1.29.12 – Youth Leadership Diversity [Radio]

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This year, fifteen hundred students from independent schools across the country convened in Philadelphia to participate in interactive workshops geared towards helping them understand themselves and bring change to their communities. They have all worked very hard to raise awareness about the importance of acceptance of diversity in their own schools and in the greater Albuquerque area. These youth drop some serious knowledge- you won’t want to miss it!

1.22.12 – Legislative Session [Radio]

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Generation Justice was at the 2012 Legislative Session on January 17th, 2012 for Youth and Children Day!

Generation Justice Youth Producers had the opportunity to speak with Representative Rick Miera, and Senator Linda Lopez about education reform and more.

If You Speak Out [Blog]

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“If you speak out, speak out ethically!” Remi Kanazi eloquently stated at the Night of Poetic Justice. His stern demeanor ingrained that simple statement into my memory. In that moment, the indistinct line between subtle racism, commonly expressed as comedy in the form of stereotypes, and blatant racism had been swept away and clearly redrawn in permanent marker: racism is racism. No loopholes. No exceptions.

“Rewriting our Story”: SWOP Community Youth Mural Project (Video)

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Generations Justice’s Haarika Reddy, interviews SWOP member Bridget Mullins about the community mural project.

$35,000 [Blog]

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When I heard the amount of money it cost put a single person in incarceration, the first thing that came to mind was the book The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. In the very beginning of the book the