Generation Justice https://generationjustice.org/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:02:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://generationjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-GJ_Logo_Fist-1-32x32.png Generation Justice https://generationjustice.org/ 32 32 3.16.25 – The Vortex Play: Lion Island https://generationjustice.org/2025/03/17/3-16-25-lion-island/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:02:28 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=24912 Based on the novel by Margarita Engle, the Vortex’s play ‘Lion Island’ is about navigating a tense colonial world. Actors Daniel Lucero and Hector Corona share insight and a scene reenactment! The story illuminates the struggles and triumphs of immigrants and activists in the face of oppression, offering audiences a deeply moving exploration of history...

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]]> 2.23.25- Golden Apple Scholarship & VCI! https://generationjustice.org/2025/02/24/2-23-25-golden-apple-scholarship-vci/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:22:29 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=24630 Generation Justice · 2.23.25- Golden Apple Scholarship & VCI! Golden Apple Program: Julie Lucero and Bailey Rutherford discuss how you can apply for their program and the future of NM educators!Valley Community Interpreters: Cecilia Portal shares details about VCI’s history and the significance of interpreters in New Mexico. Catch us live every SUNDAY at 7PM...

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]]> 5.26.19 – Community Events & Celebrating Dolores Huerta https://generationjustice.org/2019/05/28/5-26-19-community-events-celebrating-dolores-huerta/ Tue, 28 May 2019 22:58:04 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18511 This week on Generation Justice, we look at Community events and organizing that is happening right here in Albuquerque from two generations of women community organizers! We hear about the 8th Annual Family Pride Celebration from Sonja Larsen and Sara Tafoya, two youth organizers with Young Women United. Then, Angie Gonzales-Carver and Diana Montoya of...

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]]> 5.19.19 – Curanderismo for the Community https://generationjustice.org/2019/05/20/5-19-19-curanderismo-for-the-community/ Mon, 20 May 2019 19:41:19 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18466 This week we look at one way that New Mexico’s traditional healers are keeping Curanderismo, or traditional healing, practice alive and thriving for the community. This year, the 19th Annual Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico course will happen at UNM. We hear from Antoinette ‘Tonita’ Gonzales, a curandera, and instructor...

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]]> 5.12.19 – Celebrating Islam & Ramadan https://generationjustice.org/2019/05/14/5-12-19-celebrating-islam-ramadan/ Tue, 14 May 2019 20:12:41 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18445 This week on Generation Justice, we learn about Ramadan, which is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. We feature a panel discussion about understanding the Islamic faith recorded at the Islamic Center of New Mexico. This panel includes speakers: Dr. Harris Zeyaee,...

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]]> 4.28.19 – Community Action for Workers & Our Planet https://generationjustice.org/2019/04/29/4-28-19-community-action-for-workers-our-planet/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:12:46 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18422 This week, Generation Justice looks at the upcoming actions for liberation and justice happening in Albuquerque. First, student activists, Citlali Alex Tierney and Amaia Biewen share about the upcoming School Strike for Climate Action. Then, Enrique Cardiel and Oliver Baker of the May Day 505 Coalition give us the details on May Day 2019: We...

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]]> 4.21.19 -Climate Justice: An Indigenous-led Discussion https://generationjustice.org/2019/04/23/4-21-19-climate-justice-an-indigenous-led-discussion/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:40:38 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18416 This week on Generation Justice, an informative, Indigenous-led panel on Climate Justice from the 2019 Climate Justice Alliance Member Convening which happened in Albuquerque, NM. Panelists include Julia Bernal of Pueblo Action Alliance, Leona Morgan of Nuclear Issues Study Group, Juan Reynosa of SWOP, Bineshi Albert of Indigenous Environmental Network, & Congresswoman Deb Haaland. And...

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]]> 4.7.19 – Dr. Stephanie Evans: Africana Studies & Institutional Wellness https://generationjustice.org/2019/04/08/4-7-19-dr-stephanie-evans-africana-studies-institutional-wellness/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:37:45 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18327 This week! We share a lecture from the UNM Africana Studies Cortez Williams Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Stephanie Evans. Dr. Evans isProfessor and Chair for the Department of African American Studies, and Africana Women’s Studies and History for Clark Atlanta University. She researches Black women’s intellectual history, focusing on memoirs and mental health. Dr. Evans...

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]]> 3.24.19 – Looking Back to Defend Tomorrow: Remembering U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez & César Chávez https://generationjustice.org/2019/03/26/3-24-19-looking-back-to-defend-tomorrow-remembering-u-s-sen-dennis-chavez-cesar-chavez/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:39:58 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18227 This week, Gloria Tristani, the granddaughter US Senator Dennis Chavez, introduces the 2019 U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Memorial Lectureship in Law & Civil Rights: “Privacy and Civil Rights in the Age of Facebook, ICE, and the NSA” with Prof. Alvaro Bedoya. And, Alicia Lueras Maldonado and Ivan Olay of the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee...

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]]> 3.3.19 Dr. Gregorio Gonzales Cortez WIliams Lecture Series https://generationjustice.org/2019/03/04/3-3-19-dr-gregorio-gonzales-cortez-wiliams-lecture-series/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:10:47 +0000 https://generationjustice.org/?p=18133

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