resistance ideology, one that works towards freedom and against repression worldwide. Through this past weeks' ‘Life in Pictures’ online slideshows and galleries, photographs have communicated and visually expressed the universal struggle against domination as well as creating the image of common humanity.
Mandela’s passing is unlike any other magnitude of global grievance, mourning or loss. Photography shapes public memory, assists with making sense of a shared experience and can relay emotions better than any written text. His actions, words and practices have reached people all over the world, and people want to celebrate his vision. The photography of the global reaction, as well as pictorial tributes, which are featured on nearly every media site, show people from all walks of life, speaking different languages, across borders and spanning generations around the world gathered to pay respect, and join together in remembrance and collectively mourn Mandela.
The Wall Street Journal developed a live interactive obituary platform, with global user content, Twitter posts and quotes embedded within the article. The Australian ABC featured a video timeline of his life and major events also a tribute page with mix-media including user content and Instagram photographs. These sites provide a shared pace to instantly and visually collaborate and memorialize Mandela globally.
Mandela’s image now “adorns everything from expensive cotton pillowslips, to fridge magnets, to dusty township tavern walls.” The pictures of Mandela were once outlawed, and now have become one of the most shared images online. I believe it will continue to influence people struggling and resisting oppression world-wide for generations to come, much longer than any number of world leader ‘selfies’.
December 2013
Sylvia C. Frain
PhD Student
National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Otago
520 Castle Street
Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
_______________________________________________________________________________________
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-pleming/remembering-nelson-mandela_b_4406395.html
2. Freund, G. l. (1980). Photography & society. Boston: Boston : D. R. Godine.
3. Mitchell, W. J. T. (1995). Picture theory: essays on verbal and visual representation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
4. Goldberg, V. (1993). The power of photography: how photographs changed our lives. New York: Abbeville.
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25256818
6. http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/bring-me-the-head-of-nelson-mandela
7. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/05/world/africa/Mandelas-Struggle-in-Posters.html?smid=tw-share
8. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-pleming/remembering-nelson-mandela_b_4406395.html
9. http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/ImageGrid/?slug=Mandela
10. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-06/tributes-to-nelson-mandela/5139520?section=australianetworknews
11. http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/bring-me-the-head-of-nelson-mandela
Friday, November 15, 2013
KPFA Women's Magazine - Monday, November 18, 2013: Poetry as an Agent of Change
Monday, November 18th, 1-2pm
Women's Magazine with Global Val
2nd Women's Poetry Showcase: Poetry as an Agent of Change
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 FM
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
KPFA Live Stream Channel: kpfa.org
LISTEN to the show: Click this link to access the Archive/Podcast on kpfa.org and kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
Poetry as an Agent of Change
When I started producing shows for Women's Magazine on KPFA 94.1, my intention was and remains to be highlighting women who are changing the world. I've brought it back to poetry this month because Poetry is an underdog of change. In this show, we'll hear from two poets who are using their words & work to inspire and activate others toward personal growth and creative community-based solutions for some of the world's most daunting challenges.
Poets
Alicia Zakon is an educator and spoken word poet in & from Berkeley, CA. She's written a poetic memoir called "Laundry and Love Notes", a collection of poems she wrote from age 10-25 that reveal her own choices in love & dating and gives readers a raw examination of how she has grown as a young woman. She plans to teach a series of free poetry workshops in 15 cities around the country so other young women can receive the gift of poetry as a means to deal with life's transgressions and gain a better sense of self-worth. You can contribute to her workshop tour by purchasing her book on her website, www.laundryandlovenotes.com
Alexandria 'Rain' is an ambassador of peace and positivity who came into our lives at The Common Thread Collective (Fridays 3-6pm) at Mutiny Radio this past summer. She has her feet, hands and heart planted in the grass roots as she shares her vision about how the creative collective can help us reinvigorate and inspire each other.
- She's currently involved with CAJA-3, standing up to feminicide by lobbying for a better distribution of US funds allotted for the drug war in Mexico, and by empowering a group of women in Mexico, who are suffering domestic violence, to grow and sell local delicacies to gain independence.
- She was also selected to participate in a retreat with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom as it looks ahead into the next 100 years of the organization. See the WILPF website to sign the petition to ratify CEDAW and let the 113th Congress know - on the day they're sworn in - that Americans want the US to join 185 other countries who have signed on to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Musicians
The Necatarian Collective from the Big Island of Hawaii consists of three goddesses: Mary Isis, Sea Star and Parmita, accompanied by their friends, Lotus Moon. Today's show features:
"Cosmic Mind" and "Earth's Child" by Mary Isis from her album Nectarian
"The Wellspring" by Sea Star from her album Sacred Red
and a special live track of "Only Love Can Heal Us" by Parmita
All their music can be enjoyed and downloaded at www.nectarianmusic.com
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 FM
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
KPFA Live Stream Channel: kpfa.org
Archive/Podcast will be posted here and on kpfa.org and kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
Thank you for your participation!
