Buen Hombre

Please tune in today to check out Enrique Morone's interview with Vivian Moreno. This Councilwoman for San Diego’s 8th district is passionate about honoring her Mexican roots and heritage and creating opportunities for residents of her district to create beautiful, healthy, and prosperous lives within the neighborhoods that fall under her jurisdiction. Her professional career has developed from nurturing great relationships with elder local representatives such as David Alvarez. Her success comes from taking the advice of mentors who guided her, as she now strives to guide younger women on their paths in social and public service.  As a young woman Vivian Moreno saw her future in the Foreign Service. Traveling is a huge passion of hers, in college she studied political science with an emphasis on International Relations and Latin American Studies. She can proudly claim to have visited 27 countries, she loves traveling, and the value of collecting stamps on her passport has outweighed the desire for a luxury vehicle. There are no car payments necessary to pay off her 2007 Mazda i3. That extra cash is stowed away for plane trips and checking off countries from her bucket list.  Councilmember Vivian Moreno was elected to represent the City of San Diego’s Eighth City Council District in 2018.  She has dedicated her career to improving the region’s most underserved communities through experience, volunteer work and public service . Currently she is very concerned with protecting the health and well being of families in her district that are being over proportionately affected by Covid 19.The Councilmember currently serves as Chair of the Land Use and Housing Committee, Vice Chair of the Committee on the Environment, a member of the Committee on Budget and Government Efficiency, Committee on Infrastructure and the Committee on Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods.  She also serves on the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Board, the Otay Valley Regional Park Policy Committee, the SANDAG Bayshore Bikeway Working Group, SANDAG Borders Committee, SANDAG Public Safety Committee, San Diego Consortium Policy Board and Chairs the Otay Mesa Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District Public Financing Authority. Subscribe to our podcast at https://www.buenhombre.org/ (BuenHombre.org) or https://www.magnificentmujer.org/ (ManificentMujer.org), on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join Enrique Morones as he talks to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word. Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer https://my.captivate.fm/BuenHombre.org/donate (BuenHombre.org/donate) orhttps://my.captivate.fm/MagnificentMujer.org/donate ( MagnificentMujer.org/donate) https://www.facebook.com/VivianMorenoSD/ (https://www.facebook.com/VivianMorenoSD/) https://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd8/staff/moreno (https://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd8/staff/moreno) http://www.vivianmorenosd.com/ (http://www.vivianmorenosd.com/) Support this podcast

Please tune in today to check out Enrique Morone's interview the Rev. Mary Moreno-Richardson. The Rev. Mary Moreno-Richardson. The Rev. Mary Moreno-Richardson is an Episcopal priest (retired) and the creator/director of The Guadalupe Art Program, a spiritual empowerment program using the arts to heal violence against women and children. Far exceeding her role as a chaplain, Rev. Mary is a champion for victims of human trafficking, undocumented youth in detention who are awaiting deportation hearings and women and children who are victims of violence.  Rev. Mary has served as a Delegate to the United Nations and a member of the Committee of the Status of Women. She now serves on the Santa Barbara County Commission on Behavioral Wellness. She is the first Latina Priest ordained in the Diocese of San Diego. The Rev. Mary Moreno-Richardson is an Episcopal priest (retired) and the creator/director of The Guadalupe Art Program, a spiritual empowerment program using the arts to heal violence against women and children. Far exceeding her role as a chaplain, Rev. Mary is a champion for victims of human trafficking, undocumented youth in detention who are awaiting deportation hearings and women and children who are victims of violence.  Rev. Mary has served as a Delegate to the United Nations and a member of the Committee of the Status of Women. She now serves on the Santa Barbara County Commission on Behavioral Wellness. She is the first Latina Priest ordained in the Diocese of San Diego. Richardson  has been featured on PBS program “Religion and Ethics News Weekly” for her chaplaincy at Central Juvenile Hall in East Los Angeles, and  has been featured by the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles for Juvenile Justice Sabbath’s documentary, “God Cries When We Sentence Kids to Life in Prison”.  Through the United Nations, she has worked  closely with El Instituto Nacional de la Mujer de Mexico, she hosted San Diego-based workshops for immigrant women. Rev. Mary led a "train-the-trainer DISCOVER HIV Prevention Workshop" for Professional Women in Michoacán, Hermosillo, Puerto Vallarta and Mexico City for El Instituto de Educación para Adultos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.   She is a strong activist against the “War on Drugs” policies and advocates for treatment over incarceration. Because Rev. Mary strongly believes these issues are all inter-related, her affiliations range from the Task Force for Women in Prison and Children in Crisis; Drug Policy Alliance; Mother’s Against the War on Drugs, and the Bi-national Committee on HIV.   She is a Chemical Dependency Specialist and has worked as a case-manager, treatment advocate and community educator at the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena and Santa Barbara County. Rev. Mary also served as a case-manager for addicted mothers in Southern California and further educated the community on chemical dependency as the Latino Coordinator for the Multicultural Community Partnership of Santa Barbara County.  Rev. Mary is  a Ct. Hypnotherapist with over 30 years of experience and enjoying a successful practice.  She specializes in energy healing of trauma/ abuse and PTSD. She is happy to call Santa Barbara County home again. She also serves as V.P. on the board of directors for Santa Barbara North County Rape Crisis Center. Subscribe to our podcast at https://www.buenhombre.org/ (BuenHombre.org) or https://www.magnificentmujer.org/ (ManificentMujer.org), on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join Enrique Morones as he talks to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word. Subscribe to our podcast at... Support this podcast

