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Celebrating Latino Heritage 2026 05/04/2026

Celebrating Latino Heritage 2026 Celebrating Latino Heritage 2026 /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/41138735

Autism Acceptance Month 04/27/2026

Autism Acceptance Month Street Soldiers Radio highlighted Autism Acceptance Month with special guests Monica Howell and Gary Hall who shared their own journeys of parenthood, experiences and resources as together- we advocate for understanding of the various forms of diversity in our communities. Our caller Jasmine recommended the book Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D., with Tom Fields-Meyer. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/41027310

Black Heritage Immersion Experience 2026 04/20/2026

Black Heritage Immersion Experience 2026 Students of the Marshall-Riley Living Learning Community at USF explored key chapters of Black history in the U.S. and join us to share their trip to historic sites, memorials, and communities in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40932425

Financially Alive & Free 2026 04/13/2026

Financially Alive & Free 2026 Financially Alive & Free instructor, Ms. Demetra Jones, shared how she developed the curriculum to help keep our students and community free from debt and develop healthy habits when dealing with money, bills and spending habits. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40823745

Love Letter to Richmond, CA 04/07/2026

Love Letter to Richmond, CA /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40755095

Women Who Fight for Our Freedom 04/01/2026

Women Who Fight for Our Freedom Street Soldiers Radio learns from immigration attorney Monica Oca-Howell about our rights when dealing with ICE agents at the airport, home and in public. We highlight the impactful work of the Six Triple Eight to close Women's History Month. The 6888th Centeral Postal Battalion ("Six Triple Eight") was the only all-Black, all-female unit deployed overseas during WWII, tasked with sorting a massive, three-year backlog of mail for American troops in Europe. Led by Major Charity Adams, they cleared the backlog in 3 months instead of the anticipated 6, operating under the motto "No Mail, Low Morale" www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40701040

Freedom Braiders 2026 03/23/2026

Freedom Braiders 2026 Street Soldiers Radio is proud to celebrate the powerful work of the Freedom Braiders. Mother & daughter team Joanna and Tatiana Hernandeaz brought together some of the best braiders from the Bay Area to go inside and out of the jails teaching and empowering women with the skills of braiding and personal development. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40596905

Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention 03/16/2026

Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention Domestic violence affects many people of any age, race or class. The facts are staggering and we are here to help share the infomation to help prevent violence with relationship counselor Dr. Sabrina Robertson. For more help, please visit TheHotline.org An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year. Nearly 3 in 10 women (29%) and 1 in 10 men (10%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by a partner and reported it having a related impact on their functioning. Intimate partner violence alone affects more than 12 million people every year. /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40501920

Extraordinary Women 03/09/2026

Extraordinary Women /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40373825

Celebrating 39 Years of Alive & Free Omega Boys Club 03/02/2026

Celebrating 39 Years of Alive & Free Omega Boys Club Celebrating 39 Years of Alive & Free Omega Boys Club /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40287600

Continuing Our Celebration of Black History Month 02/23/2026

Continuing Our Celebration of Black History Month Street Soldiers Radio continued our celebration of Black History Month. Regina Jackson shared her memories with Reverand Jesse Jackson. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/40204470

Celebrating Black History Month 2026 02/02/2026

Celebrating Black History Month 2026 We celebrate Black History month with our callers as we discuss people, events and books that have shaped our knowledge and awareness with Black History. We had a special panel featuring the Marshall family who each share their own experiences in learning, teaching and sharing Black history. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39959550

Human Trafficking Awareness 01/26/2026

Human Trafficking Awareness We tackeled the tough topic of human trafficking with MISSSEY, Redemption House of the Bay Area, Love Never Fails. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39875380

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2026 01/19/2026

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2026 Celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. www.Stayaliveandfree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39779805

2026 is Here- A Time for Reflection 01/14/2026

2026 is Here- A Time for Reflection We aired our first show for 2026 which featured our callers and their own hopes and goals for 2026. Our second hour featured our Kwanzaa celebration which helped bring our community together at Alive & Free headquarters. The classroom is truly a special place and we are happy we could fit so many people into it as we shared our talents and learned about the 7 principles of Kwanzaa and the meaning of The Day of Meditation. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39733205

Holiday Celebration 2025 12/22/2025

Holiday Celebration 2025 Street Soldiers Radio is excited to celebrate the holidays with our Street Soldiers family. Our callers and students shared what keeps them doing right and what keeps them doing wrong. We are incredibly thankful for being able to have a safe space to have important conversations that impact our community. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39499350

