New Mexico in Focus Talks With Artist Judy Chicago, PRC Reform

This week on New Mex­ico in Focus, artist Judy Chicago stops by to talk about her non­profit fem­i­nist orga­ni­za­tion “Through the Flower.” This is part of a national PBS spe­cial “Mak­ers: Women Who Make Amer­ica,” a film that doc­u­ments how women have trans­formed the coun­try over the last half-century.

New Mex­ico in Focus airs Fri­day, March 1 at 7 p.m. on Chan­nel 5.1. and Sat­ur­day, March 2 at 5 p.m. on Chan­nel 9.1. There are no repeats this week. 

In addi­tion, pan­elists take a closer look at gov­ern­ment reform and the leg­is­la­ture, includ­ing the exam­i­na­tion of a pair of leg­isla­tive mea­sures that recently met their end, what is next for the Pub­lic Reg­u­la­tion Com­mis­sion and the brew­ing debate over calls for more spend­ing in early child­hood education.

Guests
• Judy Chicago, artist, author, fem­i­nist, edu­ca­tor and cre­ator of “The Din­ner Party”
• Allen Sanchez, president/CEO, St. Joseph Com­mu­nity Health
• Steven Neville ®, state sen­a­tor, Aztec

Guest Pan­elists
• Javier Benavidez, Cen­ter for Civic Pol­icy
• Mar­garet Wright, New Mex­ico Compass

Line Pan­elists
• Jamie Estrada, for­mer U.S. Com­merce Depart­ment offi­cial
• Sophie Mar­tin, editor-in-chief, New Mex­ico Law Review

Cor­re­spon­dents
• Matt Grubs, NMiF pro­ducer
• Sarah Gus­tavus, exec­u­tive pro­ducer, Koah­nic Broad­cast Corporation

Host/Commentator
• Gene Grant 

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New Mex­ico in Focus is pro­duced by Matt Grubs and Kathy Wim­mer. Fund­ing has been pro­vided in part by the McCune Foundation.

Media Con­tact: Evy Todd (505) 277‑1218, email: etodd@newmexicopbs.org