House Keys NOT Handcuffs! This week on a special Music To Resist By Edition of Conversation Piece, we speak to members of the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) about the effects of Trump's executive order on homelessness, and it's real effects on housing and criminalization policies region wide. Join our guests Therese Howard of the Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND), Clayton Shea from the Missoula Homeless Union, and Sam from Judy's Midnight Diner in Oregon to get the real picture of the oppression of poor people on the ground, and what they are doing to fight back! Welcome to Conversation Piece, the Music To Resist By edition. Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

On Conversation Piece today…Meet my guests: Angie Wilson, the president of the Council of Black Nurses Los Angeles Chapter, and Gwen Woods, who will share why she is a fierce bone marrow advocate and community activist with a personal story about her grandson, Eric Alexander. Did you know that Black patients are less likely to find a bone marrow match due to low representation on the bone marrow registry? July is designated as African American Bone Marrow Month, and my guests say don’t wait until July for a simple cheek swab to save a life. But first we have a Sister Charlene Muhammad with a news report. Welcome to Conversation Piece!

What it is!  Friday,June 6, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents invaded Los Angeles.  They used administrative civil warrants to arrest students, hotel workers, cooks, landscapers, and construction workers.  Invading schools and workplaces demanding that any Angeleno who wasn’t sufficiently Caucasian produce their papers.  Taking them away in unmarked vans, without judicial process.  Of course, the people of LA wouldn't stand for this, and mass protests flooded out downtown Los Angeles.  The news, federal government, and even some members of the city council lied about these peaceful protests being riots, but the video shows that the only ones rioting were the LAPD.  Today we are going to speak to a community member who was there all week, and later we will be joined by Matyos Kidane to explain the strategy behind these lies...Welcome to Conversation Piece.

Today on Conversation Piece...Meet Ronnie Laws and his sister Debra Laws, as you may know about their jazz-soul fusion of music with instrumental songs like Always There and love ballads like Very Special. With early musical roots in their family today you will hear some of theri musical hisotry and legacy from Ronnie Laws' early professional breakthrough when he joined Earth Wind & Fire to Debra's solo career. See Ronnie and Debra Laws perform next Saturday, June 28 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Follow Ronnie Laws on all social media platforms to find his next performance and upcoming releases.

During our KPFK Membership Fund Drive, we have a special Black History Edition of Conversation Piece with a speech you may not have heard as much as the I have a Dream speech. This speech was given in Los Angeles on March 16, 1968, less than three weeks before Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated. The setting is a house in the Hollywood Hills with a group of artists who were concerned about the war in Vietnam. Dr. King is introduced by one of the artists there, novelist, playwright, and poet James Baldwin. KPFK was there to record the event and Pacifica Archives has curated it. The recording aired on KPFK on April 4, 1968. Welcome to Conversation Piece! You can participate in our Membership Fund Drive by calling 818-985-5735, hit option 2, that's 818-985-KPFK and online anytime at KPFK.org.

What it is!! A coalition of tenants, housing rights advocates, public interest lawyers and community based organizations formed a coalition called Keep LA Housed with the goal of protecting tenant rights by the of way of strengthening the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance for the City of Los Angeles, improving the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance for rent control, and ensuring the Right to Counsel for low income renters to name a few of the ongoing actions by Keep LA Housed. I covered two of their many press conferences hosted by this coalition upholding the Housing Movement. Hear some of the voices from Keep LA Housed saying housing is a human right and that no one should EVER be evicted without legal representation. This rally took place on the South Lawn of Los Angeles City Hall. Later hear about the Pickle-ball craze in the City of Inglewood, which is a combination of tennis, badminton, ping pong and racquetball and is currently one of the fastest growing sports in America! To see the sport in action, search the web: keyword – Pickle-ball. For more information about Pickle-ball in Inglewood, please 310-412-8750 or reach the Pickle-ball Ambassador at 310-654-7344. For more information about Keep LA Housed Coalition and to read the Tenant Bill of Rights and about TAHO, the Tenants Anti Harassment Ordinance go to KeepLAHoused.org. Song Credit: California Rent Control by Adam Smith Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles / KPFK.org 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. MTASproductions.com

