Tiahui Talks

Tia Chucha Press is one of the country's leading small cross-cultural presses, focused on socially engaged poetry and literature that matters. Learn more about Tia Chucha Press with the founder Luis J. Rodriguez and our bookstore team Karen Ugarte, Rocket Garcia, & Brian Reyes.

In honor of Mexica New Year we are introducing the Danza Mexica groups part of the initiation of our Indigenous in Us: Embracing Ancestral Knowledge & Sharing the Beauty of Practice project that began in 2019. Showcasing Northeast San Fernando Valley community-based indigenous practices of Native Mexica and the local Native American Tribe to benefit individual and social wellbeing through the sharing of ancestral knowledge and arts.

What is love? What does it mean to you? Inspired by the book All About love by bell hooks, host Andrea Lopez talks to a few friends about their thoughts and experiences on love.

Hosts Michael and Melissa meet with Co-founders Luis J. Rodriguez and Trini Rodriguez as well as CWF coordinator Karina Ceja to discuss the 20 year history of Tia Chucha's and all the moves along the way.

Learn about the program from founder Mayra Zaragoza and participants Vianey Moreno & Alejandra Jimenez. Facilitated by Karen Ugarte, Tia Chucha's Bookstore Manager.

Tia Chucha's Tiahui Talks host Rebecca interviews the collective minds behind the Chicanx World-Making and Futurities Project and their experiences with Zapatismo as a layer of influence in their multiple efforts documenting stories or resistance. Want to be part of Tierra y Libertad Press? They have a Call for Submission! The topic is: “Xicanista Radicalisms: Xicanx Bodies of Being.” Deadline is December 5, 2021. Follow the link here for more info: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQoA4V4WmigSgoQkKKrIr0Aj6tT2F8mpWlkVB06KEJCRY8Pg/viewform Linktree: https://linktr.ee/xicana_tiahui Follow them on Instagram at: xicana_tiahui

El Hormiguero is a transformative community space made up of creative thinkers and organizers in Pacoima, California. Join Tiahui Talks host Rebecca as she interviews what inspired El Hormiguero's origins, their current heartwork, and their vision for the future. Picture Credit: Erick Iñiguez Referenced in the podcast: If You're New to Abolition: Study Group Guide June 25, 2020 by Abolition Journal https://abolitionjournal.org/studyguide/ Follow @El Hormiguero818 on Instagram and Facebook!

16th Annual Celebrating Words Festival, Written, Performed and Sung will happen from May 28, 2021 - May 29, 2021. Go to www.tiachucha.org/celebrating_words_festival

"Listen to yourself" is what actress Jaime Navarro has to say to trans folks who are facing everyday challenges about identity, family, culture, and coming out to the world as their true selves. Host Andrea Lopez sits down to talk to her about her life, passions, and how trans visibility and inclusivity are critical for a just world.

Learn about arts, education, and advocacy for Filipinos in the U.S. and Native peoples in Southern Philippines, with TC intern Patricia, and educator Theresa Jaranilla and film-maker Hiyas Saturay. Patricia interviews them about their growth in advocacy and their experiences working alongside the Manobo, an Indigenous tribe in the island of Mindanao. To learn more about the issues discussed, please check out the following readings... … on land, education, economic, other human rights issues https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-landrights-crime/driven-from-home-philippine-indigenous-people-long-for-their-land-idUSKBN1HQ034 … on the Lumad 26 arrests referenced on the podcast https://www.rappler.com/moveph/what-police-rescued-lumad-children-from-cebu To learn more about Malaya SoCal organization and the Philippine Human Rights Act, please visit https://malayasocal.carrd.co To watch Hiyas’s film, Pangandoy: The Manobo fight for land, education and their future, visit https://vimeo.com/128953648 and watch it for free.

Hosts Karen and Andrea are back with another Supporting Community Wellness episode with guest Dr. Jose Miguel Paez, LCSW. Dr. Paez helps us explore what holistic wellness is or can be by sharing his personal experiences, career journey, and professional practice. Together we learn how a holistic approach can lead to harmony and balance in our lives.

California State University, Northridge graduate students of Social Work, Monica Montoya and Mary Grace Sosing, join Tiahui Talks to discuss the upcoming We Are Power: Community in Action conference happening Saturday February 27! Learn about the We Are Power conference and this year's theme. To register for this free community conference visit https://tinyurl.com/WeArePower2021

Tia Chucha’s Associate Director, Melissa Ehekalli Sanvicente and Teaching Artist, Tata Freddy Chavez are interviewed by Tiahui Talks host Rebecca on their lessons and reflections sharing ancestral knowledge in the community. Join the conversation on what keeps them moving, motivated and our concept of time. Tiahui! Visit Youtube for the video recording! Transcripts will be available as of 1/24/2021 Tia Chucha Bookstore: https://tia-chuchas.myshopify.com

