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8.16.20- Census 2020 in New Mexico

  This week on Generation Justice, we heard from Brayan Moreno and Lavina Gray, two young artists from Moving arts Espanola, about their Census campaign and getting participation in Espanola and the Surrounding communities! And from Ahtza Dawn Chavez, Executive Director of NAVA Education Project about making Native voices heard in the 2020 Census. Ahtza...

5.31.20 – Kerner Commission, Discrimination, and Voter Suppression
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5.31.20 – Kerner Commission, Discrimination, and Voter Suppression

  This week on Generation Justice we learned from former U.S Senator Fred Harris, the last remaining member of the Kerner Commission, established by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the causes of social unrest of 1967. We will also share a debate from NPR’s All things Considered about the discrimination black men face in public...

2.23.20 – Roland Martin: “Never Stop Fighting!”
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2.23.20 – Roland Martin: “Never Stop Fighting!”

This week, we share the keynote address from the 2020 Black History Month Kick-Off Brunch celebrating 50 years of Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico, featuring Roland Martin. Mr. Martin is the creator and host of The Roland Martin Show, former CNN Contributor, Peabody Award Recipient and winner of two NAACP Image Awards....

7.14.19 – What’s Happening on NM’s Southern Border?
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7.14.19 – What’s Happening on NM’s Southern Border?

This week we speak with award-winning journalist, Kent Paterson who shares his reporting on the illegal construction of a border wall in Sunland Park New Mexico. Kent was the Editor of New Mexico State University’s “Frontera NorteSur” news service from 2005 to 2016, which provided a perspective that was not commonly found in most US...

CABQ – Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs Project (Janvier)
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CABQ – Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs Project (Janvier)

This is the second video in the City of Albuquerque’s Office of Refugee Resettlement Project. The goal of this project is to share the experiences of refugees have been resettled in Albuquerque. In this video, Janvier shares his memories from living in Congo and his experience resettling and adjusting to life in Albuquerque.