America Speaks with Tish Lampert

I have focused my lens on controversy since 1967. When I see a crowd amassing, placards waving, when I hear the sound of feet pounding the pavement, voices rising over each other, I feel an uncontrollable urge to be among them, to follow the momentum and capture the spirit that compels people to rise up. The adrenaline is addictive; it’s been in my blood since I first picked up a camera and marched for civil rights

In 2001, Americans felt disenfranchised after the presidential election of G.W.Bush. I was drawn in by the volatile mood that resulted from the Supreme Court’s decision. Before long I realized I was a player on this human stage, active and no longer just an observer. Marching with my fellow citizens enables me to share the anger and capture the frustrations of their struggle. My journey across America presented me with history in the making, as I carved my own path of discovery. I set out looking for that spark that energized my generation in the sixties and seventies, to come together for peace and love. We were idealistic back then.

After twenty years on the trail, our nation is still deeply polarized. We may be conflicted but we remain determined as we pass the torch to the next generation. I am left wondering if this next generation will have more empathy and tolerance for each other; be able put aside their differences to better shape their future.

Listen to the amazing collaboration of Jonathon and Enrique Morones...we remember Jonathon at this time of year. Their work together saved and protected countless lives.

 Jonathon was a hero , and his heart and soul was devoted to the most vulnerable in the migrant community. He was the water drop director at Border Angels when Border Angels was an organization to be proud of. Jonathon as well as the originators of Border Angels especially Enrique Morones who created this organization and Hugo Castro and all who worked tirelessly to make Border Angels the preeminent  social justice movement that created programs like the water drop program, the housing of migrants who are in limbo as they wait for their asylum dates in court (before this pandemic), education, medical and legal aid, as well as providing goods, and food clothing , housing and medicines for migrant families on their difficulty journey to seek a better life, free from violence. We remember Jonathon with love and respect  and great admiration.

Tish Lampert's lens is witness to the historic rise of the resistance, framing the struggle with images that span twenty years. As a photojournalist on a long and uniquely concentrated journey, Lampert champion's the currency of protest that fuels the good fight. Her book We Protest Fighting For What We Believe In published by Rizzoli Books and Her podcast America Speaks celebrates the spirit that compels people to rise up. 

The seeds from many cultures, many struggles, from her work in Guatamala, Mexico,  with the Navajo Nation, with the United Nations in Subsahara Africa , Congo Rwanda Burundi chronicling injustice in the United States..this is what informs Tish's work today

Brooke Luciano and Jeff McKeever own and operate UltraRed Light, a health and wellness company in Newport Beach, California. They utilize FDA approved PBT, the power of light energy and frequencies, to empower their clients to alleviate pain and achieve optimal health and well being. They have both battled through life-altering spinal injuries and chronic pain, and recovered using their specialized LightMD PBM, so they come with an empathetic and compassionate understanding of pain.

UltraRed Light gives Brooke and Jeff the opportunity to share the light with their extended community and gives both humans and animals an alternative therapeutic modality that doesn’t require prescription drugs or surgery to feel better. Their combined 18+ years experience is unmatched in this emerging industry, which gives them incredible insight and experience in the many capabilities of light therapy as a tool to speed up the body and brain’s natural healing process.

Their passion and mission to share light with the world has helped them to ignite the desire in people to want to help others. Many of their own clients become LightMD device owners and now are able to share light with their own family and communities. Brooke and Jeff enjoy teaching others the benefits of adding LightMD to their practice or how to start their own business using Light. The more people and businesses that offer Light as a safe and highly effective therapeutic modality, the better, so that we can collectively heal as a society.

They are so excited to share their experience with you all today. Thank you for listening and joining us.

Austin attorney Mike Hull is on a solo walk at the Texas-Mexico border

Hull started the trip on Boca Chica Beach and hopes to arrive in El Paso by Thanksgiving. With the “Walk of Hope” he wants to see whether the border is safe or not. He said he wants to see the face of fear and listen to the stories of asylum seekers and people who live along the border.

“I want to walk and listen, listen to the people along the border and see what they have to say,” Hull said. “People have been so nice (here), they have been welcoming and inviting, sharing experiences and very, very kind.”

Mike got the idea to do this after he read an article about one of the detention facilities for the children who come seeking asylum in the United States. He said he is very interested in that topic and even though he is not fluent in Spanish, he knows “enough to get in trouble.”

“I want to see how we treat the children. Are we proud of how we welcome those (who) come with their hope, who ask for our help?” he said in a statement about the walk. “I want to walk and listen and offer my hope.”

Chris Burnett 's interview gives us a unique opportunity to get true clarity on climate disruption ... Chris got his degree in chemistry specializing in earth science for earth science From the university of California in San Diego- Chris worked At  Scripps Institute of Oceanography for a number of years and was a bargaining representative for the UPTACWA local 9119 - Chris hosts the Weekly radio show Indy Media On Air on KPFK 90.7 FM IN LOS ANGELES every wed evening. Chris has for a long time been an organizer with anti-authoritarian movements and has for many years now been a voice for issues the main stream media does not report on. Chris enlightens all of us, laying out the truth re climate disruption

It’s time to dispel the basic talking points of the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ immigrant. This powerful conversation talks truth and revelas the day to day of the lives of those undocumented in the US today living in fear of removal orders... 