In this Magnificent Mujer interview with Enrique Morones we are reintroduced to Linda Ronstadt, a woman who is a “Soldadera”, a vocalist, musical cultural, activist soldier, in her own right. She did what they said couldn’t be done. Her vision and her capacity to imagine and hear a sound in her head that others couldn’t propelled her where no woman had gone before; becoming a multi platinum recording artist in English, and becoming an icon in the Spanish language music world with the highest selling Spanish language album of all time. The esteemed position that she holds as one of the most influential and prolific vocalists, recording artists, and popular cultural ambassadors of the last century came through hard work, perseverance, determination, and a great sense of pride and vision as to what a Mexican American woman could create. She has inspired many female artists after her across the genres of Rock, Country, Mariachi, New Wave, Jazz, Light Opera, and Musical Theatre among others to cross boundaries of what is possible to achieve in a career. Linda followed her heart, and her bliss, and nothing was off limits.  Today Linda is experiencing physical limitations due to the progressive effects of living with Parkinson’s disease. As you will experience in this interview, Linda’s inability to sing today has not affected her ability to awe her admirers with her sense of gratitude, humor and tenacity to keep acting to effect change and awareness by any means necessary. As she continues to speak out and be an advocate for those who today have been silenced or limited as refugees, asylum seekers, migrants or due to their language or age barriers she asks us to open our hearts. Please share this episode with your loved ones, especially our future generations and introduce them to an account of this inspiring path. Be aware, as Linda reminds us now that we have so much more music to make as a nation and as a world. How amazing it would be if we, like Linda, looked at life as an opportunity to co-create new sounds from those of our families and ancestors and our new neighbors without borders.  "It's really important that people be a student of history, ...know whose shoulders you are standing on, each generation, it only takes a generation to forget, what Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez did for the Farm Workers cannot be forgotten and already there are kids that are 15 years old that don’t know this history.” - Linda Ronstadt in a 2013 interview with CreatTV San Jose, where she and Dolores Huerta spoke on activist women, for the upcoming Tucson Mariachi and Mexican Cultural Festival, which Ronstadt helped produce. The theme of that festival was the “Soldaderas”, the female soldiers of the Mexican Revolution The 2013 Tucson. Mariachi and Mexican Cultural Festival celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) by celebrating the contributions of the “Soldaderas”. The women who fought alongside the men, were responsible for cooking, preparing the camps, but also fighting on the frontlines alongside the men if their husbands were killed or injured. In 2013 Linda Ronstadt published, “Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir”, where she chronologized her unique and uncharted path through the annals of recording and performing history with a career that spanned over four decades and earned her 10 top-10 singles and over 30 studio albums. “Simple Dreams”, which she wrote completely on her own, and was very difficult work, for a woman who respects the written word immensely and had set the bar high for her own debut as an author, became a New York Times Bestseller. Her selfcrafted narrative of a woman’s journey through a male dominated music industry, and her own self charted path inspired producers James Keach and Michele Farinola and directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman to pursue her tirelessly to make a documentary, released in late 2019 titled,... Support this podcast

Please tune in today to check out Enrique Morones’ interview with Yadira “Yadi” Ortiz. Yadira Ortiz has been an advocate and educator for undocumented students in California who have dreams of pursuing a college degree, a new career or a career specifically in health. She is the Executive Director of the organization, “Pre-Health Dreamers” (PHD). PHD is a rapidly growing network and community of over 1000 health career bound undocumented students, and their allies, across the United States, representing various career interests. Yadira is a devoted mother of three, and the wife of Juan Rosas, Gente Unida’s Board President and a great activist and humanitarian in his own right.  Together they are an unstoppable force for good. Yadira “Yadi” Ortiz is the daughter of immigrants and hails from California’s Inland Empire region. From a young age she wanted to be an investigative journalist and studied communications at CSU, San Bernardino. Out of college she was hired by the Cal State University system to evaluate the residency status of incoming applicants. In this role she became familiar with the unique challenges undocumented students face, including limited resources and assistance. Yadi’s huge heart and great talents as an advocate have led to her help start programs for undocumented students on CSU campuses and to educate administration, staff and faculty on unique ways to be more inclusive and supportive of this vulnerable student population. During her time as an administrative advocate for undocumented students at the CSU, she saw that she could push for greater change by joining a non-profit organization that worked more broadly and could draw on more diverse resources. Yadira was inspired to apply and join “Pre-Health Dreamers”, an advocacy group that specifically supports undocumented students to pursue a career path in the health fields. For over a decade, Yadira has collaborated with students, families, staff and faculty in the educational system to advocate for procedural and institutional change. She has continuously been an advocate for students and works to ensure that students are empowered, engaged and encouraged. Yadira has also mentored students, student organizations and their allies in becoming agents of change for themselves and others. Witnessing the lack of assistance for undocumented students in higher education has pushed Yadira to research, create and establish resources, programming, emergency grants and trainings in the CSU and other educational systems. She has created workshops and presentations regarding the following topics: higher education, the needs of undocumented students, ally trainings, how to establish resource centers, the importance of networking and more. Yadira was fundamental in founding the Dream Success Center at California State University, San Bernardino and was recently the Assistant Director for Long Beach State’s Dream Success Center. Yadira has years of experience in community outreach, advising, and presenting at local and national conferences. She has also been a vocal representative during round table conversations with local consulates, immigration lawyers and counselors to discuss the needs of the community.  Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on YouTube at Buen Hombre/Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join Enrique Morones as he talks to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede!  Love is an Action not just a word.  Pre-Health... Support this podcast

