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Street Soldiers Radio: Prentice Powell 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. https://traffic.libsyn.com/aliveandfree/streetsoldiersradio_prentice-powell_pack-light-2025mp3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

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…

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…

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. https://traffic.libsyn.com/aliveandfree/streetsoldiersardio_honoring-our-elders_2025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

49ers Inspire Change Mentorship Cooking Class

Photo by Kym Fortino 49ers The San Francisco 49ers gave us the opportunity of a lifetime! Our students were invited to learn and discuss what healthy food choices can look like and how nutrition affects our bodies. They were surprised by having the players from the team join us in the official press room to…

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. https://traffic.libsyn.com/aliveandfree/Street_Soldiers_Radio__Oakland_Mayor_Barbara_Lee.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Street Soldiers Radio discussed immigration, ICE and learned about our rights with Attorney Monica Oca Howell and Contra Costa Pulse multimedia journalist Denis Bravo Perez. https://traffic.libsyn.com/aliveandfree/streetsoldiersradio_conversation_immigration-ice-rights_2025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

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. https://traffic.libsyn.com/aliveandfree/streetsoldiersradio_lets-talk_2025.mp3Podcast:…

October 19, 2025 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…