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5 May 2026

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives.
Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume, feat. Chantal Kreviazuk
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Run Sister Run- Cass McCombs
Through The Flood – Indian City
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
To All MMIW – Northern Cree
Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe
The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists
Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Pray Sister Pray – Crystal Shawanda
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) – Jahkota, feat. LB, Drezus & Cleo Big Eagle
We Won’t Forget You – N’we Jinan

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3 May 2026

Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood.
Pete Seeger’s birthday.
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
Dynasty – Rina Sawayama
Triggered – Jhené Aiko
Sometimes – Heems
Coming Home – ZHU, feat. Majid Jordan
Ishi Kara Ishi – George Takei & Lea Salonga Allegiance
Kawika – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Nathan Aweau
Red Cape – Priscilla Ahn
Blue Moon, Black Sea – Emily Wurramara
Under Northern Lights – Keiko Matsui
Perfect Moment – Stiff Gins
Used To You – mxmtoon Dawn & Dusk Pop 0 5
닿을락 말락 (feat. 슈가볼) 2:53 TARIN, feat. Majid Jordan\
My Funny Valentine – Ahn Trio & Rad.
Ikaw – Regine Velasquez]
honeybee – Mel Hsu
Let Go – Yung Rizzo
Forever Young – Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? – Pete Seeger
Which Side Are You On – Pete Seeger Pete Seeger

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1 May 2026

International Workers’ Day. Walking. North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center Track.
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
Joe Hill – Paul Roberson
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Day O – Harry Belafonte
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
Plane Crash At Los Gatos (Deportee) – Lance Canales & The Flood
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Woman’s Work – Tracy Chapman
Work For Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
There is Power in a Union – Entertainment Workers IU 630, Utah Phillips
The Internationale – Billy Bragg
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Gotta Work – Amerie

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15 April 2026

Tax Day. Jackie Robinson Day.
Taxman – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ain’t Got No Money – Justin Townes Earle
Money – Mary Fahl
Money – Cheryl K,, feat. Awkwafina
Money Song – Gracie’s Corner
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Take The Money And Run – Crosby & Nash
Work For Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Cash Money Blues – Kaiser Clifton
After Taxes – Johnny Cash
Income Tax Blues – Ralph Willis
You Never Give Me Your Money – The Beatles
Jackie Robinson – Radio Call (1956) – Bob Wolff
Eulogy For Jackie Robinson (/Steal Away Piano) – Rev. Jesse Jackson
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? – Natalie Cole
Jackie Robinson – Mark Isham
Jackie Robinson – Troy Patterson
Jackie Robinson – Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra

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9 April 2026

Walking, North Domingo Baca Park.
Anniversary of Marian Anderson concert at Lincoln Memorial in 1939.
Paul Robeson birthday.
The first two songs are by Marian Anderson. I need to get more.
The remaining songs are by Paul Robeson.

My Lord, What a Morning
Stille Tränen, Op. 32, No. 10 4:48
Shenandoah
Deep River
Go Down, Moses
On My Journey
Water Boy
The Minstrel Boy
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Loch Lomond
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
Get on Board Little Children
Scandalize My Name
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Eriskay Love Lilt
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Mexican Lullaby
All Through the Night
Jerusalem
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
The Four Rivers
John Browns Body
Balm in Gilead
Chassidic Chant
From Border to Border
Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
The Lord God of Abraham, from Elijah, Op. 70
The Purest Kind of Guy
Joe Hill
The Peat-Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten – song from a German concentration camp)
The Four Insurgent Generals
Native Land
Song of the Plains
Cradle Song
Within Four Walls
By an’ By
John Henry
Water Boy
My Curly Headed Baby
Mah Lindy Lou
Wagon Wheels
I Still Suits Me from Showboat
Sylvia
Ol’ Man River from Showboat
It Ain’t Necessarily So

