Varrio Voices: Recent Episodes
Velaz
On May 1st, 2026, the Gavilan College Library in Gilroy hosted a sold-out evening celebrating legendary playwright and filmmaker Luis Valdez. His documentary American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez had just won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The event was presented in collaboration with the Gavilan College Foundation, the Watsonville Film Festival, and the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival.
In this episode, you'll hear conversations recorded live that night. I sat down with Luis Valdez and his wife Lupe Valdez, and spoke with a group of people whose work is deeply rooted in this region's education, arts, and civic life: Mattie Scariot, Festival Director of the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival; Dr. Pedro Avila, President of Gavilan College; Elvira Robinson, attorney and former Gavilan trustee whose decades of advocacy have shaped this college and this county; and Diane Ortiz, co-founder and CEO of Youth Alliance, a nonprofit she has built from a grassroots Hollister organization into a lifeline for thousands of young people and families across the South Valley.
We talked about Chicano storytelling, what Luis Valdez's legacy means for communities like ours, and why a room full of South Valley neighbors showing up on a Friday night to celebrate one of their own matters.
Raul Ceja, a seasoned marketing and communications professional and founder of Ceja Creative Studios, has built a career around storytelling as a tool for impact. With over eight years of experience in the nonprofit sector and personal branding, he shares how his creative journey began, the moments that shaped his voice, and why storytelling remains his north star for both grounding and growth.
Raul discusses the balance of doing purpose-driven work, his reflections on mindfulness and mental health, and the role of unconditional love in community building. He also highlights how his work in visual narratives, direct address documentary filmmaking, and brand strategy has helped amplify diverse voices and drive meaningful change across the Central Coast and Silicon Valley.
About Barrio Voices Barrio Voices is both a podcast and a creative communications business, partnering with nonprofits, grassroots groups, and purpose-driven leaders. Through storytelling and strategy, we help share your story, grow your impact, and build lasting community connections.
Learn more at barriovoices.com
Raul Ceja, a seasoned marketing and communications professional and founder of Ceja Creative Studios, has built a career around storytelling as a tool for impact. With over eight years of experience in the nonprofit sector and personal branding, he shares how his creative journey began, the moments that shaped his voice, and why storytelling remains his north star for both grounding and growth.
Raul discusses the balance of doing purpose-driven work, his reflections on mindfulness and mental health, and the role of unconditional love in community building. He also highlights how his work in visual narratives, direct address documentary filmmaking, and brand strategy has helped amplify diverse voices and drive meaningful change across the Central Coast and Silicon Valley.
About Barrio Voices Barrio Voices is both a podcast and a creative communications business, partnering with nonprofits, grassroots groups, and purpose-driven leaders. Through storytelling and strategy, we help share your story, grow your impact, and build lasting community connections.
Learn more at barriovoices.com
Raul Ceja, a seasoned marketing and communications professional and founder of Ceja Creative Studios, has built a career around storytelling as a tool for impact. With over eight years of experience in the nonprofit sector and personal branding, he shares how his creative journey began, the moments that shaped his voice, and why storytelling remains his north star for both grounding and growth.
Raul discusses the balance of doing purpose-driven work, his reflections on mindfulness and mental health, and the role of unconditional love in community building. He also highlights how his work in visual narratives, direct address documentary filmmaking, and brand strategy has helped amplify diverse voices and drive meaningful change across the Central Coast and Silicon Valley.
About Barrio Voices Barrio Voices is both a podcast and a creative communications business, partnering with nonprofits, grassroots groups, and purpose-driven leaders. Through storytelling and strategy, we help share your story, grow your impact, and build lasting community connections.
