This week on Eastern Standard:
ICE detainments and deportations may seem to have faded, but the actions against immigrants, illegal and legal, continue in Kentucky. Nima Kulkarni, a state representative, immigration employment attorney and founder of the New Americans Initiative, brings us up to date.
Listening can foster understanding. Understanding can dispel cultural tensions. And that is a goal of “South of the Border: Analyzing the socioeconomic and political drivers of Latin American Migration.” It’s a panel discussion set for 7 PM on May 28 at the Kentucky Theater in downtown Lexington, billed as “an important opportunity for community members, students, and policymakers to engage in thoughtful conversation on one of the most pressing issues of our time.” Panelist Fatima Espinoza Vasquez joins us with background and details.
Over the past two decades, domestic horses have been abandoned on abandoned mine sites in eastern Kentucky, forming unmanaged herds. Unchecked breeding has resulted in overpopulation, and according to the Kentucky Humane Society, this is putting horses at risk of starvation, increasing roadway hazards, and causing environmental damage through overgrazing and erosion. Most of these horses were born in the mountains and have never been handled, making traditional management strategies more difficult. KHS Equine Director Lori Redmon tells us about a fertility control program now getting underway.
Kentucky artists Lynn Sweet and Rodney Hatfield are old friends. So it’s fitting that their considerable bodies of work are paired in the latest exhibition at Lexington’s Headley Whitney Museum of Art. We learn more from museum Director, Christina Bell.
