Oriel María Siu is a Náhuatl/Pipil/Chinese writer, scholar, and educator from Honduras. She is the writer of the children’s book series, Rebeldita the Fearless / Rebeldita la Alegre. In 2020, Dr. Siu was selected "Top Ten New Latinx Authors" by Latino Stories for her contributions to children's literature. In this series, Dr. Siu centralizes the power of children and challenges the colonizer Narrative from an Indigenous Perspective. Throughout her journey as an educator, Dr. Siu has been a strong proponent of Ethnic Studies, contributing her research, writing and teaching to sustaining and expanding this transformative, needed, academic field.

Tania y Peter hablan con Monica sobre sanar el trauma a través del arte y la música

Monica Rojas-Stewart tiene un doctorado en Antropología Cultural de la Universidad de Washington y ha colaborado como coreógrafa, consultora cultural, artista invitada, instructora de música y danza con varios programas universitarios y de educación comunitaria para jóvenes y adultos en todo el noroeste del Pacífico. Madre, esposa, artista, activista y académica, es una promotora y educadora pionera de las artes afroperuanas y afrolatinas en el noroeste del Pacífico y más allá. Rojas es fundadora del Proyecto DE CAJóN y del Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle (MAS), dos organizaciones comunitarias de base dedicadas a educar y concientizar sobre los aportes culturales de los afrodescendientes en Perú y América Latina respectivamente.

Peter and Tania speak to Lonnie about trauma part II

Lonnie Renteria enjoys caring for patients of all walks of life, as well as building relationships with them. His goal is to help patients live healthy and fulfilling lives. His interests in psychotherapy include working with BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.

Peter and Tania speak to Lonnie about trauma part II

Lonnie Renteria enjoys caring for patients of all walks of life, as well as building relationships with them. His goal is to help patients live healthy and fulfilling lives. His interests in psychotherapy include working with BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.

Peter and Tania talk about their old traditions and new traditions the want to create.

What are your traditions? What are some new traditions you want to create? How do you take rest?

Peter and Tania reflect on episode 10 through 13.

Topics are decolonizing policy, reflecting with Pedro about his North Star, love and mentorinship in leadership, listening to our community and decolonizing art.

Episode 10 -Richard Romero : The power of accepting your culture

Episode 11 - Reflections with Pedro Arellano Camarena on previous episodes and the power of Pedro's leadership story

Episode 12- Teresa Mosqueda: Decolonizing Policy

Episode 13- Descolonizando el arte y la cultura (Spanish Episode)

Nancy Salguero, Executive Director of the Highline Heritage Museum, is the first Mexican-born director in Washington State. Also, Nancy is the first Latin American woman to sit on the board of the Washington Museum Association. Born and raised in Mexico City, for the last 18 years, Nancy, with a team of volunteers and community members, works to preserve, collect and tell stories of the Highline region and its people. She was an Exhibit Design instructor for the UW Professional and Continuing Education certificate program for two years. Nancy’s awards include from the Washington Museum Association, Association of King County Historical Organizations, 2022 Citizen of the year for the City of Burien, and other special recognitions. She has served as a board member of multiple organizations. Currently, she is the Chair-elect for the Seattle Southside Chamber of Commerce.

Tania and Peter talk to Teresa about Decolonizing Policy and Reform.

Teresa Mosqueda is a Latine community leader from an early age. She has practiced her leadership as labor organizer for living wages, worker protections, health equity, and immigrant rights. Her statewide leadership efforts garnered several honors of achievement such as her work to provide health insurance to children in Washington State. She was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2017, where continues to serve and where she has championed more equitable voter participation, low-wage worker protections, and includes people most directly impacted by policies in the process to close inequity gaps in public benefits.

Tania and Peter reflect with Pedro Arellano on Episode 6-10.

Pedro reflects on how Leno, Senator Rebecca, Lonnie, Jacque and Richard show a common theme of a north star, love and mentorship in their leadership. While he didn’t recognize it as leadership until more recently, Pedro Arellano Camarena has practiced it for many years, as a stellar math teacher, assistant high school principal and as a father. He brings his values to his work and life as he works to lead change in schools and public education for improved outcomes for Latine youth.

