Climate Bill Fails; Indigenously Positive Returns
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Capital and Main reporter Jerry Redfern returns to the studio to wrap up his series on oil and gas legislation from this year’s session. Jerry sits down with Democratic state Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart after her signature climate bill failed yet again at the Roundhouse.
Dr. Tameka Gillum co-wrote a study published last year by the American Journal of Public Health that declared the high rate of Black women murdered in America a “public health crisis.” That study examined more than 30,000 homicides between 1999 and 2020 and found a massive disparity in homicide rates between Black and white women. This week, Gillum sits down with contributor Russell Contreras to discuss her findings and consider how structural racism has made life more dangerous for Black women.
Last year, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent about 70 troops with the New Mexico National Guard to Albuquerque’s International District. According to the governor, the guard worked alongside the Albuquerque Police Department to address “immediate quality of life concerns” of people living in the area, while “working towards long-term solutions to the city’s most pressing public safety concerns.” City Councilor Nichole Rogers represents District 6, where most of the troops were deployed, and recently stopped by our studio to talk about what the National Guard did and didn’t get done during their six months in the city.
Indigenously Positive, our collaboration with nonprofit newsroom New Mexico in Depth, kicks off its second season in a school classroom where Native practices and traditions are being used to teach students science in a way that resonates.
Host: Nash Jones
Segments:
Post-Mortem on Signature Climate Bill’s Failure
Correspondent: Jerry Redfern
Guest: NM Sen. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque
Study: Black Women in U.S. Killed at Horrifying Rate
Correspondent: Russell Contreras
Guest: Dr. Tameka Gillum, PhD., Associate Professor, University of New Mexico
Councilor Rogers on National Guard’s Six Months in Albuquerque
Correspondent: Lou DiVizio
Guest: Nichole Rogers, Albuquerque City Councilor, District 6
How Science is Taught with Native Cultures
Host/Producer: Bella Davis (Yurok)
Director/Producer: Benjamin C Yazza (Diné)
Guests:
Jonathan Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), Kha’p’o Community School student
Paul LeFrancois, LANL Foundation project manager
Diane Katzenmeyer-Delgado: NACA Inspired Schools Network project manager
Dr. Natalie Martinez (Laguna Pueblo), Community liaison and NMSU professor
Diane Chavarria, KCS teacher and curriculum designer
Madeline Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), Potter and grandmother of KCS student