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2nd Thursday of the month, 11AM - Noon
NOTE: As of December 2009, the schedule for the show will change... Feminist Radio And Beyond.... The Collective: Vanessa Cooper, Eneida DelValle, Prairie Miller, Linda Zises, Marie Moore, Elvira Colorado, Hortensia Colorado, Mary Ann Miller, Jan Aaron, Lisa Collins, Joy Rose, Alana Free, Laura Hadden, Dr. Penny Andrew Sister Station Sisters: Sikivu Hutchinson [KPFK], LaVarn Williams [KPFA] Chicago Women's Desk: Jan Lisa Huttner
Los Angeles Women's Desk: Sikivu Hutchinson Sister Organizations: Women Film Critics Circle: Criticalwomen.net; The WBAI Women's Desk
Honorary Member: Lynne Stewart, political prisoner
Contributing Producers: Jhoanna Robledo, Lillian Anglada, Travis Thomas, Janet Coleman Website: WbaiRadioWomen.blogspot.com: The Women's Desk and Archived Shows
Phone: 212-209-2913 Email:
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Program description Taking Feminist Radio to the next level...The Women's Collective covers the entire spectrum of political, cultural and intellectual issues crucial to women's lives, from feminism and revolutionary global sisterhood to critical aspects of movement building, the mind, body and yes, men! In the belief that debating and dialogue-ing with men, including our He Said, She Said... online column at Criticalwomen.net, is an essential component of Feminist Radio. A unique multicultural and multi-abled gathering place for shared women's voices on the air, The Women's Collective is open to all WBAI female producers, listeners and community activists. It is also meant to provide a learning and training experience for all aspiring 'radio-active' women with a passion for covering social issues in their communities, and expressing themselves artistically on the radio.The Collective is also currently active in developing The WBAI Women's Desk with an online website component, and instituting Sister To Sister Station Networking with other Pacifica family stations. Host/producer profiles Vanessa Cooper: Women Empowering and Entertaining The Masses. Vanessa is producer for The Gary Byrd Experience Radio Networks, and writes for The Amsterdam News. She adds new dimension to the WBAI Womens' Collective with her vivacious talent for empowering and inspiring her audience with HOT NEWS topics on Health, and Healing the Mind. Join "V"Luv as she features insightful interviews with well known authors, feeding the Body and Spirit with Poetry, Artists, Nutrition Experts and advice from the "pros." Season and pepper this pot with delightful give-aways, updated events, information. Prior to her Women's Collecitve debut, Vanessa Cooper has been a well known broadcaster on WBAI since November of 1997. "V"luv, as she's affectionately referred to these days, worked in an administrative and recruiting capacity 9 years at Viacom's MTV Networks; in addition to having a dual career in radio as producer and host on another WBAI Radio talk show serving the tri-state region at 99.5FM (NYC).She is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle Ms. Cooper's tireless efforts and rewarding work include raising countless dollars for Annual AIDS Walks and other media fund-raising events. Her work in the entertainment industry has included voice-over PSAs and promos for an assortment of media giants, as well as co-hosting several episodes of a popular talk/variety show. "V"luv was recently honored as Co-hostess at the Ms. Black World 2002 Pageant. Vanessa attended Syracuse University and is best known as a Voice-Over Artist, Jazz Disc Jockey, Radio and TV Talk Show host. Prairie Miller is a multimedia film journalist. Over the past decade, she has been a producer at WBAI for Talk In The Morning, Soundtrack, Wakeup Call and Reel Women. She is currently film reporter for the Tuesday Afternoon Arts Magazine, and a producer and co-host of the WBAI Women's Collective Show. Prairie has written articles and poems here and internationally, and aspires always to the excavation of the lyrical muse in journalism and the poetry in history. She is also the recipient of the International Writers And Artists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award for her WBAI coverage of Javier Corcuera's film, Back Of The World (La Espalda Del Mundo). The Award is bestowed for "distinguished literary, intellectual, artistic and humanistic contributions." Prairie has two published poetry collections, Legends [John Brown Press], and Arguments With America [Pemmican Press]. She is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle, The Broadcast Film Critics Association and The James Agee Cinema Circle of political film critics worldwide. Linda Zises is a member of the WBAI Women's Collective and Reflections on Film, and she is an award winning martial arts athlete and instructor. She became an active member of the WBAI family during the 'Coup,' when she gave generously of funding and time. Linda has spent the last ten years training adults and children in Judo and Yoga practices. She is also knowledgeable in the art of Tai Chi and Meditation. As a social activist, Linda is the founder and president of Women In City Government. She worked tirelessly on changing the NYC government's maternity regulations and pension plans, to enforce equity for women in city government and to ensure the participation of men in institutional concepts of child care. Linda derives her personal knowledge of films and filmmaking from her grown children, who are striving to make their living wage from film and documentaries. The few films and documentaries to their credit have not become mainstream yet, but.........stay tuned. She is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle and publishes Critical Women On Film [Criticalwomen.net], the online journal of the Women Film Critics Circle. Eneida DelValle