Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say w/ Tony Diaz

An urgent broadcast with the Ethnic Studies for Texas Schools Coalition & the Texas Freedom Network to discuss Texas Education. Tony speaks with education leaders, researchers, advocates, and parents regarding the impact this decision has and action plans to apply pressure and move the ethnic studies curriculums forward as this not only affects Mexican American Studies (MAS), but also African American Studies, Asian Asian American Studies and Indigenous / American Indian/Native Studies Courses.

Dr. Christopher Carmona - is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and the coordinator for Mexican American Studies for the Brownsville Campus of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee for the TX State Board of Education for Mexican American Studies, NACCS Tejas Foco Committee on Implementing Mexican American Studies in PreK-12 Education.

Dr. Valerie A. Martínez specializes in 20th Century Mexican American history, U.S. Military and Labor History, and Women’s and Gender Studies and a core member of the Ethnic Studies Network of Texas, and the chair of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas-Foco pre-K – 12 Committee. Dr. Martínez is currently an Assistant Professor of History and History Program Head at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Lawrence Scott currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Being the first African American to be Awarded San Antonio Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Man of the Year in 2018, was indicative to Dr. Scott's insatiable passion to make an indelible impact in the lives of others through education.

Lily Trieu is the Interim Executive Director of Asian Texans for Justice, a statewide nonprofit with a mission to connect Asian Texans of all identities to meaningful civic action to build personal and political power for future generations. Lily is personally passionate about equity and access to quality education as a means for personal and economic empowerment.

Orlando Lara is a critical race and ethnic studies scholar, legal and political anthropologist, cultural organizer, and writer. He is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology with an Emphasis in Race and Justice at UC Irvine and is working on a literary ethnography of citizenship review and invalidation in the US borderlands. A co-founder of the Ethnic Studies Network of Texas, Orlando works with educators, organizers, and community leaders to grow Ethnic Studies in Texas at all grade levels.

Andrea Aguirre is a 5 year veteran middle school teacher with a Masters in Special Education. She currently consults in advanced technology for Web3, NFT, and Blockchain Technology in addition to diversity, equity & inclusion. She is a Teach Plus Ready to Lead Fellow alumni. She is co-authoring the book, Invisible con ADHD: Real Policy Real voices of Latino Students with Nicole Biscotti, M.Ed.

Emilio Zamaro - holds the Clyde Rabb Littlefield Chair in Texas History at the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Fellow of the George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History. He writes and teaches on the history of Mexicans in the United States, Texas history and oral history, and focuses on the working class and transnational experiences of Mexicans in Texas during the twentieth century.

Annette Anderson, LCSW - Annette Anderson serves on the Council for the Indigenous Institute of the Americas. She collaborated in the writing of the Grand Prairie ISD American Indian/Native Studies Course for the past 2.5 years. Annette is the co-founder of the Seed Ambassador Program, Indigenous Grocery Store and Food as Medicine projects for IIA.

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

Tony speaks with Teri Castillo, who is a community organizer and a historian of Urban Policy and was elected to represent San Antonio’s District 5. Tony touches on the importance of the Latino Bookstore located at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in the Westside of San Antonio in Councilwoman Castillo's district. Tony also goes over her goals and what she has been able to accomplish in her first year and some of the stances she's taken since being elected. Tony also discussed how she fits the label of "Cultural Accelerator", as described in his new book "The Tip of the Pyramid.

Teri Castillo is the proud daughter of a United States Navy Veteran and migrant farm workers. As a lifelong and generational resident of District 5, Castillo has committed to ensure our public money works for the people of San Antonio.

Castillo is a proud product of our public schools and attended SAISD’s Burbank High School. Castillo earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio and completed her clinical teaching at Fox Tech High School. In 2019, Castillo earned her master’s degree in history with a focus in urban policy from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Since taking office, Castillo has brought historic investment to the people of District 5 nearly doubling the amount of bond investment at $95.6 million dollars and continues to pursue investment in basic infrastructure. Castillo has prioritized preserving and building affordable housing, while moving with urgency to meet our city’s climate goals. Castillo has built a District 5 team that takes a proactive approach responding to constituent needs, ensuring her offices goes out into the field meeting people where they are at, connecting resident to vaccinations, mortgage and rental relief, fire safety, and so much more.

