National and International discussions on Racism and Human Rights
By: GRITtv Wednesday March 11, 2009 9:00 am

Santistevan left his teaching job and joined the New Mexico Acequia Association as youth program coordinator. Soon he was bringing kids to farms and teaching them how to maintain acequias. Students record the work to post on YouTube and podcast on Acequia Radio.

“By getting them involved in media production, we give them a voice,” Santistevan says. “But the content is traditional culture, so we’ve achieved two goals at once.”