Richard is an architect of financial performance and cultural transformation. He is also an ardent believer in the cooperative approach to banking and providing financial services to everyone, especially those who are underserved and ignored by mainstream financial institutions.

Jacque Larrainzar nació en la Ciudad de México y vino a los Estados Unidos como asilado político. Su caso de asilo abrió las puertas a miles de personas LGBTQ+ que buscaban seguridad y libertad para vivir y amar. Es conocida por su trabajo para promover la equidad racial en instituciones gubernamentales como la ciudad de Seattle y la ciudad de Oakland sobre igualdad racial, derechos LGBTQI, derechos de la mujer, derechos indígenas, inmigrantes y refugiados y las artes. Le encanta apoyar a los miembros y al personal de la comunidad para que se conviertan en líderes que puedan impulsar el cambio institucional centrando sus fortalezas, bienestar y sabiduría para promover políticas, programas y servicios que creen un gobierno democrático antirracista, responsable, responsable, transparente e inclusivo.

Trabajó para la Ciudad de Seattle, donde fue Directora de Políticas en la Oficina de Derechos Civiles, Elecciones del Condado de King, donde ayudó a diseñar un programa de educación electoral inclusivo para personas que no hablan inglés y un modelo de desarrollo comunitario para apoyar a las organizaciones comunitarias a educar e involucrar a los votantes en sus comunidades y en la ciudad de Oakland, CA, donde es analista de programas para el Departamento de Raza y Equidad de Oakland, la primera agencia gubernamental dedicada a promover la justicia racial dentro de un gobierno local. . Es miembro del consejo asesor de InReach, una organización LGBTIQ+ que ayuda a las personas a encontrar ayuda segura en todo el mundo.

Tania and Peter speak with Lonnie about trauma and decolonization in our Latine community. Part 1 -Healing from Trauma is essential to be a good leader. Stay tuned for Part 2 and Part 3.

Lonnie Tristan Renteria is a scholar, activist, creative type, teacher and therapist. He is a former college professor and enjoys the psycho-education aspect of therapy. He has produced documentaries, written, acted in and directed shows. Lonnie is an expert in psychology and trauma recovery. He has taught classes in French, Spanish, Psychology, Special Topics, Cultural and Critical Theory. Teaching is his passion. When he is not teaching, he is engaged in community building events, reading a book, writing or watching films.

Lonnie Renteria enjoys caring for patients of all walks of life, as well as building relationships with them. His goal is to help patients live healthy and fulfilling lives. His interests in psychotherapy include working with BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.

Lonnie has degrees in French from Portland State University, and Forensic Psychology and Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, Seattle, WA. He completed his practicum work at Youth Eastside Services, Bellevue, WA, where he treated children and their families and at Puentes Mental Health, Burien, WA, where he treated refugee and immigrant populations. He worked more recently at University of Washington Valley Medical Center’s Psychiatry and Counseling clinic, where he treated individuals, couples and families.

Lonnie is trained in Emotion-Focused Couples and Individual Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Narrative and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He especially enjoys Attachment-based work.

When away from his clinic, Lonnie is busy volunteering with agencies serving immigrant families, reading, binging television shows, or listening to his vinyl collection. He is fluent in English, French, and Spanish and has lived in France, Canada, and Mexico.

He is a lover of art and does what he can to surround himself with beauty. He has a passion for wholistic health and will often talk about yoga. He enjoys cooking and experimenting with making dishes that have international origins.

Tania and Peter speak to Senator Rebecca about staying true to your values

Rebecca Saldaña grew up in Seattle in a union household, where she learned early on the importance of working together in community to fight discrimination and injustice. She has worked as a union organizer and in nonprofit organizations which prepared her to become Washington State Senator of the 37th district. She has focused her career and leadership to advance immigrant rights, a fair economy, and a more equitable society

Tania Hino & Peter Bloch Garcia talk with Leno about Leading because "History cannot wait".

