Activism for Amateurs
for student leaders and youth activists
who want social and political change
in their campus and community
Listen for guest speakers, inspirational stories,
current issues and events, and tips and tidbits on
how to be a better leader, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE!
Listen to KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine or stream online at www.kuci.org. Stationed at the University of California Irvine.
Hosted by Lauren Quijano
Community Outreach Statement: If you would like your organization's events and/or announcements and information to be posted on this site, especially if you are of the UCI or Irvine community, please contact the host of the show at Laurenq@kuci.org.
Listen to this podcast if you missed the awesome interview with passionate Campus Organizing Director Andrea Gaspar of External Vice President’s Office of ASUCI. Hear more about the SB 397 and SB 185 Bills. Let’s make higher education more affordable and accessible to ALL students, and let’s get more students to be registered to vote, so that they can exercise their right to vote and their right to quality higher education.
Click below to listen to the LIVE Jam Session with Salar Nader!
Activism for Amateurs: LIVE Jam! w/ Salar Nader and local UCI Students by activismforamateurs
On May 12, 2011 at 8AM, Activism for Amateurs hosted the world famous tabla player and musician Salar Nader. Salar is known for his music in Afghanistan and all over the world, and he invited local artists to have a LIVE in-studio jam session with him on the show. Local guest musicians are Sandro and Tamara, Walker Davis, Christopher Lavendar, and Joe Michael Knox. A special thank you to the Afghanistan Development Project for making this musical jam union possible!
JAM! with world-reknown musician Salar Nader!
CALLING ALL MUSICIANS! Next week on Thursday morning May 12 at 8AM, Activism for Amateurs will be hosting the internationally known Salar Nadar, world-famous Tabla player. Salar is a composer/virtuoso of the Afghan Ruhab and co-creator of Sounds & Rhythm of Afghanistan.
For this very special show, Salar will be featured LIVE on the air, and he is inviting any musicians interested in a jam session to join him LIVE in the KUCI radio station.
If you or anyone you know is interested in jamming with this globally famous musician, please e-mail the show hostess at Laurenq@kuci.org by 5pm on Tuesday, May 10 and state your interest and instrument of choice, as well as the musician’s contact information (phone number and e-mail address).
Do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to be hosted on the air with a musician who stands for peace, justice, and rhythmic music in support of cross-cultural communication.
For more information on the artist, please visit http://www.salarnader.com/
LIVE CONCERT COMING UP IN IRVINE!
Emma’s Revolution will be performing on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 7:30 pm, Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Advance tickets are available on Brown Paper Tickets, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/124815. For more information contact Beth Syverson, MusicDirector@ocuuc.org, 949-829-1752.
Listen to the world-renowned Emma’s Revolution! Exclusive interviews with members Sandy O. and Pat Humphries. Emma’s Revolution is taking the activist world by storm, one happy song at a time!
BIO:
Emma’s Revolution uses the power of music to promote peace and justice, LGBT, human rights, labor, women, and environmental issues.
Touring over 200 days a year, Emma’s Revolution has performed at hundreds of peace and justice events throughout the US and abroad. Their work also involves visiting universities and colleges, leading activism workshops with students, speaking in classrooms, and campus performances, and on the steps of the Capital, Union Square, Times Square, Madison WI, from Florida to Alaska, Maine to California, Israel, Palestine, South Korea, Chile and more. See more performance highlights, quotes, and press at http://emmasrevolution.com/promo/highlights/ and listen to full song tracks at http://www.reverbnation.com/emmasrevolution.
