<description>&lt;p&gt;Mel A., who identifies as a female Latina who is loud and a Slytherin, talks to us about experience growing up and living in the Southwest of the United States of America. My favorite part of our wonderful conversation is when she talks about being a doorstop for other people of color. &amp;nbsp;A great listen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Show Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sortting Hat - Harry Potter&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Want to know if you join the Slytherin club with Mel and I? take the Hogwarts Sorting Experience&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/news/discover-your-hogwarts-house-on-wizarding-world"&gt;https://www.wizardingworld.com/news/discover-your-hogwarts-house-on-wizarding-world&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Book of Life - Movie Trailer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBw5YScs8iQ"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBw5YScs8iQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Convicted criminal Joe Arpiro - If you do not know about him and his riegn of terror. Here's a video from Watching the Watchers that list out some of the shitty things he has done.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UlftnaSHQc"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UlftnaSHQc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get Out - Movie Trailer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All My Relations Podcast&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://open.spotify.com/show/4mHQR9Xkhl5ZAOJndFA3uT?si=neA4V84oT6O3y_TRLGDnUg&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Locke &amp;amp; Key - Netflix Show Trailer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fortnite - Video Game&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/home"&gt;https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yuri on Ice - Magna&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyk86I9XOE4"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyk86I9XOE4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

Mel A., who identifies as a female Latina who is loud and a Slytherin, talks to us about experience growing up and living in the Southwest of the United States of America. My favorite part of our wonderful conversation is when she talks about being a doorstop for other people of color. &nbsp;A great listen.
Show Notes:
Sortting Hat - Harry Potter
Want to know if you join the Slytherin club with Mel and I? take the Hogwarts Sorting Experience
<a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/news/discover-your-hogwarts-house-on-wizarding-world">https://www.wizardingworld.com/news/discover-your-hogwarts-house-on-wizarding-world</a>
Book of Life - Movie Trailer&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBw5YScs8iQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBw5YScs8iQ</a>
Convicted criminal Joe Arpiro - If you do not know about him and his riegn of terror. Here's a video from Watching the Watchers that list out some of the shitty things he has done.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UlftnaSHQc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UlftnaSHQc</a>
Get Out - Movie Trailer
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY</a>
All My Relations Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/4mHQR9Xkhl5ZAOJndFA3uT?si=neA4V84oT6O3y_TRLGDnUg
Locke &amp; Key - Netflix Show Trailer
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE</a>
Fortnite - Video Game
<a href="https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/home">https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/home</a>
Yuri on Ice - Magna
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyk86I9XOE4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyk86I9XOE4</a>

Episode 11: Mel A

<description>&lt;p&gt;A New Yorker first, Marisol Rosa-Shapiro is Jewish Puerto Rican woman. &amp;nbsp;Her city and multiple layers of identity have shaped her; she discussed her experience with us. She shares her story of her recent visit to the Island (Puerto Rico); a visit accelerated due to to fear that the culture and essence will be lost due to climate change and a shameful response from the United States government. Great listen!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Show Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SPARK&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bomba&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomba_(Puerto_Rico)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;La MaMa Theatre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://lamama.org/&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D0V44LC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;btkr=1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds - Adrienne Maree Brown&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XFP9MMC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;btkr=1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Code Switch - NPR&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

A New Yorker first, Marisol Rosa-Shapiro is Jewish Puerto Rican woman. &nbsp;Her city and multiple layers of identity have shaped her; she discussed her experience with us. She shares her story of her recent visit to the Island (Puerto Rico); a visit accelerated due to to fear that the culture and essence will be lost due to climate change and a shameful response from the United States government. Great listen!
Show Notes:
SPARK
Bomba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomba_(Puerto_Rico)
La MaMa Theatre&nbsp;
http://lamama.org/
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D0V44LC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds - Adrienne Maree Brown&nbsp;
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XFP9MMC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1
Code Switch - NPR&nbsp;
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

Episode 10: Marisol Kimberly Rosa-Shapiro

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the last episode of 2019 we talk to Casey Wong, an Asian - Irish - German - American., who Identifies as Asian American. Casey share the stories that made him, about his family, himself and the world. He discusses his name, &amp;nbsp;mama (嫲嫲) paternal grandmother on his father's side and more. He is thoughtful, eloquent and a joy to speak with.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

In the last episode of 2019 we talk to Casey Wong, an Asian - Irish - German - American., who Identifies as Asian American. Casey share the stories that made him, about his family, himself and the world. He discusses his name, &nbsp;mama (嫲嫲) paternal grandmother on his father's side and more. He is thoughtful, eloquent and a joy to speak with.&nbsp;

Episode 9: Casey Wong

<description>In this episode we discuss how Emma Braun has navigated being Native and White from San Diego to St. Louis. She tells us about her family planning activism and how she is actively inviting people to the table.
</description>

In this episode we discuss how Emma Braun has navigated being Native and White from San Diego to St. Louis. She tells us about her family planning activism and how she is actively inviting people to the table.


Episode 8: Emma Braun

<description>&lt;p&gt;Our guest is the best 4 year old in the world - my son Rihaan. He shares his experience as a Tsimshian, Punjabi, American. I also share why &amp;nbsp;do not celebrate Thanksgiving anymore. It's a fun episode!&lt;/p&gt;
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Our guest is the best 4 year old in the world - my son Rihaan. He shares his experience as a Tsimshian, Punjabi, American. I also share why &nbsp;do not celebrate Thanksgiving anymore. It's a fun episode!

Episode 7: Rihaan Puri and Lies-giving

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