Two years ago, I offered a radio production class via Empower DC’s Grassroots Media Project. The class was taught by long-time WPFW radio producer Netfa Freeman. Two of its students, Brenda Hayes and Ben King met for the first time and went on to produce the radio show This Light: Sounds for Social Change, a radio series highlighting the connections between arts and activism. Each episode features an interview with an activist/artist as well as an audio mix of their work. The program currently airs on Radio CPR; their podcasts are also featured on Grassroots DC Radio.

The following podcast is a ten minute compilation from several episodes of This Light Sounds for Social Change. [audio:http://www.grassrootsdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/This-Light-Clips-for-WPFW.mp3]

If the above podcast peaked your interest, check out this interview of Brenda and Ben on WPFW’s Voices with Vision.

This Light:Sounds for Social Change on WPFW’s Voices with Vision 1/15/13 by This_Light on Mixcloud

When Ben and Brenda first came to me with the idea for This Light: Sounds for Social Change, I asked them if they would be able to find enough artist/activists to have a show each week? Two years later, the guests are coming to them. Check them out on CPR Radio on Sunday nights from 9:00 PM until 11:00 PM, or on Mixcloud.