Buen Hombre

Buen Hombre

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Buen Hombre episodes

  • Buen Hombre Interview: Juan Rojas
    This week's Buen Hombre podcast features Juan Rosas, and educator, advocate for immigrant rights, and social justice and is especially passionate about empowering undocumented students to make it into college and universities despite all obstacles. He is the director of Gente Unida San Bernardino chapter and sits on the Gente Unida Board.
    Juan Rosas – Juan Rosas has been an educator for more than 20 years, and has served in the public school system in the classroom from elementary students, to high school to College age with a specialisation as English as a second language students from Mexico, the Philippines and Indonesia. He currently works at a dual language immersion school, so that all children can learn English and Spanish.
    He also dedicates his work to advocate for immigrants and to encourage widespread community involvement, addressing social injustices experienced by migrants. Juan runs a Gente Unida branch in San Bernardino, California. In San Bernadino Juan and his team are at advocate for undocumented students by presenting workshops at local districts, schools and local universities, advising undocumented students and families on how to attend colleges and universities.
    This week's Buen Hombre podcast features Juan Rosas, and educator, advocate for immigrant rights, and social justice and is especially passionate about empowering undocumented students to make it into college and universities despite all obstacles. He is the director of Gente Unida San Bernardino chapter and sits on the Gente Unida Board.
    43 min
  • Magnificent Mujer Interview: Berenice Badillo PhD

    This week's Magnificent Mujer podcast features Berenice Badillo a Chicano Park muralist, community artist, and a Registered Art Therapist certified in EMDR, a recently minted PhD doctor and a self proclaimed, “lover, dreamer, and person who loves social justice”.  While a dreamer she might be, this Mujer is a fierce embodiment of “Love in Action”. From leading art making support groups for undocumented immigrant families to advocating for social justice for DACA recipients to her humble beginnings painting on a pillar at Chicano Park with house paint and cigarette butts, Berenice demonstrates that in our community bonds we can unveil our truest self and that all of us are creators in our core.  

    Berenice painted her second painting ever with house wall paint from her home, because that’s all she could afford, on a pillar at Chicano Park at the young age of 17, a dream inspired at the age of 14. Berenice’s story is an inspiring testimony of the power of art, love and determination in the Chicano Movement crossing generations with a fierce will to express her unique reflection of hope and personal vulnerability.


    Today, Berenice provides supervision to interns/trainees, individual, family and group therapy services. Berenice works as a mental health counselor at MiraCosta College, is a professor and researcher and provides art therapy workshops to veterans  at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  She is an immigrant from La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico and has found herself straddling the many worlds of intertwined cultural and subcultural identities throughout her life. Berenice has worked in communities of socioeconomic need and has extensive experience in working with people on issues of depression, complex trauma, bereavement, drug and alcohol use.


    Call or email Berenice Bazquez Badillo or a free phone consultation now - (619) 340-0529


    We are sure you will be as inspired by this interview as we were. 

    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or Magnificent Mujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, 


    https://www.instagram.com/bbadillos/


    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sd-me-one-badillo-20190208-story.html


    https://www.facebook.com/EMDRarttherapy


    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/berenice-vazquez-badillo-san-diego-ca/733470


    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.

     Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible…

    Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer

    BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate



    52 min
  • Buen Hombre Interview: Dave Adelson

    This week's Buen Hombre podcast features none other than frisbee throwing, border bypassing, heartful media activist and philanthropist, adjunct professor of life science at East Los Angeles College and the LA Throwback Foundation founder and executive director, Dave Adelson. Dave began his professional career as a microbiologist and neurophysicist in LA where he was raised. While peering under microscopes he was an avid listener to progressive Pacifica public radio and soon saw the immediacy and relevancy of community based media activism. A founder of http://radio4all.net/ , the first site on the net for showcasing broadcast quality audio productions from community and independent producers, he fervently believes to this day, “It's not enough to know what’s right, we have to talk about whatever actions we can take.”

