Vox Pop pdx

On January 13th, 2011 a Town Hall Meeting was held in the ballroom at Portland State University to discuss whether or not Portland Police should join the FBI to form a Joint Terrorism Task Force. The meeting was very well attended.

Listen to the voices of citizens who came to participate and express their concerns about accountability from local police as well as the FBI. I think it was a really good turn out. You can contribute to this process by commenting here:

Portland, OR Joint Terrorism Task Force Review http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/jttfreview/

Download or listen to Vox Pop pdx podcast here.

Yesterday, I went downtown and asked folks to reflect on the kindness they experienced this past year. Today I present the Vox Pop pdx Kindness Report 2010.

Listen today at noon on Radio23’s Cascade Community Radio

I invite you to reflect on the kindness you have experienced this past year. What kindness have you noticed? What has moved you to commit acts of kindness? How about kindness directed toward you? How did you receive it? What acts of kindness did you witness? I’d like to hear about your experiences. Share with me on facebook or twitter @VoxPoppdx

I have been blessed with so much kindness this past year. I am deeply grateful for each and every experience of kindess. I dedicate this show to the people in my life who have given of themselves to me and also to everyone I have met on these radio adventures this past year. Thank you.

I am celebrating the closing of 2010 and the birth of a New Year remembering kindness.

Thank you so very much for listening,

Cherie Blackfeather

Today’s episode of vox  pop pdx is titled Don’t Ask Policies. LISTEN HERE.

DON’T ASK DON’T TELL?

What do you think about a national policy that basically states that we must all agree to “not know” what we already know? Is that rational? Is that grown-up? Is that constitutional?

Where is your voice in the matter? 

Tax breaks for the super wealthy?, unemployment benefits and jobs? Do you feel like a hostage?

What about wikileaks? What have you learned from the released documents? Do we have a right to know? Do you want to know?

Here’s some interesting food for thought on the subject.

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/12/05/Wikileak

Join me here on this blog or on facebook. Do Tell!

Thanks for listening.

Cherie

Also for your consideration: Diabolus in Musica by Dan Gilsdorf.

Recorded by Cherie Blackfeather at PICA’s Time Based Art Festival 2010 for Vox Pop pdx and Radio23.org. LISTEN

My Voice Somali Organization (MVSO) is a non-profit organization devoted the empowerment of refugees and immigrants in Portland, Oregon and its vicinity.  We seek to educate them on how to achieve a prosperous life in their new-found communities, while preserving their culture and identity; how to become self-sufficient, as well as provide resources that meet their changing needs. We aim to offer support services, provide motivation, counseling (with their cultural needs in mind), general health education, substance abuse prevention, and interpreting services (as a basis for communication in an effort to start bridging the gap between  refugee newcomers and social services for refugees and immigrant youth). Through these efforts we hope to become a driving advocate for the special needs of this growing population.

http://www.myvoicesomaliorganization.org/

It would have been nice to sit around a coffee shop or a bar and talk with folks about politics and religion but alas everyone seemed to be somewhere else. It was a beautiful autumn day so they were probably on a nice hike in the Columbia Gorge.  I walked around until I found a few people at bus stops and on the street and outside of grocery stores and working in their yards or painting  houses. I asked them about the upcoming election. The first question I asked is “Are you going to vote?” Sadly, most people are not really very interested or informed. Some are too disenchanted ever since the Supreme Court gave the Presidency to Bush. Several people just couldn’t think of a reason to be interested at all, especially younger voters. But I did meet a handful of people who still think their vote matters.

How about you? Join me on facebook and let’s talk civics.

LISTEN 102010 Suffragist City Part 1  30 minute podcast

LISTEN 102010 Suffragist City Part 2  30 minute podcast

This progam first broadcast on Radio23’s Cascade Community Radio http://radio23.org/ccr/

The fictional library at the heart of Richard Brautigan’s novel “The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966” isn’t filled with works by William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens or Jane Austen. Rather, it’s a repository for unpublished manuscripts of any sort by anyone.

