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Faith Leaders Working Together On Issues Around Race & Poverty

NMiF: Dr. Richard Wood

August 18, 2017 –  In Albuquerque, faith leaders and community members gathered this week to respond to the violent march organized by so-called “alt right” groups in Charlottesville, Virginia. Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with Richard Wood, professor of sociology at UNM and a founding director of the Southwest Institute on Religion, Culture, and Society,…

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Christine Sierra and “Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America”

NMiF: Contested Transformation

August 4, 2017 – Christine Sierra, Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of New Mexico, is one of four co-authors of “Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America”, a book that looks at demographic changes in U.S. politics. “Contested “Transformation” surveys women and men of color who hold public…

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