    Taking heartfelt action is a theme that runs through all of Dave’s activities from founding Throwback LA, an ultimate frisbee based recreational organization with an urgent social justice agenda, to launching the Expressions from the Border Art Exchange Experiences connecting communities across the border from refugee families in detention centers to communities throughout Southern California and beyond, to cleaning up toxic waste sites near detention centers in Tijuana. Dave grew up in a Jewish family and in this interview with Enrique Morones he highlights the parallels between extreme anti immigrant sentiments, and even a sense of wide spread ambivalence the plight of refugees at our borders in the USA and the momentum in Nazi Germany that led to the Holocaust. He warns us that no one thought ambivalence towards extremist behaviours could lead to the execution of millions of Jews but it did. Dave urges us all to take an action that will make our world a kinder and more friendly place, or an action that resonates with something we hold dear. 

    We are sure you will be as inspired by this interview as we were. 

    Subscribe to our podcast at www.BuenHombre.org or www.MagnificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community.

    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.

     Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible…

    Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer

    BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate

    [email protected]

    https://lathrowback.org/

    http://radio4all.net/

    https://www.mykelrose.com/expressions-from-the-border-1

    https://www.instagram.com/lathrowbackfest/

    38 min
  • Magnificent Mujer: Erica Alfaro
    This week's Magnificent Mujer is a passionate public speaker, social media influencer, life coach and entrepreneur, Erica Alfaro. While you will agree after hearing this interview with Enrique Morones that she was always destined for great things, it was her Master’s degree graduation photos taken of her and her parents in the same fields in North San Diego county they worked long hours for years to give her the opportunity for a better life that launched her career as a trailblazer and spokesperson for the promise of hard work and education.
    She has captured the hearts of many across the world who see her as a beacon of light and inspiration with her smiling face, cap and gown, next to her parents. Hearing her voice now on the Magnificent Mujer podcast, meet the woman behind that post who continues to touch lives every day through her print and social media reach, her speaking engagements at schools nationwide, and her outreach work in the areas of mental health and empowering at-risk and impoverished youth that they have what it takes to realize their dreams.
    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community.
    To reach Erica on social media or at her website or email/phone to find out about her speaking engagements or speaking at one of your events, see the links below.
    https://jenelsjewelry.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/alfaroerica47/
    https://www.facebook.com/erica.alfaro.100
    http://alfaroerica.com/
    http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-erica-alfaro-jenels-jewelry-oceanside/
    Aldair Sanchez
    The photographer who took the picture that went viral
    https://www.instagram.com/infro_photography/
    45 min
  • Buen Hombre Magdaleno "Leno" Rose-Avila
    This week's Buen Hombre podcast features none other than Magdaleno “Leno” Rose Avila. One of twelve children born to immigrant farm working parents, Leno learned what generosity and service to others meant as he watched his mother and father give what they had, warm meals, a floor to sleep on, and always a smile to whom ever they encountered without a place to live.
    Leno likes to say he has a PhD which he translates as Public Highway Demonstrations in the University of life. Leno’s colorful path has always placed him at the forefront of important social movements in this country over the last 50 years; civil rights, immigrant rights, farm worker rights, the death penalty, and raising awareness around the dangers of GMO’s in our foods.
    In many instances there were moments where there was no one else called to fulfill an important role of advocating for people that had lost their voice, or went overlooked by the mainstream media. This was the case when he became the first director of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation or spent his own personal pension to work with US expatriated and local gang members in El Salvador and then later in Los Angeles with an organization he has provided important leadership to, Homies Unidos.
    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.
    Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible…
    1 hr 11 min
  • Magnificent Mujer: Ari Honarvar
    This weeks Magnificent Mujer is a poet, writer, painter, dancer, and former Iranian refugee and a life long humanitarian activist.
