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Threats & Questions, All Avoided—Redwood Voice Community News

Redwood Voice Community News – October 6th, 2022 – Complete Audio

OCTOBER 6th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news:  Herzog can’t be bothered to ask questions; Arcata PD has dealt with the threat at Arcata High; and our homeless population across the state grows substantially. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!

Airdropping New Phone Numbers to the People—Redwood Voice Community News

Redwood Voice Community News – September 30th, 2022 – Complete Audio

SEPTEMBER 30th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: New phone numbers on the way because we’re running out; airdropping threats at Fortuna High; a reporter fights the city of Medford over arrest; and Governor Gavin Newsom passes a new education law to benefit Native Americans. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!

Lands & Labors—Redwood Voice Community News

Redwood Voice Community News – September 29th, 2022 – Complete Audio

SEPTEMBER 29th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Del Norte is invited to talk shop on the Klamath River watershed; the Yurok Tribe gets hands on their ancestral land again; and Newsom backpedals into helping out unions; All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!

Budgets & Droughts in the Golden State—Redwood Voice Community News

Redwood Voice Community News – September 28th, 2022 – Complete Audio

SEPTEMBER 28th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: it’s budget season in Humboldt and Del Norte County; The Lake Earl Wildlife Area will receive some much needed input; Newsom strengthens abortion rights in California; and droughts are on the horizon for the Golden State. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!

DiRT & GLiTTER Present: “In Our Veins,” Performance & Kayak Adventure Tour

The Redwood Voice crew was pleased to cover a spectacularly unique performance from a local art adventure group, “DiRT & GLiTTER.” Directors, Producers, and Performers Lauren Godla & Madeline Lawder invited artists from all over—as near as the Bay and as far as Vancouver, Canada—for a comedy, dance, and music show… to be attended by kayak!

We were pleased to receive an invitation out of the office and into a pleasant sunny day by the beautiful Smith River, in which an armada of kayaking spectators made their way between classical musical echoed from the rocks, a ukulele-ing comedian, a dance on an isle in the river, a comedian sitting communally with a squad of squeaking rafts, and, to top it off, Lauren and Madeline with their “Two Suns” suspended dance performance! (We originally covered the Behind the Scenes of this dance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwF7asannr4)

—Credits—

• A Redwood Voice Youth Media Production
• Produced by Persephone Rose
• Cinematographers: Ethan Caudill-DeRego, Grant Meriwether, Monique Camarena, & Sebastian Monroe
• Drone Operator: Persephone Rose
• Interviewers: Monique Camarena & Grant Meriwether
• Interviewees: Lauren Godla & Madeline Lawder; Tatjana Luce & Elena Patterson
• Music: Courtesy of DiRT & GLiTTER & Performers

—Performer Information—

• Tatjana Luce (Clarinetist)
• Elena Patterson (Cellist)
• Megan Phillips (Comedian, Ukulele Player) (https://maestramusic.org/)
• Nicole Casado (Dancer)
• Hannah Levy (Jazz Vocalist) (https://www.facebook.com/hannahlevyvox)
• Iris Benson (Comedian) (https://irisbenson.com/)

—DiRT & GLiTTER—

• Website: https://www.dirtandglitter.org/
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/dirtandglitterco/
• Lauren Godla (https://www.instagram.com/laurengodla/)
• Madeline Lawder (https://www.instagram.com/madelinelawder/)

Building Up The Future & Driving Off The Poor—Redwood Voice Community News

Redwood Voice Community News – September 26th, 2022 – Complete Audio

SEPTEMBER 26th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Del Norte County’s first Youth Wellness Summit brought resources to our young adults; A homelessness plan for Curry County offers money for them to get outta town; and Governor Newsom signed a bill that will bring more alert to when an Indigenous person goes missing. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!

Exiling Big Rigs As Sequoias Burn—Redwood Voice Community News

Redwood Voice Community News – September 16th, 2022 – Complete Audio

SEPTEMBER 16th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Caltrans fills in potholes and holds up traffic in an especially lengthy traffic report; A Yurok Tribal member is placed in charge of their land once more; Activists attempt to save the sequoias from forest fires; the state sends tourists to the tribal lands to urge visits to California; and California continues to crack down on fossil fuels. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!

