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A weekly series of conversations with local and national influencers, that will engage with our communities and reflect on our responsibilities to create positive dialogue with decades of The Weekly Issue El Semanario’s multi-generational leadership.

The Weekly Issue El Semanario


    • May 21, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 30 EPISODES


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    HABLAMOS TU IDIOMA: Rompiendo el Hielo EPISODE III

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 45:30


    La educación es una de las herramientas más poderosas que tenemos para mejorar nuestra calidad de vida. Sin embargo, para muchos, el camino a través del sistema educativo no es fácil. Uno de los desafíos más urgentes que enfrentamos es garantizar el acceso equitativo a la educación y apoyar a los estudiantes no solo para que se matriculen, sino también para que completen la educación superior. Los estudiantes inmigrantes enfrentan dificultades para adaptarse a un nuevo idioma, cultura y sistema escolar, lo cual puede afectar su salud mental. En este episodio, hablamos con personas que no solo comprenden estos desafíos de primera mano, sino que también trabajan activamente para crear entornos de aprendizaje más inclusivos y propicios para los estudiantes y sus familias.

    MENTAL HEALTH: Breaking the Ice EPISODE II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 52:50


    Exploring beliefs, values, and lived experiences that define who we are today.Your Host Bibian Reyes.with Special Guests; Dr. Luis Torres, Ph.Dand Andrea Loya, Executive Director of Casa de Paz

    MENTAL HEALTH: Breaking the Ice Episode: I

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 41:18


    MENTAL HEALTH: BREAKING THE ICE - Episode I: Exploring beliefs, values, and lived experiences that define who we are today.Your Host Bibian Reyes.with Special Guests; Perla Duran, MA, LPC andDr. Ramon Del Castillo

    Democracy for POC Episode V

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 30:54


    Democracy for POC is a limited series podcast brought to you by El Semanario. This is Episode 5, “How does it impact me?” with special guest Nadine Bridges, the Executive Director at One Colorado. In this episode, Lori Lizarraga and Nadine Bridges discuss how big decisions that affect women or the LGBTQ+ community also affect folks from every other community too, to unpack the question - how does it impact me? 

    Democracy for POC Episode IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 29:35


    Democracy for POC is a limited series podcast brought to you by El Semanario. This is Episode 4, “Liberty and Justice for All?” with guest and Denver city councilor Candi CdeBaca. In this episode, Lori Lizarraga and CdeBaca discuss what it means to build political representation for marginalized communities by building political power. Because if liberty and justice for all requires representation, representation requires the power to elect representative candidates. CdeBaca explains. 

    Democracy for POC - Episode III

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 30:40


    Democracy for POC is a limited series podcast brought to you by El Semanario. This is Episode 3, “What does it mean to be free?” with guest Aurea Bolaños Perea from the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR). In this episode, Lori Lizarraga and Perea peel back the complicated relationship this country has with women and their reproductive freedom. If government can limit certain freedoms for certain people - what does it mean to be free?

    Democracy for POC - Episode II

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 37:45


    Democracy for POC is a limited series podcast brought to you by El Semanario. This is Episode 2, “Constitution 101” with special guest Hans Meyer, an immigration and criminal defense attorney from Colorado. In this episode, Lori Lizarraga and Hans Meyer discuss American freedoms – who gets them, who historically hasn't, and why there is such a struggle in this country to share those freedoms. 

    Democracy for POC - Episode I

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 37:15


    Democracy for POC is a limited series podcast brought to you by The Weekly Issue El Semanario. This is Episode 1, “So, what is American democracy?” with guest Dr. Luis Torres. In this episode, Latina journalist Lori Lizarraga and Dr. Torres unpack the meaning of the word democracy, its origin story, and its evolution over time. And how that evolution has changed our understanding and practice of democracy for better but also for worse. 

    EP: XXII DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 42:28


    En este episodio vamos hablar de un día muy especial que fue declarado como Patrimonio Intangible de la Humanidad por la Unesco, y que da lugar a muchas tradiciones para honrar a las personas que ya no están vivas, una especie de símbolo de identidad nacional en México donde nació y se celebra en distintos países especialmente donde viven comunidades indigenas. Con nosotros hoy está Daniel Stange de Jaramillo nacido en Denver Colorado, Coloraztlan . Tiene mas de 26 años bailando como un danzante Azteca siguiendo sus raíces y manteniendo viva la cultura Mexicana Pre-colombina. Estudia el idioma Nahuatl y practica los rituales como lo hacían sus abuelos.

    EP: XXI CAZADORES DE HACKERS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 46:03


    En este episodio nos adentramos en la Ciberseguridad. En un mundo donde los dispositivos electrónicos son parte de nuestra vida a cada momento, debemos aprender las principales medidas de seguridad para evitar ser victimas de estafas y engaños digitales. Hoy hablamos con PereTufet Lach,quien ha sido conferenciante internacional, TEDx speaker y ha impartido formaciones en multiples multinacionales. Actualmente trabaja como Cazatalentos en el ámbito de la ciberseguridad y blockchain.

    EP: XX - Roe vs. Wade & Introducing HB Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 12:50


     Reproductive Rights - Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights also known as COLOR mobilizes to protect women's rights. Aurea Bolaños Perea, Strategic Communications Manager discusses the damages it will bring if Roe vs. Wade is overturned. And COLOR and Cobalt's soon-to-be-introduced House Bill titled the Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA).  

