Refinery Workers Amidst Fossil Fuel Conversions AND ”avaaz” World Premier at SCR

Virginia Parks, UCI professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy and director of UCI's Labor Center presents her recent findings on how the closure of a Marathon refinery affected its displaced workers; a story of the challenge in transitioning to renewable. The full report is available at the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center. In the second segment (approx minute 36), we continue coverage of South Coast Rep after their completion of last week's Pacific Playwrights Festival, with playwright and performer Michael Shayan. He brings phenomenal story-telling in his world premiere of avaaz, running now through May 27 at the Segerstrom Stage in Costa Mesa, https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/avaaz/. Music credits: Chimora, “Africano Americano,” Sounds of Africa - album; Laura Love, “If I Knew,” Octoroon – album; Jalal Hemati, “Baba Karam.”