Myra and Kimberly are Puerto Rican women from Colectivo Ilé, an organization that has been campaigning against racism in Puerto Rico for the past 25 years. The focus in this part is on their understanding of race in the context of Puerto Rico, both historically and politically, and how this influences their work.

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33-minute listen-Episode is bilingual (English, Spanish)

This episode features an in-depth interview with Ingrid Gamboa, activist, and founder of Iseri Ibagari, a public health center for the Garifuna population in Livingston, Guatemala. She discusses her role in various public health initiatives and the founding of Isiri Ibagri, a health education community center.

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45-minute listen

In this episode, we meet Gloria Rowe, an Afro-Jamaican writer from Guatemala. Gloria discusses the history and contributions of Jamaicans in Guatemala, from their arrival in the 19th century to their present-day status as a vibrant and important part of Guatemalan society.

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36-minute listen-Episode is bilingual (English, Spanish)

In this episode, we interview Diana Martinez De Franzua a Garifuna restaurant owner of Las Tres Garifunas in Livingston, Guatemala. Diana is passionate about using food to connect people to Garifuna/Black culture and heritage in Central America. She is also a vocal advocate for social justice for black women in Latin America.

Diana talks about her journey to becoming a restaurant owner, and how she uses her platform to promote Black culture and activism. She also shares her thoughts on the importance of women owning their own businesses and furthering efforts to revive traditional Garifuna practices for youth in her community.

This episode is perfect for anyone who is interested in learning more about Black Garifuna culture and activism in Central America.

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Season 2 for Labyrinth of the First Gen Launches in October 2023

 When I think of first-generation I think about how it does not mean one thing. To be first-generation means that you navigated and continue to navigate the labyrinth without a roadmap and carve a path out of the maze with little to no guidance. Season two called Paths Created and Barriers Broken will highlight the expansive definition of what it means to be first gen. We will center the stories & wisdom of Black Leaders in Latin American & Caribbean.

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33-minute Listen

Across the African Diaspora, Black land rights are being violated. At the peak of black land ownership after the civil war, African American farmers owned 16 million acres of land. Today, the cumulative value of African-American land loss due to land dispossession is $326 billion. Black land dispossession in the United States is not an isolated incident. Land dispossession also occurs across the African diaspora in Central America. Hervan Morgan, a Belizean Activist, talks about the importance of Serro. Serro is a piece of land that is collectively owned by the Garifuna people located in Punta Gorda, Belize.

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39 minute listen

Alonso, was born in the Mexico and immigrated with his family to the United States as child. He shares his experience of living undocumented in the United States and his decision to leave the US to create a new life elsewhere.

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Leilani Chirino is a proud Cuban dancer and medical student who grew up in Miami. We discuss the challenges of creating and maintaining connections to our parents homeland in majority White higher education institutions and environments.

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Malika Hodge, MPH who considers herself a humanization strategist, talks about the intersections of histories, contributions, and conflicts with the African- American and Black Immigrant (First- Generation) identity.

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37 minute listen

Born and raised in Venezuela, Seemi Choudry is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants who moved with her family to Chicago at the turn of the century. We discuss the intersections of identity, religion, faith, and her work as a writer.

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