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As seen in: City Cast Chicago, NPR, Chicago Sun-Times, KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO), WLRN-FM (Miami, FL), KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA), WOSU-FM (Columbus, OH), WVXU-FM (Cincinnati, OH), WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.), KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO), WESA-FM (Pittsburgh, PA) and
Lead Producer for @CityCastChicago. Formerly @knkxfm, @CSTbreaking and @CapeTimesSA. PNW bred. @MedillSchool alum. Reach me at simone.alicea@citycast.fm.
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Solidarity behind bars: Prison activists reflect on the movement for social justice

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By Simone Alicea
| KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)
As protests against racism and police brutality raged last summer, one group of activists could only look on from afar. “Of course you want to be there,” Vincent Sherrill told KNKX from the Monroe Correctional Complex in September. “Then, to be truthful, there’s guilt and shame along with that for putting yourself in this situation.” Sherrill is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. He’s also a member of the Black Prisoners Caucus, one of Washington’s oldest prisoner organizations.
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Tacoma activists urge swifter city action on housing problems

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By Ed Ronco , Simone Alicea
| KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)
They briefly occupied an abandoned middle school, hoping to make it into housing. They dumped trash on the steps of Tacoma’s city hall, urging trash collection at encampments. And now a group pushing for better housing in the city says it plans something on Christmas Day, too. Tacoma Housing Now wouldn’t offer specifics for their next protest action, but spokesperson Rebecca Parson said it would be something “all members of the community” would be able to participate in.
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LISTEN: Girmay Zahilay reflects on an intense first year on the King County Council

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By Simone Alicea
| KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)
KNKX Morning Edition Host Kirsten Kendrick talks with King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay about his first year in office. It has been an intense first year in office for King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay. "I think I would describe it the same way everyone would describe their year," Zahilay told KNKX in an interview. "And that is: madness." The 33-year-old represents District 2, which encompasses some of Seattle’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods.
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