Tiahui Talks

Tia Chucha Press is one of the country’s leading small cross-cultural presses, focused on socially engaged poetry and literature that matters. Learn more about Tia Chucha Press with the founder Luis J. Rodriguez and our bookstore team Karen Ugarte, Rocket Garcia, & Brian Reyes. 

In honor of Mexica New Year we are introducing the Danza Mexica groups part of the initiation of our Indigenous in Us: Embracing Ancestral Knowledge & Sharing the Beauty of Practice project that began in 2019. Showcasing Northeast San Fernando Valley community-based indigenous practices of Native Mexica and the local Native American Tribe to benefit individual and social wellbeing through the sharing of ancestral knowledge and arts.

What is love? What does it mean to you? Inspired by the book All About love by bell hooks, host Andrea Lopez talks to a few friends about their thoughts and experiences on love. 

Learn about the program from founder Mayra Zaragoza and  participants Vianey Moreno & Alejandra Jimenez. Facilitated by Karen Ugarte, Tia Chucha's Bookstore Manager.

Tia Chucha’s Tiahui Talks host Rebecca interviews the collective minds behind the Chicanx World-Making and Futurities Project and their experiences with Zapatismo as a layer of influence in their multiple efforts documenting stories or resistance.

Want to be part of Tierra y Libertad Press? They have a Call for Submission! The topic is: “Xicanista Radicalisms: Xicanx Bodies of Being.” Deadline is December 5, 2021. Follow the link here for more info: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQoA4V4WmigSgoQkKKrIr0Aj6tT2F8mpWlkVB06KEJCRY8Pg/viewform

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El Hormiguero is a transformative community space made up of creative thinkers and organizers in Pacoima, California. Join Tiahui Talks host Rebecca as she interviews what inspired El Hormiguero’s origins, their current heartwork, and their vision for the future.  Picture Credit: Erick Iñiguez  Referenced in the podcast:   If You’re New to Abolition: Study Group Guide June 25, 2020 by Abolition Journal https://abolitionjournal.org/studyguide/ Follow @El Hormiguero818 on Instagram and Facebook!

16th Annual Celebrating Words Festival, Written, Performed and Sung will happen from May 28, 2021 - May 29, 2021. Go to www.tiachucha.org/celebrating_words_festival

"Listen to yourself" is what actress Jaime Navarro has to say to trans folks who are facing everyday challenges about identity, family, culture, and coming out to the world as their true selves. Host Andrea Lopez sits down to talk to her about her life, passions, and how trans visibility and inclusivity are critical for a just world. 

Learn about arts, education, and advocacy for Filipinos in the U.S. and Native peoples in Southern Philippines, with TC intern Patricia, and educator Theresa Jaranilla and film-maker Hiyas Saturay. Patricia interviews them about their growth in advocacy and their experiences working alongside the Manobo, an Indigenous tribe in the island of Mindanao.

To learn more about the issues discussed, please check out the following readings...

… on land, education, economic, other human rights issues https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-landrights-crime/driven-from-home-philippine-indigenous-people-long-for-their-land-idUSKBN1HQ034

… on the Lumad 26 arrests referenced on the podcast https://www.rappler.com/moveph/what-police-rescued-lumad-children-from-cebu

To learn more about Malaya SoCal organization and the Philippine Human Rights Act, please visit https://malayasocal.carrd.co

To watch Hiyas’s film, Pangandoy: The Manobo fight for land, education and their future, visit https://vimeo.com/128953648 and watch it for free.