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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a writer, activist, and professor who tells it like it is. He co-hosts the #NPRadio Show on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. He's also a political analyst on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston.
On this Nuestra Palabra Rewind from October 2020, join us as we listen to an early interview Tony Diaz had with Mario Castillo, who at that time made history as the first Latino President for the Lone Star College System being named Interim President at the Kingwood campus for the 2020 to 2021 academic year. It's been a few years since Mario shared his story and demonstrated the power of leaders leading with Latino values, interests, and needs in mind. Ahead of the Celebrating Latino Art & Culture con el Chancellor Mario K. Castillo event on Thursday, April 25th, 2024, relisten to the interview that helped Houston get to know the future leader and now Chancellor, Mario K. Castillo. Join us on Thursday, April 25th, 2024, at Lone Star College - University Park at the Visual & Performing Arts Building at 930 University Park Campus Dr, Houston Texas, 77070 at 12 PM Noon with a special recognition for the Chancellor, followed by the eagerly anticipated 7th Annual Juried Student Art Show. Thank you to the following: Lone Star College PartnersLone Star College Board of TrusteesThe Latino Cultural Experts CommitteeLSC LASO Houston NorthPuente LSC - HNThank you to our Community Partners:Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their SayThe American Leadership ForumALMAAHH - Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts& Archive Complex in Houston, Harris CountyQue Onda MagazineLULACMario K. Castillo J.D. was named the fifth Chancellor of Lone Star College System in August 2023. Prior to that, Castillo served the College as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. His responsibilities have progressed through the years; starting as the College’s General Counsel in 2015, he was promoted to Vice Chancellor and General Counsel in 2016 and again promoted to Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel in 2017. Additionally, he served as Interim President at the Kingwood campus for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.Castillo’s focus is the College’s students. He has reshaped processes and procedures to be student centric and student informed. He understands you cannot be what you cannot see, and therefore ensures he meets students where they are at. Castillo provides numerous student scholarship and internship opportunities and regularly meets with students to offer career advice. He prioritizes student speaking engagements and student outreach.Castillo received his Juris Doctorate from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington and received his Bachelor of Arts in Government from The University of Texas at Austin. Castillo is a first-generation high school (on his mother’s side), college, and law school student as well as a first-generation American. He enjoys overly ambitious home improvement projects, recently completed Ironman Texas, and is an avid reader.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Relive the community event celebrating Mario Castillo making history as the first Latino Chancellor for Lone Star College! La gente celebrated Tuesday, March 20th, 2024, at Spanish Flowers to congratulate Chancellor Mario K. Castillo. We had so many folks join us, including: Lone Star College PartnersArt Murillo, Lone Star College Board of TrusteeThe Latino Cultural Experts CommitteeLSC LASO Houston NorthPuente LSC - HNThank you to our Community Partners:Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their SayThe American Leadership ForumALMAAHH - Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris CountyQue Onda MagazineLULACTony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, co-host, and producer emerituswww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, speaks w/ the featured artists for the celebration of poetry, prose, and visual expression w/ a special event: Nuestra Palabra & Tintero Projects Present: Poetry at Torre Latina! The night will feature a Q&A w/ our poets & artists, book signing, visual art exhibits, and a preview of the new Nuestra Palabra offices at Torre Latina are included and the best part is that admission is free.Tuesday, March 5th, 2024Nuestra Palabra & Tintero Projects Present:POETRY AT TORRE LATINA@ Torre Latina Professional Building150 W Parker Rd., 5th Floor(I-45N @ Parker Rd)Houston, TX 77076FREE ADMISSIONOur featured guests:ire’ne lara silvaThe 2023 Texas State Poet Laureate and the author of five poetry collections, furia, Blood Sugar Canto, CUICACALLI/House of Song, FirstPoems, and the eaters of flowers, two chapbooks, Enduring Azucares and Hibiscus Tacos, and a short story collection, flesh to bone, which won the Premio Aztlán. ire’ne is the recipient of a 2021 Tasajillo Writers Grant, a 2017 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant, the final Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, and was the Fiction Finalist for AROHO’s 2013 Gift of Freedom Award. Most recently, ire’ne was awarded the 2021 Texas Institute of Letters Shrake Award for Best Short Nonfiction. ire’ne is currently a Writer at Large for Texas Highways Magazine and is working on a second collection of short stories titled, the light of your body. Her first comic book, VENDAVAL, will be released by the Chispa Imprint of Scout Comics in April 2024.Octavio Quintanilla Author of the poetry collection, If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014) and served as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His poetry, fiction, translations, and photography have appeared, or are forthcoming, in journals such as Salamander, RHINO, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. His Frontextos (visual poems) have been published in Poetry Northwest, Gold Wake Live, Newfound, Chachalaca Review, & The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas. Octavio’s visual work has been exhibited at the Southwest School of Art, Presa House Gallery, Equinox Gallery, UTRGV-Brownsville, the Weslaco Museum, and in the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center / Black Box Theater in Austin, TX. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and is the regional editor for Texas Books in Review and poetry editor for The Journal of Latina Critical Feminism & for Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature & Arts Magazine. Octavio teaches Literature and Creative Writing in the M.A./M.F.A. program at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Angelina Sáenz An award-winning educator and poet. She is a UCLA Writing Project fellow, an alumna of the VONA/Voices Workshop for Writers of Color and a Macondo Writer's Workshop Fellow. Her poetry has appeared in venues such as Diálogo, Split this Rock, Out of Anonymity, Angels Flight Literary West, Every Other, Cockpit Revue Paris and The Acentos Review. Her debut book of poetry Edgecliff was released in December of 2021 w/ FlowerSongPress. Maestra, is her second collection of poetry.Marie Elena CortésMarie graduated from Houston Baptist University in 1996 and has teaching experience in Elementary and Middle School. Since, Cortes created her writing club in 2005, Kids Write to Know, she has presented to over 200,000 students, parents and educators at schools, libraries, churches, festivals, and conferences in over 45 cities in the USA, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Marie Elena’s powerful multimedia presentations include storytelling, poetry, art, mini-writing workshops, and readings of her books: “My Annoying Little Brother”, “My First Classroom” and NEGLECTED BY TWO COUNTRIES-winner of the International Latino Book Awards (2014) and Books into Movies Award (2015).Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Latino Bookstore, as part of the Texas Author Series, welcomes Dr. Carmen Tafolla as she presents and reads from her latest book WARRIOR GIRL! Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and Literary Curator for the GCAC's Latino Bookstore, hosts the Texas Author Series every second Friday of the month.Carmen talks about the book, it’s representation, and how this novel is defying the books bans occurring now and reads several poems from the book. Her book, published through Penguin Random House, is available through various online stores but also at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Latino Bookstore and makes an excellent addition to your family library, public library, and underground library.Carmen Tafolla is the 2015 State Poet Laureate of Texas and the former president of the Texas Institute of Letters. An award-winning poet and children’s author, storyteller, performance artist, motivational speaker, scholar, and university professor, she is the author of more than forty books and a professor emeritus of Transformative Children’s Literature at @UTSA. Her numerous awards and distinctions include the prestigious Américas Award, the designation of first city Poet Laureate of San Antonio, six International Latino Book Awards, two Tomás Rivera Book Awards, two ALA Notable Books, the Art of Peace Award, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award.WARRIOR GIRL (@penguinrandomhouse, 2023) chronicles Celina and her family who are bilingual and follow both Mexican and American traditions. Celina revels in her Mexican heritage, but once she starts school it feels like the world wants her to erase that part of her identity. Fortunately, she’s got an army of family and three fabulous new friends behind her to fight the ignorance. But it’s her Gramma who’s her biggest inspiration, encouraging Celina to build a shield of joy around herself . Because when you’re celebrating, when you find a reason to sing or dance or paint or play or laugh or write, they haven’t taken everything away from you. Of course, it’s not possible to stay in celebration mode when things get dire--like when her dad’s deported and a pandemic hits--but if there is anything Celina’s sure of, it’s that she’ll always live up to her last Guerrera--woman warrior--and that she will use her voice and writing talents to show the world it’s a more beautiful place because people like her are in it.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producerwww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say and the Harris County Public Library invite you to join us for a book giveaway and discussion of Nuestra Palabra's 2024 Big Read selection, INFINITE COUNTRY by Patricia Engel. The first 50 attendees to register will receive a free copy of the book, courtesy of Nuestra Palabra through the Big Read grant.Tony speaks w/ several guests about the Big Read and the importance of literary events like these!Tony speaks with HCPL's Assistant Manager for Youth Services Anjela Martinez, Colombian anthropologist Dr. Esteban Acuña, & Victory Early College Student Andreina Dos Santos about the impact the book and books like it have. Although the event is free and open to the public, limited seating is available. Please use the link below to register:https://hcpl.bibliocommons.com/events/65b003ecf664ce3300228bc5In addition to receiving a free copy of the book, guests will enjoy refreshments and an interactive panel discussion about the book, hosted by Tony Diaz, Founder of El Librotraficante and Director of Nuestra Palabra. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate and ask questions but should not feel pressured to have read the book ahead of time.Please register on this page to be eligible for book giveaway. Feel free to bring guests to the event, but each guest that would like to receive a book should register separately, as we will hold one book per registration for the first 50. Note: Must attend event in person to receive free book.In Infinite Country, award-winning author Patricia Engel tells the powerful tale of a family divided. Set in Colombia and the United States and told through the shifting perspectives of each family member, Engel examines the beauty and cruelty of life in the diaspora, crafting “a breathtaking story of the unimaginable prices paid for a better life” (Esquire). With “meticulously rendered descriptions of Andean landscapes and mythology” (New York Times Book Review), Infinite Country is “at once a sweeping love story and tragic drama” (Elle), “forcefully examining what unites a family beyond the divisions borders and policies forge” (Los Angeles Review of Books). Through the intimacies of one family’s story, Engel “challenges us to consider that the United States has always been a place of borders” (Harvard Review of Books). “Told by a chorus of voices and perspectives, this is as much an all-American story as it is a global one” (Booklist).NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.Learn more about Nuestra Palabra: https://www.nuestrapalabra.orgegisterAnjela Martinez is the Youth Services Assistant Manager for Harris County Public Library. Anjela has worked for Harris County Public Library for thirteen years. She's passionate about providing library resources and programs to help children become life-long readers, learners, and library users. Anjela contributes her love for reading to her mother who introduced a young Anjela to a boy wizard named Harry. Besides reading, Anjela enjoys spending time with her family and friends, baking, traveling, and going on adventures with her dog Lobo. Anjela is currently reading Infinite Country by Patricia Engel and The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander. Dr. Esteban Acuña is a Colombian anthropologist who specializes in ethnicity, mobility and migration. He is currently a visiting scholar at SUNY at Plattsburgh, and before recently moving to Houston he also taught at Freiburg University, in Germany, and Bard College, in New York. His latest ethnographic work has used life stories and mobile methods to study migratory movements in the Americas. Victory Early College Student Andreina Dos Santos is a student at Lone Star Community College and an active scholar.Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and Political Analyst on What's Your Point on Fox 26 News, welcomes Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones. Commissioner Briones shares her work in improving Precinct 4, an important gun buyback program taking place this November 18th, and her literacy advocacy, with her recent appearance at NP's & NEA's Big Read event in September as well as the Harris County Proclamation given to Nuestra Palabra and Tony Diaz for 25 years of cultivating community cultural capital.Join us on NP Live at a special time this Wednesday, November 8th, at 9:00 AM CST as part of our multi stream broadcast. You can check out the show on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter!Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones is a native Texan and proud Latina who grew up on the U.S.-Mexico border. She is the daughter of teachers, who taught her the importance of education, hard work, and serving others—values that have defined her and which she now brings to the office of County Commissioner for Precinct 4.Upon graduating with honors from Harvard University, she began her career as an 8th and 10th-grade teacher at two of the lowest-income public schools in the country. She then attended Yale Law School, where she led the Latino Law Students’ Association's public service initiatives and provided pro-bono assistance to survivors of domestic abuse and juvenile offenders.Commissioner Briones returned to Texas to practice law at Vinson & Elkins LLP, then served as General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of the Laura & John Arnold Foundation, a major national philanthropic nonprofit. She next became the Judge of Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4. Judge Briones was the highest-rated Harris County Civil Court at Law Judge in the 2019 Houston Bar Association (HBA) Judicial Evaluation Poll and won the 2020 HBA Judicial Preference Poll. Briones co-founded the statewide nonprofit Texas Latinx Judges and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center.She and her husband, Adán, live in Houston with their three daughters and worship at St. Ambrose Catholic Church.
The Houston Cultural Treasures Announcement Event and State of the Network Panel- Recorded Live on 11.02.2023- at The DeLUXE Theater. The BIPOC Arts Network and Fund named the cohort of 11 organizations named as Houston Cultural Treasures. The panel discussion framed learning and hopes from different segments of BANF communities. BANF will invest $5 million over two years (2024-25) in eleven organizations w/ both technical support and unrestricted cash funding.Houston Cultural Treasures invests in the arts organizations that have anchored our communities of color and shaped Houston’s dynamic and diverse culture that we benefit from today. We honor their survival, persistence, and resilience.The Houston arts community has celebrated its ability to collaborate and connect. We celebrate that connectedness as a Houston strength and are building a two-year learning cohort of BIPOC organizations and their leadership as an essential part of the experience. To be a Houston Cultural Treasure is to commit to strengthening the Houston BIPOC arts ecosystem. BANF’s vision is an ecosystem that empowers BIPOC artists, organizations, and communities in the Greater Houston Area w/ transformative opportunities to dream, connect, collaborate, and create.The Houston Cultural Treasures initiative is part of a larger national initiative from the Ford Foundation created to acknowledge and honor the diversity of artistic expression and excellence across the nation.”The institutions honored today are:Arte Publico PressBuffalo Soldiers National MuseumCommunity Artists’ CollectiveCommunity Music Center of HoustonHouston Museum of African American CultureIndo-American AssociationMulticultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)The Nia Cultural CenterSHAPE Community CenterSilambam Houston Join us in preserving history, building community, and creating the future by supporting these institutions; visit their websites and find out how you can support these Houston Cultural Treasures.***************BIPOC Arts Network & FundBIPOC Arts Network & FundA revolutionary arts ecosystem empowering BIPOC artists, organizations, and communities. BANF is revolutionizing the local funding landscape and breaking down silos within the arts ecosystem to create transformative opportunities where they can dream, connect, collaborate, and create.BIPOC Arts Network and Fund, or BANF, revolutionizes the local funding landscape, breaks down silos within the arts ecosystem, and welcomes everyone to support and learn from BIPOC arts communities. We utilize equity-focused and community-participatory funding initiatives; community-informed evaluation and learning practices; and asset-based network building strategies to inform leadership, advocacy, and action.BANF was created in a time of crisis to provide resources and networks that support the vibrant Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and other communities of color of Greater Houston in fully displaying their power, values and traditions.At its launch, BANF invested $2 million into BIPOC-founded and led organizations and fiscally-sponsored artist collectives that promote, preserve, and celebrate Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, and other communities of color through arts and cultural programming. This one-time investment was an effort to provide direct and urgent support for Houston’s BIPOC arts ecosystem in the face of the pandemic and compounded crises.BANF is an independent initiative whose programming is funded by the generous contributions of national and local foundations, including Houston Endowment, the Ford Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Cullen Foundation, Kinder Foundation and The Powell Foundation.;
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Literary Curator for the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (GCAC) in San Antonio Texas, welcomes award-winning Seattle writer, teacher, and editor Alma García as she returns to her El Paso roots with her debut novel, ALL THAT RISES (University of Arizona Press, 2023), a story of secrets, lies, border politics, and discovering what it means to belong—within a family, as well as in the world beyond, ahead of her Texas Author Series appearance on November 10th, 2023 at the Guadalupe's Latino Bookstore.Join us for NP Live on October 9th, 2023 at 7:30 PM CDT via our Nuestra Palabra's multi-stream platform broadcast on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube!Alma García is a writer whose award-winning short fiction has appeared in Narrative Magazine and most recently in phoebe and the anthology Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century. She is a past recipient of a fellowship from the Rona Jaffe Foundation. Originally from El Paso and later from Albuquerque, she now lives in Seattle, where she teaches fiction writing at the Hugo House and is a manuscript consultant.In her debut novel, ALL THAT RISES, two guardedly neighboring families in El Paso, Texas, have plunged headlong into a harrowing week. Rose Marie DuPre, wife and mother, has abandoned her family. On the doorstep of the Gonzales’ home, long-lost rebel Inez appears. As Rose Marie’s husband, Huck (manager of a maquiladora), and Inez’s brother, Jerry (a college professor), struggle separately with the new shape of their worlds, Lourdes, the Mexican maid who works in both homes, finds herself entangled in the lives of her employers, even as she grapples with a teenage daughter who only has eyes for el otro lado—life, American style. What follows is a story in which mysteries are unraveled, odd alliances are forged, and the boundaries between lives blur in destiny-changing ways—all in a place where the physical border between two countries is as palpable as it is porous, and the legacies of history are never far away. There are no easy solutions to the issues the characters face in this story, and their various realities—as undocumented workers, Border Patrol agents, the American supervisor of a Mexican factory employing an impoverished workforce—never play out against a black-and-white moral canvas. Instead, they are complex human beings with sometimes messy lives who struggle to create a place for themselves in a part of the world like no other, even as they are forced to confront the lives they have made.ALL THAT RISES is about secrets, lies, border politics, and discovering where you belong—within a family, as well as in the world beyond. It is a novel for the times we live in, set in a place many people know only from the news.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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.Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Literary Curator for the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (GCAC) in San Antonio Texas, welcomes professor Dr. Jesús Jesse Esparza, Associate Professor in the Department of History, Geography, and General Studies at Texas Southern University, to discuss his book RAZA SCHOOLS (University of Oklahoma Press, 2023) ahead of his Texas Author Series appearance on November 10th, 2023 at the GCAC's Latino Bookstore.Join us on NP LIve on October 16th, 2023 at 6:30 PM CDT as part of Nuestra Palabra's multi-stream platform broadcast on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. In 1929, a Latino community in the borderlands city of Del Rio, Texas, established the first and perhaps only autonomous Mexican American school district in Texas history. How it did so—against a background of institutional racism, poverty, and segregation—is the story Jesús Jesse Esparza tells in RAZA SCHOOLS, a history of the rise and fall of the San Felipe Independent School District from the end of World War I through the post–civil rights era.Telling the complex story of how territorial pride, race and racism, politics, economic pressures, local control, and the federal government collided in Del Rio, Raza Schools recovers a lost chapter in the history of educational civil rights—and in doing so, offers a more nuanced understanding of race relations, educational politics, and school activism in the US-Mexico borderlands.Dr. Jesús Jesse Esparza is an Associate Professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences at Texas Southern University, where he has taught since 2009. His area ofexpertise is on the history of Latinos in the United States, emphasizing civil rights activism. Dr. Esparza’s manuscript, Raza Schools: The Fight for Latino Educational Autonomy in a WestTexas Borderlands Town, is scheduled for release in September 2023. The University of Oklahoma Press will publish it as part of the New Directions in Tejano History series. Dr. Esparza teaches Mexican American, Texas, and Civil Rights history. He received his B.A. and a master’s degree in History from Southwest Texas State University and a Ph.D. in History in 2008 from the University of Houston.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, co-host, and producer emerituswww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Internationally renowned ceramicist Veronica Castillo alongside Professor Emerita and Independent Publisher Dr. Josie Méndez-Negrete join us in spotlighting their co-authored book, "Rooted in Clay: El Arte de Verónica Castillo."Tony delves into the book written as a plática in which Castillo shares her life work, inspiration, politics, and history with Méndez-Negrete alongside images of her sculptures and experiences that led her to be one of the first artists requested to submit work for the newly launched Latino Heritage Museum for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.Her artwork, primarily ceramics that focus on the “tree of life,” is deeply connected to her indigenous roots in Mexico as well the transformations in aesthetic expressions that have occurred as a result of her work with revolutionary indigenous groups and moving to San Antonio. *****Verónica Castillo is an internationally acclaimed artist from Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, México. At a very young age, under the tutelage of her parents, renowned artists Don Alfonso Castillo Orta and Doña Soledad Martha Hernández Báez, she was exposed to the artistic technique of working in polychromatic ceramics, a tradition passed on from generation to generation. Verónica continues to build upon these traditions while focusing on contemporary issues of injustice and inequality. Her exhibits have achieved national and international recognition, from the Smithsonian in Washington DC to the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago to the Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico. In 2013, Verónica Castillo received the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award. She is the owner of E.V.A. (Ecos y Voces de Arte), a gallery on the Southside of San Antonio. Together with an international network of artists, E.V.A. offers the space and support for various forms of cultural art to thrive.Josie Méndez-Negrete PhD, Professor Emerita in Mexican American Studies at the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies (BBL), University of Texas at San Antonio, received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Duke University Press published Las hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed as a revised edition in 2006 and reprinted it in 2010. In 2015, the University of New Mexico Press published her second book, A Life on Hold: Living with Schizophrenia. Along with publishing book chapter and articles on culture, identity, and education, from 2009 2014, Méndez-Negrete served as Lead Editor of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS. She served as chair of the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) and of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS). In 2021, The University of Arizona, Tucson, published Activist Leaders of San José, California: En sus propias voces (2021). In March 2017, she established Conocimientos as an independent with the vision of publishing untold or hidden Raza stories. The press’s first publication—Women, Mujeres, Ixoq’: Revolutionary Visions—edited by Claudia D. Hernández received the 2019 International Latino Book Gold Medal Award. In 2023, Rooted in Clay: El arte de Verónica Castillo was published by Conocimientos Press.Transcript
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Literary Curator for the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center welcomes award winning author and distinguished professor Dr. Norma Cantu to the show to discuss her latest book CHICANA PORTRAITS: CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES OF TWELVE CHICANA WRITERS (University of Arizona Press 2023) ahead of her Texas Author Series appearance on October 13th 2023 at the Guadalupe.Join us for a lively discussion over this amazing anthology that spotlights 12 literary figures from 12 authors who themselves are making a name for themselves. Norma describes the process and reads from the book and shares some of her thoughts on the current state of book bans and censorship culture.Dr. Norma E. Cantú is a scholar-activist who currently serves as the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University. She is founder and director of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa. She has published fiction, poetry, and personal essays in a number of venues. Her latest book CHICANA PORTRAITS is an innovative collection that pairs portraits with critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements.Artist Raquel Valle-Sentíes’s portraits bring visual dimension, while essays delve deeply into the authors’ lives for details that inform their literary, artistic, feminist, and political trajectories and sensibilities. The collection brilliantly intersects artistic visual and literary cultural productions, allowing complex themes to emerge, such as the fragility of life, sexism and misogyny, Chicana agency and forging one’s own path, the struggles of becoming a writer and battling self-doubt, economic instability, and political engagement and activism.Biographies included in this work include Raquel Valle-Sentíes, Angela de Hoyos, Montserrat Fontes, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Norma E. Cantú, Denise Elia Chávez, Carmen Tafolla, Cherríe Moraga, Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Sandra Cisneros, and Demetria Martínez.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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.www.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Literary Curator for the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio Texas, welcomes award winning author John Olivares Espinoza to the show to discuss his book THE DATE FRUIT ELEGIES (Bilingual Review Press, 2008) ahead of his Texas Author Series appearance on October 13th 2023 at the Guadalupe.John shares with us his work, reads some of his poems (including unreleased portions of his upcoming book), the inspiration behind his work, as well as his current as editor / poetry coach to several well known literary figures, including Chicana icon Sandra Cisneros. John Olivares Espinoza is a recipient of a 2023 City of San Antonio Project Grants for Individual Artists. Born and raised in Indio, California, and the son of immigrants from Mexico, he received degrees in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside and Arizona State University.He is the author of the poetry collection, The Date Fruit Elegies (Bilingual Review Press, 2008), as well as two chapbooks, Aluminum Times (Swan Scythe Press, 2002) and Gardeners of Eden (Chicano Chapbook Series, 2000). His poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies domestically and internationally such as Alta Journal, American Poetry Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, New Letters, Poetry International, Quarterly West, Rattle, ZYZZYVA and In Xóchitl in Cuícatl: Floricanto: Cien años de poesía chicanx/latinx (1920-2020) (Editorial Polibea: Madrid, 2021). His honors include a writing grant from The Elizabeth George Foundation, a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, and a residency at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Espinoza has been a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop since 2004 and lives in San Antonio with his family. John attempts to create a family mythology around their experiences and identities as immigrants, laborers, and New Americans. Meanwhile, other speakers in his poems grapple with their identities as first generation Americans. Poet Christopher Buckley introduces Espinoza’s poetry by saying, “…[I]t was the lives of his family, of the people who did not stay at resorts [and the homes of the rich], that became [John’s] theme, and his poems risked clarity at every turn to do them justice. John’s poems are witness to this life, and with poignancy and inventiveness they reveal the essential dignity and compassion of the people he knows.”Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producerwww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz welcomes key members of Main Street Theater’s current production of CARMELA, FULL OF WISHES, playing Sept. 24 – Oct. 21 at MST’s Midtown location at 3400 Main Street, 77002 at the MATCH. Adapted by Nuestra Palabra's very own Alvaro Saar Rios from the best selling book by Matt de la Peña, Tony speaks with Alvaro, Laura Moreno, the play’s director, and Jacqueline Vasquez, the actor playing Carmela, about this wonderful play and it's importance in telling our stories.On our show, we have:Laura Moreno (Director) Main Street Theater: (Director) Last Stop on Market Street (Costume Design) Miss Nelson Is Missing! The Musical!, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Dragons Love Tacos; Alley Theatre: (Assistant Director): A Midsummer Night’s Dream, What-a-Christmas!; Mildred’s Umbrella: Ladies’ Night: Beckett Shorts; Lamar University: The Revolutionists; Jewish Community Center: Photograph 51; Horse Head Theatre Company: Church, Judgement of Fools; Gravity Players: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; Duchesne Academy: Little Women, The Importance of Being Earnest. Education: M.F.A, University of Houston, Directing; M.A, University of Houston, Arts Leadership; B.F.A., University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance, Acting.Jacqueline Vasquez plays Carmela in our current production, and she’ll be back right after Carmela Full of Wishes for Disney’s Beauty & the Beast at Main Street Theater! Other credits include: James and the Giant Peach (swing), Miss Nelson is Missing! The Musical; Haven Arts: She Kills Monsters. Education: Texas Christian University.Alvaro Saar Rios is a Texican playwright living in Chicago. His plays have been seen in New York City, Mexico City, Hawaii, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee and all over Texas. His award-winning plays include Luchadora!, On the Wings of a Mariposa and Carmela Full of Wishes. Mr. Rios is Playwright-In-Residence at Milwaukee's First Stage and a proud veteran of the US Army (he used to drive tanks). Originally from Houston, Alvaro teaches playwriting at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.About CARMELA FULL OF WISHESFeliz Cumpleaños! It’s Carmela’s birthday, and she’s finally old enough to tag along with her big brother as he runs the family errands. Passing by the bodega and the lavanderia, Carmela picks a dandelion and makes a very important wish… Carmela Full of Wishes illuminates the beauty of working class neighborhoods and the power of community and family. Told through the lens of a heartfelt sibling story, this endearing play explores what hope looks like in a migrant community steeped in Mexican culture.CARMELA FULL OF WISHESAdapted by Alvaro Saar RiosFrom the book by Matt de la PeñaIllustrated by Christian RobinsonTony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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.www.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra and the National Endowment for the Arts @neaarts celebrated will Latina Leaders with an amazing event, NP & NEA's The Big Read! The event was a huge success but if you missed it no worries, it is now available on our podcast!Some key moments:As part of our collaboration with the NEA, we gave away 400 copies of INFINITE COUNTRY (@AvidReaderPress) by Colombian American writer Patricia Engel (@patricia__engel) to attendees!The event opened with the powerful poetry of Elisa Garza who shared her previous work from Entre la Claridad and new unreleased poems for our audience.Geraldina Interiano Wise, Board Chair of ALMAAHH, spoke on the importance of having our space, nuestra lugar, and urged folks to fill out the survey for the Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive (ALMAAHH) complex in Harris County.Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Briones shared her passion urging folks not to let others call us "dormidos y hay que levantar y dar pa adelante nuestra fuerza unida" and she presented Harris County's proclamation honoring Tony Diaz & Nuestra Palabra for it's 25 years of service and creating community cultural capital. Lis Atencio, co founder of Monday Paper, debuted the Nuestra Palabra Journal, 100 of which were given to empower our communidad to tell their stories, stories like Liz who immigrated from Venezuela and using her entrepreneurial spirit started her own company providing jobs for folks here and abroad all while in an eco friendly and sustainable manner.Mayra Valle, Director of Learning and Design at the EMERGE Fellowship, shared her personal story, her own writing, and her passion to help students find their voices, especially among Latine students who often find themselves lost in the process.The Honorable Delia Garcia shared her latest book LATINA LEADERSHIP LESSONS with the audience and shared experiences growing up and working where often she was not only the woman in the room but the only Latina.Listen to the podcast on your favorite platform!
