At Oakland’s Freedom Community Clinic, Culture is Part of ‘Whole-Person Healing’
The Freedom Community Clinic provides free herbal remedies, massage services and healing workshops at their two apothecaries in Oakland. And just outside the city, they recently launched the Ancestral Healing Farm, where people of color are encouraged to learn about ancestral practices and reconnect with the land. The goal of founder Dr. Bernie Lim is to reach people who might mistrust the mainstream medical system because of racism or cultural incompetency. KQED Arts & Culture Editor Nastia Voynovskaya brings us this profile.
Meet Sally Gearhart, the Most Famous Bay Area LGBTQ Activist You’ve Never Heard Of
Sally Gearhart was a radical lesbian feminist whose fight for equality and change sparked movements that still continue today. But unlike her friend and contemporary, Harvey Milk, there are no airport terminals or schools named after her. Instead, she has been largely erased from history. Deborah Craig, a filmmaker and professor at San Francisco State University, wanted to change that. Craig spoke about her documentary, Sally!,with The California Report Magazine’s Bianca Taylor.