MS Hummingbird Recordings

For the third year in a row, IAJE staffers and friends come together to share their spooky stories, whether they are personal experiences or tales passed on through their families.

Thanks to a partnership with the Immigrant Alliance of Justice and Equity, the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Mississippi Museum of Art, "Nuestro Mississippi," is now on display.

The museum's newest exhibit showcases the state's growing immigrant and Latine community through several photographs and video pieces.

IAJE's Efren Nunez speaks about the dangerous heat in the Deep South and the lack of protections that laborers have to stay safe from the hot temperatures.

IAJE and the Mississippi Humanities Council partnered to create Nuestro Mississippi, a photo exhibit that tells the story of Latinos in the state.

We speak to Roj Rodriguez, the photographer, about how he came up with his portraits and the stories he wanted to tell with his art.

IAJE staff members spend several days in New York City for the NDLON conference, learning from labor/immigration rights groups from across the country.

Sasha Lewis and Crystal Lopez both take charge of IAJE's youth program, where interested young people in Mississippi learn more about their history, activism and how to better the state that their from.

IAJE founder Lorena Quiroz speaks with a new organizer as the woman-founded group commemorates Women's History Month.

We talk about the upcoming re-opening of the IAJE office in Jackson and a special photo project that will be on display for the upcoming ceremony.

In order to prevent flooding in Jackson, some city and state officials have advocated for the One Lake project - which would widen the Pearl River. However, IAJE and other community activists worry the project could have harmful environmental impacts in the city and downriver as far as Louisiana.

Weeks after the Gubernatorial election, we talk about voter turnout, how to make voting more easy and what to expect in local elections down the line.