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
Monday, August 19, 2013
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
Monday, June 24, 2013
California Senate set to vote on AB 926: Selling Human Eggs for Research Despite RISKS to Women's Health
On Friday, June 28, 2013, 1-2pm, I'll be talking to Diane Tober, PhD, the Associate Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society. We'll be discussing AB 926, currently being debated in the California Senate, which seeks to expand the market in human eggs by paying women for their eggs for research. This bill is coming up for a vote despite growing evidence of serious short and long-term health risks for young women.
Please join us on Women's Magazine (Mutiny Radio) for this important conversation so that you can get the knowledge you need to contact your State representative re: AB 926.
Friday, June 28, 2013
1-2pm
www.mutinyradio.org (aka: www.pcrcollective.org)
LIVE & Podcast
Thank you,
Global Val
Please join us on Women's Magazine (Mutiny Radio) for this important conversation so that you can get the knowledge you need to contact your State representative re: AB 926.
Friday, June 28, 2013
1-2pm
www.mutinyradio.org (aka: www.pcrcollective.org)
LIVE & Podcast
Thank you,
Global Val
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Women's Poetry Showcase on KPFA 94.1 "Women's Magazine": Monday, June 3rd 2013, 1-2pm
Thank you for joining me. I'm Global Val of "The Common Thread Collective" on www.MutinyRadio.org & "Women's Magazine" KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org.
Spring is a season of creativity, so throughout the month of April - National Poetry Month - I invited some poets into the studio at Mutiny Radio in San Francisco to share not only their poetry, but also their love of community. I put together a showcase from those interviews which airs on KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org on Monday, June 3rd 2013, 1-2pm for "Women's Magazine".
Listen to the show here: kpfa.org
or kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
If you were listening, you've come here to find out more about the Poets involved in this project. So it is my pleasure to present the women who were part of the 1st Women's Magazine Poetry Showcase.
MUSIC FROM THE SHOW:
Lost at Last, Clara Bellino "This is Happiness" & Nova Jazz
POETS:
E.K. KEITH organizes Poems Under the Dome, an annual open mic celebration of Poetry Month inside San Francisco's City Hall. She enjoys the spectacle of open mics for entertainment, as well as the fun of participating. Recent print publications include work in phati'tude Literary Magazine, Soul Vomit, Nerve Cowboy, Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, and Out of Our. Online publications include Dead Flowers and Dark Matter.
E.K. explained to her high school English students that the moniker Chief Keith was already taken, however they affectionately re-created her as a rap star after she told them she was a poet. She will complete a manuscript of her poetry this summer.
*Videos of Poems Under the Dome are all over YouTube, but there is some special footage from 2013, courtesy of the IPLSF (see below)at this YouTube link: Poems Under the Dome 2013
MAMA COATL- Barrio poet, songstress, activist and spiritual healer comes from the Yaqui people of the Sonora desert. She has presented her work at Theater Artaud, La Pena Cultural center, Brava Theater (SF), among many other international venues.
MamaCoatl has curated ceremonies to heal the Amazonic River Mother of God at the border of Bolivia-Brazil-Peru, concerts for peace in communities affected by femicide along Mexico's highways and healing days at public plazas in the US.
Blessed by a mayoral proclamation, MamaCoatl made San Francisco the first and only city in the United States to officially proclaim and celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence toward Women and Girls since 2006.
MamaCoatl MA in Women Spirituality, MFA in Performance Activism and Creative Inquiry is also a Reiki Master, Absolute Balanced Mastery practitioner and is currently training with the Maya Council of Spiritual Guides.
Her book, "Border Crossing Diosa" is available at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco
JENNIFER BARONE is the founder and co-host of the long-running “WordParty” – a poetry and jazz open mic which happens at Viracocha in San Francisco, every third Tuesday of the month.
Jennifer is known to collaborate with local artists combining poetry, fine art and jazz and has been a featured poet at venues such as The SF Public Library, The Red Poppy Art House, The Beat Museum, SF MoMa, DeYoung Museum, The Randall Museum and many local venues for poetry. She has had the honor of being a selected poet for the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco in the 2007 and 2012 “Poets Eleven” city-wide contest, organized by the SF Public Library.
She is the author of three self-published collections of poetry: Saporoso, Poems of Italian Food & Love with drawings by Lam Khong, 2012, Secret City, 2007 – a bi-coastal collaboration with her father's original artwork in response to her poems about New York City and San Francisco and Simple Language, 2003.
