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In this season of giving and gratitude, many of us focus on supporting those who are less fortunate. On this episode of Community Matters, we have the privilege of speaking with someone who embodies this generous spirit year-round: Susan Tarver, Executive Director of Bienvenidos Outreach. Founded in 1989, Bienvenidos Outreach provides food, clothing, and other essential services to low-income individuals and families in the Santa Fe area.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we welcome Steve LaRance, cofounder of the Lightning Boy Foundation, to Community Matters. The foundation provides Native American children with opportunities to build confidence and explore various art forms, including the Traditional Hoop Dance, which is believed to have originated in the pueblos of northern New Mexico.

Michael Vincent Berry is a Texas-born actor most known for his work on American Tragedies WACO: The Trials, Law and Order SVU, Better Call Saul and THEM. Other notable projects include the multi-award winning LGBT film: Innocent Boy, DIG, Last of the Grads and Crude Massacre. Michael splits time between ABQ and Austin, where he resides with his husband Adam and his 3 adopted Deaf children: Zenaida, Juan and Mario. Michael is Managed by Susan Ferris at Bohemia Group and Represented by Lilly Bankston at Bankston Talent.

In this episode, we’re speaking with director Roman Liubyi, whose feature documentary Iron Butterflies just had its world premiere at Sundance 2023 and examines the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Eastern Ukraine by Russian forces. The flight killed all 298 people on board, and Russia was never officially held accountable. We’re discussing how fragile the truth is – and the power of film in persuasion.About Iron Butterflies from the Sundance website: “As voluminous evidence — including physical artifacts like the butterfly-shaped shrapnel found in the bodies of the pilots — piled up, the lies denying reality only became more outlandish and incredible. … Iron Butterflies presents the truth of what happened to MH17, but also what was at stake by not confronting it. Director Roman Liubyi uses a wealth of visual material and individual testimonies to craft this artful yet evidence-driven examination of a turning point in recent world history. This act of mass murder not only destroyed so many people’s lives and the possible future that they could have built — it contained the seeds of the future we now live in.”Iron Butterflies was produced by Ukrainian film collective Babylon 13. Find out more about the film and the collective, which Roman is a part of, at babylon13.org.ua. Stay updated on the collective’s work on their YouTube channel: youtube.com/babylon13ua.

The Warm Season: Feature film premiering at the Santa Fe Film Festival. Interview is with guests Carie Kawa (lead actress), Sarah Brandes (Director of Photography) and Julie Crosby (producer). It is a sci-fi comedy film set in New Mexico, follow @thewarmseasonfilm on social media.Native American Actor Loren Anthony and Santa Fe Film Festival director Mike Galaxy. Loren Anthony is known for Dexter: New Blood and Red Dead Redemption II, he is working on a project with fellow actor Ryan Begay to elevate Native American voices in New Mexico entertainment.

Tony Robinette is known for playing Donald Bradehoft in Dahmer on Netflix and more recently he starred on the NBC show Night Court with Melissa Rauch. He is also known for The Offer and This is US.

This month on Community Matters, we speak with Colin Hovde, a producer, artistic director, and current Executive Director of the Santa Fe Playhouse. As one of the longest-running arts organizations in our region, the Santa Fe Playhouse has created community on stage and off by holding space for unexpected conversations through intriguing and vital programming since 1919.

Karen Cain, Executive Director of the Street Homeless Animal Project

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, our April episode of Community Matters features guest Maria Jose Rodriguez Cadiz, the Executive Director of Solace Sexual Assault Services. Solace is a Santa Fe-based nonprofit with a mission of preventing sexual violence and empowering survivors through restoring dignity, strength, and resilience.

Lea VanMerkestyn - Program Director, Life Circle Adult Day Center