Please tune in to check out Enrique Morone's interview with Ben Hueso.  Get to know this California State Senator for the 40th District originally from San Diego’s Barrio Logan. He is currently running for San Diego County Supervisor for District 1. Hear about his novel experience as an exchange student to Ukraine while a UCLA student and his alter ego, an underground jazz pianist who has held his own with the greats.  In Sacramento Hueso currently serves as Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. In San Diego Hueso is committed to water issues, public safety, creating jobs, consumer rights, immigrant rights and US Mexico relations. Find the podcast at  www.buenhombre.org and www.magnificentmujer.org. and on the Buen Hombre Youtube channel.  Enrique’s podcast interview will also be streaming on Apple Podcast, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, Youtube  and Captivate.fm  Ben Hueso was elected as California State Senator for the 40th District in March of 2013.  He represents the cities of Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, National City, portions of the City of San Diego and the Imperial County.  In January 2019, Senator Hueso was reappointed by the Senate Pro Tempore to serve as Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications.  He was also reappointed to the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions, Insurance, Natural Resources and Water, and Governmental Organization Committees. Since assuming office, Senator Hueso has worked extensively on initiatives regarding water quality, consumer protection, public safety and job creation.  He is also a strong advocate for education, environmental issues and binational affairs, and chairs the Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation. He is a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus and served as Chair from 2017-2018. Prior to being elected as Senator, Hueso served in the California State Assembly from 2010-2013, where he championed legislation helping small businesses, protecting victims of domestic violence, prohibiting the sale of synthetic drugs, securing clean and reliable water resources, and stimulating the economy.  Senator Hueso held his first elected position as San Diego City Councilmember for the 8th District from 2006-2010. During his tenure, he was elected Council President from 2008-2010 due to his strong leadership and consensus-building skills.  He served as Commissioner for the California Coastal Commission, where he worked to protect California’s beautiful coastlines.  In addition, he served as a board member for San Diego’s Association of Governments and the California League of Cities.  Senator Hueso holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA and lives in Logan Heights with his four sons. https://sd40.senate.ca.gov/ (https://sd40.senate.ca.gov/) https://benhueso.com/ (https://benhueso.com/) Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

Please tune in to check out Enrique Morone's interview with Michelle McCurdy . Find out how this activist, humanitarian, health advocate who emerged from a family of humanitarian missionaries went from globe trotting child and teen to an activist in her own right dedicating her nursing skills to the Doctors for Camp Closure Mexican Border health initiative. Michelle is a devoted mother, wife, navy reservist, nurse practitioner, community college health advocate, cat lover and is the newest member of the Gente Unida board of directors. Michelle McCurdy spent her childhood traveling overseas as the daughter of a missionary and humanitarian father who devoted his life to a career with Catholic Relief Services. Michelle didn’t spend much time in the United States growing up outside of a middle school stint on Roosevelt Island in New York and a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin. After college graduation this second generation humanitarian moved to California’s Camp Pendleton to become a navy nurse and then a reservist. Her passion as an advocate for quality of life issues and access to health for refugee families at the US Mexico border led her to join Doctors for Campe Closure where she is a volunteer nurse. Michelle believes that access to healthcare is a basic human right and is the basis for quality of life. Today she works at San Diego City College at their health center and works with students from all walks of life from all over the world. Michelle McCurdy is also a new part of the Gente Unida team and has recently joined the board. Doctors for Camp Closure is a non-partisan organization of over 2,200 physicians and healthcare professionals from all specialties who oppose the inhumane detention of migrants and refugees who are attempting to enter the United States of America. https://d4cc.nationbuilder.com/ Link to Student Health Clinic website: http://sdcity.edu/students/services/student-health/index.aspx mmccurdy@sdccd.edu Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word. Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

Please tune in today to check out Enrique Morone's interview with Gil Cedillo.  Find out how this union organizer from Los Angeles's Boyle Heights neighborhood became a f reckoning force within the democratic party and is most well known for authoring the California DREAM act. He has also worked on increasing and expanding access to health care, developing regional solutions to combat homelessness, and encouraging economic development in his Downtown Los Angeles district. Gil Cedillo is a member of the Council of La Raza. Find the podcast at  http://www.buenhombre.org/ (www.buenhombre.org) and http://www.magnificentmujer.org/ (www.magnificentmujer.org). and on the Buen Hombre Youtube channel.  Enrique’s podcast interview will also be streaming on Apple Podcast, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, Youtube  and Captivate.fm   Councilmember Gil Cedillo brings 15 years of legislative experience to the City Council.  Having served as a member of the State Assembly and Senate, he authored over a hundred bills that were signed into law by four different Governors that include Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jerry Brown. Most were groundbreaking and innovative pieces of legislation that included cleaning up California’s brownfields, state oversight and fair share zoning for transitional and emergency homeless shelters (SB 2), workers’ right to organize (AB 1889), Downtown Rebound (AB 2870), and the California Dream Act (AB 130 and 131). His long running legislation to grant drivers' licenses to undocumented immigrants (AB60) was finally signed into law by Governor Brown on October 3, 2013, nine months after he was termed out of state office. Councilmember Cedillo’s advocacy on behalf of underserved communities is legendary. His causes have ranged from becoming a formidable counterweight to the inhumane crusade against undocumented families, to his unwavering support for Filipino American World War II veterans, the uninsured, low-income and working families, the homeless, and AB 540 “dream” students. He has worked diligently to mainstream all of their agendas, one community at a time. As Chair of the Housing Committee, Councilmember Cedillo continues to advocate for equity while expanding tenant rights. He was the first to declare a ‘Housing Crisis’ in Los Angles, citing decades of neglecting to build the housing necessary to meet demand. He is committed to building 100,000 units of housing over the next ten years, promoting smart growth to help revitalize our neighborhoods and create jobs, while stabilizing neighborhoods with the creation and protection of affordable housing. Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