You can find links to her books, video files and more about Jennifer and the Word Party by visiting www.thewordparty.com
AVA BIRD is the author of two books 'the new now' & 'rage against the war machine.' & her work is published in many journals, publications, papers, and anthologies around the globe. You can check out more of her work by visiting: http://www.yogitimes.com/article/13-indigenous-grandmothers-meeting-cheyenne-indians-lame-deer-montana/ and http://www.yogitimes.com/article/yoga-tunes/ and liking her articles and poems and buying her books, and becoming a fan on facebook! Her new works will be released soon, including a cd, a musical project and several new fun stories, poetry, prose and a raw recipe collection. She is an organizer for 100thousand poets for change and will be hosting upcoming events in the bay/russian river at the center for sacred studies.
KIMBERLY ESCAMILLA’s recent work has appeared or forthcoming in Red Wheelbarrow, Huffington Post, Plath Profiles, 5AM, DMQ Review, and My Baby Rides the Short Bus anthology. She has taught college-level writing and literature in the San Francisco Bay Area for 19 years and is the director of The International Poetry Library of San Francisco. http://www.iplsf.org She lives on the coast, a few miles north Half Moon Bay, CA with her husband Michael and son Harrison.
Global VAL IBARRA is a native San Franciscan, world traveler, poet & radio producer. The weekly Co-Host/Producer of "The Common Thread Collective" with the legendary Diamond Dave Whitaker LIVE on Fridays, 3-6pm, on www.MutinyRadio.org. She has hosted events for "100,000 Poets for Change" in San Francisco Civic Center in conjunction with Peace Day SF, 2011. Her work has been selected for several honors, including: Winner of 'Poet of the Month' (December 2007) & given 'Honourable Mention' (October 2007)through The Beat Museum Poetry Contest of North Beach, for which she was subsequently published in "The Beat Museum Poetry Anthology Vol. 1" (2009). Selected by the Poet Laureate of Benicia to participate in a poetry & visual art collaboration in response to the news, called "I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY!" which was on exhibit in the Public Libraries of Benicia and Pacific Grove, CA, in 2011 (videos available on YouTube). Author of "Shaking Out the Smoke Screen", an introductory collection of poetry (2011, 2013). In October 2012, she joined the team of independent Producers for KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org "Women's Magazine", Mondays 1-2pm - a weekly show uniquely forged to highlight issues affecting & change being affected by women - and looks forward to continuing to grow and produce more programs in collaboration with the inspirational members of our local and global communities.
If you have an important topic that you think needs to be covered, or to find out more about performance opportunities in San Francisco, you can contact: valibarra.poet@gmail.com
Spring is a season of creativity, so throughout the month of April - National Poetry Month - I invited some poets into the studio at Mutiny Radio in San Francisco to share not only their poetry, but also their love of community. I put together a showcase from those interviews which airs on KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org on Monday, June 3rd 2013, 1-2pm for "Women's Magazine".
Listen to the show here: kpfa.org
or kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com
If you were listening, you've come here to find out more about the Poets involved in this project. So it is my pleasure to present the women who were part of the 1st Women's Magazine Poetry Showcase.
MUSIC FROM THE SHOW:
Lost at Last, Clara Bellino "This is Happiness" & Nova Jazz
POETS:
E.K. KEITH organizes Poems Under the Dome, an annual open mic celebration of Poetry Month inside San Francisco's City Hall. She enjoys the spectacle of open mics for entertainment, as well as the fun of participating. Recent print publications include work in phati'tude Literary Magazine, Soul Vomit, Nerve Cowboy, Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, and Out of Our. Online publications include Dead Flowers and Dark Matter.
E.K. explained to her high school English students that the moniker Chief Keith was already taken, however they affectionately re-created her as a rap star after she told them she was a poet. She will complete a manuscript of her poetry this summer.
*Videos of Poems Under the Dome are all over YouTube, but there is some special footage from 2013, courtesy of the IPLSF (see below)at this YouTube link: Poems Under the Dome 2013
MAMA COATL- Barrio poet, songstress, activist and spiritual healer comes from the Yaqui people of the Sonora desert. She has presented her work at Theater Artaud, La Pena Cultural center, Brava Theater (SF), among many other international venues.
MamaCoatl has curated ceremonies to heal the Amazonic River Mother of God at the border of Bolivia-Brazil-Peru, concerts for peace in communities affected by femicide along Mexico's highways and healing days at public plazas in the US.