What it is!! LA CAN’s (Los Angeles Community Action Network) Human Rights Watch Report (“You Have to Move! The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused People in Los Angeles’) Release - Panel discussion of organizers and some with lived experiences and all on the frontline in the Los Angeles Housing Crisis. Criminalization and harassment of the unhoused. Guests: John Raphling, Human Rights Watch, Associate Director for the US Program, Researcher and Writer for the Human Rights Watch Report; Pete White, Executive Director & Founder of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN); Natosha Smith, Housing Organizer / Downtown Women’s Action Coalition Organizer, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN); Ndindi Kitnoga, Houseless Rights Advocate, Co-founder of Angeles Workshop School; Sonya Verdugo, Ground Game LA; and Derrick Metyor, Member of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN). Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / KPFK.org 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturdays KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Hear from Pete White, Executive Director & Founder of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), about Los Angeles Municipal code 41.18, which bans sleeping, sitting and standing on public sidewalks, and the outrageous resources the LAPD steals from our pockets every year to enforce this code which violates human rights. Find out how this endangers our community. Later LA CAN Sweep the Court Rally with LA CAN organizers Natosha Smith, Mr. Pancake, Adam Smith and General Dogon, along with Atty Shayla Myers of Unhoused People’s Justice Project under Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Folks want House Keys Not Handcuffs! Read the LA CAN report, "Separate and Unequal," to learn about 41.18, at Cangress.org. KPFK Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. http://MTASproductions.com

Hear why James of Soul Saving Productions gives free hair cuts in Downtown Los Angeles in the Skid Row community at LA CAN. Learn more about James at SoulSavingProductions.org. Later on Conversation Piece, a friend Douglas Sandoval shares his story to give hope to do the impossible against all odds, while discovering the importance of family, faith and the belief in himself…as told in his book, Comeback One Man’s Triumph Over A Near Death Experience. Yes Sandoval’s book is part of my personal library! Find his inspiring book at Amazon, Ebay and Barnes & Noble. For speaking engagements, email him at Douglas4107@gmail.com. KPFK Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. #StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives #StorytellingBuildsLives

Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Today’s special guests were the youth and founder of Women’s Leadership Project speaking about the #Standing4BlackGirls rally in Leimert Park October 28th, their Virtual Homegirl Podcast, with limited special premiums of Books, Hand-Painted T-shirts, and a Play. KPFK is in our Fall Membership Fund Drive! A listener supported station where listeners get to vote, become an elected delegate. Call 818-985-5735 or go to KPFK.org and check out our special premiums for Conversation Piece: - White Nights, Black Paradise, a novel by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson - Hand painted #Standing4BlackGirls T-shirts KPFK is in our Fall Membership Fund Drive! A listener supported station where listeners get to vote, become an elected delegate. KPFK Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.

On the next Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong, Saturday 10am PT on KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org... ~Mental Health Crisis should not mean 7 bullets by the police, hear The Nicholas Burgos Story told by his sister, Maria Burgos. For mental health resources, crisis support, helplines and warmlines go to NamiUrbanLA.org under resources. ~South Central Run Club changing the narrative in South Central Los Angeles...they are running everywhere you would not! Hear about from co-captain Zaakiya Brisker. SouthCentral.run MTASproductions.com Photo Credit, Angela Birdsong

Ethnic Media Services briefing will examine the rise in cases, the new variant, the new boosters, strategies their expert panelists are taking to prevent infections, as well as the phenomenon of paxlovid rebound. This Ethnic Media Services Covid Report aired on KPFK Rebel Alliance News as Covid19 cases are rising once again and several folks I personally know have gotten it, including me! I received negative feedback from a couple of folks who wrote my news director about this report. So I am putting it on my SoundCloud to continue keeping folks informed. Covid testing sites are not easily accessible as stated in the report. I could not find any on a Saturday in Los Angeles to determine if I had Covid or not. Anyhoo chew the meat and spit out the bones...don't choke. KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org.

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturdays KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org My next guests on Conversation Piece will tell a story of serious trauma and amazing deliverance. Nickie V Smith, author and advocate for rape & sexual assault survivors...and she is a survivor also! Her cousin Risa Wheat and friend of my family will join us. Self-Healing For Sexual Abuse Survivors, Inc. a 501c3, helps Sexual Abuse Survivors learn to thrive, by offering 1-on-1 Coaching and Group Coaching. Nickie Smith is available for Public Speaking, Seminars, etc. Contact information: Email: booksbynvsmith@yahoo.com, Phone: 323-351-9770.  Nickie is the Author of Sergeant Benjamin Premiers and Family, and also Self-Healing for Sexual Abuse Survivors,  both sold on Amazon.com. Again, the contact info is Email: booksbynvsmith@yahoo.com, and/or call 323-351-9770 Mondays - Fridays 10 am - 5 pm. KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org. #StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturday, September 23rd KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Have you had a DNA Micronutrient work up done by your doctor? Do you know what that is? I didn’t know either and I want to get one! Find out on Conversation Piece w/Angela Birdsong, for Pain Awareness Month with my guest Dr Glenna Tolbert of Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness. DrGlennaTolbert.com Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com #StorytellingSavesLives #StorytellingChangesLives #StorytellingConnectsLives

