Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and executive producer of Rising Up With Sonali, a weekly nationally syndicated radio and television program produced in Los Angeles, California.
Previously, Sonali hosted and produced Uprising with Sonali, a drive-time radio show that debuted in 2003, making it the longest running drive time radio program in Southern California hosted by a woman of color.
In 2015, Sonali won the Best TV Anchor Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.
Rising Up With Sonali can be heard on KPFK Pacifica Radio in Southern California, KPFA Pacifica Radio in Northern California, and the television version of the program can be viewed on the show’s Vimeo channel and on Free Speech TV (DirecTV, Dish Network, Roku). Dozens of other community and independent radio stations around the U.S. and Canada also carry the program.
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Latest Stories from Rising Up With Sonali:
- How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancelby YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali on February 21, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Listen to story:https://ia801500.us.archive.org/31/items/2025-02-18-RUWS/2025_02_18_Loretta_Ross.mp3Download: mp3 (Duration: 24:48) FEATURING LORETTA ROSS – Black feminist and reproductive justice organizer Loretta Ross has years of experience dealing with people she fundamentally disagrees with, starting with an experience she
- New York Passes Climate Superfund To Make Polluters Payby YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali on February 20, 2025 at 4:00 pm
New York Governor Kathy Hochul in December 2024 signed a bill into law fining fossil fuel corporations $75 billion to pay into a superfund the state can use to pay for climate-related damage.
- Who Will Hold Trump Accountable for Violating the Constitution?by YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali on February 19, 2025 at 5:45 pm
Trump is doing what he said he would–undermining the U.S. Constitution to expand his own power. The question is, what recourse is there? And is it too late to save U.S. democracy?
- Migrant Workers Shape Their Own Narrativesby YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali on February 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm
While the migrant workers who participated in the Job Center’s volunteer clean up operations are regularly demonized by politicians, they are also busy telling their own stories and crafting their own narratives.
- Migrant Workers Lead Cleanup Efforts in Altadenaby YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali on February 13, 2025 at 4:00 pm
The day after the Eaton Fire, organizers sprang into action and put together “fire relief brigades” comprising of volunteers from the community and day laborers.