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Block & BuildProtecting Migrant Communities w/ Marisa FrancoMarisa Franco, Executive Director of Mijente, joins Cayden to discuss the Trump administration's purposefully cruel deportation efforts and how Mijente is working to respond to these conditions while building power in immigrant communities.
Also in this show, journalist and friend of the pod Sarah Lazare chats about her new piece in the Nation, How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks. The article covers American healthcare workers defending their transgender patients from Trump’s executive order attacks.
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El CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 12 [LIVE]: Trump-Harris Presidential Debate (Los Hot Takes)With the race for the White House neck and neck, what happens on that stage could shape the future of this country—and the terrain we’re organizing on for the next four years.This isn’t just about one debate, either—it’s about the long road ahead to building real political power for nuestra gente. The pundits will focus on soundbites and poll numbers, but we’re here to get to the core of what’s at stake for us: exposing the abuses to immigrant communities, confronting economic inequality, demanding an end to the genocide in Palestine...2024-09-1258 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 11: Mijente’s 2024 Electoral Position and Perspectives (En Vivo)Summer is almost gone but El Calentón sigue ardiendo all year long. In this live episode we will discuss Mijente's 2024 Electoral Position and Perspectives! A lot is happening around us — endorsements, political discussions, hope for the future and uncertainties on how to get there. Here at Mijente, we believe that "hablando nos entendemos", so we want to share with our audience: what does the remainder of Biden's term look like for our communities, what does Project 2025 mean, and what's the hype with Harris + what are our concerns.Hosted by: Ali Bigio, Jorge Gutierrez and Mar...2024-08-0551 min
Más rabiosa que MedeaEstás bajo vigilancia: lo que saben de ti que ni siquiera tú sabes¡Bienvenidos al emocionante final de temporada de “Más rabiosa que Medea”! 🌟 En este episodio especial, nuestra anfitriona Mariana Iriarte Mastronardo nos lleva a las vibrantes calles de Chicago para explorar el evento “Take Back Tech”. Descubre cómo la tecnología impacta nuestras vidas y cómo podemos recuperarla para el bien común. Desde la vigilancia masiva hasta la criminalización de la maternidad, Mariana aborda temas cruciales con su característico enfoque crítico y esperanzador. Además, no podemos dejar de mencionar la obsesión de la Senadora Rodríguez Veve con limitar el derecho al a...2024-07-0138 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 09: ¡Palestina Libre! A conversation with Linda SarsourStudent encampments, water jugs and massive protests across the world. After 200+ days of an ongoing genocide in Palestine we continue to collectively demand for an immediate ceasefire and a total divestment from Universities in the United States to the State of Israel.In this episode, our very own Marisa Franco- Executive Director at Mijente, had a powerful conversation with Brooklyn born Palestinian-Muslim-American organizer, Linda Sarsour.Linda Sarsour has been at the forefront of many insurgent and historic campaigns.Don’t miss this important conversation!Join us at mijente.net/join...2024-04-3048 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 07: Coming out of the shadows, sin miedo: The history of our movementIn this episode we were accompanied by our Political Director and Immigration Organizer / Badass activist, Tania Unzueta. We discussed the history of the immigration movement, and took a trip down memory lane to March 10th, 2006 when over 100,000 protesters flooded Chicago’s downtown Loop.¿Qué ha pasado en nuestro movimiento desde entonces? What wins, losses and lessons have been key in our growth and development as an organization. Hablamos de eso y más… ¡ojo! 👀 También le dimos su chancletazo🩴a Biden for the use of the term "illegal" in his State of the Union speech.Hosted by: Al...2024-03-2139 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 06: Hablemos de inmigración: Political context and organizing opportunities🗣️In this episode, we discussed the latest immigration news happening in the United States.➡️We talked all about the Border Security Bill, SB4, the National Guard, and the Biden administration catering to the likes of Abbott, Desantis, and others' ultraconservative & anti-immigrant sentiments.📍Additionally, we had the privilege of interviewing Jacinta Gonzalez, Mijente's Policy Director, who provided valuable insights into these topics. We also had our traditional temperature check🔥where we discussed a campaign put out by our compas at La Resistencia, which involves Bad Bunny actually being a conejo malo.Hosted by: Aliana Bigio, Cinthya Rodriguez and Jorge Gonzalez2024-03-0536 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 05: El Chisme in the Times of Award Shows y Dystopia🎙️✨ Bienvenidxs to a new episode of El Calentón! 🌟 In episode 05, we're diving into the fascinating world of el chisme in times of award shows y dystopias. 🎭 Have you ever wondered how we can feel excited about awards ceremonies while facing dystopian realities? 💭 In this episode, we explore the contradictions and the bittersweet vibe of award season, from the bright lights of the red carpet to the shadows of a society in crisis. 🌆🏆 Get ready for a caliente conversation full of reflection about entertainment culture and the complexity of our emotions. Don't miss out! 🎬Hosted by: Aliana Bigio, Cinthya Rodriguez a...2024-02-2033 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 04: Mijente 2023 - Highlights Unveiled: Sin, Contra, y Desde el Estado➡️ Get ready to dive deep into the heart of Mijente's 2023 journey, where we unravel the Sin, Contra, y Desde el Estado strategies that have defined our year. Join us as we explore the highlights that propelled us toward a future of resistance and revolution.🌈This episode is a snapshot of our commitment to reaching our gente and moving the needle toward el Buenvivir in our communities. From grassroots movements to shaping our experiences through people power, we're sharing the wins and the challenges that made this year unforgettable. 🌍💙➡️To learn more about Mijente’s 2023 work, visit our blog here...2023-12-2134 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 03: Spilling el Té: Faith, Cultura y OrganizingLet’s face it — religion is very present in Latine communities and our culture. For many, faith and religion has shaped the people were are (or are not!) today. In this episode we’re bringing in our past experiences, connections between faith and activism, our thoughts on the “sucio to santa pipeline”, voice notes (!!!) from compas, and more. En el temperature check, we leave you with how each of the hosts connects to faith in their personal lives.Hosted by: Cinthya Rodriguez, Aliana Bigio and Jorge GutierrezProduced by: Vladimir Perez CarruciniBeco...2023-12-0644 minEl CalentónEl Calentón Ep. 02: Welcome to the CalentónCheck out our intro and first public episode to know more about El Calentón and what fuego means to us, from controlled fires to la candelaria. In this episode's temperature check, Ali brings "artificial intelligence vs Benito" to the table.Hosted by: Cinthya Rodriguez, Aliana Bigio and Jorge GutierrezProduced by: Vladimir Perez CarruciniBecome a Mijente member: mijente.net/join2023-11-2235 min
Radio MeneaEp 235: Yo Lo Hago Con MijenteThis week, we’re bringing you with us on our trip to Tucson, Arizona, where we gathered with other members of Mijente - a Latinx political home for those who seek racial, economic, gender and climate justice. We can’t remember a time where it didn’t feel appropriate to say it’s a politically rough moment, pero ajá. It’s rough times. And because we believe we need joy to fuel our fight, we asked our compas to tell us - and you! - about the songs that have been fueling them. We hope they fuel you too.