has written on Puerto Rican issues for The NY Post Tempo Latino News, and has broadcast at Viva Voz, V-Me TV Network, and on City College Radio, WHCR 90.3 FM. While she was a student at City College, the WBAI Arts Magazine obtained a scholarship for her to intern on the show, through the generosity of The Broadcast Film Critics Association. She is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle. The Colorado Sisters: Hortensia and Elvira Colorado are NYC based Native American sisters and indigenous Central American seasoned performers, playwrights and storytellers whose original works combine spirituality, history, myth, and culture. They are also movement builders in organizing undocumented immigrant women and children at risk. Hortensia and Elvira are committed to issues that concern all women and the Native American community, and their dynamic repertoire confronts language barriers, stereotyping, violence, and ethnocentrism. The Colorado Sisters are founders of the Coatlicue Theatre Company, and they conduct bilingual and native workshops focusing on oral traditions, generational traumas and political issues affecting indigenous women. Joy Rose is a journalist, filmmaker, entertainer and movement builder, founder of The Motherhood Movement, The Museum Of Motherhood opening in 2010 and Mampalooza, and a musican with Housewives On Prozac. She also broadcasts on Tribeca Radio's 'Don't Tell Me To Shut Up.' Joy is involved in a host of other organizations, including, Women And Power In Politics, Code Pink, The Welfare Warriors, Arm (Association For Research On Mothering), Breastfeeding Advocacy, International Mothers Network, Literarymama.com, Third Wave Foundation, The Motherhood Project, UNMOVE (United Mothers Opposing Violence Everywhere), Mamazine, Mothering In The Third Wave, Mothers Acting Up, and Feminist.com. Sikivu Hutchinson is a new mom, and a commentator on KPFK's Some Of Us Are Brave. She writes for The LA Watts Times, Black Agenda Report, and AlterNet, and is the editor of Blackfemlens. org, a progressive space for women of color to comment on politics, urban affairs, literature and the arts. Sikivu also teaches cultural studies at UCLA and is the author of Imagining Transit: Race, Gender, And Transportation Politics In Los Angeles, and Scarlet Letters: Race, Gender, Politics, Atheism And Secular Belief In America. Jan Lisa Huttner is editor of TheHotPinkPen.com, writes for The Fund For Women Artists at WomenArts.org and The Chicago Reader, and is a movement builder at WITASWAN (Women In The Audience Supporting Women Artists Now). Jan is twice the recipient of the Silver Feather Award for superior achievement from the Illinois Women’s Press Association, and a first place winner for Best News Writing on the Web from the National Federation of Press Women. She is a member of The Chicago Film Critics Association and The Women Film Critics Circle. Alana Free writes, performs and produces unique theater pieces blending an array of tools to assist those who seek the freedom to live authentically, and she is an ardent explorer of the inner world. Her performance projects include Beginner At Life; The Mom Egg, an annual journal of writing and art by mothers; Nurturing Our Art, Nurturing Our Children at the Association For Research On Motherhood, York University; and, Poetry And Prose For Bowery Women. Dr. Penny Andrew is a writer/editor with a special interest in film, culture, the arts and social justice issues. Her feminist therapy advice column and segments are Penny For Your Thoughts. She is a certified psychoanalytic psychotherapist and practices in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Universal Press Syndicate, The Hellenic Voice, and The New Manhattan Review. Dr. Penny is also active in The SaveDarfur Coalition and a member of Amnesty International, The Women Film Critics Circle, and The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, and she is a Fellow of the NYSSCSW. Jan Aaron covers theater, travel and film. She has written for: NY Observer, Harper's Bazaar, Christian Science Monitor, Modern bride, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel; Travel Weekly, Wine Country International and Education Update. Jan has also written several books, including: Frommer’s Guide to India, Access California Wine Country, and Wine Routes of America (Dutton). She is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle and The Society of American Travel Writers. Marie Moore works for Electronic Urban Report, The Daily Challenge Newspapers, The NY Beacon, Harlem News Group and Radioscope. She is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle. Lisa Collins is a Yale graduate where she studied filmmaking, and she interned at the Sundance Lab Workshops. Lisa is currently filming a work in progress about legendary early African American director, Oscar Micheaux. She is a member of the Women Film Critics Circle. Mary Ann Miller is former co-host of Talk In The Morning. head of the former WBAI Women's Desk, co-host of The Arts Magazine, and she has written comedy for television. Laura Hadden is a young graduate student who interned at KPFA's First Voice Apprentice Program, where she co-produced a weekly community and cultural affairs radio magazine. She served on Amnesty International’s Women’s Human Rights Steering Committee, coordinated a documentary photography and audio exhibit on the lives of families facing welfare cuts in Washington State, and spent a summer involved in human rights documentation work in Guatemala. Laura graduated with a degree in documentary media and gender studies from The Evergreen State College in 2007, where she produced A Problem Like Maria, a video documentary featuring the stories of nuns struggling to achieve gender equality within the Catholic Church. |
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