Learn more at barriovoices.com
On this special episode of Varrio Voices, host Arturo "Velaz" Muñoz brings you stories straight from the heart of Hollister, CA, recorded on A Day Without Immigrants—a powerful demonstration highlighting the essential role of immigrants in our economy, culture, and communities. 📢 What is A Day Without Immigrants? This movement calls on immigrants and allies to boycott work, school, and shopping for a day to showcase the vital contributions of immigrant labor in industries like agriculture, construction, hospitality, healthcare, and beyond. It’s a statement against anti-immigrant policies, labor exploitation, and systemic inequalities—proving that without immigrants, the country simply doesn’t function. 💬 In This Episode We hear from local residents, community leaders, and workers who share their stories of resilience, sacrifice, and activism. Their voices remind us why immigrants are the backbone of our society and why collective action matters. 🎧 Tune in, reflect, and stand in solidarity.
On January 25th, Salinas' Digital Nest transformed into a powerful space of storytelling, poetry, and community as Brown Issues hosted an unforgettable Poetry Night. Voices from across the region gathered to share palabra, weaving together experiences of resilience, culture, and identity.
This episode brings you highlights from the event, where the power of spoken word connected us all. Featuring performances from Jose Cordon, Brown Issues' Kimberly Gudino, Velveth Legglew, Marco Osorio, Nathalie Guillen, and Varrio Voices' own Arturo "Velaz" Muñoz, this night was a testament to the power of poetry to inspire and unify.
🎧 Tune in as we revisit the moments that made this night special, celebrating the art of poetic storytelling and the community that continues to uplift and empower.
Let's put representation at the forefront, especially in leadership positions like college district trustee, city councilor, and county supervisor. We can draw inspiration from the three remarkable Latinas, Pamela Campos, Lisanna Dominguez, and Corina Herrera-Loera, who are paving the way for Latinas to hold influential roles.
Take action today by supporting these candidates through the links below.
Pamela Campos: https://pamela4sj.com/ Lisanna Dominguez: https://lisannadominguez.com/ Corina Herrera-Loera: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/corinaforsupervisor2024
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Brenda Martinez Salcedo is a first-generation Xicana and the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at SOMOS Mayfair with a passion is to promote social justice and advocate for immigrant rights in the East San Jose community. Brenda was a part of the founding Dreamer Resource Center team at Sacramento State, and she was also the first Dream Center staff at Cañada College and Evergreen Valley College.
Learn how Brenda uses her role and passion to contribute to the resilience, perseverance, and advocacy within the community.
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Vecinos Activos, an advocacy initiative from SOMOS Mayfair, have experience in housing policy within the city of San Jose. This month, they are counting down the days before the city council's vote on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA). Learn from Javier, Olivia, and Mat, about the benefits of COPA and how you can get involved.
To learn more about COPA, go follow @SOMOSMayfair or visit SOMOSMayfair.org
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South Bay Community Land Trust's mission is to take land and housing off the speculative market, making it permanently affordable for community benefit beyond housing. To tell us more, Varrio Voices is featuring Delma Hernandez, SBCLT Co-Organizing Director, and Liz Gonzalez, SBCLT Board President.
To learn more about SBCLT, go follow @SouthBayCLT or visit SouthBayCLT.org
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Omar Rodriguez is the Owner and Marketing Director of Kooltura Marketing. His work centers around offering opportunities for the community to celebrate their heritage and culture through mediums such as EASTSIDE Magazine, created to capture the heart of East San José. The magazine is published by Kooltura Marketing, which specializes in multicultural MARKETING and BRANDING. To learn more about Kooltura Marketing, go follow @koolturamarketing or visit Kooltura.com
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Get to know the host! Tune in to better understand the vision and origin of Varrio Voices.
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Councilmember Raul Peralez speaks on what does it take to lift the ban on cruising in your community.
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Timeless Art Collective shares their thought process behind the mural, who they chose to highlight, and what did it mean to gift San Jose a historical, timeless art piece.
Daniel Santos speaks on what does it mean for San Jose to have lifted the ban on cruising.
Peter Ortiz shares his journey which led him to run for San Jose City Council - District 5. Unlike traditional politicians, Ortiz comes from a system-impacted, single-mother home, influencing his mission to ensure East San Jose has proper representation and the adequate resources needed to flourish.
Roberto Gonzalez and Mariana Mejia, both President and Vice President of the Berryessa Flea Market Vendors Association come to share their efforts to ensure the longterm existance of la pulga.
