CNPI Goes Live! New one-hour show on the air

The Community News Production Institute goes live on the air, Tuesday March 25th at 10 am, on WBAI 99.5 FM.  In partnership with Global Movements Urban Struggles, the amazing members of the Community News Production Institute are launching their inaugural monthly radio show.  This month's show is hosted by Christine Lewis (Domestic Workers United) and Donald Anthonyson (Families for Freedom) and produced by Debra Cole (DWU), Abdulai Bah (Nah We Yone) and James Williams (Street Vendor Project).

As always, the CNPI crew is made up of members of community based organizing groups (from the Street Vendor Project, New Immigrant Community Empowerment, Nah We Yone, DWU and Families for Freedom).

The show looks at one strategy of community organizers in their struggle for justice: writing legislation and pushing it through the corridors of power. From the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to the Citizen Child Protection Act, people most affected are taking power into their own hands. The show also looks at how the arts has played a big role in the struggle, and features an interview with Antiguan artist Laura James, who paints about domestic workers.