The US incarcerates the highest percentage of its population in the world. The majority of incarcerated individuals are people of color and the poor. How do we change this system? This show featured youth discussions from the school-to-prison pipeline forum that SouthWest Organizing Project hosted on September 6, 2014. (photo credit: Kirwan Institute) Production Team:...
Year: 2014
9.7.14 Work Requirements and Snap Benefits [Radio] – Generation Justice
On August 29, 2014 Albuquerque community members attended a public hearing in Santa Fe on newly proposed Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements. Community members testified on how the proposed changes will hurt New Mexican families. Production Team: Producer – Chantel Trujillo Hosts – Alma Olavarria Gallegos and Carson Lafferty Interviewers – Chantel Trujillo and...
Community Voices on SNAP Benefits [Video] – Generation Justice
On August 29, 2014 Albuquerque community members attended a public hearing in Santa Fe on newly proposed Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements. Some of them testified on how the proposed changes will hurt New Mexican families.
Generation Justice Asks UNM Students about Ferguson, MO [Video] – Generation Justice
Generation Justice YES interns, Izzy Danya Mustafa and Carson Lafferty, interviewed students at the University of New Mexico about the situation in Ferguson, MO and the rise of police militarization throughout the country.
8.17.2014 – VOCES 2014 [Radio] – Generation Justice
This week on Generation Justice, we feature a group of talented youth writers from the VOCES 2014 Writing Institute, which takes place at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Now in its 13th year, the VOCES program brings together a diverse group of youth with seasoned writing mentors for a four-week intensive writing bootcamp. Here, we...