Omkari Williams is an activist, artist, fundraising professional and storytelling creative who emerged from a family lineage and heritage  of African and Afro-American leaders in the fields of education, law, humanitarianism and activism across both sides of the Atlantic.  Her first incarnation in this life was a New York stage actress whose audiences weren’t broadway stages but regional hospitals and special populations with disabilities. Her next major career move was as to transform herself into a high powered Washington political fundraiser where she learned how the most powerful need powerful stories and lots of funding to get reelected. Disillusioned with the over emphasis on money machine in Washington she moved on to mentor grassroots activists across the globe on communicating their unique story as a strategy for building their own movements. Today Omkari Williams is an acclaimed storytelling coach, mentor, speaker and podcaster.   Omkari is a sought after speaker internationally on issues related to social, economic and racial justice, gender equality, womens issues, abortion rights, feminism, self healthcare and spiritual fulfillment.   She is the newest member of the Gente Unida Board. For Omkari, “Being an activist means that you are someone who takes consistent action, whether in front of the scenes or way behind the scenes, to advance a cause that you are passionate about. For me the size of the action isn’t the point, what matters is that you are regularly taking action to make a difference. That’s my definition of activism.” The two major influences of Omkari’s life was her father’s influential legacy as a powerful Black Humanitarian Activist and on being a black woman herself in the context of life in the US and what that means in terms of being a Black woman and having to work twice as hard to achieve anything close to professional status and the challenges of inclusion at all levels of society. For over the 30 years Omkari has been helping others tell their stories through her role as community actor, then political fundraiser, and grassroots activist, mentor and host of the podcast, “Stepping Into Truth”: “Knowing that I’m really good at leveraging story to advance social justice causes has led me to take actions such as organizing abortion speak-outs, advocating for those without the ability to speak for themselves, e.g., children and undocumented people, and to teach others how to do the same.” website: https://www.omkariwilliams.com/ (https://www.omkariwilliams.com/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omkari_williams/ (https://www.instagram.com/omkari_williams/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/omkari_williams (https://twitter.com/omkari_willia) Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

Jesus Nebot is a renowned filmmaker, social entrepreneur and human rights activist who speaks internationally on issues related to environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment.   He is the newest member of the Gente Unida Board. www.GenteUnida.net Originally from Spain, Jesus studied drama in Madrid, and eventually made his way to Venezuela where he became well known and loved as a telenovela star. Nebot’s eventual emigration to the United States created a crisis in self identity and 180 degree turn in the direction of his career and life mission as he found himself a homeless actor and producer in Los Angeles. Nebot recreated himself as a social entrepreneur, activist, motivational speaker and producer who now uses the arts to create awareness and social change.   Jesus is  the winner of 26 international awards for his work as writer, director, producer and star of the immigration feature film NO TURNING BACK which has been sold to 92 countries already. Nebot’s latest film is AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, about the unfair criminalization of undocumented immigrants. It has already won 11 short film festival awards and it can now be viewed athttp://www.americannightmarefilm.com ( www.americannightmarefilm.com) Jesús has been invited to over 200 universities and colleges to show his films and inspire students become visionary leaders that can solve our greatest social challenges. After receiving his B.A. degree with honors from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in Madrid, Jesus completed his training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York on scholarship from the Spanish Government. He then became internationally known for his starring roles in the top-rated television series’ “LA LOBA HERIDA” and “DIVINA OBSESION,” distributed by Warner Brothers International in 29 countries. Seeking to expand his career Jesus came to the United States in 1995 where he was granted the green card as a “person with extraordinary ability in the arts.” In 2000, Jesus launched his own production company by the name of Zokalo Entertainment with the intent of making films that were socially relevant and thought-provoking. Zokalo’s first production was the critically acclaimed feature "NO TURNING BACK" picked up for distribution by Universal after its successful theatrical release in Europe and in the United States. Nebot’s recent acting credits include guest-starring roles in the Fox EMMY WINNING SERIES’ “NYPD BLUE" and “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.” Nebot’s mission has always been to inspire personal and social healing and transformation through his speaking engagements, training seminars and artistic endeavors, including writing, producing, directing and acting.  http://www.jesusnebot.com/ (www.jesusnebot.com) 323-295-0000 Ph. Watch film at http://www.americannightmarefilm.com/ (www.americannightmarefilm.com)  or at youtube at  https://youtu.be/x2olcBQsvn4 (https://youtu.be/x2olcBQsvn4)  NO TURNING BACK trailer youtube at https://youtu.be/6F7dE-eV5bM (https://youtu.be/6F7dE-eV5bM) Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buen Hombre.org MagnificentMujer.org at https://www.genteunida.shop/support-a-program/ (https://www.genteunida.shop/support-a-program/) Support this podcast

This week’s Magnificent Mujer is Laura Castañeda, an Emmy-award winning journalist, blogger, documentary filmmaker and media instructor, with more than 30 years of experience in various multimedia and multi-language platforms. Laura has most recently become the Community Opinion Editor at the San Diego Union Tribune and is focusing her efforts there on bringing diverse voices and viewpoints to this local media establishment's narrative and coverage of local, national and international news.  Laura is passionate about the power of storytelling to inform, educate, change opinions and form coalitions and communities around building awareness and creating change locally, nationally and across the world. She has honed her craft as a storyteller as a newscaster, independent producer, filmmaker, writer, screenplay and novel author and through the transmission of the craft of news and film editing and production as a mentor and faculty member at San Diego City College.  Laura has an intense work ethic and sees her role inside the classroom and in the public arena as a role model and mentor for anyone of any race, color or background to pursue their dreams in front of the camera or behind creating authentic stories that make our world and media more reflective and representative of all stakeholders involved.  laura.castaneda@sduniontribune.com https://lauracastaneda.me/ (https://lauracastaneda.me/) Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

This week's Buen Hombre podcast features Juan Rosas, and educator, advocate for immigrant rights, and social justice and is especially passionate about empowering undocumented students to make it into college and universities despite all obstacles. He is the director of Gente Unida San Bernardino chapter and sits on the Gente Unida Board. Juan Rosas – Juan Rosas has been an educator for more than 20 years, and has served in the public school system in the classroom from elementary students, to high school to College age with a specialisation as English as a second language students from Mexico, the Philippines and Indonesia. He currently works at a dual language immersion school, so that all children can learn English and Spanish. He also dedicates his work to advocate for immigrants and to encourage widespread community involvement, addressing social injustices experienced by migrants. Juan runs a Gente Unida branch in San Bernardino, California.  In San Bernardino Juan and his team are at advocate for undocumented students by presenting workshops at local districts, schools and local universities, advising undocumented students and families on how to attend colleges and universities. This week's Buen Hombre podcast features Juan Rosas, and educator, advocate for immigrant rights, and social justice and is especially passionate about empowering undocumented students to make it into college and universities despite all obstacles. He is the director of Gente Unida San Bernardino chapter and sits on the Gente Unida Board. Support this podcast

