March 2018 shows

March 1st: A Tribute to Berta Cáceres
This show is a tribute to the life and legacy of Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, on the two year anniversary of her assassination in her home on 2 March 2016.  She received the prestigious The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015.
Thank you to Skylight and The Goldman Environmental Prize for granting permission to use their clips for this broadcast and to UCSC undergrad Karen Calles for her production assistance.

 

March 8th: The Rich History of Shared Struggles of African Americans & Latinx Communities
Dr. Paul Ortiz is an Associate Professor of History from the University of Florida. He was faculty in the Dept. of Community Studies at UCSC between 2001 and 2008. He is the author of numerous books, including Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 (2006, UC Press). He discussed his latest book, An African American and Latinx History of the United States (2018, Beacon Press) about the shared civil rights struggles of African American and Latinx communities.

 


March 15th: The National School Walkout ~ Middle School Students Speak Out
During this show, two middle school kids discussed their participation in the national school walkout against gun violence. Programming note: Due to the students being minors, this show will not be available as a podcast.

March 22nd: Re-Air of Women’s Marches anniversary interview from January 18, 2018 with Professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer.

March 29th: Aging Citizens & Im/Migrant Women Caregivers in Italy
Dr. Francesca Degiuli is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and the director of the Gender Studies Minor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is also a Visiting Fellow in the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU. She has written numerous articles on the topics of gender, globalization and migration throughout the years exploring different subjects from labor laws in China to undocumented students in the United States. She discussed her first book, Caring for a Living: Migrant Women, Aging Citizens, and Italian Families (2016, Oxford University Press). This ethnography explores the challenges facing postindustrial societies with an aging population, such as Italy, and the difficult work performed by eldercare workers who are im/migrant women.