To learn more and be involved, follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjfleamarketvendors/
La Tropicana-Lanai neighborhood in East San Jose has been seeing some great changes in recent years, and part of that change is credited to Victoria Partida, President of the local Neighboorhood Association.
Don Nacho, an elotero from South San Jose, shares his gratitude for the community and Lisette Robledo who launched a GoFundMe to support him with his medical expenses, a prime example of how we, as a community can support our local vendors.
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/432u5-help?qid=2fc9d3e52580c093647ea9aa754771da
Celebrating LUNA's advocacy within Eastside San Jose as well as the legacy of their founder, Chava Bustamante, who will share his journey, leading to the creation of the organization.
To support LUNA's work, please consider donating and following their social media accounts:
Donate: https://www.lunalatinosunidos.org/donate.html
LUNA's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LatinosUnited2013
LUNA's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lunalatinossj/
Eastside San Jose continues to be poisoned by the lead-based fuels of the aircrafts flying from Reid-Hillview Airport. Let us not forget, planes have also crashed on the houses and public parks of the Eastside community.
This is your chance to give public comment on the issue on August 17th's Board of Supervisors meeting of San Jose.
Join via Zoom: https://sccgov-org.zoom.us/j/96612349693
Join via phone: (669)900-6833, meeting ID
96612349693#
Instagram @close.the.rh.airport
This episode featuring Dueñas Car Club serves as a reminder of how many lowrider car clubs function as nonprofits, actively providing for our community. Dueñas CC will be sharing their vision on how they give back to the community as a mujeres-only car club.
Our Varrios' Voices poetry e-book will be available on April 1st on our website: VarrioVoices.com
An empowering mujer within the community of Oxnard, Leslie Madrigal, follows her siblings steps towards becoming an elected official, bringing more representation among politicians who have a crucial say on our wellbeing.
Tune in to some Valentine's shout outs, talks about love, and some appreciation for all the work our community is putting forward for the future generations.
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Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley shares the amazing scholarship now open on their website linked below. Along with supporting students, HFSV continuously provides resources and opportunities for our community to benefit from.
Latinos In STEM scholarship:
https://hfsv.org/news-events/whats-new/2021-LITSI-Application-Now-Available
Stay connected with HFSV:
https://hfsv.org/get-involved/stay-connected
https://www.facebook.com/HispanicFoundationSV
https://www.instagram.com/hispanicfoundationsv
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3038971?trk=tyah
Join Investing Latinas as she shares tips on how to save, invest, and strengthen our financial well-being in the year 2021.
Feel free to use Investing Latina as a resource and contact her "Ask Me Money Things" #: 9176364049
For further information, visit her website:
https://beacons.ai/investinglatina
Empowering environmentalist and community organizer, Mayra Pelagio, has been focusing her masters thesis on understanding our community values and connection to nature.
If you are from San Jose and would like to support Mayra with her research please complete the 10 minute survey below. Thank you!
English:
https://sjsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VUsfClzant65cp
Spanish:
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Be sure to support your varrio and local artists like José Flores Chamalé, known as Sangre Indigena Art, who are constantly pushing for representation of our communities of color. Please, hit up your local vendors. Support local and small business these holidays. Invest in our gente.
Jesus, @heysus94 on IG, goes to share how he continues to give back even in times of wild fires and distress. This episode was recorded in early September, when there were wild fires all across the west coast. We are grateful to have individuals like Jesus who is a constant source of light for our communities.
Taking a hike with a homie of mine, reflecting on the importance of connect nature to the significance of our history, identity, and our well being.
In addition, this episode is full achievements to celebrate. Congrats to Richard for receiving the Environmentalist of the Year award. Varrio Voices celebrates one year of weekly podcast episodes, highlighting our gente. And lastly, but not least, we celebrate Velaz's birthday.
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Today is Dia de los Muertos and we wanted to take a minute and talk about the new mural in Chicano Park, which acts as an altar to those who have been died at the hands of ICE and immigration customs. Let's continue to remember them and continue to fight for their justice.