This week's Magnificent Mujer podcast features Berenice Badillo a Chicano Park muralist, community artist, and a Registered Art Therapist certified in EMDR, a recently minted PhD doctor and a self proclaimed, “lover, dreamer, and person who loves social justice”.  While a dreamer she might be, this Mujer is a fierce embodiment of “Love in Action”. From leading art making support groups for undocumented immigrant families to advocating for social justice for DACA recipients to her humble beginnings painting on a pillar at Chicano Park with house paint and cigarette butts, Berenice demonstrates that in our community bonds we can unveil our truest self and that all of us are creators in our core.   Berenice painted her second painting ever with house wall paint from her home, because that’s all she could afford, on a pillar at Chicano Park at the young age of 17, a dream inspired at the age of 14. Berenice’s story is an inspiring testimony of the power of art, love and determination in the Chicano Movement crossing generations with a fierce will to express her unique reflection of hope and personal vulnerability. Today, Berenice provides supervision to interns/trainees, individual, family and group therapy services. Berenice works as a mental health counselor at MiraCosta College, is a professor and researcher and provides art therapy workshops to veterans  at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  She is an immigrant from La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico and has found herself straddling the many worlds of intertwined cultural and subcultural identities throughout her life. Berenice has worked in communities of socioeconomic need and has extensive experience in working with people on issues of depression, complex trauma, bereavement, drug and alcohol use. Call or email Berenice Bazquez Badillo or a free phone consultation now - (619) 340-0529 We are sure you will be as inspired by this interview as we were.  Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or Magnificent Mujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn,  https://www.instagram.com/bbadillos/ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sd-me-one-badillo-20190208-story.html https://www.facebook.com/EMDRarttherapy https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/berenice-vazquez-badillo-san-diego-ca/733470 (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/berenice-vazquez-badillo-san-diego-ca/733470) Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

This week's Buen Hombre podcast features none other than frisbee throwing, border bypassing, heartful media activist and philanthropist, adjunct professor of life science at East Los Angeles College and the LA Throwback Foundation founder and executive director, Dave Adelson. Dave began his professional career as a microbiologist and neurophysicist in LA where he was raised. While peering under microscopes he was an avid listener to progressive Pacifica public radio and soon saw the immediacy and relevancy of community based media activism. A founder of http://radio4all.net/ (http://radio4all.net/) , the first site on the net for showcasing broadcast quality audio productions from community and independent producers, he fervently believes to this day, “It's not enough to know what’s right, we have to talk about whatever actions we can take.” Taking heartfelt action is a theme that runs through all of Dave’s activities from founding Throwback LA, an ultimate frisbee based recreational organization with an urgent social justice agenda, to launching the Expressions from the Border Art Exchange Experiences connecting communities across the border from refugee families in detention centers to communities throughout Southern California and beyond, to cleaning up toxic waste sites near detention centers in Tijuana. Dave grew up in a Jewish family and in this interview with Enrique Morones he highlights the parallels between extreme anti immigrant sentiments, and even a sense of wide spread ambivalence the plight of refugees at our borders in the USA and the momentum in Nazi Germany that led to the Holocaust. He warns us that no one thought ambivalence towards extremist behaviours could lead to the execution of millions of Jews but it did. Dave urges us all to take an action that will make our world a kinder and more friendly place, or an action that resonates with something we hold dear.  We are sure you will be as inspired by this interview as we were.  Subscribe to our podcast at www.BuenHombre.org or www.MagnificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate dave@lathrowback.org https://lathrowback.org/ (https://lathrowback.org/) http://radio4all.net/ (http://radio4all.net/) https://www.mykelrose.com/expressions-from-the-border-1 (https://www.mykelrose.com/expressions-from-the-border-1) https://www.instagram.com/lathrowbackfest/ (https://www.instagram.com/lathrowbackfest/) Support this podcast

This week's Magnificent Mujer is a passionate public speaker, social media influencer, life coach and entrepreneur, Erica Alfaro.  While you will agree after hearing this interview with Enrique Morones that she was always destined for great things, it was her Master’s degree graduation photos taken of her and her parents in the same fields in North San Diego county they worked long hours for years to give her the opportunity for a better life that  launched her career as a trailblazer and spokesperson for the promise of hard work and education.  She has captured the hearts of many across the world who see her as a beacon of light and inspiration with her smiling face, cap and gown, next to her parents.  Hearing her voice now on the Magnificent Mujer podcast,  meet the woman behind that post who continues to touch lives every day through her print and social media reach, her speaking engagements at schools nationwide, and her outreach work in the areas of mental health and empowering at-risk and impoverished youth that they have what it takes to realize their dreams. Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. To reach Erica on social media or at her website or email/phone to find out about her speaking engagements or speaking at one of your events, see the links below. alfaroerica47@gmail.com https://jenelsjewelry.com/ (https://jenelsjewelry.com/) https://www.instagram.com/alfaroerica47/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/alfaroerica47/) https://www.facebook.com/erica.alfaro.100 (https://www.facebook.com/erica.alfaro.100) http://alfaroerica.com/ (http://alfaroerica.com/) http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-erica-alfaro-jenels-jewelry-oceanside/ (http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-erica-alfaro-jenels-jewelry-oceanside/) Aldair Sanchez The photographer who took the picture that went viral https://www.instagram.com/infro_photography/ (https://www.instagram.com/infro_photography/)  infrophotography@gmail.com   Support this podcast

