Chancleta Generation

There’s a battle going on at national and state levels on women’s reproductive rights. But what does a change in legislation mean for Latina women? Certainly if you’ve listened to this podcast you’ll know we Latinx have a whole different set of challenges and needs in pretty much any topic, and so we’re going to take a deeper look at it. From religious beliefs to cultural factors, Latinas have much to lose.

In this second part Victoria, the Executive Director of BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is back to talk to us about how communications with Latinx have evolved, what is being done about misinformation campaigns, and what the future looks like for progressive Latinx.

Victoria is the Executive Director of BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. BOLD has been working to elect Latinx candidates for the past 20 years - we love that! In this first part we’ll be talking about the technical and political side of what the PAC does and how the challenges and situations we face have changed from 20 years ago to now.

The million dollar question for people in communications right? Us Latinx are so diverse and our stories and backgrounds so varied that the answer is never straightforward. We have Rafael Ulloa, director of national newspaper El Tiempo Latino and El Planeta in Boston back again to explore many of the facets and the pros and cons that drive the decision to use one language or another, as well as what we all think of that dialect we’ve all developed called Spanglish.

Our very special guest Rafael Ulloa is the executive director of national newspaper El Tiempo Latino and El Planeta in Boston. He’ll be giving us insight into how communicating with Latinx has evolved over time, what has or has not worked, how misinformation campaigns have wreaked havoc in the communities, and what are the channels that are up and coming when reaching out to the Latino community.

We just began hispanic heritage month and brands and campaigns are rushing to do their Latinx focused social media posts. Seeing all the hispanic boxes being checked by others, we want to ask - what this month mean to us Latinos, if we need a month, and if we care about it. Then as usual we’ll give our 2 cents about the steps we can take to make this month work for us.

As season 1 comes to a close, and after talking about so many actions and systems that have been hurting or dividing us - we wanted to end on a hopeful note. We’ll be uncovering some of the aspects of our Latinidad that we share, and that if we harness them they will unite us. Because now more than ever, we need us.

The pandemic and many other factors made filling out the Census incredibly difficult last year, but nevertheless results are in, and there are battles going on all over the country about where the lines will be drawn. Redistricting will affect how local and federal politics will be run for the next 10 years, why aren’t more of us out protesting?

We have a very special guest, Helen Torres, CEO of Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE). For the past 30 years, HOPE has been tirelessly working to give Latinas the tools they need to occupy more seats in political and leadership roles. We can’t think of someone with more expertise to talk about representation, the barriers we face, and what we can do to help them in their efforts.

Empowerment is certainly a buzzword in many organizations nowadays, but we’re wondering what that really means in practice. We’ll be talking about our own path to empowerment, what it means to us, and what we need to collectively heal to continue on it. Yes, all the mushy stuff we love.