Tony Diaz, el Librotraficante spotlights Dr. Carmen Tafolla’s latest book WARRIOR GIRL! Carmen talks about the book, it’s representation, and how this novel is defying the books bans occurring now and reads several poems from the book. Her book published through Penguin Random House is available through various online stores but also at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Latino Bookstore and makes an excellent addition to your family library, public library, and underground library.Carmen Tafolla is the 2015 State Poet Laureate of Texas and the former president of the Texas Institute of Letters. An award-winning poet and children’s author, storyteller, performance artist, motivational speaker, scholar, and university professor, she is the author of more than forty books and a professor emeritus of Transformative Children’s Literature at @UTSA. Her numerous awards and distinctions include the prestigious Américas Award, the designation of first city Poet Laureate of San Antonio, six International Latino Book Awards, two Tomás Rivera Book Awards, two ALA Notable Books, the Art of Peace Award, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award.WARRIOR GIRL (@penguinrandomhouse, 2023) chronicles Celina and her family who are bilingual and follow both Mexican and American traditions. Celina revels in her Mexican heritage, but once she starts school it feels like the world wants her to erase that part of her identity. Fortunately, she’s got an army of family and three fabulous new friends behind her to fight the ignorance. But it’s her Gramma who’s her biggest inspiration, encouraging Celina to build a shield of joy around herself . Because when you’re celebrating, when you find a reason to sing or dance or paint or play or laugh or write, they haven’t taken everything away from you. Of course, it’s not possible to stay in celebration mode when things get dire--like when her dad’s deported and a pandemic hits--but if there is anything Celina’s sure of, it’s that she’ll always live up to her last Guerrera--woman warrior--and that she will use her voice and writing talents to show the world it’s a more beautiful place because people like her are in it.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, co-host, and producer emerituswww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra features the book "The Alton Bus Crash" on our latest podcast episode which you can stream on your favorite platform.Tony Diaz speaks with Juan P Carmona about his book on the tragic Alton Bus Crash, which claimed the lives of f 21 junior and senior high school students after a bottling truck collided with the school bus, causing the bus to enter a caliche pit filled with water. This terrible incident led to many changes in several industries but also served as a precursor to other catastrophes that have befallen marginalized communities and the government response.Juan P. Carmona is a Social Studies teacher at Donna High School and a dual enrollment History instructor through South Texas College. He graduated with honors from the American Military University with a master’s degree in American History and he was the Recipient of the 2018 James F. Veninga Outstanding Teaching Humanities Award by Humanities Texas. He is a member of the NACCS Tejas Foco Committee for Mexican American Studies K-12, and the Social Studies Coordinator for the Rio Grande Valley Coalition for Mexican American Studies. He is the co-author of a 1-year curriculum for a high school class in Mexican American Studies.He has been teaching Mexican American History for dual enrollment for the past 10 years at Donna High School. He is also a member of the award-winning Refusing to Forget Project. His primary field of research is the history of the South Texas borderlands. He is the author of the book The Alton Bus Crash, co-host of the podcast “Mi Valle MI Vida” and produced a podcast with his Mexican American History students called “The Alamo Train Crash of 1940”, which he is now developing into a book project.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, co-host, and producer emerituswww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Literary Curator for the Guadalupe Culturalarts Center's Latino Bookstore, spotlights Dr. Mehnaaz Momen's LISTENING TO LAREDO: A BORDER CITY IN A GLOBALIZED AGE. in a lively discussion on place, identity, and the changing conditions of an American border city.
Dr. Mehnaaz Momen is an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Texas A&M International University and the author of THE PARADOX OF CITIZENSHIP IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND POLITICAL SATIRE, POSTMODERN REALITY, AND THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (Arizone Press)
Her new book, LISTENING TO LAREDO: A BORDER CITY IN A GLOBALIZED AGE, gives an in depth look at the burgeoning Texas town that has grown. Nestled between Texas and Tamaulipas, @officialcityoflaredo was once a quaint border town, nurturing cultural ties across the border, attracting occasional tourists, and serving as the home of people living there for generations. In a span of mere decades, Laredo has become the largest inland port in the United States and a major hub of global trade. Listening to Laredo is an exploration of how the dizzying forces of change have defined this locale, how they continue to be inscribed and celebrated, and how their effects on the physical landscape have shaped the identity of the city and its people. Bringing together issues of growth, globalization, and identity, Mehnaaz Momen traces Laredo’s trajectory through the voices of its people. In contrast to the many studies of border cities defined by the outside—and seldom by the people who live at the border—this volume collects oral histories from seventy-five in-depth interviews that collectively illuminate the evolution of the city’s cultural and economic infrastructure, its interdependence with its sister city across the national boundary, and, above all, the strength of its community as it adapts to and even challenges the national narrative regarding the border. The resonant and lively voices of Laredo’s people convey proud ownership of an archetypal border city that has time and again resurrected itself.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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.
- 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, co-host, and producer emeritus
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Nuestra Palabra's Tony Diaz El Librotraficante, Literary Curator for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Latino Bookstore, welcomes Dr. Ito Romo, who will be one of our our featured authors for the Texas Author Series' September reading at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on September 8th at 6:00PM. Tony will speak with Dr. Romo re: his book THE BORDER IS BURNING being released on paperback, his next projects, and even have a reading in advance to Dr. Romo's appearance in San Antonio Westside!Dr. Ito Romo was born and raised on the border in Laredo, Texas. His recent work, dubbed “Chicano Gothic” and “Chicano Noir,” shows the dark and gritty life along Interstate 35 through South Texas, where his family has lived for nine generations since 1750. He lives in San Antonio and is Professor of English Language and Literature at St. Mary’s University. Romo received his PhD from Texas Tech University’s Creative Writing Program and was recently inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. He is the author of The Border is Burning (2013) and El Puente / The Bridge (2001), both published by University of New Mexico Press.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, co-host, and producer emerituswww.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, the Literary Curator for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Latino Bookstore, welcomes The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva @borderlandsshax (BSC)! Dr. Kathryn Vomero Santos (Trinity University), Dr. Katherine Gillen (Texas A&M University–San Antonio), and Dr. Adrianna M. Santos (Texas A&M University–San Antonio), who will be our featured authors for the Texas Author Series' September reading at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on September 8th, at 6:00PM.
Dr. Brenda Sarmiento Quezada (Purdue University) joins Tony & the BCS to discuss writing curriculum and how important these works are as educational tools for not just traditionally marginalized folks but for all. These curriculums and coursework is all part of a $102,250 grant for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Latino Bookstore Education Outreach and Literacy Program.
Join us on our show on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston at 7:00 CDT PM or online via www.kpft.org. If not, you can always catch the podcast on our streaming platforms!
The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva (BSC) seeks to amplify the work of Chicanx and Indigenous artists who adapt Shakespeare to reflect the histories and lived realities of the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands. They aim not only to change the way Shakespeare is taught and performed but also to promote the socially just futures envisioned en el arte de La Frontera. The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva are editing a three-volume anthology titled The Bard in the Borderlands. Their work has been supported by funding from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Dr. Brenda Sarmiento Quezada is an assistant professor of Literacy and Language Education with emphasis on emergent bilinguals at Purdue University. Born in Mexico City, she taught as a Dual Language teacher at a Title 1 school in San Antonio, Texas. Her research area focuses on language practices and identity performances of linguistically and culturally diverse students. Her research and interests also encompass teacher education and preparation programs, literacy integration across content areas, bilingual community engagement, digital spaces and multimodalities, and language policy and practices.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. Tony 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.
- 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, co-host, and producer emeritus
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 baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra's Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, welcomes author of the acclaimed books ZARZAMORA and WHERE THE RECKLESS ONES COME TO DIE Vincent Cooper, who joins us to talk about his latest book from Mouthfeel Press, INFIDELIS.
Tony speaks with Vincent Tuesday on KPFT Houston 90.1 FM on Tuesday August 22nd at 7:00 PM CDT as we discuss Vincent's powerful new book. You can hear it live via KPFT.org if you’re not in the Houston area; otherwise you can catch the podcast afterwards!
Vincent Cooper's INFIDELIS is a powerful collection of poetry that delves into the life of a Chicano outcast, drawing from the author's personal experiences as a United States Marine. Through lyric and Blues poetry, Cooper paints a vivid picture of the 9/11 era, capturing the raw and authentic emotions that accompanied his journey.
Vincent Cooper is a poet living in San Antonio, Texas. He is a former United States Marine and has published in Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xicano Literature, Big Bridge Magazine: Refreshing San Antonio, and La Voz de Esperanza
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
- 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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
The Nuestra Palabra Familia is honored to get to call Dr. Cintli a friend. His work has shaped a people. His writings are testament to our greatness. On behalf of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Librotraficante, and The Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, we extend our condolences to his familia and all the lives, the generations that he touched and will continue to touch. We are honored that he joined us when NP still took place in the party hall of Chapultepec Restaurant, in Montrose, in Houston, Tejas. The Librotraficantes smuggled his works back into Arizona when the AZ right wing legislators banned Mexican American Studies, and the Latino Bookstore in San Antonio, Tejas is honored to have hosted the launch of his most recent book Writing 50 Years (más o menos) Amongst the Gringos. We will strive to honor him by continuing to demand, as he said, that our gente be heard. #Unidos
Join us as we speak with folks who were touched, influenced, or impacted by the work Dr. Cintli carried out. Matt Sedillo, Juan Tejeda, and Dr. Lupe Carrasco Cardona who join Tony in celebrating the work of Dr. Cintli. Dr. Rodríguez died from heart failure in Mexico, on 31 July 2023, at the age of 69. In the three years before his death, he lived near Teotihuacan. He was survived by Gonzales and five brothers.
On the show, we have
Juan Tejeda has taught Bicultural Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio and currently is a tenured full-time faculty member at Palo Alto College. For 18 years, Juan was the Xicano Music Program Director for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, where he created the internationally renowned Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio. Juan has written and lectured extensively on the history and socio-cultural significance and importance of Tejano and Conjunto music. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chicano Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s in Bicultural Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio . Juan and his wife, Anisa Onofre, are co-publishers/editors of Aztlan Libre Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to Xican@ Literature and Art.
Matt Sedillo has been described as the "best political poet in America" as well as "the poet laureate of the struggle". His work has drawn comparisons in print to Bertolt Brecht, Roque Dalton, Amiri Baraka, Alan Ginsberg and various other legends of the past. Sedillo was the recipient of the first ever Dante's Laurel presented in Ravenna Italy, the 2017 Joe Hill Labor Poetry award, a panelist at the 2020 Texas book festival, and a participant in the 2012 San Francisco International Poetry Festival, the 2022 Elba Poetry Festival. Sedillo has appeared on CSPAN and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Axios, the Associated Press among other publications. He is also cofounder of the newly established El Martilo Press.
Dr. Guadalupe Carrasco Cardona has been an Ethnic Studies, English, Social Studies and Journalism educator for 23 years and has taught in three states; California, Arizona and Texas. Her current position is Ethnic Studies Teacher at Roybal Learning Center in downtown Los Angeles. She is also an adjunct lecturer in Chicanx/Latinx/Ethnic Studies at California State University at Long Beach. She is dedicated to developing critical curriculum and facilitating a student-centered classroom environment based on mutual respect, critical thinking, and collaboration. She accomplishes this by fusing her classroom instruction with community cultural knowledge and a focus on auto-biographical counter narrative.
Tony Diaz is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.
Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records Website | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
As part of the NP LIT Summer Series, Cristina Rivera Garza showcases her latest book "Liliana's Invincible Summer" live and with a reading at the Ballroom at Bayou Place on August 14th, 2023 at 6:30 PM CDT. This event is free and open to the public; free drinks and light snacks will be provided.
If you can't make it to Downtown Houston, we will be livestreaming the event live on Nuestra Palabra's media platforms!
On the radio and podcast leading up to the show, Tony Diaz speaks with the award-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza in anticipation of her Houston appearance showcasing her latest book "Liliana's Invincible Summer".
Cristina Rivera Garza is the award-winning author of The Taiga Syndrome and The Iliac Crest, among many other books. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, Rivera Garza is the M. D. Anderson Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies, and director of the PhD program in creative writing in Spanish at the University of Houston.
Tony Diaz, Literary Curator for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts's Latino Bookstore, welcomes Jen Yáñez-Alaniz and Octavio Quintanilla who are the featured authors for the Texas Author Series' August reading on August 11th at 6:00PM.
Jen and Octavio will read form their latest works and have a question and answer afterwards as well as sign copied of their books which will be on sale at the Latino Bookstore. Light snacks and drinks will provided for folks; as always, our event is free of charge and open to the public but donations are always welcomed!
If you can't make it, check out the interview w/ Tony about their current projects and hear them read some of their poetry! Jen celebrates "Chicana Portraits," and her upcoming anthology, "Chicana Portraits". Octavio shares with us his current project "The Book of Wounded Sparrows". along with his work with VersoFrontera. Jen Yáñez-Alaniz is a Chicana Mestiza activist, educator and poet. She is a PhD Fellow in the Culture, Literacy, and Language Department at the @utsa University of Texas, San Antonio. Her research interests include translanguaging as a social justice framework with a focus on educator reflexivity and empathy. As co- founder of Welcome: A Poetry Declaration, she brings awareness through equity-driven cultural conversations centered on the preservation of language and language literacy. Her latest and forthcoming publications are included in several anthologies and journals. She is the author of an extensive critical biography of Carmen Tafolla in the forthcoming anthology, Chicana Portraits, edited by Dr. Norma E Cantu.
Octavio Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collection, If I Go Missing, the founder and director of the literature & arts festival, VersoFrontera, publisher of Alabrava Press, and former Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His new poetry collection, The Book of Wounded Sparrows, is forthcoming from Texas Review Press in fall 2024. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Our Lady of the Lake University.
Nelson Delgado Jr. is the Founder & Creative Director of the The Eclectic Arts Movement (T.E.A.M.) which was created in 2010 along with the BEGIN MY MOVEMENT Project. T.E.A.M. is a group of artists uniting for a great and noble cause through projects Nelson envisions. The Event and Exhibition was ART. Keeping the World Moving! A fundraiser for children who needed prosthetics. In less than one year, T.E.A.M. united 200 Artists from all over the United States, to donate a single work of Art and raise funds for the No Boundaries Prosthetic Foundation at the Wynwood Walls Miami; this uniting of artists and volunteers successfully sold 187 paintings that night!
The upcoming Multi-ZEN-sery Exhibition features 30 artists who together will create a multi-sensory and interactive experience The ALTA Arts, located at 5412 Ashbrook Dr, Houston TX 77081, from July 21 and on through August 05, 2023. July 22 is the Grand Opening and is free to the public. By presenting an exhibition made for every individual but especially being inclusive for the blind, deaf and people/persons with disabilities, Nelson and T.E.A.M. truly hope to bring the arts to everyone.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
- 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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra spotlights acclaimed Nicaraguan-American comedian Cat Alvarado as she talks about her debut comedy album Off-White, available now on Spotify and Apple Music!
Cat Alvarado is a Nicaraguan-American comedian who turned her journey as a Latina misfit into an award-winning one-woman show and a comedy special, Off-White. She’s performed at the Laughing Skull Lounge Festival and The Big Pine Comedy Festival. She premiered her hour at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival to rave reviews, winning a Producer’s Encore Award. She was also a featured comedian at the 2022 Great American Comedy Festival. She made her TV stand-up debut on PBS’s First Nations Comedy Experience in 2018. She is also the creator and host of the Villains of History podcast, a cohost on the Unofficial Official Story podcast, and a frequent guest co-host on YouTube’s Reel Rejects.
Her debut comedy album, Off-White, was released on May 26th on @BlondeMedicine and everywhere comedy albums are streamed or sold.
Cat discussed the creation of her debut album as well as some of the themes in her material, including identity and Latinidad, as well as the current climate in the comedy world.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
- 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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
El Martillo Press publishes writers whose pens strike the page with clear intent; words with purpose to pry apart assumed norms and to hammer away at injustice. El Martillo Press proactively publishes writers looking to pound the pavement to promote their work and the work of their fellow pressmates. There is strength in El Martillo. Founded in Los Angeles in 2023 by Matt Sedillo and David A. Romero, and launched with a diverse group of celebrated and hardworking writers who embody our working-class intellectual spirit, El Martillo Press maintains an editorial board that makes its selections for publishing.
Matt Sedillo has been described as the "best political poet in America" as well as "the poet laureate of the struggle." His work has drawn comparisons in print to Bertolt Brecht, Roque Dalton, Amiri Baraka, Alan Ginsberg, Carl Sandburg and various other legends of the past.
David A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press), a book reviewed by Gustavo Arellano (¡Ask a Mexican!), Curtis Marez (University Babylon), and founding member of Ozomatli, Ulises Bella.
Paul S. Flores is a San Francisco artist of Mexican and Cuban-American heritage that has built a national reputation for interview-based theater and bilingual spoken word. He integrates Latino and indigenous healing practices to tell the stories of real people impacted by immigration and systemic inequalities. Flores appeared on Season 4 of HBO's Def Poetry. His first full-length book of poetry, WE STILL BE: Poems and Performances was published by El Martillo Press in June 2023.
Ceasar K. Avelar is the current Poet Laureate of Pomona. He is the writer in residence of Cafe con Libros Press, and the founder of Obsidian Tongues open mic. Avelar writes through the sociological lens of a blue-collar worker. He is the author of God of the Air Hose and Other Blue-Collar Poems (El Martillo Press, 2023). Avelar will graduate this summer from Cal Poly Pomona with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology.
Donato Martinez was born in the small pueblo, Garcia de la Cadena, Zacatecas, Mexico and immigrated into the USA at six years old. He teaches English composition, Literature, and Creative Writing at Santa Ana College. He has also taught classes in Chicano Studies. He has a self-published collection with three other Inland Empire poets, Tacos de Lengua. His full collection of poetry, Touch the Sky, was published by El Martillo Press in June 2023.
Margaret Elysia Garcia is the author of the short story collection Graft, the chapbook Burn Scars, and the daughterland (El Martillo Press, 2023). She’s the co-editor of the anthology Red Flag Warning: Northern Californians Living with Fire out on HeyDay Books in 2024. She writes about family, culture and surviving climate change disasters.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.
In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
On today's program, Nuestra Palabra features the One Houston One Book program from the Houston Public Library!
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, will speak with Federico Salas-Isnardi, Director of the Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy (MOAL) in Houston about the goals of the OHOB Program.
Nuestra Palabra airs on 90.1 KPFT @KPFTHoustonTX Tuesdays at 7:00 PM CDT. Catch us on the radio dial or tune in anywhere via the web at KPFT.org and livestream us.
One Houston, One Book, promotes literacy, diversity, and community conversations by encouraging Houstonians to come together, read, and discuss books with a common theme. The program features three book selections: one for children, one for teens and one for adults. Programs and events include Author Talks, Read-ins, Book Clubs, Story & Craft Times, Critical Conversations, Camps, Block Parties, Open Houses, and a special Grande Finale event!
Federico is a linguist, educator, diversity trainer, and writer who has worked in adult education in Houston for over 30 years. Federico has presented or facilitated hundreds of professional development workshops and seminars and is a regular speaker at professional conferences on topics ranging from second language acquisition to anti-bullying education and from literacy and employability skills in the 21st century to identity and privilege in a culture of respect. He is a published author of ESL textbooks, and a certified Diversity Trainer. He has been active in professional, arts, and community organizations for more than 25 years.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
- 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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, speaks w/ participants at the summit and the continued efforts to recognize efforts to further integrate ethnic studies into our schools. Tony discusses new approaches including recent initiatives such as developing new curriculums from new books from Latino authors.
Dr. Christopher Carmona is an award-winning author and a member of the award-winning Refusing to Forget project. His novel, El Rinche: The Ghost Ranger of the Rio Grande, was a finalist for the 2019 Best Young Adult Novel for the Texas Institute of Letters. Currently, he is working on finishing this series of YA novels. Book Two is out now. His short story collection, The Road to Llorona Park, won the 2016 NACCS Tejas Best Fiction Award and was listed as one of the top 8 Latinx books in 2016 by NBCNews. He served as the Chair of the NACCS Tejas Foco Committee on Implementing MAS in PreK-12 Education in Texas. He was a leader in getting the TEKS based Mexican American Studies High School Course approved by the Texas State Board of Education. He served on Responsible Ethnic Studies Textbook committee that was awarded the “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” award for excellence in educational leadership from the Mexican American School Board Association (MASBA). He is also an inductee to the Texas Institute of Letters.
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. Her current National Endowment for the Humanities-funded project, Embajadoras: Latina Servicewomen and Hemispheric Politics during World War II, reconceptualized traditional notions of diplomacy and international actors by investigating how the recruitment and service of Latina women in the Benito Juárez Squadron during World War II embodied the Pan-American ideal of an imagined hemispheric system of unity and reciprocity in the Americas. Her transnational research in both Mexico and the US has been funded by several entities. She is also the co-recipient of an NEH grant to create an oral history project dedicated to women veterans, 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.
Araceli Manriquez is a middle school dual-language teacher in San Antonio ISD. She currently teaches eighth-grade DL social studies and started the first Mexican American Studies (MAS) course for middle school students in the district. She received her double-major bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies Bilingual EC-6 and Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio and also has her master’s degree in Bilingual-Bicultural Studies. Manriquez has been at the forefront of advocacy and organizing for Mexican American Studies to be offered as a course for credit throughout the state of Texas. She also helped create a MAS Summer Camp on her campus for San Antonio ISD middle and high school students and writes MAS curriculum for the district. Manriquez is an active member of her local union, the San Antonio Alliance, and a founding member of its social justice caucus, PODER. She leads professional development in social studies, Mexican-American studies and culturally relevant/sustaining pedagogy for educators throughout San Antonio.
Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records Website | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Juneteenth is coming up and we have two community superstars who want to make sure literacy is part of the celebration by making sure our people have a choice in both the books they read and where and who they purchase from.
Guest host Rodrigo Bravo Jr. welcomes two book barons who are changing lives one page at a time. At a moment in time where our books are being marginalized, discouraged, even banned, it’s crucial we support these book traffickers to ensure we continue our self determination in our education, just as Tony Díaz @librotraficante says, “our terms on our terms”.
CLASS Bookstore is a Black-owned and family operated online/ mobile/ brick-and-mortar retailer based in Houston, TX. Founded by co-owners and married couple, David & Dara Landry in November 2020, they began their business as an online bookstore, operating out of their apartment. January 2021- December 2022 were the years of participating in pop-up markets throughout the cities of Houston and Austin, TX. On December 3, 2022, they opened the brick-and-mortar shop, called "The Residency" at 3803 Sampson St., 77004 (just outside of the campus of Texas Southern University).
Jesus A. Cosme is a book seller & owner of King Abel's King Abel's. Prior to selling books, Cosme sold handmade jewelry, accessories & apparel under the name of "Jes Co's Designs". He designed "King Abel" circa 2018 and it was then, that he decided to change the direction he was going business wise & started selling books. Since then he’s been advocating for literacy & history, primarily Latin & African American history. The majority of the books he sells revolve around that, culture & history. He sells books for all ages & anyone curious/interested enough to learn history outside of what's taught in school. The books he sells are for a minimum of $5 donation. The goal is not to get rich from selling books, although profit IS nice, but to strive primarily to promote literacy & educate as many people as possible.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
- 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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents "Latina Leadership Lessons", the new book featuring many Latina Leaders as written by the Honorable Delia Garcia who is joined by two contributors, Dolores Huerta and Maria Gabriela Pacheco. Listen to this amazing platica in advance to Delia Garcia's speaking engagement at the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on June 9th, 2023 at 6:00 PM.
Honorable Delia Garcia is an executive servant leader for over 25 years. She currently serves at the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau as Regional Administrator. Delia Garcia is a trailblazer where she was elected the first Latina & youngest female to the Kansas State Legislature in 2004 where she served six years in the House of Representatives; and in 2019, she was appointed as Cabinet Secretary of Labor for the State of Kansas. She has over 25 years of public service at the national and state level, including non-profit executive leadership service in advocating for economic security for all. She is an author on national women leadership, and recently wrote her first book titled Latina Leadership Lessons.
Dolores Huerta is a civil rights & labor rights feminist icon in the world, with schools & streets named after her across our U.S. Dolores is the Founder & President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-Founder of the National United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. Dolores is the Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient, the highest civilian award in the United States; as well as the Ohtli Award, the highest award from the Mexican Government. At age 93, she continues to develop leaders & advocate for working women & families thru grassroots organizing. Dolores serves as Delia's mentor, & together they encourage & train Latinas to run for public office across the U.S. Dolores wrote the Foreword to the Latina Leadership Lessons book.
Maria Gabriela (“Gaby”) Pacheco is a nationally recognized immigrant rights leader. Since the early 2000s, she has advocated for tuition equity laws and the DREAM Act. In 2006, after Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) raided her home and detained her family, she began to fight for comprehensive immigration reform. On January 1, 2010, along three friends, they led the Trail of Dreams, a four-month walk from Miami to Washington, DC, to call attention to the plight of immigrant families under the threat of deportation. In 2012, as political director for United We Dream, she spearheaded the efforts and strategy that led to the announcement of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Tony Diaz
Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.
He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.
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 | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
The Sin Muros Festival at @stageshouston has been celebrating and lifting up Latinx artists for six years.Listen on 90.1 FM @kpfthoustontx Tuesday, May 23rd at 7:00 PM CST as we feature organizers and participants of the festival!More than 300 Latinx artists have benefited—both financially and creatively—from participating in the festival. This year, a committee of some of the most influential Latinx voices in Houston has selected four plays by Latinx playwrights and nominated three individuals who serve the Latinx art community to be celebrated in a weekend-long festival May 25-28.The 6th annual Sin Muros Festival, a weekend of play readings and workshops, is a celebration of Latinx voices and stories throughout Texas.Tony Diaz @librotraficante speaks with several of the artists who are a part of the festival as well the organizers. @JasminneMendez, co-founder of Tintero Projects, has been involved in the Sin Muros Festival for years. @thepoetmendez, co founder of Tintero Projects and Current Texas Poet Laureaute, will also join us as well.Additionally, we will also speak withDavid Davila @davidodavilaJosie Nericcio @jotolkinRicardo DávilaJesús I. Valles @thejesuciawho's plays have been selected for the readings!In addition to the readings, the festival will present the Premio Puente. The honorees are:Ashley Dehoyos @ashleydelaraDeniz Lopez @deecolonizeGonzo247 @gonzo247Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
As book bans become fashionable and favorable vs just outright discrimination, one of our own Librotraficantes has been deemed too controversial for K-12. Lupe Mendez, 2022 Texas Poet laureate and award winning author, has had his book "Why I Am Like Tequila?" banned at a Texas Panhandle school along with other BIPOC and LGBTQi+ books.Tony Diaz speaks with our hermano about why this happened, what this means, and what the next move is in the Librotraficante movement.Originally from Galveston, TX, Lupe Mendez (Writer // Educator // Activist) is the author WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA (Willow Books, 2019), winner of the 2019 John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. He is the founder of Tintero Projects which works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region, with Houston as its hub. Lupe earned his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Texas @ El Paso. Mendez’s work can been seen in print and online formats including the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast Journal, the Texas Review, the L.A. Review of Books, Split This Rock, Poetry Magazine and Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets. Mendez is the 2022 Texas Poet Laureate. Follow Lupe on Twitter, at @thepoetmendez and on Instagram, at @ellupis.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz spotlights the upcoming event “Encuentro: The Native American Roots of Texas Mexican Food.”Several food scholars explore the culinary scene with chefs and writers, and sometimes, both!Victoria Elizondo is chef owner of Cochinita Co. in Houston where she insists that fresh and preferably local ingredients are key to her vibrant and flavorful Mexican food. At her restaurant in the Greater East End, Cochinita co., she usually has sever al dishes featuring the ancient food that is native to Texas for thousands of years: nopalitos. When she was 12, Elizondo left her native Nuevo Leon, south of the Texas Mexican border, with her mother to move to the United States, where she became a DACA recipient. Following in her mother’s footsteps, she got her first job at 16 as a restaurant hostess. During her career she has worked at top Houston restaurants like State of Grace, Pax Americana and Xochi. In 2016 she started her own business venture, Cochinita Co., initially a food truck concept that pivoted to a pop up and catering model, now a small restaurant that is receiving high honors. The Houston Chronicle named Cochinita Co. one of the top 25 Best Restaurants of 2022. This year, Elizondo is nominated for the prestigious national Emerging Chef James Beard Award.Chef Joseph Gomez, is honoring his roots through his new food truck Con Todo, focusing on comida frontera (Spanish for “border town food”). The Rio Grande Valley native debuted the truck in 2021 at Celis Brewery’s new beer garden in North Austin. Gomez who’s worked at Austin restaurants such as Be More Pacific, Tha i Kun, She’s Not Here, and Easy Tiger sees the truck as showcasing the foods and stories of the Rio Grande Valley and his family. It’s through the menu that he wants to jump start “a long conversation about Mexican food in south Texas,” and what it truly is. Eater named Con Todo one of America's 15 best new restaurants of 2022.Lilliana Patricia Saldaña is an Associate Professor of Mexican American Studies (MAS) at UTSA and is co-director of the UTSA MAS Teachers’ Academy. Her activist scholarship draws from Chicana/x studies, decolonial and anti-colonial studies, Indigenous epistemologies, and Chicana/Latina feminisms to investigate teacher identity and consciousness, and decolonial practices in schools and community spaces. She’s published in nationally recognized journals, including Latinos & Education, Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, and Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, and has published in various edited volumes. When she’s not teaching or researching, she’s learning about Mexican and Indigenous foodways, facilitating gastronomy workshops, and tending to her kitchen garden.Adán Medrano is a Chef, Food Writer and Filmmaker. Author of “Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage In Recipes” – Book Of The Year Finalist by Foreword Reviews. His most recent book, Don’t Count the Tortillas – The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking, is reviewed and listed by “Spruce Eats” in “The 8 Best Mexican cookbooks to read in 2021.” Both history/cookbooks are academically peer-reviewed and published by Texas Tech University Press.Adán Medrano is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. His professional work in restaurant kitchens includes fine dining at “Restaurant Ten Bogaerde” in Belgium, and volunteering as the Chef of Houston’s Casa Juan Diego, a shelter for homeless persons.Adán is also an award-winning filmmaker and holds a Master of Arts degree in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1976 he founded the San Antonio CineFestival, the first and now longest-running Latino film festival in the USA. His recent documentary feature film, Truly Texas Mexican, won “Best Documentary” at the New York Independent Cinema Awards.