Featuring music by He...2023-11-0327 min
Tech Won't Save UsHow Australia Used Tech Against Welfare Recipients w/ Dhakshayini SooriyakumaranParis Marx is joined by Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran to discuss Australia’s robodebt scandal where automated decision-making was used against welfare recipients, and how exploitative AI implementations are being deployed by governments in social welfare and at the borders.Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran is a proud Tamil person and a PhD candidate at Australian National University whose work focuses on digital identification systems and border policing regimes. Follow Dhakshayini on Twitter as @Dhakshayini_S.🚨 T-shirts are now available!Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldvi...2021-08-0541 min
La CuraCultural Memory and Healing JusticeBlack Queer Feminist cultural/memory worker, curator, and organizer of 30 plus years, Cara Page, join us to talk cultural memory and healing justice.
Cara is one of the architects of the healing justice political strategy, envisioned by many in the US South and deeply rooted in Black Feminist traditions and Southern Black Radical Traditions of the Global South. She is co-founder and current leadership team member of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective. She is also the former ED of The Audre Lorde Project, and former National Coordinator of the Committee on Women, Population & the Environment.
Y...2021-06-2240 min
AirGoSawyer Seminar Vol. 4 - Immigration (im)Mobility w/ Amalia Pallares & Tania UnzuetaAirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this episode, we dig deep into the contemporary undocumented rights movement with UIC Professor Amalia Pallares and Mijente Political Director Tania Unzueta. The former mentor-mentee duo go through the timeline of Tania's involvement in the struggle, from her canceled appearance in front of Congress on September 11th, to the fight for DACA to be passed in the early 2010s, to her step into electoral politics over the last few years. Throughout the story...2021-06-1547 min
agitated.agitated. S1 Ep3. - We Want Ramen & Roses Too with Daniel LeeWe interview friend of the show Dr. Daniel Wayne Lee, longtime organizer, people’s politician, and activist and now vice mayor of Culver City, CA, on the merits and challenges to the inside/outside approach to systemic change. We talk about direct action and civil disobedience -- what distinguishes them from one another and why both are necessary. And of course, we learn what radicalized Daniel to choose this life of fighting tirelessly for racial, economic and environmental justice.
What’s agitating us? We vent about the political + corporate corruption happening in the ranks of the European Unio...2021-06-131h 31
AFSC On the IssuesAFSC On the Issues: Unpacking Biden's BorderSince April of 2020, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has been bringing in-the-moment updates of our work responding to community needs and addressing issues around the world through our weekly series of Facebook Live conversations. AFSC On the Issues revisits those conversations in podcast form to help you stay informed and stay engaged with our work to build peaceful and just communities.In this episode, AFSC staff members Tori Bateman, Dov Baum, and Pedro Rios are joined by the Transnational Institute’s Nick Buxton to discuss a report released by AFSC, TNI, and Mijente explores the financial campaign co...2021-06-0729 minLa CuraCapoeira, Spirt and RebellionJahsun Fakolade Edmonds joins us to share about the spiritual roots of Capoeira and the martial art's connection to Black rebellion and liberation.
Fakokade is a Capoeira practitioner of 20 years. He is also a Professor of Africana Studies at California State University Dominguez Hills and a Babalawo, IFA Priest.
You can learn more about Fakolade on FB under Jahsun Edmonds and on IG under @oluwo_fakolade. Learn more about his IFA Temple, Idin Ka at idinkaaifatemple.com.
La Cura Podcast is a project of Mijente. Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE us and write us...2021-05-2539 minLa CuraThe Power of Water HealingRocio Navarro joins us for a beautiful conversation about the power of water as an element and tool for healing and rebirthing ourselves. Rocio is a healing artist that works intimately and creatively, with water. She is Vaginal Steam Hydrotherapist, Ceremonialist, Spiritual Counselor, Energy and Sound Healer with a Sociology degree/background.
You can learn more about Rocio Navarro by going to her website rocionavarro.org and you can follow her on IG @water_healing.
La Cura Podcast is a project of Mijente. Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE us and write us a review! Share this epis...2021-05-1132 minLa CuraLa Sabiduria del CuerpoPara nuestro segundo episodio de la temporada en español, nos acompaña Luis Colunga, persona no binaria, antirracista, terapeuta psicocorporal, psicólogo y sexólogo educador. Nos ilumina sobre como la sanación somática y emocional combinado con una perspectiva antirracista y social puede crear espacios de contención y acompañamiento, espacios para poder sentirlo todo.
La Cura Podcast es un proyecto de Mijente. ¡SUSCRÍBETE, CALIFICA y escríbenos una reseña! ¡Comparte este episodio con otros!
Síganos en IG en @lacurapodcast y @conmijente. Puede enviarnos un correo electrónico a lacurapodcast...2021-05-0439 minLa CuraLa Medicina del ReikiEpisodio en español
Julia Laporte, practicante del Reiki por mas de 25 anos nos acompaña para iluminarnos sobre las raíces, filosofía y practica de esta modalidad de sanación que hoy es tan popular y muchas veces explotada.
Puedes seguir a Julia en las redes sociales bajo Julie Laporte.
La Cura Podcast is a project of Mijente. Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE us and write us a review! Share this episode with others!
Follow us on IG at @lacurapodcast and @conmijente. You can email us at lacurapodcast@gmail.com, we...2021-04-2733 min
WINE am I like this?!Look At Us Grow!!!On this episode we discuss how this podcast has helped us grow so far. We started the podcast with the intention that it would help us with some of the mental problems we have with our own lives. Margaret has learned to have some confidence and Martha has figured out how to let go a little. We both have many other things we want to work on with his podcast and we’re not ending, because we’re having an amazing time.If you would like to donate to any of the following causes for Martha's birthday here...2021-04-231h 05La CuraSeeding Afro-Indigenous SovereigntyKiani Conley-Wilson, is a grower, activist, and organizer based in Troy, NY. and Assistant Program Manager of the Soul Fire Farm join us.
Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. They raise and distribute life-giving food as a means to end food apartheid. With deep reverence for the land and wisdom of the ancestors, they work to reclaim their collective right to belong to the earth and to have agency in the food system.
