This week on Generation Justice, we spoke with people who are working to educate and organize to protect the sacred Mauna Kea and Net Neutrality for all. We hear from Lehua Lopez, a Native Hawaiian cultural anthropologist based in Albuquerque. Lehua has taught Hawaiian culture for more than 40 years and joins us to...
Don’t miss this hour we spent with Professor Sherri Burr, UNM Law professor and President of New Mexico Press Women. Professor Burr introduces her new book, Complicated Lives: Free Blacks in Virginia 1619-1865. Devont’e Kurt Watson and Dannelle Kirven, give us the details on the 2019 Black Cultural Conference: Blackness Unchained, hosted by African American Student Services!!
This week, we look at New Mexican youth who are organizing for solutions to climate change and using innovative ways to address waste in the fashion industry. We will speak to Olivia Gonzalez and Vivien McCullough, two youth organizers of the upcoming Global Climate Strike in Albuquerque. We also hear from Jakia Fuller, an interdisciplinary...
How would life be different without reliable internet access? For many rural communities in New Mexico , and around the country, finding a reliable and affordable way to get online is difficult. This week on GJ, we take a look at rural access to the digital world as we learn about rural broadband access...
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...