Join the From Trauma to Transformation (T2T) Creative Writing Team as we discuss the project at Tia Chucha's. We are joined by Tia Chucha Co Founder and T2T Founder, Luis J. Rodriguez, Creative Writing instructors and mentors Kesau'c Hill and Ramiro Rodriguez, and T2T Coordinator, Rebecca Gomez. We share our views of the Prison Industrial Complex, the T2T program, and our testimony on the power of arts to transform lives in others, and in ourselves. Trigger Warning: Trauma, Prison Industrial Complex, Suicide From Trauma to Transformation project started at Tia Chucha's in 2018, and is inspired by the life long work of Luis J. Rodriguez who has been teaching Creative Writing to those most marginalized in the prison systems all over the world. T2T serves as a space to amplify the voices through the arts of those directly impacted by incarceration to bring movement for change not just for individual healing, but for our society's healing. This project was initially funded by the Arts for Justice Fund, a nationwide movement of organizers, activists, and artists who use the arts as a means to bring social change on the issue of mass incarceration. #Arts4Justice Tia Chucha Bookstore Check out the bookstore and support works like "Make a Poem Cry" A T2T poetry book coming out of Luis J. Rodriguez Creative Writing Class in Lancaster Prison. https://tia-chuchas.myshopify.com/collections/abolition Visit Arts for Justice Fund here: https://artforjusticefund.org/ Tia Chucha Website: https://www.tiachucha.org/

Literacy as a Means for Change. Co-founder Trini Rodriguez joined Bookstore Assistant Gaby, Bookstore Intern Marcia, and Bookstore Manager Karen to talk about books, literacy, and why a bookstore – see how imagination and change are at the center. Listen to the end to hear some book recommendations and hear what they are currently reading!

Licensed Social Workers Dolores Villanueva and Robyn Gomez join Bookstore Manager Karen and Program Coordinator Andrea to talk about mental health and social work during the time of a global pandemic. In addition to sharing their experience, listen to their journey in the profession of social work and its connection to community.

Learn about the journey of three mujeres who made their creative craft their living and mission to support their community. Karina Ceja, Margarita Uribe, and Alexis Montoya sit down with Program Coordinator Andrea Lopez to talk about creating their own small business, the Hearts & Hands Mercadito, and creating a community of artists and activists along the way. Karina Ceja is one of the co-creators of the Hearts & Hands Mercadito and is a Queer Xicana designing art and jewelry through Brown Grrl Fly, you can find her work at www.browngrrlfly.com, or on IG @browngrrl.fly. Margarita Uribe is co-coordinator of the Hearts & Hands Mercadito and makes hand wrapped artisanal hoops and earrings through Luna Inspirations, you can find her work on IG @luna_inspirations. Alexis Montoya is a co-coordinator of the Hearts & Hands Mercadito and a Parent Educator for Child Care Resource Home Visiting. Support their hustle and remember to shop local and shop small this season!

Join the Tia Chucha's staff as the reminisce down Halloween lane with their favorite movies, costume tips, and announce their contest. For Transcripts, check out our Youtube Channel for the link! Tia Chucha Website: https://www.tiachucha.org/ Tia Chucha Bookstore https://tia-chuchas.myshopify.com/ Music: "Voice" Written By Elliot Ransom Sprinkle Performed By Yung Koolade Produced By Yung Koolade "Wicket Curiosities" Written By Matthew Wigton Performed By Dresden, The Flamingo Produced By Dresden, The Flamingo "Only the Wicked" Written By Matthew Wigton Performed By Dresden, The Flamingo Graphics by Luz Rodriguez

Join our current Tia Chucha's Executive Director, Michael Centeno as he has a conversation with former Tia Chucha ED and Co-Founder, Trini Rodriguez. Trini shares her life experiences and relationships that led her to the dreaming, and shaping what we know of as Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural, not just a physical space, but also as a communal practice. Transcriptions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17hSP-xNiFZph0AfhUaEyPijKFKV2rrD2EsKV_bJcJDY/edit?usp=sharing Follow Tia Chucha's on all Social Media Platforms!

Tiahui Talks host Rebecca interviews recent CSUN MSW Graduates, Karen Ugarte and Jessica Saldivar on their study of Latinas/xs navigating Queer identity. negotiating identity* Follow our guests on Instagram! @jeesssica and @arte.kmugarte Follow Tia Chucha’s on all social media platforms! Support small bookstores! Graphics by Luz Rodriguez Music by Tochtli Orozco Edited by Vanessa Gomez Transcripts may be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ksByRYCjVR5GxjX-cU64CJXSJ_wN5MV6fFhEq2ZZqrQ/edit?usp=sharing Tia Chucha Website: https://www.tiachucha.org/ Tia Chucha Bookstore https://tia-chuchas.myshopify.com/ Karen and Jessica: https://instagram.com/arte.kmugarte?igshid=1sis0qmcu9tw4 https://instagram.com/jeesssica?igshid=r6lm8kvc0sqy

Welcome to our second episode of Tiahui Talks! This episode features an interview with special guests, Co-Founders, Luis J. Rodriguez, Trini Rodriguez, Associate Director Melissa Ehekalli Sanvicente, and Executive Director Michael Centeno. The group discusses an introduction of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural, and their views of the beginning stages of Covid-19. This was recorded in April 2020. Click here for transcripts of today's episode. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zZlUqbiHY0RtqSxrOr19F5frv2GmKkJspjmB_TOtyxw/edit Support our bookstore by purchasing intentionally selected books here. https://tia-chuchas.myshopify.com/ Follow us by clicking below: Facebook https://www.tiachucha.org/Instagram Twitter https://twitter.com/tiachucha?lang=enYoutube Website www.Tiachucha.org Youtube https://www.youtube.com/feed/my_videos?disable_polymer=true

Listen to our premiere episode in which we sit with Karina Ceja, to discuss our upcoming 15 Annual Celebrating Words Festival.