EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 61, NO. 29
June 27, 2024
Historic Win for Indian Country and the Inland Empire: San Bernardino's FNX Wins Emmy for Best DEI Program
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ast week’s Emmy Awards celebrated a significant triumph for Indian Country and the Inland Empire as "Indian Rodeo: Voices of the INFR," produced by San Bernardino's FNX – First Nations Experience, won the Emmy for Best Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Program. This landmark victory marks a
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(Left to right) Mariana Lapizco, Frank Blanquet, and Sahar Khadjenoury on the Emmys red carpet on June 15, 2024.
Shayla Sahar interviewing a contestant at the Indian National Finals Rodeo at the South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, Nevada in October 2022.
major milestone in the representation of Indigenous stories and the remarkable efforts of Indigenous female athletes in the competitive world of rodeo. The documentary, directed and produced by Frank Blanquet and Sahar Khadjenoury, who are both TV and Film Producers for FNX, was also nominated alongside their film "Native Hope Champions: Riding for
the Missing." Blanquet shared the inspiration behind the Emmy-winning project, highlighting the rapid turnaround from receiving a grant from the International Women’s Media Foundation Fund for Indigenous Journalists to covering the rodeo circuit. "We had about a week between finding out about the grant and the FNX Emmys cont. on next pg.
Rep. Aguilar Condemns Assaults on Reproductive Freedoms at Planned Parenthood Press Conference on Dobbs Anniversary
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(Left to right) St. John’s Community Health Chief Program Officer Elena Fernandez, Representative Pete Aguilar, and Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties CEO Jon Dunn standing with protestors holding signs that read “I stand with Planned Parenthood.”
By Manny Sandoval
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n a powerful public press conference on Monday, June 24, Rep. Pete Aguilar marked two years since the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, which overturned the constitutional right to an abortion guaranteed
by Roe v. Wade. Aguilar highlighted the ongoing assaults on reproductive freedoms and pledged renewed efforts to safeguard these rights. “Thank you to Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties for providing healthcare to women and indi-
viduals who need it,” Aguilar said. “We are going to continue to call attention to the extremists and the judges who took away women’s fundamental rights, and we will do what we can to reverse their decision and codify women’s healthcare into existPlanned Parenthood Cont. on next pg.