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Eloisa Lopez, Executive Director of Florecer Reproductive Justice, joins the podcast to discuss the essay "Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands" in the Radical Reproductive Justice anthology. Eloisa and Yvette discuss the myths around "self deportation," how the majority of Latinas show strong support for legalized abortion, and the interlocking web of oppression that migrant women face when crossing the border. If you want to support the podcast, join the Patreon community. For as little as $3 a month, you can get access to the back catalog of #litreviews, which are book-club style segments with other women of color: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Dana Caspersen, practitioner of constructive conflict and author of Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times, joins the podcast to discuss her latest book. Dana and Yvette discuss why people should avoid trying to immediately find a solution to a conflict, why awareness of conflict and curiosity about it is important to cultivate, and concrete ways people can decrease stress associated with conflict. Become a patreon and get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Jessica Monge, mother wound coach, joins the podcast to discuss what "mother wounds" are, how the effects of it manifest in everyday life, and what inspired her to focus on helping others heal their mother wound. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and FacebookSupport the podcast by joining the Patreon. You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam join the podcast to discuss their new book "Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice." They discussed who migrant sex workers are and why they sell sex, how the carceral state attacks migrant sex workers even when it claims to help them, and how sex work provides an opportunity for migrant workers to obtain greater levels of autonomy and avoid worse exploitation. Learn more about Butterfly here: https://www.butterflysw.org/legal-information-for-services-provLearn more about how to identify Canadian law enforcement officers here: https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_748f9f3d7c9a4139b999f5b4a26b9f7a.pdf Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast by becoming a patron. You'll get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Ericka Verba, professor and director of Latin American Studies at Cal State LA, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra." Verba shares Parra's central role in the creation of Chile's Nueva Cancion movement, breaks down the strength and resilience that allowed her to become an internationally recognized artist despite her humble class origins in Southern Chile, and draws parallels between Chile in the 1960's and the U.S. current authoritarian moment. Support the podcast by joining the Patreon and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Profesora Aideé Tassinari se suma al podcast para explicar cómo la idea de "minería sostenible" es un discurso falso proporcionado por las compañías mineras, los efectos negativos que la minería trae a ecosistemas y acceso a agua limpia, y pone en contexto histórico la "fiebre de oro" del siglo 21 que ahora ha llegado a El Salvador. Lean más sobre la ley rescindiendo la prohibición contra la minería en El Salvador aqui: https://www.lajornadamorelos.mx/opinion/solidaridad-con-el-salvador-firma-contra-el-intento-de-regreso-de-la-mineria-a-tajo-abierto/Para apoyar al podcast, sumanse al Patreon. Obtendrán acceso al #litreview, episodios exclusivos para los apoyadores de Patreon donde hablo con otras mujeres de color en estilo de book club: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSigan @radiocachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook para continuar la conversación

Cheryl Redhorse Bennett, former assistant professor in American Indian Studies and expert on hate crimes and violence against Native Americans, joins the podcast to discuss her book "Our Fight Has Just Begun: Hate Crimes and Justice in Native America." She shares about the hate crimes in Farmington, New Mexico that informed her research, how the Navajo Nation pursues justice when the white legal system fails them, and how violence in reservation border towns dates back to initial settler colonial violence that resulted in mass deaths and displacement of indigenous people.To support the podcast, join the Patreon and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Pablo Alvarado, director ejecutivo de La Red De Jornalero/as, se suma al podcast para hablar sobre su historia de inmigración, la historia de la red, y el rol de arte y cultura en el trabajo organizativo. Puedan apoyar el podcast y recibir acceso al #litreview, un club de libros para Cachimbonas, en el Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSigan @RadioCachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook Sigan La Red De Jornalero/as en Instagram @daylaborernetwork y Radio Jornalera @radiojornalera

Laura Chávez-Moreno, award-winning researcher, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, joins the podcast to discuss her new book How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America. Laura explains why she utilizes the term "Latinx," breaks down how racialized groups are created in educational settings, and shares insights into the process of racialization in bilingual education programs. To support the podcast and gain access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Jose Ruben, activista espiritual con El Movimiento de Integridad Humana, viene al podcast para discutir sus experiencias de detención en Mesa Verde y el Golden State Annex y porque se sumó a las huelgas de hambre y labor con otra gente detenida. Jose comparte como COVID-19 se desarrolló en los centros de detención, como ICE los forzó a trabajar para mantener los centros limpios, y detalla las condiciones terribles que inspiraron las huelgas de hambre y labor. Para aprender más sobre las huelgas de hambre y labor, visite: www.ccijustice.orgPara apoyar a Radio Cachimbona, suscribase al Patreon y recibirá acceso al #litreview-- un club de libros para Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSiga @radiocachimbona en Instagram, Twitter, y X

