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06/16/2021

New Mexico!! Get vaccinated to bring the good times back and get $100*! We need your help in reaching our vaccination goal of 60% of eligible New Mexicans by June 17. For full eligibility guidelines and to find a location at http://vaccinenm.org.vaccinenm.org/?ref=hed

03/03/2021

Marley Dias is the 14-year-old founder of , an international movement to collect and distribute children’s books that feature Black girls as the lead character. Since November 2015, Marley has collected over 12,000 books, spoken in settings from the White House to the United Nations Girls Up and is the youngest member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 List. In 2017, Marley was a keynote speaker here in NM at “Investing in a Society of SuperGirls” hosted by the NM Scholars Strategy Network, where we were honored to meet her and present our research. She is an inspiration—shifting narratives and amplifying representation for young women of color.

This Women’s History Month, our campaign seeks to uplift the powerful work of self-identifying young women and girls of color making history—the future of gender justice and healing!

12/19/2020

On tomorrow's show, Cecile talks with Katherine (Kati) Standefer about her incredible life journey as written about in her book, Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life. It's a fascinating book and conversation. Tune in!
Named one of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Best Books of Fall 2020, it's been featured in People Magazine and on NPR’s Fresh Air, and was the November 2020 New York Times Book Review Group Editor’s Choice/Staff Pick

"What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator."

12/05/2020

I hope you’ll tune in tomorrow and listen to Corrine Sanchez and Nathana Bird of Tewa Women United as we discuss the work they’ve been doing this past year and their “Journey of Generosity”. Community is everything!

11/21/2020

On tomorrow's show, our co-host Scott Davis engages in a fascinating conversation with Cecile and artist/ activist, Clinton Fein . The three discuss the role White men need to play in educating fellow White men about the impact of Trumpism and the danger of it. It's a deep conversation with lots to unpack, we hope you'll listen in - 103.7fm /1260am or stream at https://santafe.com/radio_stations/1260-103-7-talk-ktrc/

You can find out more about the work Scott is currently involved in at https://whitemenrejecttrump.com/

And take a look at Clinton's most recent artworks centered around the rejection of Trump at http://annoy.com/

11/14/2020

On tomorrow's show, in an effort to calm our weary souls and find inspiration, Cecile turned to community storytellers and poets who shared their works. It's a gorgeous soothing hour. We hope you'll tune in.
Featured Poets/Storytellers:
** Dee Anaya - From the Offering
** Iris De Anada - Glow Up
** Jeanette Iskat - Elders
** Carrie McCarthy - A Page in my Story; The Power of Art
** Regina Ress -Message from the Ancestors
** Janet Marie Rogers - Ego of a Nation; Listen to Each Other Breathe
** Ahjo Sipowicz - An Offering or Sounds & Prayer from our Q***r Baba Yaga
** Jennifer Villela - What Kind of Times are These (a poem by Adrienne Rich)

9 am MT. Stream at https://santafe.com/radio_stations/1260-103-7-talk-ktrc/

11/10/2020

So excited and proud to announce that our co-host Patricia Trujillo has been appointed the Deputy Secretary of Higher Education. We know that the students of New Mexico have a dedicated and brilliant woman in their court! Congrats Patricia we ❤️ you!

This powerhouse Chicana from Espanola has a Masters degree in English/ Creative Writing and a PhD in US Latina/o Literature; has been tenured faculty at Northern NM College AND the Director of their Office of Equity and Diversity (which she started); and she is or has been a member of the boards at NewMexicoWomen.org, Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, Tewa Women United, and LANL Foundation. She has published writings on cultural identity, Chicana feminism, indigeneity, and place-based identity and she was recently named the Creative Writing Editor of the “Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social,” a peer-reviewed journal our of Arizona State.

The New Mexico Higher Education Department is excited to welcome Dr. Trujillo in support of our ongoing commitment to increase access to higher education and support student success for all New Mexicans. https://hed.state.nm.us/news/dr-patricia-trujillo-namedhigher-educationdeputy-secretary

10/31/2020

On tomorrow’s show Ahjo Sipowicz and Quinn Fontaine go Beyond Gender in their conversation with Cecile about Ahjo's book, EarthBodyBoat, and journey of gender self discovery

10/24/2020

A great show today as Cecile talks about land regeneration and community health and well being with two amazing women community farmers, Beverly Grant, Founder, Seeds Of Power Unity Farm & Mo' Betta Green MarketPlace and Yvonne Sandoval, Founder Bueno Para Todos Cooperative. Both women finding ways to sustain their communities, reviving plant wisdom for youth and adults alike, and focusing on creating greater access to health and healing.

10/23/2020

Something Scott Davis and Cecile and Patricia talk about often on the show -
“What is our society teaching men? It is teaching men that the only way to have dignity is not be a woman, not be weak, not be gay, always hit first and never present yourself as vulnerable or in need.

This dominant way of teaching men leads to the epic amounts of abuse and assault that women face, and it actually doesn’t really work for most men. It traps most men in images of ourselves that have failed most of us and that don’t fit our lived inner experience.”

A narrow idea of invincibility and invulnerability “traps most men in images of ourselves that have failed most of us,” argues the author Anand Giridharadas.

10/17/2020

There's nothing like the power of feminist art to give perspective, and this week, Cecile chats with the women who curated, produced and appear in 516 ARTS latest exhibit "FEMINISMS' - Andrea Hanley (curator), Suzanne Sbarge (ED at 516 Arts) and Thais Mather (artist). Tune in tomorrow at 9am MT on 103.7fm/1260am or on santafe.com