Our Voices on the Air: Reaching New Audiences through Indigenous Radio

Programming that Empowers: Hugo Morales, Director of Radio Bilingue, discusses his organization's pursuit to provide community radio programs to remote Spanish-speaking and other indigenous language communities in the US.

Gunargie O'Sullivan, a producer from Vancouver Co-op Radio in Canada, reflects on her life, displacement and the reconnection to culture and community that indigenous radio provides.

The Roles of Community Radio: Founder/President of Developing Radio Partners and creator of NPR's All Things Considered discusses the importance of partnership building and gives examples of contemporary successes of community radio in Africa, Mongolia, and Italy.

Courtney Yellowfat, Emil Her Many Horses, Sophie Evan, and Judith Gray give presentations on using museum collections and cultural objects in facilitating language revitalization.

Putting our hearts together for a common purpose: Cara Joe-Dukepoo, a producer from Hopi's Native American Public Radio Station, talks about her radio station's efforts for community outreach.

Brian Brashier, producer for Chickasaw Community Radio, presents his station's strategies for sustaining the Chickasaw language.

Roman Lopez Reyes and Carlos Alberto Nunez Hernandez, radio producers from San Lucas Quiavini, Oaxaca, Mexico, discuss their cultural project documenting the Zapotec language.

Oscar Perez from the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters discusses preserving Indigenous culture through community radio in El Salvador.

Wena Tait, General Station Manager of Maori language radio station Te Reo Irirangi Māori o Te Ūpoko o te Ika, presents an overview of Maori radio stations in New Zealand and talks about her station's methods of radio programming to preserve Maori language and culture.

Community Radio and Indigenous Languages: Maria Martin gives a bilingual presentation about her own experience producing community radio in Guatemala, and the importance of community radio for preserving Indigenous cultures.

La Radios Comunitarias Un Derecho De Nuestros Pueblos: Maria Rigoberta Gonzales Sal and Anselmo Xunic Cabrera from Radio Ixchel in Guatemala discuss using indigenous radio as a tool for community communication.

Lester Revis, language instructor/producer from the Euchee Language Project, presents about the challenges his station has encountered to preserve the Euchee language.

Social, mobile, local: Emerging engagement strategies for radio producers. Jessica Clark, Media Strategist for the Association for Independents in Radio, discusses offline and online strategies for effective audience engagement.

He ʻŌlelo Ola: E Hoʻi Ke Kulana Ma Nā Kukuna Lekiō. Kaimana Barcarse, Director/Lead DJ at KWXX-FM radio in Hawaii, provides a brief history of the Hawaiian language and the ways his radio station is working to share Hawaiian culture and language with their local community.

Radio and Podcast Production on a Budget: Jeff Towne from Echos.org/Transom.org gives a comprehensive comparison of affordable, portable audio recorders.

Amplify our voices: Expanding Community radio across the US. Jeff Rousset, National Organizer for the Prometheus Radio Project, considers the past and future of battles for radio broadcast rights among Indigenous communities in the United States.