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Crossing East: Relations

Post author:Clark Salisbury
Post published:May 13, 2017
Post category:Evergreen Radio Relations

Crossing East: Relations is a one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Robynn Takayama and Alan Montecillo. The documentary addresses AAPIs and the Model Minority Myth and the historic relationship between AAPIs and African Americans. As part of a 10th anniversary celebration of the Peabody-winning radio series Crossing East, which aired on 230 public radio stations around the country we also gathered more than 200 hours of oral history recordings for the Crossing East Archive.

Featuring music by David Ornette Cherry.

– Listen to the full documentary on PRX.org. –

This Crossing East Archive and documentary project was made possible by….

And individual donors and supporters!

Special thanks to:
Ronni Lacroute
John and June Schumann.

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Crossing East Archive Project

Post author:Dmae Roberts
Post published:November 15, 2016
Post category:Evergreen Radio

More than 10 years ago, MediaRites debuted Crossing East, (Our Stories, Our History, Our America), the first and to date only Asian American/Pacific Islander history series on public radio.

In 2016 we embarked on an exciting project to save more than 150 hours of oral history recordings gathered for this groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning radio series hosted by George Takei and Margaret Cho.

We digitized all the interviews, transcripts and photos online for the public to use for educational purposes. This act of preservation is called the Crossing East Archive Project.

MediaRites was awarded funding from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Regional Arts and Culture Council , the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition and the PGE Foundation and built the multimedia Crossing East archive. We created two projects to celebrate the 10th anniversary year. See the Archive at: http://www.crossingeast.org/crossingeastarchive/

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Coming Home: Return of the Alutiiq Masks Project

Post author:Dmae Roberts
Post published:July 10, 2015
Post category:Evergreen Radio

By producer Dmae Roberts. An Earthsongs special documentary with host Shyanne Beatty and associate producer Clark Salisbury. Coming Home is a one-hour NPR-news-friendly radio documentary that interweaves oral history interviews, Alutiiq music and soundscapes. (more…)

Crossing East (2005-2006)

Post author:Dmae Roberts
Post published:January 22, 2014
Post category:Evergreen Radio

Our Stories, Our History, Our America

The first public radio series on Asian American history and winner of the George Foster Peabody Award in 2007. This series aired on 230 public radio stations around the country and was hosted by George Takei and Margaret Cho. To find out more about this series, visit CrossingEast.org.

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This Crossing East Archive and documentary project was made possible by….

And individual donors and supporters!

Special thanks to: Ronni Lacroute John and June Schumann.

Our Stories, Our History, Our America

Special thanks to:
Ronni Lacroute
John and June Schumann.