Prentice Powell Pack Light 2025 12/16/2025

Prentice Powell Pack Light 2025 Street Soldiers Radio spent an evening catching up with our friend and poet Prentice Powell as he shared his journey as a Grammy nominated spoken word artist to his new project Pack Light while embracing all aspects of being a father and husband. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39421225

Northern California Innocence Project 2025 12/09/2025

Northern California Innocence Project 2025 The Northern California Innocence Project challenges wrongful convictions on every front by exonerating the innocent, educating future attorneys, and reforming criminal justice policy. We have guests Carla Spain, Zavion Johnson, Todd Fries and Lauryn Barbosa Findley join Street Soldiers Radio as they share the important work they are doing to challenge the system and free innocent people. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39334145

Happy Thanksgiving 2025 11/24/2025

Happy Thanksgiving 2025 Street Soldiers Radio is thankful for our callers and community. The team shared their holiday plans, favorite dishes and learned what's on the menu from everyone. We are grateful to be able to have a space where we can have important conversations as we find solutions to issues impacting our community. We might not all be related, but we are all family. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39157065

Honoring Our Elders 11/18/2025

Honoring Our Elders We honored the elders in our lives who have shared their guidance, love and wisdom with us. We also introduce you to Jyarriah and Malcolm who are our Young Elders in the classroom. With heavy hearts, we dedicate our show to the beloved Coach John Beam. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39072180

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee 11/12/2025

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee We were honored to have Oakland's Mayor Barbara Lee talk about the current issues and solutions of Oakland as she took calls from our audience who voiced their concerns. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/39014385

A Conversation About Immigration, ICE and Your Rights 11/03/2025

A Conversation About Immigration, ICE and Your Rights Street Soldiers Radio discussed the issues of immigration and ICE deployment and learned about our rights with Attorney Monica Oca Howell and Contra Costa Pulse multimedia journalist Denis Bravo Perez. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38889665

Let's Talk About It 10/27/2025

Let's Talk About It Street Soldiers Radio is thankful we are a safe place where you can talk and find solutions. We asked our callers to share the topics and issues they would like us to cover on our upcoming shows. We also caught up with Ashanti Branch and his upcoming event, the Global Young Men’s Conference 2025. /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38797600

Domestic Violence Awareness 10/21/2025

Domestic Violence Awareness Street Soldiers Radio dove into the many layers of domestic violence. Callers shared their own experieneces as children and as those abused with our guests, therapists DeShannon Williamson and Ricka White who provided information on how to deal with and get help for this type of violence that affects many people around the world. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38719580

What's Concerning You? 10/17/2025

What's Concerning You? Street Soldiers Radio asked our audience about what is concerning them these days and we received a wide range of answers. Parenting, the raised prices of groceries and more were covered by as people called in to share. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38624625

From Incarcerated to Inspired- A Freedom Braiders Success Story 10/06/2025

From Incarcerated to Inspired- A Freedom Braiders Success Story From Incarcerated to Inspired and Alive & Free! We’re proud of Danniqua who started her journey with the Freedom Braiders class while in custody and today, she is Alive and Free! This is what transformation looks like when community, purpose, and love come together. The work continues, because a real friend would never lead you to danger only to freedom, healing, and hope. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38484370

Street Soldiers Radio: How Do You Get Your News 09/29/2025

Street Soldiers Radio: How Do You Get Your News Street Soldiers Radio wants to know how you get your information. We are diving Into how you learn about what's going on in your community and the world. Where do you get your news from? www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38402395

Suicide Awareness & Prevention 09/22/2025

Suicide Awareness & Prevention Street Soldiers Radio has been on the airwaves for over 33 years to help keep our community Alive & Free. We discuss the tough topics to help raise awareness, share experiences and find solutions to uplift each other in the Bay Area and across the world. Suicide Awareness is incredibly important as it continues to impact all ages. Feelings of sadness and hopelessness have impacted young people. Please join us on Street Soldiers Radio as we learn how to help each other and ourselves. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38313690

Back to School 09/15/2025

Back to School Street Soldiers Radio discussed with our callers what they would like to see taught in schools from elementary to high school. Our panel with featured educators Dr. Darrick Smith, Dr. Reggie Daniels and Jeri Marshall also enlighten us with experience and suggestions for education. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38229910

Gospel Fest Oakland 09/10/2025

Gospel Fest Oakland Street Soldiers Radio had the creators of Gospel Fest Oakland on air to share how gospel music has influenced and shaped lives in the Bay Area and beyond. Guests: Elder Leonard B. Lothlen Sr. and Dr. Joya Chavarin. www.StayAliveAndFree.org /episode/index/show/aliveandfree/id/38170595

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