2023 ALMAAHH Visual Artist: Viri Ramos - Te Bajé La Luna Y Las EstrellasOn today's bonus episode, Tony Diaz speaks with Viri Ramos in support for the ALMAAHH Silent Auction going on now.Viri Ramos was introduced to painting at an early age by her mother who was a classically trained oil painter. Growing up they would often work along side each other. Upon graduating college, she made the move from Monterrey, México to Houston, Texas. It was during her time living on her own that she discovered acrylics, which were better suited for her not so well ventilated studio apartment. She found in acrylics the best match for her laid back relaxed aesthetic and personality. Her paintings are filled with life and fun. They are happy and playful.. at times serious, but mostly not at all. She favors rough strokes and bold colors.Instagram: @viriviriramosWebsite: www.viriramos.comTony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz will feature some special talent for the upcoming event: The 34th Annual Accordion King & Queens (AKG)Join Texas Folklife for a night as big as the Lone Star State, showcasing the amazing musical diversity of Texas accordion styles. It will be on June 3rd, 2023, from 7PM - 10PM at the Miller Outdoor Theatre.Texas Folklife’s Accordion Kings & Queens (AKQ) draws thousands annually to Houston’s Miller Outdoor Theatre. The event celebrates the cultural diversity of Texas by bringing communities together for an evening of roots music, featuring a variety of Texas accordion music genres.Get your tickets here! https://texasfolklife.org/index.php/AKQCharlie Lockwood has a decade of experience as a nonprofit arts administrator and public folklorist. A Native Texan, he holds an MA in Ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, where he played the oud with the UCSB Middle East Ensemble and did research with the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans. As the Executive Director of Texas Folklife, Lockwood has overseen a variety of flagship public programs and initiatives, including an archival preservation project to organize, digitize and ultimately disseminate the organization’s rich archival holdings dating from 1984. Over the last several years Lockwood has spearheaded programs focusing on the intersections of folk and traditional arts and health, including a military veterans folklore and storytelling initiative with support from NEA Creative Forces and Hechos, No Miedo (Facts, Not Fear), a covid-19 PSA Series in partnership with a variety of central Texas partners. In 2014 he co-produced Traditional Music of Texas Volume 1: Fiddle Recordings from the Texas Folklife Archives, and in 2015 was honored with a Community Sabbatical Research Award from the University of Texas at Austin Humanities Institute to research historic and contemporary Texas regional music recordings. Lockwood served as Vice President (2018-2019) and President of the Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains Chapter (2019-2020), Journal of Folklore in Education 2019 The Art of the Interview Advisory Committee, is a member of the American Folklore Society and Society for Ethnomusicology. In 2021-2022 Lockwood served on the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures Task Force: Museum of the Future. He is a former board member of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Arts Leaders Austin chapter and has served on a variety of grant review panels and advisory committees for local and national institutions.Lupe Olivares is the Production Coordinator for 34th Annual Accordion Kings & Queens. He is also the Founder, Creator of Bohemeo's music, art, coffee, LLC. Fall of 2006. Located in Houston's Historic East End. Voted one of Houston's most diverse music venue, restaurant, art gallery and community center. Promoting healthy eating and opening minds to art and human compassion. Written and celebrated by NY Post, Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, Free Press, and Music News publications. Exposing East End Pride.Artistic Director, and Production Coordinator, for Houston International Festival since 1986 to present. Advancing all top level shows between IFest, artist agents and touring mng. Providing logistical support for artist: Transportation, equipment, PA, Lighting, hospitality, security. Stage mng. heading over 30 support personal on site to assure all shows start and end on time. Owner of G. O. Productions, consulting in all things Festivals, and artist/band development: Audio recording, Photography, Video, and distribution of product.Tony DiazHe is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.www.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Today we highlight various authors, poets and educators what have been spotlighted from Huizache Magazine!Maceo Montoya is an author, visual artist, and educator who has published books in a variety of genres, including four works of fiction: The Scoundrel and the Optimist, The Deportation of Wopper Barraza, You Must Fight Them: A Novella and Stories, and Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces. Montoya has also published two works of nonfiction: Letters to the Poet from His Brother, a hybrid book combining images, prose poems, and essays, and Chicano Movement for Beginners, which he both wrote and illustrated. Montoya is a professor of Chicana/o Studies and English at the University of California, Davis where he teaches courses on Chicanx culture, literature, and creative writing. He is editor of the literary magazine Huizache and lives in Woodland, CA.Dagoberto Gilb was born in the city of Los Angeles, his mother a Mexican who crossed the border illegally, and his father a Spanish-speaking Anglo raised in East Los Angeles. Gilb's first publication was a small press chapbook out of El Paso, Winners on the Pass Line (1985), which came after he won his first literary prize, the James D. Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation. The book's first notice was heard on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" in a review by Alan Cheuse. Gilb went on to earn more recognition, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Texas Institute of Letters' Dobie Paisano Fellowship. He lives in Austin, Texas. He has been a visiting writer at the University of Texas at Austin, University of Wyoming, University of Arizona, Vassar, and Cal State Fresno. He is now a tenured professor in the Creative Writing Program at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas. He is also the founder of Huizache. Roberto Ontiveros is an artist, fiction writer, and literary critic. Some of his work has appeared in the Threepenny Review, the Santa Monica Review, Huizache, The Believer, and The Baffler. His collection of stories, The Fight for Space, is published by Stephen F. Austin State University Press.Vincent Cooper is the author of Where the Reckless Ones Come to Die, Aztlan Libre Press 2014, Zarzamora – Poetry of Survival, Jade Publishing 2019 and forthcoming, Infidelis, Mouthfeel Press, Fall of 2023. Cooper’s poems can be found in Huizache 6, Huizache 8, Riversedge Journal, Somos En Escrito, Dryland Lit, co-editor of Good Cop/Bad Cop Anthology, Flowersong Press 2021. He is also a member of the Macondo Writer’s Workshop selected in 2015. Cooper is former United States Marine currently living in the southside of San Antonio, TX.Yaccaira Salvatierra’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in POETRY Magazine, The Nation, Huizache, and Rattle among others. Her collection, Sons of Salts, is forthcoming with BOA Editions in 2024. She is a committee organizer for the San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival and a contributing editor for Huizache. She lives in Oakland, California where she is a dedicated educator to historically marginalized and resilient communities.Jo Reyes-Boitel is a poet, playwright, and scholar, queer mixed Latinx, and parent, now working on their MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, where they also serve as a teaching assistant. Their publications include Michael + Josephine (FlowerSong Press, 2019) and the chapbook mouth (Neon Hemlock, 2021). Playing with fire, their book of poetry centered on their upbringing, is forthcoming from Next Page Press in November 2023. “she wears bells”, their hybrid opera, was chosen as a finalist for Guerilla Opera’s 2022 annual virtual festival. Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: 2023 ALMAAHH & MFA Studio Artists Spotlight! Tony Diaz will be interviewing a few artists and spotlight them on their artistic work as part of the 2023 ALMAAHH & MFAH community!Viri Ramos was introduced to painting at an early age by her mother who was a classically trained oil painter. Growing up they would often work along side each other. Upon graduating college, she made the move from Monterrey, México to Houston, Texas. It was during her time living on her own that she discovered acrylics, which were better suited for her not so well ventilated studio apartment. She found in acrylics the best match for her laid back relaxed aesthetic and personality. Her paintings are filled with life and fun. They are happy and playful.. at times serious, but mostly not at all. She favors rough strokes and bold colors.Instagram: @viriviriramosWebsite: www.viriramos.comGerardo Rosales born in Venezuela is a multidisciplinary artist and educator who has been living and working in Houston, Texas, for 21 years. Rosales first started producing art as a self-taught artist, before attending the Armando Reverón Art Institute in Caracas, Venezuela, where he earned a B.A. in Fine Art. After graduating, he moved to London to study at Chelsea College of Art and Design, where he obtained an M.A. in Fine Art.Achieving recognition for his distinct and original work in Latin America's best known art venues, Rosales has continued developing his art career in Houston. Rosales’s art calls attention to social issues, using a personal iconography connected to his experience as an immigrant in the US. His work is informed by traditions of western art and Latin American folk art. Rosales’ latest art projects include: Commissioned to produce 3 big artworks for the new International Arrival Terminal at Bush International Airport; “Juicy Jungle” at Bill Arning Exhibitions, Houston (current) ; “Ornamento y Delito” at Carmen Araujo Arte , Caracas, Venezuela , 2022; “The Tree of Life” at Houston Botanic Garden (current); ¡Displaced Mundo! a wall painting at the Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, 2021; “The Banquet” a wall painting at Lawndale Art Center , 2021. During 2018 -2019 Rosales was an artist-in-residence in The TransArt Foundation for Art and Anthropology; from 2019-2021was the artist-in-residence at Lawndale Art Center in Houston. He was awarded the 2019 Support for Artists and Creative Individual Grant from the City of Houston, through the Houston Arts Program.Nela Garzón is a multidisciplinary visual artist with a profound interest in exploring foreign media inspired by traditional crafts and cultures from all over the world. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, she obtained a Bachelor’s of Visual Arts from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana on 2004. In Colombia she worked as a freelance artist and took part of national exhibitions such as 12 Salón Regional de Artistas, 41 Salón Nacional de Artistas and 4to Salón de Arte Bidimensional. She immigrated to the U.S. on 2010 and settled in Houston on 2012 where she currently lives and works. Her art has been shown around the U.S. On 2019 she was the 1st place award recipient of the Assistance League of Houston Texas Art Show curated by Jennie Goldstein, Assistant Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, on 2020 she was selected as a LIFTS grant recipient and two of her works were added to the West Collection located in Philadelphia, PA and on 2022 she was commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to create a temporary sculpture that was showcased at the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden.Nela Garzónwww.minkstereo.comNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say has guest host Rodrigo Bravo filling in for Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, author of the book "The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital." Even though Tony may not be here, ya sabes que le damos esquina al Librotraficante and continue talking about cultivating cultural community capital.Nuestra Palabra welcomes Jose Ralat and Gustavo Arellano to the show to discuss their work covering cultura y nuestra gente through food. On our show, we will specifically talk about Tex Mex food, it's evolution, and how that reflects on our Latinidad. Both of our guests will be appearing at the Irma & Emilio Nicolas Media Center in collaboration with the City of San Antonio World Heritage Office to talk in the "Great SA: Tex Mex Debate" to discuss Tex Mex food, how it happened, and why it’s so controversial. This exciting panel will take place Thursday, April 20, 2023, doors at 6p, program at 7p, and discussion afterwards at 8p.Supported by:Arts & Culture, City of San AntonioCity of San Antonio World Heritage OfficeFrost Bank, & Texas Public Radio José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly's Taco Editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food. He is the author of American Tacos: A History & Guide. In 2022, he won a James Beard Foundation Award for his Texas Monthly Tex-Mexplainer column. Gustavo Arellano is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, covering Southern California everything and a bunch of the West and beyond. He previously worked at OC Weekly, where he was an investigative reporter for 15 years and editor for six, wrote a column called ¡Ask a Mexican! and is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.” He’s the child of two Mexican immigrants, one of whom came to this country in the trunk of a Chevy.Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Frida Festival Showcase! Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, interviews artist Lizbeth Ortiz, artist and founder of Houston's Frida Festival! Also joining us are two big contributors to the event!Our show airs Tueday's on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston on Houston's Community Radio 90.1 FM at 7:00 PM CST. We will share a podcast link as well after the show!Alan Gonzalez / Alantude is an Emmy award winning fashion and costume designer based out New York. Project Runway contestant and host of Project Runway Redemption, Alan runs his namesake brand Alantude, as well as working on private commission for TV, Film & Theatre and private events. Constance Vazzino is a mixed media artist and full time educator living in Houston TX. She graduated with a BFA with a focus in Studio Painting. Her art is all about the process that includes different mediums, colors, imagery, and materials within her pieces. Her inspiration comes from oceanic and biology related images. As for Lisbeth Ortiz, she was born in Mexico City, raised in Houston, and thrust into adulthood in New York City certainly have influenced her work.Lizbeth Ortiz graduated from HSPVA/Houston and attended Pratt Institute/NYC.In 2005 along with a community of inspired artists, Lizbeth Ortiz organized the first Frida Festival in Houston.Join us and we'll see you there at the Frida Festival, a month long celebration!Viva Frida! Art ExhibitionMECA East End April 8, 6-9 pmFrida en Primavera Dinner + Fashion Show | The Ballroom at Bayou PlaceApril 19, 6-10 pmFrida Festival | MECAApril 29, 11 am – 7 pmMore info at https://www.fridafestival.org/-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say's Tony Diaz the Librotraficante welcomes Award Winning Author and one of the OG Librotraficante Caravan members Diana Lopez to the show to discuss her latest book, the first in a series, "Felice and the Wailing Woman". Diana speaks with Tony about her inspiration behind the book and her literary journey and her current partnerhsip with the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Latino Book Store's Texas Author Series to create curriculum and lesson plans from authors, all through a grant spearheaded by Joaquin Castro.To highlight this partnership, Tony also has on the show San Antonio ISD Teacher Celi Manriquez; the Bonham Middle School STEM Academy instructor is developing the lesson plans for Ms. Lopez's book so that students can read stories about them, that they can relate to, and can inspire them.We have a live event on April 14th at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center as well as at Bonham Academy; check our next post for more details!Diana López is the author of the adult novella, Sofia's Saints, and numerous middle grade novels, including Confetti Girl, Nothing Up My Sleeve, and Lucky Luna. Her debut picture book is now available and is called Sing With Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla. She also wrote the novel adaptation for the Disney/Pixar film, Coco. Diana retired after a 28-year career in education at both the middle grade and college levels. Her "second act" day job is helping her husband in his physical therapy clinic, FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Center, located in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas, but she still enjoys meeting with students when she visits schools to chat about books and writing.Araceli Manriquez is a middle school dual-language teacher in San Antonio ISD. She currently teaches eighth-grade DL social studies and started the first Mexican American Studies (MAS) course for middle school students in the district. She received her double-major bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies Bilingual EC-6 and Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio and also has her master’s degree in Bilingual-Bicultural Studies. Manriquez has been at the forefront of advocacy and organizing for Mexican American Studies to be offered as a course for credit throughout the state of Texas.She also helped create a MAS Summer Camp on her campus for San Antonio ISD middle and high school students and writes MAS curriculum for the district. As an educator, she ensures that her students have a rich, deep understanding of the culture and contributions of the Latinx/e community and are taught a true history of Texas.Manriquez is an active member of her local union, the San Antonio Alliance, and a founding member of its social justice caucus, PODER. She leads professional development in social studies, Mexican-American studies and culturally relevant/sustaining pedagogy for educators throughout San Antonio.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing.www.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents: An interview with Dr. Richard A. Tapia and his featured book "Losing the Precious Few: How America Fails to Educate its Minorities in Science and Engineering"Richard Tapia is the Maxfield-Oshman Chair in Engineering, a professor in computational and applied mathematics and director of the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity, all at Rice University. He is the recipient of the National Medal of Science, the US government’s highest honor bestowed on scientists, and the National Science Board’s Vannevar Bush Award. He served on the National Science Board from 1996-2002, and two professional conferences have been named in his honor: the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference and the Blackwell-Tapia Mathematics Conference. He lives in Houston, Texas.In his eye-opening book, Losing the Precious Few: How America Fails to Educate its Minorities in Science and Engineering, nationally acclaimed scholar Richard Tapia examines the issues that keep domestic minority students out of STEM education and careers. A professor for almost 50 years in Rice University’s Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Tapia is struck by the number of foreign students in the hallways and wonders how the United States can remain globally competitive.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Literary Curator for the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center hosted Ms. Silviana Wood and her debut book "La Quinta Soledad" from Aztlan Libre Press recently to a packed house.Our show highlights the event and features a phenomenal reading by Florinda Flores-Brown. We also had a special performance by Juan Tejeda and Armando Tejeda which is why you have to come by the GCAC live every 2nd Friday of the month!A native of Tucson, Arizona, Silviana Wood received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and has been involved in the local theater community since the 1970s. She is known for her bilingual comedies and dramas as well as for being a professional storyteller, actor, director, and teacher of literature and Chicano Theater. Silviana has twice won the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize from the University of California, Irvine: once for Short Story, and once for Drama. In 2016, Barrio Dreams/ Selected Plays by Silviana Wood was published by the University of Arizona Press.FMI: https://aztlanlibrepress.com/silviana-wood/Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona.He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Texas State Representative Christina Morales led a press conference on March 8th at the Texas State Capitol to advocate for House Bill 45.House Bill 45 would add Mexican American and African American studies and other ethnic studies courses students can take to satisfy their social studies requirement. This will offer students a more robust view of Texas history and studies show it can lead to academic success.State Rep. Christina Morales authored HB 45. She is re-filing it this year, after an identical bill passed in the House in 2021 but died in the Senate.On Wednesday at the Capitol, Morales was joined by Rep. Gene Wu, Rep. Alma Allen, Rep. Ron Reynolds, Rep Victoria Neave Criado, Rep. Jarvis Johnson, & Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, as well as members from the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and Texas Legislative Black Caucus, as well as Tony Diaz, educator and one of the chief advocates for the bill outside of the legislative body.Morales pushed that courses such as ethnic social studies lead to higher graduation rates and a higher likelihood of students enrolling into college. She said that was especially important in the "post-pandemic world" we are living in.She also touted that bipartisan support efforts like hers have received in the past."Mexican American studies and African American studies were unanimously approved by the Republican and Democratic members in the state board of education," Morales said. "So this is bipartisan."Co-authoring this bill, among others, is Rep. Alma Allen. She said she would support HB 45 as many times as it takes to pass."Texas history is American history," Allen said. "American history is all of our history."Educators joined lawmakers for the lawmakers' press conference in support of ethnic social studies courses.Tony Diaz, an educator in Houston, said these types of courses were first taught in Houston Independent School District."Texas was the first state to unanimously support Mexican American history and African American history," Diaz said. "It lets students know why this history is important."Reynolds said HB 45 is a chance to take steps forward instead of backward. "This bill will certainly be a great reflection of the true diversity of this state, which is our strength and certainly help with healing," Reynolds said. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents: José F. Aranda, Jr. interviews Tony DiazLIVE! on Nuestra Palabra!In this twist of an interview, it will be José F. Aranda, Jr. interviewing Tony Diaz and asking questions about his book, "The Tip of the Pyramid, Cultivating Community Cultural Capital"José F. Aranda, Jr. is Professor of Chicanx and American Literatures at Rice University. He is the author of When We Arrive: A New Literary History of Mexican America (Arizona, 2003). He has written articles on 19 th century Mexican American literature and the Recovery Project, the future of Chicano/a Studies, and most recently undertaken an investigation of the relationship between modernity and Mexican American writings, entitled The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848-1948, University of Nebraska Press, 2022.Tony DiazWriter and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston’s first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston’s Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation.When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. 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 toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netNuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents: Preview of “Images & Words: Media’s Influence on the Struggle for Civil Rights”Tony Diaz discusses with the Rothko Chapel team about the MLK tribute on Jan 15th and their work supporting this effort.Kelly Johnson (she/they) is an arts and culture organizer, curator, and writer. She is the Director of Public Programs at the Rothko Chapel, a sacred art space dedicated to community engagement through contemplation and action at the intersections of art, spirituality, and social justice. Kelly has organized programming at the Chapel for 6 years, including concerts and performances, lectures, conversations, meditations, and conferences, covering issues such as racial equity, climate justice, civil rights, and more. They earned an MFA in Curatorial Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD, and a BA in Art History from Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX. Kelly is a board member of Houston’s Center for the Healing of Racism and completed a New Leaders Council (NLC) Houston Fellowship in 2022.Devin Allen, Baltimore native is a self-taught artist who gained national attention when his photograph of the Baltimore Uprising was published on the cover of Time magazine in May 2015, making him only the third amateur photographer to have his work featured in the publication. Following the untimely deaths of George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor, his photograph from a Black Trans Lives Matter protest was published on the cover of Time magazine in June 2020. In 2017, he was named the first fellow of the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award as a debut author for his book, A Beautiful Ghetto (Haymarket Books, September 2017). In 2020, he was named an ambassador for Leica Camera AG—an international, premium manufacturer of cameras and sports optics. His photographs have been published in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Aperture; and are also in the permanent collections of the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.He is the founder of Through Their Eyes, a youth photography educational program, and recipient of an award from The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture for dynamic leadership in the Arts and Activism. His new book, No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, was released in October under the Legacy Lit imprint of Hachette Book Group.Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonLisa Volpe is the Associate Curator, Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Before arriving in Houston, she was the Curator of the Wichita Art Museum where she oversaw all areas of the museum’s collection. Additionally, she held various curatorial roles at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), and fellowships at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Cleveland Museum of Art.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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music Produced courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
A more in-depth walk-through of the application in Spanish with Tony Diaz facilitating the conversation with artists Gabriela Magana and Arielle Masson from the Latina American Women's Artists of Houston, a collective of Latin American Women Artists working in the greater Houston Area since 2017. This Spanish info session will include background and guiding questions from our panel. Video and audio includes responses to posted Q&A from live session. For more FAQs - check out https://support.houstonbanf.org for updated answers to questions posed in prior sessions. Gabriela Magana is a Houston based artist born in Mexico. Her work has evolved hand in hand with the exploration of her place as a woman and as a Latina in this age and time. Therefore, she has come to use mixed media in her paintings, as well as thick paint as an exploration of materials and storytelling. She uses the physicality of her works as a symbol to the subject matter, making the viewer feel closer to the work, and giving clues about the story behind it.Arielle Masson, being born from a Mexican mother and a French father, being bilingual from birth, and now trilingual, and, after having grown up in Europe and traveled extensively in Africa, in India, and in Latin America, and having elected to live in Houston for the past 30 years, has given up trying to define, fit and belong to any specific cultural idiosyncrasy. Her hybrid position makes her acutely aware that most people identify seamlessly with their native culture without questioning it. It is only in the movement of migration, immigration that the problem of identity arises. In turn, she understand the contemporary discourse of multiculturalism, pluralism, and today's globalism, being generated mostly by relentless human technological advancements.BIPOC Arts Network and Fund, or BANF, was created to provide resources and networks that support the vibrant Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and other communities of color of Greater Houston in fully displaying their power, values and traditions. Its goals are achieved through grant funding, advocacy, and community-building networking initiatives that revolutionize the local funding landscape, break down silos within the arts ecosystem, and welcome everyone to support and learn from BIPOC arts communities.BANF is an independent initiative funded by the generous contributions of national and local foundations, including Houston Endowment, the Ford Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Cullen Foundation, Kinder Foundation and The Powell Foundation.Nuestra Palabra fully supports and appreciates the work of these folks and entities as we empower marginalized communities.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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music Produced courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents: An Interview with José F. Aranda, Jr.Tony Diaz interviews José F. Aranda, Jr. who is a Professor of Chicanx and American Literatures and will talk about his book "The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848-1948"José F. Aranda, Jr. is Professor of Chicanx and American Literatures at Rice University. He is the author of When We Arrive: A New Literary History of Mexican America (Arizona, 2003). He has written articles on 19 th century Mexican American literature and the Recovery Project, the future of Chicano/a Studies, and most recently undertaken an investigation of the relationship between modernity and Mexican American writings, entitled The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848-1948, University of Nebraska Press, 2022.Dr. Aranda has a dual appointment in the departments of English and Modern and Classical Literature & Culture. He is a board member of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. Co-founder with Priscilla Ybarra of Avanzamos: El Taller Chicana/o, an annual workshop focused on advanced scholarship in Chicanx Studies, sponsored by Rice University and the University of North Texas. In July 2020, he joined the Board of Trustees of Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston. In 2022, along with Carmen Lamas, Yolanda Padilla, and John Alba Cutler, co-founding editor of the journal, Pasados: Recovering History, ImaginingLatinidad, University of Pennsylvania Press.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music Produced courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
HOUSTON, Texas – Representative Morales will be hosting a press conference to discuss the reintroduction of her Ethnic Studies bill that passed the House during the 87th Legislative Session. She will host local leaders to discuss the importance of Ethnic Studies as well as the renewed efforts to pass this bill in the upcoming 88th Legislative Session.Representative Morales will be joined by Senator Carol Alvarado, Representative Gene Wu, Tony Diaz, and other local leaders.The bill passed with unanimous support out of the House Public Education Committee last session, and in a historic vote on May 11th, 2021, passed on third reading in the Texas House of Representatives. Texas State Representative Morales said, “Throughout my life, I have been empowered by knowing my family and community’s history. This bill would ensure that all Texans, regardless of their background, have the opportunity to learn their history. Tomorrow we will come together to once again bring renewed effort to making these courses available statewide.”Community organizer Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, added, “It is an honor to unite to support courses that are proven to increase graduation rates, academic achievement, and inspire students to profoundly examine the role of our communities in forming this state and this nation.”Afterwards, Dr. Valerie A. Martinez & Dr. Angela Valenzuela discuss the importance of SB 45 and why it is important to have these type of courses in our high schools. Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music Produced courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents our latest supercut of some of the amazing readings, poetry, prose, y musica from the last few months!Included in this edition:Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Xavier Garcia, Veronique Medrano, David Romero, Marisol Cortez, Matt Sedillo, Leticia Urieta, David Vidaurre, and more!Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music Produced courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, literary curator of the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, hosts Xavier Garza, to discuss his journey and read from his work as part of the Texas Author Series. Xavier Garza was born in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He is an enthusiastic author, artist, teacher and storyteller whose work is a lively documentation of life, dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. Garza has exhibited his art and performed his stories in venues throughout Texas, Arizona and the state of Washington. He has received such recognitions as the Pura Belpre Honor book and the Libro de las Americas Honor book awards. He lives with his wife and son in San Antonio, Texas, and is the author of numerous books.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music Produced courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
