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Thursday Night Special
Thursday nights are special!
First Thursday: Jasmine Jones hosts Next Step Forward, a spotlight on millennials of Kansas City who are within a marginalized group, but are using their talents, business, activism etc. to help bring positivity within their communities. This program exists to be a place that is inclusive, safe, fun, inspirational and educational not only for the listeners but for the guest as well.
Second Thursday: Shots in the Night radio theatre; hosted and produced by various members of Shots In The Night. In 2023 SITN has received seven awards for podcast productions in the 9th Annual Hear Now Audio Fiction and Arts Festival produced by the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Third Thursday: People Power Hour, brought to you by KC Tenants, hosts a rotation of speakers featuring members and leaders from KC Tenants and other tenant unions across the country to analyze, inform, and inspire listeners about the power of tenant unions in America. Every episode will showcase a different lesson about tenant unions and America's problematic history with housing by providing in-depth historical analysis, testimonials and stories from leaders who organized in their communities, and collectively brainstorming a vision for a better world where housing is treated as a human right.
Fourth Thursday: Sirisha Naidu and Taki Manolakos host Economics For the People, a journey to explore the transformative power of economics when it is harnessed for the working classes, to advance social justice, and to create an inclusive and equitable society. It is an open invitation to participate in collectively shaping and reimagining an economy that prioritizes the needs and aspirations of the working classes, marginalized communities, and individuals of different gender expressions, sexualities, and abilities. The show features diverse voices, experiences and perspectives that often remain unheard in mainstream conversations about economics, markets and numbers.
Fifth Thursday: The provocative "From Ark to Microchip", produced by Dwight Frizzell, mixes commentary, dramatic re-enactment, original music, historic voices, audio art and sound effects in a pan-historical, pan-cultural milieu. Programs in the program series have received several awards.
Note: These programs may be preempted by special presentations.
Pete O’Neal was leader of the Kansas City Chapter in the 1960s and into the 1970’s. His clashes with authority, whether it was the police or religious leaders led to his being charged and convicted of Fedral a gun violation. Instead of going to jail for a unfair prosecution Pete and his wife Charlotte fled the United States. With the help of overseas supports they went to Sweden until they could finally get to Algiers to join other exiled Black Panthers. After almost two years in algiers They Moved to Tanzania eventually settling near Arusha at the foot of the mountain range that was home to Mount Kilimanjaro.
In tonight’s edition of the Thursday Night Special Charlotte O’Neal tells of homesteading, community building, poetry, music and love. Their’s is truly a story of living the revolutionary principles of love they were committed to here in Kansas City. Charlotte has become well know across the world for her artistic creativity and she will tell us about the Community Center and Leadership Training Shool for orphans and in need youth that she and Pete have built.
Check out their website at: www.uaacchabari.co.tz
Also on Tonight’s show a conversation with Steve Penn about the effort to get President Obama to pardon Pete so he can travel. Steve will tell us about his book Case For A Pardon and about an organizing meeting for the petition to President Obama.
There will be a meeting Sunday April 28, from 4-6 pm at the Black United Front Offices,7714 Prospect Ave, KCMO with Alvin Sykes and Steve Penn to get people involved in an effort to petition President Obama to grant Pete a pardon. They are asking you to RSVP at [email protected]
You will also be able to purchase Steve’s book Case For A Pardon at the Sunday event or on the website www.caseforapardon.com
