This edition: 2015: Year In Review
Episode Details
Original tape date: December 21, 2015. First aired: December 30, 2015.On this edition of Independent Sources, hosted by Abi Ishola, we look back at some of our favorite stories of 2015, including the profile on a third-generation Grenadian immigrant who has set up a boutique concept store in Bedford Stuyvesant at a time when increasing gentrification is forcing out longtime residents and black-owned businesses. We also highlight the city’s effort to create affordable housing for artists with the opening of Art Space PS 109. Then we hear about one woman’s efforts to save a disappearing South American language called Quechua.
Guest List
Michael Abbott Quecha Graduate Student, New York University
Andres Jimenez Ambía Founder, Inkarayku
Elva Ambía Co-Founder, New York Quechua Initiative
Kai Avent-deLeon Owner, Sincerely, Tommy
Maryam Awan Co-Creator/Author, “Blades of Hope”
Melodie Bahan Artspace, Vice President of Communications
Prof. Juliette Blevins, Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Co-Director, Endangered Language Alliance
David Brothers Content Manager, Image Comics
Alenca David Actor
Carlos David Photographer
Yuli Fisher Co-Founder, Williamsburg Dual Language Program
Anthony C. Fletcher Creator, “C2 & Posse”
Antonia Guerrero Artist
Jaimel Hemphill Creative Director, National Press Comics
Stacy Kovacs Artistic Director, Batala NYC
Sandra Noyola Principal, P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen
Bernardo Palombo Founder/Executive Director, El Taller Latino Americano
Gustavo Rosado Executive Director, El Barrio's Operation Fight Back
Eric Dean Seaton Creator, “Legend of the Mantamaji”
Naomi Sturm Co-Founder, New York Quechua Initiative
Sara Valentine Band Member, Batala NYC