We will have a Christmas Special focusing on Moody Gardens and The Alley Theatre who are reaching out to the Latino community by hiring Latinos for key posts.Sharing these amazing opportunities are Marie Elena Cortés, Public Relations Coordinator, Moody Gardens & Baldemar Rodriguez, Community Manager of Partnerships, Alley Theatre.Marie Elena Cortés is a proud Latina who taught for 26 in Houston schools with her energetic and powerful dedication.Marie has experience as a photographer, published author, artists, actress, model, teacher, podcast host, and educational consultant. She is also an entrepreneur under Cortes Educational Services and inspires parents and teachers through her story telling, art projects and writing workshops. Cortes and her son share a podcast; Shine with Marie & Mark, where they highlight citizens and community leaders who are doing what they love. This summer, Marie Elena moved to Galveston Island and joined Moody Gardens as a Public Relations Coordinator. Her passion continues to glow as she promotes a non-profit educational destination that utilizes nature in the advancements of rehabilitation, conservation, recreation, and research. “Never stop shining your light, because it will show you the way!”-Marie Elena CortesBaldemar Rodriguez (@myfilmdirector), the Manager of Community Partnerships at the @alleytheatre, will be co hosting our event at the Alley Theatre! Join us at the Nuestra Palabra 2022 & The Zocalo Committee’s “Houstonians Who Shape The Nation” event at the @alleytheatre on Monday October 3rd. Get your tickets today by clicking the bio on our link!Baldemar Rodriguez was studied acting at the University of Houston's School of Theater where he transitioned into writing, directing, and producing. His resume includes In Search of the American Dream (2012), FlasNovelas (2015) and Grey Focus (2008).Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz speaks to featured guests Izzy Gomez and Martha Martinez Gomez about their wonderful anticipated Christmas Program dedicated to children in need in the Houston area.Navidad en el Barrio is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to the application of tax-deductible private donations to events designed to improve the life of the less fortunate in our communities.Navidad en el Barrio has been providing these events since 1987 in the greater Houston area. The premier event, our Christmas Program, provides entertainment, lunch, and gifts to disadvantaged school children selected from throughout Houston Independent School District (HISD).Navidad en el Barrio began at the Ripley House Community Center in 1987 with a $5,000 contribution from Rainbo Baking Company.Since then, Navidad en el Barrio has grown to encompass Christmas Programs in three major cities, Snow Day in Texas and special events for our "older kids". Our hard work and dedication would have produced much less were it not for the tireless efforts of thousands of volunteers and our treasured corporate sponsors.Reach them below!- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavidadEnElBarrio- Twitter: Navidad en el Barrio (@NeebHouston) / Twitter- Instagram: Navidad En El Barrio Houston (@navidadenelbarrio) • Instagram photos and videos- Website: www.navidadenelbarrio.orgThanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, speaks with Xavier Garza about his upcoming projects in addition to Xavier Garza reading a few pieces of his work!!Xavier Garza was born in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He is an enthusiastic author, artist, teacher and storyteller whose work is a lively documentation of life, dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. Garza has exhibited his art and performed his stories in venues throughout Texas, Arizona and the state of Washington. He has received such recognitions as the Pura Belpre Honor book and the Libro de las Americas Honor book awards. He lives with his wife and son in San Antonio, Texas, and is the author of numerous books.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony speaks with Author Guadalupe Garcia McCall in advanced of her reading at the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center as well as the new manager of the Latino Bookstore: Alma Pina.Born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas, Guadalupe García McCall is the award-winning author of several young adult novels, some short stories for adults, and many children’s poems. Guadalupe has received the Prestigious Pura Belpre Award, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award, the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award and the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, among many other accolades.Fluent in both English and Spanish, Guadalupe is a compelling speaker who has visited many middle schools, high schools, universities, festivals, conferences, and organizations all over the country. In 2016, she was invited to give a writing workshop and a keynote address at the Sirens Women In Fantasy Conference. In the spring of 2017, Guadalupe was selected as the Inaugural Artist in Residence by the Arne Nixon Center where she visited local high schools and taught courses at California State University Fresno. Also in 2017, Guadalupe gave the keynote for the National Latino Children’s Literature Conference in San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, she gave the keynote at the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Conference in Galveston, Texas. In 2021, Guadalupe had the honor of moderating the panel, Hispanic Heritage Month Authors Series, Celebrating Latino Experience, History, People, & Cultures, US Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA with the White House Initiative on Advancing Education, Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity (WHIAEEEE), Washington DC. However, her greatest distinction came when her alma mater, Sul Ross State University (SRSU), selected to feature her image and biography on their Living the Dream II – Cultural Pride on Campus mural outside of the Gallego Center.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
On Monday, October 3, 2022, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say highlighted grassroots Latino art and culture that has changed the way we are perceived and treated across the nation. This powerful showcase of talent took place in the state of the art facilities of Houston’s Alley Theatre, a leading force for art in the U.S., through a partnership with its El Zócalo Advisory Committee headed by Baldemar Rodriguez, Manager of Community Partnership.This event will featured the Houston release of the new book The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante. Diaz is a writer and activist originally from Chicago who moved to Houston to become the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Houston's first reading series for Latino Writers, which sparked a movement for art, culture, and civil rights. NP formed the foundation for the Librotraficante Caravan, organized to defy and defeat Arizona officials banning of Mexican American Studies. His book chronicles that history. Russell Contreras is an alum of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, a graduate of Eisenhower High School and The University of Houston. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University. He is the national Race and Justice Reporter for Axios News.Alvaro Saar Rios is a Texican playwright living in Chicago. He is an alum of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, a graduate of Lamar High School and The University of Houston. His plays have been performed in New York City, Mexico City, Hawaii, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee and all over Texas. He has received playwriting commissions from various organizations, including Kennedy Center, Chicago Children’s Theatre, and Houston Grand Opera. His award-winning play Luchadora! is published by Dramatic Publishing Inc. Other plays include On The Wings of a Mariposa, Unmuted, and Carmela Full of Wishes. Alvaro holds an MFA in Writing for the Stage and Screen from Northwestern University. He is Playwright-In-Residence at Milwaukee's First Stage. Alvaro is a proud veteran of the US Army and an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Monica Villarreal is an interdisciplinary artist native to Houston. She is the founder of Creative Women Unite, a Houston feminist arts collaborative, and she is a traditional Aztec dancer with Danza Azteca Taxcayolot, a local group that practices indigenous traditions through spirituality and community-engaging performances throughout the nation and internationally. They will open the evenings events. We will re-live the power, majesty of the Mexica through its art, culture, knowledge recapitulated over the centuries and across the continent and all over the world, and presented as Danza Azteca this evening with:Danza Chikawa Conroe Texas&Danza Azteca TaxcayolotPoet Lupe Mendez is a veteran alum of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say where he made his literary debut. He went on to become one of the co-founders of the Librotraficante Caravan, Tintero Projects, author of the poetry collection "Why I Am Like Tequila," and he is now Texas Poet Laureate. You will hear a special announcement from Sixto Wagon about opportunities for Latino Artists through the BIPOC Arts Network Fund and Geraldina Wise, Chair of ALMAAHH- Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris County.Mariachi performances by:The duet of Jose Luis Rodriguez & Rigo Tapia, and solos by Keira Dalila Martinez, and Eduardo Treviño.www.Librotraficante.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Tony Diaz, literary curator of the Latino Bookstore, and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, hold a monthly speaking engagement as part of the Texas Author Series. Flower Song Press' Edward Vidaurre presented Texas Authors Leticia Urieta & Marisol Cortez and special guests David A. Romero & Matt Cedillo for a showcase!David A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press). Romero has received honorariums from over seventy-five colleges and universities in thirty-three different states in the USA.Rooted in San Antonio, Marisol Cortez writes across genre about place and power for all the other border walking weirdos out there. She is the author of the award-winning South Texas cli-fi novel Luz at Midnight as well as I Call on the Earth, a chapbook of documentary poetry about the forced removal of Mission Trails Mobile Home Community. She writes to remember the land and resist all domination. For updates on projects and publications, visit mcortez.net.Matt Sedillo has been described as the "best political poet in America" as well as "the poet laureate of the struggle". His work has drawn comparisons in print to Bertolt Brecht, Roque Dalton, Amiri Baraka, Alan Ginsberg and various other legends of the past. Sedillo was the recipient of the first ever Dante's Laurel presented in Ravenna Italy, the 2017 Joe Hill Labor Poetry award, a panelist at the 2020 Texas book festival, and a participant in the 2012 San Francisco International Poetry Festival, the 2022 Elba Poetry Festival. Sedillo has appeared on CSPAN and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Axios, the Associated Press among other publications.Leticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. She is a teaching artist in the greater Austin community and the Program Director of Austin Bat Cave, a literary community serving students in the Austin area, as well as the co-director of Barrio Writers Austin andPflugerville, a free creative writing program for youth. Leticia is also a freelance writer. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an MFA in Fiction writing from Texas State University. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Chicon Street Poets, Lumina, The Offing,Kweli Journal, Medium, Electric Lit and others. Her chapbook, The Monster was published in 2018 from LibroMobile Press. Her hybrid collection, Las Criaturas, was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction 2022 from the Texas Institute of Letters, and is out now from FlowerSong Press.Edward Vidaurre is an award-winning poet and author of eight collections of poetry. He is the 2018-2019 City of McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate, 2022 inductee to the Texas Institute of Letters, and publisher of FlowerSong Press. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Texas Observer, Los Angeles Review of Books, as well as other journals and anthologies. He has edited over 50 books and anthologies. Vidaurre resides in McAllen, Texas with his wife and daughter.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: Flower Song Press Fest: Platicas y Poesia de Califa a Tejas! In a preview of our upcoming Latino Author Series at the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Tony Diaz welcomes our feature guests, all part of the FlowerSong Press Familia!David RomeroMarisol CortezMatt SedilloLeticia UrietaDavid A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press). Romero has received honorariums from over seventy-five colleges and universities in thirty-three different states in the USA.Rooted in San Antonio, Marisol Cortez writes across genre about place and power for all the other border walking weirdos out there. She is the author of the award-winning South Texas cli-fi novel Luz at Midnight as well as I Call on the Earth, a chapbook of documentary poetry about the forced removal of Mission Trails Mobile Home Community. She writes to remember the land and resist all domination. For updates on projects and publications, visit mcortez.net.Matt Sedillo has been described as the "best political poet in America" as well as "the poet laureate of the struggle". His work has drawn comparisons in print to Bertolt Brecht, Roque Dalton, Amiri Baraka, Alan Ginsberg and various other legends of the past. Sedillo was the recipient of the first ever Dante's Laurel presented in Ravenna Italy, the 2017 Joe Hill Labor Poetry award, a panelist at the 2020 Texas book festival, and a participant in the 2012 San Francisco International Poetry Festival, the 2022 Elba Poetry Festival. Sedillo has appeared on CSPAN and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Axios, the Associated Press among other publications.Leticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. She is a teaching artist in the greater Austin community and the Program Director of Austin Bat Cave, a literary community serving students in the Austin area, as well as the co-director of Barrio Writers Austin and Pflugerville, a free creative writing program for youth. Leticia is also a freelance writer. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an MFA in Fiction writing from Texas State University. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Chicon Street Poets, Lumina, The Offing, Kweli Journal, Medium, Electric Lit and others. Her chapbook, The Monster was published in 2018 from LibroMobile Press. Her hybrid collection, Las Criaturas, was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction 2022 from the Texas Institute of Letters, and is out now from FlowerSong Press. Edward Vidaurre is an award-winning poet and author of eight collections of poetry. He is the 2018-2019 City of McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate, 2022 inductee to the Texas Institute of Letters, and publisher of FlowerSong Press. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Texas Observer, Los Angeles Review of Books, as well as other journals and anthologies. He has edited over 50 books and anthologies. Vidaurre resides in McAllen, Texas with his wife and daughter.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: Two Houstonians SHaping The Nation! Tony Diaz speaks with Baldemar Rodriguez, the Manager of Community Partnerships at the Alley Theatre, will be co hosting our event; also there will be UH Grad Russell Contreras who returns to the Space City to Help Launch Axios HoustonBaldemar Rodriguez (@myfilmdirector), the Manager of Community Partnerships at the @alleytheatre, will be co hosting our event at the Alley Theatre! Join us at the Nuestra Palabra 2022 & The Zocalo Committee’s “Houstonians Who Shape The Nation” event at the @alleytheatre on Monday October 3rd. Get your tickets today by clicking the bio on our link!Baldemar Rodriguez was studied acting at the University of Houston's School of Theater where he transitioned into writing, directing, and producing. His resume includes In Search of the American Dream (2012), FlasNovelas (2015) and Grey Focus (2008).Russell Contreras, Race and Justice Reporter for Axios, returns to Houston, Sept. 20, to help launch Axios Houston.Why it matters: Russell is a graduate of the University of Houston and Columbia University who began his career in journalism in Houston before moving to New York and working at The Associated Press, the Boston Globe, and now Axios. He lives in New Mexico.Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra Showcases Nuestra Música #HHMNuestra Palabra Showcases Nuestra Música #HHMYour Host, Tony Diaz showcases Baldemar Rodriguez, Manager of Community Partnerships, Alley Theatre and the young musical talent he brings in to deliver an amazing performance.Eduardo Trevino is an inspired 10-year-old singer and musician. He’s had a natural rhythm and ear for music since the age of two. His first inspiration came from Christian Mariachi music. During the Covid pandemic of 2020, he used that downtime to teach himself to play guitar through YouTube videos.His first Talent Show was for “Lake Houston’s Got Talent” in 2021 and won first place. A year later in May 2022 he won first place in “Festival OTI Kids 2022.” He is also actively involved in his church choir. He hopes to one day be a famous Mariachi singer and continue the beautiful Mariachi music tradition of his Mexican culture.Keira Dalila Martinez is 12 years old. She studied at Project Chrysalis Middle School. Keira loved singing since she was a child. At school she had mariachi classes for a short time and has been taking online singing classes for several months. Although she does not consider herself a professional, Keira continues to follow her passion for music, developing as a young singer and learning newsongs. One of her favorite songs to sing is “La Llorona.”Jose Luis Rodriguez is 16 years old. He attends Eisenhower High School. He learned to play the accordion by watching YouTube tutorials. Part of his musical repertoire, he plays a huapango called Coconitos and a polka called Tampico Hermoso. Rigo Tapia, his best friend and accomplice in music, accompanies him playing the bass sixth. Alan Aguilar is a 7th grader from Patrick Henry Middle School in Houston, TX, whohas demonstrated his talent in Mariachi music since the age of six. He is the1 st place winner of the most renowned mariachi singing competition worldwide, Mariachi Vargas National Vocal Contest 2021 in San Antonio. He has received a special recognition from congresswoman Sylvia Garcia for his incredible talent as a mariachi performer and now, with the support of his parents and his music teacher Jose Longoria, he takes music classes at the University of Houston and plays three instruments, guitar, violin and vihuela. Alans favorite songs to perform include “Pelea de Gallos”, “Canta, Canta, Canta”, y “Mi Reina y Mi Tesoro.”Thanks toRoxana Guzman, Multiplatform ProducerRodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio ProducerRadame Ortiez, SEO DirectorMarc-Antony Piñón, Graphics DesignerLeti Lopez, Music DirectorBryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritusLiana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritusLupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritusWriter 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.comwww.NuestraPalabra.orgwww.TonyDiaz.netInstrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden RecordsWebsite | http://baydenrecords.beatstars.com
Nuestra Palabra: To Live, Love, Heal & Experience Violence as a Black Person w/ Jasminne Mendez
Jasminne Mendez talks to Tony Diaz about her book, "City Without Altar" and how her book helped her redefine her identity as a Black woman and better understand what it means to be Black.
Jasminne Mendez is a Dominican-American poet, playwright, translator and award winning author of several books for children and adults. She is the author of two hybrid memoirs, Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press) and Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry (Arte Público Press). Her second YA memoir, Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American (Arte Público Press) is forthcoming in May 2022 and her debut poetry collection, City Without Altar, was a finalist for the Noemi Press Book Award for Poetry and will be released in August 2022. Her debut middle grade book Anina del Mar Jumps In (Dial) is a novel in verse about a young girl diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and is set to release in 2023. Her debut picture book Josefina’s Habichuelas (Arte Público Press), was released last year.
Mendez has had poetry and essays published by or forthcoming in numerous journals and anthologies including The Kenyon Review, New England Review, the YA Latinx Anthology Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed edited by Saraciea Fennell (Flatiron/Macmillan), and in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext (Haymarket Books). She has translated and written poetry and a libretto for the Houston Grand Opera and she translated Amanda Gorman’s best-selling Change Sings into the Spanish edition La canción del cambio. The dramatized version of her play in verse City Without Altar received its world premiere at Milagro theatre in Portland, Oregon this spring. She is an MFA graduate of the creative writing program at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University, a University of Houston alumni, and a Canto Mundo Fellow.
Based in Houston, she is the Co-Founder and Program Director of the Houston based Latinx literary arts organization Tintero Projects and a co-host to the poetry and writing podcast series InkWell, a collaboration between Tintero Projects and Inprint Houston. She is a Canto Mundo Fellow, a Kenyon Review Writer’s Workshop Peter Taylor Fellow and a Macondo and VONA alumni.
When she’s not writing or napping in her hammock she enjoys playing with sand on the beach with her daughter, swimming in the ocean or a pool, practicing yoga, baking cupcakes and laughing with her partner in poetry and in life Lupe Mendez - the Texas State Poet Laureate.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jmendezmemoirs/ Twitter: @jasminnemendez Instagram: @jasminnemendez Website: https://www.jasminnemendez.com/
- 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.
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Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Find out more about the Central American Community in Houston, Texas as the Librotraficantes gear up for a Tri-City Tour of Contraband Prose and Poetry: Houston to Austin to San Antonio.
This Tri-City tour of the path blazed by the Librotraficantes is fueled by the Latino Bookstore at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas, providing books sales for each stop featuring Salvadoran American Poet from Seattle, WA Claudia Castro Luna and her poetry collection CIPOTLA UNDER THE MOON.
NP ALL LIT #7 features readings, poetry, and prose from:
Lupe Mendez - author of WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA (Willow Books, 2019), winner of the 2019 John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. He is the founder of Tintero Projects which works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region, with Houston as its hub.
Maria Miranda Maloney - a Latina poet, editor, and bilingual publisher. She was born in El Paso, Texas, and raised in a small farm community of mostly immigrant families. Her family's outings consisted of crossing the U.S-Mexico border every Sunday to visit family in Zaragoza, a town outside Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. She learned to navigate two different worlds, including language and traditions.
Carolina Monsiváis - author of Somewhere Between Houston and El Paso, Elisa’s Hunger, and Descent. A dedicated advocate in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault, she has worked with survivors in Texas, New Mexico and Juárez. She earned degrees from the University of Houston (B.A) and New Mexico State University
Vincent "Chente" Cooper - a writer and previous US Marine living in San Antonio. His productions in collections incorporate Boundless, Refreshing San Antonio, Ban This: An Anthology of Chicano Literaturek, and Big Bridge Magazine: Refreshing San Antonio. His chapbook, Where the Reckless Ones Come was distributed by Aztlan Libre Press. "Zarzamora' his latest work has been described as poetry of survival and recounts through prose expereiences along one of San Antonio Texas' throughfares. Lastly, he is a member of The Macondo Writer's Workshop. His poems can be found in Huizache and Riversedge. He currently resides in the westside of San Antonio, TX.
Reyna Grande - her new novel A Ballad of Love and Glory. As a girl, she crossed the US– México border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled in The Distance Between Us, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novels Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing with Butterflies, and the memoirs The Distance Between Us: Young Reader’s Edition and A Dream Called Home.
Edward Vidaurre - is the author of eight collections of poetry. Vidaurre’s poems have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Avalon Literary Review, The Acentos Review, Poetrybay, as well as other journals and anthologies.
David A. Romero - is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press), a book reviewed by Gustavo Arellano (¡Ask a Mexican!), Curtis Marez (University Babylon), and founding member of Ozomatli, Ulises Bella.
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
As the tension over banned books, CRT, and ethnic studies heats up, we take a look at the past, the present, and future of the #Librotraificante movement. 10 years after Arizona lawmakers tried to ban books and ethnic studies in schools, a new wave of legislation and outcry swallow Texas politics.
Dan Patrick recently held a press conference attacking job security for professors at Texas public universities. He also proposed going after professors who teach Critical Race Theory.
This mumbo jumbo is vague for Kindergarten through 12th grade, where CRT is not taught. However, Patrick has crossed the border of higher education where the book "Critical Race Theory" can be part of a course, especially at higher levels. Worse, Patrick needs to clarify if he believes Mexican American History and African American History count as CRT in his opinion.
Is he attacking Mexican American History and African American History?
These are the topics that get swept up in rambling definitions of CRT. So Dan Patrick needs to reveal if he thinks Mexican American and African American History fall into his definition of CRT. www.tonydiaz.net/blog/does-gop-tx…consider-mas-crt
This takes place as the Librotraficantes prepare to mark the tenth year anniversary of the Librotraficantes Caravan which defied the banning of Mexican American Studies by officials in Arizona.
This is a Latino Politics and News Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media.
You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
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
The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to continue its Texas Author Series Friday, June 3, 2022, at 6 pm, with free admission.
The 2022 Texas Author Series is kicked off by Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez who will present his collection. of poetry titled Why I Am Like Tequila.
"I am thrilled to be a part of this literary movement in San Antonio!" Mendez said. He added, "The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center has always been a beacon of hope and art in a city as proud as San Antonio. From theater to poetry, I’ve had amazing experiences with that space, so of course, I am damn proud to be able to share my work at its new bookstore. Whenever we can get together to celebrate each other‘s work, this is what resistance can look like, especially in a state where partisan politics looks to control what people read and what people study. I will always be here, con un Libro en la Mano.,"
About Lupe Mendez: Originally from Galveston, TX, Lupe Mendez (Writer//Educator//Activist) is the author WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA (Willow Books, 2019), winner of the 2019 John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. He is the founder of Tintero Projects which works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region, with Houston as its hub. Lupe earned his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Texas @ El Paso. Mendez’s work can be seen in print and online formats including the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast Journal, the Texas Review, the L.A. Review of Books, Split This Rock, Poetry Magazine and Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets. Mendez is the 2022 Texas Poet Laureate. Follow Lupe on Twitter, at @thepoetmendez and on Instagram, at @ellupis
The evening will be hosted by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Literary Curator of the Latino Bookstore. He said, “The Latino Bookstore brings together so many legacies. Lupe Mendez is an alum of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, which I founded in Houston, Texas. He first read in public at our events. Now, he is recognized statewide. for his work. it is thrilling for the Latino Bookstore to unite all Texans to celebrate our culture and books.”
Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, which houses the Latino Bookstore, said, “This is the kind of event and the caliber of talent that we want to showcase all year long at the Latino Bookstore. We want the West Side, San Antonio, and all of Texas to experience the power of Latino Literature at their fingertips."
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.
Additional programming includes community readings for local authors on Saturdays. The Mexican American Studies Series And more!
Friday, June 3, 2022, 6 pm: Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez with his collection Why I Am Like Tequila.
Friday, July 1, 2022, 6 pm: California & Texas Unite for the Latina Tri-City Tour featuring Claudia Castro Luna author of Cipota Under the Moon & Ire’ne Lara Silva author of Hibiscus Tacos.
Friday, August 5, 2022, 6 pm: Writer and activist, Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante presents his new book The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.
Friday, September 2, 2022, 6 pm: Writer, poet, translator, and performer Jasminne Mendez presents her new book City Without Altar.
The Latino Bookstore is open Tuesday through Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm. 1300 Guadalupe Part of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/
Tony Diaz speaks with Sarah Rucker, one of the organizers for the event that is produced by Texas Folklife, and Randall Jackson, who's group RJ & Kreole Soul will be performing at the show. Tony & Sarah discuss the event and RJ provides great insight into the confluence of cultures that share the accordion.
Besides the interviews, we will feature music from the following artists who will be featured at the 33rd Annual Accordion Kings & Queens.
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RJ & Kreole Smoove: Zydeco & Creole music featuring accordionist and touring musician Randall Jackson, who also won Texas Folklife’s Big Squeeze statewide accordion contest championship in 2014.
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Las Fenix: Consisting of five sisters from Houston, Texas, this Norteño phenom has been on the rise and recently released their latest single Diganle just last year.
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Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours: Accordionist Cameron Dupuy not only won the Big Squeeze in 2021 but won 8 other contest titles before that and plays alongside his father Michael Dupuy in the band who received a Grammy nomination for their debut self-titled album, “Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours” in late 2020.
Lastly, but always in first in our hearts, we moved forward with the show even in the shadows of the horrible tragedy in Uvalde recently. We pay our respects with a moment of silence but also feel it's necessary to produce this show; as RJ mentions in the interview, "...musicians are the healers of this world, healers of the land, we can get to people through our music, that's how powerful music is..."
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
Tony and the Nuestra Palabra crew strike at the heart of the Hill Country for free speech, the right to educate our children, and embracing folks, not erasing folks.
The Launch of the Underground Librotraficante Library in Fredericksburg Texas is an expansion of people's right to education and self determination in the pursuit of knowledge.
Tony "El Librotraficante" Diaz speaks with community members in the area at a local festival re: the banning of several books which also led to the firing of a local librarian.
On the show & festival:
Liana Lopez, Liana Lopez, freelance writer, photographer, Houston Arts Alliance Emerging Artist grant recipient, and producer emeritus of Nuestra Palabra.
Christine Granados, FBG resident/author and member of People for Public Education in Fredericksburg
Cathy Collier, Gillespie County Democratic Party Chair, where Under Ground Library will be hosted
Suzette Baker, former Llano County librarian
Dane Carter, Fredericksburg High School senior, who opposes FISD removing books from library shelves
Eileen Whithed, former FHS librarian
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
We've had two shows discussing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's comments on CRT, University Tenure, and Mexican American Studies but folks asked "What did he REALLY say?" Well, we broke down his press conference and Tony dissects what his words mean and how they can adversely affect the progress of Ethnic Studies in Texas.
We are still asking: Is Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Against Mexican American History?
Dan Patrick recently held a press conference attacking job security for professors at Texas public universities. He also proposed going after professors who teach Critical Race Theory.
This mumbo jumbo is vague for Kindergarten through 12th grade, where CRT is not taught. However, Patrick has crossed the border of higher education where the book "Critical Race Theory" can be part of a course, especially at higher levels. Worse, Patrick needs to clarify if he believes Mexican American History and African American History count as CRT in his opinion.
Is he attacking Mexican American History and African American History?
These are the topics that get swept up in rambling definitions of CRT. So Dan Patrick needs to reveal if he thinks Mexican American and African American History fall into his definition of CRT. https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/does-gop-tx-lt-gov-dan-patrick-consider-mas-crt
This takes place as the Librotraficantes prepare to mark the tenth year anniversary of the Librotraficantes Caravan which defied the banning of Mexican American Studies by officials in Arizona.
This is a Latino Politics and News Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media.
You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
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
The Launch of the Underground Librotraficante Library in Fredericksburg Texas is an expansion of people's right to education and self determination in the pursuit of knowledge. Tony "El Librotraficante" Diaz speaks with community members in the area re: the banning of several books which also led to the firing of a local librarian.
Our panel includes:
Live Preview of The Launch of the Librotraficante Under Ground Library in Fredericksburg, Texas!
NP Saturday, 1 pm: FB Live on Librotraficante and Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say Host: Tony Diaz, El Librotrafciante
Talks to:
Christine Granados, FBG resident/author and member of People for Public Education in Fredericksburg
Cathy Collier, Gillespie County Democratic Party Chair, where Under Ground Library will be hosted
Suzette Baker, former Llano County librarian
Dane Carter, Fredericksburg High School senior, who opposes FISD removing books from library shelves
Eileen Whithed, former FHS librarian
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
Tony Diaz speaks with Richard Santos and Monica Villarreal regarding the importance of representation, whether in the work Richard does providing literary access to youth in Austin, or through the arts and performances Monica does through her dancing.
Richard Z. Santos is a novelist and the Executive Director of Austin Bat Cave, a nonprofit that provides creative writing workshops to students in underrepresented areas. He's a former high school English and Social Studies teacher, and in a previous career worked for some of the nation's top political campaigns, consulting firms, and labor unions. Trust Me, published by Arte Público Press, was named one of the best debuts of 2020 by Crime Reads and was a finalist for The Writers League of Texas Novel Prize.
Monica Villarreal
is an interdisciplinary artist native to Houston. Her art explores ethnic identity, gender roles, migrant and environmental issues. She is a recipient of multiple awards in photography and filmmaking, and has participated in installation and performing art productions organized by Voices Breaking Boundaries, Project Row Houses, Houston Arts Alliance, Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts, Santa Fe Arts Institute, and Alabama Song.