Now Vancouver is getting its own version of the library Brautigan envisioned, through a collaboration between the Clark County Historical Museum and Washington State University Vancouver. The museum is becoming home to the Brautigan Library Collection, until recently housed in Vermont.

The Columbian

ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON RADIO23’S CASCADE COMMUNITY RADIO

“The Brautigan Library In Four Parts”

A Vox Pop Radio Adventure Podcast

Produced By Cherie Blackfeather

1 On Our Way To The Library

2 A Library Within A Library

3 Collaborators

4 Trout Fishing In The Library

You can download all 4 episodes here: Vox Pop pdx SUBSCRIBE (it’s free).

CREDITS

Cherie Blackfeather, Host and Producer of Vox Pop pdx

James Yeary, Reading from The Abortion, By Richard Brautigan

Colleen Lindsay, Chauffeur and Tour Guide in “The Couve”

Rich Lindsay, Technical Assistance and Taxi back to Portland

Lauren Upshaw, Technical Assistance

LINKS

• Cherie Blackfeather

cblackfeather@gmail.com

Vox Pop pdx podcast archives

Radio 23.org

Cascade Community Radio

http://radio23.org/ccr/

• James Yeary, Poet
  

Calendar Of Catabolic Guilt

Spare Room

• Rich Lindsay, Sonic Artist
  

Kill Ugly Radio Adventure Hour (podcast)

Kill Ugly Radio Blog

• Colleen Lindsay, Artist

• Todd R. Lockwood, Photographer and Founder of the original Brautigan Library in Vermont.

• Susan Tissot, Executive Director Clark County Historical Society

Clark County Historical Museum

• Dr. John Barber

Washington State University Vancouver

Creative Media and Digital Culture Program

The Brautigan Library

• Makhail Oparin

XXI Century Brautiganism

“The Brautigan Library In Four Parts”

A Vox Pop pdx Radio Adventure Podcast

1 On Our Way To The Library

Colleen shows me around “the couve”

I can’t tell if it’s the 50’s or 70’s.

On our way to The Library

we meet a gang of Guys and Dolls

they call themselves art-skoolers

They’re from the future.

“The Brautigan Library In Four Parts”

A Vox Pop pdx Radio Adventure Podcast

2 A Library Within A Library

A Library Within A Library

Richard Brautigan’s Daughter

And other poetry

“The Brautigan Library In Four Parts”

A Vox Pop pdx Radio Adventure Podcast

3 Collaborators

Collaborators

Becky’s Slamin’ Salmon and Anne’s Awesome Cobbler introduce me to Susan who introduces me to John who introduces me to Todd from Vermont. He’s the original founder of The Library.

“The Brautigan Library In Four Parts”

A Vox Pop pdx Radio Adventure Podcast

4 Trout Fishing In The Library

The most enthusiastic students you’ll ever meet can be found 

trout fishing in The Library for prizes. 

So much authority was given to me to be myself that 

…the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar 

and  because I wanted to give them something back, 

I asked the Poet (his name is James Yeary) to read to you from The Abortion. 

Vox Pop pdx in “the couve”.

Our radio adventure guide is native Washingtonian artist Colleen Lindsay.  We go in search of unknown and unpublished art and poetry in Vancouver, Washington. We also attend the unveiling of The Brautigan Library.

Inspired by a fictional library described by Richard Brautigan in his 1971 novel, The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966, The Brautigan Library provides writers a public shelf for their unpublished manuscripts, free of restrictions on content or quality.

Do you get the idea?

Share your favorite Brautigan verse or passage or maybe one of your own unpublished poems or passages. You can post on the Vox Pop pdx  FB fan page or submit your entry to this blog.

The Brautigan Library is a permanent, interactive exhibit at the Clark County Historical Museum, in Vancouver, Washington. Future plans call for reopening the Library for digital submissions from authors keen to share their narratives.

I will post more info and links tomorrow after the broadcast.

Listen Wednesday at noon (PST) on Radio23’s Cascade Community Radio http://radio23.org/ccr/

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