This week, share the keynote address from the “2019 UNM African American Student Services Black Cultural Conference: Blackness Unchained,” featuring, Ericka Huggins. Ms. Huggins is a human rights activist, a poet, an educator, a former Black Panther Party leader, and a former political prisoner. Then, stick around for a conversation with Ericka and long-time...
This week on Generation Justice, we look at Community events and organizing that is happening right here in Albuquerque from two generations of women community organizers! We hear about the 8th Annual Family Pride Celebration from Sonja Larsen and Sara Tafoya, two youth organizers with Young Women United. Then, Angie Gonzales-Carver and Diana Montoya of...
This week, Generation Justice looks at the upcoming actions for liberation and justice happening in Albuquerque. First, student activists, Citlali Alex Tierney and Amaia Biewen share about the upcoming School Strike for Climate Action. Then, Enrique Cardiel and Oliver Baker of the May Day 505 Coalition give us the details on May Day 2019: We...
This week, Gloria Tristani, the granddaughter US Senator Dennis Chavez, introduces the 2019 U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Memorial Lectureship in Law & Civil Rights: “Privacy and Civil Rights in the Age of Facebook, ICE, and the NSA” with Prof. Alvaro Bedoya. And, Alicia Lueras Maldonado and Ivan Olay of the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee...
The perspectives on the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report and media today. Featuring interviews with Fred Harris, Joe Torres, and Janine Jackson.