Monica studied typography under Mainz Gutenberg Award winner Mahendra Patel and is currently learning printmaking from Master Printer Armando Rodriguez. She has a B.A. in Entrepreneurship from the University of Houston and an M.A. in Digital Media Studies from the University of Houston-CL. Monica wears various hats, as the founder of Creative Women Unite, a local feminist arts collaborative and as a traditional Aztec dancer with Danza Azteca Taxcayolot, a local group that practices Mexican indigenous traditions through spirituality, and community engaging performances. She has over a decade of experience organizing with local grassroots and nonprofit organizations. Staying active allows her to continue her research and create art focused on issues she's passionate about.
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
We aired a part 2 of the interview that featured Danny reading even more excerpts from his new book and we also featured more songs from his record label. Now, its up so check it out!
Tony Diaz El Librotraficante, interviews Dany Trejo about his new book: "Trejo: My Life of Crime: Redemption, and Hollywood" featuring Danny reading from his book, music from his record label, including Houston's own Baby Bash, and Danny's potent point of view.
Air Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say On The Air. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, Texas.
More episodes at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
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The #LatinoBookStore #TAS Texas Author Series every first Friday features a lineup cultivated by Mouthfeel Press (MFP).
As a preview, Tony Diaz features several of the talented artists of Mouthfeel Press including:
Liliana Valenzuela is the author of the poetry collections Codex of Love: Bendita ternura (FlowerSong Press, 2020) and Codex of Journeys: Bendito camino (Mouthfeel Press, 2013). Her poetry and essays have been widely anthologized, most recently in Latinas: An Anthology of Struggles & Protests in 21st Century USA. Valenzuela is also the acclaimed Spanish language translator of works by Cristina García, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, and many other writers. Her most recent translation is Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo, by Sandra Cisneros. And this fall, Vintage Español will publish her translation of Sandra Cisneros’ new poetry collection, Woman Without Shame/Mujer sin vergüenza. A CantoMundo and Macondo fellow, she collaborates with the Hablemos, escritoras podcast. Valenzuela is currently the editor of the Latin American Journalism Review at the University of Texas at Austin.
Maria Miranda Maloney is a Latina poet, editor, and bilingual publisher. She was born in El Paso, Texas, and raised in a small farm community of mostly immigrant families. Her family's outings consisted of crossing the U.S-Mexico border every Sunday to visit family in Zaragoza, a town outside Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. She learned to navigate two different worlds, including language and traditions.
Maria is the founder of Mouthfeel Press a bilingual press that has published dozens of books of poetry in English and Spanish, and the author of Cracked Spaces (Pandora Lobo, 2021), The Lost Letters of Mileva (Pandora Lobo Productions Press, 2014) and The City I Love (Ranchos Press, 2011). Her poetry and essays have appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, MiPoesias, The Catholic Reporter, The Texas Review, Acentos Review, and other literary and international journals. She is the literary curator and Outreach Coordinator for The Smithsonian Latino Center, Washington D.C., and curator for the Wise Latina International's Writing Ourselves into History. Maria is editor for Arte Público Press, and a BorderSenses board member. She is currently a reading and writing teacher in East Texas. Her next book The Moon in Her Eyes is scheduled for release in 2023. She's currently working on her manuscript When We Were Sisters.
Carolina Monsiváis is the author of Somewhere Between Houston and El Paso, Elisa’s Hunger, and Descent. A dedicated advocate in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault, she has worked with survivors in Texas, New Mexico and Juárez. She earned degrees from the University of Houston (B.A) and New Mexico State University
Vincent "Chente" Cooper is a writer and previous US Marine living in San Antonio. His productions in collections incorporate Boundless, Refreshing San Antonio, Ban This: An Anthology of Chicano Literaturek, and Big Bridge Magazine: Refreshing San Antonio. His chapbook, Where the Reckless Ones Come was distributed by Aztlan Libre Press. "Zarzamora' his latest work has been described as poetry of survival and recounts through prose expereiences along one of San Antonio Texas' throughfares. Lastly, he is a member of The Macondo Writer's Workshop. His poems can be found in Huizache and Riversedge. He currently resides in the westside of San Antonio, TX.
www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org www.TonyDiaz.net
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The 10th Anniversary of the Librotraficante Caravan Saturday, March 12, 2022 Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery, Houston, Tejas
Happy Mexica New Year
Thank you for joining us to launch the next chapter
This is a Nuestra Palabra: Multi Platform Broadcast Share the FB Live Stream, hear it on the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM KPFT watch it www.Fox26Houston.Com
MC: writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante • Caravan Co-Founders: Filmmaker Bryan Parras, Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez, Multimedia artist Liana Lopez, Education Consultant Laura Razo, Writer and activist Tony Diaz. • Multi Media Platforms – Introduced by Liana Lopez • Caravanistas – Introduced by Lupe Mendez • NP Board Members – Introduced by Bryan Parras with a memorium • Umbrella Groups, NP Chapters, Under Ground Libraries – Introduced by Tony Diaz • BANF Executive Dir. Sixto Wagan & BANF Steering Comm Members Long Chu & Tony Diaz • Texas State Representative Christina Morales, who championed HB 1504. Next chapter: • Blatantly BIPOC • New Media, classic media, and in person • All Year Long and into the 25th anniversary of NP
The Caravan leaves for Austin, soon! Stay tuned.
Thank you Chrissie Ramirez! We join you and the community in honoring the memory of our mentor Macario Ramirez.
In loving memory of Ruben Castilla Herrera Librotraficante “Buddha-zas,” Marge Diaz Freislinger-Turentine
www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org www.LatinoPoliticsAndNews.com
Nuestra Palabra Presents Poetry Spotlight with 2022 Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez; listen to him from his book "WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA" and from his new writings.
This is a Nuestra Palabra Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media. You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
Originally from Galveston, TX, Lupe Mendez (Writer // Educator // Activist) is the author WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA (Willow Books, 2019), winner of the 2019 John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. He is the founder of Tintero Projects which works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region, with Houston as its hub. Lupe earned his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Texas @ El Paso. Mendez’s work can been seen in print and online formats including the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast Journal, the Texas Review, the L.A. Review of Books, Split This Rock, Poetry Magazine and Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets. Mendez is the 2022 Texas Poet Laureate. Follow Lupe on Twitter, at @thepoetmendez and on Instagram, at @ellupis.
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
We interview Lesley Briones, Candidate for Harris County Commissioners County Precinct and her vision for the area and her constituents.
Additionally, Is Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Against Mexican American History?
Dan Patrick recently held a press conference attacking job security for professors at Texas public universities. He also proposed going after professors who teach Critical Race Theory.
This mumbo jumbo is vague for Kindergarten through 12th grade, where CRT is not taught. However, Patrick has crossed the border of higher education where the book "Critical Race Theory" can be part of a course, especially at higher levels. Worse, Patrick needs to clarify if he believes Mexican American History and African American HIstory count as CRT in his opinion.
Is he attacking Mexican American History and African American History?
These are the topics that get swept up in rambling definitions of CRT. So Dan Patrick needs to reveal if he thinks Mexican American and African American History fall into his definition of CRT. https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/does-gop-tx-lt-gov-dan-patrick-consider-mas-crt
This takes place as the Librotraficatnes prepare to mark the tenth year anniversary of the Librotraficante Caravan which defied the banning of Mexican American Studies by officials in Arizona.
This is a Latino Politics and News Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media.
You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
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
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The 10th Anniversary of the Librotraficante Caravan Saturday, March 12, 2022 Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery, Houston, Tejas
Happy Mexica New Year
Thank you for joining us to launch the next chapter
This is a Nuestra Palabra: Multi Platform Broadcast Share the FB Live Stream, hear it on the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM KPFT watch it www.Fox26Houston.Com
MC: writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante • Caravan Co-Founders: Filmmaker Bryan Parras, Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez, Multimedia artist Liana Lopez, Education Consultant Laura Razo, Writer and activist Tony Diaz. • Multi Media Platforms – Introduced by Liana Lopez • Caravanistas – Introduced by Lupe Mendez • NP Board Members – Introduced by Bryan Parras with a memorium • Umbrella Groups, NP Chapters, Under Ground Libraries – Introduced by Tony Diaz • BANF Executive Dir. Sixto Wagan & BANF Steering Comm Members Long Chu & Tony Diaz • Texas State Representative Christina Morales, who championed HB 1504. Next chapter: • Blatantly BIPOC • New Media, classic media, and in person • All Year Long and into the 25th anniversary of NP
The Caravan leaves for Austin, soon! Stay tuned.
Thank you Chrissie Ramirez! We join you and the community in honoring the memory of our mentor Macario Ramirez.
In loving memory of Ruben Castilla Herrera Librotraficante “Buddha-zas,” Marge Diaz Freislinger-Turentine
www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org www.LatinoPoliticsAndNews.com
This is a Nuestra Palabra Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media. You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
Hosted by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to launch its Texas Author Series Friday, April 1, 2022. We will spotlight a Texas Latino author every first Friday after that.
We are thrilled to kick off this series with best-selling Latina author Reyna Grande with her new novel A Ballad of Love and Glory. As a girl, she crossed the US– México border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled in The Distance Between Us, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novels Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing with Butterflies, and the memoirs The Distance Between Us: Young Reader’s Edition and A Dream Called Home.
Featured on Oprah's Book Club, NPR's Morning Edition, the BBC, CNN, Univision, and The New York Times, among others, Reyna Grande has become a powerful voice in the Latinx community and beyond. The evening will be hosted by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Literary Curator of the Latino Bookstore. He said, “The work of Reyna Grande is a powerful example of how our Latino Bookstore provides Texans access to the leading voices in literature. We showcase works that exemplify the visions, struggles, and accomplishments of the Latino experience. This is a powerful novel that will be a great addition to any family library.”
Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, which houses the Latino Bookstore, said, “This series is fun, educational, and shows off the literary treasures of San Antonio and the entire state. This adds to more reasons for families to visit San Antonio and for folks who live here to be proud.”
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.
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
NP Poetry Spotlight: Roberto Tejada & Rodrigo Toscano: Houston & New Orleans
This is a Nuestra Palabra Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media. You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
Hosted by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
Roberto Tejada is the author of poetry collections Why the Assembly Disbanded (2022), Todo en el ahora (2015), Full Foreground (2012), Exposition Park (2010), and Mirrors for Gold (2006), as well as Still Nowhere in an Empty Vastness (2019), a LatinX poetics on colonial settlement and cultural counter-conquest in art and literature of the Americas. His writings on art and media history include the books National Camera: Photography and Mexico’s Image Environment (2009) and Celia Alvarez Muñoz (2009), as well as catalog essays in Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 (Hammer Museum, 2011) and Allora & Calzadilla: Specters of Noon (The Menil Collection, 2021). Tejada’s writing spans method, discipline, and form to address the political imagination and impurity of time in shared image environments; configurations of art, life, and language inclined to the future. He was awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Poetry (2021).
Rodrigo Toscano is a poet and essayist based in New Orleans. He is the author of ten books of poetry. His most recent is The Charm & The Dread (Fence Books, 2022). His previous books include In Range, Explosion Rocks Springfield, Deck of Deeds, Collapsible Poetics Theater (a National Poetry Series selection), To Leveling Swerve, Platform, Partisans, and The Disparities. His poetry has appeared in over twenty anthologies, including, Voices Without Borders, Diasporic Avant Gardes, Imagined Theatres, In the Criminal’s Cabinet, Earth Bound, and Best American Poetry. Toscano has received a New York State Fellowship in Poetry. He won the Edwin Markham 2019 prize for poetry. His works have been translated into French, Dutch, Italian, German, Portuguese, Norwegian and Catalan. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers, the National Institute for Environmental Health Science, Communication Workers of America, National Day Laborers Organizing Network, and northwest tribes (Umatilla, Cayuse, Yakima, Nez Perce) working on educational training projects that involve environmental and labor justice, health & safety culture transformation. rodrigotoscano.com @Toscano200
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
Special Broadcast: Is Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Against Mexican American History?
Dan Patrick recently held a press conference attacking job security for professors at Texas public universities. He also proposed going after professors who teach Critical Race Theory.
This mumbo jumbo is vague for Kindergarten through 12th grade, where CRT is not taught. However, Patrick has crossed the border of higher education where the book "Critical Race Theory" can be part of a course, especially at higher levels. Worse, Patrick needs to clarify if he believes Mexican American History and African American HIstory count as CRT in his opinion.
Is he attacking Mexican American History and African American History?
These are the topics that get swept up in rambling definitions of CRT. So Dan Patrick needs to reveal if he thinks Mexican American and African American History fall into his definition of CRT. https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/does-gop-tx-lt-gov-dan-patrick-consider-mas-crt
Host Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante is joined by activist and multi-media artist Liana Lopez who are both experts in defending Ethnic Studies.
This takes place as the Librotraficatnes prepare to mark the tenth year anniversary of the Librotraficante Caravan which defied the banning of Mexican American Studies by officials in Arizona.
This is a Latino Politics and News Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media.
You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
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 Presents Poetry Spotlight: David Romero "My Name is Romero" & Edward Viduarre "Cry Howl"
This is a Nuestra Palabra Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media. You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com
Edward Vidaurre is the author of eight collections of poetry. Vidaurre’s poems have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Avalon Literary Review, The Acentos Review, Poetrybay, as well as other journals and anthologies.
He is the 2018-2019 City of McAllen,TX Poet Laureate and publisher of FlowerSong Press and its sister imprint Juventud Press. He has been nominated for the pushcart prize five times and was a finalist for Poet Laureate for the state of Texas.
Vidaurre has been a judge for submissions for the Houston Poetry Festival, Director of Operations for the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, and editor of Cutthroat, a journal of the arts. His book Jazzhouse Won the Award of Merit 2020 by The Philosophical Society of Texas for Best Book of Poetry by a Texas Author. His book Paandemia & Other Poems was a finalist for the Writers' League of Texas
www.edwardvidaurre.com.
David A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press), a book reviewed by Gustavo Arellano (¡Ask a Mexican!), Curtis Marez (University Babylon), and founding member of Ozomatli, Ulises Bella.
Romero has appeared at over seventy-five colleges and universities in thirty different states in the USA. Romero's work has been published in literary magazines in the United States, England, and Canada. Romero has opened for Latin Grammy winning bands Ozomatli and La Santa Cecilia. Romero's work has been published in anthologies alongside poets laureate Joy Harjo, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Luis J. Rodriguez, Jack Hirschman, and Tongo Eisen-Martin.
Romero has won the Uptown Slam at the historic Green Mill in Chicago; the birthplace of slam poetry. Romero offers a scholarship for high school seniors interested in spoken word and social justice: “The Romero Scholarship for Excellence in Spoken Word.” Romero's poetry deals with family, identity, social justice issues, and Latinx culture.
www.davidaromero.com
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.
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Nuestra Palabra Celebrates Sur Fest 2020.
This is a Nuestra Palabra Multi-Platform Broadcast across social media. You can hear us on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. You can watch us at www.Fox26Houston.com.
Pablo Devera, founder of Sur Fest, performs live as a sneak preview of the 2022 Edition of Sur Fest, featuring bands from Houston, Texas, Mexico, representing a broad spectrum of the Latino experience and musical influences.
Sur Fest 2022, Sat. Feb. 26, 2022, Houston, Texas, at the iconic Continental Club, 3714 Main St, Houston, TX 77002. 7 pm.
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
Macondo: A Homeland for Writers: Deadlines and Updates.
www.MacondoWriters.com
Here is your chance to apply for the writer's retreat founded by author Sandra Cisneros.
Meet Macondo board members and find out what is planned, who is leading workshops. The deadline to apply is Feb. 20, 2022, at midnight PST.
For more information, visit: www.MacondoWriters.com
This is a Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say multi-platform broadcast. You can listen to it on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station, and you can watch it on www.Fox26Houston.com.
Hosted by writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, who is also a political analyst on "What's Your Point?" On Fox 26 Houston.
Macondo 2022. A Homeland for Writers: Feb. 22, 2022 is the deadline to a... https://youtu.be/74rORXgv6No via @YouTube
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This one-hour special features an interview with literary giant Sandra Cisneros on the Nuestra Palabra anniversary. This also celebrates the 2021 National Endowment for the Art Big Read Campaign, which featured THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros.
This broadcast offers insights into the book and celebrates the two Houston institutions that received Big Read grants from the NEA: Lone Star College-Houston North and the Alley Theatre. Their partners are The Houston Public Library, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, and LASO, the Latin American Student Organization.
Air Date: October 2021. Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say On The Air. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, Texas.
More episodes at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Gabriela Vasquez Liana Lopez Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows
Host: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
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NEA’s Big Read: Alley Theatre/El Zócalo bilingual programming has been a huge success in the community. A special thanks to Council Member Robert Gallegos and Texas State Representative Christina Morales for presenting a proclamation and a resolution to Alley Theatre to commemorate this historic occasion. Especialmente gracias a TI, the El Zócalo advisory committee for helping us deliver close to 1,000 free books to our community.
More info, visit: https://www.alleytheatre.org/elzocalo
On this one-hour multi-platform edition, Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks to CM Gallegos, Rep. Morales, and from the Alley Theatre: Dean Gladden, Marry Sutton, and Baldemar Rodriguez on the kick-off of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 and The NEA Big Read Alley Theatre/Zocalo with City of Houston and Texas Legislature Proclamations.
Air Date: October 2021. Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say On The Air. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, Texas.
More episodes at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Gabriela Vasquez Liana Lopez Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows
Host: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org Twitter: @NPAirwaves
Ending a Book Desert Announcing a New Latino Bookstore.
Cristina Balli, Director, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas joins Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, and GCAC Latino Bookstore Literary Curator to announce the opening of the GCAC Latino Bookstore & Giftshop Friday, Oct. 1, 6:30 pm. 1301 Guadalupe Avenue, San Antono, Texas.
And Tony talks to Roberto Cintli Rodriguez about his new book "Writing Fifty Years mas o menos Among the Gringos" which he will launch nationally at the opening. It's published by Aztlan Libre Press, established by Juan Tejeda Anisa Onofre. #Unidos!
Original airdate: Tuesday, September 21, 2021. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston's Community Station. LIvestream: www.kpft.org
The book store will be a destination stop showcasing Community Cultural Capital through books, visual art, music, dance, and more.
You will be able to take home part of our gente's legacy when you visit during the week.
The bookstore is also an official state to Texas visitors center and part of the West Side Cultural District.
Our opening book bash features our literary Madrina Carmen Tafolla, our literary Padrino Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, and the national launch of Dr. Roberto Cintli Rodriguez's book: Writing 50 Years más o menos Amongst the Gringos published by Aztlan Libre Press. We are finalizing a visit from Max Baca, from the Tex Maniacs. We will carry his book: Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music. Admission is free.
Carmen Tafolla, the #GCAC #LatinoBookstore Madrina, reading from: The Last Butterfly/La última mariposa, Illustrated by Regina Moya
Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, with the national launch of his new book: Writing Fifty Years mas o menos Among the Gringos
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, the #GCAC #LatinoBookstore Padrino, reading from: Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Volume VII (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)
Max Baca, will also perform a set 6p - 6:30 pm before he signs his book: Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music
The book party will now take place inside due to rain. Come, invest in Community Cultural Captial, support the legacy of our Community's Art and Culture, and begin, or replenish your family library as we unite to end the book deserts that engulf our communities.
More info: https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/guadalupe-latino-bookstore/
Meet Danny Trejo "Machete" During His Virtual Book Talk with Steve Buscemi and Daniel Peña. Wed. July 14, 7 pm. Click here: https://www.brazosbookstore.com/virtual-danny-trejo-trejo
Tony Diaz El Librotraficante, interviews Dany Trejo about his new book: "Trejo: My Life of Crime: Redemption, and Hollywood" featuring Danny reading from his book, music from his record label, including Houston's own Baby Bash, and Danny's potent point of view.
Air Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say On The Air. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, Texas.
More episodes at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Gabriela Vasquez Liana Lopez Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows
Host: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
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Texas House Bill 1504 makes history by passing the Texas House of Representatives. This bill would allow Ethnic Studies courses to count towards high school graduation requirements. A bi-partisan rainbow coalition united to take this important step to deliver the American Dream through education.
It is set to receive a hearing at the Texas Senate Friday, May 21, 2021, where Texas Senator Carol Alvarado carries the bill. Call your Texas State Senators to inspire them to support this bill.
The bill was authored by Texas State Representative Christina Morales, Democrat, and co-sponsored by Texas State Representative Dan Huberty and Democratic State Representatives Alma Allen, Gene Wu, and Jarvis Johnson.
Co-sponsors include: Bowers, Button, Canales, Dominguez, Guerra, Hinojosa, Martinez, Meza, Morales Shaw, Muñoz, Jr., Perez, Rodriguez, Sherman, Sr., Thierry, some of whom speak during this press conference moderated by Tony Diaz joined by Mexican American Studies Scholars Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Dr. Christopher Carmona, Dr. Valerie Martinez, Dr. Lilliana Saldana, & Eliza Epstein.
For more information, visit: www.TexasSizedHistory.com
Airdate: Tuesday, May 17, 2021.
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. Your Community Radio Station.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Nuestra Palabra or Latino Politics & News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Gabriela Vasquez Liana Lopez Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
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NP ALL LIT Gentefication Edition Featuring Antonio Lopez & Tony Diaz
Antonio Lopez Councilmember City of East Palo Alto Reading from his forthcoming poetry collection Gentefication.
And, Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante Reading from "Who Will Stand Up for El Barrio?"
Airdate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6 pm-7 pm CST 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Gabriela Vasquez Liana Lopez Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, interviews Dan Stoecker, President and CEO, The Alliance, & Michelle Remy-Maillet, Entrepreneurial Program, The Alliance.
The Alliance is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Greater Houston area for over 35 years. Their mission is to create opportunities for refugees, immigrants, and other underserved residents to achieve their goals for self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life.
Air date: Tues. Apr 6, 2021.
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Gabriela Vasquez Nathan Noble
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. Your Community Radio Station.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
Twitter @Librotraficante www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
NP ALL LIT: Politica Prose Edition Featuring: Alfredo Corchado, The Dallas Morning News; Russell Contreras, Axios; Texas State Representative Christina Morales, LULAC Council 60 President Al Castillo, and Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
Airdate: Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6 pm-7 pm CST 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Gabriela Vasquez Liana Lopez Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org Twitter: @NPAirwaves
The term #illegalalien is at best imprecise & at its worst dehumanizes.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante tackles this with immigration lawyer Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz, Monty & Ramirez LLP, & Axios Justice & Race reporter Russell Contreras.
The Joe Biden Administration plans to eliminate it.
Air date: March 23, 2p #LPAN 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Gabriela Vasquez Nathan Noble
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. Your Community Radio Station.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
Twitter @Librotraficante www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Time for precision when we discuss the #LatinoVote & #Latino Demographic. There are 36 million Mexican Americans in the U.S. There are 2 million Cuban Americans. Yet there are 3 Mexican American & 3 Cuban American U.S. Senators.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, interviews Axios Justice and Race Reporter Russell Contreras examines why. This follows up Contreras' piece: The elusive political power of Mexican Americans.
Air Date: March 16, 2021
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Gabriela Vasquez Nathan Noble
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. Your Community Radio Station.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
2021 Immigration Update: The Latin American Student Organization-LASO at LSC-HN, Lone Star College-North Harris, presents its 2021 Immigration Update, focusing on empowerment through Education.
Professor Tony Diaz talks to Abogada Carolina, Immigration attorney Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz and Lone Star College Board of Trustee Ernestine Pierce. They discuss how to overcome obstacles, the power of education, and the role of community. Abogada Carolina also provides an introduction to what we should be looking for regarding changes in immigration laws and policies under the Biden Administration. She focuses on the three ways a president can shape immigration: 1. executive orders 2. Regulations 3. Legislation. LASO Faculty Advisors: Dr. Christ Trevino Sylvia San Pedro Tony Diaz
Tony Diaz interview Nory Angel, First Latina Exec. Dir of The American Leadership Forum. Find out more about this important organization and what the future holds under its new leader.
Both Tony Diaz and Nory Angel are Senior ALF Fellows.
Also, #TexasSizedHistory: hear Texas State Representative Christina Morales read her op-ed about the Ethnic Studies Bill she has submitted, and hear journalists Alfredo Corchado's op-ed on the plight of Migrant Workers as Essential Workers.
Air date: Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it in support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Gabriela Vasquez Nathan Noble
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. Your Community Radio Station.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Find out more about the #TXEthnicStudiesBill 90.1 FM KPFT Houston Latino Politics And News. Tony Diaz interviews Texas Christina Morales - Representative TX District 145 who submitted the Texas Ethnic Studies Bill to make Mexican American and African American History Courses count towards high school graduation requirements.
Is The University of Texas at Austin #discriminating against #Latino Professors? Latino Politics And News interviews legendary scholar Dr. Emilio Zamora about results from an equity report. Tues 2pm 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org https://conta.cc/2KENVSd
Air date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
NP ALL LIT X: Poetry, Prose, and Music Beginning to End
Enjoy Poetry, Prose, and Music from beginning to end, featuring the genius of Antonio Lopez, Tony Diaz, Angie Trudel, Natasha Carrizosa, Maria Hinojosa, Roberto Lovato, Emmy Perez.
Air date: Tuesday, Jan 19, 2021.
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Join Tony Diaz for this one-hour special on the Tejano Center for Community Concerns which is a living example of Community Cultural Capital in action.
He Interviews Dr. Adriana Tamez President and CEO of The Tejano Center for Community Concerns, and Rich Rodriguez, MBA, Head of Housing. More info: www.tejanocenter.org.
Air date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
CA is Electing Poets to City Council: Meet Antonio Lopez, Newly Elected Poetician
Tony Diaz El Librotraficante interviews Antonio López whose debut poetry collection, Gentefication, was selected by Gregory Pardlo as the winner of the 2019 Levis Prize in Poetry, and will be published through Four Way Books in September 2021.
Born and raised in East Palo Alto, CA, he has received scholarships to attend the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Tin House, the Vermont Studio Center, and Bread Loaf. He is a proud member of the Macondo Writers Workshop and a CantoMundo Fellow. His nonfiction has been featured or is forthcoming in PEN/America, Jacket2, and Insider Higher Education, and his poetry in The New Republic, Tin House, and elsewhere. He holds degrees from Duke University, Rutgers-Newark, and the University of Oxford.
He is pursuing a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University. Antonio is currently fighting gentrification in his hometown as the newest and youngest councilmember for the City of East Palo Alto.
Latino Politics And News Airdate: Tues Dec. 22, 2020, 2 pm, CST 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, Livestream: www.kpft.org
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Nuestra Palabra Alum Liana Lopez produced and hosted this one-hour special honoring the legacy of Chicana Icon Maria Jimenez who recently succumbed to cancer. Thanks to Anna Nuñez who provided audio interviews. Maria paved the way, inspired, and trained an entire generation of activists and artists. Her impact on our community and the world is profound. This is our tribute to her.
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
Airdate: Tues Dec. 22, 2020, 6 pm, CST 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX Livestream: www.kpft.org
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Hanging on to El Barrio: A Special Edition of "Que Onda" Magazine and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show with words by Tony Diaz.
Tony Diaz interviews Que Onda Publisher Gabriel Esparza about "Que Onda" Magazine's commitment to the community. They discuss how to empower community cultural capital in Segundo Barrio and throughout all of Houston.
Diaz also interviews Baldemar Rodriguez, Manager of Community Partnerships, about the updating of the "Christmas Carol" for this Holiday Season and a Food Drive co-sponsored by the Alley Theatre and the Zocalo Advisory Committee.
Airdate: Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Publication date: Thursday, December 17, 2020
We answer only to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Before tonight's final exam on Lalo Alcaraz Studies, conducted by Tony Diaz, you should review previous work starting with our interview with Lalo Alcaraz just as a little film named "Coco" was about to take off:
https://soundcloud.com/tony-diaz-727211483/lalo-alcaraz-discusses-coco-the-pixar-film-he-helped-save
Compare contrast the two. Extra credit if you buy a 2021 #LaloAlcaraz Calendar.
And Don't. Catch. COVID19. Tony Diaz interviews Porfirio Villarreal from the Houston Health Department. He tells us to: #MASKUP #WashYourHands #stayhome #todosjuntosmejor
Airdate: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
He campaigned against Donald J. Trump, but did long-time Republican Jacob M. Monty really vote for Joe Biden?
Judge Julia Maldonado Judge 507 Family District Court was one of the Super 7 Latinas running for judge. At one point, she was the only one.
Tony Diaz El Librotraficante interviews both.
Airdate: Tues Dec. 8, 2020, 2 pm, CST 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX.
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Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
The Power of Mexican American Studies.
Tony Diaz interviews Dr. Nolan Cabrera for a one-hour special. Dr. Cabrera led the research team that proved Mexican American Studies improves graduation rates. He addresses 2 topics:
- The Legacy of The Struggle for Mexican American Studies in AZ.
