APA Compass members Patti Duncan spoke with filmmaker Anne Keala Kelly about her new documentary Nono Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i. This interview originally aired on an APA Compass program about Hawaiian sovereignty and the Akaka Bill.

APA Compass's Kushlani De Soyza speaks with Hawaiian hip hop artist Sudden Rush. This interview originally aired as part of an APA Compass program about Hawaiian sovereignty and the Akaka Bill.

Today is the third day of a United Nations Summit for Indigenous Issues. 

As part of the summit, indigenous activists marched to several embassies to demand policy changes toward native people and biodiversity.

KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Ann Peterman of the Global Forests Coalition about one of the stops on today’s march – at the Belgian national mission:

Hundreds of indigenous leaders have gathered at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues this week in New York.

Some of the top issues they are hoping to address include the climate crisis, free trade agreements, and indigenous sovereignty.

KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Andrew Miller of Amazon Watch, who says that the situation in Peru is on many people’s minds at the Summit:

The current recession is not an equal opportunity crisis. People of color are experiencing job loss, foreclosures and lack of healthcare at alarmingly higher rates than white Americans. These disparities are not a coincidence but rather the result of structural barriers that have been taking a toll on people of color long before the subprime meltdown.

Last week, President Obama reached his first 100 days in office, triggering a media flurry of speculation about how well he's doing. Communities of color - already hurting before the lastest round of troubles - have been measuring up the new president as well. Is President Obama pushing to create justice for all or is he too bogged down in the legacy of his predecessor? What should we be doing to push the president down the path of racial equity?