Learn more about the Soul Fire Farm at so...2021-04-2035 minLa CuraDecolonizing YogaSpeaker, teacher trainer, Yoga culture advocate, and best-selling author Susanna Barkataki shares the roots of yoga and its tradition of social justice and liberation. In the West, Yoga has been commodified, exploited and stripped from its earth based framework and practice. Susanna grounds us in the Yoga earth based philosophical essence and reminds us yoga is for all bodies to restore balance and connection to the elements.
Deepen your understanding and buy Susana Barkataki's book, Embrace Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Practice.
Learn more about Susanna Barkataki at SusannaBarkataki.com
Learn mor...2021-04-1338 minLa CuraHealing Eating DisordersGloria Lucas, Founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride joins us to talk about how the power of healing disorders can be found in deepening our understanding of the intersections of history, capitalism, oppression and trauma. Her work has been featured in NPR, Teen Vogue, MTV, Huffpost, Los Angeles Times, and Bitch Magazine.
You can learn more about Gloria and Nalgona Positivity Pride by visiting their platforms.
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...2021-04-0636 minLa CuraLet's Talk About the Covid19 VaccineDr. Neelam Pathikonda joins us to talk about the Covid19 Vaccine: the concerns, the questions and the myths. Dr. Pathikonda is a family medicine osteopathic physician with a public health background working in South Los Angeles and was a community organizer for over a decade before medical school.
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Equality Arizona UpdatesEpisode 5: SurveillanceDr. H.L.T. Quan and tanner menard are joined by special guest Nicholas Bustamante for a discussion on surveillance technologies and privacy rights.Full Episode TranscriptLinks and ShownotesEpisode 5 Reading List | BookshopThe exact quote from Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO“We don’t need you to type at all. We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.”How to secure your phone before attending a protest - The VergePalantir...2021-03-2350 minLa CuraThe Politics of HealthMark-Anthony Johnson Kicks off Season 3 of La Cura Podcast! As a licensed acupuncturist and experienced organizer, Mark-Anthony joins us to discuss what is health and who benefits from us being well enough. He invites us to look through a liberatory lens of wellness and names key elements in building a society that truly centers wellbeing.
Mark-Anthony Johnson is the Founder and Director of the Frontline Wellness Network, a network of health workers working to end the public health crisis of criminalization and incarceration.
You can learn more about Mark-Anthony at resilientstrategies.org. Follow him on twi...2021-03-2338 min
Who Belongs?EP 34 - How ICE uses tech to target immigrantsIn this episode of Who Belongs? we hear from Jacinta González, an organizer with Mijente, a non-profit which leads campaigns to educate and organize around issues concerning immigration, detentions and deportations. Jacinta explains how ICE and other law enforcement agencies are using surveillance technologies to target immigrant communities and other communities of color, and gives us her take on what the new administration in Washington must do about it. This interview was conducted by Emnet Almedom, a policy analyst here at OBI.
For a transcript of this interview, please visit: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/whobelongs/ice-tech2021-02-0439 min
Latina TheoryMijente's Electoral Organizing with Arianna GenisWe kick off our 2021 winter season with a reflection on the presidential election, inauguration, and Latina/o/x political power. We talk with Latina Theory co-founder, Arianna Genis, about her recent accomplishments as well as celebrate Latina Theory's birthday (5 years!).
Arianna Genis is a xicana organizer, political campaigner, digital strategist, and storyteller. She’s led and won local candidate campaigns in Minnesota. In 2020, she dedicated her time to building the political power of the Latinxs with Mijente, leading efforts in the battleground state of North Carolina as part of a Fuera Trump, a successful nationwide campaign dedicated to mo...2021-01-2652 min
Latinos Who LunchEpisode 185: Bye Bye 20202020 was rough...to say the least. Babs and Favy bring you the last episode del año with laughs, tears and alien conspiracy theories. Listen in as we read your letters about family and acceptance as they bid farewell to the year.
As always, send your questions to AskLWLpod@gmail.com and we may read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod #latinx
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TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesLooking Back at 2020This week on the TransLash Podcast, we go back and bring you the best segments from our first year with this lookback. As always, we start with a moment of trans joy, hearing Tyler Rodriguez’s palpable glee that comes from helping other trans people feel more comfortable in their bodies through a binder exchange program. Then, Debi Jackson, a former conservative Southern Baptist turned trans rights advocate, joins Imara to take a peek into the mentality of the Christian Right to learn how we might get them in our side. Plus, we hear from, Isa Noyola, deputy Director of...2020-12-2448 min
Ground Game: GeorgiaEpisode 01: Where The South Goes Is Where The Nation’s Gonna GoGetting out the vote is vital work, but how do you get people to that starting line in the first place? SONG has been working alongside communities in the South for decades, meeting the needs of their neighbors where they live while building up political muscle. Hear how that work came to fruition in 2020’s races to elect new county sheriffs in Georgia, as SONG Power campaign lead Robert-John Hinojosa traces the organization’s past and present with hosts Holly Anderson and Marcus Patrick Ellsworth.
Episode references:
SONG - https://southernersonnewground.org/
SONG Powe...2020-12-0316 min
The Discomfort PracticeEpisode #8: Isa Noyola On Being a Transgender Latina Activist and the Precarious Lives of Trans MigrantsIsa Noyola is a well known and respected translatina activist and trans leader in the US. She talks about her work to end ICE detention of trans migrants, what it’s like to come out as trans when you’re a first generation Mexican American pastor’s kid and how none of us is free until all of us are free. Betsy & Isa talk about being free to express the feminine in a patriarchal world, the strong values and community organising experience their religious backgrounds gave them both and reasons to be optimistic, even in (and especially in) difficult times. You can fi...2020-12-0136 min
Sunstorm with Alicia Garza & Ai-jen PooBreaking Through Bubbles with Marisa FrancoMarisa Franco helps Latinx people build political power through Mijente, the national action hub she founded in 2015. Drawing on her work in many diverse communities, she’s here to demystify organizing with simple steps anyone can take. (Hint: Start by pretending you’re throwing a party.) She also explains why everyone should be concerned about tech companies’ increasingly terrifying role in public life—and why regulation is needed to hold them accountable. Plus: The latest election intel from Arizona, finding inspiration in the desert, and joining the “secret club” of parents who’ve unlocked a new level of fearlessness.2020-10-1323 min
Se Ve Se EscuchaEpisode 14: Weave and spinHola hola! We are kicking off a new season of Se Ve Se Escucha with José A. Romero! In this episode we talk about language and sex, the Dennis deLeon Language Justice Institute and how José has brought together interpreting, organizing, community mobilization, education, and healthcare programming. José is an HIV+ abolitionist and healthcare organizer and strategist based out of Durham, NC. They currently work at the Latino Commission on AIDS, and is blessed to include #DurhamBeyondPolicing, SONG, Mijente, and the Gran Varones, as their political home. José can be reached at joseromero2010@gmail.com or @pupusapapi_27 Hope you enjoy!