- White Fragility Vs. Ethnic Studies in CA Today.
Airdate: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. 2 pm.
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Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
NP ALL LIT V: Poetry, Prose, & Music Beginning to End.
All Lit V, poetry and prose from beginning to end. Featuring the work of Gris Muñoz, David Romero, Alfredo Corchado, Maria Hinojosa, Tony Diaz, and Ire'ne Lara Silva.
Airdate: Nov. 24, 2020.
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
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Tony Diaz www.TonyDiaz.net
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Latinos discuss the Latino Vote. Imagine that.
Tony Diaz interviews Judge-Elect Natalia Cornelio, one of the Super 7 Latinas who ran for judge and won in Harris County. He also talks to the publisher of Que Onda Magzine Gabriel Esparza about the state of Latino media and its impact on the Latino Vote.
Airdate: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. 2 pm.
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Thanks to our crew:
Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Election Day Deep Thoughts and Great Sounds: TODAY 6 pm 90.1 FM & www.KPFT.org. Nuestra Palabra brings you essays by Bryan Parras "Nature Will Ban Fracking", Mónica Rhor from Houston Chronicle, "'Historic decimation' of Latino communities can only be grasped one story at a time." And Tony Diaz with the essay "Independence from Corona Virus" in English and Spanish. And awesome music. #ElectoralAdrenaline Listen in line to vote, driving familia to the polls, or as you text folks to make sure they voted. https://conta.cc/2TOtljb
Air date: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. 6pm.
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Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
If the Super 7 Latina Candidates for Judge win, there will be 10 Latina judges sitting in 120 posts. That is 8%. We are proud of them, but we are disappointed with the system. Support them and let's keep pushing for more representation.
Las Super Siete Son/The Super Seven are: 1. Amparo Guerra, Democratic nominee, 1st Court of Appeals Place 5 2. Ana Martinez, Democratic nominee, 179th District Court 3. Judge Julia Maldonado, Incumbent Judge, 507th District Court 4. Lesley Briones, Incumbent Judge, Harris County Civil Court at Law 5. Natalia “Nata” Cornelio, Democratic nominee, 351st District Court 6. Jo Ann Delgado, Incumbent, Justice of the Peace Pcnt 2 Place 1 7. Veronica Rivas-Milloy, Democratic nominee, 1st Court of Appeals Place 3
Show aired election day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, 2pm.
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Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
One-Hour Special: Latinos Racially Profiled by Fort Bend Sherrif Dept Under Troy Nehls.
This is the audio from the protest at the Sheriff's Department in Fort Bend, Texas. We want to thank all our allies from so many communities who united to defy discrimination.
Air date: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.
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Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Que hacer para protegernos del Covid-19. & City Council J & G Cultura.
Entrevista con Poririo Villareal de el Departamento de Salud de Houston.
No nos olvidemos de lo que es más importante durante estos tiempos de pandemia, protegernos y proteger a los que más queremos. "Dia de la Independencia del Corona Virus" https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/dia-de-la-independencia-del-corona-virus?fbclid=IwAR3T1IxEuWrWxclHljN-2Bk4SWEf93Yp_qzME-BzuFMcOnzHDYI5O7-NK14
No nos olvidemos de lo que es más importante durante estos tiempos de pandemia, protegernos y proteger a los que más queremos. Las medidas de prevención deben seguirse diariamente, aunque cueste, y aprovecho de recordarles que hacer para protegernos del Covid-19:
• Minimice el contacto con otras personas y evite salir de casa, excepto para las necesidades esenciales, tanto como sea posible. Para aquellos que trabajan en ocupaciones esenciales y deben salir de su hogar, la solución es hacer lo siguiente de manera consistente y de manera simultánea:
• Usar una mascarilla o una cubierta de tela cuando esté en público. Su mascarilla ayuda a proteger a las personas a su alrededor y la mascarilla de ellos le ayuda a protegerse a usted.
• Distanciamiento social manteniéndose al menos a seis pies de distancia de otras personas.
• Lavarse las manos con frecuencia con agua. Si no puede lavarse las manos, use desinfectante de manos.
Hágase la prueba. Es GRATIS, seguro, confidencial y no necesita seguro ni prueba de ciudadanía. Visite houstonemergency.org o llame al 832-393-4220 para obtener información sobre cómo hacerse la prueba y para programar una cita en una de las ubicaciones en la ciudad.
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Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
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Hacerse la prueba en los sitios asociados con el Departamento de Salud de Houston es gratis, rápido y seguro. Los tiempos de espera son mínimos y los laboratorios informan los resultados, en promedio, a los cuatro días.
www.Houstonemergency.org/covid19 o 832-393-4220. #TodosJuntosMejor
Estamos orgullosos de contar con la colaboración del Departamento de Salud de Houston con el propósito de apoyar a nuestra comunidad latina en la campaña de protección del Corona Virus.
Al Castillo, Pres of LULAC Council 60, Tells TX Gov Abbott that he owes his father an apology for his acts of voter suppression.
Manuel Valenzuela is standing up for Chicanos who are being deported. His plight is chronicled in the film "American Exile" by John Valadez. Here is a link to our interview about the film with John Valadez. We are also grateful for the special screening of the film for Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say. "American Exile" will be released nationally by PBS:
‘Filmmaker John Valadez. Sandra Rodriguez NP Community Rep District J.’ on #SoundCloud #np https://soundcloud.com/tony-diaz-727211483/filmmaker-john-valadez-sandra-rodriguez-np-community-rep-district-j
This is a link to the opinion-editorial written by LULAC Council 60 president Al Castillo, discussed on the show: Essay: Gov. Greg Abbott owes my father an apology for suppressing the right to vote https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Essay-Gov-Greg-Abbott-owes-my-father-an-apology-15648054.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)
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Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. Tony Diaz also appears on "What's Your Point?" on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am. www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Join us for this one-hour special with Tony Diaz interviewing Mario Castillo, who makes history as the first Latino President for Lone Star College System.
This is also part of Nuestra Palabra's Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month. Mario Castillo was also part of our #UHHM focus on Houston City Council District E, where LSC-Kingwood is located. We also want to thank our Nuestra Palabra Community Representative for District E-Daniel Saenz. He organized a great event on Facebook Live, featuring additional leaders and artists.
This campaign demonstrates that every Houston City Council District is a Latino District.
Mario's story demonstrates the power of leaders leading with Latino values, interests, and needs in mind. Tune in to find out more.
Original airdate Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
This is our way of re-inventing Hispanic Heritage Mont and Book Signings to get through the COVID-19 shut down for the Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month! #UHHM.
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Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz interviews Maria Hinojosa about her new book: "Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love And Hate In A Torn America."
Every district is a Latino District.
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Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman, Communications Director Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes our radio shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Latino Politics And News 2pm 9/22/20. Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante interviews Joey Cardenas Democratic Candidate TX 85 & LatinxIcon Profile on Dr. Dorothy Caram. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
HHM. Part of our Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Lesson plans and profiles: ww.LatinxIcons.org.
LPAN airs live Tuesdays 2pm-3pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
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Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
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The NP Radio Show 6pm 9/22/20. Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante interviews author Roberto Lovato "Unforgetting" & Nuestra Palabra Community Rep for District A-Maria Segari. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Livestream: http://KPFT.org #UHHM #HHM. Part of our Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month.
NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Roxana Guzman Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixes ours shows Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tony Diaz
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Tues 2pm Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, interviews Chelsea Hernandez, director and producer of the film "Building The American Dream" broadcast nationally on PBS and streamed during Hispanic Heritage Month. He also talks to Claudia Gee Vassar, Pres. Houston Botanic Garden as they launch their Latin American Garden during The Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Remember, every Houston City Council District is a Latino district. We are organizing an event in every City Council District. Get the full line up, view on Facebook, or participate remotely. Visit www.NuestraPalabra.org for the full line up. Email info@NuestraPalabra.org to get involved.
Also, check out our interviews with the Latino leaders who have shaped our community. Visit www.LatinxIcons.org for bios, videos, and pics of our first profiles: Johnny Mata and Dr. Dorothy Caram. Aired: September 15, 2020. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com www.LatinxIcons.org Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
We kick off our Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month by interviewing one of the first Tejanos to serve in Congress-Sylvia Garcia. We also talk to Sri Kulkarni, candidate for the Texas Congressional District. TX.
What does Hispanic Heritage Month mean to them? What are the issues facing our community that they will address?
Remember, every Houston City Council District is a Latino district. We are organizing an event in every City Council District. Get the full line up, view on Facebook, or participate remotely. Visit www.NuestraPalabra.org for the full line up. Email info@NuestraPalabra.org to get involved.
Also, check out our interviews with the Latino leaders who have shaped our community. Visit www.LatinxIcons.org for bios, videos, and pics of our first profiles: Johnny Mata and Dr. Dorothy Caram.
Aired: September 15, 2020. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz interviews filmmaker John Valadez about his new film "American Exile." This is a sneak peek before the nationwide launch.
Sandra Rodriguez, the Nuestra Palabra Community Representative for Houston City Council J, talks about her vision for NP's Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign.
Aired: September 1, 2020. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz interviews Los Angels Times Columnist Gustavo Arellano. Hector De Leon breaks down how Latinos have become a major voting block in Harris County.
Aired September 1, 2020.
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Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz interviews Kim Ogg Harris County District Attorney and TX 148 Candidate Penny Morales Shaw.
Also, find out more about Nuestra Palabra's Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month Observation.
Aired: Aug 25, 2020. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Laurie Flores Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz interviews Poet Edward Viduarre Daniel who discusses and reads from his new collection "Pandemia & Other Poems" and Daniel Saenz the Nuestra Palabra Community Representative for Houston City Council District E as we organize The Ultimate Hispanic Heritage Month Observation.
Aired: Aug 25, 2020. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, interviews legendary musician Little Joe about his new book: "¡NO LLORE, CHINGÓN! An American Story: The Life of Little Joe", by Emma Gonzalez, and we will feature music from his new CD "Better Than Ever".
Little Joe shares insights about his family's migration into the U.S. during the Mexican Revolution, his youth as a migrant worker finding his way to music, the struggles of his family, and the evolution of his music as Tejanos explored their identity, and politics-hard core politics-Little Joe goes there.
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston. Livestream: www.kpft.org.
KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News or Nuestra Palabra today. Visit www.kpft.org. We thank you in advance for your support.
Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz on 90.1 FM KPFT. & Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
And catch Tony Diaz on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston.
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Poetry and Prose: Tony Diaz and Co-host Rodrigo Bravo interview Natasha Carrizosa about "Mexi Africana" and Natalia Sylvester about her book "Running".
Aired: 6p July 28, 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
www.NuestraPalabra.org www.Librotraficante.com Livestream: www.KPFT.org.
Latinos are over 52% of Texas public school students. During the COVID-19 epidemic, Latinos have been disproportionately impacted. What is the best way to proceed for the community?
Also, in Baytown, Texas, Robert E. Lee High School is poised to change its name. Who supports the move? Who is against it?
Tony Diaz interviews Agustin Loredo, Goose Creek ISD, and & Xavier Herrera, Stafford MSD.
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer intern through Rice University, Summer Intern Antonio Diaz, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking & Latino Theatre:
Adan Medrano discusses his book "Don't Count the Tortillas: The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking." Baldemar Rodriguez Community Partnerships Manager Alley Theatre talks arte.
Aired: 6p July 21, 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston.
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Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
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Do Latinos vote? Why don't more Latinas run for office? Time to bust some myths.
To get to the facts we talk to Hector De Leon, Voting Trends Expert, and Michelle Leal, Latina Texas PAC Board Member.
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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NP: ALL LIT II Poetry, Prose, and Music From Beginning to End
Featuring: David Romero, Xavier Garza, Gris Muñoz , Angie Trudell Vasquez , Emmy Pérez, and Lupe Mendez, and the soundtrack to a revolution.
Tune in for NP Radio every Tuesday 6 pm – 7 pm CST on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream on www.KPFT.org. On Demand at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Antonio Diaz, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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Find out how the Democrat candidates for senate are profoundly reaching out to Latinos - or are they? Where do they stand on DACA, the border wall, and Ethnic Studies?
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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We cover DACA like no one else. Experts. Community organizers. Artists. We talk to the law firm that submitted a new DACA case the same day of the Supreme Court ruling to test the parameters.
We also announce a grant program for new DACA applicants. Immigration attorney Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz, Esq., Monty & Ramirez LLP; Artist Karen Martinez; Cesar Espinosa, Director of FIEL. Tuesday June 30, 2020, 8 pm - 9 pm, 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston, TX. Livestream
Monty & Ramirez LLP is restoring POD to continue supporting DACA applicants and theirs dreams. Monty & Ramirez is now awarding 20 new grants to first-time DACA applicants, which will cover the costs of filing fees. Monty & Ramirez is calling for those who may qualify to submit their applications by July 10th, 5:00PM (CST). Monty & Ramirez will also provide legal counseling on a need basis. Potential applicants must meet the following requirements.
https://montyramirezlaw.com/protectors-of-the-dream/
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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Writer and visual artist Xavier Garza thrills you with his cuentos, and Loida Casares talks about Little Libraries in Laundromats, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, aired Tuesday, June 30, 2020, CST 6 pm - 7 pm , 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston, Texas. Livestream www.kpft.org
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Antonio Diaz, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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Texas State Board of Ed. Candidates Discuss Requiring Ethnic Studies for Graduation.
Racial bias training for police officers is good, but Ethnic Studies courses in high school can have a more profound effect on cultural awareness. Tony Diaz interviews two Texas State Board of Education candidates about requiring Ethnic Studies for graduation on Latino Politics and News.
Host Tony Diaz interviews Democratic Run-off candidate for TX SBOE 6 Dr. Kimberly McLeod, & Republican candidate for TX SBOE 6 Will Hickman.
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There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org. We thank you in advance for your support.
Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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Two Latina poet laureates join Tony Diaz to discuss the power of poetry to heal and its role in a just and thriving society: Texas Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez and Madison Poet Laureate Angela C. Trudell Vasquez. This episode aired Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 6pm 90.1 FM KPFT Houston.
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Bios
Emmy Pérez, Texas Poet Laureate 2020, is the author of With the River on Our Face and Solstice. Her work also appears in Other Musics: New Latina Poetry, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Tr---, and other publications. She is a recipient of a poets laureate fellowship with the Academy of American Poets, an NEA poetry fellowship, a CantoMundo fellowship, and the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award. Since 2008, she has been a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop, and for the past 20 years, she's taught writing in the Texas borderlands. In 2017, she co-founded Poets Against Walls and makes #RascuacheProductions poetry videos. Currently, she is Professor of Creative Writing and Associate Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Angie Trudell Vasquez received her MFA in creative writing with a concentration in poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work has been published in Taos Journal of Poetry, Yellow Medicine Review, Raven Chronicles, Return to the Gathering Place of the Waters, and Cloudthroat among other journals and anthologies. She has a page and poems from her first two books on the Poetry Foundation’s website, and was a Ruth Lilly fellow as an undergraduate at Drake University. She has new work forthcoming from RED INK: International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Arts & Humanities.
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz on 90.1 FM KPFT.
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Two civil rights icons address dismantling the structural discrimination that led to the slaying of George Floyd.
KPFT General Manager Jew Don Boney and Mr. LULAC Johnny Mata share history and wisdom with Tony Diaz on Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. www.kpft.org.
This episode aired Tues June 9, 2 pm - 3 pm #LatinoPoliticsAndNews
There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org. We thank you in advance for your support.
Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
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Nuestra Palabra; Latino Writers Having Their Say broadcast on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, with host Tony Diaz.
Today we focus on 2 Latinas changing the world through their brilliance and art. One is stars in a new film about the struggles of our undocumented community, and the other is making a national impact telling our community's stories through classic and new media.
We first talk to Erica Muñoz, who stars in the film LONG GONE BY by acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Morgan and Untold Films. This film portrays the impossible realities of undocumented Latino immigrants. It is currently playing on HBO.
In the second half of the show, We interview Jessica Hoppe, a New York-based writer and social media strategist. Former Lifestyle Editor at StyleCaster, she founded Nueva Yorka. She has been tackling the challenges of alcoholism and recovery during the COVIED19 lockdown, esp. for the Latino community.
We are recording remotely and sometime weeks ahead of our air dates. This makes it complicated to address breaking news; however, we must address the current death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
That is an on-going and rapidly changing situation, so facts sand analyses will change day to today. However, today's show is about unleashing our voices, the power of art to heal, and changing the world.
Sudden acts, such as the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis streets by those assigned to serve and protect us, are examples of racial bias coming to a dangerous boiling point. We must address the layers that lead to that. That is shaped by the inequities of the educational system in black and brown communities. That has been overlooked for too long.
African American and Latino youth must receive the best education this nation has to offer. And sharing their stories, cultivating their imaginations, and edifying their spirts play a vital role in that.
Social injustice is hard to quantify, easy to hide, and profoundly shapes our community's confidence, tranquility, and peace of mind. Those factors are also vital to thrive.
George Floyd grew up in Houston. He attended our schools. He walked our streets. We feel he and his family's loss, and we will continue to unite to uplift the voices of our communities.
The mission of Nuestra Palabra since it was founded in 1998 has been to address these issues. We must be humanized and imagined and treated as intellectuals capable of great thoughts and great deeds.
We have walked with you on this path for 22 years, and we will continue. Thank you.
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Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo
I'm happy to join you every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News, here on 90.1 FM KPFT.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm.
And I also get to see you on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
This is Tony Diaz with Latino Politics and News.
Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz aired Tues, June 2, 2020, 2 pm on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream at www.KPFT.org. Join us every Tuesday.
Today, we are providing a Latino perspective on the new book "Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America" by Stephen Klineberg.
Almost 40 years of research surveying Houstonians form the basis for the book.
We will talk to Dr. Stephen Klineberg, who, as I am, is an alum of the American Leadership Forum. I'll also talk to other ALF alumni to provide an introduction to the book, which I believe lays the groundwork for creating structural change in Houston.
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO Dr. Laura Murillo will provide an analysis of Latino Leadership, and Texas Senator Carol Alvarado will provide us insights into Houston and Texas's political structure, which have shaped the lives of our community.
In news, we are recording remotely and sometime weeks ahead of air dates. This makes it complicated to address breaking news; however, we must address the slaying of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
That is an on-going and rapidly changing situation, so facts and analysis will vary day to today; however, today's show addresses structural issues.
In "Prophetic City" John Guess, Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of the Houston Museum of African American Culture, is quoted as saying that the survey does not convey the level of racism that exists in Houston.
Sudden acts, such as the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis streets by those assigned to serve and protect us, are examples of racial bias coming to a dangerous boiling point. We must address the layers that lead to that. “Prophetic City” quantifies inequities that limit the potential of black and brown communities to thrive.
Social injustice is hard to quantify, easy to hide, and profoundly shapes our communities' confidence, tranquility, and peace of mind. Those factors are also vital to thrive.
George Floyd grew up in Houston. Houston police have been involved in six lethal shooting in just over a month. Most of those killed were Black or Brown.
Their names are: Nicolas Chavez, Chris Aguirre, Adrian Medearis, Rayshard Scales, Randy Lewis, Joe Castillanos. These acts must be thoroughly examined, transparently.
This issue erupts then gets swept under the rug. However, if we do not address many of the social inequities quantified in Prophetic City, Houston will not be able to thrive. As the book says, Houston's fate relies on the fate of young Blacks and Latinos.
As we discuss 40 years of research about Houston, it is clear the time for change is now.
Latino Politics and News is intended to address those issues over the long haul. We hope our discussion today on "Prophetic City" will pave the way for more profound discussions about our communities and with our communities.
We must be humanized, and imagined and treated as intellectual capable fo great thoughts and great deeds.
We are in pledge drive. There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Call 713.526.5738. Or visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60.
I'm happy to join you every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News on 90.1 FM KPFT.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm.
And I also get to see you on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
This is Tony Diaz with Latino Politics and News.
NP: ALL LIT I: Poetry, Prose, Music From Beginning to End.
Featuring poetry by Matt Sedillo, Gris Muñoz Acosta, Lupe Mendez, Jose Torres-Tama, and prose by Tony Diaz, Alvaro Saar, Leticia Manzano.
Aired Tuesday, May 26, 2020 6 pm - 7 pm CSt 90.1 FM KPFT. Houston, Texas.
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Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo
Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org.
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Tony Diaz also appears on What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
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Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News Tuesday, May 26, 2020. I'm Tony Diaz.
Today, you will find out about our Pablo Neruda Challenge. And, can you guess which city has more Latino city council members? Houston or Dallas? Houston does have a slightly higher percentage of Latino population.
You will get all these answers and more on today's episode.
We will pose our #PabloNerudaChallegen to congressional candidates for battleground TX district 22. At the top of the program today, Sri Kulkarni, Democratic Candidate for the post, joins us.
You will find out if he accepts or declines this opportunity to celebrate, in Spanish, one of the greatest poets to ever live. Will his Republican opponents accept? Or maybe, they don't like Pablo Neruda?
Of course, the race for Texas's 22nd Congressional seat has made national news as a major battleground seat. We will find out how Sri Kulkarni plans to engage Latinos.
On the second half of the show, Dallas City Councilman Omar Narvaez joins us. So now you know Dallas is at the very least tied with Houston for the number of Latino City Council representatives since Houston has only one. Does Dallas have even more?
Stay tuned; we'll also talk to Omar about a potent letter he wrote to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who interceded on behalf of an Anglo nail salon owner for breaking stay at home orders. However, Paxton has not intervened for Latina salon owners jailed in Laredo.
News:
Kudos to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo for spearheading increased COVID19 relief for Harris County residents. The commissioners' court voted along party lines to pass the policy. Three Democrats supported it. The two sitting Republicans opposed it. This plan will also include helping undocumented families.
This should remind you of our past broadcast where journalist Alfredo Corchado shared insights about his essay "A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy", which appeared in the New York Times.
He writes that it is wrong to exploit the labor of the undocumented and call them "essential workers" in national policies because their back-breaking work is vital to maintaining our food supply chain, and then scapegoat immigrants for everything that is going wrong in the nation, and deprive them of essential relief to be able to survive so that they can keep working their essential jobs.
Local policies such as that passed by Harris County commissioners court are vital to undo the hypocritical policies at the national level.
In other national news:
Joe Biden has begun to court the Latino vote more aggressively. He has hired the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, Julie Chavez Rodriguez as an adviser on his campaign.
This is a good step, but as we discussed on our preimere program, a truly profound engagement would consist of a Latino Vice presidential pick, announcing which Latino cabinet members he would support, as well as more Latino surrogates to represent him ASAP.
Our mission is for every candidate to consider our community's concerns for every issue on their platform. Our broadcasts sheds light on the many facets of the Latino experience.
We are in pledge drive. There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Call 713.526.5738. Or visit www.kpft.org.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo
I'm happy to join you every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News, here on 90.1 FM KPFT.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm.
And I also get to see you on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
This is Tony Diaz with Latino Politics and News.
We are happy to bring you another remote installment of the Latino Literary Renaissance.
As always, we are going to thrill you with art from around the country and history in your own back yard. We are recording remotely for broadcast May 19, 2020, and we are bringing you voices from New Orleans and Houston's La Bonia barrio, also known as City Council H.
At the top of the show, you heard the poetry of poet, performance artist, and activist, Jose Torres Tama from New Orleans. We are happy to bring you the national debut of his Video Cortaditos, Poesia Picante.
He joins us for a full interview during the first half of our show, and you will enjoy more of his work throughout the program-broadcasting at 100,000 watts.
During the second half of the show, you will meet Laurie Flores. She is our new Nuestra Palabra Community Representative for Houston City Council H. She'll be talking about how art builds community.
As always, we will bring you art, culture, history, and the soundtrack to a revolution.
The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library's Special Collections Hispanic Archives.
You can listen to Nuestra Palabnra on-demand by visiting at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Also, our pledge drive begins next week. There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say.
Recorded remotely for broadcast May 19, 2020.
Alfredo Corchado discusses “A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy”. The Down Ballot: Penny Shaw, candidate for TX State Rep. District 148.
“It’s time to offer all essential workers a path to legalization.” That is a quote from an essay by Alfredo Corchado.
That quote, his work, and today’s episode represent our mission.
We are bringing you a Latino perspective on politics and news on a national level and a local level.
At the top of today’s show, we will talk to award-winning journalist and author Alfredo Corchado. He will discuss and read from his potent essay “A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy” appeared in the New York Times.
We have spoken to Alfredo in the past on our sister show Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say. However, his work, especially this essay, is literature, is politics, is news.
That is the fate of the Latino artists and writers. We do not have the luxury of being only writers, or only artists who can simply create art for art’s sake.
Our community’s well being is on the line. And our fate is also the fate of the entire nation.
The figures we focus on do not find this to be a limitation. They are empowered by the challenges of our time, and they strive to empower.
That means, Nuestra Palabra create this second radio show to more directly lean into the political aspect of our work, while never striving too far from and always edifying our community’s cultural capital.
With that said, the second half of our show is all about the down ballot.
We speak with Penny Shaw, a Latina, in the democrat primary for Texas House Set 148. She has a run-off July 14, early voting starts July 6. The general election is in November.
Also, our pledge drive begins next week. There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News.
Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo
I'm happy to join you every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News, here on 90.1 FM KPFT.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm.
And I also get to see you on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
This is Tony Diaz with Latino Politics and News. Recorded remotely for broadcast on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
Today, we are focusing on the traditional Latino topics of Oil and COVID19.
Of course, Immigration is an issue important to our community. So candidates must be well-versed on that. But if they focus on only Immigration when it comes to us, they are hispandering.
And no Hispandering is allowed on this show.
Instead, we have 2 Latinos who are taking on county-wide and statewide issues.
COVID19 is a Latino issue.
At the top of show, we talk to newly appointed COVID19 Relief Czar for Harris County, Texas State Representative Armando Walle.
Texas Railroad Commission usually flies under the radar. On Tuesday, May 5, the commission rejected statewide production cuts. And yes, that is a Latino issue.
In the second half of the show, Roberto Alonzo, candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, tell us what that means and how the commission can serve Latinos.
In the news:
Nationally: Journalist Alfredo Corchado wrote a poignant op-ed in the New York Times titled: A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy In the pandemic, "illegal" workers are now deemed "essential" by the federal government.
The essay reads:
The best way to guarantee food security in the future is to legalize the current workers in order to keep them here, and to offer a pathway to legalization as an incentive for new agricultural workers to come. These people will be drawn not just from Mexico, but increasingly from Central and South America.
This piece powerful portrays how the COVID19 pandemic and relief efforts have revealed the double standards and hypocrisy of The Trump Administrations' treatment of the undocumented community and Latinos.
In language news:
I want to remind folks that metaphors are forced confessions.
The use of the term "illegal alien" instead of "undocumented" reveals bias.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that term could not be used in court because it was biased. Some folks point to the use of the term "illegal" by Immigration. I would remind you that governmental institutions also once coined terms and used language to facilitate the owning and selling of slaves.
Modern language guides for professional associations have institutionalized preference of the term "undocumented" instead of "illegal."
Don't be bias.
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This is Tony Diaz with Latino Politics and News.
Welcome to Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, founded in 1998.
We are happy to bring you another remote installment of the Latino Literary Renaissance.
At the top of the show, you heard the poetry of Griz Munoz, reading her from her new book, "Coatlicue Girl." She joins us for a full interview during the second half of our show, and you will enjoy more of her work throughout the program-broadcasting at 100,000 watts.
In the first half of the show, you'll get some intense doses of history and Dr. Cyhtnia Orozco reads from and discusses her book: No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.
I know you are tuning in for the music, too. I know I am. Shout out to our crew for curating the soundtrack to a revolution.
We pre-recorded this show to air on May 12, 2020, to make history.
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I'm happy to join you every Tuesday from 6 pm to 7 pm Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say here on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston.
Also, on Tuesdays from 2 pm to 3 pm, we bring you Latino Politics and News.
I also get to see you on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
This is Tony Diaz, stay tuned for more culture, poetry, and music.
Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News. I'm Tony Diaz. We are recording remotely for broadcast on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.
This is the best way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
Should it take 10 calls to find out who is in charge of graffiti on a bridge in your neighborhood? Should it be easy to find out which branch of government is responsible for that bridge? What if you run for mayor, and lose? Is your political career over before it takes off?
We’ll be tackling those issue on today’s program and more.
At the top of the show, we'll speak with Michael Moore, candidate for Harris County Precinct 3. He is in a Democrat run-off July 14.
During the second half of the show, we also speak with Adam Sanchez who is running for Stafford City Council in November.
And we begin the program with news impacting our community.