Jesus gifts us his palabra on learning about our raza and his way of continue planting seeds within the community using murals and art.
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Rebeca Armendariz shares her experience running for City Council, and provides words of encouragement for other homitas to also take on roles of political power.
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Lucia Gonzalez Ippolito, a local muralist, educator, and author, goes to share the empowering messages of her art and resiliency stemming from the streets of the San Francisco Mission District.
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LUNA - Latinos United for a New America - from East San Jose go to share resources for these times of Covid.
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Valentina, born and raised from the Mission District in San Francisco, is the founder of Mission Native where she encourages young homitos and homitas to always remember who they are and where they come from. Embrace your roots, mi gente!
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Ray Flores shares his experience growing up around lowriders and going to his first car shows with a camera along with 5 extra rolls of film. He continues his photography as a way to bring positive representation to what lowridering has always been about.
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Reyna Lopez, the executive director of PCUN in Oregon, details her previous leadership experiences and the obstacles that accompanied them. She also provides her reflections on what it means to be a Latina professional, stemming from a family of immigrants.
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Hector Verdugo from Homeboy Industries shares why it’s important to practice healing, enabling us to then provide the best healing space possible for our varrios.
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Victor Ochoa, Cindy Rocha, and Stephen Hajosy speak on the Anastasio mural in Chicano Park which reflects our modern-day hardships of the migration experience, including the murder of Anastasio Hernández Rojas at the hands of Customs and Border Protection personnel.
To donate to the mural project visit: https://www.alliancesd.org/fundraiser_anastasio_mural?fbclid=IwAR2mCzd6Z2NAlqVLB8YhjR70nOr8GGmtcCKxBe3iBzQBpCrZA8ET6YXaKRo
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Lucinda, famously known as La Morena Art, provides the perspective to how artist as a critical part to any movement, and how others can seek guidance and mentors to learn how to be begin their journey as an activist.
Lucinda, famously known as La Morena Art, goes to share her tips in how she maneuvers between the corporate world while maintaining a strong connection to her indigeneity as a community activist and artist, ensuring that her artwork is rightfully compensated and goes uncensored.
La Morena Art also goes to share about one of her proudest pieces which brings awareness to the #MurderedandMissingIndigenousWomen .
Jully-Alma Taveras from the YouTube channel Investing Latina goes to share her experience of her father opening a bodega (market) in the Bronx, NY during the 90's as a Dominican Republic immigrant family, as well as how she launched her financial professionalism ever since.
Visit Investing Latina on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3mqjRKhZCyjWb1yA-BpH3g
Oswaldo Vargas goes to share how poetry has become a prominent part of who he is, and the obstacles our Latinx community faces in publishing.
Velaz is invites you to follow his new page called Varrio Money, a platform for our gente to become familiar with the intersectionality between financial and cultural wealth.
Raul Garcia comes through with a PART TWO and emphasizes how our community goes to reclaim our own cultura, and speaks on how to become more in touch with our indigenous roots.
Raul Garcia from Drifting On Memories goes to share the importance of valuing the experiences of our local lowriders, embracing it as part of our history and community's identity.
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Ana Barrera and Hektor Calderon stress how harmful pesticides have been for our communities of color. They also provided info on how to be involved and address environmental racism.
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Welcome to the launch of a series of dialogues about toxic masculinity in collaboration with Hernan Carvente. We will unpack how we can bring healing into our lives and the community we've once harmed, encouraging other men to hold these conversations within their community.
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Angela Aguirre, known as The Millennial Mija, expressed how one's journey towards self loves goes to heighten the impact one could make on the worth.
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Luis Cortes shares with us some of his experiences as a DACA recipient and as a lawyer, advocate, and movement builder within our communities.
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Guest speaker, Nate, goes to share his experience being a charro in a very white space, and the obstacles he has to overcome in order to have his cultura represented.
