Kirsten Dorman Ker-stin Door-man(she/her or they/them)
News Reporter, Phoenix
Kirsten Dorman expects to graduate in December 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communcations. Dorman, who is the production director at Blaze Radio and a podcast reporter for The State Press, is working for Phoenix news bureau.
PHOENIX – Se está llevando a cabo una iniciativa de $10 millones para alentar a los millones de latinos en Arizona a acudir a las urnas, independientemente de su afiliación política. La organización sin fines de lucro Chicanos por la Causa está detrás de este esfuerzo junto con Mi Familia Vota y Promise Arizona.
PHOENIX – A $10 million initiative is underway to encourage the millions of Latinos in Arizona to go to the polls regardless of party affiliation. The nonprofit Chicanos por la Causa is behind this effort along with Mi Familia Vota and Promise Arizona.
FLAGSTAFF – A Northern Arizona University engineering team has created a prototype sensor and network that can detect damage along bike paths and alert city officials to needed repairs.
Chicanos por la Causa has launched a $10 million voter engagement campaign in collaboration with Mi Familia Vota and Promise Arizona. Organizers say the goal is to honor Cesar Chavez’s commitment to the power of the vote by educating, engaging and getting Arizona Latinos to the polls for the 2022 midterms.
Algunos vecindarios del Valle del Sol han sido afectados históricamente por discriminación. Se ha vuelto hoy el racismo ambiental por falta de sombra, espacios públicos y de las distintas maneras de refrescarse en días de calor por estas áreas, donde la mayoría de los habitantes son personas de color.
PHOENIX – Tony Valdovinos of Phoenix gave up his dream of joining the Marine Corps when he learned he was undocumented. Ultimately, he had a bigger impact than being a Marine, becoming an inspiration to other Dreamers and the musical “¡Americano!”, which debuts off-Broadway this month.
PHOENIX – Dreamer Tony Valdovinos de Phoenix abandonó su sueño de unirse como un infante de marina de los EE.UU. cuando descubrió que no tenía documentos. Al final de cuentas, tuvo un impacto más grande que el de ser marino, y se volvió una inspiración para otros Dreamers y el musical ¡Americano! que ahora está por debutar fuera de Broadway.
The country is facing the worst blood shortage in over a decade and Arizona donors have stepped up to give blood, but local advocates say addressing shortages in the long term is needed.
PHOENIX – Amid what the American Red Cross is calling the worst blood shortage in more than a decade, blood providers are urgently calling for donors. Vitalant, an Arizona nonprofit that collects blood, says thousands of blood drives have been canceled over the past 18 months.
The James Webb Space Telescope reached its destination a million miles away from Earth this week. Arizona experts who worked on it say they are excited to see what the most powerful telescope ever launched into space will send back.