    Ari Honarvar is the co-founder of Inside Feedback Emotional Intelligence and the founder of Rumi With A View, dedicated to Rumi translation, performance and visual poetry art. She blends Persian calligraphy and paintings to present Iranian poetry in new and evocative ways. In performance, she partners with musicians of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to blend Rumi's poetry (in Farsi and English) with beautiful music.
    Ari collaborates with various nonprofit humanitarian organizations internationally and locally in Tijuana to help build music and poetry bridges across war-torn borders. Musical Ambassadors of Peace and Ari Honarvar are presenting Rumi's poetry, stories of his life and ancient Middle Eastern songs. Their joint mission is to dispel myths about Middle East as being inherently violent. They are committed to creating healing and safe experiences where participants can use music and poetry as a vehicle of healing and respite from trauma, one recent project is helping freed Yazidi sex slaves through music and art.
    As a Musical Ambassador of Peace, Ari has brought music and dance across the US Mexican border to create experiences of musical and dance celebration in the shelters. Her work has been featured on NPR, and she has written for The Establishment, OZY, Alternet, Huffington Post, Success, Teen Vogue, YES! and elsewhere. She is the author of the oracle card set and book, Rumi’s Gift, available at Amazon.com. www.rumiwithaview.com
    59 min
  • Buen Hombre Interview: Antonio Villaraigosa
    Our featured “Buen Hombre”, this week is none other than Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa, a street fighting kid who inspired by his mother’s guidance, years of determination and a clear vision of the idea of service became the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, from 2005 to 2013. Villaraigosa ran for governor of California in 2016, making it to the final run off between Newsome and Cox in November of 2018. Villaraigosa’s life has been a testament to the relevance of civic engagement and participation and his biggest campaign and area of emphasis of efforts is getting out the vote in 2020. Join Enrique Morones this week as he reconnects with his old friend Antonio and they reflect on the road to bringing all voices of our communities together to make community life work for all of us.
    Before becoming mayor, Villaraigosa was a member of the California State Assembly (1994–2000), where he served as the Democratic leader of the Assembly (1996–98), and the Speaker of the California State Assembly (1998–2000). As Speaker, Villaraigosa was an advocate for working families and helped to write legislation protecting the environment, expanding healthcare access, and increasing funding for public schools.
    He ran for mayor in 2001 against Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn, but lost in the second round of voting. Villaraigosa ran for and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2003. In 2005, he ran for mayor again in a rematch against Hahn and won. During his tenure as mayor, he gained national attention for his work and was featured in Time's story on the country's 25 most influential Latinos. He was the first Mexican American in over 130 years to have served as Mayor of Los Angeles. As Mayor, Villaraigosa spearheaded policies to improve student outcomes in the Los Angeles Unified School District, reduce city and highway traffic, and enhance public safety.
    Since leaving office in 2013, Villaraigosa has continued to be actively engaged in education, civic engagement, water, immigration, transportation, and economic development issues. He speaks nationally and throughout California on these issues.
    Villaraigosa is a member of the Democratic Party, and was a national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, a member of President Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board, and Chairman of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in September 2012.
    Buen Hombre /Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net
    A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible
    www.buenhombre.org/donate/
    www.magnificentmujer.org/donate/
    42 min
  • Magnificent Mujer: Tish Lampert
    This weeks Magnificent Mujer is photojournalist, writer & host of “America Speaks”, author of We Protest: Protecting The America We Believe In, Rizzoli Books.
    In her new book, “We PROTEST: Fighting for What We Believe In” (Rizzoli), photojournalist Tish Lampert captures the spirit of the heroes and ordinary citizens on their activist journey to defend their American values during the most conflicted era in our recent history. The book charts the chronology of social-change movements that have dominated the headlines over the past several years: the fight for women’s rights and gender equality, immigration rights, civil liberties, gun violence, and the environment. Lampert takes us to the front lines of activism, where she has documented each protest and their respective leaders, as well as the legions of ordinary Americans standing together to protect the values of our great nation.
