3/13/26 - Friday Video Share: "'Bob Kafka Remembered', with Nancy Crowther, Alison Barkoff — KPFT Peoples News, 1/30/26"

Andrew Pulrang

13 Mar 2026 — 2 min read

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"Bob Kafka Remembered", with Nancy Crowther, Alison Barkoff — KPFT Peoples News, 1/30/26
Reporter KPFT - January 31, 2026

I'm long overdue sharing this tribute to one of the most effective and loved disabled activists in the US, Bob Kafka. I met him in person a several times when I was a Center for Independent Living director, and he interviewed me a few years ago about #CripTheVote for his "Barrier Free Futures" radio show/podcast. But I still learned more about him from this remembrance.

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