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Planned Parenthood Regina

May1410  Mahaila Scott and Megan McIlmoyl discuss their roles in Regina's Planned Parenthood organization.  Also discussed was the "chill" effect experienced by advocacy groups when expressing opinions that government funding agencies don't want to hear.

G20 detainees

July16/10 Mike Medby and Garson Hunter were both attending the G20 protests in Toronto, (as did show hosts Mona Hill and Jim Hutchings), but both of them got close enough to the action to be detained (Mona and Jim did not).  We get a first hand look at the behaviour of Police in their handling of the large crowds.  There are lessons to be learned.

Music reflecting society

June 04/10  Human Rights Radio spoke with Susan Fast, Kip Pegely, and Martin Daughtry who were attending a conference at the University of  Regina, " Spaces of  Violence, Sites of Resistance, Music, Media and Performance

Mining Companies and Indigenous rights

May 28/10  Suzanna Deranger talks about the support group, "Peruvians before Profits", which is trying to support the indigenous people who have been violently suppressed by local authorities in Peru for protesting the actions and lack of consultation by Canadian owned mining companies on indigenous traditional lands.  It turns out there is a strong parallel to Canadian Mining company behaviour here in Canada.  Suzanna has had personal experience with that.

It's OK to be gay week

June 11/10 Mirtha Rivera Mazuela, Jean Hildebolde, and Levi Cordick tell us about "It's OK to be Gay" Week celebrating Gay Pride in Regina.  We learn some history about how Gay Pride started in Greenwich Village with the Stonewall Riot in 1969 when gays who had been hassled for years by local police fought back and insisted on their rights.

Street Workers Advocacy Programme

May21/10 Barb Lawrence and Mary Racette talk about the work of the Street Workers' Advocacy Programme (SWAP) and why this programme is necessary.