MUJERES DEL SIGLO XXI (Women of the 21st Century)

Thabisa Rich and Sarahi discuss the continued existence racism of today and how it still affects our culture. We discuss the history of how the colonizers kidnapped us from Africa and forced us to work… separated from their families.. children taken from their mothers and sold away. We discuss how painful it is that they became millionaires off the blood of our ancestors. Though most of this story is left out of the history books, we discuss another little known fact that during the civil war, many black ex-slaves fled to Mexico and the country gave them asylum. There in Mexico they became free men.

In this episode we talk about depression and how it is difficult to handle… especially for young people. We bring to the conversation our own experiences as adults. · Amla shares how she found strength during her depression that formed during the pandemic · Erika tells us how she had to be hold herself together and leaving a toxic home and relationships · Chandra speaks about the hereditary aspects of depression from her journey and how it manifests in her art and dance. All of these 21st Century Mujeres stories help to normalize discussing mental health and the ways you can survive. We remind listeners, if you need to talk, its ok to speak up! National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 en español (1-888-628-9454)

Today I interviewed Tere Luna about her life, journey & family from her upbringing in a musical family and how those roots influenced her musical career. We unpacked how she teaches unconditional love, as a school music teacher, and about how she uses music and food to teach young people how to embrace other cultures. We share our experiences from our PreHispanic Dialectic Roots, the parallels both today and growing up. We talk about how more people seem ready to accept things like “El Dia de los Muertos”, because of representation like the movie Coco as well as work that Latin women like her have been doing for their entire career.

Lizzavetta, mother teacher survivor, model, & miss USA hopeful joins us today as we talk about surviving Cancer and the mental impact that dealing with the news can bring upon you. Don't let depression take you down.

Alma Mendoza, a young journalist and writes for The New Arts Paper published by The New Haven Arts Council. Alma speaks about her dreams, advocacy, and the roots she represents. Her journalistic work focuses mostly on articles that are based on the Latinx community. She hopes to one day be an immigration lawyer and make a change in the system for undocumented families. https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/author/alma-mendoza almamendoza1004@gmail.com Steffi Frias, Mrs. Senora Connecticut 2021-2022, is of Dominican descent. She is also an organizer at CSEA SEIU Local 2001. She aspires to be a doorway for empowering women. She believes that as moms, we need to guide ourselves and erase those stereotypical standards. As women, daughters, and moms we need to empower and uplift ourselves. steffimartinez412@gmail.com

Alan vazquez calls himself "azulaquirio" - a drag queen. He tells us how he grew up in New Haven, CT and how his childhood was full of abuse at school. He speaks of how he had to defend himself and his identity as drag. We speak of how he is accepting who he is, understanding his gender and his journey into performing in drag. We discuss how being a muxe in the small indigenous town Juchitan in Oaxaca Mexico is being recognized as third gender. This conversation happened at the end of Pride Month. We want to recognize this community and their desire to live free of gender norms and creating spaces for non-binary individuals. Be sure to check out all the other podcasts under the Baobab Tree at https://www.baobabtreestories.com

Agustina hotel Rios psychology and therapist talk about the issue of machismo She tells us that machismo is the attitude or oppression towards women and it is bad because machismo attitudes contribute to rape, femicide, families that separate, abandonment of women and children to domestic violence. How does machismo cause trauma? 4 main traumas 1-abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, verbal, economic) 2-neligence 3-rejection 4-abandonment como el machismo impacta en la cultura? la cultura impacta en el hombre identificar con el agresor y esto demuestra el nivel tan alto en latino America de violaciones y femicidios encontra de la mujer, puede ser mas vulnerable al entrar en una relacion abusiva por no reconocer las señales rojas pensando que es noormal y cuando vemos un patron que es conocido aunque no sea seguro ,una mujer quizas identifica a una una victima (aun nivel muy inconsiente pero por trauma esta grabado en uno) se continua relaciones abusivas hacia la mujer. el machismo y como criamos a nuestros niños. agustina dice en mi trabajo tengo varias dinamicas que existen y adisten alimentar futuras generaciones de machismo por 1-mujeres no teniendo autoridad en su hogar 2-no poniendo limites a nuestros hijos 3-poniendo demasiado limites a nuestras hijas 4-diciendo a nuestros niños barones "los hombres no lloran" esto con lleva a problemas machistas a la edad adulta y con lleva a formas spicopatas en nuestra cultura normalizandolo . How does machismo impact culture? The culture impacts on the man to identify with the aggressor and this shows the high level in Latin America of rapes and femicides against women, they may be more vulnerable when entering an abusive relationship because they do not recognize the red signals thinking that it is normal and When we see a pattern that is known even if it is not safe, a woman perhaps identifies a victim (at a very unconscious level but because of trauma it is recorded in one) abusive relationships towards women continue. machismo and how we raise our children. Agustina says in my work I have several dynamics that exist, and they want to feed future generations of machismo by 1-women not having authority in their home 2-not putting limits on our children 3-putting too much limits on our daughters 4-telling our children barons "men do not cry" This leads to macho problems in adulthood and leads to psychopathic forms in our culture normalizing it. https://danburyhealinginsightscounselingservices.com/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/agustina-hortel-rios-lopez-danbury-ct/732686

Marilyn Castillo, a singer from a very young age, tell us about her career and her Mexican culture where mariachi is very popular. We discuss: · the labels “CHICANA” or “CHICANO” · the problemd we have on the border of the Texas paso where women have disappeared in 1993 and 2005 · the drug trafficking and the war for power on the border · the city of Juarez Mexico where many mothers have no peace.

Women are taking power in leadership and creating generations of young activists, mothers to daughters. Like Zeltzyn Sanches who comes from a dancing mother and activist from Mexico. Her mother is an influence in participating in activities in her community. Zeltzyn grew up in the USA and is a DACA student. She was brought here when she was 6 years old. Most recently, Sanches was with her mother on a hunger strike to raise $3.5 billion for immigrants who were excluded from the government stimulus checks. These immigrants worked during the pandemic in the city of New York. Through this effort the team of activist were able to raise $2.1 billion. "...but we have a long way to go!", she said. Sanches believes she is able to contribute more by being a commissioner in her Westchester, NY municipality. Zeltzyn Sanches Activists and Consultant Westchester, NY Board Member at Sustainable Port Chester Alliance @portchestersustainability @pcsustainability https://www.portchesterny.com/port-chester-sustainability-committe

Norm Rodriguez Reyes, Publisher of La Voz Hispana/The Hispanic Voice shares with us stories about being a woman and hispanic in the 70s - and And how to overcome those issues WITHOUT forgetting the hispanic roots.

Our special guest Denisse Chen shares with us the importance of her DV (domestic violence) hotline work. We break down the hard numbers of how many victims are accessing the hotline and discuss - from our own stories of healing - the process to healthy choices in relationships and loving yourself. We dig into how important it is to take your time to heal but also that you're not alone and you can build healthy relationships with other people. The DV hotline is anonymous. It is free. It is multilingual. And it will NOT affect your immigration status. Domestic Violence National Hotline 800-799- SAFE (7233) Building one community: www.building1community.org CIRI: CT Institute for Refugees and Immigrants- www.cirict.org

Jennifer Menndoza and I share our stories about the compounding injustice and stereotypes forced on Latinas because we don't speak the “right language.” We discuss how we and other immigrants have a drastically different experience in this country -- bullying in school, difficulty communicating about concerning our family and kids. Each layer piles on the next causing added stress on families and particularly the children. A stress that often leads spousal abuse aggravated by the inability convey that to the police.