Generation Justice

Inspiration. Creativity. Expression. We’ll be sharing with you the beautiful work of local young writers from the ‪#‎VOCES2015‬ Summer Intensive Writing Program. VOCES has been an awesome part of the Albuquerque writing scene… giving youth a platform to express themselves and to challenge themselves. Finding your voice is hard, and sharing your voice is even harder. In this program, we’ll hear what these strong young writers have to say, and we’ll even be sharing a few of their performances.

In this show, we will be sharing stories from the Northern Diné Youth Committee about the impact of the ‪#‎GoldKingMine‬ waste spill. GJ’s own Pauly Denetclaw will also be sharing about her experience driving around the Four Corners area and collecting information about the 3 million gallon toxic waste spill. #GJLove

This program features local youth leaders in Albuquerque and highlights the issues that they organize and stand for. Youth featured include Marissa Vigil, Ernesto Godina, Hope Alvarado and Izzy Mustafa.

On this week's show we hear from successful New Mexicans who happen to be part of the Generation Justice fellowship, a program that helps young journalists of color build their skills while becoming the next generation of socially conscious media makers. We will welcome in our newest GJ fellow Tamara Colaque. She will share with us her powerful story and how she hopes to grow over the next year. This program will also feature Pauly Denetclaw, GJ YR1 Fellow, who will share her summer experience as a Knight CUNYJ Fellow and NPR's Latino USA Intern in New York City.

On this program, we feature the work of awesome local community members! First, we hear from Magdalena (Lena) Quintana, a Global Youth Messenger with the Centers for Spiritual Living. Lena has been working to establish a successful youth program at the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living since she was 13 years old. She is a local and global youth leader. Then we chat with James Black and Faustino Villa from the 111 Media Collective, an Albuquerque-based screen printing shop.

This show features Reverend Dr. Barber’s keynote speech at the New Mexico Voices for Children: Kids Count conference that took place on June 29. Reverend Dr. Barber’s powerful speech touches on issues of equality as well as on what it means to speak up for the youth.

In this program, we explore what the historical struggle for voting rights looks like, and what we’re still struggling for here in New Mexico. We will be sharing audio from the recent Voter’s Rights Panel hosted by Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham, which includes Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto, County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Pamelya Herdon of the Southwest Women's Law Center, Israel Chávez of Equality New Mexico, and Adrien Lawyer of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico. Subscribe to this podcast on itunes and never miss an update! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/generation-justice/id932046250?mt=2

We celebrate the powerful women in our community by bringing you audio from this year's Women on the Move Awards, presented by YWCA Middle Rio Grande. Hear the speeches and awards presentations in their entirety, music, and much more!

In this program, we honor our community by sharing information on issues and upcoming events happening around town. From cultural events, policy forums, and opportunities for young people, this hour has it all!

Listen to the performances put on by local artists Wake Self and DJ Young Native. We had an incredible in-depth conversation and were fortunate enough to share exclusive content. We also premiered live performances from their upcoming album!

The Southwest recently experienced the worst drought in its history. In fact, California recently implemented water restrictions for its residents. What can New Mexico do to avoid this? And how can we ensure that our unique systems and relationships to water thrive and flourish? We discuss the drought, conservation, and the future of water in New Mexico.

Generation Justice devoted a whole show to upcoming community events. Click play to listen to hear a power packed Community Calendar!! Too often, too many things get overlooked or forgotten about in the community while they shouldn’t be. This stellar line-up of calendar events is something everyone should hear about. Photo credit: Mike Tungate

Generation Justice hears about the University of New Mexico's Sustainability Program and Earth Day. Sustainability Studies students talk with us about a more sustainable campus for UNM as well as waste management and environmental degradation. We’ll also hear from Arturo Sandoval, one of the original founders of Earth Day!! (photo by 1800recycling)

Award-winning Lakota Hip-hop performer, producer and artist Frank Waln acknowledges the inequality of opportunity in America but also encourages young Natives to meet that deficit head-on.

The 2015 ‪New Mexico‬ Legislative Session came to a close. We're joined by two experts to stay up-to-date with the legislation that will directly affect our communities. Sitting in studio with us was Patrick Davis, Executive Director and Journalist from Progress Now NM and Adrian Carver, co-director from the NM Youth Alliance at the New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community.

We explored what’s in the future for Albuquerque, whether it’s the decision over the Santolina Master Plan, the upcoming events in honor of César Chávez, or what’s happening in our New Mexico State Legislature. We're joined by Virginia Necochea and Juan Reynosa, who spoke about how the Santolina Land Development will impact our community. We also had organizers from the Recuerda a Cesar Chavez Committee, Danny Hernandez and Diana Martinez-Campos, to help us learn more about the march, fiesta, exhibits, food, and music.

From Las Cruces to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, young leaders across New Mexico are standing together against the ‪PARCC‬ exam. On this program, we bring you the voices of the student organizers and activists that participated in the ‪‎PARCC walkouts‬. They share what these demonstrations mean to them and why they’ve organized around this issue. We’re also be joined by attorney Larry Kronen to discuss students’ rights.

Recently, we attended the 30th Annual Africana Studies at UNM ‪Black History Month‬ Kick-off brunch. The Keynote Speaker at this year’s brunch was Roslyn M. Brock. Ms. Brock is the Chairman of the National Board of Directors for the NAACP. She is the youngest person and only fourth women to hold the position of Chair of the National Board. In this program, we bring you her powerful speech in its entirety.

On this program we talk with Laurel Wyckoff from New Mexico PBS about their ‪#‎CommunityCinema‬ project, which will screen the film ‪#‎AmericanDenial‬. This project combines educational and documentary style film screenings with powerful panel discussions on issues that impact our community. We also talk with Steven Renderos from the Center for Media Justice about the importance of ‪#‎NetNeutrality‬ and what the next steps are on this important battle for open internet access.

This program discusses institutionalized racism and the importance of Ethnic studies in New Mexico. We're joined by New Mexico State Senator Linda Lopez, who proposed a memorial this legislative session that would require every state-funded agency to adopt policies addressing institutional racism. We'll also talk with Chicano Studies teacher Veronica Medina and her two students Gabriella Ortega and Eric Gonzales from Albuquerque High School.