Damita Brown talks with Eugenia Highland, Restorative Justice Director from YWCA of Madison about Latinx issues in our community, how they relate to the issues faced by other minorities, and what we can all do to work together toward justice. Remembering Miss Milele Chikasa Anana, founder of Umoja Magazine and beautiful and beloved elder of […]
The Vital and Vulnerable Work of Latinx Laborers
“COVID-19 has fundamentally changed who we are—how we work, how we think about work, how we interact with each other—but it also exposes how interconnected we all are. We are dependent on rural areas as the rural areas are dependent on cities,” says Professor Armando Ibarra from the School for Workers at the University of […]
Split Show: Driver Licenses for All and Bus Rapid Transit
On today’s show, we focus on transportation access from two different angles: the Driver Licenses for All movement and Madison’s ongoing study of a bus rapid transit system. Our first guest is Diana Perez, lead organizer of the Madison chapter of Voces de la Frontera, to discuss some of the organization’s recent initiatives, including Driver […]
Rape Crisis Center Seeks to Increase Outreach to Latino Community
Madison’s rape crisis center is hoping to expand in an area that they say many programs lack — bilingual and culturally specific staff for the area’s Latinx community. Sexual assaults are underreported across demographics, but experts say they’re especially underreported among Latinos. The Rape Crisis Center wants to change that, and they’re looking for grant […]
Building Economic Power for Latino Communities in Dane County
Dane County’s Spanish-speaking population has more than tripled since 1990. The U.S. Bureau of the Census estimates that, as of 2015, there were almost 29,000 Hispanics living in Dane County, which at 6% of the population, makes Spanish-speakers the largest single minority group in the county. The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County seeks […]
Charla con Araceli Esparza, poeta y activista latina de Wisconsin
El martes 12 de abril nos visitó por primera vez (pero no será la última) la poeta y activista latina Araceli Esparza. Nacida en Wisconsin de padres de origen mexicano, y criada entre dos idiomas, dos culturas y dos geografías, Araceli charló con nosotros sobre su experiencia de vida y nos leyó un poco de […]
