This production shares the voices of Black and Indigenous women in the Southwest community who are using their platforms to create opportunity and economic stability for all women.
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3.22.15 Legislative Session Update [Radio] – Generation Justice
The 2015 New Mexico Legislative Session recently came to a close. We’re joined by two experts to keep up-to-date with the legislation that will directly affect our communities. Live in studio with us was Patrick Davis, Executive Director and Journalist from Progress Now NM and Adrian Carver, co-director from the NM Youth Alliance at the...
I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Series: Laurie Weahkee
“Think about generations yet to come” By Pauly Denetclaw and Christina Rodriguez ALBUQUERQUE N.M. — The trail to the top was steep and lined with hundreds of black volcanic rocks. There was a slight breeze but it offered little relief to the already hot summer morning. Laurie Weahkee looked to the summit of Boca...
I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Series: Moneka Stevens-Cordova
“I am my community” By Chantel Trujillo & Jason Fuller ALBUQUERQUE N.M. — Moneka Stevens-Cordova was in her late teens when she heard the call for youth advocacy. At the time, she was living in a group home. “There was a 13 year old that came in and I remember thinking,...
I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Series: Tomas Guillermo Martinez
“I Am Who I Serve” Tomas Martinez is an outreach coordinator and a promotor at La Plazita Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Photo: Alden Bruce] By Lucia Martinez and Thema Fenderson ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “I love the National Geographic because it saved my life,” says Tomas Martinez, recalling the 1980 prison riot at...