[commedia] [global-vsf-l] International Women's Day special programming

[Elvira Truglia]

Happy International Women's Day!

Some of these programs are uploaded to radio4all.net and more will be
added on Thursday night if you want to check them out on your own time.
We also broadcast on RealAudio from ckln.sac.ryerson.ca.

Cheers!

kris
for ckln news dept

CKLN 88.1 fm invites you to tune in for the rest of the week for:

Transistor Sisters
Women Wired for Resistance

Programming for the next few days
... culminating on Friday March 8 when women take to the airwaves from
7am to midnite!

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Wednesday March 6

11:00am - 2:00pm
Limin in de African Diaspora
Soukous, Zouk, Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Steel Pan msuic, Merengue, Mambo,
Cadance,
R&B, Gospel, Jazz...
Host: Verlia

2:30pm - 4:00pm
Packin Attitude
Call it chickcore, call it dykecore - it will always be more with a
full-out sEX-PosiTivE,
geNDer-ReVoLutioNIZin spin.
Host: Sheila Chevalier

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Going With The Flow
Second annual panel discussion and call-in show on menstruation.
Covering topics ranging
from menstruation and self-esteem to alternative sanitary products and
natural cures for
what ails you. Phone in to share your questions and comments with our
experts, including
menstrual activist Sibylle Preuschat and naturopath Judith Fiore.
Host: Kristiana Clemens

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Queer Borderlands
Mixed-race and trans spoken word artists explore "borderlands'- the
'crazy' place of living
and walking between worlds. How does colonialism, borders and
immigration, squatting in
the middle of kkkanadian racism and being a gender other than the two
officially
recognized play out in a post 9/11 world where borders are even more
real and bloody
than before?
Host: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

7:00pm - 8:00pm
women in movement worldwide
Discussion with women anti-globalization activists, followed by a
special program of the
Women's Desk of the National Radio Project: "Walking the Talk: Women
Fighting Racism
Worldwide". Women at the World Conference Against Racism held in Durban,
South Africa,
in September of 2001 discuss how oppression of women interconnects with
racism, and
share concrete strategies for change.
Host: Gissel Yanez

8:00pm - 10:00pm
Arab Divas
Celebration of music, poetry and achievements by Arab women. With the
music of Um
Kalthoum, Angham, Asala Nasry, Ahlam, Saleema Murad, Fairuz and much
more. Enjoy the
songs of Arab divas.
Host: Rana Aluraibi

2:00am - 7:00am
Please Kill Me
Interview with Katie Sierra, a 15 year old West Virginia high school
student who was
suspended from school for wearing a t-shirt containing anti-war messages
and trying to
start an Anarchy Club. Speech by anarchist/feminist Wendy McElroy
entitled "Selling
Sexuality: Women's Freedom or Women's Oppression." Lots of punk rock by
women artists.
Host: Ron Anicich

Thursday March 7

5:00pm - 7:00pm
B.A.S.S.: black afrikan sistuhs of soul
Music for the mind, played with a lot of soul, taking you where you
least expect it: hip
hop, soul, spoken word, 70's sophistifunk...
Host: Karen Augustinexz

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Do people recover from mental illness?
Organizers and participants in Toronto's first Recovery Festival talk
about the mental
health care industry, women's lives, and "psych survivor" culture.
Guests include Judi
Chamberlin and Jennifer Chambers. Judi is a psych survivor, author of
"On Our Own:
Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System, and
co-founder of the
National Empowerment Center www.power2u.org. Jennifer Chambers is also a
psych
survivor, and currently the Empowerment Facilitator for the Centre For
Addiction and
Mental Health.
Host: Kristin Schwartz

8:00pm - 11:00pm
Images of Resistance, Dissent and Hope
Debbie Young, poet, playwright and actor talks straight about how Assata
Shakur has
been her creative inspiration. Interviews with local artists Tamara
Toledo, Sandra Alland
and Gita Hashemi and a discussion of how their work challenges
understandings of
themselves, their communities and the world they inhabit. Audio from the
recent Camp Sis
event "Hot Seat 3", celebrating and appreciating black women filmmakers.
Hosts: Sharon Boatswain, Susy Alvarez, Lani Gazlon

11:00pm - 2:00am
Movements
Movements, Bashment, 'Ole Heap of Excitement, Nuff Upliftment!
Host: Mercedes

Friday March 8

All women programmers from 7am-midnite!

