May 2, 2019: Missing and Murdered and Indigenous Women
Dr. Rebecca Hernandez (Mexican-American and Mescalero Apache) is the Director of the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) at UC Santa Cruz and Rennea Howell (member of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma) is an AIRC student intern. In this joint interview, they discuss the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women and their collective efforts to raise awareness on this serious issue.
May 9, 2019: Re-air of interview with Dr. Christine Shearer about Kivalina, Alaska.
May 16, 2019: Re-air of interview with Dr. Christine Shearer about Coal Swarm.
May 23, 2019: The Power of the Voice: A Voces Críticas special episode
**Please note this interview covers a sensitive topic and may not be suitable for all listeners.**
Since October 2018, KZSC and the Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz have been teaching journalism classes in Watsonville, California at the Digital NEST. This special episode is co-produced by three Watsonville High School students from the class: Nance Rodriguez, Dafne Martinez, and Casey Martinez. Their audio-video project included an important interview with Jaqueline Mendoza, a local sexual assault survivor. This interview took place on May 9, 2019 on the rooftop of the Digital NEST.
May 30, 2019: Having SalviSoul
Karla Vasquez is a food justice advocate, a food historian and a proponent for healthy food accessibility in low-income communities. Karla is the founder of SalviSoul, a cookbook project documenting the stories of Salvadoran women, their recipes and Salvadoran food ways. We discuss how the innovative project started and linking food to politics.