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TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesImmigration, Detention and Trans RightsIn this episode, Imara has important conversations about the intersection of immigration and trans experiences. Maria Hinojosa, founder of The Futuro Media Group and co-host of In The Thick, discusses her new book, the importance of diverse voices in journalism, and how the arrest of an undocumented trans woman highlighted some of the earliest abuses of power from the Trump administration. Transform: Isa Noyola, deputy Director of an organization centering Latinx people in social justice movements called Mijente, discusses her work around abolishing systems that oppress trans immigrant communities of color. This segment contains details of t...2020-09-1739 minLa CuraRemedios & ReflectionsListen to our final episode of our Ofrendas series for Season two with these beautiful freedom fighter, healers, historians. They bring us a full episode of medicine through poetry, reflection and traditional remedios for our physical and spiritual nourishment.
Jesus Villa is a Phoenix based curandero and activist.
Dulce Juarez is a Phoenix based yoga practitioner, envirionmental justice organizer and traditional healer. You can follow her on IG @dulceperopicosa
Manuel Criollo is a scholar, historian and long time racial and economic justice organizer based in New Mexico. You can follow him on Twitter @redp...2020-08-301h 01La CuraFortifying in Covid TimesBeautiful conversation with, long time bodyworker, healing justice practitioner, activist Susan Raffo on collective care, tending to ourselves and meaning making in this global pandemic moment.
Based in Minnesota, Susan works towards ending the medical industrial complex and lifts up practices and traditions that have been co-opted or forced into disappearance. She is fiercely committed to the work of ending white supremacy systems, cultural and somatics change.
You can learn more about her work and read here powerful blogs at https://www.susanraffo.com/
Please RATE us and SUBSCRIBE. Share this episode with othe...2020-08-1528 min
The Bitchuation RoomBreaking Biden with Marisa Franco and Zahra NoorbakhshHow can progressive movements bring Biden to the Bernie side? Marisa Franco of Mijente joins Francesca with some insights into how the joint policy task force on immigration went down, and the push needed to hold Biden accountable in the first 100 days of office. If we even get there. Plus, comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh joins to sing bits from her forthcoming musical on the decline of American civilization. And introducing a new new segment “Extreme Postal Makeover” about how to make the USPS irresistible in the face of authoritarian meddling. Featuring:Zahra Noorbakhsh (@ZahraComedy, Good Muslim Bad Muslim)Marisa Franco (@National direc...2020-08-101h 14
The Bitchuation RoomBreaking Biden with Marisa Franco and Zahra NoorbakhshHow can progressive movements bring Biden to the Bernie side? Marisa Franco of Mijente joins Francesca with some insights into how the joint policy task force on immigration went down, and the push needed to hold Biden accountable in the first 100 days of office. If we even get there. Plus, comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh joins to sing bits from her forthcoming musical on the decline of American civilization. And introducing a new new segment “Extreme Postal Makeover” about how to make the USPS irresistible in the face of authoritarian meddling. Featuring:Zahra Noorbakhsh (@ZahraComedy, Good Muslim Bad Muslim)Marisa Franco (@National direc...2020-08-101h 14
Singularity.FMJacinta González on ICE, Palantir, Big Tech and SurveillanceJacinta González is not an angel or venture capitalist. She is not a scientist or a technologist. She doesn’t have a Ph.D. in AI or quantum mechanics. She is not an entrepreneur who founded the next unicorn startup. Yet Jacinta’s decade-long first-hand experience of surveillance, and the system and technology that supports it, is as eye-opening as any expert’s. A point of view that is much needed to take us out of our often utopian tech-bubbles dominated mostly by narratives created in the marketing departments of Silicon Valley. That is why I was very happy to have...2020-08-061h 53La CuraBreathing Release Practice with Mariella SabaMariella Saba shares a breathing practice to release the fear and anxiety energy stored in our bodies and attract the vibrations of joy, love, aliveness and liberation.
Mariella who has her roots from Palestine to Mexico currently resides in Los Angeles where she founded and currently helps lead Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement.
Please share this practice with others! This offering is part of La Cura’s Community Care Series which will include community organizers, artists, healers and leaders sharing their grounding practices and rituals with us as...2020-08-0326 min
Fundamentals of OrganizingMake a F*@&ing Play with Marisa FrancoWe are becoming an America we’ve never been. Marisa Franco, director and co-founder of Mijente, talks with George about organizing infrastructure to support progressive leadership in the immigrant rights and broader Latinx and Chicanx community. This brutal moment of recovering, unlearning, and remembering is teaching us that we are only as safe and healthy as the most vulnerable among us -- and that through inclusive collectivity, we can move from respectability politics to strong, multiracial alliances and people power.Marisa Franco is the Phoenix-based Director and Co-founder of Mijente, a hub for Latinx an...2020-07-2322 minLa CuraShame, Brown Pride and Pro-BlacknessIn this Episode of La Cura, long time friends Marisa Franco, Director of Mijente and Francisca Porchas Coronado La Cura Podcast host and producer have a spiritual and political conversation about the impact of colonization, the role of shame, how pride plays out from a non-Black Latinx perspective, empathy as an antidote, and where to begin in building pro-Blackness.
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Earth and Spirit PodcastRadical Self-Care: A Conversation with Folk Healer and Activist Sarah NunezSarah Nunez is a Latinx folk healer and activist in Louisville, KY. Through her work helping to heal bodies, communities, and unjust systems, Sarah embraces the deep roots of indigenous wisdom and storytelling. She envisions a future in which people of all backgrounds can recover our connection with each other and with the natural world that is our home and kin.
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National Mijente Movement: https://mijente.net/
Louisville Mijente is on Facebook at Mijente Louisville
Aflorar Herb Collective is on Instagram at @aflorarherbcollective
2020-07-1646 minLa CuraEmotion and Spirit Support for ParentsBianca Gragg, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, community member and revolutionary mother shares with us a reflection and short contemplative practice for parents and all those who are currently taking care of children during this time of quarantine. Whether you are a parent or know parents or caretakers who need support share this beautiful offering with them.
Born and raised in the border city of El Paso Texas and now residing in North Carolina, Bianca is deeply invested in supporting the healing of others in the community as well as her own healing, recognizing their interconnection.