This week's Buen Hombre podcast features none other than Magdaleno “Leno” Rose Avila.  One of twelve children born to immigrant farm working parents, Leno learned what generosity and service to others meant as he watched his mother and father give what they had, warm meals, a floor to sleep on, and always a smile to whom ever they encountered without a place to live. Leno likes to say he has a PhD which he translates as  Public Highway Demonstrations in the University of life. Leno’s colorful path has always placed him at the forefront of important social movements in this country over the last 50 years; civil rights, immigrant rights, farm worker rights, the death penalty, and raising awareness around the dangers of GMO’s in our foods. In many instances there were moments where there was no one else called to fulfill an important role of advocating for people that had lost their voice, or went overlooked by the mainstream media.  This was the case when he became the first director of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation or spent his own personal pension to work with US expatriated  and local gang members in El Salvador and then later in Los Angeles with an organization he has provided important leadership to, Homies Unidos. Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word.  Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible… Support this podcast

This weeks Magnificent Mujer is a poet, writer, painter, dancer, and former Iranian refugee and a life long humanitarian activist. Ari Honarvar is the co-founder of Inside Feedback Emotional Intelligence and the founder of Rumi With A View, dedicated to Rumi translation, performance and visual poetry art. She blends Persian calligraphy and paintings to present Iranian poetry in new and evocative ways. In performance, she partners with musicians of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to blend Rumi's poetry (in Farsi and English) with beautiful music. Ari collaborates with various nonprofit humanitarian organizations internationally and locally in Tijuana to help build music and poetry bridges across war-torn borders. Musical Ambassadors of Peace and Ari Honarvar are presenting Rumi's poetry, stories of his life and ancient Middle Eastern songs.  Their joint mission is to dispel myths about Middle East as being inherently violent.  They are committed to creating healing and safe experiences where participants can use music and poetry as a vehicle of healing and respite from trauma, one recent project is helping freed Yazidi sex slaves through music and art. As a Musical Ambassador of Peace, Ari has brought music and dance across the US Mexican border to create experiences of musical and dance celebration in the shelters. Her work has been featured on NPR, and she has written for The Establishment, OZY, Alternet, Huffington Post, Success, Teen Vogue, YES! and elsewhere. She is the author of the oracle card set and book, Rumi’s Gift, available at Amazon.com. http://www.rumiwithaview.com (www.rumiwithaview.com) Follow Ari: https://rumiwithaview.com/ (https://rumiwithaview.com/) https://www.instagram.com/rumiwithaview/ (https://www.instagram.com/rumiwithaview/) https://twitter.com/rumiwithview?lang=en (https://twitter.com/rumiwithview?lang=en) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJCb_MDiMYraLupTSpbJjw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJCb_MDiMYraLupTSpbJjw) https://www.instagram.com/rumiwithaview/ (Ari H • Instagram photos and videos) https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=cTmrP0uLCoF0FVktv4uTWSzXepl8MTU5MDYwMTE2MkAxNTkwNTE0NzYy&q=http%3A%2F%2Fmusicalambassadorsofpeace.org&event=video_description&v=cLdGtolU5bA (http://musicalambassadorsofpeace.org) How to get involved: We’re not crossing the border in the foreseeable future and won’t be able to dance with refugees, but there are ways we can help. Right now, many asylum seekers are living in a small Tijuana shelters and need supplies and sanitary products to keep safe from the pandemic. Some asylum seekers who are released into the US need to be housed in hotels for a couple of nights before they go to their sponsors’ as it’s not feasible for volunteers to host them during the pandemic. If you’d like to help with hotel costs, please donate to: to https://www.minorityhumanitarianfoundation.com/?fbclid=IwAR0caMCd_kI4X0-qbOiheDD8nXyp6B2g6nxmmgxQVyxWCIlYxFTeWVrj2Po (https://www.minorityhumanitarianfoundation.com/) **Here’s a general sign-up doc for people who want to volunteer to deliver food and medicine, and offer other services in San Diego area: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfebNW1h60jIfyD8pTZ9G_kXBMqrZycIbv3zGGFqQIwOTYvyQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR28Cx8SFraditK9cXg_ijhZULfLinFpom-UAT5BsYrIjxiRHIzF5bm4_nU (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfebNW1h60jIfyD8pTZ9G_kXBMqrZycIbv3zGGFqQIwOTYvyQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2_UZC7HoY2bpho7HAX0L919Fbg4ggY8EjtRezvX0fDPjqhhRk4tUSH2Xs) — in https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tijuana-Baja-California/111939165490631 (Tijuana, Baja California). Support this podcast

Our featured “Buen Hombre” this week is none other than Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa, a street fighting kid who inspired by his mother’s guidance, years of determination and a clear vision of the idea of service became the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, from 2005 to 2013. Villaraigosa ran for governor of California in 2016, making it to the final run off between Newsome and Cox in November of 2018.  Villaraigosa’s life has been a testament to the relevance of civic engagement and participation and his biggest campaign and area of emphasis of efforts is getting out the vote in 2020. Join Enrique Morones this week as he reconnects with his old friend Antonio and they reflect on the road to bringing all voices of our communities together to make community life work for all of us.  Before becoming mayor, Villaraigosa was a member of the California State Assembly (1994–2000), where he served as the Democratic leader of the Assembly (1996–98), and the Speaker of the California State Assembly (1998–2000). As Speaker, Villaraigosa was an advocate for working families and helped to write legislation protecting the environment, expanding healthcare access, and increasing funding for public schools. He ran for mayor in 2001 against Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn, but lost in the second round of voting. Villaraigosa ran for and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2003. In 2005, he ran for mayor again in a rematch against Hahn and won. During his tenure as mayor, he gained national attention for his work and was featured in Time's story on the country's 25 most influential Latinos. He was the first Mexican American in over 130 years to have served as Mayor of Los Angeles. As Mayor, Villaraigosa spearheaded policies to improve student outcomes in the Los Angeles Unified School District, reduce city and highway traffic, and enhance public safety. Since leaving office in 2013, Villaraigosa has continued to be actively engaged in education, civic engagement, water, immigration, transportation, and economic development issues. He speaks nationally and throughout California on these issues. Villaraigosa is a member of the Democratic Party, and was a national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, a member of President Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board, and Chairman of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in September 2012.  https://www.facebook.com/AntonioVillaraigosa/ (https://www.facebook.com/AntonioVillaraigosa/) https://twitter.com/AVillaraigosa (https://twitter.com/AVillaraigosa)              https://www.instagram.com/antonioforcalifornia/ (https://www.instagram.com/antonioforcalifornia/) Buen Hombre /Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible.  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=qxzx4dXXp5A87dyJMH2NwYxYdjWY_KxzUsrfUv_mqgwiVEzSZjoEB3Mq_L_DXPVU2bRlB0&country.x=US&locale.x=US (Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer) Support this podcast