Global Val
Women's Magazine with Global Val
2nd Women's Poetry Showcase: Poetry as an Agent of Change
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 FM
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
KPFA Live Stream Channel: kpfa.org
LISTEN to the show: Click this link to access the Archive/Podcast on kpfa.org and kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
Poetry as an Agent of Change
When I started producing shows for Women's Magazine on KPFA 94.1, my intention was and remains to be highlighting women who are changing the world. I've brought it back to poetry this month because Poetry is an underdog of change. In this show, we'll hear from two poets who are using their words & work to inspire and activate others toward personal growth and creative community-based solutions for some of the world's most daunting challenges.
Poets
Alicia Zakon is an educator and spoken word poet in & from Berkeley, CA. She's written a poetic memoir called "Laundry and Love Notes", a collection of poems she wrote from age 10-25 that reveal her own choices in love & dating and gives readers a raw examination of how she has grown as a young woman. She plans to teach a series of free poetry workshops in 15 cities around the country so other young women can receive the gift of poetry as a means to deal with life's transgressions and gain a better sense of self-worth. You can contribute to her workshop tour by purchasing her book on her website, www.laundryandlovenotes.com
Alexandria 'Rain' is an ambassador of peace and positivity who came into our lives at The Common Thread Collective (Fridays 3-6pm) at Mutiny Radio this past summer. She has her feet, hands and heart planted in the grass roots as she shares her vision about how the creative collective can help us reinvigorate and inspire each other.
- She's currently involved with CAJA-3, standing up to feminicide by lobbying for a better distribution of US funds allotted for the drug war in Mexico, and by empowering a group of women in Mexico, who are suffering domestic violence, to grow and sell local delicacies to gain independence.
- She was also selected to participate in a retreat with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom as it looks ahead into the next 100 years of the organization. See the WILPF website to sign the petition to ratify CEDAW and let the 113th Congress know - on the day they're sworn in - that Americans want the US to join 185 other countries who have signed on to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Musicians
The Necatarian Collective from the Big Island of Hawaii consists of three goddesses: Mary Isis, Sea Star and Parmita, accompanied by their friends, Lotus Moon. Today's show features:
"Cosmic Mind" and "Earth's Child" by Mary Isis from her album Nectarian
"The Wellspring" by Sea Star from her album Sacred Red
and a special live track of "Only Love Can Heal Us" by Parmita
All their music can be enjoyed and downloaded at www.nectarianmusic.com
There are several ways to listen LIVE:
KPFA 94.1 FM
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
KPFA Live Stream Channel: kpfa.org
Archive/Podcast will be posted here and on kpfa.org and kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
Thank you for your participation!
Global Val
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Litcrawl 2013: Global Val Reads with SF Poet Laureate, Alejandro Murguia!
This year, I'll be reading in Litcrawl with San Francisco's Poet Laureate, Alejandro Murguia!
Post Script, if you missed the intimate performance that night, here's link to a video by April Ellis, who captured it beautifully: Val Ibarra - LitQuake 2013
International Poetry Library Presents…"Los Días de Los Muertos Celebration" with Poet Laureate of San Francisco, Alejandro Murguía. The Executive Director of the International Poetry Library of San Francisco, Kimberly Escamilla, has invited me to read poetry at this event. It's an honor and I know it's going to be a fabulous evening.
Saturday, October 19th
Litcrawl/ Phase 3 / 8:30-9:30pm
Casa Bonampak
1051 Valencia St.
Peace & Poetry,
Global Val
Post Script, if you missed the intimate performance that night, here's link to a video by April Ellis, who captured it beautifully: Val Ibarra - LitQuake 2013
International Poetry Library Presents…"Los Días de Los Muertos Celebration" with Poet Laureate of San Francisco, Alejandro Murguía. The Executive Director of the International Poetry Library of San Francisco, Kimberly Escamilla, has invited me to read poetry at this event. It's an honor and I know it's going to be a fabulous evening.
Saturday, October 19th
Litcrawl/ Phase 3 / 8:30-9:30pm
Casa Bonampak
1051 Valencia St.
Peace & Poetry,
Global Val
Monday, October 7, 2013
100 Thousand Poets For Change presents...
Please join us in Berkeley on Sunday, October 13, 2013, 4pm, for a night of celebrating poetry as an instrument of change around the world!
Please join us in Berkeley on Sunday, October 13, 2013, 4pm, for a night of celebrating poetry as an instrument of change around the world!
Monday, August 19, 2013
Governor Brown Vetoes AB 926
Thank you, Governor Brown, for acknowledging the dangerous enticement that AB 926 would have posed on women in California who may have been unduly seduced into "donating" their eggs for research at risk of exploitation and health complications.