The Redwood Voice Anthology: March, 2022

March, 2022—we gather the many works that have slipped through the cracks from the Redwood Voice Crew, primarily their contributions to local news. Join Persephone Rose, Director of Redwood Voice, and Paul Critz, Station & Program Manager for KFUG Community Radio, for a review of the many recent projects the ever-growing Redwood Voice team have submitted to the KFUG Community News program—stories that are most often sent to broadcast and not heard again. Until now, that is, through the planned-to-be monthly editions of the Redwood Voice Anthology.

On this anthology we’ll discuss and review these stories, as well as give them a place to air in full. The stories in this Anthology include:

  • (0:04:56) STORM Stands Before County Board of Supervisors
  • (0:16:13) Commentary on Youth Vaping
  • (0:22:45) Redwood Voice’s Top 6 Movies of 2021
  • (0:32:44) “Welcome to the Friendly City! Fortuna’s Passed Ordinance Criminalizes Camping”
  • (0:39:07) The Point-In-Time Count
  • (0:48:31) Receiving the Promise Neighborhood Grant
  • (0:55:57) Local Houseless Vaccination Effort
  • (1:00:58) Quarantine Guidelines Unchanged in Del Norte County
  • (1:02:21) Beachfront Mural for Sister City Project

Yurok Language Program launches amazing new project

Yurok language lessons will soon be more accessible than ever before—the following is a PSA from the Yurok Tribe.

The Administration for Native Americans recently funded the next evolution of the Yurok Language Program’s comprehensive effort to fully restore the everyday use of the Tribe’s first form of communication. Over the next three years, the Program will use the ANA award to make learning the Yurok language more accessible than ever before. The primary goal of the project is to reintegrate the language within households, workplaces and community events. To accomplish this objective, the Program is creating a series of digital platforms containing interactive educational tools, implementing culturally relevant learning exercises and developing a virtual archive featuring a diversity of resources. The Program is also establishing a community-wide team of language liaisons, comprised of tribal staff and local residents, who will help promote and participate in learning opportunities.

“When we designed this project, we focused on how we could best serve the community, while supporting the development of new and existing language speakers. We wanted to ensure that language is spoken in the home, that language is spoken in the workplace, and that we hear and speak the language at our ceremonies and gatherings,” said Yurok Language Program Manager Victoria Carlson. “We also thought about the elders who dedicated their lives and energy into preserving the language.

The Yurok language team feels we are on a path they would want us to pursue.

“The Yurok Language Program has developed an outstanding teacher training program. The language is now taught in head starts and public schools. We have built an amazing foundation to take the next step, which is to move the language out of the classroom and into the community. We want to empower people to use the language in their day-to-day lives,” said Distance Learning Coordinator Brittany Vigil.

“We’re really focusing our efforts on bringing the language back to where it belongs, which is everywhere,” added Yurok Language Cultural Coordinator James Gensaw. “One of the things they did when they tried to exterminate us was remove language from the home. One of the primary goals of this project is bring the use of the language back into the homes of all of our members.”

The Planting Seeds: Reclaiming Yurok Language Domains and Building New Circles project reflects the input of more than 130 Yurok citizens, who provided feedback on the Program’s future goals. The three domains, which include Reintroduction to Ceremony, Yurok Tribal Employees, and Distance Learning and Community Engagement, were each selected for a specific purpose.

“The domains touch on the aspects of our daily lives as Yurok people. We want to normalize the use of the language in everyday situations,” said Distance Learning Coordinator Brittany Vigil, who is leading the development of the digital assets.

The first online platform is a new website, yuroklanguage.com Currently under construction, the site will contain language curricula, digital animations with Yurok songs and much more. The Language Program is also building a series of applications offering on-demand learning materials, including videos and audio recordings of tribal elders telling traditional stories.

“I want people to see the Yurok language every day of their lives. They’re going to see it in their email, or at a community class or on social media. We want to normalize the everyday use of the language,” said Distance Learning Coordinator Vigil.

“Once the distance learning courses, digital platforms and the online archive are in place, they will be available to the community. For as long as there is a Yurok Tribe, all of these learning tools will be organized in one place for future learners,” added Barbara McQuillen, the Yurok Language Collections and Teacher Training Coordinator.