Teri Castillo serves as the chair of the Westside TIRZ, she also serves as a member of the City of San Antonio’s Planning and Community Development Committee, Community Health, Environment and Culture Committee, and the Economic and Workforce Development Committee.

Castillo lives in the Historic Westside Neighborhood of San Antonio with her husband and two dogs Bam Bam and Pebbles. When Castillo has a spare minute, she is on the South Side of District 5 visiting her parents or walking her dogs at Rosedale Park.”

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

Tony Diaz talks to Rich Rodriguez, John Segovia, Rio Red Sky regarding the Raise the Vote Art Festival which is set for October 1st, 2022 in Houston's Second Ward at Segovia Art Studio. The Raise the Vote Art Festival combines the artistry of our young dynamic performers in Houston, such as Rio Red Sky, with the importance of voter awareness and encouraging young voter participation. To further illustrate the point of boosting our young artists, the Festival is holding an open commission (art contest) for any art on any medium that inspires folks to vote! Listen in for further details!

Rich Rodriguez is an established dealmaker in Houston, TX. His expertise in Economic Development and the Arts has helped revitalize Southwest Houston. Mr. Rodriguez served as Executive Director of Harris County Improvement District # 5 and the Southwest Houston Redevelopment Authority (TIRZ 20). He is a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Air force where he worked in U.S. Space Command on the Minuteman III ICBM weapon system. Mr. Rodriguez is the former Principal Cellist for the Fort Bend Symphony and founded the 1st Chicano Art gallery with his cousin Jesse “Magnolia Grown” Rodriguez in Magnolia Park. He has had a diverse career over the years and has now homed in his experience and skills set in affordable housing to take the lead position as Housing Director for the Tejano Center for Community Concerns. Richard holds an undergraduate degree from New York University and an MBA from Touro College.

John Segovia is an painter, designer, photographer, poet and portrait artist. Segovia’s main creative influences stems from Abstract Expressionism to Mid-century Modern Art. Segovia’s an old soul and as a young teen fell in love with Fauvism and Expressionism by the art master himself, Pablo Picasso. Then shortly after he was introduced to the surreal works of Salvador Dali which expanded the possibilities of paint on canvas. And finally, he was blown away with the commercial works of Andy Warhol. Born in Houston, Texas to a modest middle-class working family, from an early age he displayed a talent for drawing portraits and began entering local school competitions at the age of 16. With so much talent to give unfortunately, he put the pencil down at 18 and tried to find himself and pursue other aspirations.

Rio Red Sky is a Musician/Influencer in Houston, TX who created her platform on being genuine, promoting self love, and inspiring others. Music is rooted from genres in R&B, Pop, and HipHop. She aspires to educate others through her mission of positivity and give people an outlet to vibe to her music.

Featuring music from Rio Red Sky, J Saenz, IIRIIS, Veronique Medrano, & Doeman DYNA.

Thanks to:

Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer

Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer

Radame Ortiez, SEO Director

Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer

Leti Lopez, Music Director

Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus

Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus

Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston’s Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What’s Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

Tony Diaz interviews Andrea Muñoz. The Colombian-born bilingual beauty is set to co-star alongside a star-studded ensemble cast featuring Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Bad Bunny, Zazie Beetz, Joey King, and Michael Shannon in the upcoming Sony Pictures action-thriller BULLET TRAIN set for a wide-release on August 5th.

Muñoz will star as Bad Bunny’s wife in a very juicy role. The actress is also fresh off-the-heels of her American television debut for the hit HULU limited series “Pam & Tommy”, currently streaming.

Andrea discusses the film, her trajectory to become an actress, her journey from psychologist in Colombia to actress in Los Angeles. Lastly, she gives her insight as to how Latina representation in Hollywood is now and her experience so far.

* This is part of a Nuestra Palabra Multiplatform broadcast.

* Video airs on www.Fox26Houston.com.

* Audio airs on 90.1 FM Houston, KPFT, Houston's Community Station, where our show began.

* Live events.

Thanks to

Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer

Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer

Radame Ortiez, SEO Director

Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer

Leti Lopez, Music Director

Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus

Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus

Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston’s Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What’s Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

Tony Diaz talks with Rodrigo Bravo Jr. on singer/artist Tyga's recent new music video (now taken down) "Ay Caramba" and its poor cartoonish stereotypes displayed.