7:00am - 10:00am
The Jazz Zone
DJ Switch

10:00am - 11:00am
Women and War
The impact of violent conflict on women's lives in Colombia, Iraq and
Kashmir.
Hosts: Gariné Tcholakian & Mona Gupta.

11:00am - 12:00pm
35 Years of Terror: The Lives of Palestinian and Israeli Women Women
living the violence
of 35 years of Israeli military occupation speak. A visit with
Palestinians and Israeli Jews in
Israel, and the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza.
Host: Michelle Zurbrigg.

12:00am - 1:00pm
Sexual Harrasment and Violence in the Workplace Barb MacQuarrie (London
Sexual Assault
Centre), Sharon Chapman, Jacquie Carr, and Sandy Welsh present their
work on Sexual
Harassment and Violence in the Workplace that was born out of personal
experience.
Host: Audrey Huntley

1:00pm - 1:30pm
Fraser River Journey for Justice
In September 2000, Aboriginal women from across British Colombia rafted
from Prince
George to Vancouver, stopping in nine Aboriginal communities on the
river to talk about
violence against women. Helen Haig-Brown, a Chilcotin youth,
co-ordinated the journey
together with Audrey Huntley of mixed Ojibway and German ancestry. They
talk about the
violence experienced by Aboriginal women in their communities and what
can be done to
stop it.
Host: Kristin Schwartz

1:30 pm - 2:00pm
Fighting the Female Refuges Act
An interview with Velma Demerson, who was imprisoned under the Female
Refuges Act for
eloping with her Chinese-Canadian husband. Under this Act, in effect in
Ontario from the
1890's to the 1960's, parents could have young women imprisoned for
being "incorrigable
or irrational". Velma is currently involved in a Charter Challenge to
have this law, which
was repealed in the 1960's, declared unconstitutional.
Producer: Melissa Potter

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Frameline
Students in the Image Arts at Ryerson share stories of women who have
done something
exceptionable or notable in the past year with regards to film/video.
Discussion with
women who are making their first feature length film.
Host: Melissa Brizuela

2:30pm - 5:00pm
Moondog's Ballroom
Rockabilly, Blues, Swing, Garage, Surf, and more, all women artists
brought to you by
guest DJ Leslie.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Sex Workers Speak Out
Miss Barbrafisch hosts a roundtable discussion featuring female sex
workers from various
disciplines within the industry (prostitution, exotic dancing,
domination, erotic massage,
porn performance, et al), speaking about workplace safety, legal issues,
decriminalization,
stereotypes and other topics relevant to our lives as empowered sex
professionals.
Hostess: Ms. Barbrafisch

6:00pm - 7:00 pm
Defending Immigrants & Refugees
Sarah Vance from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty brings stories
from OCAP's direct
action casework. Refugee lawyer Lani Gozlan discusses women and the
refugee
determination process, interviewing members of STATUS, an organization
fighting for
amnesty for undocumented people in Canada.

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Ventana al Barrio
Special edition featuring sounds, rhythms, vibes & words.
Hosts: Luz Minero, Susy Alvares, Ana Cisneros

9:00pm - 11:00pm
Reggaemania
Host: Lisa West

Sunday March 10

11:30am to 1pm
Women and Cosmetics
Is it feminist to wear make-up? A look at the meaning of cosmetics and
women's
relationship to them both positive and negative. There have been both
taboos and social
pressures to wear or not wear makeup throughout the ages and in many
cultures.
Hosts: Radio Active Feminism