Latinas Who Change the World Through Cultural Power Featuring Favianna Rodriguez

11/01/21 • 34 min

Hola, bienvenidos, and welcome to season 3, episode 1 of The Latinx Identity Project.
This is a podcast where we tell stories for us and by us. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.
We have an incredible and special guest to kick off this season, her name is Favianna Rodriguez. In today’s episode we will dive deep into Favianna’s roots and inspiration for her work and leadership as the co-founder of The Center for Culture Power in Los Angeles.
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Favianna Rodriguez embodies the perspective of a first-generation American Latinx artist with Afro-Peruvian roots. Her art and praxis address migration, economic inequality, gender justice, and climate change, boldly reshaping the myths, ideas, and cultural practices of the present, while confronting the wounds of the past. A strategy advisor to artists of all genres, Favianna is regarded as one of the leading thinkers and personalities uniting art, culture, and social impact, collaborating deeply with social movements around the world. Favianna also helps lead cultural strategy design and investment by helping to organize the philanthropic sector, with a focus on foundations addressing gender justice, racial justice, climate change and cultural equity. Favianna’s projects include creating art for Ben & Jerry's Pecan Resist, partnering with Jill Solloway to create 5050by2020, and facilitating immersive artist delegations to the US Mexico border. She is a recipient of the Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship for her work around immigration and mass incarceration, and an Atlantic Fellowship for Racial Equity for her work around racial justice and climate change. She is a recent a contributor to the climate justice anthology, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (One World, 2020).

Learn more about Favianna and The Center for Culture Power here:
website: https://www.culturalpower.org/
follow them on Instagram @culturestrike
Even more amazingness about Favianna: https://atmos.earth/favianna-rodriguez-art-climate-justice-culture/
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Learn more about Favianna and The Center for Culture Power here:
website: https://www.culturalpower.org/
follow them on Instagram @culturestrike
Even more amazingness about Favianna: https://atmos.earth/favianna-rodriguez-art-climate-justice-culture/
Music and logo by Emmanuel Reyes.

Support the show

Artwork and intro music by Emmanuel Reyes @trueloathing

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Latinas Who Travel Featuring Cindy Rangel, CEO and Founder of Ella Pocketbook

Hola, bienvenidos, and welcome to the season 2 finale of the Latinx Identity Project.

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I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today’s guest Cindy Rangel, CEO and Founder of Ella Pocketbook, a sustainable travel handbag company creating optimal travel pieces for today's global woman. Ella Pocketbook's mission is to create highly functional pieces to expand her travel experiences in the most authentic fashion. Cindy is also the founder of Women of Colour in Travel, a community of women travelers who travel the globe on their terms.

Check out the show notes to access more of Cindy’s services including her sustainable packing list, preview her handbag, and be on the lookout for Cindy’s kickstarter campaign.

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Ella Pocketbook on Instagram @ellapocketbook
Ella Pocketbook webpage: https://ellapocketbook.com/
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Latinas Who Lead Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Featuring Jasmin Jimenez

Hola, bienvenidos and welcome to another episode of the Latinx Identity Project. This is the podcast where we tell stories for us, and by us. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today we are going to talk about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace, or DE&I for short.

What does Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion mean?

Diversity is the presence of differences among people

Equity the fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people, while also identifying and eliminating barriers that have prevented the full participation of some groups.

Inclusion is an outcome to ensure those that are diverse actually feel and/or are welcomed.

Our guest is Jasmin Jimenez, the first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion business analyst at PPG, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of paints, coatings, and specialty materials.

Jasmin plays a key role in accelerating PPG’s DE&I strategy through data, storytelling, and collaboration. She develops strategies that drive empathy internally – and externally she helps inform the world of PPG’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Jasmin is currently attending Johns Hopkins University to pursue a Master's of Science degree in Organizational Leadership. She plans to use her degree to become a chief DE&I officer.

Please join me as we explore Jasmin’s powerful story of embracing her identity and taking on the role of a trailblazer to make the workplace a more welcoming environment for workers of all different backgrounds.

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