PUENTES

Las Cruces - March 31, 2012 - On this edition of PUENTES, Emily Guerra bridges the community with Chair of the Hearts for Autism Board, Abel Covarrubias, and with Camp New Amigos Liaison, Amanda Morton to talk about this year’s benefit for area children with autism. 

 Las Cruces - March 20, 2012 - On this edition of PUENTES, Emily Guerra bridges the community with Dona Ana County Commissioner, Billy Garrett. He is also the Co-Chair of the "8th Annual J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium." The first symposium began in 2005 at New Mexico State University in honor of J. Paul Taylor’s lifelong commitments to the community. Scholars, students, community stakeholders, and policy makers from across the state and region come together each spring to explore, learn and work in unity on strategies for justice and reform. Some of the themes in past conferences have been on justice for youth, women, children, immigrants, and the environment.

March 5, 2012 - On this edition of PUENTES, Emily Guerra bridges the community with Maury Castro, President of La Alianza Para Emigrantes Mexicanos en Busca de Asilo Politico (Alliance for Political Asylum Seekers) and Member, Charlotte Lipson, with a newly formed local nonprofit organization. Their purpose is to help provide a better life for individuals that live in our community  who are seeking political asylum in the United States by providing economic, cultural and educational assistance. 

February 20, 2012 - 

Emily Guerra bridges the community on this edition of PUENTES with StoryCorps Mobile Senior Coordinator, Rose Kue, with the largest oral history project in our community.  

StoryCorps is a national nonprofit oral history organization that travels the country recording stories from local residents about their lives and what is important to them.  StoryCorps was founded in 2003 by Radio Journalist, Dave Isay, while working in Chicago with inner city kids.  He was trying to record a story about their lives. Kue said that Isay's work with these youth was the inspiration for StoryCorps.

February 13, 2012 - Emily Guerra bridges the community on this edition of PUENTES with Retired Speech Language Pathologist, Betty Jane Burlingame, aka BJ. Burlingame is a breast cancer survivor of fifteen years. She was born in Silver City, is bilingual, speaking both Spanish and English, and has worked in the local public schools in an early intervention program providing services to Spanish-speakers. She welcomes any suggestions and/or comments about forming a new breast cancer support group for Spanish-speakers. You can contact her by e-mail at bjlascruces@msn.com or by calling her at (575)541-0546.

February 7, 2012 – Diana Molina, Photographer and Writer, was born in El Paso, and is now a resident of New Mexico. Molina bridges the border community with her photo documentary about the Tarahumara on her exhibit: "Raramuri, the Foot Runners of the Sierra Madre," at UTEP through May 5th.

February 7, 2012 – Diana Molina, Photographer and Writer, was born in El Paso, and is now a resident of New Mexico. Molina bridges the border community with her photo documentary about the Tarahumara on her exhibit: "Raramuri, the Foot Runners of the Sierra Madre," at UTEP through May 5th.