This weeks Magnificent Mujer is photojournalist, writer & host of “America Speaks”, author of We Protest: Protecting The America We Believe In, Rizzoli Books.  In her new book, “We PROTEST: Fighting for What We Believe In” (Rizzoli), photojournalist Tish Lampert captures the spirit of the heroes and ordinary citizens on their activist journey to defend their American values during the most conflicted era in our recent history. The book charts the chronology of social-change movements that have dominated the headlines over the past several years: the fight for women’s rights and gender equality, immigration rights, civil liberties, gun violence, and the environment. Lampert takes us to the front lines of activism, where she has documented each protest and their respective leaders, as well as the legions of ordinary Americans standing together to protect the values of our great nation. Lampert, based in L.A., began her work in the 70’s with a focus on human rights issues. She has chronicled protest movements that have been catalysts for reform in America for 20 years. She covered the 1992 riots in Los Angeles; the Cesar Chavez movement for migrant worker’s rights; the Navajo Nation in Tuba City and Window Rock, among others. Her “in the field” investigations include assignments for: Conflict Awareness Project, Voices of African Mothers, Gente Unida, and Border Angels, to name a few. She has won awards for her work in Sub-Sahara Africa and has exhibited in the United Nations, Photo LA and elsewhere. For five years she served as media director and photographer for Voices of African Mothers at the United Nations. Lampert is also the creator and host of the podcast, “America Speaks,” which gives voice to today’s heroes on the front-lines of fighting for social change. www.tishlampert.org. Support this podcast

Our featured “Buen Hombre” this week is none other than Ethan van Thillo of the Digital Gym Cinema, the Media Arts Center San Diego, the San Diego Latino Film Festival, the Teen Producers Project, Tu Cine, Frontera Film Makers, Little Saigon Stories and numerous other San Diego local art/media initiatives that bring diverse and often overlooked segments of our San Diego communities to to independent films and film production.  Ethan van Thillo is Founder and Executive Director of the DigitaMedia Arts Center San Diego. Since 1989, he has been working in media arts field programming Latino film festivals for the University of California, Santa Cruz, Cine Acción in San Francisco, Cine Estudiantil at the University of California San Diego, and the National Latino Communications Center in Los Angeles. Ethan has curated 100s of programs at festivals and/or special events in 45 libraries across California, Mexico City, Morelia, Las Cruces, Nuevo Laredo, San Antonio, Tijuana, Sacramento, and San Diego. In 1995, Ethan transformed the Cine Estudiantil into the San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 1999, to broaden the scope of the festival following four successful years, Ethan established the non-profit Media Arts Center San Diego in 1999. Under the umbrella of MACSD Ethan has developed & created innovative new community based media programs such as the California state-wide Digital Story Station initiative, Teen Producers Project, Youth Media & Tech Camps, Mobile Stories, Speak City Heights, The People’s Post, Video Production Services Department, and the new Digital Gym community technology center and movie theater.  Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word. Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), The Media Arts Center San Diego have had to either postpone or seriously limit all of their film exhibition screenings, youth education programs, and even community video production work. There are many ways to support the Media Arts Center San Diego: click here https://www.mightycause.com/story/Macsd (donate) The Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD), a 501 c(3) non-profit organization, and is in need of your financial support at this time of crisis. Please donate today at: https://mediaartscenter.org/donate/ (https://mediaartscenter.org/donate/) or donate via PayPal, by donating to: programs@mediaartscenter.org  BuenHombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible  Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer Support this podcast

Please join me Enrique Morones and tune in to our latest episode of our new podcast, "Buen Hombre -Magnificent Mujer", where I will be interviewing Nicole Ramos, Esq.  This will be the first episode that will feature one half (the first half) in English, and the second half in SPANISH.  This seems especially fitting as Nicole Ramos works for an organization that is dedicated to the rights of immigrants and that this podcast features the work of humanitarian activists working on the San Diego Tijuana border. Nicole Ramos is the Director  of Al Otro Lado’s Border Rights Project. The project provides legal orientation to migrants in Tijuana, Mexico who wish to present themselves to U.S. authorities to seek asylum, conducts daily human rights monitoring at the port-of-entry, and engages in broader legislative, medial, and legal advocacy to challenge systemic human rights violations committed by state actors. Outside of Al Otro Lado, Nicole frequently serves as a guest lecturer at law schools, universities, professional associations, and community groups across the country.    Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn, Stitcher and on Youtube at Buen Hombre Magnificent Mujer. Please like our podcast and videos on these platforms as it helps us reach more listeners and grow our community. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word. Al Otro Lado website: https://alotrolado.org/ Link to donate to Al Otro Lado  is here:   https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund   (https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund)https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund   (  ) Tel:  (664) 208-8994 (MX) Tel:  (619) 786-4866 (USA) Fax: (619)345-4693 (USA)   nicole@alotrolado.org BuenHombre Magnificent Mujer is a project of GenteUnida.net A 501c3 nonprofit corporation and all donations are tax deductible  Donate to Buenhombre/MagnificentMujer BuenHombre.org/donate or MagnificentMujer.org/donate Support this podcast