Blessed by a mayoral proclamation, MamaCoatl made San Francisco the first and only city in the United States to officially proclaim and celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence toward Women and Girls since 2006.
MamaCoatl MA in Women Spirituality, MFA in Performance Activism and Creative Inquiry is also a Reiki Master, Absolute Balanced Mastery practitioner and is currently training with the Maya Council of Spiritual Guides.
Her book, "Border Crossing Diosa" is available at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco
JENNIFER BARONE is the founder and co-host of the long-running “WordParty” – a poetry and jazz open mic which happens at Viracocha in San Francisco, every third Tuesday of the month.
Jennifer is known to collaborate with local artists combining poetry, fine art and jazz and has been a featured poet at venues such as The SF Public Library, The Red Poppy Art House, The Beat Museum, SF MoMa, DeYoung Museum, The Randall Museum and many local venues for poetry. She has had the honor of being a selected poet for the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco in the 2007 and 2012 “Poets Eleven” city-wide contest, organized by the SF Public Library.
She is the author of three self-published collections of poetry: Saporoso, Poems of Italian Food & Love with drawings by Lam Khong, 2012, Secret City, 2007 – a bi-coastal collaboration with her father's original artwork in response to her poems about New York City and San Francisco and Simple Language, 2003.
You can find links to her books, video files and more about Jennifer and the Word Party by visiting www.thewordparty.com
AVA BIRD is the author of two books 'the new now' & 'rage against the war machine.' & her work is published in many journals, publications, papers, and anthologies around the globe. You can check out more of her work by visiting: http://www.yogitimes.com/article/13-indigenous-grandmothers-meeting-cheyenne-indians-lame-deer-montana/ and http://www.yogitimes.com/article/yoga-tunes/ and liking her articles and poems and buying her books, and becoming a fan on facebook! Her new works will be released soon, including a cd, a musical project and several new fun stories, poetry, prose and a raw recipe collection. She is an organizer for 100thousand poets for change and will be hosting upcoming events in the bay/russian river at the center for sacred studies.
KIMBERLY ESCAMILLA’s recent work has appeared or forthcoming in Red Wheelbarrow, Huffington Post, Plath Profiles, 5AM, DMQ Review, and My Baby Rides the Short Bus anthology. She has taught college-level writing and literature in the San Francisco Bay Area for 19 years and is the director of The International Poetry Library of San Francisco. http://www.iplsf.org She lives on the coast, a few miles north Half Moon Bay, CA with her husband Michael and son Harrison.
Global VAL IBARRA is a native San Franciscan, world traveler, poet & radio producer. The weekly Co-Host/Producer of "The Common Thread Collective" with the legendary Diamond Dave Whitaker LIVE on Fridays, 3-6pm, on www.MutinyRadio.org. She has hosted events for "100,000 Poets for Change" in San Francisco Civic Center in conjunction with Peace Day SF, 2011. Her work has been selected for several honors, including: Winner of 'Poet of the Month' (December 2007) & given 'Honourable Mention' (October 2007)through The Beat Museum Poetry Contest of North Beach, for which she was subsequently published in "The Beat Museum Poetry Anthology Vol. 1" (2009). Selected by the Poet Laureate of Benicia to participate in a poetry & visual art collaboration in response to the news, called "I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY!" which was on exhibit in the Public Libraries of Benicia and Pacific Grove, CA, in 2011 (videos available on YouTube). Author of "Shaking Out the Smoke Screen", an introductory collection of poetry (2011, 2013). In October 2012, she joined the team of independent Producers for KPFA 94.1 & kpfa.org "Women's Magazine", Mondays 1-2pm - a weekly show uniquely forged to highlight issues affecting & change being affected by women - and looks forward to continuing to grow and produce more programs in collaboration with the inspirational members of our local and global communities.
If you have an important topic that you think needs to be covered, or to find out more about performance opportunities in San Francisco, you can contact: valibarra.poet@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
March 18th: Women's Magazine: Aging Women, Housing Rights & Domestic Violence
The connections between domestic abuse and homelessness, issues that are increasingly affecting an aging population of women in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, and leaving some women sleeping in plastic chairs. Do we have a real quest to invest in affordable housing in San Francisco? Or is City Hall too focused on tax breaks for new downtown businesses inviting higher rents? What are our priorities as we move forward as a City and as a nation?
Global Val of Mutiny Radio interviews...
