KPFK.org (brownpapertickets.com); Seth Auberon, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
KPFK'S HEROES OF HOPE CONCERT & BRUNCH
It focuses on raising awareness and funding needed for
the sustainability of KPFK (90.7 FM, Los Angeles) and Pacifica Radio in order to realize its mission
for providing outlets for the creative skills and energies of the
community and acting as a catalyst in addressing social and political
tensions through broadcast media.
The
show kicks off with the musical talents of singer/songwriter Keaton
Simons along with Fernando Pullums Community Arts Center Youth Jazz
Orchestra and Cameron Graves, pianist for Kamasi Washington and a
founding member of the West Coast Get Down collective, Aloe Blacc, plus
special musical guests TBA. KPFK hosts and personalities like comedian Jimmy Dore, Lila Garrett ("Connect the Dots"), and others will also be participating.
As part of KPFK's ongoing efforts to acknowledge the extraordinary work of many dedicated, determined people working for peace, equality, and social justice, the HEROES OF HOPE CONCERT AND BRUNCH honors and is dedicated to some very special folks whose voices and visions have helped us move toward a more equitable and just society.
ED ASNER is a Jewish television legend, well known for his role as Lou Grant on
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and subsequent spin-off Lou Grant. He is the
winner of seven acting Emmy Awards and has been nominated a total of
20 times. Asner also made a name for himself as a trade unionist and
a political activist. He served two terms as president of the Screen
Actors Guild, 1981-1985, during which he was an outspoken critic of
former SAG President Ronald Reagan, then the US president, for his
Central American policy. Asner's book, The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs with Ed Weinberger was released October 2017.
DOLORES
HUERTA is an activist and labor leader who co-founded
what would become the United Farm Workers. Huerta has worked to improve
social and economic conditions for farm workers and has fought
discrimination. To further her cause she created the Agricultural
Workers Association (AWA) in 1960 and co-founded what would become the
United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta stepped down from the UFW in 1999, but
she continues her efforts to improve the lives of workers, immigrants,
and women. The documentary film Dolores was released in 2017 to
excellent reviews. Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least
known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding
the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous
contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Huerta tirelessly led the
fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of
the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century and she continues the
fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to
this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw,
personal stakes involved in committing ones life to social change.
Directed by Peter Bratt.
- Special guests: Jackson Browne, Ed Begley Jr., Aloe Blacc!
- This event is on Sunday, Feb. 4, from 11:15 am to 3:00 pm
- Catalina Jazz Club
- 6725 Sunset Blvd.
- Los Angeles, CA 90028
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| Jimmy Dore (jimmydorecomedy.com) |
As part of KPFK's ongoing efforts to acknowledge the extraordinary work of many dedicated, determined people working for peace, equality, and social justice, the HEROES OF HOPE CONCERT AND BRUNCH honors and is dedicated to some very special folks whose voices and visions have helped us move toward a more equitable and just society.
DOLORES
HUERTA is an activist and labor leader who co-founded
what would become the United Farm Workers. Huerta has worked to improve
social and economic conditions for farm workers and has fought
discrimination. To further her cause she created the Agricultural
Workers Association (AWA) in 1960 and co-founded what would become the
United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta stepped down from the UFW in 1999, but
she continues her efforts to improve the lives of workers, immigrants,
and women. The documentary film Dolores was released in 2017 to
excellent reviews. Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least
known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding
the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous
contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Huerta tirelessly led the
fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of
the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century and she continues the
fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to
this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw,
personal stakes involved in committing ones life to social change.
Directed by Peter Bratt.JOHN PAUL DEJORIA is a first-generation American turned entrepreneur, philanthropist, and pillar of the business community. He has struggled against the odds not only to achieve success, but to share his success with others, always living his motto: "Success unshared is failure."
In 2011, John Paul established JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation as a hub for his charitable investments, which support the core values of his companies: sustainability, social responsibility and animal-friendliness. The documentary film Good Fortune, released in 2016, is the rags-to-riches tale of conscious capitalism pioneer John Paul DeJoria.
Born with nothing, at times homeless on the streets of LA, "JP" spent his early adulthood in and out of motorcycle gangs only to wheel and deal his way to the top of a vast hair and tequila empire. A modern day Robin Hood, JP's motto is "Success unshared is failure." The son of immigrants, JP defies the stereotype of "the 1%" and is the poster boy of the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit. More
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