Wednesday June 24, 2009. 

Recently, the US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on behalf of the Cuban 5, joining us to provide an update this morning is Gloria La Riva with the National Coalition to Free The Cuban Five. For more Info: www.freethefive.org.  

Coalition for Alternatives to Militarism in our Schools (CAMS) weekly commentary. For more info: www.militaryfreeschools.org. 

In this week’s installment of Pedagogy or Politics, John Cromshow interviews Wayne Johnson, former California Teachers Association President about the state of education today.  

Tanya Selig speaks with Neelam Sharma, Director of Community Services Unlimited in South Los Angeles regarding green space.

Yesterday, organizers for DREAM TEAM LA organized a National Action:  “A Dream Graduation.” Students in support of the The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act , or (The DREAM Act) Received diplomas in fron to City Hall yesterday afternoon. Angela Ruiz provides a report. 

Luis Rodriguez, one of the foremost authors in the country and with Tia Chucha’s  spoke about the 4th Annual Celebrating Words Festival. The Fesitval takes place:  

Saturday June 27, 2009 3-9pm
Los Angeles Mission College
13356 Eldridge Ave. Sylmar, Ca 91342


For more info: www.celebratingwords.org; www.tiachucha.com.  

TMR is engineered by Nadia Richardson and produced by Angela Ruiz, Tanya Selig, Claudia Chinchilla and Gabriel Gutiérrez. Special thanks to Fernando Velasquez for technical support and th ecenter for the Study of the Peoples of  the Americas (CESPA) at CSU Northridge for production assistance.