Registration Links for "Will Local News Survive?" and Dr. Gregory Cajete's NM SUCCESS climate change talk

 This post is purely functional: to provide information for folks who may be interested in either or both ofr two Zoom events later today: the 4 p.m. Sunshine Week panel discussion entitled "DEAD or ALIVE: Will Local News Survive?  A discussion of journalism's future;" and/or Dr. Greg Cajete's 7pm talk (the year's first in the NM SUCCESS climate-change series).  (Some panelists and organizers of the Sunshine Days event joined us on radio this morning from 8:30-9, and Dr. Cajete spoke with us from 9 to 10, and I promised to put these URL's up on the blog.)

Will Local News Survive? To register for this virtual event, go to https://bit.ly/2NY5u18 and you'll see the link to click on for actual attendance/participation.

 

To register for Dr. Cajete's talk, go to:

https://nmsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4G5mRJ9FQE6x8tyuhI-dOQ

I have also included below further information on these events: 

New Mexico State University will host a panel discussion for Sunshine Week 2021 at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 24. This year’s topic will be “DEAD or ALIVE: Will Local News Survive? A discussion of journalism’s future.” The virtual event requires attendees register at https://bit.ly/2NY5u18. 
 
“While news organizations have been under extreme economic pressure, over the last year they continued to report on some very major, very important stories,” said David Irvin, NMSU business and government documents librarian. “All of our panelists are working journalists from the region, so I look forward to hearing how they covered their beats in the midst of the pandemic.”
 
In its ninth year at the NMSU Library, Sunshine Week is a national initiative that was created by the American Society of News Editors to educate the public about the importance of open government.

Peter Goodman will serve as moderator for the panel discussion. He is a Las Cruces-based columnist and radio personality. Panelists include Walt Rubel, Las Cruces journalist and radio personality; Kathleen Sloan, publisher and journalist at the Sierra County Sun; Algernon D’Ammassa, reporter and columnist for the Las Cruces Sun-News; and Susan Dunlap, reproductive justice reporter at the NM Political Report.

For more information contact Irvin at 575-646-6925. The NMSU Library, Tim Parker, an NMSU alumnus, NMSU Department of Journalism and Media Studies and Las Cruces Press Women are presenting this event.

Dr. Gregory Cajete

Wednesday March 24th 7pm

Register for event

https://nmsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4G5mRJ9FQE6x8tyuhI-dOQ 

Gregory Cajete, Native American educator whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundation of indigenous knowledge in education. Dr. Cajete is a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. He has serves as a New Mexico Humanities scholar in ethno botany of Northern New Mexico and as a member of the New Mexico Arts Commission. In addition, he has lectured at colleges and universities in U.S., Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Italy, Japan, Russia, Bhutan, Taiwan, Educador, Peru, Bolivia, England, France and Germany.

Dr. Cajete is a practicing watercolor, pastel, acrylic, ceramic and metal artist. he is extensively incolved with art and its application to education. He is also a scholar of herbalism and holistic health. In this capacity, he has researched Native American, Chinese and Ayurvedic healing philosophies and the cultural perspectives of health and wholeness.

Dr. Cajete also designs culturally responsive curricula geared to the special needs and learning styles of Native American students. These curricula are based upon Native American understanding of the “nature of nature” and utilizes this foundation to develop and understanding of the science and artistic thought process as expressed in Indigenous perspectives of the natural world.

Dr. Cajete has authored ten books including “Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education” (Kivaki Press, 1994); “Ignite the Sparkle: An Indigenous Education Curriculum Model”, (Kivaki Press, 1999); “Spirit of the Game: Indigenous Wellsprings (2004),” “A People’s Ecology: Exploration in Sustainable Living,” and “Native Science: Natural laws of Interdependence” (Clear Light Publishers, 1999 and 2000).