He has applied his leadership in his work as the founding director of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, at Amnesty International, and the Peace Corps.

Over the years, Leno has worked with leaders such as Coretta Scott King, Dr. Joe Lowery, and Sister Helen Prejea

Peter and Tania Reflexions on Season 2 Episodes 1 through 4.

This is a special episode in celebration of Latine Hispanic Heritage Month.

Topics include Decolonization, Social Justice, Activism, Social Justice Healing, Humility, Music and the Importance of Decolonizing our minds.

Episode 1- Monica Guzman discussing her bool "I Never thought of it that way": How to have fearlessly curious conversations in dangerous divided times

Episode 2- Natalia Lozano- Decolonization and Feminism (Spanish Episode)

Episode 3- Anita Garcia Morales- Healing Intergenerational Trauma

Episode 4 Horacio Franco- Music and Decolonization

Peter y Tania hablan con Horacio Franco sobre la música y descolonización

Horacio Franco es un flautista y flautista mexicano. Estudió en el Conservatorio Nacional de la Ciudad de México y posteriormente en el Sweelinck Conservatorium de Amsterdam, con Marijke Miessen y Walter van Hauwe. Franco ha interpretado muchos géneros musicales, desde música medieval, renacentista y barroca, incluida la música colonial latinoamericana, hasta estilos contemporáneos, folclóricos y populares.

La carrera de flautista de pico no existía en ese centro de estudios. Tras pedir una audición al entonces director de la Orquesta de Cámara del conservatorio, Icilio Bredo, escucharle tocar una pieza de Vivaldi, este le permitió ser solista con ese ensamble. A los 13 años, interpretó el Concierto en la manor de para flauta de pico y oboe, de Antonio Vivaldi. Entre 1986 y 1994, formó con Luisa Durón y Bozena Slawinska el Trio Hotteterre; entre 1993 y 1998 fue fundador, director e intérprete de la Capella Cervantina, que se convertiría en la Capella Barroca de México, un ensamble dedicado a la interpretación e investigación de la música borroca con instrumentos e intérpretes especializados en ese periodo musical. Fundaría también en esos años la Orquestra Borroca Capella Puebla.

Peter and Tania speak to Anita Garcia Morales about Healing Intergenerational Trauma.

Anita is CO-FOUNDER, Of Racing to Equity an organization with a mission to catalyze communities, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural racial inequity and create equitable outcomes for all. She currently serves as: Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction, and Co-Principal Consultant

For the first 21 years of her life, Anita’s experience as a migrant farm worker took her across the United States. Living in labor camps, doing all manner of field work, being the perpetual immigrant student in class and sensing the “otherness” to which her family and ethnic group were subjected to were what shaped Anita’s racial, class, and cultural lens.

She lived out her dream and taught in Seattle Public Schools for 22 years. She has also led as a social studies coach, and then as a racial equity strategist with the district’s Department of Equity & Race Relations.

You can learn more about her work at https://www.racingtoequity.org/

Peter y Tania hablan con Natalia Lozano

Natalia es Directora de Programas del Fondo de Jóvenes de América Central y México (CAMY), en la Fundación Internacional de Seattle, donde comparte su visión en los movimientos de liderazgo juvenil y feminista para promover la justicia social en México y América Central.

Natalia es una joven hondureña, feminista y activista por los derechos humanos de las mujeres, LGBTQ+ y jóvenes, con más de 14 años de experiencia.

Natalia tiene un compromiso de larga tiempo con la defensa de los Derechos Humanos y la Salud, así también con los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (SDSR), lo que la ha llevado a involucrarse en iniciativas como Representante de la Juventud en el Consejo Consultivo Nacional de Derechos Humanos en Honduras en el 2014.

Ha participado activamente en la Red de Jóvenes Parlamentarios, llegando a identificar las principales necesidades de la juventud hondureña desde una perspectiva legislativa a través de consultas juveniles.

