Category Archives: Eddie Ytuarte

Reproductive Rights & Disability, Part 2

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Adrienne

Pushing Limits – November 18, 2022, PST 2:30 pm  at KPFA Emily DiMatteo Are there things about the connection between reproductive rights and the disability community that the reproductive rights movement has not yet latched on to? We interview Emily … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability Justice, Eddie Ytuarte | Tagged , , , , , , | | Comments Off on Reproductive Rights & Disability, Part 2

Ted Jackson – E.D. of Berkeley Independent Living Center

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Ted Jackson Disability Activists in Berkeley made history in 1972 when they opened the first Independent Living Center in the country.  All U.S. states and territories now have multiple Independent Living Centers. Numerous people have served as … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability Organizations, Eddie Ytuarte, Portraits | Tagged , , , , , | | Comments Off on Ted Jackson – E.D. of Berkeley Independent Living Center

Sacramento Politics with Marty Omoto

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Adrienne

Friday, November 16, 2:30 pm  KPFA Marty Omoto watches the inner workings of the Sacramento governmental structure as an advocate/reporter, particularly as it affects people with disabilities.  He advises and reports on this through his California Disability-Senior Community Action Network … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, California Budget, Community, Disability Organizations, Eddie Ytuarte, Politics | Tagged , , , | | Comments Off on Sacramento Politics with Marty Omoto

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) with William Walker

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Adrienne

Friday, November 2, at 2:30 pm PST on KPFA  Accessibility, lower fares, affordable housing, safety, broken escalators, over-surveillance… it’s all on the table in the last days of a hot election race. William Walker is a candidate for the Bay … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibilty, Eddie Ytuarte, Politics, Sheela Gunn Cushman | Tagged , , , | | Comments Off on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) with William Walker

Mitch Jeserich

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Adrienne

Friday, September 7, 2:30 pm, KPFA All this week, Mitch Jeserich provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings.  Now, he takes a break to talk about his disability and disability politics in general. How far has the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibilty, analysis & commentary, Eddie Ytuarte, Josh Elwood, Politics | Tagged | | Comments Off on Mitch Jeserich

Disability Thinking with Andrew Pulrang

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) In these days of Trumpism and the virtual political domination by the political right, we turn to public intellectual, Andrew Pulrang, for a perspective on disability life, ideas, identity, culture and politics. Eddie Ytuarte hosts. Andrew Pulrang … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, analysis & commentary, Community, Eddie Ytuarte | Tagged , , , , | | Comments Off on Disability Thinking with Andrew Pulrang

Disability in Film with Movie Critic Kristen Lopez ~ Part Two

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Adrienne

Listen  (29 min) Movie goers are often subjected to portrayals of people with disabilities that reinforce the many stereotypes about them. But film critic Kristen Lopez says some films are bucking this trend and sees hope on the horizon.  Hosts … Continue reading →

Posted in Aysha Chadow, Eddie Ytuarte, Movie | Tagged , | | Comments Off on Disability in Film with Movie Critic Kristen Lopez ~ Part Two

Disability Goes To The Movies

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Adrienne

Friday, March 15, 2:30 pm, KPFA radio Is disability as portrayed in American popular cinema slowly transforming itself? Are filmmakers getting away from the good old days when a person with a disability was often viewed as a friendly, intellectually-challenged … Continue reading →

Posted in analysis & commentary, Aysha Chadow, Eddie Ytuarte, Film, Movie, Story Telling - Disability | Tagged , , , , , | | Comments Off on Disability Goes To The Movies

s.e. smith on Disability

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Adrienne

Friday, February 2, 2:30 pm PST on KPFA radio Writer, agitator, and commentator s.e. smith* joins us for the half hour.   Based in Northern California, s.e. smith has a journalistic focus on social issues, particularly gender, prison reform, disability rights, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, analysis & commentary, Eddie Ytuarte | Tagged | | Comments Off on s.e. smith on Disability

Universal Minimum Income & Disability

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Adrienne

Friday, Jan. 19, 2:30 pm PST, on KPFA radio Maybe the way to end poverty is to give poor people money. The idea of a universal basic income in the U.S. isn’t new. Progressives pushed the concept in the 1960s … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Community, Eddie Ytuarte, Josh Elwood, Mark Romoser, Politics, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability | Tagged , | | Comments Off on Universal Minimum Income & Disability