Ana R. Castillo y Azalea Ryckman en Los Angeles
Ana Silvia Monzon y Maria Antonieta con Colectivo Voces de Mujeres en Guatemala
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A binational radio program airing in Guatemala, produced in Los Angeles, aimed at giving voice to immigrant womyn and their experiences *~* MAC es un programa de radio binacional que es producido en la cuidad de Los Angeles, saliendo al aire en Guatemala. MAC esta dedicada a enfocarse en temas de mujeres immigrantes.
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In 2008 Radio MAC was able to establish itself a little better amongst community. We celebrated a year of broadcasting from Los Angeles to Guatemala and met some amazing women along the way. This is a glimpse of some of the people and the work they do that Radio MAC invited Guatemala to meet over airwaves during our second year:
Cyn da Poet – Salvadorian Born, L.A. based bilingual poet empowered through her unique style of story telling and re-creation of the city and its people. www.myspace.com/cynmusica
Kery - Shared an update as a member of the class action lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles for the May 1st, 2007 beatings by L.A.P.D. against peaceful demonstrators, including, elders, womyn, and children.
Lei Lani Montez - Recounting the factors that lead to HIV/AIDS amongst the immigrant community. www.thewalllasmemorias.org
Gabriela Network members supporting womyn through the first Intn'l Womyn's Day march in Los Angeles since 1994. www.gabnet.org
Bringing the Circle Together is a monthly film screening of Native American films. They featured, "Discovering Dominga", a story about a womyn looking for answers to the massacre of her family and village in Guatemala. www.myspace.com/nafilmseries and http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/discoveringdominga/
Thank you all for the support, we hope you continue to make our 2009 just as exciting and eventful. In November of 2007, two womyn met and decided that it would be a wonderful idea to unite stories of immigrant womyn in Los Angeles with stories of importance to the Womyn's Movement in Guatemala, Central America.
What began as an idea materialized and the host of VOCES DE MUJERES, a Guatemala Based Radio Program allowed MUJERES ABRIENDO CAMINOS to introduce themselves via airwaves in February of 2007 in Guatemala City.
During the year 2007, MAC interviewed and retold the stories of:
Academia Semillas del Pueblo, a charter school fighting to continue serving children of immigrant parents by teaching them global languages, mayan mathematics, tai-chi, and native culture. www.dignidad.org
Two young womyn who helped organize and participate in a state-wide, student led hunger strike in the name of immigrant rights. www.chirla.org/fast
Film writer and director, Diana Romera, whose short film, Ninas Quebradas, tells the story of a young girl kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. www.myspace.com/ninaquebrada
Womyn captured by the documentary film Made in L.A. Our guests connected to womyn in Guate by discussing maquila conditions, as well as stories of strength and transformation. www.madeinla.com
"Walk a Mile in Her Shoe's" - An annual mile long march since 2001 by men walking in high heels, united as allies, protesting rape and violence against womyn. www.valleytraumacenter.org
Stay tuned for 2008. Listen via podcast @ www.mujeresabriendocaminos.com or 92.1 FM in Guatemala City. We will bring you more stories of courage, strength, and possibilities. The struggle is long and arduous, but indeed it is beautiful. En Noviembre de 2007, dos mujeres se conocieron y tuvieron una gran idea de unir las historias de mujeres immigrante en Los Angeles con las historias del Movimiento de Mujeres en Guatemala.
La idea fue materializada y VOCES DE MUJERES, un colectivo de mujeres radio productoras y reporteras basades en Guatemala, introdujeron MUJERES ABRIENDO CAMINOS a la cuidad de Guatemala en Febrero de 2007.
Durante el 2007, MAC entrevisto y presento las historias de:
Academia Semillas del Pueblo, una escuela 'charter' luchando para dar un alto nivel escolar a ninos y ninas de padres immigrantes por medio de la enzenanza de lenguas global, matematicas maya, tai-chi, y la cultura indigena. www.dignidad.org
Dos mujeres jovenes participantesy organizantes de una Huelga de Hambre Estatal y Estudiantil en CA, luchando por los derechos de immigrantes. www.chirla.org/fast
Escritora y directora de peliculas, Diana Romero, nos platico sobre Ninas Quebrada, la historia de una joven que es robada y traficada para ser prostituta en Los Estados Unidos. www.myspace.com/ninaquebrada
Dos mujeres de el documental, Hecho en Los Angeles, que cuenta la historia de immigrantes trabajando en las maquilas de Los Angeles. www.madeinla.com/?lang=spanish
"Caminando Una Milla En Sus Zapatos", una marcha annual que comenzo en 2001, Hombres se visten con zapatos altos para protestar la violencia contra las mujeres. www.valleytraumacenter.org
Escuchenos por medio de Voces de Mujeres, Radio Universidad, 92.1 FM en Guatemala. Tambien visitenos en www.mujeresabriendocaminos.com. En el 2008 le traemos mas historias de lucha, fortaleza, y esperanza. La lucha es larga y espinosa, pero realmente bella unidas !!! Documental/Documentary hecho por la BBC: Killers Paradise/Paraiso de Matanzas
CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
(CLICK ON THE FLIX TO GO TO THE INNERCITY DWELLERS' PROFILE)
CLICK ON THE BANNER TO GO TO STREET,INC. PAGE!
Radio Mujeres Abriendo Caminos's Friend Space (Top 27)
THIS THURSDAY - August 13, 2009:: THE SHAKEDOWN in the 562:: SOUL -FUNK- REGGAE-DANCEHALL-CUMBIAS-WORLDBEAT- + Live Performance by STEPPING RAZOR(Reggae) - DJ Tony Tigah FEVER - DJ ABEL 21+ Only....GuestList? Shoot us a Message!
Thanks to All those Who Made our First Shakedown a Success! TONIGHT!!!! THE Grand Opening of our Weekly Thursday Night! The SHAKEDOWN in the 562...Something Fresh This Way Comes.....
Come support your local Native Delegation to Chiapas!
CasaZapa House Party
678 30th st, Oakland CA
(between MLK & West)
Date: Saturday, June 13
Time: 8:00pm - ?
$3 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Free Food! Cheap drinks!
Spinin: DJ Mixteka, DJ Agana, & Lalo playing cumbias, salsa, hip-hop, reggae, rock en Español and pretty much anything else you can think of...
This delegation is a space of encounter for the Indigenous communities in Chiapas and the Indigenous communities in the California Bay Area to exchange knowledge, culture, histories, and experiences in order to find the connections in the work we are doing as a way to support each other and strengthen our struggles. TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!
Celebrando L@s Nin@s de La Tierra / Celebrating the Children of the Earth takes place Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, noon to 4PM, in Long Beach at the LB Organics Wild Oats Community Garden at 10th Street and Grand Avenue.
We invite families from all over the greater Los Angeles area to come and participate as we celebrate children from all over the Earth!
We are a grassroots collective of families who came together and shared our dreams about organizing a children's event in Los Angeles focused on education through art and self-expression. We realize that children, just like adults, learn best by example. So we thought that we could bring together different artists, activists, educators, parents, community members, etc, to create a festival that allows for our children and our community to dance, sing, create and share communal space.
This
weedend...Rebel Music + House Party = Rebel House Party!!!
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