Nationally:
We are proud that the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund is suing on behalf of U.S. Citizens who filed taxes as Mixed immigration Status family households and as a result were denied benefits for CORONA VIRUS Relief checks. This sounds like representation without taxation. We’ll keep following this.
Such families may get help in Harris County. Harris County Commissioners Court has approved $15 million to help low income residents including those families who were denied $1,200 checks from the federal COVID 19 Relief because they filed as mixed immigration status families.
We applaud Harris County Commissioners Court for putting Harris County First. This is a powerful way to rebuke the scapegoating of Immigrants that is happening nationally. Those fund will help Harris County residents who pay rent, who shop at stores, who are working to keep the economy going.
Harris County also approved $12m for mail in ballots to make sure everyone has a chance to vote during this Corona Virus epdemic. We hope that there will extra efforts to education the community about this. We want to remind you that Run Off Elections are scheduled for July 14.
President Trump's recent Executive order, which he claimed he signed to "save American jobs" seems more like a campaign slogan.
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I'm happy to join you every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News, here on 90.1 FM KPFT.
That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm.
And I also get to see you on the political talk show What's Your Point on Fox 26 Houston, Sundays at 7 am.
This is Tony Diaz with Latino Politics and News.
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Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News. I'm Tony Diaz. We are recording remotely for broadcast on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
Today, we talk to candidates campaigning in the upcoming primary election on July 14. Remember that date. Tell your friends.
At the top of the show, we'll speak with Anna Eastman. She won the special election for Texas State Representative seat 148, just in time to get into a primary election for that same seat. That was the seat formerly held by Jessica Farrar, who retired.
During the second half of the show, we'll speak with Michelle Palmer, a Democrat candidate for Texas State Board of Education Seat 6, formerly held by Republican Donna Bahoric, who is retiring. Will remember her name from the Librotraficante's campaigns to endorse Mexican American Studies.
And we begin the program with news impacting our community.
Nationally:
President Trump's recent Executive order, which he claimed he signed to "save American jobs" seems more like a campaign slogan.
The Center for Disease Controls already outlined many of the policies regarding immigration meant to control the spread of COVID 19.
It seems that the president wanted to take some of the credit for those policies.
It is not clear how the president can claim that this executive order fights the coronavirus epidemic or saves American jobs. Additionally, after reading the executive order and consulting nationally board-certified immigration lawyers, only a small pool of visa applicants will be impacted. This executive order does not clearly save or create jobs. It looks like an attempt to scapegoat immigrants.
On the other hand, if you read the bill, it implies that farmworkers and immigrants who are working as first responders are essential. The executive order directly states those persons won't be affected. That implies they are essential. Of course, President Trump doesn't mention that.
He also doesn't mention exactly which jobs are saved? I am sure that any American who wants to pick tomatoes or alfalfa will be more than welcome by farmers who need the labor.
Yes, families are having financial difficulties. This executive order does not address those concerns. The Trump administration should dedicate its time to helping families who have rent due May 1 and small and mid-sized businesses that create jobs in our communities.
DACA Students left out. Trump appointee Secretary of Education Devoss excluded DREAMERS from Emergency Education Grants. This will have an impact on schools in Texas where DREAMERS attend school, legally work, and pay taxes. All Texas students should have access to these funds, especially as DACA recipients must, by definition, comply with all laws, and are also on the front lines as essential workers fighting the COVID 19 epidemic.
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This is a special feature. We are focusing on one segment from our April 21, 2020 show.
Tony Diaz interviews Diana Martinez Alexander who is vying to become the first Latina elected to Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 3. She is in a run-off election scheduled for July 14, 2020.
Find out if she supports Mexican American Studies and which topics are her main passions.
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Houston’s First Latino Mayor Part I
Latino Politics And News with Tony Diaz will interview the first Latino Mayor of Houston, the 4th largest city in America, possibly even before she realizes she is the candidate of the people.
We interviewed Houston City Councilman Robert Gallegos, Houston's lone Latino City Council representative.
We also interviewed Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President, to get his take on the recent Democratic Presidential Debate and asked him if the presidential candidates are profoundly engaging Latinos.
Karla Aguilar gives up an update on the court battle over the designation of "The Alamo". A meeting with the Texas Historical Commission was canceled due to closures for Corona Virus prevention.
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Houston's recent mayoral election did not result in Houston's first Latino mayor. It never has.
In a city whose population is over 44% Latino, there has never been a mayor with a Spanish surname. Worse, only one out of 16 city council representatives is Latino.
This has several serious implications.
Every election conjures the cliche of "Turning Texas Blue." That will never happen without the full inclusion of Latinos-beginning in every neighborhood. The Democratic party has entirely abandoned some areas of Texas for years.
However, in 2024, Houston's next mayor will be Latino.
That's not me saying that. Incumbent Mayor Sylvester Turner predicted this to a crowd of about 100 Tejano elected officials, and community leaders gathered for breakfast at El Jardin Mexican Restaurant on the East End just before the general election in November of 2019.
To some folks, this may sound simply like clever Hispandering (That's traditional pandering tailored to Hispanics). An incumbent merely invited Latinos to a Mexican restaurant and said nice things to them to get their votes.
In the past, the conversation would end there, perhaps until a brief allusion during Hispanic Heritage Month, but the era of Hispandering is over. Latino News and Politics will document the ascent of the Latino Vote in Texas.
Join us for our Super Tuesday Preview of Elections in Texas-from a Latino perspective.
Host Tony Diaz interviews Natalia Cornelio Democratic candidate for Judge of the 351, and Sema Hernandez Democratic candidate for U.S. Texas Senate.
Find out about issues profoundly facing the Latino community. This is a preview for our new upcoming show, "Latino Politics & News."
Elections are Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
Look for your sample voter ballot. In Harris County, sample ballots are available at www.HarrisVotes.com.
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Natalia Cornelio is a Judicial Candidate for the 351st Criminal District Court in Harris County, Texas. For 13 years, she has been an attorney, public servant, advocate, and criminal justice reformer.
She currently works as the Director of Legal Affairs for Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis in Precinct One, where she helped draft and finalize the settlement in the misdemeanor bail reform lawsuit, ODonnell v. Harris County.
Immediately before this, she was the Director of Criminal Justice Reform at the Texas Civil Rights Project. As the director, Natalia was counsel and advocate for hundreds of parents along the United States-Mexico border after being forcibly separated from their children under Trump's unlawful family separation policy. She also settled TCRP's debtor’s prison lawsuit against the City of El Paso to end the City’s practice of incarcerating people for their inability to pay traffic tickets, expanded the project’s investigations against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and its cruel treatment of its prisoners in solitary confinement, and worked with local partners to decrease criminalization of juveniles who interface with the criminal justice system.
Her opponent is incumbent George Powell in the Democratic Primary. Arlene Hecht is running unopposed in the Republican Primary.
Sema Hernandez:
I am the daughter of immigrants. The sacrifices my parents and grandparents made are part of what fueled my decision to run for the U.S. Senate. I grew up in a migrant working family, and I understand the struggle of people who are burdened by crushing debt, job insecurity, environmental racism, and lack of healthcare coverage. These are the common struggles of the working class. I worked in acute healthcare for six years, caring for insured and uninsured patients. Through my background in healthcare, I experienced first-hand the flaws of our healthcare system. As a mother, I became a volunteer baseball coach and a volunteer organizer for local baseball organizations, where I served on the board of directors.
Our 2018 primary campaign for U.S. Senate was historic, promoting progressive issues, policies, and solutions. Our campaign earned the trust of voters who responded with 24% of the Democratic vote to this first-time candidate, all on a slim budget of approximately $4,000.
She has 11 opponents in the Democratic primary. There are five candidates in the Republican Primary, including incumbent John Cornyn.
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Join us for our first presidential candidate interview with Tom Steyer. This is a preview of our new upcoming show “Latino Politics & News”. Join co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin and the Nuestra Palabra Crew as they talk about politics, art, and culture.
Additional guests include:
Playwright, Director, and Actor Frida Espinosa Müller with Cara Mia Theater talks about her play URSULA. This powerful one-woman show about immigration was part of Sin Fronteras, Stages Festival for Latinx Theater.
Tomás Aguilar, Disaster Recovery Coordinator for Living Hope Wheelchair Association, and board member Guillermo De La Rosa “Memo”.
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Tom Steyer Tom Steyer stepped down as head of his investment firm in 2012 to dedicate all his time to philanthropy and political action focused on making America more just by putting the people, not the corporations, in charge of our democracy. Tom, a self-made billionaire, and his wife, Kathryn Taylor, known as “Kat,” were among the first to sign the Giving Pledge — a commitment to give away the bulk of their personal fortune during their lifetimes. In 2013, he founded NextGen America, a nonprofit group that combats climate change, promotes social justice and increases participation in our democracy through voter registration and grassroots organizing.
Frida Espinosa Müller is a Mexican-born artist. She holds her BFA in Dramatic Literature and Theatre from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.) and studied physical theater at the Dipomado Teatro del Cuerpo (DTdC) in Mexico City. In Mexico City, she was part of the Company Tespis from 1992 to 1997, founded her own company in 1999 called Seudópodos, and was a member of the Artistic Ensemble of El Laboratorio de La Máscara from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, Frida moved to Dallas to join Cara Mía Theatre Resident Ensemble, where she has served as an actress, designer and teaching artist.
For the last few years, Tomas has been busy working on Disaster Recovery for Living Hope Wheelchair Association. The other half of his time is spent on administering database, data, as well as training staff on using technology to continue doing their amazing work. Before coming to Houston, Tomas worked for Progressive Technology Project as a data specialist. He's also worked with Alternatives for Community and Environment and United for a Fair Economy, both in Boston. Guillermo De la Rosa was one of the founders of Living Hope. Memo, as he's called, has done pretty much everything as Living Hope but has focused a lot on media and technology. Memo has been busy the last two years working on the organization’s new website, social media, and training others on using technology.
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Don Quixote returns! Playwright Octavio Solis brings Cervantes to life with his play QUIXOTE NUEVO!
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin, and the Nuestra Palabra Crew chat with Octavio Solis, author of the book RETABLOS, who also wrote the play QUIXOTE NUEVO running at the Alley Theatre from Friday, January 17, 2019, to Sunday, February 9, 2020. https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/quixote-nuevo Use the promo code QNPARTNER for discounts.
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QUIXOTENUEVO
We also interview Dave Bonta for Poesía Sin Fronteras / Poetry Without Borders at REELpoetry, presented by Publico Poetry: https://www.publicpoetry.net/
And we talk to Paul Espinosa, who discusses his film: Singing Our Way to Freedom". He will be conducting a Q and A with Tony Tony Diaz about his film at the Holocaust Museum: https://hmh.org/events/film-screening-singing-our-way-to-freedom-2020-01-25-18:00:00
Bios:
https://www.octaviosolis.net/
Octavio Solis is a playwright and director whose works, Mother Road, Quixote Nuevo, Hole in the Sky, Alicia’s Miracle, Se Llama Cristina, John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven, Ghosts of the River, Quixote, Lydia, June in a Box, Lethe, Marfa Lights, Gibraltar, The Ballad of Pancho and Lucy and others have been mounted at the California Shakespeare Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Yale Repertory Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Theater Center and many other venues. He is also the author of the powerful book RETABLOS. He is the playwright of the play QUIXTO NUEVO, an adaptation of the classic work DON QUIXOTE.
We know YOU know why this matters. But here is what to tell your friends and family: "Octávio Solis, wrote QUIXOTE NUEVO. He's also the author of the powerful memoir RETABLOS. He is a Mexican American writer from TX who understands our daily life, our dreams, how we envision the future, and what touches our hearts."
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LatinosStickTogether Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to HFD Chief Samuel Peña to determine if the Librotraficantes will give him a vote of maximum confidence. They are joined by Gracie Saenz, and Esq, LULAC Council 60 President Al Castillo. & Charles Mazzini and Radames Ortiz from Hyperlinks Media want you to get bug online. They have a limited time offer to help nonprofit organizations increase their reach online.
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Fire Chief Samuel Pena is a 24-year veteran of the fire service and has been chief of the Houston Fire Department (HFD) since December 2016. Chief Peña leads one of the largest municipal fire departments in the country, with approximately 4,000 personnel and an annual budget of over $506 million. He previously served over 3 years as fire chief in El Paso, Texas.
Gracie Saenz, Esquire, was the first Latina elected city-wide in Houston, Texas. She has been an advocate for community at every level of government.
LULAC Council 60 President Al Castillo comes from a family of advocates. He carries that legacy on promoting structural changes to edify the community.
Charles Mazzini is the CEO and Founder of Hyperlinks Media LLC, a leading, innovative digital marketing agency that “delivers valuable clicks, for rapid growth.” He founded Hyperlinks Media in 1998 and has seen tremendous growth. Charles has studied digital marketing for over 15 years, continuously learning in order to keep up with the latest trends so that his agency can provide the best solutions to his clients and produce the best ROI. Charles takes on a “lead by example” approach in his business, always encourages his staff to never stop learning and always strive for success. With his passion to give back, he has recently branched out and began finding ways to help nonprofits with his digital marketing expertise. He created a nonprofit program, MISSION: MORE!, to help organizations increase awareness, drive donations, and recruit volunteers.
Radames Ortiz is an alum of Nuestra Palabra and has contributed to numerous literary journals including Gulf Coast, Texas Observer, and Hayden's Ferry Review. His work has also been collected in various anthologies which include US Latino Literature Today and Is This Forever, or What?: Poems and Paintings from Texas edited by Naomi Shihab Nye. He was awarded an Archie D and Bertha Walker fellowship from the Fine Arts Workcenter in Provincetown. He now works as the leading digital marketing strategist at Mission:More!, a nonprofit marketing division of Hyperlinks Media in Houston, TX.
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If you worked at a Beverly Hills mansion and the neighborhood was on fire, would you stay or would you flee?
This Special on Community Cultural Capital examines this question through the actual story of Latino workers abandoned during the Getty Fires in California. Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin and the Nuestra Palabra Crew interview Los Angeles Times journalist Brittny Mejia who write the story that brought this to light. Here's a link to her article: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-28/getty-fire-housekeepers-arrive-to-work
The latest installment of Tony Diaz's Cultural Capital Series examines the metaphorical fires that are part of every-day existence for our community.
Here is a link to Tony Diaz's essay: 100 Fires: The Latino Condition https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/100-fires-the-latino-condition
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Potent poetry! Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to poet Roberto Tejada, the first Latinx poet at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Tony Diaz shares the latest installment in his “Cultural Capital” series: Confidence-The Power of Writing, and the NP Crew talks social issues and art.
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Roberto Tejada is the author of Still Nowhere in an Empty Vastness (Noemi, 2019), a cultural poetics of the Americas, as well as poetry collections that include Full Foreground (Arizona, 2012), Exposition Park (Wesleyan. 2010), Mirrors for Gold (Krupskaya, 2006), and selected poems in Spanish translation Todo en el ahora (Magenta, 2015). He is the author also of National Camera: Photography and Mexico’s Image Environment (Minnesota, 2009) and a monograph on the Chicana conceptual artist Celia Alvarez Muñoz (A Ver: Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Minnesota, 2009). He has served as co-curator on Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Optical Parables at the J. Paul Getty Museum (2001), and Luis Gispert: Loud Image at the Hood Museum of Dartmouth College (2004); and his writings appear frequently in exhibition catalogs, among them Images of the Spirit: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide (Aperture, 1996) and Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 (UCLA Hammer Museum, 2011).
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Co-hosts: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to poet Josue Gabriel Sotomayor about his new book "Luna Pop" and film makers Andre Benavides , and Micheal Witness Zapata, and photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto, the subject of the documentary "For Arts Sake".
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Potent poetry! Co-hosts: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to award-winning poet Joaquin Zihuatenajo who reads from his new collection “Arsonist”. Tony Diaz shares the latest installment in his “Cultural Capital” series: Allowed to Prosper But Not Rule Part II, and the NP Crew talks social issues and art.
Here is a click to the essay: Allowed to Prosper But Not Rule Part II, and the NP Crew talks social issues and art. https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/allowed-to-prosper-but-not-rule-ii
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Joaquín Zihuatanejo received his MFA in creative writing with a concentration in Poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work has been featured in Prairie Schooner, Sonora Review, and Huizache among other journals and anthologies. His poetry has been featured on HBO, NBC, and on NPR in Historias and The National Teacher’s Initiative. He was the winner of the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry. His book, Arsonist, was published by Anhinga Press in September of 2018. Joaquín has two passions in his life, his wife Aída and poetry, always in that order.
Arsonist, won the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry, was a Finalist for The Writer's League of Texas Best Book Award: Poetry, and has been nominated for an International Latino Book Award for the category of Poetry.
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and Terrell Quillin-Q- the Nuestra Palabra Crew, talk about the fate of Talento Bilingue de Houston (TBH) with cellist & entrepreneur Rich Rodriguez from the TBH transition team and discuss other Latino Legacy Arts Groups with Chicano activist Daniel Bustamante, founder of Festival Chicano, which is celebrating its 40th year.
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SaveTBH #Art4HHM #TBH #LIbrotraficante #CulturalCapital
Talento Bilingue de Houston is on the verge of insolvency. Latino leaders are determined to save one of the arts and culture group. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Latinos-demand-government-support-to-save-14405775.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=UTMSOURCE&utm_medium=UTMMEDIUM#article-comments
Here in Houston, we will convene Wed. Aug 21 at Talento Bilingue de Houston. And we will devise the way and take the steps to make sure there is plenty of Art, History, and Culture during Hispanic Heritage Month, and beyond. https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/tejano-power
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Stereotypes Are Killing Us. We discuss how Art, History, and Culture humanize us in light of the El Paso Terrorist attack and his racist manifesto.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, co-host Terrell Quillin, and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Daniel Chacón, Chair, Department of Creative Writing at The University of Texas at El Paso; Houston Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras Schwartz, and Irene Sanchez, Ph.D, Xicana Mama, Poet/Writer, Ethnic Studies HS Teacher .
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Demand Art for Hispanic Heritage Month #Art4HHM. Read more: https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/demand-art-for-hispanic-heritage-month-art4hhm
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Amalia Ortiz about her new book "THE CANCIÓN CANNIBAL CABARET & OTHER SONGS", Patricia Coral about her poetry, and Natalia Treviño reads from her collection VIRGINX and gives un update on Macondo 2019.
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Amalia Leticia Ortiz is a Tejana actor, writer, and activist who appeared on three seasons of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO, and has toured colleges and universities as a solo artist and with performance-poetry troupes Diva Diction, The Chicano Messengers of Spoken Word, and the Def Poetry College Tour. Her debut book of poetry, Rant. Chant. Chisme., (Wings Press), won the 2015 Poetry Discovery Prize from the Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards and was selected by NBC Latino as one of the “10 Great Latino Books of 2015.” A CantoMundo Fellow and Hedgebrook Writer-In-Residence alumna, she received the 2002 Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award, which was founded by Sandra Cisneros, and her poem “These Hands Which Have Never Picked Cotton” was nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize. Her MFA is in Creative Writing from the University of Texas Río Grande Valley.
Patricia Coral was born in Puerto Rico, where she obtained an MA in Spanish literature and linguistics. In 2014 she moved to Houston, where the adventure of writing in a borrowed language began. She is a writer of creative nonfiction and poetry, but frequently her words find their home in-between. In 2017, she cofounded Fuente Collective, an organization devoted to experimentation, collaboration and hybridity in writing and other arts. Her English-language work has been published in Yellow Chair Review and Crab Fat Magazine. Her most recent work is forthcoming in the bilingual anthologies Una realidad mas amplia/A Larger Reality and Women Poets of the Americas.
Born in Mexico, Natalia Treviño is the author of the chapbook, VirginX. which was a finalist for the open chapbook contest with Finishing Line press. A professor of English in San Antonio, she learned English from Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie. Her awards include the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, the San Antonio Arts Foundation Literary Award, the Menada Literary Award at the Ditet E Naimit Poetry Festival in Macedonia and several others. Her first book,Lavando La Dirty Laundry, was a national and international awards finalist. Natalia's poems appear in Bordersenses, Borderlands, The Taos Journal of Poetry and Art, and other journals and anthologies.
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Guests: Patrick Stockwell Literary Programs Director for Gemini Ink & Poet Lupe Mendez Poets & Writers Houston Coordinator. Featuring music by Mex Step. And find out about the Free Tuition Movement.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to
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Patrick Stockwell is a native of Houston, Texas and holds an MFA in Creative Writing-Fiction from New Mexico State University where he served as an assistant editor for Puerto del Sol and a coordinator with La Sociedad para las Artes and the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. Stockwell currently works as Literary Programs Director for Gemini Ink, San Antonio's Literary Arts Center. His literary debut, The Light Here Changes Everything, was the winner of the 2018 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize and will be published Fall 2019 by Texas Review Press.
Originally from Galveston, TX, Lupe Mendez (Writer//Educator//Activist) works with Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Brazilian Arts Foundation and other organizations to promote poetry events, advocate for literacy/literature and organize creative writing workshops that are open to the public. He is the founder of Tintero Projects and works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Lupe co-hosts INKWELL, a collaborative podcast on regional, national and international Latinx writers and other writers of color. Mendez is a CantoMundo Fellow, a Macondo Fellow and an Emerging Poet Incubator Fellow.
Mendez has nearly 20 years of experience as a performance poet, having opened up for such notable writers as Dagoberto Gilb, Esmeralda Santiago and the late Raul Salinas. He has shared his poetry across the country in places such as the Holocaust Museum Houston, the Jung Center, MECA (Houston), the Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts (San Francisco), the National Hispanic Cultural Center (Albuquerque) and the Mexican American Cultural Center (Austin). A keynote speaker/poetry performer across Texas, Mendez hosts writing workshops across the country, most recently
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Guests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to writer Liliam Rivera and poet Miriam Damaris Delgado. Both are Boricua, bilingual, and booming. During the “Soap box” the crew touches on politics, art, culture, and all the folks losing their minds over the skin color of a mermaid. Public service announcement: Mermaids are imaginary creatures. Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of the young adult novels Dealing in Dreams and The Education of Margot Sanchez, both by Simon & Schuster and available in bookstores everywhere. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Tin House, and Los Angeles Times, to name a few. Lilliam lives in Los Angeles.
We also provide you with great musical breaks which form the soundtrack of a revolution.
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Guests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodriguez founder of the Voces Oral History Project (formerly the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project), & Adrian Villegas is the star and playwright of the one-man comedies "Six Mexicans Named Gonzalez" and "Barrio Daze" and Artistic Director of Austin, Texas’ Emmy-nominated sketch troupe The Latino Comedy Project (LCP).
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Bios: Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez has more than 17 years of daily news experience, mostly as a reporter, for the Boston Globe, WFAA-TV in Dallas and the Dallas Morning News. Her first job was as a copy editor for UPI in Dallas. She served as the Morning New U.S.-Mexico border bureau chief, based in El Paso.
Her research interests include the intersection of oral history and journalism, U.S. Latinos and the news media, both as producers of news and as consumers. Rivas-Rodriguez founded the Voces Oral History Project (formerly the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project) in 1999, which has videotaped interviews with over 960 men and women throughout the country. Stories based on those interviews are written mostly by UT journalism students, as part of their coursework. The project has several components designed to reach audiences ranging from school children, to academics, to the general public. Voces has organized conferences, produced books and mini-documentaries, co-produced a two-act play, (through Arizona State University Public Events and the University of Texas' Performing Arts Center), created educational materials. Voces has become an international resource for documentary film producers, scholars, journalists and the general public.
Rivas-Rodriguez has been active since her college years in volunteer efforts to bring greater diversity to the news media. She was on the committee that organized and founded the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in 1982.
Adrian Villegas is the star and playwright of the one-man comedies "Six Mexicans Named Gonzalez" and "Barrio Daze" and Artistic Director of Austin, Texas’ Emmy-nominated sketch troupe The Latino Comedy Project (LCP).
The LCP's critically-acclaimed 2017 sketch show “Gentrif*cked” enjoyed sold-out runs from Texas to California, receiving “Best Of Austin” recognition by Austin Chronicle critics.
The LCP’s most recent production “Estar Guars: A May The Fourth/Cinco De Mayo Comedy Fiesta” enjoyed a sold-out run in spring of 2019 and will become an annual event returning in 2020.
The San Francisco Chronicle hailed the LCP as “hilarious” and “murderously funny.” The LCP’s YouTube videos have received over fourteen million views worldwide. The LCP cast also co-created an MTV3 comedy ad campaign, which was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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Guests: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Gabriel Cortez.
Typically, we don't archive our pledge drive shows On Demand. However, this particular program provided topics that no one else is sharing on FM Radio while weaving in our pledge pitches. And we made our goal. So, it's also a great reminder that we count on listener support to stay on the air to continue to bring you writers, scholars, activists, other artists and mover and shakers who are making a difference for our community.
I was also thrilled to give a shout out to the students, faculty, and staff at Jersey Village High School. I had the pleasure of visiting their ESL classes under the leadership of the brilliant Kim-Ling Sun. It was edifying to get to convene with such intelligent and motivated youth.
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Gabriel Alejandro Cortez is the director of the ENLACE Higher Education Leadership Master’s Program and an associate professor in the Department of Literacy, Educational Leadership & Development at Northeastern Illinois University. He earned his doctoral degree in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008.
The focus of his research is on grassroots activism in public school policy and intercultural relations in Chicago. Born to Mexican immigrants and raised in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago. Gabriel is an active supporter of educational initiatives that help to empower disenfranchised communities with equitable distribution of resources, innovative leadership that responds to the needs of a healthy community, and social justice-based democratic principles.
With 10 years of experience in preparing future k-12 and higher education school leaders, he has become an expert on urban/suburban education and its relation to local communities. This includes understanding the phenomena of race, class, cultural identity, human rights, & globalization and their influence on accessibility to educational resources
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to poet Jo Reyes-Boitel, Poet Lupe Mendez, Houston Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Fox 26 Houston anchorman José Griñan.
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Poet Leslie Contreras Schwartz utters her first sentence after being officially announced as Houston's new poet laureate!
Jo Reyes-Boitel is a poet, playwright, and essayist. A novice hand percussionist. Jo is also a rabid music listener and former music researcher. She is a Texas transplant by way of Minnesota, Florida, Mexico, Cuba.
Lupe Mendez discusses his new book "Why I Am Like Tequila". Originally from Galveston, TX, Mendez (Writer//Educator//Activist) works with Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Brazilian Arts Foundation and other organizations to promote poetry events, advocate for literacy/literature and organize creative writing workshops that are open to the public. He is the founder of Tintero Projects and works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Lupe co-hosts INKWELL, a collaborative podcast on regional, national and international Latinx writers and other writers of color. Mendez is a CantoMundo Fellow, a Macondo Fellow and an Emerging Poet Incubator Fellow.
Mendez has nearly 20 years of experience as a performance poet, having opened up for such notable writers as Dagoberto Gilb, Esmeralda Santiago and the late Raul Salinas. He has shared his poetry across the country in places such as the Holocaust Museum Houston, the Jung Center, MECA (Houston), the Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts (San Francisco), the National Hispanic Cultural Center (Albuquerque) and the Mexican American Cultural Center (Austin). A keynote speaker/poetry performer across Texas, Mendez hosts writing workshops across the country, most recently as a teaching artist for the Poetry Foundation’s Teacher Poetry Summits.
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Board operator: Terrell Quillin. Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Co-hosts: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Lupe Mendez, and Fox 26 Houston anchorman José Griñan.
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew provide a sneak preview of the XXI Anniversary Showcase of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say featuring the Godfather of Chicano Literature Dagoberto Gilb and poet Lips Mendez. The show aired live Tuesday April 2, 2019, the night before the NPXXI showcase at the Museum of Fine Arts Brown Auditorium.
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Dagoberto Gilb is the author of nine books, including The Magic of Blood, The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña, Woodcuts of Women, Gritos, The Flowers, and Before the End, After the Beginning. He is also the editor of two canonical anthologies, Hecho en Tejas: Texas Mexican Literature and Mexican American Literature, and the founding editor of Huizache, the country’s best Latino literary magazine. Among his own writing’s honors are the PEN/Hemingway Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Whiting Writers Award; his work has been a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle and PEN/Faulkner Awards and has been honored several times in Texas as a proud part of its literary tradition. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Best American Essays, O’Henry Prize Stories, and several hundred others, much of it widely reprinted in textbooks. Gilb spent sixteen years making a living, as a father of two children, in the construction trades, twelve of them as a journeyman high-rise carpenter with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. He has since taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, the University of Wyoming, Vassar, and Texas State University. He is currently the executive director of CentroVictoria, at the University of Houston-Victoria. Born and raised in Los Angeles to an American father and a Mexican mother, he has lived as long in both El Paso and now Austin.