The Program has already organized the first of many immersive activities, including acorn-gathering and eel hook-making events where participants learned terminology related to the activity. Plans are in the works to put on similar events in the near term. The language will also be incorporated into the Tribe’s most high-profile gatherings, such as the Salmon Festival and Spring Flings.

“There are numerous studies that show hands-on learning stimulates language acquisition. Immersion is actually the best way to learn. It triggers a ton of language growth,” said Yurok Language Cultural Coordinator James Gensaw. “The online and in-person language activities cater to every learning style.” There are benefits that go well beyond language acquisition and retention too. For example, second language learners regularly perform better in reading, math and language arts. Indigenous communities who have higher levels of language retention are shown to have lower rates of cigarette smoking, substance abuse, suicide, domestic violence, and diabetes. Native Children who learn their language have higher levels of self-esteem, higher levels of confidence in their own abilities, and decreased levels of anxiety.

“New research indicates that those who learn their native language are less likely to attempt suicide too,” said Language Collections and Teacher Training Coordinator Barbara McQuillen. The Program is currently looking for 15 language liaisons from the tribal government and the community. In addition to supporting the Program, the liaisons will receive assistance with achieving an intermediate-low level of proficiency in speaking the language. The Program encourages all interested community members to sign up to become a liaison. If you’re interested, please email Yurok Language Distance Learning Coordinator Brittany Vigil-Burbank at bvigil@yuroktribe.nsn.us.

The Planting Seeds Project represents a natural progression of the successful Yurok elder-led campaign implemented between the 1950s and early 2000s to preserve the language. At every juncture, the Yurok Language Program team acknowledges their predecessors’ dedication to saving the language. Taking the mantle, the Program has made the language available in the Tribe’s Head Starts in addition to public high schools on the Yurok and Hoopa Reservations and in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. The language will continue to be offered in these educational institutions for the foreseeable future. During the past five years, the Program has trained a team of talented teacher candidates and continues to develop new instructors. In fact, some the teachers from the initial class are now training new language educators. The Program also provides community language classes. Prior to the pandemic, the courses were taught in-person, but now they are available via Zoom.

“We believe this project is a reflection of what our fluent elder speakers would have wanted us to carry on to ensure the survival of our language. I feel confident our language team will be able to accomplish the goals of this project,” concluded Yurok Language Program Manager Carlson.

Source: (Joana Jansen, Northwest Indian Language Institute, University of Oregon; Lindsay Marean, Owens Valley Career Development Center; and Janne Underriner, Northwest Indian Language Institute, University of Oregon)

To stay informed about learning opportunities, visit the Yurok Language Program’s Facebook page, which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/yuroktribelanguage

Del Norte Reads: A Program For All Aspects of Functional Literacy

The information of this message comes from Del Norte Library District Literacy Coordinator Danny Clark.

Could you use assistance with your reading? How about assistance with basic computer skills; like word processing, writing a resume or setting up an email? Do you need help preparing for your GED or HiSET? Are you learning English as a second language and would like to improve your reading, speaking and listening skills?

Del Norte Reads is here to help with all this and much more!

Del Norte Reads — a grant and donation funded nonprofit organization aimed at helping community members with all aspects of functional literacy — is a library program that works in conjunction with the Del Norte County Library District to provide free literacy services to community members. They proudly provide assistance with reading, writing, math, computer literacy, GED prep and much more. 

They are looking for compassionate volunteers to tutor our hard working learners. We provide materials and training.  Even an hour or two a week can make a huge impact in the lives of the program’s learners.

All of Del Norte Reads’ services are free and they are more than happy to provide accommodations for a diverse group of learners.

“Fun times on Adult Literacy Day at the Del Norte Reads Open House.” – From the Del Norte Reads Facebook Page.

If this program sounds like something you or someone you know would enjoy being a part of this program, you can call them at (707) 464-7072 or stop by and see them in person at 1080 Mason Mall suite 9. More information is available at the Main branch of the Del Norte County Library.

“Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Del Norte County Library (including our visiting dinosaurs)! […] Happy Thanksgiving!” – From the Del Norte County Library Facebook Page.