Sojourner Truth Radio: September 8, 2021 - California Election, Hurricane Ida, Desert Conservation

Today on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our rural-urban conversation with a focus on the Mojave Desert communities. Our guest is Pat Flanagan, a naturalist educator based in Twentynine Palms, in the high desert of California. We discuss threats to the desert ecological system and how it impacts us all. We pay tribute to actor Michael K. Williams and also our weekly Earth Minute.