Tag Archives: Calgary

Radio: Against poverty in Calgary

Lisa Hari and Rosemary Brown are active in We’re Together Ending Poverty (WTEP), a grassroots anti-poverty group in Calgary. Scott Neigh interviews them about what poverty looks like in their city, about the group’s evolution over the years, and about … Continue reading

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Radio: Feminist organizing by high school students

Emma Clark and Hayley Bryant are grade 12 students at Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta. Scott Neigh interviews them about the feminist organizing they do as members of a group at their school called the Committee on the … Continue reading

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Radio — Building a broad coalition in Calgary to defend the common good

Ryan Andersen is the lead organizer of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, a coalition that brings together around 30 faith groups, union locals, and community organizations representing about 35,000 people to organize, advocate, and mobilize for a more … Continue reading

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Radio — Thirty-five years of peace activism in Calgary

Trudy Govier first became involved in peace issues in the early 1980s. She was one of the founders in 1982 of the peace group currently known as the Ploughshares Calgary Society, and today she is still involved. Scott Neigh talks … Continue reading

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Radio — Challenging inequities in and through the arts

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Michele Decottignie and Olivia Marie Golosky. Both are involved in the performing arts in Calgary, Alberta. Discrimination and inequities pushed them both from their involvement in mainstream contexts … Continue reading

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Radio — Feminism, art, and Wikipedia

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Areum Kim and Amber Berson. They have been active in organizing participation in Canadian cities in the global Art and Feminism campaign. Art and Feminism is working, with … Continue reading

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Radio — Engaging men in the fight against sexual violence

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310142878-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-197-jan-42017-engaging-men-in-the-fight-against-sexual-violence.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Danielle Aubry and Joe McGuire. Aubry is the CEO of Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse and McGuire is a sexual assault educator with that organization. They talk … Continue reading

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