Anita Johnson
- Username: Anita Johnson
- PRX Member
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Station-Based
Recent Pieces from Anita Johnson
240717: The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore), 7/17/2024
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of ...
The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of ...
Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
July is Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the July 26, 1990 anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In honor of the anniversary, we revisit the story of ...
The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
What is caste? According to author Thenmozhi Soundararajan, “caste is suffering. That one’s worth and fate are determined at the moment of birth." On this week's episode, we ...
The Art of Healing: Finding Strength Through Frida Kahlo
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
“In Confianza, with Pulso” producer Anthony Wallace brings us the story of Thania Betancourt Alcazar. A member of “The Phoenix Fridas,” Alcazar discovered a lifeline in the ...
Uncovering the Refugee Experience & Healing Through Storytelling (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
This week's episode is about two women, one who fled Shanghai during Mao's Chinese Revolution, and the other who escaped the Bolshevik Revolution and Ukrainian pogroms. We ...
America's Black Capital
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the ...
Reproductive Justice: The Ongoing Struggle for Bodily Autonomy (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
Today we share excerpts from “She's Beautiful When She's Angry,” a documentary about the rise of activism around women’s rights in the late 1960s, the intersections of race ...
Giving Bayard Rustin His Flowers (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
Today’s episode from our archives continues to honor Black history and heritage. We take a look at the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, a central figure in the struggle for ...
