Nuestraamerica's Podcast

Barron Jones, Senior Policy Strategist with ACLU-NM, discusses crime bills at the 2022 NM Legislature.

Bill Jordan from New Mexico Voices for Children discusses tax and budget priorities to help struggling families and children.

Dr. Gabriel Sanchez from BSP Research polling firm discusses statewide survey of Latino families' current financial status as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Also joining, are local elected officials calling for more state economic relief.

Camilla Feibelman from the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club and James Povijua from the New Mexico Sustainable Economy Taskforce discuss the highs and lows of climate policy in New Mexico and what we have to look forward to in 2022.  

Somos Organizer Zulema Chavero and Staff Attorney Gabriela Ibañez Guzmán join Nuestra América's annual Hall of Fame & Hall of Shame show to discuss the high and low lights of 2021.

Labor activist Eliseo Medina and immigrant movement leader Deepak Bhargava discuss "Immigration Matters," a new book on the modern history and future of the immigrants' rights movement.

Jessica Trujillo and Yetzali Reina from Chainbreaker give an update on Santa Fe's Midtown Campus community engagement effort and this year's Posolada.

Residents from across New Mexico speak about the People's Map, the community-led effort to ensure fair redistricting for workers and communities of color.

Jessie Hahn, Worker's Rights Attorney with the National Immigration Law Center, and Gabriela Ibañez Guzmán, Staff Attorney at Somos un Pueblo Unido, discuss the newest executive actions by the Biden administration to protect undocumented workers organizing against labor exploitation.

Daniel J. Galvin, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, discusses his recent Economic Policy Institute report "Alt-Labor's turn toward politics and public policy to combat the exploitation of low-wage workers"

Nia Rucker with ACLU-NM discusses #WelcomeWithDignity campaign to undo Trump-era asylum and border policies

Members from Somos and the Native American Voter Alliance discuss the challenges of workers and families dependent on fossil fuel industries at the NM Climate Conference

Members from Somos and the Native American Voter Alliance discuss the challenges of workers and families dependent on fossil fuel industries at the NM Climate Conference

Guest Amber Wallin, Deputy Director of NM Voices for Children, discusses the economic state of women and children of color in New Mexico and the upcoming 9th Annual Kids Count Conference.

Organizers from across NM discuss statewide Immigrant Week of Action in support of citizenship for essential immigration workers. Guests: Somos organizers Zulema Chavero, Elvira Amador, Gladys Saucedo & María Romano

Mario Jimenez, Campaign Director with Common Cause NM, sheds light on prison gerrymandering and its impact on New Mexico's political maps

Highlights from Citizenship Day 2021, with Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber, Rowell School Board Member Hilda Sanchez, and Roswell City Councilor Juan Oropesa.

Ninety local elected NM officials support citizenship for undocumented essential workers. Hear why from Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, NM Rep. Roger Montoya, SF City Councilor Roman Abeyta, and other elected’s.

Guests Cathy Garcia & Daniel Moreno from Chainbreaker Collective, and Erin McSherry, City Attorney at City of Santa Fe discuss Chainbreaker and Policy Link's new report, Beyond Recovery: Policy Recommendations to Prevent Evictions and Promote Housing Security in Santa Fe.

Guest: Salvador Ruiz, Co director of Moving Arts Espanola