Tom Saenz, president and general counsel, MALDEF
New Mexico in Focus begins a series of profiles of Native voters, funded by Vision Maker Media and focusing on issues important to Native Americans and their communities. Over the next four weeks, NMiFpresents a 5-part series, Elections 2016: Voting For Future Generations. The topics include: Education (Sept. 30), Economic Development (Oct. 7), Environment -2 parts (Oct 14), and Justice (Oct. 21). This program is produced by New Mexico PBS for a presentation of Vision Maker Media with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This week: Education – Antonia Gonzales, correspondent and anchor/producer of National Native News, talks with educator Amidooli “Ami” Pacheco (Kewa) for his thoughts on the connections between education and elections. See this program and additional programs of the series here.
NMiF also travels to the Santa Fe Indian School to hear from students who participated in a mock election based on the 2016 presidential campaigns.
One in four students in classrooms across the United States is Latino. NMiF producer Sarah Gustavus interviews Tom Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, about work in a court case that highlights disparities in outcomes for Latino, Native American, and African American students.
NMiF host Gene Grant and the Line panelists also weigh in on important news topics of the week.
Guests:
Tom Saenz, president and general counsel, MALDEF
Line Panelists:
Janice Arnold-Jones, former state representative
Dede Feldman, former state senator
Dan Foley, former New Mexico house minority whip
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP
Correspondents:
Sarah Gustavus
Antonia Gonzales, co-producer of the Elections 2016: Voting For Future Generations series and producer/anchor of National Native News
Host / Commentatorr:
This program is produced by KNME-TV/NMPBS for a presentation of Vision Maker Media
Watch the show online here
Albuquerque, NM – New Mexico in Focus is New Mexico PBS’ prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. Hosted by Gene Grant, New Mexico in Focus takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the “news of the moment.”
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