Welcome to our special edition of Buen Hombre celebrating the 50th anniversary of Chicano Park Day.  This week's interview features Rigo Reyes who is a legendary Chicano Park Figure. From lowriders to community activism, this Buen Hombre truly represents what Chicano Park is all about. Check out these links to the projects that Rigo mentions. Also we are asking listeners to check out all Chicano Park projects, led by the Chicano Park Steering Committee. This week Chicano Park will feature films, and interviews on their facebook page listed below. Rigoberto Reyes https://www.facebook.com/Chicano-Park-Steering-Committee-298152410237632/ (https://www.facebook.com/Chicano-Park-Steering-Committee-298152410237632/) https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/story/2019-11-11/new-mural-in-chicano-park-celebrates-the-history-of-lowriding (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/story/2019-11-11/new-mural-in-chicano-park-celebrates-the-history-of-lowriding) Amigos Mural https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/chicano-park-amigos-car-club-lowriding-barrio-logan-mural-cars/2129015/ (https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/chicano-park-amigos-car-club-lowriding-barrio-logan-mural-cars/2129015/) Amigos Car Club https://www.lowrider.com/lifestyle/1001-lrmp-rigoberto-rigo-reyes-of-amigos-car-club/ (https://www.lowrider.com/lifestyle/1001-lrmp-rigoberto-rigo-reyes-of-amigos-car-club/) Support this podcast

This is Enrique Morones from BuenHombre.org and MagnificentMujer.org podcasts.   This week we have a “Buen Hombre” like no other, an “Art-ivist”, and a person very well known in certain circles, but who should be known in all circles, all the way from the great country of Peru, but who has has spent most of his life in San Diego, California, my good friend, Mario Torero. Mario Torero is a very well known Chicano muralist, artist, and just a great humanitarian. Some of his best works as far as murals in San Diego and Southern California are: “The Eyes of Picasso” painted, then demolished when the buildings, whose walls they graced disappeared then reappearing again all over San Diego County during the last 4 decades... And perhaps the most well known in the media is the “I’m Not A Minority” mural in Los Angeles. You also might be familiar with his painting of Cesar Chavez, or his iconic Chicano Park murals.  Over the last 50 years he has been bringing his passion for “Art-ivism” and the Chicano Art movement all over California, to other cities in the United States and even in travels abroad to join other Artivist causes in Peru, Mexico, Germany, the Czech Republic, Japan, China, Cuba, Spain and more to come in the future.  Most recently I joined him in Berlin for the thirtieth anniversary of the  Fall of the Berlin Wall last November, where he shared the story of the Chicano Art Movement and the Chicano Park Community Revolution with audiences there alongside myself and two other local Chicano Activists, artist/muralist Enrique Chiu, and artist/architect Adrian Luz. If you have never heard this name, or if Mario is an old friend of yours, I equally hope that you share my wonder in this “Art-ivists” entertaining adventures and his never ending quest to explore himself, his world and to push past boundaries in possibilities, and meaning, beyond any borders.   Like me, and our listeners, he is driven by his love of all people, Patchamama (the Earth) and a great passion for life and hope.  We hope this passion touches your hearts today.  Please share this podcast with your friends and family. Please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Join our email list.  Mario Torero has been a supporter of Gente Unida since our inception. He is offering to support our humanitarian causes by donating a portion of sales of posters and T shirts during the months of April and May to Gente Unida. In celebration of Chicano Park’s 50th anniversary and Gente Unida’s deep connection with this legendary place, Mario Torero is donating a portion of all sales from his posters and limited editions to GenteUnida’s Humanitarian causes. A portion of profits from all purchases of Chicano Park Day posters from past years will be donated to the Chicano Park Museum. Please go to MarioTorero.Art and or GenteUnida.shop for more information or to purchase posters and or T Shirts. Support this podcast

Please join me Enrique Morones and tune in to our latest episode of our new podcast, "Buen Hombre -Magnificent Mujer", where I will be interviewing Josefina López  a Chicana playwright, perhaps best known as the author of the play (and co-author of the screenplay) Real Women Have Curves. López is also the Founding Artistic Director of the CASA 0101 theater located in Boyle Heights, CA, which began in 2000.  What many people may not know is Josefina is a dear friend, long time activist and now is embarking on a new life path that combines all of her talents for the healing of individuals and the planet.  Subscribe to our podcast at BuenHombre.org or ManificentMujer.org, on AppleItunes, TuneIn or Stitcher. Join me as I talk to important influencers on issues regarding human rights, activism, creativity and how we can all make this a better world. Hear their inspiring stories, Amor Si Se Puede! Love is an Action not just a word. Support this podcast

This is the official first podcast of Buen Hombre hosted by longtime human rights activist Enrique Morones, now the executive director and founder of GenteUnida.net.  GenteUnida.net is a non-profit human rights advocacy group based in San Diego, California. And what an auspicious day. César Chavez day is an American federal commemorative holiday, César Chavez day is an American federal commemorative holiday observed every year on March 31. It is a state holiday in 10 states, such as California, Arizona and Colorado, where schools and state offices are closed, and people get the day off work. This day celebrates the birthday and work of civil rights and labor movement leader César Chávez. Hugo Castro is a courageous humanitarian who has worked for decades to protect the lives and well being of migrants on both sides of the US Border. He has worked in shelters in Tijuana, and has been a guide, friend and advocate for many in their times of need. Hugo is an American Citizen born to migrant farm working parents. Hugo's life was greatly influenced by the lives and work of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. It is fitting that this interview that allows us to take a look at his many accomplishments and trials falls on this day. Hugo's spirit is indomitable, it is our hope at Gente Unida that his message touches your heart as it has ours. Please share our new podcast with your friends and family. BuenHombre.org or MagnificentMujer.org. To support this podcast or any of Gente Unida's non-profit programs go to: https://www.genteunida.shop/support-a-program/ (https://www.genteunida.shop/support-a-program/) or go to our https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=tIvf9521orO8GTUhGmPeMWqe_F0vDxuqLqJ99j3flY2Gu0V0x64-B9a1j3kYzPFZrnhwsm&country.x=US&locale.x=US (paypal link). Support this podcast