Our Voices, Ourselves

What is the state of maternal and child care in developing countries? Tune in to listen to Jennifer Braun executive  director of the NGO, International Midwife Assistance. We will be speaking to her about the state of maternal and child care in the United States and in other developing countries. She will also be speaking to us about the work of midwives and about the important work her organization does.

In this interview, we speak to 21 year old Amelia Mayer, a native of Brazos Valley, who visited and worked in Uganda this summer. She fell in love with the people and the place, but has returned to the States for her family.

She shares with us the stories of her experience, the reasons she fell in love with the culture, and her perspective on the differences between the youth in Uganda and her peers here in the States.

Find out why she is eagerly awaiting her chance to return to work and live in Uganda!

Dr. Nadia Flores, now a professor in the Texas A&M Sociology Dept. was herself an undocumented immigrant when she first came to the United States. She now teaches and researches migration patterns between the U.S. and Mexico, and the issues that affect those patterns.  http://sociweb.tamu.edu/faculty/flores/

Dr. Flores states that her research has "evolved in four realms which deal mostly with the attempt to develop further the concept of social capital in the area of international migration".

In this interview, we talk to her not only about her research, but also her personal immigration and education story, and we also discuss Mexican cultures and traditions, specifically Mexican retablos.

Women in Jazz Association, Inc. was founded by Pamela and Kevin Hart to provide Women in Jazz Concert Series and Vocal Performance Workshops for performance opportunities and experiences of professional and amateur jazz vocalists in the Austin metropolitan area. Women in Jazz Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Austin, Texas, "the live music capital of the world," can boast of very little live music that includes jazz vocals. Since the venues in Austin that consistently provide jazz music book vocalists much less than other musicians, jazz vocalists create their own entertainment venues in Austin.  Women in Jazz Concert Series is the outgrowth of the need for a performance venue for women jazz vocalists.

Enjoy this wonderful interview and check out their schedule and activities at :http://www.womeninjazz.org/

Who is Juanita Guccione? Tune into this interveiw to find out!

In this interview, we speak with Julie Praetzel who is currently making a documentary titled "She had many faces: The life and work of Juanita Guccione". She will be speaking to us about this documentary and her experiences as a young woman in the film making industry.