Natalia también contribuyó a la implementación del Diplomado en Técnicas Parlamentarias y Negociación Política para el Congreso Nacional de Honduras con el Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH) en el 2015.

“Me apasiona mi trabajo porque veo las diferentes oportunidades que tenemos en el mundo para hacer cambios y evolucionar; aunque muchas veces podemos ver retrocesos importantes, también vemos cómo las personas resurgen con más fuerza para seguir luchando por sus derechos”.

Durante los últimos 4 años, ha desarrollado experiencia a nivel nacional, regional e internacional en la defensa de los derechos. Es ex Coordinadora Nacional de la plataforma hondureña “Derechos Aquí y Ahora”, que brinda apoyo a 15 organizaciones que trabajan por SDSR y prioriza la diversidad en los jóvenes.

Este camino a llevado a Natalia a la liderar eventos regionales e internacionales, como Defensora de Jóvenes para la Tercera Conferencia Regional sobre Población y Desarrollo en Lima, Perú, y como Defensora de Jóvenes para la Comisión y Condición de la Mujer (CSW 62 y 63) en los Estados Unidos en 2018 y 2019, convirtiéndose parte de la Delegación Oficial de Honduras en 2019.

Natalia ha sido oradora juvenil en la Conferencia Global WomenDeliver en Vancouver, Canadá en 2019. También ha dado seguimiento a los compromisos de la Conferencia Internacional sobre Población y Desarrollo (CIPD) en Nairobi, Kenya y fue invitada por el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas ( UNFPA) como ponente en la reunión de preparación de la CIPD en Puebla, México.

Natalia también ha abogado por la juventud en la 14ª Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe en Santiago de Chile en 2020. Esta experiencia la llevó a la creación del Informe Periódico Universal Sombra de la Juventud, que Natalia presentó en 2020 con la plataforma Hondureña Derechos aquí y ahora.

Peter and Tania speak to Mónica about Humility

Mónica Gúzman is the Director of Digital and Storytelling at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America. She is also host of the Crosscut interview series Northwest Newsmakers, and author of the book I Never Thought Of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. Available for pre-order now!

Before committing to the project of helping people understand each other across the political divide, Mónica cofounded the award-winning Seattle newsletter The Evergrey and led a national network of groundbreaking local newsletters as VP of Local for WhereBy.Us.

Mónica Guzmán lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions.

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Tania and Peter reflect on episodes 7-12

Tania Hino (she/her/ella)

A mother of three, she strives to create safe spaces for people of color to be heard.

Her personal values; integrity, love for culture, respect, and enjoyment of the process are transferred to her work, family, and community. While studying for her doctoral degree, she runs a podcast called Parenting Takes a Village, is the founder of the nonprofit Somos Mujeres Latinas, runs storytime at a Seattle library, raises her three children, and takes care of her dog, Idly.

Recipient of the Val Donato Parent Education Award for excellence in teaching and building a community for children, families, and teachers in 2017. Tania sees her community work closely to the way she is a mother. “It's not about raising a child how I want them to be. They are like plants, they will come out as they want to be. I just need to support them."

Peter Bloch Garcia (him/el)

His values are humility, racial equity, and environmental sustainability. He has spent most of his career in the nonprofit sector where his leadership practice aims to advance racial equity. Most of his nonprofit experience has been in the nexus between philanthropy and BIPOC communities. He was founder, past President, and Executive Director of Latino Community Fund of Washington, and now serves a variety of nonprofits as a consultant, board member, and interim executive roles. 2019 Finalist Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize & Blue Mountain Review

Peter Bloch Garcia values humility, racial equity, and environmental sustainability. He has spent most of his career in the nonprofit sector where his leadership practice aims to advance racial equity. Most of his nonprofit experience has been in the nexus between philanthropy and BIPOC communities. He was founder, past President, and Executive Director of Latino Community Fund of Washington, and now serves a variety of nonprofits as a consultant, board member, and interim executive roles.

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