For our series, RadioNature, we asked Latino USA’s founding producer, Maria Martin, why she decided to live in Guatemala, a country she’s called home for the greater part of ten years. Through an audio essay, she paints us her natural surroundings and the unique landscapes of Guatemala. Our series, RadioNature, is funded by the REI Foundation.
Election season is well underway with a couple of Republican primaries already shaping the race. Maria Hinojosa talks to Angelo Falcon, president of the National Institute for Latino Policy about how the candidates and the president are reaching out to the Latino electorate.
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The REI Foundation focuses on supporting efforts to get more young people, including youth from diverse populations, into nature. Through this work, The REI Foundation’s goal is to help inspire the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts and environmental stewards.
Roberto Suro is a distinguished journalist and a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California. He is also the director of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Prior to joining the USC faculty, Suro founded the Pew Hispanic Center and served as its director.
María Emilia Martin is a pioneering public radio journalist with over two dozen awards for her work covering Latino issues and Latin America. She started her career at the first community public radio station owned and operated by Latinos in the U.S. She has developed ground-breaking programs and series for public radio, including NPR’s Latino USA, and Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars. A recipient of Fulbright and Knight Fellowships, she has extensive experience in journalism and radio training, in the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and other countries.
Angelo Falcón is President and Co-Founder of the National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP). Falcón has been able to combine academic and policy research with an aggressive advocacy style based on broad coalition-building and community organizing. He has become one of the longest-serving chief executives of a Latino non-profit in the country.
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New Mexico’s Memory of Land: The Legacy of Tijerina
2012 Prophecies and Music from the Past Year
Las Christmas
The Green American Dream
After the Earthquake
The Price of Intolerance
Connecting to Nature: From One Generation to Another
Young Latino Men: Sex, Health & Empowerment
Turning Farm Workers into Farm Owners
EL Dia de los Muertos and RadioNature
Nicaragua: Women, Violence and Elections
The Evolving Occupy Wall Street
From the Fields to the Operating Room
Protesting for Diversity
Working for Change
The Latino List: Behind The Scenes
Bone Marrow
Memorias of 9/11
Hispanic Republicans of Texas
Immigration Enforcement… and a Taste of Cuban Rhapsody
Autoras
RadioNature
Los Congueros
Las Rockeras
Kidnap Radio
La Nueva Onda of Latin Music
Arturo O’Farrill and Tats Cru
The Latino Problem
Honduras
Say Her Name
Mayan Migration
Sergio Mendes
Mentoring, Music and Mexico
The Grammy Controversy and Latin Jazz
Tears of a Ghetto Klown
Actions and Consequences
Los Grandes de Mexico
Unintended Consequences
From California to Cuba to the Cosmos
After the Earthquake
Immigration Reform on the Local Level
Growing Up Gay and Latino
Democracy in Latin America and a Play about Immigrant Mothers
Not Politically Correct
Planned Parenthood on Trial
Invisible
Some Unsung Heroes… and a Grammy Award Winner
Bridging The Gaps or Quite The Opposite?
All Eyes on Egypt
Vikki Carr
Scene of the Crime
Tucson Shooting Aftermath
