Media
Press
Read, listen, and watch media stories about Tewa Women United…
2022
"As Roe faces being overturned, Indigenous communities say it was always impossible for them to access abortion services" –
Article from Insider.com featuring Dr. Corrine Sanchez, TWU Executive Director
May 12, 2022, by DeArbea Walker
"They Spoke 'Truly Honor Chaco' to Power" –
Article from “The Paper” independent news for Albuquerqe, featuring statement from Talavi Cook, Environmental Health and Justice Manager, Tewa Women United
May 6, 2022, by Gwynne Ann Unruh
2021
"Forgotten Superfood of the Americas: The Amaranth Seed is a Grain of Hope" –
Article featuring the Española Healing Foods Oasis.
by Ungelbah Davila-Shivers, Edible Magazine, Spring 2021
Beata Tsosie-Peña Receives Award as NM Climate Protector –
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) announced the winners of its Annual Environmental Justice Awards for 2021, including TWU’s Beata Tsosie-Peña.
by Gwynne Ann Unruh, The Paper, December 26, 2021
2020
"Keeping Seed Sovereignty Local" –
Activists in New Mexico defend the relationship between people, land, and seeds.
in Grist magazine, July 7, 2020
"Breaking the Cycle: Healing Intergenerational Trauma" –
Featuring Dr. Corrine Sanchez and the work of TWU, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 27, 2020, by Seneca Johnson
"Planting Seeds of Resistance" –
Story about the opening of the Española Healing Foods Seed Library.
By Molly Montgomery, Rio Grande Sun, March 12, 2020
2019
“Kinder Garden” article about the Española Healing Food Oasis –
by Sammy Feldblum, Santa Fe Reporter, June 19, 2019
Audio: Full Spectrum Doula Circle Podcast Conversation –
with Diana Halsey and Jessica Lujan of TWU’s Indigenous Women’s Health and Reproductive Justice Program.
Audio: KSFR Interview –
with Jessica Lujan, the Indigenous Women’s Health and Reproductive Justice Program Manager from Tewa Women United, about the legislature’s denial of a bill advocating for the repeal of HB51, an outdated abortion law.
Generation Justice Interview –
with Beata Tsosie-Peña of Tewa Women United, who talks about Seed Sovereignty in New Mexico. Also includes interviews with Adriann Barboa of Strong Families New Mexico, Nicole Martin of Indigenous Women Rising, and Adrian N. Carver of Equality New Mexico. KUNM Radio, March 31, 2019
“Tewa Women United Changing Birthing Process with New Program” –
KRQE News 13, March 27, 2019
“Doulas Association Forms in New Mexico” –
by Olivia Harlow, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 16, 2019.
“Tewa Women United: An Intertribal Network of Women are Training to Be Doulas and Volunteers, Strengthening Cultural Knowledge and Healing Generational Trauma at the Same Time" –
by Rebecca Moss, Vogue Magazine, March 6, 2019.
Tewa Women United: Interview with Corrine Sanchez –
UNUM Magazine, Issue VI: Visionaries.
“Tewa Women United: Celebrating 30 Years of Growing Beloved Community” –
by Dr. Corrine Sanchez, Green Fire Times (page 10), March 2019.
“New Mexico's Community Garden Revolution” –
by Alice Inez Guzman, New Mexico Magazine, March 2019
“Mushrooms Clean Up Our Toxic Messes” –
by Deonna Anderson, Yes! Magazine, Spring 2019.
2018
“Mushrooms Could Help Clean Toxic Groundwater in Northern New Mexico” –
by Olivia Harlow, Santa Fe New Mexican, September 29, 2018.
“Native Sisters” –
by Roxanne Swentzell, Edible New Mexico, Summer 2018.
“Program Encourages Men and Boys to Look Inward to Stop Sexual Violence” –
by Oliva Harlow, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 29, 2018.
2017
Interview with Beata Tsosie-Peña about the Española Healing Foods Oasis, –
KSFR/Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, Dec 12, 2017.
Saving Chaco Canyon –
interview with Beata Tsosie-Peña of TWU and others on Paradigms Podcast.
“Working Toward a Common Goal” –
by Austin Fisher, Rio Grande Sun, Sept 14, 2017.
“How Contaminating the Water at Standing Rock Threatens Women's Reproductive Rights” –
by Aura Bogado, Teen Vogue, April 27, 2017.
2016
“Group Plants Seeds for Change” –
by Austin Fisher, Rio Grande Sun, June 2, 2016.
For Journalists
- Download Tewa Women United fact sheet (coming soon)
- Reporting Guides from the Native American Journalists Association
For media inquiries, please contact:
Maia Duerr, maia@tewawomenunited.org