Chancleta Generation

A very personal and emotional episode for both of us, as we still grieve over the Uvalde, Buffalo, and the countless other mass shootings that have plagued our country. The odds of gun violence are not in our favor as Latinx, and we have much to lose. Here we'll discuss the many aspects of this very divisive subject, and what can we as regular citizens do to protect our communities.

Texas brings lots of stereotypes to people's minds, and in this episode, we'll be breaking some of them. Angelia Razo, the Texas State Director for Mi Familia Vota, a political action committee, will be bringing some facts about how Latinx live in Texas - from border towns to no-man lands, to legislation that affects them.

Roll call for all progressive Latinx! Every election is important, but this one - where the house is hanging by a thread is specially important. In this episode Maria Martinez, who has dedicated her life to Latinx organizing at state and national level. She brings us her point of view of why we have historically been sitting out elections,  what is the work that has been done on the ground, and what we have to keep doing to keep our majority and bring positive change to our communities.

Women across the US are coming out of the pandemic burnt out and exhausted, but most concerning - worried about the future. Executive Director of the Barbara Lee Foundation is back with us to talk about how these issues may affect women's turnout on the polls, their civic engagement, and even running for office. 

In our 3rd installment of our Women's History Month series - after hearing the stories, let's look at the big data. The Barbara Lee Foundation has done a nationwide research on how voters see women, and for our purposes - Latinas. The results of the study are hard to hear, but our special guest Amanda gives us the goods on what they, and we can do to help bring more representation to Latina women.

In the second episode of our Women's History Month series we're talking about breaking glass ceilings, walls, floor, and everything in between. Councilmember Esmeralda did not believe when they told her "You can't be what you can't see" and became the only Latina on the Fresno city council. She's here to tell what inspired her to be where she is, how not going fishing with the boys club was affecting her job, and many other battle stories.

We're starting our Women's History Month series strong! Susana Mendoza, the comptroller for the state of Illinois joins us to talk about something so important and at the same time so left by the wayside - how to have it all and stay happy and sane. Being a mom, a wife, a high ranking person in office, and having her long list of achievements takes certain things, and she's happy to share what those are. You'd be surprised by some of them! We were.

There's a lot of talk coming from the private and public sector about diversity and inclusion, question is if they're actually working for us. Are companies seeing the value we bring to the table, and are our unique skillsets compensated enough - we'll analyze these and more angles in this episode.

Joe Biden's Build Back Better Plan has been all over the news, but for the wrong reasons. In this episode we invited Nery Espinoza from NEWCO Strategies over, she has been working for over a year in creating pathways and grassroots initiatives to build excitement among latinos for this plan. So she knows for sure, why we need to care about it, the challenges the plan has had, and what we can do to support it. 

It's apparent that the media and the entertainment industry has been trying to show more Latinos in their content. Question is - are they representing us? and is this a fair representation? We discuss how we currently see ourselves portrayed, as well as how misrepresentation can perpetuate the issues Latinx have had to endure for years.