Pl...2020-07-1016 min
Now What18 George Floyd - Defunding the PoliceHost: Diane Gil Co Host: Antonio Moore Episode Introduction: In this episode of the ‘Now What’, Diane and her co-host Antonio Moore continue to talk about the continuing anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd leading to a demand to defund police departments across the nation. Episode Summary: The podcast episode is a continued discussion of George Floyd in episodes 14 and 15. Our co-host Antonio shares the history of police dominance rooted back to American slavery and legalized segregation. There is also discussion about the legislation that allows...2020-07-0412 minLa CuraCollective Healing with Healing by Choice!Healing By Choice! Joins us from Detroit, Michigan and they bring all the wisdom and nourishment you didn't know you needed. Adela Nieves Martinez, Marcia Lee and Amanda Hill, all members and healing arts practitioners share their story and their spiritual perspective on this moment, their take on collective care and what this pandemic moment is asking of us all.
Healing by choice! is a circle of women and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color Health and Healing Practitioners, based in Detroit. They offer a range of healing modalities for self and community care for the reduction of racia...2020-07-041h 02
Lady Don't Take NoThe Homegirl, The Hand Grenade: Marisa FrancoAlicia Garza is joined this week by Marisa Franco, the Director and Co-Founder of Mijente, a digital and grassroots organizing hub for Latinx and Chicanx people. Garza and Franco discuss the origins of Mijente, challenges facing the Latinx community right now, and whether or not we can “message test” our way to freedom. Plus, Garza’s weekly roundup of all things great and awful known as Lady Don’t Take No!Marisa Franco on Twitter and at InstagramLady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook. 2020-06-1938 min
Radio Menea[ENCORE] Ep 96: Soundtrack De La LuchaWe're on a summer break beibis, so here are some favorites from our archive.
These are the songs that keep us going when the fight gets hard, that bring us joy when things are difficult, the songs that make el trabajo político fun. We just came back from Mijente's Sazonblea, and we're feeling the love from being part of a political home. We asked our compas attending the gathering about the music fueling their political work, and they delivered an incredible playlist for the movement.
Featuring music by Luis Enrique, La Santa Cecilia, Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny, Natanael Cano, H...2020-06-1945 min
Bridging PhillyFlashpoint: A look at institutionalized racism in wake of George Floyd death, man guards Port RichmondHost and KYW Newsradio Community Affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about institutionalized racism. Rev Mark Kelly Tyler, pastor of Mother Bethel AME Church and co-chair of the Board of POWER joins Dr. Charles Gallagher, chair of the sociology and criminology departments at La Salle University, Stacey Hawkins, a professor at Rutgers Law School and an expert in diversity law and Erika Almiron, social justice advocate with Mijente.
The Patriot Homecare Changemaker of the week is Detective Lamont Hudson, private security agent who helped guard businesses in Port Richmond save merchandise from looters.
See omnystudio.com/policies/listener...2020-06-1442 minLa CuraOfrenda: Traditional Healing Song with Adilia TorresAdilia Torres, shares with permission a sacred song that came to a fellow healer through prayer. Listen, sign it as a healing balm for yourself and sign it in community for others to receive its powerful nourishment. This medicine song is a healing balm shared to you with love and for the healing of our communities.
Adilia Torres is a queer Chicana-Indigena from Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico. Her practice as a community mental health clinician is centered in cultural and spiritual attunement and indigenous medicine. Adilia is the founder of La Botanica Azul--a sustainable space for ancestral p...2020-06-1214 min
Latina to LatinaTwo Latina Activists on Latinos' Place in Anti-BlacknessThis week we pause to reckon with the national call for justice that followed the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and countless Black Americans in what's become an epidemic of sanctioned violence. Alicia talks to veteran community organizer Rosa Clemente and Marisa Franco, co-founder of Mijente, an action hub for social justice, about anti-blackness in Latino cultures, the colonization of identity, and what we must each do right now to make lasting change possible. Follow Rosa @blackpuertoricanphd on Instagram and @rosaclemente on Twitter; and follow Marisa @marisa_franco on Twitter and @marisafranco on IG. If you l...2020-06-0846 minLa CuraNational Queer and Trans Therapists of Color NetworkErica Woodland talks to us about his pioneering and breakthrough Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network committed to transforming mental health for queer and trans people of color. Erica's work specifically acknowledges the harm and violence perpetuated by the medical-industrial complex and actively works to both intervene directly on this system as well as create new systems of care for our communities. We discuss reclaiming resilience as a practice that involves fighting for justice and the practice of healing justice as part of a long ancestral legacy that can guide us in our work and healing.
Yo...2020-06-0247 minLa CuraDecolonizing Mutual AidVeralucia Mendoza, Mijente member, Queer Afro-Indigenous migrant from the deserts of Peru and one of the main organizers and founders of the amazing Mutual Aid efforts in Toledo, Ohio. She joins us to talk about the history of mutual aid, its current invaluable practice during Covid times and centers a decolonizing frame and practice of it.
Veralucia is committed to practicing Ancestral Futurism-imagining and creating better futures based on ancestral power, including our ancestors in the movement. This practice calls her to community organizing and disrupting culture. You can follow Veralucia Mendoza on IG at @cala_verita, che...2020-05-2654 minLa CuraMothering and Being MotheredBONUS Episode for Mother's Day. Friends Carla Gonzales and Francisca Porchas Coronado engage in a funny, introspective and insightful conversation about being mothered by Latinx migrant mamas and how that translates into who they are today, especially as mamas themselves, the highs, the lows, and the funny moments.
Happy Mother's Day 2020!
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2020-05-101h 03La CuraNavigating Anxiety and GriefAida Manduley shares their wisdom as a therapist and educator on the nuances of anxiety, depression, and grief normalizing our feelings and encouraging our curiosity about them. Listen for the simple and valuable tools that they share on how best to tend to ourselves now and beyond this pandemic moment.
Aida Manduley, Licensed Clinical Social Worker is an award-winning boriqueer activist, therapist, and educator known for big earrings and building bridges. At the core of Aida’s work is a strong set of anti-oppressive values, an insatiable curiosity for others’ perspectives, and a love of tackling taboos.
...2020-05-081h 10La CuraGrounding MeditationLuana Morales shares a grounding mediation and reflection practice with us this week! Luana is a Birth and Bereavement Doula, Death Midwife, Circle keeper, Officiant, Reiki Master Teacher, and Herbal Apprentice devoted to reclaiming our birth, death, and Afro-Indigenous healing practices. She is one of the founders of Seeds of Our Ancestors, a mobile interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and multi lineage healing squad.
Please share this practice with others! This offering is part of La Cura’s Community Care Series which will include community organizers, artists, healers and leaders sharing their grounding practices and rituals with us as a way...2020-05-0109 minLa CuraThe Impact of Covid-19 On Latinos in the U.S.Listen to this special episode on the Mijente and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement's new report "The Impact of Covid-19 On Latinos in the U.S.". We’re dying disproportionately and bearing the brunt of this crisis. It is critical we tell our stories! Listen to how we are organizing for the SOLUTIONS that we need.
