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Davisville, Oct. 14, 2024: The Davis Night Market, offering free food every weeknight, turns 5

Each weeknight at 9, people gather in Central Park near 4th and C streets, some to receive surplus food, some to hand it out. This is the Davis Night Market (pictured), a small-budget volunteer venture created in 2019 to feed people and reduce food waste. We talked with two of its co-founders in January 2020, and the market has since grown to five nights a week. “The food is kind of the carrot to get people in. It’s more about the community,” adds Max Morgan, a volunteer since 2019. "People are in desperate need of community, as much as they need food.”

“We really have only one rule: take what you can eat,” says Joanna Sodke, a volunteer for nearly a year. “Anyone can come here and take food.” (There are limits on pizza, she says, “a very hot item.”) Donors include well-known food purveyors in Davis, plus people with extra produce from their trees and gardens. The market operates with a county permit. Sometimes a volunteer will need to talk a person through a difficult moment. Today on Davisville, Joanna and Max talk about how it all works, including why they meet at night.

Indigenous People's Day

Today the News Cycle focuses on Indigenous People's Day. We sat down with Lewis Lawyer, an assistant professor at UC Davis, to talk about his work in language revitalization, and how Indigenous People's Day is seen by the Indigenous groups he works with. Carlos Chavez talks about the actual impacts of land acknowledgement ceremonies, and Satya Jackson Dunning speaks with teachers about their plans for the long weekend.

Hosted and produced by Sam Ochsner-Hembrow. Music by Daniel Ruiz Jiminez. Packages by Carlos Chavez and Satya Jackson Dunning.  

Billy Larkin, Eric Jordan, music and insight, on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 11, 2024

Billy Larkin and Eric Jordan join in today for a lively discussion, including AI in Music, Fobfest, KDRT's 20th anniversary, Pete Rose, Cissy Houston, Yolo's 4th Annual Mid-Winter Cabaret July 8th in Winters (an extraordinary evening of pure enchantment, fantastic talent, community, and the joy of giving.)

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