Join us for a conversation on why the term Afro Latina was created and what it's responding to. We explore how this term has developed and what the current narrative looks like for those who center their Blackness.

In this episode of Conversations over Cafecito, we meet with Dr. Cathleen D. Cahill, Associate Professor of History at Penn State to discuss her book, Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement, a collective biography of six suffragists of color–both before and after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

What to learn more? Check out this reading list provided by Dr. Cahill:

Dr. Cahill’s Books

Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement

Federal Fathers & Mothers: A Social History of the US Indian Service, 1869-1933

Book Recommendations

How Black Women Broke Barriers and Won the Vote, Martha Jones, Vanguard

Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist, Cynthia Orozco, Agent for Change: Adela Sloss-Vento,

Feminism for the Americas, Katherine Marino

Websites

Representation with a Hyphen; Latinas in the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Digital Exhibit by the National Women’s History Museum

On Their Shoulders: The Radical Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote

Podcasts

And Nothing Less (hosted by Rosario Dawson and Retta)

New Mexico and the Vote

At Casa de Esperanza, we work to mobilize the Latin@ community to build healthy futures. Through this series, ¡Presente! Empowering Latin@ Communities through Civic Engagement, we’ll highlight simple ways that anyone can take action, make change, and create a future you wish to see.

In this episode, Casa de Esperanza's Senior Director of Public Policy, Rosie Hidalgo discusses the importance and process behind a non profit’s participation in policy advocacy and lobbying.

¡Feliz Día de los Pueblos de Origen! Hablamos con Oralia Maceda, Co-Directora Ejecutiva del Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño. Sintonizate este episodio de “Conversations Con Cafecito” donde discutimos las realidades únicas de las comunidades de Origen en los Estados Unidos. Oralia comparte su experiencia y mejores prácticas para apoyar a las comunidades de origen.

At Casa de Esperanza, we work to mobilize the Latin@ community to build healthy futures. Through our new series, ¡Presente! Empowering Latin@ Communities through Civic Engagement, we’ll highlight simple ways that anyone can take action, make change, and create a future you wish to see.

In this episode, we’ll be diving into the 2020 U.S. Census to talk about its history, structure, and impact. We’ll be talking with Lizette Escobedo, the Director of the National Census Program at the NALEO, Educational Fund. As a self proclaimed, census nerd, Lizette talks about why the U.S. census matters to Latino communities and why it’s so important that you are counted.

Edit: We want to note that there are ongoing legal challenges to the Administration’s memorandum calling for an adjustment of the final census count.

#10minutesfor10years

In celebration of Father’s Day we have invited members of our staff and network to reflect on their experiences having or being a father and or a father figure and how that has impacted their work supporting women and girls.

In this episode, Dr. Manuel Xavier Zamarripa tells of his journey as a father, specifically as a Chicano dad, a Latino dad, reflecting on the connection to his own father who passed when he was just 12 years old. And, thinking, how losing his father at such a young age would impact his own ability to be a father.

In celebration of Father’s Day we have invited members of our staff and network to reflect on their experiences having or being a father and or a father figure and how that has impacted their work supporting women and girls.

In this episode, Emiliano Diaz de Leon and his 11 year old son Joaquin interview each other on what it's been like to be at home under quarantine, remaining optimistic during these uncertain times and the importance of doing the best that you can as a father and a son!

In celebration of Father’s Day we have invited members of our staff and network to reflect on their experiences having or being a father and or a father figure and how that has impacted their work supporting women and girls.

Alberto Vasallo III talks about his experience being a father to his daughter, Alex, and how she changed his life.

In celebration of Father’s Day we have invited members of our staff and network to reflect on their experiences having or being a father and or a father figure and how that has impacted their work supporting women and girls.

People will share moments of struggle, sadness, joy, and hope, which some may find difficult to hear. From wherever you are listening, thank you for tuning in to Conversations over Cafecito.

Robert de Leon takes us back to 2013 the year he got married and shortly after discovering the surprising news this newly wedded husband is about to become a father! A momentous occasion filled with joy and happiness! But soon after weighed down by sadness as an emergency visit to the hospital, Robert and his wife, Emily, experience one of the most difficult moments newly expectant parents fear. Yet, as Robert shares this moment, there is a powerful message of renewed celebration and, most of all, strength and hope he finds as a husband and a father.

Our guest for this podcast, Bamby Salcedo CEO of TransLatina Coalition, shares her leadership experiences dedicated to improving advocacy to TransLatina's impacted by gender based violence. In this podcast Bamby shares the strength and commitment she has as a result of experiencing hardships in her life. She describes the importance of selfcare strategies while working in a movement to end gender based violence.