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CrosscurrentsOakland resident Kelly Carlisle was concerned about the health and wellbeing of youth in the city. She started a farm as a catalyst for change.
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CrosscurrentsRachel Palacios teaches art to youth all over the Bay Area. Her passion, is called Repujados: Mexican tin art. The technique is a tangible way to instill creative ownership. To ask students to connect with their culture… and each other.
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CrosscurrentsFor Cisco Ragsdale, mentorship is a combination of two seemingly unrelated activities: boxing and art. And at his non-profits, “Camp Hardbody” and “Go Money Arts,” he’s training the next generation how to create something meaningful.
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CrosscurrentsIn the Bay Area’s world of pro-wrestling, Polynesian wrestlers are a small but influential group. And they have a rich history. Today, we meet a wrestler from a Samoan pro-wrestling dynasty.
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CrosscurrentsEven if you know San Francisco like the back of your hand, it still has plenty of surprises to offer us. The Crosstown Trail offers up a lot of those opportunities for charm and whimsy. It’s a 17 mile walk from Candlestick Point to Land’s End.
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CrosscurrentsGumbo was born in Louisiana. The rich stew is iconic, while also being deeply personal to each chef. And love of Gumbo is found everywhere. In San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood, Chef Dontaye Ball is serving bowls of it to bring folks together.
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CrosscurrentsRoller skating has come and gone — and come back again. But, for the Miles family, skating is the culture they keep. Today, we hear how they spread Rolligion.
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CrosscurrentsThe San Francisco Mime Troupe has been speaking truth to power through comedy and satire, for 65 years.
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CrosscurrentsA young Oakland woman from Sudan is digitizing old music cassettes for a new diaspora generation. What it means to preserve culture in a time of war.
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CrosscurrentsFollowing the death of longtime leader, Reverend Cecil Williams, earlier this year, GLIDE Memorial Church continues his mission of radical love and music.
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CrosscurrentsLive music is quintessential to any city's nightlife. Today, we’ll visit a place that’s been keeping local music alive in the Bay Area for over 100 years.
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CrosscurrentsThere's one choir in Oakland that performs gospel music music outside of churches, with many members who aren't Black or Christian or either. And they've been doing it for almost 40 years.