“I Am Who I Serve” Tomas Martinez is an outreach coordinator and a promotor at La Plazita Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Photo: Alden Bruce] By Lucia Martinez and Thema Fenderson ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “I love the National Geographic because it saved my life,” says Tomas Martinez, recalling the 1980 prison riot at...
![Generation Justice at the Gathering of Nations [Video] – Generation Justice](https://generationjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/GON-featured-300x300.png "Generation Justice at the Gathering of Nations [Video] – Generation Justice")
Generation Justice interviews attendees at the 2014 Gathering of Nations. The speak on the false stereotypes of Native American, and shared messages with youth who deal with these stereotypes on a daily basis.
![Generation Justice Visits the Wonder of Learning [VIDEO] – Generation Justice](https://generationjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_4097-300x300.jpg "Generation Justice Visits the Wonder of Learning [VIDEO] – Generation Justice")
Generation Justice and the Partnership for Community Action took a group of young people to the “Wonder of Learning” exhibit in the New Mexico Natural History Museum. Afterwards we gathered interviews on their opinions on the exhibit, what they learned, and the importance of early childhood development in New Mexico.
![Generation Justice speaks with UNM students about education and voting [Video] – Generation Justice](https://generationjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-shot-2014-10-26-at-1.31.49-PM-300x300.png "Generation Justice speaks with UNM students about education and voting [Video] – Generation Justice")
Generation Justice speaks to students on the University of New Mexico campus on the issues of education and about getting involved in the electoral process.
![Indigenous Peoples Tour of UNM [Video] – Generation Justice](https://generationjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-19-at-10.50.11-AM-300x300.jpg "Indigenous Peoples Tour of UNM [Video] – Generation Justice")
As part of Indigenous Resistance Week, local activists organized and marched in the Indigenous Peoples Tour of UNM, which aimed to highlight the university’s complicity in conquest, colonization, and the ongoing erasure of Indigenous Peoples. Participants called for the abolition of Columbus Day and held banners that read both “This is Stolen Land” and “Respect Existence or...