    Lampert, based in L.A., began her work in the 70’s with a focus on human rights issues. She has chronicled protest movements that have been catalysts for reform in America for 20 years. She covered the 1992 riots in Los Angeles; the Cesar Chavez movement for migrant worker’s rights; the Navajo Nation in Tuba City and Window Rock, among others. Her “in the field” investigations include assignments for: Conflict Awareness Project, Voices of African Mothers, Gente Unida, and Border Angels, to name a few. She has won awards for her work in Sub-Sahara Africa and has exhibited in the United Nations, Photo LA and elsewhere. For five years she served as media director and photographer for Voices of African Mothers at the United Nations. Lampert is also the creator and host of the podcast, “America Speaks,” which gives voice to today’s heroes on the front-lines of fighting for social change. www.tishlampert.org.
    52 min
  • Buen Hombre Interview: Ethan van Thillo
    Our featured “Buen Hombre” this week is none other than Ethan van Thillo of the Digital Gym Cinema, the Media Arts Center San Diego, the San Diego Latino Film Festival, the Teen Producers Project, Tu Cine, Frontera Film Makers, Little Saigon Stories and numerous other San Diego local art/media initiatives that bring diverse and often overlooked segments of our San Diego communities to to independent films and film production.
    Ethan van Thillo is Founder and Executive Director of the DigitaMedia Arts Center San Diego. Since 1989, he has been working in media arts field programming Latino film festivals for the University of California, Santa Cruz, Cine Acción in San Francisco, Cine Estudiantil at the University of California San Diego, and the National Latino Communications Center in Los Angeles.
    Ethan has curated 100s of programs at festivals and/or special events in 45 libraries across California, Mexico City, Morelia, Las Cruces, Nuevo Laredo, San Antonio, Tijuana, Sacramento, and San Diego. In 1995, Ethan transformed the Cine Estudiantil into the San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 1999, to broaden the scope of the festival following four successful years, Ethan established the non-profit Media Arts Center San Diego in 1999.
    Under the umbrella of MACSD Ethan has developed & created innovative new community based media programs such as the California state-wide Digital Story Station initiative, Teen Producers Project, Youth Media & Tech Camps, Mobile Stories, Speak City Heights, The People’s Post, Video Production Services Department, and the new Digital Gym community technology center and movie theater.
    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.
    Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), The Media Arts Center San Diego have had to either postpone or seriously limit all of their film exhibition screenings, youth education programs, and even community video production work.
    There are many ways to support the Media Arts Center San Diego:
    Go to https://www.mightycause.com/story/Macsd
    The Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD), a 501 c(3) non-profit organization, and is in need of your financial support at this time of crisis. Please donate today at: https://mediaartscenter.org/donate/ or donate via PayPal, by donating to: [email protected]
    BuenHombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible
    Donate to Buenhombre.org/donate/
    58 min
  • Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer: Nicole Ramos, Esq.
    Please join me Enrique Morones and tune in to our latest episode of our new podcast, "Buen Hombre -Magnificent Mujer", where I will be interviewing Nicole Ramos, Esq.
    This will be the first episode that will feature one half (the first half) in English, and the second half in SPANISH. This seems especially fitting as Nicole Ramos works for an organization that is dedicated to the rights of immigrants and that this podcast features the work of humanitarian activists working on the San Diego Tijuana border.
    Nicole Ramos is the Director of Al Otro Lado’s Border Rights Project.
    The project provides legal orientation to migrants in Tijuana, Mexico who wish to present themselves to U.S. authorities to seek asylum, conducts daily human rights monitoring at the port-of-entry, and engages in broader legislative, medial, and legal advocacy to challenge systemic human rights violations committed by state actors. Outside of Al Otro Lado, Nicole frequently serves as a guest lecturer at law schools, universities, professional associations, and community groups across the country.
    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.
    Al Otro Lado website: https://alotrolado.org/
    Link to donate to Al Otro Lado is here:
    https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
    Tel: (664) 208-8994 (MX)
    Tel: (619) 786-4866 (USA)
    Fax: (619)345-4693 (USA)
    BuenHombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible
    Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer
    BuenHombre.org/donate
    or MagnificentMujer.org/donate
    1 hr 9 min

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Enrique Morones is a Human Rights activist born in San Diego to Mexican parents who instilled in him a deep love for Mexico, spiritual faith and social justice. He is driven by the passage “for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink.” Matthew 25:35