Click here to read the article and find the link to his Veto Letter to the Legislature.
http://www.synbiowatch.org/2013/08/california-governor-jerry-brown-vetos-bill-that-would-have-legalized-sale-of-human-egss/
Thank you to all of my guests on Women's Magazine for spreading their expertise and concerns for women's health.
If you missed the show, you can go to the directly to the archive HERE!
Peace and Thank You,
Global Val
Click here to read the article and find the link to his Veto Letter to the Legislature.
http://www.synbiowatch.org/2013/08/california-governor-jerry-brown-vetos-bill-that-would-have-legalized-sale-of-human-egss/
Thank you to all of my guests on Women's Magazine for spreading their expertise and concerns for women's health.
If you missed the show, you can go to the directly to the archive HERE!
Peace and Thank You,
Global Val
Sunday, August 4, 2013
KPFA "Women's Magazine" August 5th: Human Egg Harvesting & AB 926 + More!
Monday, August 5, 1-2pm
Women's Magazine with Global Val
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
TUNE IN to this important two-part show that will address a range of women's reproductive health issues.
If you missed the show, you can go to the directly to the archive HERE!
Part I: Harvesting Human Eggs & International Surrogacy: Risks to Health & Human Rights
Discussing California AB 926 (on Governor Brown's desk as of August 5th): A bill that would repeal the current limits on compensation for women who 'donate' their eggs to research, and elevate it to $5-10K. Framed as a 'women's equity' bill, it neglects the health risks of invasive egg donation procedures. We'll discuss the history of this legislation, the health risks - as seen in the acclaimed documentary Eggsploitation - as well the legal argument against harvesting human eggs & the under-regulated industry of international surrogacy.
Featured Guests:
- Diane Tober, PhD, Assoc. Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society
- Jennifer Lahl, Executive Producer & Director of the Award Winning documentary Eggsploitation: The Fertility Industry has a Dirty Little Secret - www.eggsploitation.com
- Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq.
AB 926 is going to be on Governor Jerry Brown's desk as of Monday, August 5th 2013, where he has 12 days to sign it, veto it or let it pass into law without a signature. To contact the Governor, you can write to his aide: lark.park@gov.ca.gov
Part 2: Reports from the Abortions Rights Freedom Ride
The first in a series of regular updates on KPFA Women's Magazine directly from the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride going around the country to raise awareness about new state laws that are challenging reproductive health rights.
Monday, August 5, 1-2pm
Women's Magazine with Global Val
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
*There are several ways to listen LIVE, but you can always go to kpfa.org > archives > search the date > Women's Magazine...voila!
KPFA 94.1 FM
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
KPFA Live Stream Channel: kpfa.org
*Podcasts/archive will be posted on kpfa.org and kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
PEACE & THANK YOU,
GLOBAL VAL
Radio Producer
Mutiny Radio & KPFA 94.1
www.globalval.blogspot.com
Women's Magazine with Global Val
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
TUNE IN to this important two-part show that will address a range of women's reproductive health issues.
If you missed the show, you can go to the directly to the archive HERE!
Part I: Harvesting Human Eggs & International Surrogacy: Risks to Health & Human Rights
Discussing California AB 926 (on Governor Brown's desk as of August 5th): A bill that would repeal the current limits on compensation for women who 'donate' their eggs to research, and elevate it to $5-10K. Framed as a 'women's equity' bill, it neglects the health risks of invasive egg donation procedures. We'll discuss the history of this legislation, the health risks - as seen in the acclaimed documentary Eggsploitation - as well the legal argument against harvesting human eggs & the under-regulated industry of international surrogacy.
Featured Guests:
- Diane Tober, PhD, Assoc. Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society
- Jennifer Lahl, Executive Producer & Director of the Award Winning documentary Eggsploitation: The Fertility Industry has a Dirty Little Secret - www.eggsploitation.com
- Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq.
AB 926 is going to be on Governor Jerry Brown's desk as of Monday, August 5th 2013, where he has 12 days to sign it, veto it or let it pass into law without a signature. To contact the Governor, you can write to his aide: lark.park@gov.ca.gov
Part 2: Reports from the Abortions Rights Freedom Ride
The first in a series of regular updates on KPFA Women's Magazine directly from the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride going around the country to raise awareness about new state laws that are challenging reproductive health rights.
Monday, August 5, 1-2pm
Women's Magazine with Global Val
KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org
*There are several ways to listen LIVE, but you can always go to kpfa.org > archives > search the date > Women's Magazine...voila!
KPFA 94.1 FM
KPFB 89.3 FM
Comcast Digital Cable 967
iPhone: Public Radio App
Android: TuneIn Radio App
WebOS: Public Radio App
KPFA Live Stream Channel: kpfa.org
*Podcasts/archive will be posted on kpfa.org and kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
PEACE & THANK YOU,
GLOBAL VAL
Radio Producer
Mutiny Radio & KPFA 94.1
www.globalval.blogspot.com
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