Gustavo, a Salvadoran-American organizer and leader of the hunger and labor strikes occurring in the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex immigration detention facilities since 2022, joins the podcast to discuss the terrible conditions that led to these efforts. Gustavo shares the myriad ways ICE regularly violates its own detention standards, what gives him hope while detained, and what the strikers are demanding: that ICE terminate its contract with GSA and Mesa Verde. To learn more about the hunger and labor strikes and how to support the immigrants engaging in them: www.ccijustice.orgTo support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Tiera Rainey, Executive Director of the Tucson Bail Fund, joins Yvette Borja to discuss a resource document that the Bail Fund co-authored with the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, Community Justice Exchange, Free Hearts, and Montgomery Bail Out: Dismantling Carceral Debt: A Manifesto on Building Debtor Power. Rainey breaks down the devastating impact of carceral debt on formerly incarcerated people, shares how stigma and shame around debt and criminalization makes it difficult to organize around carceral debt, and explains how carceral debt funds critical government services. To support the podcast, become a Patreon monthly subscriber for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for CachimbonasFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Read the Bail Fund's Manifesto here: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/resources-all/disma

Brea Baker, freedom fighter and author, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement For Black Land Ownership." Yvette and Brea discuss how the U.S. arrived at a place where only 1% of rural land is owned by Black people, how Brea and her family's legacy of land ownership inspired the writing of the book, and how heirs' laws have disproportionately impacted Black land owners. To support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Follow Brea on Instagram at @freckledwhileblack

Yvette Borja interviews Stephanie Canizales, professor and Faculty Director of the UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, about her new book Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States. They discuss who is left out of the DACA/Dreamer narrative and the socioeconomic obstacles this population faces; Canizales breaks down the limits of integration sociological frameworks for understanding unaccompanied migrant youth and explains how migrant youth reject the limited narratives of marginalization and criminalization that are foisted onto them.To support the podcast, join the Patreon at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar discuss their experience as international observers for the Santa Marta 5 trial. They break down the audacity and offensive nature of a unit dedicated to prosecuting war crimes bringing the Santa Marta case forward as its inaugural effort, share their impressions of the deep power of the organized pueblo in Santa Marta, and explain the stark differences between the Attorney General's narrative of the alleged crime and what the Santa Marta community believes is the real driver of this case: mining profits. To support the podcast, become a patron supporter at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Follow @cispes_solidarity on Instagram to learn more about CISPES and the Santa Marta 5 case.

Yvette Borja interviews Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin, authors of Private Violence: Latin American Women And The Struggle for Asylum. They explain why calling the gender-based violence that Mexican and Central American women are fleeing "private" is inaccurate, break down how navigating the asylum system is hardest for poor migrants, and emphasize the U.S. role in destabilizing the governments and societies that these women are running from. Become a patron to support the podcast and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Chelsea Guevara, the first Salvadoran Womxn of the World Poetry Slam Champion. They discussed how Chelsea got started with Slam Poetry, the connections between her scholarly research and her poetry, and her upcoming chapbook Cipota. Support the podcast by becoming a monthly subscriber on Patreon for as little as $3 a month. You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas. https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network. They discuss why the immigrant justice movement needs abolition, the importance of transforming the economic infrastructures of local governments dependent on carceral systems, and how the growth of immigration detention and deportation was and is a critical part of the mass incarceration crisis.Learn more about Detention Watch Network: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/ Support the podcast by becoming a monthly Patreon subscriber. You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Leave an Apple Podcast Review here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-cachimbona/id1240386895Leave a Spotify Rating here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Qqj1mYTNy5Cz3N4aGQqcr?si=ed40e7da7cd548ce

Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book "Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us." They praise how the book feels like a hug for their inner child, celebrate how Prisca's works widen the reach of academic literature, and share which tia and prima archetypes they identify with.The #LitReview is a bookclub for Cachimbonas. Thank you to the patrons for making this episode possible. Become a patron now and listen to more #litreviews like this one: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book “Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us.” They discuss why Prisca prioritizes democratizing critical theory in her writings, she breaks down why she chose to focus on Tias and Primas but not mothers, and which archetypes she decided to leave out of the book and why. Buy Prisca's book now at your local independent bookstore or here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/prisca-dorcas-mojica-rodriguez/t%C3%ADas-and-primas/9781668644362/?lens=seal-pressAccess to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and FacebookLearn more about Prisca at https://www.priscadorcas.com/