I think we all can agree after listening to both conversations with carol walker that we as citizens can not allow these ongoing round ups, the tragic separation of these devoted wild horse families within these herds, the barbaric sterilization and the eventual disappearance of the species... this is simply not acceptable.  Contact the BLM (Bureau of Land Management.) Demand a new way of managing remaining wild horse herds. Wild horses have as much a right to live and breed on our open lands throughout our vast western states as any other herd, esp since they are now endangered. Our goal should be to protect America’s wild horses and burros by stopping the federal government’s systematic elimination of these national icons from our public lands. The government can't just continue removing wild animals from the land and warehousing them at an escalating expense, which it has done now for decades. The herds in Nevada and Wyoming are still there but not for long and please go to carol walkers website , and spend some time with her amazing photography. Carol is a remarkable artist, and has captured the spirit of our wild horses

The BLM rounded up 11,472 wild horses and burros in 2018 and permanently removed them from our public lands. This is almost 3x more than they removed in 2017 and more than they have rounded up and removed in almost a decade. Now with the holding facilities and off-Range corrals full the BLM is desperate to empty these out so they can round up and remove more wild horses and burros this year.The BLM just wants to get rid of the wild horses and burros and doesn’t really care if they end up at slaughter, just so long as they are removed from our public lands and from the holding facilities.

In the wild, these horses had been healthy, disease free, and capable of carrying their foals to term. This private holding facility is a house of horrors, a deadly prison for wild horses. Instead of caring for the wild horses, as they are paid to do, they are killing them and covering it up. This facility should be shut down immediately and should never house our precious wild horses again. This is the ugliest truth, that the BLM does not want you to know.

What can you do to help? Spread the word and Contact your Senators and Representatives.

I think we all can agree after listening to both conversations with carol walker that we as citizens can not allow these ongoing round ups, the tragic separation of these devoted wild horse families within these herds, the barbaric sterilization and the eventual disappearance of the species... this is simply not acceptable.  Contact the BLM (Bureau of Land Management.) Demand a new way of managing remaining wild horse herds. Wild horses have as much a right to live and breed on our open lands throughout our vast western states as any other herd, esp since they are now endangered. Our goal should be to protect America’s wild horses and burros by stopping the federal government’s systematic elimination of these national icons from our public lands. The government can't just continue removing wild animals from the land and warehousing them at an escalating expense, which it has done now for decades. The herds in Nevada and Wyoming are still there but not for long and please go to carol walkers website , and spend some time with her amazing photography. Carol is a remarkable artist, and has captured the spirit of our wild horses

Rick Cummings has a talent to put in perspective the times we are living through. His knack of spoken word poetry elevates our examination of the tumultuous administrations of both George Bush  and Donald trump. His craft navigates us through this history guiding us into the memory of events that stand out from the war in Iraq through the unfortunate administration of Donald Trump. His themes awaken our dulled minds and senses This is part one of the two part conversation that explores Rick's process  and who has influenced him the most as an artist.

Have we come to a place where we are numb? Numb from the  onslaught of one unthinkable act after the other ? This may be true  because we have lost our appetite for taking in any more bad news since  Trump.  Are we unable to find compassion these days? We must never close  our hearts to children who are suffering. We have a responsibility to  the children who are undergoing unimaginable consequences because their  families have fled the violence in Central America risking everything to  find safety for their children...these families have no other choice  but to get their kids out of harms way but six children have died in our  custody. Six children who came here to escape death.

We are  paying tribute to these six lives a well as to all the children who are  in our custody in this episode today on America Speaks. Immigration  attorney Allegra Love is joining us again to reflect on what she is  seeing on the Texas and new Mexican border, and brings clarity the  brutal circumstances these families are enduring as they wait for their  asylum application to be processed.

what is really going in in Central America?

Allegra Love 's journey is remarkable as she has now become a singular voice for those seeking asylum in the U.S. She is a no nonsense force to be reckoned with. Not prone to intimidation Allegra is outspoken about our misguided immigration policies from many administrations leading up to the cruel polices of zero tolerance from the Trump Administration. Allegra is a fighter and provides great clarity on the full challenge facing all of those who are fleeing the violence  and horrors threatening the countless who risk the treacherous journey from Central America on the rare chance they can find relief in the U.S. 

This episode is part one of a two part series with Allegra Love

Here is a short sample of what you can expect to hear on America Speaks With Tish Lampert, and our first guest Martin Sheen 

Are we the guards for the 800,000 dreamers whose lives are still in limbo with the uncertainty of DACA? Join Martin Sheen, and two of the undocumented  activists who worked with President Obama to create the DACA program,  in a compelling episode that inspires us to question the state and  principles of our humanity. Martin explores what is at stake for today’s  undocumented youth comparing their commitment with the social movements  that defined the civil rights era.