Generation Justice

This week on Generation Justice, we learned from Aleta 'Tweety' Paisano-Suazo, a longtime and devoted community organizer from Acoma/Laguna Pueblos. She educates all listeners about the history of brutality that Juan de Oñate committed against Pueblo people.

Jim Harvey, the executive director of Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, shares a powerful list of demands for APD on behalf of community organizers and the people of ABQ.

Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org!

This week on Generation Justice, we learned from Aleta 'Tweety' Paisano-Suazo, a longtime and devoted community organizer from Acoma/Laguna Pueblos. She educates all listeners about the history of brutality that Juan de Oñate committed against Pueblo people.

Jim Harvey, the executive director of Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, shares a powerful list of demands for APD on behalf of community organizers and the people of ABQ.

Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org!

This week on Generation Justice we shared an interview with the former director of African American studies at UNM, Dr. Finnie Coleman. We revisit this discussion now in 2020 has the Movement for Black Lives has continued to spark social uprising across the country.

This interview was conducted by longtime GJ member Joshua Horton in the Summer of 2016, which saw consecutive killings of Black people at the hands of the police.

Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org!

BLACK LIVES MATTER!

This week we dedicated our program to the voices of Black and African American GJ members and community leaders.

Thema Reed, Devont'e Watson, Joshua Horton, Jeremy Jones, Nicole Baty, Josh Green, Avicra Luckey, Aaron Dixon, former member of the original Black Panther Party, Zain Dixon, Aja Lujan, Elijah Cage, Hakim Bellamy, inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Albuquerque; and Kamaria Umi shared their experience and responses to recent social uprisings and the long history of systemic racial oppression in the United States.

Thank you to Jakia Fuller, a Multidisciplinary Visual Artist and long-time GJ member, for allowing us to share your powerful artwork.

Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org!

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 spaces. This segment was produced by long-time GJ member Jason Fuller… and a special interview conducted by our good friends at “CounterSpin” about voting suppression in America.

All of this tonight 5/31 on 89.9 KUNM at 7:00pm or stream on KUNM.org!

(Original collage by multimedia artist Damon Davis created to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report.)

This week on GJ we learned important voter information from Austin Weahkee, the Political Director for NM 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 and importance of the holy month of Ramadan.

Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org!

This week on Generation Justice, we celebrate 2020 Graduates! from elementary all the way to Master’s levels.

Congratulations to Violet Hamilton, Gianna Ramirez, Zaid Zeyaee, Milian Cordova, Jaime Martinez Gibson, Jeremiah Hodgkins, Mikeah Merry, Kyle Gonzales, Shantel Alonzo, Jazlin Limas, and Cecilia Frescas.

Catch us live every Sunday @ 7:00pm on 89.9 KUNM OR stream on KUNM.org!

In celebration of Mothers and Chosen Mothers, GJ shared some of the beautiful message of love and gratitude from members collected over the years.

Tune in to hear messages from young people who celebrate all the ways that mothers and mother figures have shaped and blessed their lives.

As always, catch GJ live every Sunday on 89.9 KUNM FM, or stream us on KUNM.org!

Media Justice Intern, Milian Cordova, speaks with Deputy Director of New Mexico Voices for Children, Amber Wallin. Tune in to hear this discussion on the New Mexico Kids Count Date released in early 2020.

Listen to Media Justice Intern, Milian Cordova, speak with Nicholas Vottero, Civic Engagement Coordinator for the City of Albuquerque. Nicholas speaks about a new online platform for volunteers across the city to log their hours and turn them into federal aid for COVID 19 relief.