Voces Críticas/Critical Voices is off this month and re-aired some of our earlier interviews > Check us out when we return in August!

May 3rd: The “Whole Child” Educational Approach
How do you meet the educational needs of the “whole child” beyond what you see in the classroom alone? Dr. Rebecca London discusses an ambitious new initiative she’s a part of in the Bay Area called the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust. This research project seeks to build a database in which school and social service partners work together to meet the needs of the whole child. Dr. London is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department and Faculty Director of the Student Success Evaluation and Research Center at UCSC. Her research focuses on understanding the challenges faced by disadvantaged children and youth and the ways that communities and community organizations support young people to be healthy and successful.

May 10th: **KZSC PLEDGE DRIVE** Re-air of interview with Dr. Patricia de Santana Pinho about the political crisis in Brazil. Original air date of Feb. 1, 2018.

May 17th: No show this week > Tune in next Thursday.

May 24th: The Politics of Visibility & Undocumented Status
How does the self-representation of undocumented migrants become reflected in documentary film and video? Dr. Rebecca M. Schreiber, Associate Professor in the American Studies Department at University of New Mexico discusses her new book titled The Undocumented Everyday: Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility (2018, University of Minnesota Press). She explains how Mexican and Central American migrants have depicted themselves and members of their communities since 9/11 through documentary photography, film, video, and audio projects.

May 31st: US Immigration Politics and Central America
An interview with writer and journalist Roberto Lovato about the current state of immigration policies and his ties to Central America. His work popularized the term “Juan Crow”, a reference to a system of surveillance and control of immigrants to the US that resonates with Jim Crow segregation laws. Affiliated with the San Francisco’s Writers’ Grotto, Lovato recently completed a 3-year commitment as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latino Policy Research.

April 5th: Sexual Policing of Migrant Women
Bristol Cave-LaCoste studies prostitution and sexual policing within immigration policy of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She is a Ph.D. candidate in History, with a Designated Emphasis in Latin American and Latino Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She is one of four student presenters at an April 26, 2018 public campus-sponsored event to discuss her research. We spoke about her archival research on the sexual policing of migrant women.

April 12th: Migrant Families in Santa Cruz County
Dr. Ann Lopez is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville, CA and an emerita professor of San Jose City College where she taught courses in biology, environmental science, ecology and botany in the biology department. She talked about the work of the Center for Farmworker Families, the health
challenges facing farmworkers as a result of pesticides used in our county, and how provide stability for these families who make an important contribution to our local community.

April 19th: Emerging Visions, Freedom, Justice
Dr. Mary Thomas worked with 12 artists and independent presses for a new art exhibit titled “Emerging Visions: Creative Practice at the Nexus of Freedom and Justice” (open from April 19, 2018-June 19, 2018).  Dr. Mary Thomas is the Research Associate for the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery (Cowell College, UC Santa Cruz) and Associate Director of Development for the U.S. Latinx Art Forum.

April 26th: The Politics of Curated Stories
How can activists or advocates engage in storytelling as a political tool without compromising the complexity of the narrative? Dr. Sujatha Fernandes, Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at the University of Sydney, and a visiting scholar at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, discusses her latest book Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling (Oxford University Press, 2017) about how the power of storytelling can sometimes undermine structural
changes in society.

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.

Dec. 7th: A Look Back on the 25-year history of the UCSC’s Chicano Latino Research Center.
Professor Emeritus Norma Klahn (Literature) and Professor Emeritus Pedro Castillo (History) are the co-founders of UC Santa Cruz’s Chicano Latino Research Center (CLRC). They also served as the Center’s first co-directors in the 1990s. The CLRC is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year (2017) and the opening of its own archives (Nuestras Historias) for research. We discussed how the CLRC started, its impact in the University of California system, its relevance for understanding a range of social issues today, and the importance of CLRC in mentoring graduate students and supporting faculty research.

Dec. 14th: Women Protesters & the Transforming of Public Space
Professor Beth Currans is the author of a new book called Marching Dykes, Liberated Sluts, and Concerned Mothers: Women Activists Transform Public Space (2017, University of Illinois Press). She is an associate professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Eastern Michigan University. We discussed her major research findings, her views on the January 2017 Women’s Marches, and how she engages in scholar-activism today.

Dec. 21st: The Life of an NPR Foreign Correspondent.
Ms. Carrie Kahn is an award-winning NPR foreign correspondent. In this interview, she discussed the challenges of reporting about natural disasters and the bravery of local journalists in Latin America who risk their lives everyday. She provided an update on the rebuilding efforts in Mexico (from 2017 earthquakes) and Haiti (from 2010 earthquake). She also discussed the recent removal of Temporary Protective Status for Haitians living in the US and the kinds of devastating effects this may have for families in Haiti who rely on remittances.

Dec. 28th: A Celebration of Voces Críticas first year!

October 5, 2017: Coal Industry & Global Warming: Tracking Coal Projects Around the Globe
An interview with Dr. Christine Shearer of Coalswarm about the coal industry and global warming.  Coalswarm is a conglomerate which tracks coal projects around the world. Dr. Shearer discussed how these coal projects are affecting the climate, the myths purported by the current administration about “clean coal,” and her vision for the future of the environmental justice movement. Dr. Shearer discussed the most egregious coal projects happening in parts of Asia and about the urgent need to garner a renewed commitment to addressing global climate change.

October 12, 2017: “No Place Like Home:” The Santa Cruz Housing Crisis
Santa Cruz County is experiencing a major housing crisis.  Steven McKay, Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz, is the co-Principle investigator of a research project called “No Place Like Home” to better understand the housing crisis in the area.  Hermes Padilla is an undergraduate student who was part of the research team for “No Place Like Home” after taking Professor McKay’s class. This study involved well over 1,400 surveys and interviews with local residents about how they are experiencing the local housing crisis.  They, along with the other researchers, will be discussing the findings of their study at a community event scheduled for October 19, 2017 at 7PM in downtown Santa Cruz. The event is the kick-off event to Affordable Housing week with a wide-range of county organizations and community groups.

October 19, 2017: Bookshop Santa Cruz: Words to Act On: Education, Empathy, and Action.
Bookshop Santa Cruz, a locally owned and independent bookstore, has organized a series of events this past year as part of a new program called Words to Act On: Education, Empathy, and Action. This Fall 2017, Santa Cruz Bookshop has organized a series of events and campaign addressing the topic of immigration.  Casey Coonerty Protti is a second generation owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz and has run daily operations since 2006. We discussed the events, the history of this established family business, and about the challenges facing independent bookstores in today’s market.
Read a letter from Casey about why she started the program.

October 26, 2017: Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico has been devastated following Hurricane Maria. Juan Carlos Davila Santiago, is a filmmaker, journalist, writer, and graduate student in the doctoral program of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico where his family is based and where he spent most of his summer. He provided a first-hand account of what he witnessed in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. He addressed the issue of the impact of climate change on the islands and community-based recovery efforts that are not being reported by the mainstream US media.  These community-based recovery efforts include support from the following groups:
Center for Popular Democracy’s Hurricane María Community Recovery Fund
Defend Puerto Rico Relief Fund
Casa Taller Relief Fund Puerto Rico
Casa Pueblo
Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico
Taller Salud