Rose Aguilar - Host of "Your Call" on KALW 91.7, author of "Old, Female and Homeless" in The Nation, February 13th. There are 19,000 older adults living below the poverty line in San Francisco. There is not enough affordable housing and the problem is getting worse. According to the Coalition on Homelessness, there are over 40,000 homeless seniors in this country. The amount of money spent on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in one month could house everyone in this country for a year. These are just a couple of astonishing facts presented in this segment with Rose Aguilar. She gives an up close and personal perspective of what it's like to be on the streets of San Francisco, how easily it can happen, what is being done about it and the huge challenge of fixing the ever-growing tragedy of homelessness.
And...
Lindsay Sweetnam, Community Programs Director of La Casa de las Madres, talks about La Casa, which provides a range of domestic violence services in San Francisco.
"One of the leading causes of homelessness is domestic violence."
Listen to the show and/or download it here:
http://kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html
Global Val of Mutiny Radio interviews...
Rose Aguilar - Host of "Your Call" on KALW 91.7, author of "Old, Female and Homeless" in The Nation, February 13th. There are 19,000 older adults living below the poverty line in San Francisco. There is not enough affordable housing and the problem is getting worse. According to the Coalition on Homelessness, there are over 40,000 homeless seniors in this country. The amount of money spent on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in one month could house everyone in this country for a year. These are just a couple of astonishing facts presented in this segment with Rose Aguilar. She gives an up close and personal perspective of what it's like to be on the streets of San Francisco, how easily it can happen, what is being done about it and the huge challenge of fixing the ever-growing tragedy of homelessness.
And...
Lindsay Sweetnam, Community Programs Director of La Casa de las Madres, talks about La Casa, which provides a range of domestic violence services in San Francisco.
"One of the leading causes of homelessness is domestic violence."
Listen to the show and/or download it here:
http://kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html
February 2013: Break the Chains: Forty Years After Roe v. Wade
Global Val speaks with Mona Lisa Wallace, a civil rights and environmental justice attorney and president of San Francisco NOW, and Rose Aguilar, host of the daily call-in show Your Call on KALW 91.7.
We discuss the state of women's rights in our country 40 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
We'll also be reporting on Eve Ensler's V-DAY (Feb. 14th) campaign, this year called "One Billion Rising" which encourages people to Strike!Dance!Rise! and demand an end to violence against women around the world. The number is based on a United Nations study showing that 1 in 3 women on our planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
Listen and/or download here:
http://kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html
We discuss the state of women's rights in our country 40 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
We'll also be reporting on Eve Ensler's V-DAY (Feb. 14th) campaign, this year called "One Billion Rising" which encourages people to Strike!Dance!Rise! and demand an end to violence against women around the world. The number is based on a United Nations study showing that 1 in 3 women on our planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
Listen and/or download here:
http://kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Code Pink Delegates Report: CIA Drone War in Pakistan
In October 2012, 32 Americans went to Pakistan as part of a delegation put together by Code Pink, including the co-founder of Code Pink, Medea Benjamin, as well as former U.S. Army Colonel Ann Wright, and several members of Veterans for Peace.
The delegation went to protest the use of weaponized drones that the U.S. is currently using to hover over and attack at will the defenseless tribal people of northwest Pakistan.
I interviewed three delegates, Medea Benjamin, Dr. Dianne Budd and Toby Blome who met with the families of drone victims, anti-drone activists in Pakistan, as well as the acting U.S. Ambassador Richard Hoagland.
Hear their reports and the stories of Pakistanis from the site of a modern U.S. massacre that is not only costing thousands of innocent lives, but also billions of U.S. dollars.
The episode that aired on January 7, 2013, is available to download:
http://kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html
Also, be sure to pick up a copy of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control by Medea Benjamin, and visit the website www.droneswatch.org for more information about this important matter.
The delegation went to protest the use of weaponized drones that the U.S. is currently using to hover over and attack at will the defenseless tribal people of northwest Pakistan.
I interviewed three delegates, Medea Benjamin, Dr. Dianne Budd and Toby Blome who met with the families of drone victims, anti-drone activists in Pakistan, as well as the acting U.S. Ambassador Richard Hoagland.
Hear their reports and the stories of Pakistanis from the site of a modern U.S. massacre that is not only costing thousands of innocent lives, but also billions of U.S. dollars.
The episode that aired on January 7, 2013, is available to download:
http://kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html
Also, be sure to pick up a copy of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control by Medea Benjamin, and visit the website www.droneswatch.org for more information about this important matter.
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