Generation Justice

This week, Generation Justice sits down with Wake Self, an MC, performer, and hip-hop artist born and raised here in New Mexico as he talks about his newly debuted album, "Malala."

In this podcast we speak to Jessica Aranda, the Community Engagement Director for the Siembra Leadership High School, a new charter school in Albuquerque specializing in entrepreneurship, innovation, and hands-on learning.

This Sunday we had the great honor of introducing our newest youth members to Generation Justice. Hear how these young multimedia makers are bettering their communities in New Mexico using the power of their voices. We also interviewed Jessica Aranda, the Community Engagement Director for the Siembra Leadership High School, a new charter school in Albuquerque specializing in entrepreneurship, innovation, and hands-on learning.

Get to know the new voices here at Generation Justice. We have found our 4th Cohort of Generation Justice Fellows: Matthew Brown and Alissiea Hernandez. Tune in to hear their in-depth interviews.

43% of workers in the city of Albuquerque do not have access to earned sick days. But an upcoming ballot initiative in the city could change that for almost 110,000 workers. The ballot initiative is called Healthy Workforce ABQ. To learn more, Generation Justice Youth Member Pilar Monfiletto sat down with Cecy Velasco, the Civic Engagement Coordinator for Strong Families New Mexico.

In this show, we discuss Theatre and Empowerment with Michelle Perez and Antonio Granillo of the Working Classroom, an award-winning arts and education program promoting the creative, academic, and leadership potential of talented young artists from historically ignored communities. We then continue the conversation with Ryan Pennington of the Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company. We will also feature the upcoming, Healthy Workforce ABQ, a ballot initiative that would provide paid sick days to all workers in Albuquerque.

As our country endures the latest in a long history of police violence towards Black people, we speak with poet and singer Ebony Isis Booth. Ebony shares about the Black experience in America after the murders of Alton Sterling and Filando Castile. In this interview, Ms. Booth gives insight into the reasons why Black people are targeted by police and shares poetry inspired by the grieving families of the young men murdered at the hands of police officers. Ebony Isis Booth is a poet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She currently works as the Programs and Communications Coordinator at the Harwood Arts Center and is the co-founder of Burque Noir, a collaborative event between like-minded and multi-cultured artists who observe an underrepresented demographic in Albuquerque.

We interview Adriel Orozco of New Mexico Immigrant Law Center and Italia Aranda of New Mexico Dream Team for an update on the recent Supreme Court decision over DAPA/DACA+. We also speak with Wendy Linebrink-Allison from New Mexico Crisis and Access Line to discuss Mental Health First Aid. Enjoy our program along with a calendar of events and some cool tunes!

Join Generation Justice as we catch up on all the community engagement opportunities going on around town. We’re talking book signings, gardening, theater and more. Not to mention the awesome music we’ve curated just for you!

In this week's podcast, we look at the different ways youth in our community take action for social change. Many people are unfamiliar with the social justice work of Girl Scouts, but for more than a century, girls and young women have tackled social and environmental issues through their programming. We talk with Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails to learn more. And our GJ youth members report back on their experience attending the 18th annual Allied Media Conference where they learned about digital organizing, surveillance and many more of today’s most pressing social justice and media justice issues.

On this week's show, we share the love for our Papas and Community! Our papas share their love day to day, which guides us in critical moments. Listen in to hear GJ youth producers reflect on their dads, grandfathers, chosen fathers and more.

We talk about defending the rights to protect our health and achieve our dreams. We will be featuring Nancy Koenigsberg of Disability Rights New Mexico to hear about how people with disabilities can find the behavioral health resources they deserve. Then, we talk with Adirel Orozco of the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center and Carla Molina, DREAMER and member of the NM Dream Team.

In this podcast we speak with Jim Gannon & Diane Leal from Catholic Charities New Mexico (CCASFNM) about the resettlement center and we hear from Haneen Amer, a youth poet whose family recently settled in Albuquerque from Iraq. We are also joined by Ludella Awad, a 16-year old Syrian-American author from Albuquerque who has published two books that express her feelings about Syria and the masks humans wear.

Two interstate exchanges at $30 million each, an increased tax burden of over $1 billion for schools, roads, and other infrastructure and health impacts related to the increased exposure to blowing sand are just some of the concerns the community has raised about the Santolina Master Plan. Tune in to hear our latest updates from Lorraine Archibald of the Center for Social Sustainable Systems and Juan Reynosa of the Southwest Organizing Project about the Santolina Master Plan. We will also learn about other community efforts to protect New Mexico. Elizabeth Fulreader will fill us in on what’s happening at Talking Talons Youth Leadership, a non-profit inspiring youth through environmental leadership.

In this show, we discuss the Department of Justice’s 37-page report on UNM’s handling of sexual assault on campus. We will hear from May Sagbakken of the Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico, students and Cathy Cook from Students for Reproductive Justice. We discuss the report and what resources are available for all survivors of sexual violence.

Over the past few years, we’ve been witness to numerous police killings of unarmed women and men of color. At the same time—from New York City, to Ferguson, Albuquerque and San Francisco—community has stood up against police violence. Sunday, we’re joined by Equipto one of the #Frisco5 activist who recently ended 17-day hunger strike against police violence and racism in San Francisco. We discuss the hunger strike and what led up to it. We’re also joined by advocate Ane Romero to discuss Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s history and how to get involved.

Generation Justice members and staff pay tribute to the women who have loved and nurtured us. In this hour, you will hear the touching, funny and powerful ways that we give thanks to our mothers, chosen mothers and mother figures and the eclectic music we dedicate to them. This is a beautiful listen no matter what day it is.

We dedicate the hour to the Native American Community Academy and the opportunities they give their students over the summer. You’ll hear from NACA students firsthand: Larissa Jojola will talk about her upcoming trip to Hawai’i, and Josh Haynes will share his experience in New Zealand. We even feature Jake Foreman, their teacher making sure this vision becomes reality. Tune in at 7 p.m. on KUNM 89.9 FM or online at KUNM.org. ‪#‎GJLove‬

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