We speak with Liz Carrasco, Fabiola Bawden and Marian Jazmin Mendez. We also hear from Mayahuel Garza, a water protector, about the current issues on the #NoDAPL movement and ways you can get involved.
Category: Indigenous Resistance
9.25.16 Standing Rock Water Protectors: A Community Roundtable Discussion – Generation Justice
Tonight, we listen to leaders in our community who have joined the water protectors in Standing Rock to stand against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
1.3.16 Best of Justice Campaigns – Generation Justice
We share Part 2 of our 2015 Best of Generation Justice Series with you. We look back at the media justice victories of 2015 – including the FCC’s vote for both net neutrality and prison phone justice. Also, we celebrate how local campaigns and organizing can create change – from protecting ethnic studies curriculum, addressing...
12.28.2014 – Best of 2014: Identity – Generation Justice
Whether it’s discovering your identity or reclaiming your identity, knowing who you are and where you come from is empowering. We’ve compiled our best segments from 2014 that focus on identity. I Self Devine and Brother Ali, two powerful hip hop artists, discuss how identity is expressed through music and hip hop. To help us...
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...