Voces For Change
This weekly, bilingual podcast highlights unsung heroes, mostly Hispanic, who are making a difference in their local communities across the United States and Puerto Rico, as volunteers, entrepreneurs, researchers, or advocates for social justice, racial equity, and social change.
Episodes
20 episodes
Latinos helped Biden win, now advocacy groups want him to name a few in his Cabinet
Latinos were key to president-elect Joe Biden´s victory, even in places like Arizona and Nevada. However, there won´t be a honeymoon period and his progressive agenda likely hinge on whether or not Democrats capture Senate control in a ru...
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Episode 20
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30:19
Go out and vote: your life may depend on it, says immigrant rights activist and cancer survivor, Adela De La Torre
On the eve of Election Day, more than 93 million people have already voted, either in person or by mail, but millions more will come out on Tuesday, November 3rd.In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of close to...
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Episode 19
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21:59
More than 2 million immigrants risk deportation next year. Meet Yanira Arias, an activist trying to stop that.
In this episode, Salvadoran TPS holder, Yanira Arias, an activist with Chicago-based Alianza Américas, discusses the risks of deportation roughly 2.2 million immigrants face next year, including herself, if the next president does not offer the...
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Episode 18
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26:36
Epidemiologist Oscar Franco discusses the progress and hurdles in the ongoing battle against COVID-19
In a wide-ranging phone interview in Spanish, Dr. Oscar Franco, prolific author and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard´s School of Health, discusses the progress and hurdles in the ongoing battle against COVID-19, in light of Presiden...
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Episode 17
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21:01
A whistleblower alleges unauthorized hysterectomies in ICE detention
ICE has already faced lawsuits and allegations of medical neglect, abuse, and unsafe confinement conditions. A new whistleblower complaint, now under DHS investigation, claims that many migrant detainees at an ICE facility in Ocilla (Georgia) h...
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Episode 16
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21:32
The myth of the mail-in vote fraud
In this episode, I decided to do something a bit different, given that, next Wednesday, we´ll be exactly two months away from the elections. I interviewed Charles Stewart, a political analyst and expert on elections at the Massachusetts Institu...
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Episode 15
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16:57
There´s a shortage of poll workers this year and that can spell trouble in November. Activists are doing something about it.
In episode 14, Dr. Erika Sutherland, an Associate Professor in Spanish at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown (Pennsylvania), speaks about her efforts to train bilingual poll workers to help Latino voters at the polling stations. Th...
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Episode 14
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20:41
Latinos are more motivated to vote in 2020, and Trump is not the only factor
In this episode, I interview Helena Olea, a international human rights lawyer and currently an Associate Director for Programs at Alianza Americas, a Hispanic advocacy group in Chicago (Illinois), about the current landscape for the Latino vote...
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Episode 13
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22:29
On the First Anniversary of the El Paso shooting, families struggle to honor their loved ones in the midst of the pandemic
This episode will be different because of the first anniversary of the shooting outside a Walmart in El Paso (Texas), which left 23 dead. I interview Mr. Gilberto Anchondo, who lost his youngest son, André Pablo, and his daughter-in-law, Jordan...
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Episode 12
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15:22
DHS sued over detention of children in hotels prior to expulsion
In this episode, I interview Robert Lopez, a community organizer with the Texas Civil Rights Project, one of several groups suing the Department of Homeland Security to stop it from detaining unaccompanied minors in hotels and deporting them wi...
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Episode 11
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29:59
Activist Cristina Jiménez: Rep. John Lewis´ legacy lives on through the fight for immigration reform
In episode 9 of Voces For Change, Cristina Jiménez, co-founder and executive director of United We Dream talks about the passing of Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the 1960´s civil rights movement, his legacy and his impact on the immigrant rights ...
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Episode 9
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21:39
Ben Monterroso, asesor sénior de Poder Latinx, insta a los latinos a votar en noviembre
Entrevista con Ben Monterroso, un activista con mucha experiencia en la comunidad inmigrante y que predica con el ejemplo. Monterroso emigró ilegalmente de Guatemala a Estados Unidos, donde comenzó desde abajo trabajando como janitor en Califor...
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Episode 8
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27:02
Farmworkers need protections from COVID-19, too
For this episode, we reached out to Sara Fernandez, an activist with Project SALUD, a program of the Rural Women's Health Project (RWHP), working to educate farmworkers on many health issues, including COVID-19, in North and Central Florida.
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Episode 7
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25:40
Antonio Arellano: Latino voters need to stop looking for “a savior” on the right or the left, and drive social change
On the heels of two dramatic Supreme Court rulings, one upholding gay rights in the workplace, and the other halting the end of DACA for Dreamers, we chat with Antonio Arellano, a 29-year old gay Dreamer and interim director of JOLT, the larges...
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Episode 6
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30:54
Cesar Vargas: "It´s time to tear down walls, build bridges, and let others achieve the American Dream"
Exactly 8 years ago today, President Barack Obama announced DACA for thousands of undocumented youth and, any day now, the Supreme Court will decide their fate. A leader in the Dreamer movement, Cesar Vargas made history in 2016, when he became...
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Episode 5
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22:32
Guatemalan artist Luis De Leon: Art can be a catalyst for personal and societal change
In episode #4, I interview Luis De León, an investigative reporter turned artist, who set down roots in Louisville, Kentucky, after fleeing death threats in Guatemala in 2009. Through his simple drawings he reflects on complex social issues, in...
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Episode 4
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17:53
California activist says ICE should release immigrants at risk of catching the coronavirus
In this English-language podcast, Lizbeth Abeln, an activist with the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, in Adelanto, California, explains why ICE needs to release immigrant detainees at risk of contracting COVID-19, given how difficult it...
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Episode 3
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10:51
In Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo leads an "energy insurrection" to promote energy self-sufficiency
In this Spanish-language podcast, we talk with Arturo Massol-Deya, an environmental activist with Casa Pueblo, who is leading the charge in Puerto Rico to promote the use of solar panels and reduce environmental pollution driven by fossil fuels...
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Episode 2
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11:39
Dennis Martínez: "Se vale soñar en grande"
In this Spanish-language podcast, MLB legend, Dennis Martínez, talks about his efforts to raise money for healthcare workers in his native Nicaragua, who are on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic without adequate protective gear ...
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Episode 1
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