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Twelve Years An Immigrant : The Codeswitchin Podcast EP: 16
If you’re not energized by this episode, you’re dead. We manage to get super activist Carlene Pinto to sit down with us despite her busy schedule fighting for immigrant rights and racial justice. Fresh off a victory for one of her people, she comes to us with undocumented student activist Flor Reyes, one of the DREAMERS (she shares her incredible story at 30:00). We share stories about struggling to pass the DREAM act (6:00), being disenfranchised due to possible voter fraud in the Bernie/Hillary primary (9:40), the fear of taking action and of people taking action (17:40), helping recently released prisoners get jobs (46:00), and the desperate measures people take to survive poverty (i.e. HIV bug chasers) (21:50). We also discuss where apathy and distrust of the government and political participation comes from (42.14) and mass incarceration (45:05). Finally we end by answering the question of how the average person can get involved in changing the world. (53:40)
Carlene can be contacted at carlenepinto.com
and https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlene-pinto-b16a818a
Flor Reyes can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/flor-reyes-silvestre-62313a9a
and the Lehman DREAM Team can be found on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/172114226170400/
Radhames is performing Monday 9/20 at Greenwich Comedy Club, Tuesday 9/21, at Karma Lounge (51 1st Ave) at 6 PM and then at Klimat Lounge at 8 PM. (77 E 7th St)
Rada can be found at
https://twitter.com/BigDaddyRada
https://www.instagram.com/badmanrad/
Sergio can be found at
https://twitter.com/PeoplesHistory
www.sergio-uzurin.squarespace.com
https://www.instagram.com/nativenyvideo/
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By Sergio Tupac Uzurin and Radhames Tejada
4.5
88 ratings
If you’re not energized by this episode, you’re dead. We manage to get super activist Carlene Pinto to sit down with us despite her busy schedule fighting for immigrant rights and racial justice. Fresh off a victory for one of her people, she comes to us with undocumented student activist Flor Reyes, one of the DREAMERS (she shares her incredible story at 30:00). We share stories about struggling to pass the DREAM act (6:00), being disenfranchised due to possible voter fraud in the Bernie/Hillary primary (9:40), the fear of taking action and of people taking action (17:40), helping recently released prisoners get jobs (46:00), and the desperate measures people take to survive poverty (i.e. HIV bug chasers) (21:50). We also discuss where apathy and distrust of the government and political participation comes from (42.14) and mass incarceration (45:05). Finally we end by answering the question of how the average person can get involved in changing the world. (53:40)
Carlene can be contacted at carlenepinto.com
and https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlene-pinto-b16a818a
Flor Reyes can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/flor-reyes-silvestre-62313a9a
and the Lehman DREAM Team can be found on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/172114226170400/
Radhames is performing Monday 9/20 at Greenwich Comedy Club, Tuesday 9/21, at Karma Lounge (51 1st Ave) at 6 PM and then at Klimat Lounge at 8 PM. (77 E 7th St)
Rada can be found at
https://twitter.com/BigDaddyRada
https://www.instagram.com/badmanrad/
Sergio can be found at
https://twitter.com/PeoplesHistory
www.sergio-uzurin.squarespace.com
https://www.instagram.com/nativenyvideo/
Subscribe and Review us on iTunes!
bit.ly/Codeswitchin
Android users subscribe on the Podcast Source App or go to
codeswitchin.libsyn.com
Subscribe and leave comments on Youtube!
bit.ly/codeswitchin
Follow us and argue with us on Twitter!
https://twitter.com/codeswitchin
Follow us and flame us on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/codeswitchin/
Follow us and comment on Tumblr
thecodeswitchinpodcast.tumblr.com