This week on Generation Justice we learned from the president and CEO of New Mexico Foundation, JoAnn Melchor, she spoke about the Native American Relief Fund. Enrique Cardiel, the Executive Director of the Bernalillo County Community Health Council, spoke with us about the recent #IMaskUp campaign.Resources for Aid and testing for COVID-19 are shared...
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7.5.20 Danielle Lipow: Juvenile Incarceration
This week on Generation Justice, GJ Apprentice Pilar Monfiletto spoke with Danielle Lipow from the Annie E Casey Foundation about Juvenile Incarceration and the initiatives to safely reduce the number of youth, particularly youth of color, in institutions. Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org! ...
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6.21.20- Dr. Finnie Coleman
This week on Generation Justice we shared an interview with the former director of African American studies at UNM, Dr. Finnie Coleman.This interview was conducted by longtime GJ member Joshua Horton after a summer of consecutive killings of Black people at the hands of the police. Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on...
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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...
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5.24.20 – Voter Info & Celebrating Ramadan
This week! New Mexico preps for the 2020 Primary elections, so we got important voter information from Austin Weahkee, the Political Director for New Mexico Native Vote. This weekend marked the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid! We shared one of our favorite conversations with elder Sahibzada Muzaffar-Uddin, who talked about the meaning...