Human Rights in Mexico - October 11, 2017
Speak Up! Speak Out! recorded the presentation "Human Rights in Mexico: How US Policies Affect State Violence, Militarization, and Displacement" at the Garden Street UMC in Bellingham. The speaker was...
View ArticleAnswering Islamophobia, Supporting our Muslim Neighbors - October 25, 2017
Muslims are perhaps the most demonized immigrant group in our country. Comprising only about 1% of our population, they are frequently the victims of bigotry, micro aggressions and hate crimes. For...
View ArticleOne Small Farm - November 1, 2017
Dave visited Baldham Farm East of Clear Lake for a conversation with one of the owners - Miriam Garrote. The conversation included a bit of history of the Farm (very short - 3 years), their organic...
View ArticleTestimony from Public Hearing for Tesoro's Xylene Project Shoreline permit -...
On Nov. 2, 2017 the Skagit County Hearing Examiner took public comments regarding Tesoro (now Andeavor) Refinery's Shoreline Substantial Development Permit for their "Clean Product Upgrades" proposal...
View ArticleThe Hirst Decision - Water Rights Plus The Capital Budget - November 29, 2017
Join us for a conversation about water rights in Washington State. The 2016 state Supreme Court "Hirst Decision" is the latest in a long line of court decisions and attendant laws around this...
View ArticlePublic Lands Threats in Skagit County - December 6, 2017
Since the summer of 2016, Skagit residents have become aware that our county commissioners have been consulting with anti-public lands groups seeking local control over federally owned lands, paving...
View ArticleMall Shooting a Year Afterward - December 13, 2017
Join jim justice as she speaks with Chris Cammock, Lt. Mount Vernon Police and Shannon Meyer, FBI Clinical Psychologist and Victim Specialist for a conversation about what happened at the mall in...
View ArticleClimate Reality Project - January 3, 2018
Al Gore's Climate Reality Project is designed to mobilize people all over the world, put them in touch with the resources they need to make change, and teach them skills to persuade and push the...
View ArticleWe Marched, Now We Act - January 17, 2018
Whatcom/Skagit People's Movement Assembly Fighting for immigrant communities, indigenous communities, our freedoms, human rights, democracy, the health of women and children, and Mother Earth, the...
View ArticlePlastic Bag Ban Campaign in Skagit County - January 31, 2018
"Nothing we use for a few minutes should end up in the belly of a whale!" says Carol Sullivan, creator of the Skagit County the Plastic BAG BANd Wagon. In this interview hosted by Ginny Wolff, Carol...
View ArticleJodie Buller talks about natural burial - February 14, 2018
This week on SUSO, Dave catches up with co-host Jodie Buller to talk about natural or green burial. Jodie is cemetery manager and conservation coordinator at White Eagle Memorial Preserve, near...
View ArticleFriends of the San Juans Pt.1 - February 28, 2018
Friends of the San Juans is an environmental non-profit organization established in 1979, and based in Friday Harbor. Today's show is Part 1 of 2 shows. Board members San Olson and Janet Alderton; and...
View ArticleConversation with with Andrew Miller, Director of Business Retention and...
There is a changing face of consumer interest in agriculture and value-added food and it's a window of opportunity for Skagit Valley that can help provide a sustainable future for local family farms....
View ArticleUnderground Writing with Matt Malyon - March 14, 2018
Writer Matt Malyon joins host jim justice to talk about his Underground Writing of which he is the director. This is a literature-based writing program that fits into a peace and justice focus of his...
View ArticleGUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, Part 1 - March 21, 2018
In response to the Valentine's Day shooting at Marjorie Douglas Stoneman High School in Florida, Indivisible Skagit's March meeting became a forum on Gun Violence in Our Communities and was recorded...
View ArticleFriends of the San Juans Pt. 2: Threats to the Salish Sea - March 28, 2018
San Juan Islanders are in a better position than most of the rest of us to watch what's threatening the tenuous environment of the Salish Sea; and they are more immediately connected to how the...
View ArticleEvelyn Adams describes FutureFest Event on April 21-22 - April 4, 2018
On today's show, Evelyn Adams talks with Ginny Wolff about FutureFest, an ambitious and visionary weekend planned by Transition Fidalgo and Friends on April 21-22. FutureFest is a free weekend event...
View ArticleGun Violence in Our Communities, Part 2 with The Alliance for Gun...
This show is the second half of a recording of a March 2018 Indivisible Skagit meeting on Gun Violence in Our Communities. The timing happened just after the Parkland high school shootings and...
View ArticleLWV and DRC Civil Discourse events and more - April 18, 2018
Join host jim justice as she talks with Wende Sanderson of the League of Women Voters of Skagit and the Dispute Resolution Center in Skagit. Wende first talks about the two organizations and what they...
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