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Annie Silver Interview
First we bring you this interview with Annie Silver, as she struggled to get through the crowds on the DC Metro on Inauguration Day, January 20th,2009.
Interviewer: Joaquin Uy
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Fear and Loathing in D.C.
Just as Obama stomped Bush in the election, One World Report correspondent Joaquin Uy stomped bushes of his own searching for the silver gate, the one that got him closer to the ceremonies. And we’ll get a glimpse of the sights, sounds and enthusiasm he encountered along the way.
Reporter: Joaquin Uy
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Natalie Interview
Who would have thought a Brit could feel so good about its revolutionary step-child? Here again is Joaquin Uy for One World Report.
Interviewer: Joaquin Uy
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Roberto Maestas Interview
Roberto Maestas has been a community organizer most of his life, as a 14-year-old negotiating with the boss for his fellow field hands, or on behalf of minority students when he was a teacher at Franklin High School in the 1960s. Maestas founded Seattle’s El Centro de la Raza, a center for people of all races, and is now its executive director. Here he shares his thoughts on Obama's inauguration, reflecting on the decades of struggle to make America live up to its promise.
Interviewer: Jill Bolduc
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Kim Carson Interview
Here Kim Carson, a community organizer with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN, shares her hopes and feelings about a fellow community organizer in the White House.
Interviewer: Jill Bolduc
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Marcy Bowers Interview
Marcy Bowers, the membership and field coordinator for the Statewide Poverty Action Network (SPAN), started as a volunteer. Bowers' work with SPAN exemplifies what community organizing is all about, making sure our government reflects and responds to the individuals who make up our communities. Here’s Jill Bolduc for One World Report.
Interviewer: Jill Bolduc
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Joshua Welter Interview
Joshua Welter is the lead organizer for Washington Community Action Network, or WA-CAN, the largest grassroots lobbying organization in Washington State. Growing up in Washington, DC. Welter’s parents first introduced him to community efforts by taking him to anti-nuclear proliferation rallies. Motivated by the belief that we are all better off, when each of us is better off. Welter, here, shares his thoughts on what community organizing will mean under an Obama administration.
Interviewer: Jill Bolduc
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Geov Parrish and Silva Jones with Some Cautious Optimism
Now for a little healthy skepticism. Progressive journalist Geov Parrish and Co-Director of the Seattle Young People’s Project Silva Jones hope to see change in this administration, but they’re waiting for the hard evidence. This segment comes courtesy of Pepperspray Productions.
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Cleansing the White House
Comedian Kate Clinton came up with the idea to "sage" the White House before President Barack Obama and his family moved in. Burning sage is a Native American ritual used to cleanse an area of evil spirits. The original plan was to meet up at Washington’s Du Pont Circle, then march down Connecticut Avenue to the White House. The D.C. Police had other plans.
Reporter: David Griffith
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And Now A Word from Congressman Jim McDermott (7th District-D)
On Wednesday morning, Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell held a coffee for Washington residents attending the inauguration. About 200 people showed up for the event held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Seattle area Representatives Jim McDermott, Jay Inslee, and Dave Reichert were also present. Here, McDermott raises his coffee cup to the new administration.
Reporter: David Griffith
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Aileen Foster Interview
Now we hear from Philadelphia resident Aileen Foster who traveled to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration. She spoke about her hopes for the development of the nation’s cities under an Obama administration, what it will mean for young people to have Obama as a role model, and what it meant for her to join in the inaugural celebration.
Reporter: Georgia McDade
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Maceo High School Students from Dallas, TX
One World Report’s Joaquin Uy brings us another glimpse at youthful enthusiasm for the change that’s coming to the White House.
Interviewer: Joaquin Uy
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Louise McKinney Interview
Louise McKinney, wife of the Reverend Samuel McKinney of Seattle, who was a classmate of Reverend Martin Luther King Junior at Morehouse College, expresses her heartfelt connection to the Obamas in this interview with One World Report’s Georgia McDade.
Interviewer: Georgia McDade
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Kathya Alexander Letter to Her Father
Finally, we hear from Kathya Alexander, an author, actor and playwright reciting a letter she wrote recently to her deceased father, Reverend Louis Alexander, a Black man who did not live to see Barack Obama elected president. She reflects on the world her father knew, one of her own childhood memories, and wonders what her father’s political thoughts were then, and might have been today.
Interviewer: Georgia McDade
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Credits
Yuko Kodama is tonight's producer. Joaquin Uy is the Executive Producer. Special thanks to reporters David Griffith, Georgia McDade and Callie Shanafelt. Thanks also to Benjamin Cleeves and Michael Lubrano. The copy editor is Tara Hayes. Jill Bolduc is our engineer. Tonight’s audio editors are Havens Tipps and Jerry Middaugh.