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Alejandro Gonzales goes to give us a glimpse of the profound stories by POC found in their audiobooks, Abantu Audio. Make sure to visit their website and listen to our people's stories: https://www.abantuaudio.com/
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Angel Martinez provides his opinions on recent protests, and lists systematic and behavioral changes needed in order to further bring change to our communities.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PHxRzlBbB99Kc0pKJKy55rcRi3dC2Xxokw4bK_9sNT4/edit
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Kelly Medina-Lopez goes to remind us of how resourceful our gente could be, and that recycling and up-cycling our belongings has been a part of our cultura all along.
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Manny (AKA Chino) goes to share his glimpse of the Japanese Chicano cultura and how he went to show others what it means to be a Chicano from Los Angeles.
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Edgar Huerta explains how meaningful it was to create this viral video, celebrating his graduation.
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Mayra, an extraordinary community organizer from Latinos United for a New America (LUNA), go to invite you all to complete the census and ensure our communities get the resources they deserve.
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Dulce expresses how she uses arte to go beyond all language barriers, communicating with others the need for social justice.
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Velaz and the host of Pa La Raza podcast, Jesus Juarez, went to discuss the influences that led them to create their own podcast, highlighting our varrios through two unique platforms.
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Happy early birthday to the homie, Hernan Carvente-Martinez from the Youth First Initiative, who goes to reflect on his experiences that led him to go from being system-impacted to organizing communities all across the nation.
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Jose Flores Chamale from Sangre Indigena Art goes to express the importance of connecting with one's cultura, and how to highlight our raza on a canvas.
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In this episode, Daniel Mendoza describes how shelter-in-place can trigger certain traumas related to being formerly incarcerated, and how he persists to engage in advocacy from his own home.
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A glimpse of Latinos in public education, and what many like Luis Aguirre are doing to strengthen the path from our varrios to college.
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Velaz invites Mayra, his partner, as they both share their experience of having to SHELTER-IN-PLACE. Let's continue to be there for one another during these interesting times.
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Members of Somos Mayfair jumped on the mic to share their experience as community organizers. Their stories and words of encouragement all originate from the heart and their love for our gente.
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ESSJ Creatives is a collective of artists using their talents to define what it means to be from the varrio, and doing so by hosting an art exhibit with empowering arte, oldies bumping, and firme ranflas parked outside.
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Maestro Rob goes to share some palabra on what it was like growing up in East San Jo, leading to his activism across the state. He also is really inspired by John Trudell, and wanted me to share with you all this poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWe4Vc-3i9I
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Our community members from different zip codes voice the importance of your vote holds.
The voting system has been and is designed to keep our gente from participating. Make sure your vote reflects the needs of your individual self and of our community members who are kept out from making their voice count.
Shout outs welcomed!!
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This episode goes to share Watani Stiner's political journey as an activist during the 60's, his incarceration, exile, and return.
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First episode of a new bi-weekly series full of announcements, shout outs, and updates from different varrios. Let's stay connected and show each other love. Happy Valentines to you all!
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Presented by Velaz, Nanci goes to share how she's come to find out more about herself and the outdoors while working at Yosemite National Park. P.S. half of the episode was recorded by a waterfall:)
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Presented by Velaz, this episode goes to explore the connection with being an educator and a parent.
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Presented by Velaz, this episode goes to highlight the experience of Cesar and Bianca, two Latinx individuals living and advocating for their communities within the city of Portland, Oregon.
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Presented by Velaz and partnered with BrownIssues, this episode goes to highlight the passion the members of this organization have towards empowering leaders and making a change within many communities.
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Presented by Velaz, "Posadas & Community Organizing," Latinos United for a New America (LUNA) has been advocating in East Side San Jose for the development of a community park. They held different posadas this holiday season to inform la gente of the progress made these last 5 years, and what ways people can support.
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Presented by Velaz and guest starred by Armando Gonzalez, "Our Motivation" captures how his experience motivates him, shapes his journey, and inspires him to further develop himself as a leader, mentor, and coach within the community.
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Presented by Velaz, this episode took place during a Joven Noble training with folks who shared how they use cultura in their leadership roles, with the sole purpose to cultivate change for the next seven generations.
Within this episode, Velaz's abuelita goes to share her experience on how she got involved with huelgas as a response to unjust behavior within work environments.