The Grammy nominated Los Angeles-based rapper has delved into Latino themes before and to his credit given the videos due process. “Mamacita” in 2017 featured Carlos Santana and the OG himself Danny Trejo. “Ayy Macarena” in 2019 highlighted Los Del Rio, the group behind the 1990s billboard hit.

Yet, his now deleted video for "Aye Caramba" pushes negative cultural stereotypes. Tony and Rodrigo talk about why this is dangerous, why stereotypes must be challenged, and the complicity of media, specifically hip hop media, in not challenging the video's content.

Thanks to

Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer

Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer

Radame Ortiez, SEO Director

Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer

Leti Lopez, Music Director

Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus

Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus

Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston’s Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What’s Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

Tony Diaz talks with filmmaker Efrain Gutierrez & Placido Salazar. Efrain talks about his film documentary, documenting the life of a civil rights pioneer Gus Garcia and his contributions to civil rights.

Gustavo “Gus” Garcia, a civil rights pioneer, is best known for his role in winning the 1954 landmark case in the U.S. Supreme Court, showing juries were systematically excluding Mexican-Americans from jury service.

Placido Salazar is a US Veteran, musician, and historian who provides context to many of Gus' actions and his importance to the Chicano and overall US Civil Rights Movement.

* This is part of a Nuestra Palabra Multiplatform broadcast.

* Video airs on www.Fox26Houston.com.

* Audio airs on 90.1 FM Houston, KPFT, Houston's Community Station, where our show began.

* Live events.

Thanks to

Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer

Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer

Radame Ortiez, SEO Director

Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer

Leti Lopez, Music Director

Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus

Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus

Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston’s Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What’s Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

A special Texas House Committee released the Uvalde Robb Elementary School Shooting Report, a 77-page report that condemned the response by law enforcement agencies among other findings.

Tony Diaz speaks with a panel to go over the findings and their implications. Included in the panel are Texas State Representative, District 145 Christina Morales, Claudia Torres-Yáñez, Senior Director of Total Rewards at SunPower Corporation and community activist, Graciela Saenz, Gracie Saenz Community Engagement Consultant at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, and Al Castillo, LULAC Council 60 president.

* This is part of a Nuestra Palabra Multiplatform broadcast.

* Video airs on www.Fox26Houston.com.

* Audio airs on 90.1 FM Houston, KPFT, Houston's Community Station, where our show began.

* Live events.

Thanks to

Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer

Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer

Radame Ortiez, SEO Director

Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer

Leti Lopez, Music Director

Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus

Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus

Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston’s Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What’s Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books.

Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona.

The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop.

Each evening will be hosted by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Literary Curator of the Latino Bookstore. He said, "Book bans will not silence our community. Book deserts will not snuff out our voices. Our movement will continue to defy attacks on intellectual freedom. We are building on the trail we have blazed with the Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books. Now we are uniting three major Texas cities again, and we are uniting with our brothers and sisters from California. We will not rest until our community has full access to this Art, History, and Culture."

Each stop will also feature writers, visual artists, and musicians from each city and the Central American community.

Here are the 3 Cities:

Houston: Home of The Librotraficantes.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 6 pm. Free.

The Alta Arts

5412 Ashbrook Dr,

Houston, TX 77081

Austin:

Thursday, June 30, 2022, 6 pm. Free.

La Peña, Inc., site of the Librotraficante Under Ground Library in Austin.

227 Congress Ave.

Austin, Tx 78701

512.477.6007

San Antonio:

Friday, July 1, 2022, 6 pm. Free.

The Latino Bookstore

1300 Guadalupe

San Antonio, TX 78207

Part of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

About: Claudia Castro Luna is an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow (2019), WA State Poet Laureate (2018 – 2021) and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2018). Castro Luna’s newest collection of poetry is Cipota Under the Moon from Tia Chucha Press. She is also the author of One River, A Thousand Voices (Chin Music Press), the Pushcart nominated Killing Marías(Two Sylvias Press) also shortlisted for WA State 2018 Book Award in poetry, and the chapbook This City (Floating Bridge Press). Her most recent non-fiction is in There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis (Vintage). Born in El Salvador she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.

The Latino Bookstore’s Texas Author Series takes place every First Friday. Subsequent authors will represent the entire state of Texas. Their work also touches on many other aspects of Latino culture, Mexican American History, and the other art fields that the GCAC specializes in.