    EP: XIX - DEMOCRACY – Protecting our Right to Vote starts at the Polling Stations.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 32:23


    EP: XVIII - SANACIÓN Y CONTENCIÓN A TRAVES DEL ARTE

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 34:40


    Violencia Domestica - En este episodio seguimos navegando las oscuras aguas de la Violencia Domestica ,un tema que afortunadamente cada vez está mas visibilizado pero está vez desde otro lugar. Hablaremos con Diana Chavez, Fundadora y Directora de ''Las Adelitas'', un espacio que invita a las mujeres a sanar las heridas a través del arte y a Jessenia Ascencio, integrante de Las Adelitas y además trabaja en el Centro de Trauma y Resiliencia en Denver, Colorado.

    EP: XVII - ASESINOS SILENCIOSOS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 22:37


    CONTAMINANTES DEL AIRE Y EN NUESTROS ALIMENTOS - En este episodio nos reencontramos con Javier Sierra, Director Asociado de Comunicaciones de Sierra Club, para hablar de como los distintos contaminantes afectan a nuestro organismo, las leyes que nos protegen de ellos, y qué podemos hacer cuando los alimentos que consumimos también están contaminados.

    EP: XVI - EL ENEMIGO EN CASA

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 16:09


    VIOLENCIA DOMÉSTICA - En este episodio comenzamos a hablar de una situación que atraviesan miles de personas , y la mayoría de ellas son mujeres que lo sufren desde edades en algunos casos muy tempranas. Nos acompaña  Sonia Rossi, Licenciada en Trabajo Social , con ella empezaremos abordar esta gran problemática. 

    EP: XV - LA VERDAD SUCIA

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 22:12


    Episodio II: La crisis climática .En este episodio Ivana Farbman y Javier Sierra continúan dialogando acerca de la situación actual de la catástrofe climática, los países que generan más contaminación, y el compromiso de los lideres políticos estadounidenses frente a la crisis entre otros temas.

    EP: XIV - La Verdad Sucia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 26:20


    Episodio I: La crisis climática y las grandes empresas de servicios públicos.En este episodio, la presentadora ivana Farbman se sienta con Javier Sierra. Columnista Nacional y Director Asociado de Comunicaciones de Sierra Club. 

    EP: XIII - DEMOCRACY - Civil & Social Responsibility.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 9:27


    Episode 2: A move in the right direction. In this Episode we sit down with ACLU Colorado's Executive Director Deborah Richardson to discuss the recent indictments against Aurora's Police Officers and Aurora Fire Rescue Paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain. We also discuss her mission to leave the world a better place and her vision for the ACLU of Colorado.

    EP: XII - DEMOCRACY - Civil & Social Responsibilty

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 24:30


    Episode I: Voting RightsIn this Episode we discuss Voting Rights with Luis Torres, Phd. and Jennifer Samano a Community Organizer with the ACLU of Colorado. 

    EP: XI - CDOT: Common Bond /Abróchate Safety Campaign

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 27:13


    The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) discuss their efforts to ensure safety on Colorado's roadways and their new campaign that promotes the necessity of wearing seatbelts.

    EP: X - CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 21:23


    This week Conservation Colorado's Nico Delgado and Jenny Gaeng go over climate highlights from Colorado's legislative session and do a deep dive on transportation – Colorado's largest emitting sector. 

    EP: IX - Regional Transporation District Getting People Back to Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 20:16


    The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD looks to rebuild their employee base through numerous recruitment efforts focused on the needs of the community it serves.

    EP: VIII - REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE - Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 35:18


    Throughout history, Latina women have been denied equality in their reproductive choices, accessibility, and health, unfortunately these injustices still exist. Our guests from Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (Color) will discuss the inequities that exist in the Latina community.

    EP: VII - CULTURE - Identity Part 1. How do you identify? How do you want to be identified? And, how are you identified by society? In part 1 of our series on Culture identities, we discuss these questions.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 62:27


    EP: VI - CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 11:36


    Conservation Colorado's Nico Delgado interviews former state Representative Joe Salazar about Colorado's fight for climate action. Listen to learn more about how we can achieve both pollution reductions and environmental justice through Senate Bill 200.

    EP: V - CULTURE - Gentrification Part 1 with Host Milo Marquez

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 48:33


    EP: IV - COMMUNITY

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 45:54


    The Importance of incorporating community farming to create positive environmental change, one neighborhood at a time. 

    EP: III - EDUCACTION - DPS It's search for a new Superintendent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 43:56


    This Episode expresses the importance of bilingualism and bilteracy and in a large urban school district with over 56% Hispanic and Latino students, why a bilingual and biliterate superintendent is so important. 

    EP: II - CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 9:48


    Introducing Conservation Colorado: Protecting lands, water, and communities. Conversation with Protégete's Manager Pati Ferrero and Denver Community Organizer Issamar Pichardo.

    EP: I - The History and Relevance of Cinco de Mayo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 53:38


    This podcast features the history of Cinco de Mayo and its relevance within the Latino culture. We Speak Your Language host Milo Marquez, speaks with Dr. Luis Torres, Colorado native, educator and administrator; Virginia Castro, Denver activist specializing in Chicano, Hispanic and Latino youth education issues; Veronica Barela, Denver native, former CEO & President of NEWSED; and Daniel Stange, a Chicano native of Denver and Aztec Dancer, and Sheridan Public School Board member.

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