On the Ground w Esther Iverem

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues.

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 22, 2016–ON EARTH DAY, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE IN FLINT, MICHIGAN AND HOW HAS THE 2015 PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT IMPACTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT?

Posted April 27, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL22-2016-EARTH-DAY.mp3 We talk to people fighting for justice for the residents of Flint,...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SPECIAL–AFTER DEMOCRACY SPRING, THE DEMOCRACY AWAKENING RALLY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, APRIL 17, 2016

Posted April 27, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-SPECIAL-DEMOCRACY-AWAKENING-BROADCAST-EDIT.mp3 After a week when hundreds were arrested at...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 15, 2016–DEMOCRACY SPRING AT THE U.S. CAPITOL AND THE NEW POETRY ANTHOLOGY ‘RESISTING ARREST’

Posted April 27, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL15-2016.mp3 On what is traditionally Tax Day, hundreds at the U.S. Capitol are arrested...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 8, 2016–VOICES FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, AND DOES THE CBC REPRESENT BLACK PEOPLE OR CORPORATIONS?

Posted April 8, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL8-2016.mp3 A new generation of civil rights advocates question whether the Black Congressional...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 31, 2016–FLINT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: CHALLENGES AND VICTORIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT

Posted April 1, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-MAR31-2016.mp3 Michele Roberts, national co-chair of the Environmental Justice Health Alliance,...