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7 April 2026

Billie Holiday Birthday.
Rwandan Genocide Anniversary.
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child – Billie Holiday
Tutsi hutu – Michèle Bernard
Papaoutai – Stromae
Rwanda Rwiza (Beautiful Rwanda) – Jean Paul Samputu
Mana Wari Uri He? (God, Where Were You?) – Jean Paul Samputu
Nyirigira – The Chorale de Kigali & The Voices of Kicukiro
Dufite Imana Ikomeye Cyane – The Chorale de Kigali & The Voices of Kicukiro
Wari Mw’isi – The Chorale de Kigali & The Voices of Kicukiro
Mama Ararira – Afro Celt Sound System & Dorothee Munyaneza
Million Voices – Wyclef Jean
Umqombothi -Yvonne Chaka
Whispered Song – Burundi:
Ne Me Laisse Pas Seule Ici – Tilly Key
Mwari Sigaramahoro – Isonga
Olugendo Lw’e Bulaya – Bernard Kabanda Ssalongo
Children Found – Andrea Guerra
Icyibo – Dorothee Munyanez
Hell’s Gate – Dario Marianelli
Empty Roads – Dario Marianelli
Machetes – Dario Marianelli
Is God Here – Dario Marianelli
Last Offering – Dario Marianelli
The Radio Won’t Stop – Dario Marianelli
Speechless – Dario Marianelli
No Way Out – Dario Marianelli Beyond the Gates
How Do You Call This? – Dario Marianelli
Remember Us – Dario Marianelli
We Turned Our Backs – Dario Marianelli

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4 March 2026

Women’s History Month. Miriam Makeba’s birthday.
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
All songs by Miriam Makeba.
Mbube
Olilili
Suliram
The Retreat Song
The Click Song
Saduva
Iya Guduza
Lakutshn Ilanga
Umhome
Amampondo
Dubula
Dwedini
Pole Mze
Le Fleuve
Qhude
Mayibuye
Maduna
Kilimanjaro
Kwazulu (In The Land Of The Zulus
Nongqongqo (To Those We Love)
Khawuleza (Hurry Mama Hurry!)
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd (Beware Verwoerd!)
Masakhane 4:44
Amaliya
Pata Pata 2000
‘Cause We Live For Love
Liwawechi
Lindelani
Homeland
In Time
Africa Is Where My Heart Lies

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26 February 2026

Stretching. Strength. Walking.
Black History Month.
Right Off (take 10) – Miles Davis
Johannesburg – Gil Scott-Heron
Jesus Is on the Main Line – Mavis Staples \
Now Let Me Fly – Kim&Reggie Harris
Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar
Ain’t No Way – Aretha Franklin
Brown Eyed Blues – Ben Harper
See You Go – Yuna
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Aleppo – Leyla McCalla
Peace Behind the Bridge – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Pride – Joy Oladokun
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Bayard Rustin
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Gracie’s Corner

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25 February 2026

Black History Month.
Stretching.
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
Back Up Offa Me – Talib Kweli
Little Light – Toshi Reagon
Dwedini – Miriam Makeba
State of the Nation – George Clinton
That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder
Galiku (Flag) – Gurrumul Djarimirri
Say Yes! – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Doubt – Mary J. Blige
Tarzan of Harlem – Cab Calloway
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
Mississippi Goddam -Nina Simone
Only in My Dreams – Deidre McCalla
Watch Out for Lucy – Dobie Gray

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19 February 2026

Day of Remembrance of incarceration of Japanese Americans
Kenji – Fort Minor
Summer of ’42 – Kishi Bashi
Resist – Allegiance
Manzanar – Channel 3
Manzanar – Laurie Lewis
Manzanar – Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
How Can You Go? – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Wishes on the Wind – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Allegiance – Allegiance
Our Time Now – Allegiance
Stronger Than Before – Lea Salongs & Katie Rose Clark
Still a Chance – Allegiance
Sands of Manzanar – Yukiko Matsuyama & Hirotaka Ogawa
I Remember – Beth DeSombre
Asian American History – Jason Chu & Alan Z
We are the Children – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Derek Najamoto
120,000 Stories – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Mike Penny & George Abe

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