APA Compass on 10/03/08

Tune in to APA Compass on KBOO this Friday from 9-10am for our special election show!

First, representatives from APIA Vote and APA for Progress talks about APA involvement in electoral politics. Then, local organizers from the Center for Intercultural Organizing, Latino Network and Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon discuss the potential impacts of measures on the November ballot for communities of color.

APA Compass is airing in the midst of KBOO's Fall Membership Drive. It's a great time to show your support for independently produced grassroots radio programs like APA Compass. Listen in on Friday and call in to become a member of KBOO Community Radio. You can also join online at kboo.fm. As a special thank you gift to people who join KBOO during APA Compass, we will be giving away a special CD of APA Compass highlights from over the past years.

APA Compass is a collective of KBOO Community Radio. Our program airs the first Friday of each month from 9-10am on KBOO 90.7FM Portland, 100.7 Corvallis, 91.9 Hood River and online at kboo.fm.

Our mission is to provide a forum for dialogue, exploration, and dissemination of issues pertinent to APA communities; to unite, politicize and empower APAs; to raise awareness of social and economic justice issues; to highlight the parallels and intersections between APA experiences and the experiences of other groups; to provide media access, mentorship and training to APAs; to promote APA art and culture; to challenge racist representations and to enable APAs to define themselves.

Archives of some of our shows are available on the KBOO website at kboo.fm/APACompass. Become a fan of APA Compass on Facebook or email apacompass [at] gmail.com if you have an questions, comments, ideas for the Angry APA Minute or if you'd like to be removed from this email list.