Turning Points Magazine

Resuming our discussion on #SheRepresents with Sun Devil alumnae, Representatives Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren and Christina Haswood, this episode highlights the power of the Native vote in the United States. Check out our newest segment called “Indigi-know” where ASU students Lucilla Taryole (Kiowa) and Coral Tachine (Diné) share fun facts about the Native vote.“She Represents” is a podcast series where ASU doctoral student Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst (Húŋkpapȟa & Diné) and Turning Points Magazine editor Taylor Notah (Diné) interview two distinguished Sun Devil alumnae who are breaking glass ceilings in politics. Representatives Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, D-Red Mesa, and Christina Haswood, D-Lawrence, are two Diné politicians making herstory as they are changing what leadership looks like in our governments and communities. Sko Devils!Subscribe to the Turning Points Magazine Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and wherever you listen to podcasts! Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/asuturningpointThe music for today's episode was provided by Christopher Luna and the Sun Devil Drumtie Circle.

Did you know that a hooghan (a traditional Navajo home) provided the best Wi-Fi signal for Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren (Diné) as she studied for the bar exam in 2020? Or that as a grad student, Rep. Christina Haswood (Diné) simultaneously defended her master’s thesis in public health and ran for public office amid the pandemic?Continuing our discussion on She Represents, we chat with Reps. Blackwater-Nygren, D-Red Mesa, and Haswood, D-Lawrence, about the struggles of navigating “Zoom University” during the COVID-19 pandemic. From struggling with Indian Country’s notorious internet connectivity and electricity issues while pursuing school, this episode sheds light on common issues that continuously impact Native students and families across the country.Subscribe to the Turning Points Magazine Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and wherever you listen to podcasts. Find Turning Points Magazine on social media and give us a follow! The music for today's episode was provided by Christopher Luna and the Sun Devil Drumtie Circle.

Reps. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, D-Red Mesa, and Christina Haswood, D-Lawrence, are Diné ‘asdzání (Navajo women) leaders who made national waves in 2021 when they became the youngest sitting legislators in Arizona and Kansas respectively. Kickstarting the first of four podcast episodes, Taylor Notah (Diné) and Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst (Húŋkpapȟa & Diné) of Turning Points Magazine have a Zoom discussion with the fellow Native Sun Devil alumnae about our place-based connections on the Navajo Nation and why we chose Arizona State for our higher education journeys.Stay tuned into the rest of this podcast episode series where we dive further into discussion with the representatives about navigating Zoom University during the pandemic, Indigenizing spaces, and the power of the Native vote and She Represents. Sko Devils!Subscribe to the Turning Points Magazine Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and wherever you listen to podcasts! Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/asuturningpointThe music for today's episode was provided by Christopher Luna and the Sun Devil Drumtie Circle.

In part two of our semester wrap-up, a few of the Turning Points team members shared insight on what it was like to work with the magazine this Spring 2020 semester. Tune in as editor Taylor Notah (Diné) shares insight on what the magazine production process entails and the importance of Native college students sharing their stories. Also hear from our storytellers Savannah Jacobs (Oglala Lakota), Mariah McGhee (Yankton Sioux) and KaLynn Yazzie (Diné) on the narratives that they wrote for the upcoming fifth issue, an edition that highlights the coronavirus pandemic impacting Native Sun Devils at Arizona State.Subscribe to the Turning Points Magazine Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and wherever you listen to podcasts! Find these and other links at http://bit.ly/turningpointsmagazinepodcast.Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/asuturningpoint/.The music for today's episode was provided by Christopher Luna and the Sun Devil Drumtie Circle.

It is finals week at Arizona State! In part one of our semester wrap up, the Turning Points Magazine and podcast team reflect on the rollercoaster semester of Spring 2020. Tune in where editor Taylor Notah (Diné), storytellers and contributors Nicholet Deschine-Parkhurst (Húŋkpapȟa/Diné), Savannah Jacobs (Oglala Lakota), Mariah McGhee (Yankton Sioux), resident cartoonist Danielle Lucero (Isleta Pueblo), intern KaLynn Yazzie (Diné), and graphics team Ravenna Curley (Diné) and Brittany Gene (Diné) all sit down in our final Zoom meeting of the semester and share how we’ve been taking care of ourselves in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Tune into part two of this episode where we each share the stories that we contributed in our upcoming new fifth issue and where we share what our individual roles are with the magazine and what that all entails!Subscribe to the Turning Points Magazine Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and wherever you listen to podcasts! Find these and other links at http://bit.ly/turningpointsmagazinepodcast.Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/asuturningpoint/.The music for today's episode was provided by Christopher Luna and the Sun Devil Drumtie Circle.