Originally from Galveston, TX, Lupe (Writer//Educator//Activist) works with Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Brazilian Arts Foundation and other organizations to promote poetry events, advocate for literacy/literature and organize creative writing workshops that are open to the public. He is the founder of Tintero Projects and works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas Gulf Coast Region, with Houston as its hub. In addition, Lupe co-hosts INKWELL - a collaborative podcast creation between Tintero Projects and Inprint, placing a monthly spotlight on Regional, National and International Latinx writers and other Writers of Color. Mendez is a CantoMundo Fellow , a Macondo Fellow and an Emerging Poet Incubator Fellow and his newest collection of poetry - WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA is forthcoming from Willow Books.
Dr, Jesse Esparza is a professor at Texas Southern University,
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Rage Becomes Her author Sorya Chemaly & Chicano Writer Christine Granados by Tony Diaz Tells It Like It Is
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate Edward Vidaurre and two young poets making their radio debut: Luna Cuevas reads her poem “Flor de Esperanza” and Bella Vidaurre reads her poem “Moving On”; and Social Media sensation Antonio Arellano talks about the grand opening of Jolt in Houston, Texas. The crew also previews upcoming highlights for 2019-the year of Community Art.
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Edward Vidaurre is the 2018-2019 McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate and author of five collections of poetry: I Took My Barrio on A Road Trip (Slough Press 2013), Insomnia (El Zarape Press 2014), Beautiful Scars: Elegiac Beat Poems (El Zarape Press 2015), Chicano Blood Transfusion (FlowerSong Press 2016), and Ramona & Rumi: Love in the Time of Oligarchy & Unedited Necessary Poems (Hercules Publishing 2018). Vidaurre has been published in several literary journals and anthologies. Vidaurre was the Director of Operations in 2018 for the Valley International Poetry Festival, moderator for Poets Responding, and founder of Pasta, Poetry & Vino - a reading series in the Rio Grande Valley. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and resides in McAllen. He writes from the front lines of the Mexican-American borderlands of El Valle in south Tejas.
Antonio Arellano is nationally recognized as one of the most influential Latinos in the United States — currently the communications director for Jolt, an organization building a movement of Latinos in Texas. Originally from Mexico.
Arellano uses his social media platforms to educate, inform, and engage his audience on variety of topics covering immigration, civic engagement, and civil rights issues.
Arellano's social media platforms combined reach an estimated audience of over 100,000 followers, with a high concentration of millennials. His consistent innovation has garnered national attention, and he has been featured in national publications.
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Nuestra Palabra's 21st Anniversary Literary Extravaganza Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts Houston Brown Auditorium
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to poet Roberto Carlos Garcia about his new collection and his Latinx Lit activism, & Luis Gavito discusses the traditions of Day of the Dead, & we take a look at the 2018 midterm elections: #LatinoVote
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza and Michelle Tovar Garcia about the exhibit and lecture: Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II at the Houston Holocaust Museum, & Ivelisse Rodríguez discusses her new book "Love War Stories."
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Bios:
Ivelisse Rodriguez’s debut short story collection is Love War Stories (The Feminist Press, 2018). She has published fiction in the Boston Review, All about Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color, Obsidian, Kweli, the Bilingual Review, Aster(ix), and other publications. She is the founder and editor of an interview series focused on contemporary Puerto Rican writers in order to highlight the current status and the continuity of a Puerto Rican literary tradition from the continental US that spans over a century. The series is published in Centro Voices, the e-magazine of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. She was a senior fiction editor at Kweli and is a Kimbilio fellow and a VONA/Voices alum. She is currently working on the novel The Last Salsa Singer about 70s era salsa musicians in Puerto Rico. She earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College and a Ph.D. in English-creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.ivelisserodriguez.com.
Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza is an assistant professor of History at Texas Southern University, where he has taught since 2009. His area of expertise is on the history of Latinos in the United States, with an emphasis on civil rights activism. Dr. Esparza is currently working on a manuscript entitled Raza Schools: Latino Educational Autonomy and Activism in Texas, 1920- 1980 which offers a multiracial narrative of a Latino-owned school district in west Texas since the end of the First World War through the post-civil rights era.
Michelle Tovar is the Associate Director of Education-Spanish Outreach and Latin American Initiatives at the Houston Holocaust Museum.
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Richard Rodriguez Jr; Ashley Clemmer from Rothko Chapel, and Azul Barrientos.
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Pulitzer-prize winning author Jose Antonio Vargas about his book: Dear America, Notes of An Undocumented Citizen. The crew discusses the NALAC Report which quantifies the inequity of Arts Funding for the Latinx community. Chilakill Entertainment joins us in the studio to talk about their upcoming play in Spanish.
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Bios:
Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and filmmaker, is the founder and CEO of the non-profit Define American. His work has appeared internationally in TIME, as well as in the San Francisco Chronicle, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post, where he won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a reporting team. In 2014, he received the Freedom to Write Award from PEN Center USA. He directed the documentary feature Documented and MTV special White People, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. An elementary school named after him will open in his hometown of Mountain View, California in 2019.
Chilakill Entertainment is formed by Xilo Martinez, Eddy Rojas, Rafael Sosa, & Chavo Mayoral.
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Murals, Films, and Flamenco, & #HouLatinxArt
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, and the NP Crew interview Julietta Parra Ducote, Director of The Flamenco Poet Society, and Muralist and Arts Organizer Angel Quesada.
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Tony Diaz-El Librotraficante and the NP Crew talk to emerging YA novelist, Darlene P. Campos and Austin Playwright, Raul Garza. And they break down the #BoycottElTiempo mess that Jeff Sessions left behind after his visit to Houston.
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Bios: Darlene P. Campos earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is from Guayaquil, Ecuador, but currently lives in Houston, TX with an adorable pet rabbit named Jake. Her new book is titled “Summer Camp is Cancelled”. Her website is www.darlenepcampos.com
Raul Garza is an Austin-based playwright who tells stories that resound with culture and sense of place. His full-length play Fantasmaville received the National Latino Playwriting Award, and earned a B. Iden Payne Award nomination for Outstanding Original Script. His short play MyHEB garnered FronteraFest 2015 Best of Fest recognition. Raul’s full length plays include Fantasmaville, Sanctuary, Cura, Confessions of a Mexpatriate, Ruby, There and Back, and El. His short story "In the Room" won the 2014 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, and “Running Bear” and "LeBaron" were cited for Honorable Mention by the 2017 and 2014 Texas Observer Short Story Contest. When not writing, Raul explores kundalini yoga, devours pop culture, and serves as creative director of TKO Advertising.
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Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk cultural capital with Wei-Huan Chen, theater critic for the Houston Chronicle, who wrote a potent piece titled: "Houston theater diversity, not always so diverse". Jovan Abernathy tells us how she is bringing business into art and health into communities through Houston Tourism Gym.
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Bios:
Wei-Huan Chen is theater critic for the Houston Chronicle. He also writes about classical music, opera and the performing arts scene. Before arriving at the Chronicle in 2016, he worked for the Indianapolis Star, the Lafayette Journal & Courier, the Needham Times and the Boston Phoenix. Chen is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a 2016 National Critics Institute Fellow at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. He has won several awards for his writing on the arts, including First Place from Indiana Associated Press Media Editors for Feature Writing.
He has interviewed artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Ira Glass, Jesse Eisenberg and Ben Kingsley. He is also an occasional performer at the Writer About Now poetry night at Avant-Garden and live storyteller (MOTH, IndyStar Storytellers).
Jovan Abernathy created Up for Whatever fitness tours through her the Houston Tourism Gym. She is a native of the Houston area and has been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. She also runs international marathons, which was the catalyst of a blog she wrote (I Hope I Come Back Alive) about touring unique countries.
The success of that blog, coupled with her desire to give people a unique look at this city inspired her to start the Tourism Gym.
Abernathy said that during her time in the restaurant industry, she would frequently have customers from out of town, and they would always ask her: “what do you guys do here?” Her answer was always “eat!” From this, the hospitality tours of Houston was born. Most people are on a quest to find something they love and do it for a living. Abernathy knows hospitality, she can make connections with anyone she meets; her presence is inviting, fun, and she’s extremely personable — the perfect person to show you around the city.
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Guests Journalist Jorge Ramos; Poet Edyka Chilomé, and a discussion about Macondo.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Univision Anchorman and author Jorge Ramos about his new book “The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era”. Poet Edyka Chilomé flows from the book “She Speaks Poetry”, and Edyka and Tony talk about their recent experiences at Macondo, the writers workshop found by Sandra Cisneros.
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Bios: Jorge Ramos has been called “Star newscaster of Hispanic TV” and “Hispanic TV’s No. 1 correspondent and key to a huge voting bloc” by The Wall Street Journal. Time magazine put him on one of the covers for its “100 most influential people in the world” (2015 issue) and on the list of “the 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States”.
“Ramos carries near biblical authority, at least in the eyes of his nearly 2 million nightly viewers”, Forbes magazine reported.
He is the author of thirteen books and bestsellers: “Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era”, “Take a Stand; Lessons from Rebels”, “Behind the Mask”, “What I Saw”, “The Other Face of America”, “Hunting the Lion”, his autobiography “No Borders: a Journalist’s Search for Home”, “The Latino Wave”, “Dying to Cross”, “The Gift of Time; Letters from a Father”, “A Country for All; An Immigrant Manifesto”, “Los Presidenciables” (only in Spanish) and the children’s book “I’m Just Like My Dad/I’m Just Like My Mom”.
Ramos has been the anchorman for Noticiero Univision since 1986.
Edyka Chilomé is a literary arts activist and cultural worker who uses the mediums of writing, poetry, speaking, community organizing, and performance. A queer child of Salvadorian and Mexican immigrant activists, she was raised in social justice movements grounded in the tradition of spiritual activism. She holds a B.A. in social and political philosophy from Loyola University Chicago and an M.A. in Multicultural Women's Studies from Texas Women's University where her research focused on the decolonial power of spiritual [art]ivism.
Currently based in Dallas Tx, Edyka has been asked to share her poetry and speak on social justice issues on multiple media platforms and in spaces around the country and Latin America including Tedx, NPR, The Huffington Post, GLAAD, The Tucson Poetry Festival, Prindle Institute for Ethics, The Dallas Museum of Art, Duke University, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Texas Democratic Convention. She has produced and published numerous articles, essays, plays, and poems including a collection of poetry that explores queer indigenous mestizaje in the diaspora entitled “She Speaks | Poetry”, praised by the founder of Democracy Now en Español as "...a must read for those yearning to discover new ways to open up to deep personal and global transformation."
In 2017 Edyka was named top 25 most influential artists in the DFW by Artist Uprising Magazine.
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Brave New Voices in Houston! & Mexican Origin Foods, Foodways & Social Movements. Great poetry and powerful research about our community.
Guests: Tony Diaz, El LIbrotraficante interviews, In-studio- Cristy Johnston Limón, Tish Jones, and Brandon Santiago Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival taking place in Houston. http://bnv18.youthspeaks.org/ And Dr. Devon Peña discussing his book Mexican Origin Foods, Foodways & Social Movements: Decolonial perspectives
Bios: CRISTY JOHNSTON LIMÓN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-Committed to the absolute power the arts as a catalyst for social change, Cristy joined Youth Speaks in January of 2018.
A native of San Francisco, Cristy grew up in the city’s Mission district, a community enriched by Central American diaspora and generations of Latinx artists, organizers and activists. Her bilingual public school education, infused with dance, music, and theater, ignited her passion to create spaces where all young people discover their power through the arts. This vision paved the way for her career in public service. She is a first-generation college graduate, having earned her undergraduate degree in political science at UC Berkeley and an Executive MBA from the Haas School of Business.
TISH JONES, BNV CO-FESTIVAL DIRECTOR-Founder & Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks, Tish Jones is a poet, performer, educator and organizer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She has performed at CBGB, Kaplan Theater, The Walker Art Center, Intermedia Arts, The Cedar Cultural Center and more. Her work can be found in the Minnesota Humanities Center's anthology entitled, Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015), the 2011 and 2013 Saint Paul Almanac, and the Loft Literary Center's Nation of Immigrants audio CD.
A graduate fellow of the inaugural Intercultural Leadership Institute, Jones has always had a passion for bridging arts & culture, civic engagement and youth development. Senior Field Building Strategist for Youth Speaks, her work explores the ways in which art can function as a tool for social transformation, liberation and education.
Devon G. Peña, Ph.D. Dr. Peña is Founder and President of The Acequia Institute (TAI), a private charitable foundation dedicated to supporting the environmental and food justice movements. Since 2006, TAI has drawn from endowment income, donations, grants, and other sources to provide more than $100,000 in direct-to-producer grants, scholarships, fellowships, and support for acequia and other traditional indigenous farmers. TAI is headquartered on a 181-acre acequia farm within the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant on traditional Caputo Ute hunting territories. Since 1999, Dr. Peña has served as Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Anthropology at the University of Washington where he directed the Ph.D. Program in Environmental Anthropology for six years. He is a prolific writer and has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is the author of three edited volumes and two award-winning monographs. Dr. Peña served as Senior Editor for two separate Oxford Encyclopedia projects on Latina/os assembled by Suzanne Oboler and Deena Gonzalez as Editors-in-Chief (2005, 2010).
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Latinx Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. Witness the Isthmus. Books for Unaccompanied Minors.
Guests: Raquel Salas Rivera is poet Laureate of Philadelphia, and Geographer and storyteller Jessica Ofelia Alvarenga created the powerful exhibit Witness the Isthmus. Find out about a book drive for unaccompanied minors trapped in the immigration system.
Bios
Jessica Ofelia Alvarenga is a visual geographer and storyteller based out of Houston, Texas. Coupled with her background in journalism and social justice organizing, she uses photography as a way to document and reimagine immigrant narratives, particularly that of the Central American Diaspora. Her interests include urban political economies; religion and sexuality; diasporic identities; and volcanoes. She is the co-founder of Mujeres en Medio, an online media collective for women of color. In Spring 2017, she was awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and the City of Houston. Jessica holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Texas-Austin.
Raquel Salas Rivera es la poeta laureada de la ciudad de Filadelfia del 2018-19 y becaria de CantoMundo del 2018. Sus poemas han aparecido en revistas tales como la Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Apogee y el Boston Review. Es la autora de Caneca de anhelos turbios (Editora Educación Emergente), oropel/tinsel (Lark Books), tierra intermitente (Ediciones Alayubia) y lo terciario/the tertiary (Timeless, Infinite Light). En la actualidad, es co-editora para The Wanderer y co-editora de Puerto Rico en mi corazón, una colección bilingüe de volantes de poetas puertorriqueños contemporáneos.
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Activism, writing, and film: Tune in to learn about the Gemini Ink Literary Conference; actions to stop #babyjails from forming; and a new documentary created by 2 Latinas to explore how the illicit drug trade decimated a small town.
Guests: From Gemini Ink Alexandra Vandekamp-Interim Director & Amanda Ireta-Goode; Poet and Activist Blanca Alanis Rodriguez; Mayra Garza and Melissa Santillan who created the documentary “Ciudad Mier”.
Bios: Blanca Rodriguez Alanis a Mexican American poet, poetry teacher, folk artist, and human/civil rights activist. In 2008 she opened the first Spanish bilingual bookstore in Houston. Her first work was published by Boundless 2010, The Río Grande Valley International Poetry Festival. Her Spanish bilingual poetry book, Puro Corazón was released in 2013. Blanca has participated in Houston WAT Poetry Tour, Frida Festival, Women with Disabilities Empowerment Fair, and Houston’s Women International Festival. Her work is inspired by Mother Earth, humanity, and justice. She is a Curandera, she studies and practices traditional medicines of Mexico.
Mayra was born in Laredo, Texas and raised just across the United States-Mexican border in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), she started her career in broadcast production as a technical director in Laredo’s NBC affiliate KGNS-TV. She currently works at the TAMIU-KLRN TV studio, where she helped to establish the university’s first student reporting lab. Additionally, she is the assistant editor of the Laredo Morning Times’ Spanish section, where she occasionally writes about border culture and the local art scene.
Melissa Santillana was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Melissa has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and a Master’s Degree in Communication with a concentration in Border and Latin America Media Studies from Texas A&M International University. She was recently granted admission to a Ph.D. program in Media Studies at UT Austin. She is currently the Spanish Editor at Laredo Morning Times and Public Speaking Adjunct Instructor at Texas A&M International University.
Alexandra van de Kamp: Originally from New York, Alexandra van de Kamp has called San Antonio, TX her home for over three years now. She is the Interim Executive Director for Gemini Ink, a literary arts nonprofit based in San Antonio that creates a wide range of programming all around the power of engaging with creative writing and literature. Van de Kamp is a working poet and the author of two full-length collections of poems: The Park of Upside-Down Chairs (CW Books 2010) and Kiss/Hierarchy (Rain Mountain Press 2016).
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Find out about Texas’s historic support for Mexican American Studies; and LAN-Latino Arts Now!, and the Latino Literary scene in NYC! If you can’t name one Latina PhD, Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with 3: Dr. Angela Valenzauela, Juan Tejeda, Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, Dr. Gisel Acosta.
Bios: • Angela Valenzuela is a professor in both the Cultural Studies in Education Program within the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and the Educational Policy and Planning Program within the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin where she also serves as the director of the University of Texas Center for Education Policy. She is also the author of award-winning book, Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring and Leaving Children Behind: How “Texas-style” Accountability Fails Latino Youth. Her most recent book is titled, Growing Critically Conscious Teachers: A Social Justice Curriculum for Educators of Latino/a Youth. Valenzuela’s research and teaching interests are in the sociology of education, minority youth in schools, education policy, and urban education reform.
• Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Associate Professor in the English Department at Bronx Community College—City University of New York, has work published in: The Routledge Companion to Latino Literature, American Studies Journal, Dialogo, African American Women's Language, The Handbook on Latinos and Education, Western American Literature, Paterson Literary Review, Pembroke Magazine, Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, BASTA: 100 Latinas Write on Violence Against Women, and many others. She is also a Geraldine Dodge Foundation Poet, an honorary Macondo Fellow, a Creative Capital scholar, and a member of The Aspen Institute. Last year, she was awarded Faculty of the Year by the Association of Latino Faculty and Staff at Bronx Community College.
• Drl Pamela Anne Quiroz is Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston. She is also incoming Executive Director of the national Latino research consortium, the Inter University Program on Latino Research [IUPLR]. A researcher of children, youth, and family She has been a fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Visiting Research Associate at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and a research fellow at the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, and the Great Cities Institute. Professor Quiroz has published articles, chapters and books on education, adoption and identity, and received research grants from the National Science Foundation, American Sociological Association, U.S. Department of Education, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. She served as Editor of Social Problems, a prominent journal in Sociology that focuses on the pursuit of social justice, and she has served as North American Editor for Children‘s Geographies, an interdisciplinary journal focused on the intersections of children, youth, family and space.
Juan Tejeda is a retired professor of Mexican American Studies & Music at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas and co-founder of Aztlan Libre Press.
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Ethnic Studies from Nashville to Houston to Sacremento by Tony Diaz Tells It Like It Is
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, and Chicana poet Ire’ne Lara Silva. We also address the havoc created by Trump's Deportation Force as experienced by activist and artist Karen, whose father was recently detained by Immigration Officials.
Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte created the role of Renata in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, premiered by Houston Grand Opera in 2010 and revived in 2013. She has toured with this production to Paris, France; Lyric Opera of Chicago; San Diego Opera; Arizona Opera; Fort Worth Opera; and most recently, New York City Opera. She has been active in the circle of contemporary music, giving life to new roles such as Gracie in A Way Home (HGOco world premiere, 2010), Jessie Lydell in A Coffin in Egypt (HGO world premiere, 2014), First responder/Harriet in After the Storm (HGOco world premiere, 2016), Alicia in Some Light Emerges (HGOco world premiere, 2017), as well as chamber pieces. She can be heard in the most recent CD recording of Daniel Catán songs, Encantamiento. An early music enthusiast, Duarte sings often with Ars Lyrica Houston, Merury Houston, the Bach Society Houston, the Festivalensemble in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Festival de Musica Barroca de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Other opera roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Sarelda in The Inspector, Tituba in The Crucible, Loma Williams in Cold Sassy Tree, and others. Duarte is also an active jazz singer.
Ire’ne Lara Silva is the author of furia (poetry, Mouthfeel Press, 2010) and Blood Sugar Canto (Saddle Road Press, January 2016) which were both finalists for the International Latino Book Award, as well as flesh to bone (short stories, Aunt Lute Books, 2013) which won the 2013 Premio Aztlan. She and poet Dan Vera are also the co-editors of Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands, (Aunt Lute Books, 2017), a collection of poetry and essays.
Ire’ne lara silva is the recipient of a 2017 NALAC Arts Grant, the 2014 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, the Fiction Finalist for AROHO’s 2013 Gift of Freedom Award, and the 2008 recipient of the Gloria Anzaldua Milagro Award, as well as a Macondo Workshop member and CantoMundo Inaugural Fellow.
Board operators: Leti Lopez. Producer: Marlen Treviño. Co-host Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez.
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Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays & The Other Side
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Mon Noon "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston
24/7 The Other Side TV
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Maximo Anguiano, Blanca Rodriguez Alanis,& Pamela Encinas
Maximo Anguiano talks about #BeWokeSF: Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders" in San Francisco on May 17.
Blanca Rodriguez Alanis talks about the 5th Annual march in memory of Joe Campos Torres brutally killed 41 years ago, bringing awareness to police accountability and transparency. She reads a poem she wrote in his honor.
Pamela Encinas is a visual artist and one of the co-founders of Trazos, a group which will cultivate and promote Latino visual artists. Her work will also be on display.
Board operators: Leti Lopez. Producer: Marlen Treviño. Co-host Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays & The Other Side
Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston
Mon Noon "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net
Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston
24/7 The Other Side TV
Nuestra Palabra founder Tony Diaz hosts this audio celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say the even before its live literary showcase Wed. April 25, 2018 7p at TBH 333 S. Jensen. The broadcast features NP alums and famillia from around the nation including Natalia Sylvester "Everyone Knows You Go Home", Icess Fernandez, Alvaro Saar Rios, Jasminne Mendez with prodcuers Leti Lopez and Marlen Trevino. The show broadcasts Tuesdays 6p-7p on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, with livestream at www.KPFT.org, selected podcast are available at www.NuestraPalabra.org. If you miss an episode, the radio show is now archived at the University of Houston Libraries and Special Collections. Houston celebrates the 20th anniversary of an iconic Latino movement https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-celebrates-the-20th-anniversary-of-an-12861802.php?utm_campaign=twitter-desktop&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=socia
Co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez and Dr. Estevan Azcon tells us about the play "Misa Fronteriza" at hte Alley Theatre.
.talks with Chicana photographer Delilah Montoya about her new exhibition and catalog published by Arte Publico Press "Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra 'Calidad'". Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses her new book All the Agents & Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands. Currently Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has lectured on five continents, including as a U.S. State Department literary ambassador to Venezuela. The show kicks off with an excerpt from the new TV show "The Other Side" hosted by our own Tony Diaz. Board operators: Leti Lopez and Jack Regan. Producer: Marlen Treviño. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante talks with Chicana photographer Delilah Montoya about her new exhibition and catalog published by Arte Publico Press "Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra 'Calidad'". Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses her new book All the Agents & Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands. Currently Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has lectured on five continents, including as a U.S. State Department literary ambassador to Venezuela. The show kicks off with an excerpt from the new TV show "The Other Side" hosted by our own Tony Diaz. Board operators: Leti Lopez and Jack Regan. Producer: Marlen Treviño. Co-host Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Marlen Treviño interview Liliana Valenzuela who shares her poetry and talks about the works she translated by literary giants such as Sandra Cisneros and Dagoberto Gilb. They also speak with actors Luziris Pineda Turi and Magdalena Cuevas from the play Puntos de Fuga by Angeles Romero which receives a staged reading at MECA. NP Lit Radio airs Tuesdays live 6p-7p cst on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston with a livestream on www.KPFT.org and podcasts on www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Catch Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays
Sundays TV 7am - "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston.
Mondays Noon - New column on "The Cultural Accelerator" www.TonyDiaz.net
Tuesdays Radio 6p - NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT
Topics no one else can handle: Is Ted Cruz Even Hispanic? Gun Control. Chicana, Chicano Literature. Professors Speak. Writer Daniel Peña reads from his new novel BANG and lends his insights into out intense topics. Writer and educator Nelda Billescas reads from her book THE RIGHT SIDE OF HEAVEN and also sheds light on a teacher's perspective with co-hosts Tony Diaz-El Librotraficante, & Lupe Mendez-Librotraficante Lips Mendez, Jack Regan-Board Operator, Marlen Treviño, Producer. Catch Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays Sundays TV 7am - "What's Your Point" on Fox 26 Houston. Mondays Prose Noon - New column on "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net
Tuesdays Radio 6p - NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston, Texas. Livestream at www.KPFT.org. Podcast at www.NuestraPalabra.org
Gen. Kelly Called Dreamers "Lazy Asses". We break down the stereotype. NPLit Radio host Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante interviews political Stace Medellin of DosCentavos.net and Houston Hispanic Forum's Director Sineria Ordoñez who will provide an educational context. The HHF attracts over 10k students to their annual fair. We break down how "Lazy Ass" is a stereotype and the effect that can have on policy. We tackle other stereotypes also such as "Chain Migration"-which is the new "Anchor Baby" slur and similar strategies employed by the Texas State Board of Education which hamper education in our community. Tune in to NPLit Radio every Tues live 6p-7p cst on 90.1 Houston. Livestream at www.kpft.org and podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Catch Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, and Wednedays
Sundays TV 7am - "What's Your Point" on Fox 26 Houston.
Mondays Prose Noon - New column on "The Cultural Accelerator" www.TonyDiaz.net
Tuesdays Radio 6p - NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston, Texas. Livestream at www.KPFT.org. Podcast at www.NuestraPalabra.org
NPLit 1/23/18 Writer Ted Anton, Director Carolina Reyes, & Artist Ricardo Osmondo Francis interviewed by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante. Enjoy great conversations about books, plays and art with working artists with great music. www.NuestraPalabra.org Ted Anton's new book's is titled: Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth’s Essential Organisms (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Carolina Reyes is Assistant Director for Alma En Venta at Stages Repertory. Ricardo Osmondo Francis' show MYTHIC POETIC is on exhibit at MECA. Through mesmerizing, contemplative mixed media paintings and drawings, the Artist questions aspects of human existence and our relationships with each other
NPLit kicks off the Literary Renaissance the first year AFTER the ban of Mexican American Studies is overturned. We interview Professor Lorenzo Cano the newly retired Assistant Director of the UH Center for Mexican American Studies and also Yvette Benavidez Garcia, daughter of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez who just published a Childrens book that tell his story titled "Tango Mike Mike". Tune in live Tuesdays 6p-7p cst, Houston 90.1 FM KPFT, livestream at www.KPFT.org or podcast or iTunes at www.TonyDiaz.net and www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Lupe Mendez, Librotraficante Lips Mendez interview 2018 Mc Allen, TX Poet Laureate Edward Viduarre & writer Claudia Martinez, author of "Pig Park" and "The Smell of Old Lady Perfume". We rant about the Alabama Election-where voters stopped a #BadHombre, & we discuss the MFAH exhibit "Home-So Different So Appealing" featuring international Latino Artists.
Overview: We examine a new way to imagine Latinx intellectuals and artists ranging from local writers to international artists. Mari Carmen Ramirez, from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston tells us about "Home—So Different, So Appealing". This is a powerful display of Chicana, Chicano, Latino art from the U.S. and around the world, running through January 21, 2018. It will feature a reading by Houston writers including playwrite Josh Inocencio who returns to the radio show to give us a preview of his work and and update on his plays.
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz talks about his experience as a consultant for the international block buster Coco by Pixar. And archivist Lisa Cruces about her op-ed which appeared in the Houston Chronicle: Preserve the spectrum of diversity in our archives: Libraries still don't include enough works by or about Hispanic women". Co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante; Lupe Mendez aka Librotraficante Lips Mendez, Claudia Macias aka Librotraficante La Comadre, Prodcuer Marlen Trevion aka Librotraficante Malu, and board operator Joe Trevino.
Get the overview of how the Texas State Board of Education turned its back on Mexican American Studies during its final session for 2017. They promised to maybe talk about MAS next year. That's not good enough. Hear from NP founding member Alvaro Saar Rios celebrating a great production of his play LUCHADORA at his alma mater the University of Houston. And find out about a toy drive for families in Galena Park, Texas organized by the Tejano musical grouip Negami.