Island City Beat Podcast

Following a brief musical introduction our new Alameda City Council member & Vice Mayor Michele Pryor does her first interview here on our podcast. She talks about the need to face climate change, the housing crisis and the possibility of using public banking to support local financial resiliency .. and, of course, why she loves our island city.

East Bay native Savanna Cheer came to Alameda in 2018, fell in love with our town & has been galvanized by local issues. She helped found the community group Transform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing. Transform has challenged Alameda city officials around the tragic death of Mario Gonzales, helped form the city’s Guaranteed Income Program & pushed for a People's Budget for the city. Hear her perspective in this episode on these efforts & her vision of what Alameda can be.

Angie Watson-Hajjem talks with pastor emeritus Michael Yoshii of Alameda's Buena Vista Uniited Methodist Church regarding his life and career - Hear Pastor Yoshii discuss his congregation's work with the Palestinian village of Wadi Foquin. (starting at 18:53) Alameda City Council will consider a Sister City relationship between Alameda and the West Bank community of Wadi Foquin at this Tuesday's City Council meeting. https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7253612&GUID=AAE5FD41-5593-472A-88EC-1D4315342C43-- Update: The Alameda City Council voted on Tuesday, March 18th to delay a vote on the Wadi Foquin Sister City MOU.