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2020-04-2437 minLa CuraCourage Meditation with Dr. Monika L. SonDr. Monika L. Son gifts us a courage and compassion meditation for this week's Ofrenda. A native New York Afro-Dominicana born to immigrant parents, educator/scholar/healer/activist, Monika actively integrates healing into teaching and learning spaces in higher education, particularly for BIPOC communities. Her passion lies in building and growing transformative curriculum for students, faculty and educators through an embodied, anti-oppressive and inclusive, trauma informed, social justice lens.
Please share this practice with others! This offering is part of La Cura’s Community Care Series which will include community organizers, artists, healers and leaders sharing their grounding p...2020-04-1721 minLa CuraHealing, Resilience and PowerListen to the Resilient Strategies team--Mark-Anthony Jonhnson, Prentis Hemphill and Francisca Porchas Coronado, host of La Cura Podcast on Politicized Healing and what it can offer us in this moment of Covid19 and beyond to heal and build power in the way that we need to.
Resilient Strategies is healing justice project transforming the impact of state violence on our bodies, our behaviors and the organizations we build as a critical part of liberation.
To learn more about Prentis Hemphill you can visit their website at prentishemphill.com and you can follow them on IG @p...2020-04-111h 01La CuraCommunity Care Series: Ofrenda by Muertero YamilMuertero Yamil is a Pennsylvania based health worker on the frontlines of the Covid19 pandemic. He shares with us his grounding spiritual practice of the past 27 years and especially now as he navigates care giving for so many battling illness daily.
Please share this practice with others! This offering is part of La Cura's Community Care Series which will include community organizers, artists, healers and leaders sharing how their grounding practices and rituals in this moment with us all as a way of building resisilience together in this challenging moment globally.
Please share this...2020-04-0114 minLa CuraCommunity Care Series: Ofrenda by Dr. Diana Quinn Inla'kechDr. Diana Quinn Inla'kech shares holistic and traditional recipes and the healing power of plants for immune and spiritual support generously shared to her by two Curadera friends especially for this offering on La Cura.
This offering is part of La Cura's Community Care Series which will include community organizers, artists, healers and leaders sharing how they are grounding spiritually and physically in this moment with us all as a way of building resilience together in this challenging moment globally.
Check out Dr. Quinn Inla'kech's blog on the recipes at https://www.drdianaquinn.com/blog
2020-03-2511 minLa CuraHolistic Immunity SupportKicking off our Community Care Series with Dr. Diana Quinn Inlak'ech who educates and grounds us on a holistic view of how to take care of our system and each other. Diana Inlak'ech, ND is a licensed naturopathic doctor at the intersection of social justice, spirituality and healing. Specializing in somatic bodywork, integrative mental health, and decolonized healing modalities within a politicized framework.
You can access her blog Holistic Support for Immunity and Viral Prevention at https://www.drdianaquinn.com/blog
Please rate and subscribe to La Cura! You can follow us at @lacurapodcast on I...2020-03-1832 minLa CuraStorytelling as MedicineAward winning HIV activist and artist, Louie A. Ortiz-Fonseca joins us to share about the creation of The Gran Varones Project, which uses storytelling to elevate the stories of Latinx & Afro-Latinx Gay, Queer, Trans, Bisexual Men & Bois and his hit Youtube show Kikis with Louie!
Check out @GranVarones on Instagram and Tumbler and Kikis with Louie on Youtube.
2020-03-0859 minLa CuraConflict and Transformation Part TwoBelia Mayeno Saavedra returns for the second part of our conversation on Conflict and Transformation. She takes us deeper into the intersection between conflict, vulnerability, shame and accountability. She answers questions by Mijente members on setting boundaries with family, moving past toxic chapters in our lives and building self-awareness.
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2020-02-2459 minLa CuraConflict and TransformationA politicized somatics and restorative justice practitioner, a tarot reader of 25 years and an initiate into the Orisha Oshun, Belia Saavedra Mayeno brings us her deep wisdom on what conflict is and how we relate to it making connections to shame, belonging, safety and dignity.
Belia references Generative Somatics in this episode. You can learn more at generativesomatics.org
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Who Is?Who is Stephen Miller?Who is Stephen Miller? One of three Senior Advisors to the President--along with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump--Miller is arguably the person who has had the greatest impact on the most people. Policy that Miller has devised, and, thanks to a conservative-leaning Supreme Court, by in large been able to enact, has changed how immigration works in the United States. But that's not all: as one of President Trump's favorite speechwriters, Miller has crafted much of the language that brings "Make America Great Again" to life. On this episode of Who Is, Sean Morrow explores how a Jewish kid...2020-02-0442 minLa CuraSanacion y Resiliencia en Puerto RicoSeason 1: Lourdes Hernandez Rivera nos cuenta sobre los esfuerzos de sanación a través de su proyecto Caminando La Utopía y muchos más por toda la Isla de Puerto Rico dado la devastación de los terremotos recientes y el huracán Maria de hace dos años. Con miles de personas desposeídas por la Isla, ella es una lider y sanadora entre muchos mas, creando conciencia política y resiliencia emocional y física a miles de ellos.
Si deseas saber mas de los esfuerzos de Caminando La Utopía por favor sigue en IG @c...2020-01-1947 minLa CuraParte 2: Politica de Territorio y MedicinaSeason 1: Esta es la Segunda Parte de la conversación con Mimi Salvador sobre la política de su territorio en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana, la cosmovisión de su gente y la medicina. En este capítulo Mimi nos comparte su pensamiento sobre el Ayahuasca que viene de la cosmología de su gente y el hecho de que ahora esta siendo usado por estadounidenses y europeos fuera y dentro del territorio.
Siganos en Instagram @lacurapodcast y envíenos un correo electrónico a lacurapodcast@gmail.com para compartir su sentir sobre este capitulos y capitulos pasados o...2019-12-2350 minLa CuraLa Politica de Territorio y La MedicinaSeason 1: La Cura's FIRST episode in Spanish! Este es el primer episodio de La Cura en español! Esta es la primera parte de una conversación de dos partes con Mimi Salvador Lucero, joven Kichwa de la área de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. Mimi nos comparte sobre su comunidad de su pueblo originario indígena, Kichwa, su Cosmovisión, la lucha política y espiritual por su territorio y el futuro del planeta en acuerdo a su tradición.
La Cura Espisodes are out every other Sunday. Subscribe! Check us out at LaCuraPodcast.com and follow us o...2019-12-0849 minLa CuraDeath MidwiferyIn conversation with Boston based Boricua and Death Midwife, Luana Morales we explore our relationship to death spiritually and emotionally, the influence of the medical industrial complex on our self-determination after death, and that of our beloveds, and the funeral industry's elitist history.
