Posts Tagged ‘civil rights’
Homeless students, a conversation with Delores Huerta, and Gene Grant and the Line Panel
This week New Mexico in Focus looks at a problem that may be more prevalent than most realize. According to the National Center for Homeless Education, more than ten thousand students in New Mexico experienced homelessness during the 2014-2015 school year. NMiF Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with local advocates to discuss the challenges students…
Read MoreDolores Huerta Talks About Organizing And Her Hopes For the Future
April 1, 2017 – Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is in New Mexico this weekend for events to honor her and fellow organizer César E. Chávez. Huerta was born in Dawson, New Mexico and rose to national prominence as an organizer and activist for farm workers in California in the 1960s. Huerta and Chávez founded…
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