FLASHPOINTS

Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens.  Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.

This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale

Episode 13 (Aired June 10th 2015)

The Power of Our History

This program highlights the importance of providing young people with authentic and empowering history curriculum.  The struggle for Mexican-American studies in Tucson is profiled, along with the Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigades in New Mexico, where urban Chicano youth from around the country come for intensive study of their history and culture.

Guests:

Norma Gonzalez: 3rd Grade teacher at Manzo Elementary school in Tucson Unified School District.  Leader in struggle to maintain the Mexican-American Studies Department in Tucson public schools.

Donte Clark, co-founder of RAW Talent, a spoken word and performing arts group from the RYSE Center in Richmond, California

Ricardo Romero, Co-founder and teacher of the Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigades in New Mexico, Project Coordinator for Al Frente de Lucha in Greeley Colorado, and a community organizer for over 50 years.

Click on the link below to listen to this episode

Education Series – Episode 13