Luana will tell us what her powerful work of death midwifery entails and how to make the best choices around our transition and that of our loved ones.
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Radio MeneaEp 96: Soundtrack De La LuchaThese are the songs that keep us going when the fight gets hard, that bring us joy when things are difficult, the songs that make el trabajo político fun. We just came back from Mijente's Sazonblea, and we're feeling the love from being part of a political home. We asked our compas attending the gathering about the music fueling their political work, and they delivered an incredible playlist for the movement.
Featuring music by Luis Enrique, La Santa Cecilia, Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny, Natanael Cano, Hector Lavoe, La Banda del Mango, Susana Baca, Arcangel, Hole, Vladi, Plena Combativa and D...2019-11-0143 min
Girls Gone Canon CastHis Dark Materials: Episode 5 - Northern Lights/The Golden Compass Chapters 13-15
Northern Lights/The Golden Compass - Chapters 10-12
New members join Lyra's party: an aeronaut, an armored bear, and soon - however fleeting - a severed child.
PART TWO: BOLVANGAR
CHAPTERS 13, 14, 15
THIRTEEN Fencing
FOURTEEN Bolvangar Lights
FIFTEEN The Dæmon Cages
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On TrackAdvocates: Immigrant Community Fearful But Resilient Amid Deportation PoliciesThough substantial evidence of nation-wide raids by Immigration and Customs enforcement (ICE) last weekend failed to materialize, the threat affected Louisville's immigrant population and may have discouraged some from getting basic services. We talk with advocates about President Trump's immigration policies and how the community has become accustomed to the threat, yet continually impacted by it. Our guests were:
Americana Community Center Executive Director Edgardo Mansilla
Define American Executive Director Ryan Eller
Mijente Louisville Spokesperson Jesús Ibañez
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2019-07-1954 minLa CuraElevating Our Ancestors, Elevating OurselvesAncestors are complicated. Some of them we knew, loved immensely, and miss daily. Others we knew and their memory causes pain, and we hope to never repeat their mistakes again in the world. Either way, they inevitably live in us and in our families' costumbres, personalities and behaviors. Should we honor and elevate them all irregardless of their character? If so, how?
In this episode, we speak to Jose Rodriguez, "Agboola" about his ancient West African spiritual tradition of Ifá--which has made its way to every corner of Latin America from Chile to Colombia, Brazil to Cuba...2019-05-0451 minLa CuraHealing Our Bodies with FoodThe world might disagree on a lot. One thing is for sure--we all love food! From filling up our bellies with our delicious traditional dishes to treating our corazoncitos, physical pains, and illnesses with our ancestral ingredients, food is central to who we are and what we do. In this episode we are in conversation about the energetic and nourshing healing capacity of food with Julio Medoza, Chef and owner of The Ital Trap, a mobile and pop-up food concept that specializes in tropical plan-centric cuisine and Chef Maria Parra Cano, owner and mami-prenuer of Sana Sana Foods, a...2019-04-201h 07La CuraFlower Essence Medicine for the Heart and the SpiritWe use the essences of flowers in many forms as a people, from our abuelita's manzanilla teas to the curadera's esencias floridas also known as tinctures, flowers have served our bodies and hearts for generations. In this episode we converse with Flower Doctor, Organizer and Masters In Family Therapy, Guadalupe Rocio Chavez about her path as a Flower Essence Healer in Los Angeles tending to formally incarcerated people and their families through the healing power of flowers. She will teach us about transforming grief, anger, melancholy and restoring a sense of connection through the power of "plantitas".
2019-04-061h 09La CuraIs Therapy Only for the Locos?Increasingly, Latinx people are more open and actively seeking counseling and therapy as a source of healing. At the same time, many in our familias still believe it is only for the "locos" or the "blancos", but the root of this belief is not unfounded. The history of psychology has been used as a tool of white supremacy for centuries. We will talk to Cristalis Capielo Rosario, Ph.D and Professor at Arizona State University about her journey and her culture shock after moving from the island of Puerto Rico to the U.S. South, loving psychology while still...2019-03-2353 minLa CuraHealing Our CommunitiesLet's talk healing! Healing is a word that is becoming increasingly popular, but what does it really mean for so many of us in the Latinx community? In this episode, spiritual and political leaders Manuela Arciniegas y Manuel Criollo engage in the polemic about what we are healing from, and what awaits us on the other side of transformation. Our traditional healing practices have been critical to our own survival and continued presence as Latinx people. We will converse about how our culture, traditions, stories, and remedios continue to sustain us and nourish us even in the midst of all th...2019-03-091h 22La CuraComing March 9th: La CuraIntroducing La Cura Podcast by Mijente in collaboration with Resilient Strategies. Hosted by Francisca Porchas Coronado.
La Cura will take you on a journey that centers Latinx healing and wellbeing. We will explore what healing is, the possibilities for for it, and engage in conversation with thought leaders, historians, spiritual sages, trauma informed healers, traditional and western medicine practitioners and many more.
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Team HumanEp. 120 Jacinta Gonzalez and Amy Herzog on "Amazon's Cloud Industrial Complex"Playing for Team Human today: immigrant rights activists Jacinta Gonzalez and Amy Herzog.Jacinta and Amy will be showing us why the people living in Queens, New York may not want to welcome Amazon’s HQ2 with open arms. With Amazon poised to deliver on lucrative government contracts for surveillance and immigration enforcement technologies, Jacinta and Amy make it clear that the stakes are higher than just rising rents and gentrification.On today’s episode we’ll take a hard look at Amazon’s “cloud industrial complex.” We’ll look at how surveillance technologies li...2019-02-1357 min
The Activist Files PodcastEpisode 9: Community Organizers Talk ShopWe’re finally over the mid-term hump, so The Activist Files checked in with organizers on the east and west coasts to find out how the results of the mid-terms will impact their organizing strategies. We asked six progressive organizers two questions: 1) Now that we’re beyond the mid-terms, share your reflections for how the results could impact the communities in which you organize, and 2) Thinking about the political climate we've been battling the last two years, what's next for you and the communities in which you organize? What's a priority? The organizers touched on subjects from comprehensive bail refo...2018-12-1338 min
Radio MeneaMeneito 28: Brown Just GlowsThe year is wrapping up, pero there's still so much good music! We have a couple of new songs, and one that didn't make the cut for last episode pero still deserved a lil shine. Plus, Vero takes a dip into #TeamFeelings
Things we mentioned in the episode:
- The playlist Vero made for Mijente's Lánzate: https://spoti.fi/2G7S7a0
- Check out Mijente! https://mijente.net/
Show notes: www.radiomenea.com/blog/2018/12/07/meneito-28-brown-just-glows
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Latino Rebels RadioMarisa Franco of Mijente and Why This Immigration Debate Is Way Too SimplisticWe are back from our week-long break, and we wanted to have a more contextual conversation about the nation's current immigration debate Marisa Franco of Mijente breaks it down with us, and no, this conversation won't be as simplistic as what you are hearing on cable news.2018-07-1635 min
The Word Is ResistanceTWIR 7.8.18 Shake Off the DustThis week Rev. Anne Dunlap draws the connection between Jesus being unwelcome in his hometown and teaching his team to shake off the dust from their feet when they are unwelcome (Mark 6: 1-13), with some Langston Hughes and Dr. Vincent Harding to help us think about all of this in the context of the 4th of July.
