Hola Familia! Welcome back, thank you for your constant support and joining us on our journey! This week, we are excited to share the story of our guest, Carlos Baltazar.
In this episode, Carlos talks about creating an open space to nourish your mental health and encourage the peace that comes from connecting to your surroundings. He then speaks about the beauty in not being perfect as you paint your own future. He encourages the learning of being empathetic which can range from the definition of it to understanding other people's perspectives. In addition, he speaks about the importance of finding common ground in discussions of debate that often lead us to have misunderstandings or conflicting feelings . Hence, pointing out the importance of finding the motive and intentions behind what we say. Join us as we get to know Carlos' story of constant growth and get to know her on a personal level.
Extra information and resources that Carlos would like to share with our familia are as follows:
"There is one completed project work that I would like to promote for educational purposes - Refugio y Retorno: historias de una comunidad reasentada en El Salvador / Refuge and Return: Stories of a Resettled Community in El Salvador. The bilingual work contextualizes the exodus and repatriation of the community of Guarjila, El Salvador based on 10 oral histories. The work is also a platform to the experiences of 10 Salvadoran citizens who experienced the exodus and repatriation. Some topics include, principal causes of the Salvadoran war, refugee camp organization, refugee trauma and description of democratic practices post-war.
In the mid-2010s, a team of Guarjila community members interviewed the 10 community members. The experiences were captured in the form of oral interviews. In 2017, a group of California State University, Northridge students, under the guidance of Dr. Joseph Wiltberger PhD, constructed a platform for such experiences. In short, the project was completed in May 2022 and was presented to the Guarjila community in June 2022. Some of the Salvadoran Interviewees community members were present. The community of Guarjila expressed satisfaction at the stabilization of the memories and suggested locating the work within the platforms of academic institutions, scholars, and people of the world for amplification and for perpetuity. Please share Refugio y Retorno/Refuge and Return along with my story. Thank you!"
Refugio y Retorno: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/refugio-y-retorno/index
Refuge and Return: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/el-salvador-oral-history-project/index
We look forward to continuing to grow our familia one story at a time!
Carlos' forms of contact:
Instagram: @los2ngeles
Email: cb351f@gmail.com
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