MS Hummingbird Recordings: Recent Episodes
IAJE
IAJE staff members spend several days in New York City for the NDLON conference, learning from labor/immigration rights groups from across the country.
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Sasha Lewis and Crystal Lopez both take charge of IAJE's youth program, where interested young people in Mississippi learn more about their history, activism and how to better the state that their from.
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Crystal Lopez is one of the organizers for IAJE's youth program, which offers seminars, classes and trips for interested young people in the Jackson area.
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IAJE founder Lorena Quiroz speaks with a new organizer as the woman-founded group commemorates Women's History Month.
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We talk about the upcoming re-opening of the IAJE office in Jackson and a special photo project that will be on display for the upcoming ceremony.
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In order to prevent flooding in Jackson, some city and state officials have advocated for the One Lake project - which would widen the Pearl River. However, IAJE and other community activists worry the project could have harmful environmental impacts in the city and downriver as far as Louisiana.
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Weeks after the Gubernatorial election, we talk about voter turnout, how to make voting more easy and what to expect in local elections down the line.
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For the 2nd year in a row, IAJE staffers share their scary stories, some personal and some traditional. This audio comes from a Facebook live.
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We talk to a IAJE youth organizer who talks about the importance of voting and civic duty for all Mississippians, especially young voters.
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Saltwater creeps up from the Mississippi River and threatens drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in the New Orleans Metro area. We talk about the latest info about how the environmental crisis is hurting communities.
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We talk to IAJE founder Lorena Quiroz about what Hispanic Heritage Month means for her, the many celebrations popping up across the Deep South and the future of Latinx youth in the region.
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After meteorological experts record the hottest Summer on record, we talk about how the hot months were for Mississippi and the laborers who had to endure it to make a living.
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We have an update on what IAJE is doing in Hattiesburg after a 16-year-old boy died at a poultry plant.
We also talk about the four-year anniversary of the ICE raids in Central Mississippi that left many poultry plant workers arrested and deported.
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Following the death of 16-year-old Duvan Pérez, after he was injured at a Hattiesburg poultry plant, IAJE joined advocates and community leaders in a press conference with the latest information about the teen's case and action being organized in the aftermath.
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After 16-year-old Duvan Pérez died from injuries he got in a workplace accident at the Mar-Jac poultry plant in Hattiesburg, IAJE has been in contact with the teen's parent and seeks justice for his death.
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Non-profit newsroom Verite reports that 42-year-old Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra died in ICE custody on June 23, 2023. He was being detained at a facility in Central Louisiana after crossing the boarder, pleading for asylum.
ICE says Ernesto died in the hospital after a heart attack but his brother, Francisco, believes there is more to his death than what is being said.
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We talk about the second annual Queercinera and what it means to hold an event honoring the LGBTQ+ community in the Deep South
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After a round of severe storms, the roof of IAJE's building in Jackson peeled off, exposing the brick structure and everything inside to water damage. Executive Director Lorena Quiroz speaks about what happened during the bad weather, how the team is trying to clean up and what plans are in store to rebuild.
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We catch up with the work IAJE is doing to help the region hardest hit by Springtime tornadoes.
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IAJE's Jess Manriquez speaks about the past year working for LGBTQ+ rights in Mississippi and her focus on transgender and queer care among immigrant detainees.
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IAJE is sending staffers to help communities like Rolling Fork, MS that were hit by tornadoes and severe storms.
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The flu is hitting communities across the United States hard. We speak with one of IAJE's health promoters to see how Mississippi is fairing during the flu season and how to prevent infection to ourselves and loved ones.
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IAJE staff, friends and allies share some of their scary stories they've grown up with from the Mississippi Delta, Central Mississippi and Latin America.
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We sit down with a health expert to answer some of the common questions surrounding monkey pox and how to best prevent it.
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A flooded Pearl River wreaks havoc on Jackson's water supply, sending Mississippi's capital city into a crisis.
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This Episode spot lights the beginning of two young men lives, how they meet and there decision to get married.
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Catalina tells her story of will and commitment to her family and the love of her life.
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MS Hummingbird Recordings interviews Catalina in part one of her story of will and strength.
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"No matter what you go through in life, never give up."- Yuridia and Benigno Maldonado
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A story of love and courage by MS Hummingbird Recordings
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