GMCR/KURU 89.1 FM
play_arrow
Community Spotlight: Farmers Market GMCR KURU 89.1 FM
Host Maree McHugh interviews writer/author Meagan O’Toole Pitts and artist/illustrator Ashton Kayleigh about the newly published children’s book about the 1917 El Paso Bath Riots. entitled “Carmelita”. The story tells of the heroic young woman Carmelita Torres who protested forced disinfection of Mexican people crossing the Santé Fe bridge to work in El Paso. The book is written in English and Spanish languages.
O’Toole Pitts discusses the political influences and racist practices of the times in El Paso. Thank you for listening to this fascinating and important historical event.
This episode is Part II of a two-part series featuring kids working for the Youth Conservation Corps. Host Nan Franzblau talks with kids from the YCC Water Harvesting, Trail, and Eco-monitoring Crews, who describe the projects they're working on, how these projects impact the community, and what they're learning, not only from the manual work but through working in groups and leading others.
