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Interview with Juan Rascon, General manager of BORDER PARTNERS in Palomas, Mexico. Border Partners is a 501c3 organization now in its 15th year providing food, nutrition, education and support for the people of the Palomas area communities. For more information go to https://borderpartners.org/ Contact your DJ/host Maree McHugh at maree@gmcr.org THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!! Recorded interviews :with Juan Rascon
Interview with FRONTERA AID COLLECTIVE volunteers. Bryce Peterson, Lauren Cruz and Scott Eichling discuss an open letter sent to Customs and Border Patrol Tucson Region concerning the epic volunteer February rescue of a Guatemalan man lost in the Sonoran Desert, and the lack of response from CBP. Peterson, Cruz and Eichling also discuss the process of obtaining death data for migrants found in the New Mexico desert; the ongoing need […]
This episode is Part I of a two-part series featuring kids working for the Youth Conservation Corps. Host Nan Franzblau talks with kids from the YCC Mural and Garden Crews, who describe the projects they're working on, how these projects impact the community, and what they have learned, not only from the manual work but through working in groups and leading others. Be sure to tune in to Part II […]
On today’s Community Spotlight, weekly host Candice Burke talks to Mike Fugagli. Mike is an ornithologist, conservation biologist, and a Climate Reality leader where he manages the Upper Watershed Alliance Climate Justice & Youth Empowerment program: Thinking on a Mountain. He is also the Youth Conservation Corps “ Eco Monitoring” supervisor of Aldo Leopold Charter School. Listen below: https://gmcr.org/prog/communityspotlight/2023/community%20spotlight%20230601%20new%20earth%20kids.mp3
On today’s Community Spotlight, weekly host talks to Lisa Jimenez. Lisa is a Shamanic Healer, Certified Death Doula, Journalist, and Reiki Master. She is here to discuss the “Life Cafe”. The Life Cafe is held the fourth Thursday of the month. The cafe is to educate the public on all matters of death and dying preparedness in the spirit of “fun”. Listen below: https://gmcr.org/prog/communityspotlight/2023/community%20spotlight%20230524%20lisa%20jiminez.mp3
On today’s Community Spotlight, host Candice Burke talks to Bernadette Smyth about further updates regarding the 2023 Give Grandly event to be held this Saturday, May 6th at Main Street Market from 9 am- 2 pm. Listen below: https://gmcr.org/prog/communityspotlight/2023/community%20spotlight%20230510%20Grant%20County%20Archaelogy%20Society.mp3
This month, 5th graders from all over southwest New Mexico come to the Gila to celebrate the river. In this episode, kids from Cliff and Stout Elementary Schools share their favorite riverside activities: identifying riparian trees, collecting macroinvertebrates that indicate river health, distinguishing between skulls of carnivores and herbivores, plus making surprising discoveries about the many ways the river supports all life. We also hear from recent high school graduates […]
Give Grandly has become an annual day of celebration for Grant County since it was first launched nearly a decade ago. In person and now online, we come together to appreciate nonprofit organizations – more than 60 participating this year! – all of them working in amazing, diverse ways to meet urgent needs and enhance the quality of life in our community. This is a day that brings inspiration and […]
In Tilantongo – Conversations from Indigenous Mexico; Conversaciones desde el México indigena, Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine bring perspectives and insights from Oaxaca, where they have lived with and learned from indigenous Mixtec people since 2001. This bilingual program features interviews with villagers, educators, environmental advocates, historians, and more. In Tilantongo program 2 for 2023, Mixtec campesinos Berta Santiago and Agustin Leon Santos discuss technology. Ironically, they point out, indigenous campesinos here still […]