Friday, Aug 5, 2022, 6 pm: The Latino Bookstore's Texas Author Series features the national launch. of the non-fiction book The Tip of The Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante.

Houston Partners:

Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say

Tintero Projects

The Central American Collective

The Gulfton Super Neighborhood Council

Houston Artists

BIPOC Arts Network Fund

MantecaHTX

Nuestra Palabra City Council J

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

The Latino Bookstore

Pan American Round Table of Houston

The Center for Mexican American & Latino/a Studies See less

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books.

Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona.

The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop.

Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, which houses the bookstore, said, "The Latino Bookstore is not only a state-wide destination for Texas Latino authors, but it is also a fountain of support for Latino Literature in other cities. This is one way that we can support Latino authors, publishers, and communities. This is another way to address the book deserts that engulf Latino communities in other cities."

Each evening will be hosted by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Literary Curator of the Latino Bookstore. He said, "Book bans will not silence our community. Book deserts will not snuff out our voices. Our movement will continue to defy attacks on intellectual freedom. We are building on the trail we have blazed with the Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books. Now we are uniting three major Texas cities again, and we are uniting with our brothers and sisters from California. We will not rest until our community has full access to this Art, History, and Culture."

Each stop will also feature writers, visual artists, and musicians from each city and the Central American community.

About: Claudia Castro Luna is an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow (2019), WA State Poet Laureate (2018 – 2021) and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2018). Castro Luna’s newest collection of poetry is Cipota Under the Moon from Tia Chucha Press. She is also the author of One River, A Thousand Voices (Chin Music Press), the Pushcart nominated Killing Marías(Two Sylvias Press) also shortlisted for WA State 2018 Book Award in poetry, and the chapbook This City (Floating Bridge Press). Her most recent non-fiction is in There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis (Vintage). Born in El Salvador she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.

The Latino Bookstore’s Texas Author Series takes place every First Friday. Subsequent authors will represent the entire state of Texas. Their work also touches on many other aspects of Latino culture, Mexican American History, and the other art fields that the GCAC specializes in.

Friday, Aug 5, 2022, 6 pm: The Latino Bookstore's Texas Author Series features the national launch. of the non-fiction book The Tip of The Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante.

Houston Partners:

Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say

Tintero Projects

The Central American Collective

The Gulfton Super Neighborhood Council

Houston Artists

BIPOC Arts Network Fund

MantecaHTX

Nuestra Palabra City Council J

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

The Latino Bookstore

Pan American Round Table of Houston

The Center for Mexican American & Latino/a Studies See less

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com

The 2021 State of Latinx Art Report:

Cultural Accelerators and Houston’s Community Cultural Capital

Houston’s Latino Art Community is at a turning point.

In the past, Latinos have not been thought of as intellectuals.

Worse, often, we have not been thought of at all.

This is changing, and this 2021 State of Latinx Art Report provides the proof.

The 2020 State of Latinx Art Report conveyed the crisis facing the Latino Art Community and called for unity. This 2021 State of Latinx Art Report will convey that unity is occurring, taking shape,

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, interviews Houston Art leaders who discuss the State of Latinx Art today.

Monica Villarreal, Danza Azteca Taxcayolotl.

Geraldina Wise, Chair, ALMAAHH-Advocates for a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris County

Sixto Wagan, Project Director for the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund.

Click here for the website with past State of Latinx Art Reports starting in 2018: www.TheStateOfLatinxArt.org.

Click here for the written 2021 State of Latinx Art Report:

https://bit.ly/2021StateOfLatinxArtReport

Click here for a video overview of a larger conversation on the 2021 State of Latinx Art Report:

https://youtu.be/3BcaPoEOLTo

* This is part of a Nuestra Palabra Multiplatform broadcast.

* Video airs on www.Fox26Houston.com.

* Audio airs on 90.1 FM Houston, KPFT, Houston's Community Station, where our show began.

* Live events.

Thanks to

Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer

Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer

Radame Ortiez, SEO Director

Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer

Leti Lopez, Music Director

Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus

Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus

Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus

Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston’s Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What’s Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.

www.Librotraficante.com

www.NuestraPalabra.org

www.TonyDiaz.net

Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.

Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records

Website | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com