Let’s rename Barrows Hall for Margy Wilkinson
We honor people who pioneered for social justice, organized for workers and fought against racism. Margy Wilkinson is a perfect fit for Barrows’ new name.
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‘Polite but persistent, fierce but friendly’: UC Berkeley alumna, activist Margy Wilkinson dies at 76
Longtime city activist and UC Berkeley alumna Margy Wilkinson died Saturday at the age of 76.
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Berkeley-based KPFA radio station building scheduled for auction because of unpaid taxes
The KPFA radio building on Martin Luther King Jr. Way is scheduled to be put up for auction beginning March 20 because of unpaid property taxes.
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Parent company of Berkeley-based KPFA radio station lays off staff in New York
John Vernile — the interim executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, the parent company of the Berkeley-based KPFA radio station — laid off staff and cancelled programming at its New York-based WBAI radio station Oct. 7.
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‘We need you’: Danyel Smith talks women in hip-hop at Oakland Museum of California
That Saturday afternoon, Smith was the guest of honor at an event at the Oakland Museum of California titled “Women in Hip-Hop.”
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Parent company of Berkeley-based KPFA radio station settles lawsuit
The Pacifica Foundation, the parent company of the Berkeley-based KPFA radio station, has reached a settlement with Empire State Realty Trust, or ESRT, over a lawsuit originating from November 2016.
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Physicist Michio Kaku discusses digitizing consciousness, colonizing Mars at Berkeley event
Physicist, futurist and best-selling author Michio Kaku took audience members on a journey from the universe’s deepest reaches to its most fundamental building blocks at an event hosted by KPFA radio station Tuesday night at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.
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$2M loan may save Berkeley-based radio station KPFA from closure
The Pacifica Foundation, the parent company to Berkeley-based KPFA radio station, will be receiving a $2 million loan that could save KPFA from closing due to debt owed, following a lawsuit by Empire State Realty Trust Inc., or ESRT.
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Berkeley’s KPFA Radio risks closure in wake of multimillion dollar lawsuit
Berkeley radio station KPFA may soon close, as its parent company owes more than $2 million in debt to Empire State Realty Trust Inc., or ESRT.
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Richard Dawkins KPFA event canceled over ‘abusive speech against Muslims’
KPFA, a radio station based in Berkeley, cancelled an upcoming event with English author and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins after concerns were raised about Dawkins’ “abusive speech against Muslims.”
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