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Today we are speaking to Deidre Wilson, who is participating in "Free Battered Women: Our Voices Within Internally Free, Celebrating the Freedom of Formerly Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence& Honoring Those Who Remain Imprisoned, Sat., Mar. 28, 3:30 PM at the Women's Bldg.,3543 18 (betw.Mission & Guerrero) in SF, CA. Our next guest is Marguerite "Ezili Dantò" Laurent. She is the founder and President of Ezili's Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network. She is also an award winning playwright, a writer, performance poet and an entertainment attorney who has represented many top Hip Hop artist. We will speak about 5-years after the coup. Kim McMillon, producer, Claire Ortalda, playwright, and Carla Blank, director, are our next guests. They will speak about "4 by 4 Plays" closing night at Live Oak Theatre, 1301 Shattuck Ave.(at Berryman), Berkeley, 8-10 PM. Tickets are $7/$10. Visit www.penoakland.org or call (510) 681-5652. We close with a conversation with Melanie DeMore, singer, educator, compose