POOR NewsNetwork Radio Show on KPFA 94.1 FM Features a Special Tribute Honoring the Late Filipino American Poet and Community Activist Al Robles, Monday May 25th

Hosted by Lisa Gray-Garcia and Tony Robles, Co-Editors of POOR Magazine

May 22, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO - (U.S. ASIAN WIRE) - POOR NewsNetwork Radio features a special program dedicated to Al Robles, the late Filipino American poet and San Francisco Community Activist who recently passed away on May 2nd. Tune in Monday May 25th to radio station KPFA 94.1 FM at 7:30am PST or listen to streaming audio online at www.kpfa.org as hosts Lisa Gray-Garcia and Tony Robles along with a line-up of special guests pay tribute to Al Robles.



Al was a board member of POOR Magazine. His life and work reflected all of POOR MagazineÕs values: Giving a voice to silenced communities, eldership and interdependence.



Featured guests on the program will reflect on his life by sharing stories and poetry, they include:



Jimmy Robles - Hawaii-based martial artist and younger brother of Al Robles



Pete Yamamoto - Longtime friend and former I-Hotel Tenant. Accompanied Al on pilgrimages to Tule Lake and Manzanar Internment Camps



Lou Syquia Ð Longtime friend and author of the book "Fog Eater", a collection of poetry. Former professor in the Fil-Am Literature department at SF State University



Oscar Penaranda Ð Longtime friend, author of "Full Deck--Jokers Playing" and ÒSeasons by the BayÓ, published by Tiboli Press. Contributor to the groundbreaking Asian American Anthology Aiieee, and other publications such as ÒLiwanagÓ, ÒPinoy PoeticsÓ and ÒField of MirrorsÓ.



Jeff Tagami - Longtime friend from Watsonville, CA. An educator and author of poetry book "October Light", published by Kearny Street Workshop



Russell Leong Ð UCLA Adjunct Professor, Asian American Studies, Adjunct Full Professor, Department of English, editor of Amerasia Journal and editor of Al Robles book "Rappin' With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark"



Marlon Crump--Revolutionary Legal Scholar and Writer for POOR Magazine



In addition, the show will feature audio clips of Al Robles reading his poetry and playing the piano. The program will be archived and available online at www.kpfa.org after the broadcast airs on Monday May 25th.



About POOR Magazine

POOR Magazine© is a literary, visual arts based community organization founded by a previously homeless, currently at-risk, mother daughter team. POOR provides vocational training, creative arts and literacy education, new and multi-media access to very low and no income adults and children in the Bay Area, with the goal of deconstructing the margins of class and race oppression.



Contact:



Tony Robles

Co-editor, POOR Magazine

Tonyrobles1964@hotmail.com