"This empire that holds the truths of white supremacy and capitalism
to be self-evident
is a space where compassionate community is unwelcome.
This empire is a space
that tries to sap us of our collective power..."
Action links:
*"Let America Be America Again,"...2018-07-0629 min
QueerWOCEp 45: Hot Enough To Melt I.C.E.Money and Nikeeta are back with another episode. Money gives tips on how to talk to bae about sex. Nikeeta breaks down the #AbolishICE and #KeepFamiliesTogether movements. What do you do when a straight woman won’t stop touching you? Money is trying not to text someone. Submit your Curved Chronicles and questions for Nikeeta and Money!!!
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QueerWOCEp 39: HoneyEpisode 39: Honey
Money and Nikeeta talk #KeepAleHome, Environmental Justice, and Kehlani… basically it’s a sweet episode! Nikeeta got a new job, so she’ll be MIA for a while. Money has a recipe for good vibes. Do we really not fuck with the word ‘queer’? How does language play a part in community, identity, and dating? Also, the first Curved Chronicle from a listener!!!
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Tea with Queen and J.#146 Bad Bitch Roundtable @ SXSWQueen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!
On this episode… We recap the Black Baddie Brigades podcast experience at SXSW, explore some “tragic mulatto” shit, and appropriation vs appreciation, do you n*ggas know the difference?
This week’s hot list: We came, we saw, we destroyed all things SXSW, Amirah Vann kills it on HTGAWM, the great Bruno Mars debate, sister circles are everything you didn’t know you needed, J. is still not a lady, pay Black women, who are you talking to and what gaze are you most concerned...2018-03-201h 53
Tea with Queen and J.#146 Bad Bitch Roundtable @ SXSWQueen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!
On this episode… We recap the Black Baddie Brigades podcast experience at SXSW, explore some “tragic mulatto” shit, and appropriation vs appreciation, do you n*ggas know the difference?
This week’s hot list: We came, we saw, we destroyed all things SXSW, Amirah Vann kills it on HTGAWM, the great Bruno Mars debate, sister circles are everything you didn’t know you needed, J. is still not a lady, pay Black women, who are you talking to and what gaze are you most concerned...2018-03-201h 53
In The Thick#80: Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Future of Latino ActivismThe worst hurricane in almost a century leaves Puerto Rico devastated. A series of earthquakes hits Mexico City. A new travel ban, and an NFL protest. Plus, an in depth discussion on the future of Latino activism with Janet Murguia, President of UnidosUS, and Marisa Franco Director of Mijente and the Not1More Deportation Campaign.
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J-Fran Suena Nitido's showhola mijente activada con (tropicaurbana) santa martasolo musica urbana2017-09-2315 min
Strange FruitStrange Fruit #211: What Does DACA Repeal Mean For Louisville's Young Immigrants?It's been in the headlines and all over social media. But we wanted to find out how the repeal of DACA would affect our friends and neighbors here in Louisville. Two activists from Mijente Louisville, a grassroots Latinx organization, join us on this week's show. We talk about the sanctuary movement, and what it would look like if Louisville were declared a sanctuary city.2017-09-1530 min
The Lit Review PodcastEpisode 25: Steel Barrio with Corina PedrazaWhen we think of Mexican communities, we think of Pilsen, Little Village, and in recent years, Albany Park. But who talks about the neighborhood of South Chicago? Monica and Page chat with powerful Mijente member, immigrants rights activist, baseball mom, and vital member of our Chicago organizing community, Corina Pedraza Palominos!
Steel Barrio: The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago from 1915-1940 by Michael Innis-Jiménez is a beautiful documentation Mexican migration, arguing that the Mexican immigrants who came to South Chicago created physical and imagined community not only to defend against the ever-present social, political, and economic harassment and d...2017-09-1148 min
Latino Rebels RadioTrump's Cuba Speech and Latino Anti-Blackness in the Death of Philando CastileDonald Trump went to Miami last Friday to roll back part of President Obama's Cuba policy. What does it mean now? We chat with Alfredo Estrado of LATINO magazine about it all.
Later in the show, we talk about Mijente's Latinx Anti-Blackness Killed Philando Castile statement, which has led to some necessary and critical conversations about race and justice.2017-06-1959 min
The Lit Review PodcastEpisode 6 - Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything with B LoeweOriginally from the Maryland suburbs of D.C., B. Loewe was recruited into social justice work by his older sister, and was a key organizer of the 2010 Detroit-based U.S. Social Forum, and currently Mijente's Communications Director. Page chats with B about Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything by Becky Bond and Zach Exley, recently published in November of 2016.2017-04-1031 min
Minority KornerMK71:It's Spring Break, so just give me the Fact-Facts! (Gay Loneliness, Immigration Raids, The voice, Ben Carson, #adaywithoutawoman, ICE, Toxic Masculinity)Today we are all about the FACT-FACTS and not the Alternative facts that seems to be dominating all the media outlets these days. It is Spring Break and is Nnekay having the time of her life orjust crying at the blind auditions on The Voice? James has some questions for Nnekay: What is the origin of the term 'Becky" and what exactly is the Women's Boycott or rather #daywithoutawoman? Nnekay tried to explain the best she can. Both are APPALLED by the nonsense that has spewed from Ben Carson's dumb mouth. James wants to give him a pamphlet to...2017-03-101h 21
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Latino Rebels RadioDemanding DHS Cut Ties with Private Prisons & the WVU Letter That Went ViralOn September 28, former immigrant detainees confronted head of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson outside a public speaking event to demand he address the crisis inside immigrant detention centers and cut the department’s contracts with private prisons.
Jacinta Gonzalez, Field Director of Mijente/Not1More Deportation campaign, gave us more details about Secretary Johnson's response to the confrontation.
Later in the show, West Virginia University student, Kasey, who recently wrote a "controversial" letter to the university's president asking him to begin a discussion addressing the cultural issues on campus. Kasey will give us an update on th...2016-10-031h 02