Welcome to Conversation Piece! Today on Conversation Piece we may reshape or confirm your music taste and playlists, as we get into the discussion about Building A United Front Against Murder Music with Kwabena Rasuli, of Clear The Airwaves Project whose objective is to Clear The Airwaves of misogynistic, violent, destructive lyrics on radio stations that are specifically geared towards the Youth! Find out what is murder music and how to support the many Black artists whose music still loves and respects us. But first let’s talk with Derek Steele, Executive Director, Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, California. working with and preparing our next generation of youth. Derek started his journey with Social Justice Learning Institute after a diagnosis with hypertension at the age of 25. It was there at SJLI that he began to figure our how to re-create locate food access system to health disparities and food insecurity in the Inglewood community and beyond. ~Building a United Front Against Murder Music is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, September 30th to October 1st, 2023, 11am - 4:30pm at the Auburn Ave Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave NE. Part of the United Front Against Murder Music are: Black Panther Party Veterans, Black Lives Matter Gary Indiana, National Black Leadership Alliance, Clear The Airwaves Project, Nubian Leadership Circle, and the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP). For more information go to Facebook and search Clear The Airwaves Project. ~Check out Kwabena and his co-host Lexi for the WeeklyRapUp, Koncious Hip-Hop and Classic Funk that airs every Friday from 6-midnight at 88.7 FM WGVE. Websites mentioned on air: ClearTheAirwaves.org SJLI.org Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong Saturdays 10am PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com

CONVERSATION PIECE Do you have a book deep in your belly in your soul waiting to burst out! What and whose story would you be writing about? Meet today’s guest to tell us their writing journey, and the ups and downs of the process from finding a publisher vs self publishing, book covers, font size, writer’s block, you name it, they most likely experienced it while writing their books. The three authors with us today are: ~Dr. Althea Moses - "IRRESISTIBLY FIT: How to Become a Spiritually Strong, Sexy and Firm Woman Everyone Admires and No One Can Resist"  AltheaM.com ~Melisa Arnold - "The Color of Pain” TheColorOfPainBook.com ~Donna Cooper - "Killer Actress" and "Achieving Fulfillment: 10 Simple Strategies Placing You On The Path To Peace (The Big Ten FulFillment Series Book 1)” Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Good Reads Their writings are in my personal Conversation Piece Library! MTASproductions.com

Surrogate Pregnancy, the love, the stigma, the joy and the goodbye...Do you know anyone? Meet my guests on Conversation Piece: Bettina Sanborn MSN, and Chantel Runnels CD (DONA). Hear the journey of being a surrogate from Sanborn, and how & why a Doula can help with this process and more with Runnels. Websites mentioned in this episode... For doula services: ChantelRunnels.com FrontlineDoulas.com BlackInfantsAndFamilies.org Join the movement to ensure BIRTHING JUSTICE for Black mothers and their families, and to find a film screening in your area, or to create a space for local conversations by bringing Birthing Justice to your community, visit BirthingJustice.com.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News -KPFK is the strongest FM signal west of the Mississippi, broadcasting at 112,000 watts of power, serving most of Southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego, webcasting at KPFK.org, with an eclectic mix of public affairs, talk, news, culture, music, and health and spirituality content, including some Spanish language programming. We are in our August membership fund drive. Go to KPFK.ORG  and pledge securely online or call 818-985-5735, That is 818-985-KPFK and press 2. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Black owned platforms creating a space for consumers to purchase products exclusively created and sold by Black entrepreneurs -Los Angeles World Airports Bans the Sale of Single-use Plastics in a Bid for Sustainability -Guyanese descendants of enslaved Africans demand reparations -In Gabon, the military has annulled the results of the weekend's general election and deposed the newly reelected president, while closing the country's borders. -International News with Don DeBar and Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

KPFK Rebel Alliance News KPFK has been on the air non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year (366 next year), since July 1959, the second Pacifica listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational radio station after KPFA in Berkeley invented the concept and made it a reality in 1949. We are in our August membership fund drive! Go to  KPFK.ORG and pledge securely online or call 818-985-5735, That is 818-985-KPFK and press 2. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -California Democrats urge Gavin Newsom to give state worker union a contract and raises -Film Back on the Strip hits the trifecta by being directed, produced and theatrically released by Black people -Interfaith conference of the Parliament of the World’s Religions took place in Chicago. -International News with Don DeBar and Polina Vasiliev -And the Community Calendar …All this and more coming up at 6pm this evening KPFK Rebel Alliance News Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide streaming anytime online and archived at KPFK.org.

The writer and actors strike that has paralyzed Hollywood is part of the ongoing "hot labor summer" strike of 2023, becoming the biggest moment for strikes since the 1970s. Ethnic Media Services briefing, brings experts providing the front-line view of striking workers and the point of view of labor experts on the larger issue at stake. As announced on KPFK Rebel Alliance News... Monday - Friday 6pm-7pm PT 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide anytime online and archived at KPFK.org. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters