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The American expression "Don't poke the bear" serves as a warning against provoking someone powerful or instigating a situation that could lead to negative consequences. Referring to Puerto Rico disparagingly as a "floating island of garbage", has incited a strong and enduring reaction from the Puerto Rican community and its allies. This insult compounds the historical grievances of exploitation, disenfranchisement, and mistreatment that Puerto Rico has endured under colonial rule, intensifying the response. It highlights the broader need for respectful and informed discourse about Puerto Rico, its people, and their history. In this episode of “I Have SOMETHING to Say”, Chris Majocha and Samí Haiman-Marrero return after a busy summer tending to family, professional wins, and civic engagement. They were planning to start-up a new season of the podcast after the 2024 General Election, BUT thought it was critical to address the powerful force that is the Puerto Rican and Latino vote in American politics, reflective of a vibrant and growing demographic that values respect, family, and compassion. This voting bloc is diverse, encompassing a wide range of cultures, experiences, and perspectives, making it a significant factor in shaping local, state, and national elections. Their participation can sway election outcomes and direct attention to issues that matter deeply to their communities, such as education, healthcare, economic opportunities, and immigration reform. Samí is a proud Puerto Rican businesswoman, and while she remains poised during most of the conversation if you are sensitive to a Latina unapologetically exercising her freedom of speech…SEE YA!  Chris and Samí discuss the ongoing impact of 2017's Hurricane María, the resilience of the Puerto Rican community, and the importance of political engagement and advocacy to address these long-standing issues. Engagement in the electoral process allows the Puerto Rican and Latino communities to amplify their voices and advocate for their rights and interests. This impacts policy and decision-making and encourages a more inclusive and representative political environment. As the second largest Latino voting bloc after Mexican Americans, the Puerto Rican vote contributes to building a democracy that better reflects the diverse makeup of the nation, elevating the importance of participation and representation in creating equitable and just outcomes for all communities, including the fate and safety of undocumented families who are part of our Latino family. Since apparently, Puerto Ricans know so much about garbage…they are mobilizing to take out the trash on November 5. #Urbander #UdoU #IHAVESOMETHINGTOSAY #podcast #mindset #Leadership #Humanity #Vote #PuertoRico #Latinos

The Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Draco Rosa just released a new album, "Monte Sagrado," after several years without sharing a new collection of work, and after battling cancer. Born Robert Edward Rosa Suárez in New York, Rosa is a Grammy-winning artist, and a member of the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is behind hits including “Livin' la Vida Loca.”Draco Rosa talks about his career, his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hurricane María, and the creation of "Monte Sagrado."This episode originally aired in 2018.Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. 

“When I was younger, being bold was mistaken for being arrogant or a know-it-all all. If I'm honest with myself, I think I was arrogant or a know-it-all all. But I'd like to hope that it was out of a desire to do good. To fix something. To help someone.” - Kevin Cho Tipton Ever Forward Club's Ashanti Branch is joined by Kevin Cho Tipton. Kevin is a Major in the United States Air Force and a critical care nurse practitioner serving in South Florida's public hospitals.  Since 2010, he has served in the Florida National Guard and is currently assigned to the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) of the 125th Fighter Wing (Jacksonville, FL). In a civilian capacity, Tipton's most humbling experiences have been his time caring for families impacted by Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, volunteering at street medicine clinics serving those facing homelessness, and uplifting the stories of his neighbors, patients, and peers through his advocacy work. (0:00) Welcome! (3:30) Kevin introduces himself. (6:25) The front of Ashanti's mask - happy, caring, hard-working. (11:45) The front of Kevin's mask - being bold, understanding, confidence. (15:00) The back of Ashanti's mask - heavy sadness, worry, fear - and his and Kevin's experiences with grief. (24:30) The back of Kevin's mask - fear, disappointment, uncertainty - and Kevin's reflections on boldness. (32:30) Thoughts on Black History Month and dealings with a more privileged nonprofit. (36:20) On the Tuskegee Airmen. (40:00) On Parker Palmer's Critical Gap. (42:20) Kevin's final thoughts and why he stresses finding community amongst the loneliness. --- Connect with Kevin Cho Tipton:www.HealthcareAgainstHate.com Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/KevinChoFL --- Create your own mask anonymously at millionmask.org Email us questions and comments at totmpod100@gmail.com  --- Connect with Ashanti Branch: Instagram: instagram.com/branchspeaks Facebook: facebook.com/BranchSpeaks Twitter: twitter.com/BranchSpeaks LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashantibranch Website: branchspeaks.com ---Support the podcast and the work of the Ever Forward Club: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branch-speaks/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branch-speaks/support

In 2017, when Hurricane María impacted Puerto Rico, I met Dr. Ashley Saucier through email and then a phone call. She had access to medical supplies and planes and was in the thick of coordinating disaster relief and medicine to be flown there. We quickly became comrades (or comadres) sharing information and supporting each other's efforts to help prevent an even larger health crisis on the island – depleted of most of its resources. We reconnected through LinkedIn a few weeks ago and in this episode of I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY she shares how she's become an influencer and healthcare advocate from the lens of being a mom AND a physician specializing in pediatric emergency medicine. After the catastrophic flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she's from, Dr. Saucier along with some of her friends, formed BREAC225 (Baton Rouge Emergency Aid Coalition). Since then, they have been able to aid in hurricane, flood, and other disaster relief efforts due to their expertise in the matter and because their hearts are filled with compassion.  She's also part of a network of thousands of ‘mom physicians' from across the country that are quick to intervene in moments of crisis. When Dr. Saucier is not saving someone, she's being a scientist and encouraging her two boys to get down and dirty with their home experiments. “Kids are born scientists, and there are many ways you can foster curiosity, experimentation, and discovery in children right at home. It's OK if they make a mess!,” she shares. After being terminated by the hospital she had been working for almost a decade, she's now dedicating her time to exercising entrepreneurship. Amid this transition, Dr. Saucier is excited to have the freedom of investing her energy and resources into creating a platform that will provide parents with easy, fun, and inexpensive ways to do science at home. And while she certainly hopes no other catastrophes happen, if they do, she will continue to show up for communities in need to help lessen their sense of fear, loss, and despair. Ashley, you are my SHERO!!!

This summer, I am so excited to bring back something I promised I would never offer again… in-person writing retreats! After struggling through Hurricane María and COVID, it is finally time to get a group together face to face and create a magical writing moment.   In this episode, I share what makes writing retreats so unique. I also outline the details for the upcoming Spacious Writing Retreat in San Juan. Can't make it this summer? No problem! Throughout this episode, I offer tips and tricks to create the perfect writing retreat wherever you spend your summer.    For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/169.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Look back on a previous podcast episode with Michelle Boyd. Michelle and Cathy discuss why writing retreats are so impactful to your writing practice. Listen here.  We've opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and start your application process here. Cathy's book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that's going to reshape your writing, and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time. Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here! Want to train with us for free on your campus? Now you can when you recommend our Scholar's Voice Faculty Retreats to a decision-maker on your campus! Download the brochure with the retreat curriculum and both in-person and online retreat options here.   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL:  LinkedIn YouTube

Five years almost to the day after the devastation of Hurricane María, Puerto Rico was hit by another devastating hurricane—Fiona. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Luis Herrero, co-host of the podcast Puestos Pa'l Problema, to give us an eyewitness account of the storm and the long-term recovery ahead.

Five years ago on September 20, 2017, Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico, exposing a colonial reality with deep repercussions. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Casa Pueblo executive director Arturo Massol-Deyá for a conversation about perseverance and the importance of self-reliance after a natural disaster.

Puerto Rican Visual Artist, Mara Torres, has a book coming out on the 20th of September, 2022, marking Hurricane María's catastrophic landfall on the island of Puerto Rico 5 years ago. She was gracious enough to come on the podcast to discuss her formative years and what led to the making of her book, 209.  Follow Mara: marastudiogallery.com, Instagram @Mara_Studio_Gallery, FB @marastudiogallery Pre-order her book, 209, here: MaraStudioGallery.com/shopfineart/books with discount code 209PREORDER until 11:59 pm on September 19, 2022.  You can also buy her book at Books a Million, Barnes & Noble, the Sarasota Art Museum, and Amazon.com. The book signing will be on September 20, 2022, at 4 pm at the Sarasota Art Museum.    Check out the Justified + Ancient Exhibit at Mara Art Studio/Gallery in Sarasota from November 1st - 17th 2022.   Connect with Media Revue Pod: Twitter and FB @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, Instagram @Richardst30 email: Mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407) 603-5847 Find my book here: El Niño y su Mago (Spanish Edition) https://a.co/d/0og9kOv  

Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy Award-winning flutist Nestor Torres is our special guest in this episode of I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. We have become friends over the course of the last year, and as a fellow Puerto Rican, I'm stoked that he'll be performing for the first time ever with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra this coming Fall.  Born in Puerto Rico to a musical family, Nestor shares how he was drawn to the flute because it was different. Being exposed to various instruments from a young age, predominantly drums and piano, at age 12 he had to choose one to study formally with his father's encouragement and decided on a new challenge. In New York City, Nestor studied at Mannes School of Music, Jazz at Berklee College of Music, and Classical and Jazz at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.  The rest is history. Nestor is globally renowned as a Jazz Flautist and, importantly, for his original compositions and performances that honor the multidimensional aspects of humanity and world cultures. As an exceptional and generous musician and composer, he shares insights regarding the legacy of the Figueroa Family, who are at the heart of the beginnings of Puerto Rican classical music centuries ago. A documentary about the history of the family will be screening in Orlando as well, and Nestor will share the stage with violinist and conductor Maestro Guillermo Figueroa Salon alongside the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.  This recognition and acknowledgment of Puerto Rican talent and heritage is part of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's continued dedication throughout the years to highlighting diverse talent and delivering equitable musical experiences. Although not planned, the presentations align with the Five-Year Remembrance of Hurricane María's devastation of the island of Puerto Rico on September 20th, 2017, providing the large contingency of Puerto Rican (18%) and Hispanic (32%) persons in the Orlando Metro area with an inclusive space to reflect on our past, present and future surrounded by community and delightful music. Reserve your seat!  All deets below.    Sunday Live! with Nestor Torres and the OPO September 18 at 3pm Lutheran Towers – FREE – Register Here: https://orlandophil.org/event/sunday-live-at-lutheran-towers/   La familia Figueroa: una dinastía musical Documentary Viewing September 18 at 6pm The Plaza Live – FREE – Register Here: https://orlandophil.org/event/la-familia-figueroa-una-dinastia-musical-documentary-screening/   Nestor Torres and Guillermo Figueroa Salon Focus Series: Celebrating Puerto Rican Heritage October 24 at 7pm The Plaza Live - Tickets for Purchase Here: https://orlandophil.org/event/celebrating-puerto-rican-heritage/

Debut Musa Anna Orenstein-Cardona chats with Ana Siqueira about her picture book, The Tree Of Hope, its inspiration—namely, Hurricane María's impact on Puerto Rico and how that inspired and motivated Ana to write her book as a love letter to Puerto Rico—her multicultural upbringing, and the story of the jagüey blanco, or the banyon tree, its history on the island and how the people of Puerto Rico came together to save it. If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks! Purchase Anna Orenstein-Cardona's debut picture book The Tree Of Hope Purchase Ana Siqueira's picture book If Your Babysitter Is A Bruja Check out the other books on the Las Musas Bookshop page! Connect with Las Musas on social media: Twitter Instagram Visit our website!

Thomas "Buddy" Bardenwerper served for five years as a US Coast Guard officer in Maine, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. He sailed the waters from Canada to Colombia enforcing commercial fisheries laws, interdicting cocaine smugglers, and repatriating migrants. He participated in the Hurricane María response and played a crucial role in helping rescue 511 people from the burning Motor Vessel CARIBBEAN FANTASY.Then, in 2017, his life changed.Buddy was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and his days in the Coast Guard became numbered. No longer permitted to set sail with his San Juan, Puerto Rico-based cutter, Buddy found himself confined to a cubicle as he waited for his medical retirement papers to clear. Wanting to finish this chapter of his life on his own terms and brimming with stories to tell from his maritime experiences, Buddy began to write. Shortly thereafter, Mona Passage: A Novel was born. In 2019,  Syracuse University Press hosted its inaugural Veterans Writing Award, and novelist Tobias Wolff selected Mona Passage for publication.Thanks to the GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program, Buddy is in his last year of a joint law and public policy degree at Harvard. When he graduates this spring, Buddy will be moving with his wife and daughter to Miami where he will serve as a judicial law clerk. 

A conversation with Landfall director Cecilia Aldarondo, with an introduction and moderation by Patricia Montoya. Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, Landfall is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony's governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. Landfall examines the kinship of these two storms—one environmental, the other economic—juxtaposing competing utopian visions of recovery. Featuring intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, Landfall reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: When the world falls apart, who do we become? Cecilia Aldarondo is a documentary director-producer from the Puerto Rican diaspora who makes films at the intersection of poetics and politics. Her feature documentary Memories of a Penitent Heart (Tribeca 2016) had its World Premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and was broadcast on POV in 2017. She is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2017 Women at Sundance Fellow, two-time MacDowell Colony Fellow, and recipient of a 2019 Bogliasco Foundation Residency. In 2019 she was named to DOC NYC's 40 Under 40 list and is one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2015. She teaches at Williams College. - This event was co-presented by the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival and the UMass Amherst History Department's Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series. More Info: https://blogs.umass.edu/feinberg/landfall/

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month from the Gilman Scholarship Program! Alumni Ambassador Héctor Huyke joins the A. Gilman Podcast to discuss how he and his team at FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) prepared for Hurricane Ida, floods, earthquakes, and a multitude of other natural disasters. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Héctor goes into detail about what this time of year means to him and why he hopes future Hispanic and Latinx students take advantage of study abroad. He offers valuable advice on what to look for in your exchange journey, and how you can bring your experience home.  Héctor Huyke (Spain, used to be a writer, tutor, and journalist in Puerto Rico before Hurricane María. In the aftermath of the disaster, he started working in FEMA's digital communications team in 2017. Since then he has continued to dedicate himself to serve Latinx communities before, during, and after disasters with a multifaceted and bilingual approach to crisis communications. As part of FEMA's Digital Communications Team, Hector has contributed to both small and major response and recovery efforts throughout the nation, including hurricanes, wildfires, COVID-19, and earthquakes. Connect with Héctor through email at hectorjuanhuyke@gmail.com.

Join us for a conversation about recovering from climate disaster and building community within the context of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Celebrate the launch of Mi María: Surviving the Storm, a new book from Voice of Witness and Haymarket Books, with a roundtable conversation about the aftermath of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. Mi María: Surviving the Storm brings together 17 first-person stories that explore how government neglect and colonialism impact recovery, how communities come together in the wake of disaster, and how precarity and inequity are exacerbated on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Weaving together long-form oral histories and shorter testimonios, the book offers a multivocal history of the storm and its long aftermath as people waited for relief and aid that rarely arrived and communities collectively organized to support one another in recovery. This event is cosponsored by Haymarket Books and Voice of Witness. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able please make a solidarity donation in support of our important educational and publishing work. Donations from this event will support our work with Voice of Witness. You can also support by purchasing the book, Mi María: Surviving the Storm, online here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1746-mi-maria-surviving-the-storm Speakers: Dr. Ricia Chansky is a professor in the English department at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and the co-editor of Mi María: Surviving the Storm. She is the co-editor of the scholarly journal, a/b: Auto/Biography Studies and the editor of the Routledge Auto/Biography Studies book series. Ricia is also a Research Affiliate at the York University Centre for Research in Latin America and the Caribbean and a Global Fellow at the Brown University Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies. For her work directing the large-scale public humanities project, “Mi María: Puerto Rico after the Hurricane,” Ricia won the MLA Innovation in the Humanities Award and the Oral History Association's Post-Secondary Teaching Award, and was selected as a partner in the Humanities Action Lab. She has been recognized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance as a Global Human Rights Leader in the Climate Crisis. Zaira Arvelo Alicea is a narrator in Mi María: Surviving the Storm and the Curriculum Specialist for the project. Zaira is a writer, editor, and educator with a focus on English language learners (ELLs) and equity in the continental US and Puerto Rico. She was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, a mountainous town in the archipelago with a tradition of anticolonial insurgency. Zaira and her husband survived Hurricane María by floating on an air mattress for sixteen hours, trapped in their home. Her story highlights several failures in the federal disaster-response system, which led them to remain homeless for well over a year after the hurricane. She currently lives on Puerto Rico's largest island where she spearheads a small business. Lorel Cubano Santiago is a narrator in Mi María: Surviving the Storm and a community organizer with a background in tourism. She is the founder of the Old San Juan Heritage Foundation and the community arts center Colectivo PerlArte. After Hurricane María, Lorel mobilized mutual aid efforts with her community to feed hundreds of people despite not receiving any aid from the supply ships that docked just minutes away from their neighborhood of La Perla in San Juan. Brenda Flores Santiago is a researcher, translator, and oral historian. Brenda was a student interviewer for the Mi María project at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. She is currently a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/4J-e1ITH3ZQ Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

What can recent protests in Rincón, Puerto Rico teach us about environmental justice and the right to public beaches? And how are these protests a symbol of a larger discussion about the island-colony in a post-Hurricane María world? Find out on this episode of Latino Rebels Radio as we speak with Paolette Rodríguez, an active Twitter pundit from San Juan who has a passion for the place she calls home. Featured image: (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File) Latino Rebels Radio is produced by Oscar Fernández of the Latino Media Collective. Music courtesy of La Plebe.

Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the The United States colony's governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. LANDFALL examines the kinship of these two storms-one environmental, the other economic-juxtaposing competing utopian visions of recovery. LANDFALL explores the intertwining legacies of colonialism, exploitative industries and disaster capitalism and the barriers to recovery they create. As opportunists looking to make a profit descend upon the island, the Puerto Rican diaspora comes together to create unprecedented forms of community-led mutual aid when assistance from the federal government and traditional NGOs fails to appear. LANDFALL features intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, LANDFALL reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: when the world falls apart, who do we become? Director Cecilia Aldarondo joins us for frank conversation on US colonialism, Puerto Rico as a laboratory for social experimentation and the crypto-libertarian grifters peddling economic fairy-tales about freedom and financial independence. For news and updates go to: landfallfilm.com

We speak with Raquel Berrios of the Puerto Rico-based indie duo Buscabulla, which she leads with her husband Luis Alfredo del Valle. Buscabulla’s music features dreamy, futuristic synth-pop sounds that have us longing for a tropical beach or a pool-side cabana.  While the band was originally formed in Brooklyn, Raquel and Luis moved home to Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, to help rebuild their community, raise their daughter, and record their first album. Raquel explains, “'Our album 'Regresa' is about self-acceptance of oneself with all our imperfections, and the acceptance of being back in Puerto Rico, with all its flaws."    Self-acceptance is exactly what we advocate for in our calma segment and #calmamoment on our Instagram. A big part of that is owning our voice. After our chat with Buscabulla, we bring you tips on stepping into the power of your voice.    Celebrate Two Years of Brenda & Ana Sheila as Tamarindo  This episode is extra special because we celebrate two years of Tamarindo with Ana Sheila and Brenda! Join the celebration and consider a gift of $5, $10, or $20. If you love what you’re hearing on Tamarindo, please give today: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1   Please check out PRIMA, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising micro grants for independent Puerto Rican artists, co-founded by Raquel Berrios and pick up a copy of Regresa by Buscabulla.  As mentioned on the pod, you can access Planned Parenthood’s telehealth services here: www.plannedparenthood/tamarindo We’re now accepting pitches! We want to publish perspectives, essays, think pieces, and stories from the Tamarindo Podcast community. Got something to say? Pitch us!  We’re looking for 600-1200 word pieces. Get in touch at tamarindopodcast.com and read what we’ve been publishing on Agua Fresca.  Tamarindo podcast is the Latinx show where hosts discuss politics, pop culture, and how to balance it all con calma, hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino. Join us as we delve into discussions on culture, politics, identity, representation, and life!  Producer Jeff provides original music and sound engineering. Michelle Andrade edits the show. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. Follow Tamarindo on twitter @tamarindocast or on Instagram @Tamarindopodcast Follow Brenda on twitter at @BrendaRicards Follow Ana Sheila on instagram @la_anasheila and twitter@Shelli1228

Weeks after Hurricane María, the Government of Puerto Rico accepted an emphatic suggestion from officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), put it in writing as if it were its own decision, and celebrated it would be used to rebuild in a “resilient” way. On the island of Vieques — which has a very high rate of cancer — they were supposed to rebuild its only hospital, destroyed by the hurricane in 2017. Now, a young girl has died from lack of care, and a neglected community fights for their basic human right: access to quality medical services. Reporter Cristina del Mar Quiles from El Centro de Periodismo Investigativo explains how federal red tape has hindered hurricane recovery.

WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!: THE PODCAST SEASON 2, Episode o2: #EstadoDeEmergencia: Organizing to End Gender-based Violence in PR In our second episode, we interview Black feminist lawyer and activist, Zoán Tanís Dávila Roldán of La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción about the #EstadoDeEmergencia campaign. As multi-pronged attacks and femicides have risen alarmingly after Hurricane María and most recently, during the Covid19 pandemic towards women, Transgender women, and girls of color - especially from low-income, Black, immigrant, LGBTQ and Indigenous communities- Puerto Rican feminists have urged the government to declare Puerto Rico in a “state of emergency”. In this patriarchal and heteronormative society, the majority of the cases of crimes driven by gender-based violence remain in impunity. Globally, numbers continue to rise exponentially and feminist social movements such as #MeToo, #NotOneMore, #Nos QueremosVivas have proven the urgency of this matter.

En esta edición del Podcast 413 con Manuel Frau-Ramos, tenemos como invitada a María T. Padilla. María es ex-editora de La Prensa en Orlando (FL) y editora fundadora de El Sentinel, el periódico hermano en español del Orlando Sentinel. También trabajo con el diario el San Juan Star de Puerto Rico. En este episodio hablamos sobre las elecciones de 2020 en la Florida. MARÍA T. PADILLA junto a NANCY ROSADO, publicaron en marzo del 2020 el libro "Tossed to the Wind: Stories of Hurricane María", impreso por University of Florida Press. Otros libros relacionados al tema del huracán María son: 1. Voces desde Puerto Rico: Pos-huracán María (Marzo, 2019) editada por Iris Morales. 2. When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico (Septiembre 2019) por Michael Deiber. 3. Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Septiembre 2019) editada por Yarimar Bonilla, profesora en el Puerto Rican and Latino Studies - Hunter College y Dr. Marisol LeBrón, profesora en el Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies en University of Texas - Austin. 4 Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico (Septiembre 2019) por Ed Morales. In this episode of the Podcast 413 with Manuel Frau-Ramos, we have María T. Padilla as a guest. María is the former editor of La Prensa in Orlando (FL) and founding editor of El Sentinel, the sister newspaper in Spanish of the Orlando Sentinel. I also work with the San Juan Star newspaper in Puerto Rico. In this episode we talk about the elections in Florida. MARÍA T. PADILLA together with NANCY ROSADO, published in March 2020 the book "Tossed to the Wind: Stories of Hurricane María", printed by the University of Florida Press. Other books related to the topic of Hurricane Maria are: 1. Voices from Puerto Rico: Post-hurricane María (March, 2019) edited by Iris Morales. 2. When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico (September 2019) by Michael Deiber. 3. Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (September 2019) edited by Yarimar Bonilla, professor at the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies - Hunter College and Dr. Marisol LeBrón, professor at the Department of Mexican American and Latina / o Studies at the University of Texas - Austin. 4 Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico (September 2019) by Ed Morales.

Una conversación bilingüe con la periodista María T. Padilla y trabajadora social/ex-sargento de la policía Nancy Rosado sobre el libro de su autoría, "Tossed to the Wind: Stories of Hurricane María", University of Florida Press, publicado en marzo. María T. Padilla is the former editor of La Prensa in Orlando and founding editor of El Sentinel, the Spanish-language sister newspaper of the Orlando Sentinel, y el San Juan Star. Nancy Rosado is a retired NYPD sergeant, whose disaster response experience includes 9/11, the Pulse Night Club and Parkland shootings, as well as hurricanes Katrina and María. Para mas información y para comprar el libro, visite: https://www.facebook.com/TossedtotheWind/ Otros libros recomendados: 1. Voces desde Puerto Rico: Pos-huracán María (Marzo 19, 2019) editada por Iris Morales. 2. When the Sky Fell: Hurricane María and the United States in Puerto Rico (Septiembre 2019) por Michael Deiber. 3. Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Septiembre 2019) editada por Yarimar Bonilla, Profesora en el Puerto Rican and Latino Studies - Hunter College y Dr. Marisol LeBrón, Profesora Asistente en el Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies en University of Texas - Austin. 4 Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico (Septiembre 10, 2019) por Ed Morales.

In September 2017, Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico. A group of Johns Hopkins affiliates - two physicians, a PhD student in health communication, and an electrical engineer - wanted to help their homeland. They formed an organization called Puerto Rico Stands, with the goal of supporting the long-term recovery of the island. They decided to focus their efforts on Sector Maná, a rural area that had been directly hit by the hurricane. Over the past several years, Puerto Rico Stands has worked with leaders and community members to help Sector Maná become more resilient and self-sustaining in the face of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, as well as other major challenges, including the coronavirus. Today, we're speaking with two of the co-founders of Puerto Rico Stands - Yonaira Rivera, now an assistant professor in health communication at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, and Hadi Esieley-Barrera, an electrical engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. We're joined by Jose Carlos Sanchez Cintron with El Familion, a group of community leaders in Sector Maná who mobilized the community immediately after Hurricane María and worked with the Puerto Rico Stands team. Jose Carlos will be speaking in Spanish, with translation provided by Hadi.

Recently, a local blogger broadcast his discovery of a warehouse full of aid supplies in Ponce, Puerto Rico, through Facebook Live — reportedly from disaster relief after Hurricane María in 2017. The public outrage was immediate. Thousands of people in the south of the island have been displaced by an earthquake swarm that's been going on for weeks, and government response has been slow. As protests break out to denounce corruption and ineptitude in the Puerto Rican government, there's also a pernicious narrative from the federal government: that the island is too corrupt to trust, and cannot manage federal aid.

El profesor Charles Ventor-Santiago, PhD, de la Universidad de Connecticut en Storrs, presenta su investigación sobre cómo la ciudad de Holyoke se preparó ante la migración de 5.000 personas a la ciudad como consecuencia del huracán María en 2017 y la política pública de administraciones gubernamentales a través de los años. Professor Charles Ventor-Santiago, PhD, of the University of Connecticut in Hartford discusses his investigation to Holyoke's response to the migration of 5,000 people to Holyoke triggered by the catastrophic effects of governmental policies and Hurricane María in 2017.

In 2018, just months after Hurricane María, an eccentric group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts arrived in Puerto Rico. They came with big plans for the island—to help rebuild after the hurricane, and in the process create a high-tech cryptocurrency paradise in the Caribbean. They also came to take advantage of Puerto Rico's favorable tax laws. But not everyone in Puerto Rico was onboard with their vision to change everything on the island. Latino USA follows the often-bizarre story of these Bitcoin pirates of the Caribbean, from crypto boom to crypto bust.

Ten days after Hurricane María slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017, Paseo Caribe resumed operation of its oceanfront mixed-use complex. And despite challenges such as the exit of tenants from El Mercado food court and its retail areas, operator CPG Island Servicing continues to bet on the local market and is working again to establish a connection between the property and locals and tourists, through its entertainment and gastronomy options. Sam Kirschner, president of CPG Island Servicing, sat down with Dollars & Sense to discuss those topics, as well as Paseo Caribe’s expectations about the upcoming opening of the El Distrito entertainment venue across the way in Miramar.

Thank you to this week's guests, the Rev. César R. Maurás Torres, Abigail Medina Betancourt and the Rev. Salvador Orellana.The American Baptist Home Mission Societies is currently in the process of raising $300,000 to help transform and bring healing in Puerto Rico. A gift to the Passionary Fund today will help replace a blue tarp with a sound, dry roof. Tens of thousands of residents of Puerto Rico are still living under blue tarps – and it's been two years since Hurricane Maria stormed the island.  Progress is being made but many still wait for a peaceful night's sleep. One hundred percent of your gift is applied directly to rebuild and restore Puerto Rico and will provide additional support above and beyond denominational offerings. Please give to American Baptist Home Mission Societies' Passionary Fund today to support our neighbors in Puerto Rico!More information can be found and gifts can be made at abhms.org/givehopeOur theme music is “Believable 2” by Peter SandbergThe Christian Citizen is edited by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas and is a publication of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies. The show, website and newsletter are produced by Joshua Kagi. Stories are copy edited by Hannah Estifanos. Our Art Director is Danny Ellison. The Christian Citizen editorial board is: Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, Laura Alden, Susan Gottshall, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, the Rev. Sarah Strosahl-Kagi, the Rev. Salvador Orellana, the Rev. Dr. Marilyn Turner-Triplett and Rev. Cassandra Carkuff Williams, and our advisors are Cherilyn Crowe, the Rev. Kimberlee Payton Jones, the Rev. Steven D. Martin, the Rev. Marvin A. McMickle and the Rev. Harold Dean. To learn more about The Christian Citizen, visit the website ChristianCitizen.us.We're releasing two episodes of Justice. Mercy. Faith this week, so check your podcast feed for even more! We'll also be back with a new episode next week.

Burnout is a real thing for academics. I know you know this, but you might not know exactly what “pre-burnout” looks like, and what to do if you feel like you might be on the edge of a burnout. On this podcast episode, I’m sharing the stories of two times that I got very close to burning out, how I dealt with it, and what I’m doing to keep a comfortable pace right now. I’m sharing some red flags to help you recognize the signs of pre-burnout in yourself, as well as an exercise to help you control the pace of your academic life so academia feels good to you.  My stories My first burnout situation came when my infant son became extremely sick. About two weeks into the semester, after I went back to work from maternity leave, my 10-month-old son stopped breathing while I was nursing him to sleep one night.  This was the beginning of the 10 most horrible days of my life.  By late October I was so exhausted and strained that I could not continue. If I didn’t take action I would end up in the hospital myself. So I took sick leave. Right at the worst time of the semester. I remember sitting in the office of my young, single department head and feeling like he would never understand, or would push back. But he didn’t. I took the leave I needed to recover.  “I thought the world was going to collapse, but it absolutely did not.” -Cathy Mazak My second experience with pre-burnout came the traumatic academic year of Hurricane María. We were a country exhausted from hurricane recovery and a university trying to find our footing after blow after blow by the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. We were collectively breaking down. But this time I recognized the signals and took action sooner. I heard the desperate voice in my head that said, “I just need to breathe. I can’t keep this up. If I could only rest …” This time, I intentionally listened to that voice and rested. On the weekends, I made myself lie down, I cleared our schedule, we ate more takeout, and the kids watched more Netflix. I whittled down my to-do list until it only contained the absolutely necessary items to finish the semester: grade the papers. Give the classes. That’s it. The difference between this almost-breakdown and the first one was that I knew that if I cut way back, everything would still be fine. The world would not end. And, I deeply understood that if I didn’t deliberately rest, I would collapse, and that wouldn’t serve anyone. Read about my son’s illness, the year after Hurricane Maria, and all the details in this article I wrote for Inside Higher Ed.  Recognizing Pre-Burnout Recognizing you are about to burnout means tuning in to what your body and mind are trying to tell you. Here are some red flags for me:   I was exhausted from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to bed. I had no energy. I was mentally foggy. I couldn’t bring up the words I wanted to use, and my memory was shaky. I was on the verge of tears constantly.   Recovering from Burnout (and Avoiding it in the Future) Recovering from burnout is not easy. It takes intentional effort to make the right choices for your health. Here are some ideas for recovering and avoiding the issue in the future.   Create room for deliberate rest. Nap when you can, go to bed early, do whatever you can to get more sleep.  Pare down your schedule to include only the absolute necessities.  Move your body. Find a way to incorporate gentle exercise. I joined a gym that provided childcare. Call in reinforcements. Ask for help! Draw on whatever resources you can. I called my mom to come help with the kids for a while. When summer rolls around, don’t try to “get ahead”. Plan it out to include rest and activities that rejuvenate you.  Do whatever is necessary to recover, including taking time off. Controlling the Pace-How do You Want Academia to Feel? If you’ve had an experience that stopped you in your tracks like a death in the family, illness, or other serious issue, you may have been forced to change the pace of your academic life. But you don’t need to wait for something to blow up to decide you need a change.    How do you want to feel in your academic life? Remember that the feeling comes first, not after something you’ve set up as an arbitrary sign post. Here is an exercise you can do to prioritize your own goals for how you want academia to feel for you.   Choose one word for the way you want to feel in your academic life and write it down.. (For example: Calm)   Now list 10 things that a person who that adjective describes might do.  For our example of “calm”, you might write:   Eats breakfast sitting at the table Takes a walk every day  Is content with accomplishing three things Makes a plan and sticks to it Starts work at 9:00 and stops work at 5:00 Gets 7-8 hours of sleep Asks for help before a situation gets out of control Shakes off guilt about undone projects Concentrates on restorative activities on the weekends  Meditates using the Calm app in the middle of the work day   The problem is that you are saying when X happens, THEN I’ll feel Y. But you need to start feeling Y right now. Nothing needs to happen first. “You need to draw a line in the sand and say, ‘from now on, I am a calm person’”. -Cathy Mazak   If you want to join a small cohort of academic women who are learning ways to amplify their impact in academia without the break-neck pace, apply for my Amplify: Writing Accelerator program. In this program, you’ll get permission to do things the way that feels right for you, and learn how to write and publish more while still controlling the pace. Say goodbye to guilt and overwhelm, and hello to a new movement for women in the campus culture. Click here to apply. Connect with me: Website Facebook Group Facebook Page This episode was first published at cathymazak.com/episode8.

It's a slower-paced edition of LATINXTRANSFER, but a slow flow intenso. I Skyped with Raquel Berríos from experimental pop duo Buscabulla, which is back with new single, 'Vámono', and back in Puerto Rico as part of the "boricua renaissance" in the wake of Hurricane María. Also on the show: brand new Neysa Blay, CONCO, Cultura Profética and a timeless Rita Indiana...it really is la “pumpiaera” de volver. Track list: Dylan Jesse - 911 Mala Rodríguez - Aguante Tayhana - Encuentros Furtivos Neysa Blay - Mundo Extraño Cultura Profética - Caracoles Buscabulla - Vámono Rita Indiana & Los Misterios - La hora de volve CONCO - Piña Colada Alvaro Díaz, Rauw Alejandro - Vídeos Gianluca feat Pablo Chill-E - Sismo Tittsworth, DJ Blass, Dave Nada, Kingdom, TenTwentySeven - En Mis Brazos Pelada - A Mí Me Juzgan Por Ser Mujer Photo credit: Video 'Vámono' by Buscabulla

Marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane María making landfall in Puerto Rico, the September 2019 release of the anthology Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Haymarket Books, 2019) brings together a collective of artists, journalists, and scholars to reflect on the multiple disasters that have hit the island and how the people of Puerto Rico have responded. Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, the editors of the anthology, in their editor’s introduction foreground the history of Puerto Rico’s continual state failure. Social abandonment, capitalization, and collective trauma were not simply a result of María, but instead, María revealed the systemic failures of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Government. “Long before María, Puerto Rico was already suffering the effects of a prolonged economic recession, spiraling levels of debt, and deep austerity cuts to public resources,” wrote Bonilla and LeBrón (5). María and its aftermath was not only a disaster in itself but an aftershock of both colonialism and the financial crisis decades in the making. Aftershocks of Disaster offers poetry, theater, discussions about technology, photography, and other mediums as ways through which to produce and access knowledge about the multiple disasters before and after Hurricane María. Particularly inspiring are the discussions and critiques around notions of resistance, resiliency, and recovery on the archipelago. The anthology allows readers to imagine futures reliant on the self-determination of the people of Puerto Rico. As we find ourselves at the two year anniversary of Hurricane María and in the midst of more natural disasters in the Caribbean and the greater Atlantic Ocean, Aftershocks of Disaster will continue to serve as an epistemological and pedagogical tool for scholars. NYU Latinx Project Video here. PR syllabus here. Jonathan Cortez is a Ph.D. candidate of American Studies at Brown University. They are a historian of 20th-century issues of race, labor, (im)migration, surveillance, space, relational Ethnic Studies, and Latinx Studies. Their research focuses on the rise of federally-funded encampments (i.e., the concentration of populations) from the advent of the New Deal until post-WWII era. Their dissertation, “The Age of Encampment: Race, Surveillance, and the Power of Spatial Scripts, 1933-1975” reveals underlying continuities between the presence of threatening bodies and the increasing surveillance of these bodies in camps throughout the United States. Jonathan is currently a Ford Predoctoral Fellow as well as an assistant curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. You can follow Jonathan on Twitter @joncortz and on their personal website www.historiancortez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane María making landfall in Puerto Rico, the September 2019 release of the anthology Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Haymarket Books, 2019) brings together a collective of artists, journalists, and scholars to reflect on the multiple disasters that have hit the island and how the people of Puerto Rico have responded. Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, the editors of the anthology, in their editor’s introduction foreground the history of Puerto Rico’s continual state failure. Social abandonment, capitalization, and collective trauma were not simply a result of María, but instead, María revealed the systemic failures of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Government. “Long before María, Puerto Rico was already suffering the effects of a prolonged economic recession, spiraling levels of debt, and deep austerity cuts to public resources,” wrote Bonilla and LeBrón (5). María and its aftermath was not only a disaster in itself but an aftershock of both colonialism and the financial crisis decades in the making. Aftershocks of Disaster offers poetry, theater, discussions about technology, photography, and other mediums as ways through which to produce and access knowledge about the multiple disasters before and after Hurricane María. Particularly inspiring are the discussions and critiques around notions of resistance, resiliency, and recovery on the archipelago. The anthology allows readers to imagine futures reliant on the self-determination of the people of Puerto Rico. As we find ourselves at the two year anniversary of Hurricane María and in the midst of more natural disasters in the Caribbean and the greater Atlantic Ocean, Aftershocks of Disaster will continue to serve as an epistemological and pedagogical tool for scholars. NYU Latinx Project Video here. PR syllabus here. Jonathan Cortez is a Ph.D. candidate of American Studies at Brown University. They are a historian of 20th-century issues of race, labor, (im)migration, surveillance, space, relational Ethnic Studies, and Latinx Studies. Their research focuses on the rise of federally-funded encampments (i.e., the concentration of populations) from the advent of the New Deal until post-WWII era. Their dissertation, “The Age of Encampment: Race, Surveillance, and the Power of Spatial Scripts, 1933-1975” reveals underlying continuities between the presence of threatening bodies and the increasing surveillance of these bodies in camps throughout the United States. Jonathan is currently a Ford Predoctoral Fellow as well as an assistant curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. You can follow Jonathan on Twitter @joncortz and on their personal website www.historiancortez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane María making landfall in Puerto Rico, the September 2019 release of the anthology Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Haymarket Books, 2019) brings together a collective of artists, journalists, and scholars to reflect on the multiple disasters that have hit the island and how the people of Puerto Rico have responded. Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, the editors of the anthology, in their editor’s introduction foreground the history of Puerto Rico’s continual state failure. Social abandonment, capitalization, and collective trauma were not simply a result of María, but instead, María revealed the systemic failures of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Government. “Long before María, Puerto Rico was already suffering the effects of a prolonged economic recession, spiraling levels of debt, and deep austerity cuts to public resources,” wrote Bonilla and LeBrón (5). María and its aftermath was not only a disaster in itself but an aftershock of both colonialism and the financial crisis decades in the making. Aftershocks of Disaster offers poetry, theater, discussions about technology, photography, and other mediums as ways through which to produce and access knowledge about the multiple disasters before and after Hurricane María. Particularly inspiring are the discussions and critiques around notions of resistance, resiliency, and recovery on the archipelago. The anthology allows readers to imagine futures reliant on the self-determination of the people of Puerto Rico. As we find ourselves at the two year anniversary of Hurricane María and in the midst of more natural disasters in the Caribbean and the greater Atlantic Ocean, Aftershocks of Disaster will continue to serve as an epistemological and pedagogical tool for scholars. NYU Latinx Project Video here. PR syllabus here. Jonathan Cortez is a Ph.D. candidate of American Studies at Brown University. They are a historian of 20th-century issues of race, labor, (im)migration, surveillance, space, relational Ethnic Studies, and Latinx Studies. Their research focuses on the rise of federally-funded encampments (i.e., the concentration of populations) from the advent of the New Deal until post-WWII era. Their dissertation, “The Age of Encampment: Race, Surveillance, and the Power of Spatial Scripts, 1933-1975” reveals underlying continuities between the presence of threatening bodies and the increasing surveillance of these bodies in camps throughout the United States. Jonathan is currently a Ford Predoctoral Fellow as well as an assistant curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. You can follow Jonathan on Twitter @joncortz and on their personal website www.historiancortez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane María making landfall in Puerto Rico, the September 2019 release of the anthology Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Haymarket Books, 2019) brings together a collective of artists, journalists, and scholars to reflect on the multiple disasters that have hit the island and how the people of Puerto Rico have responded. Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, the editors of the anthology, in their editor’s introduction foreground the history of Puerto Rico’s continual state failure. Social abandonment, capitalization, and collective trauma were not simply a result of María, but instead, María revealed the systemic failures of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Government. “Long before María, Puerto Rico was already suffering the effects of a prolonged economic recession, spiraling levels of debt, and deep austerity cuts to public resources,” wrote Bonilla and LeBrón (5). María and its aftermath was not only a disaster in itself but an aftershock of both colonialism and the financial crisis decades in the making. Aftershocks of Disaster offers poetry, theater, discussions about technology, photography, and other mediums as ways through which to produce and access knowledge about the multiple disasters before and after Hurricane María. Particularly inspiring are the discussions and critiques around notions of resistance, resiliency, and recovery on the archipelago. The anthology allows readers to imagine futures reliant on the self-determination of the people of Puerto Rico. As we find ourselves at the two year anniversary of Hurricane María and in the midst of more natural disasters in the Caribbean and the greater Atlantic Ocean, Aftershocks of Disaster will continue to serve as an epistemological and pedagogical tool for scholars. NYU Latinx Project Video here. PR syllabus here. Jonathan Cortez is a Ph.D. candidate of American Studies at Brown University. They are a historian of 20th-century issues of race, labor, (im)migration, surveillance, space, relational Ethnic Studies, and Latinx Studies. Their research focuses on the rise of federally-funded encampments (i.e., the concentration of populations) from the advent of the New Deal until post-WWII era. Their dissertation, “The Age of Encampment: Race, Surveillance, and the Power of Spatial Scripts, 1933-1975” reveals underlying continuities between the presence of threatening bodies and the increasing surveillance of these bodies in camps throughout the United States. Jonathan is currently a Ford Predoctoral Fellow as well as an assistant curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. You can follow Jonathan on Twitter @joncortz and on their personal website www.historiancortez.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Alex Díaz, this week’s guest on I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. Alex candidly shares his migration story and how after Hurricane María he became concerned about his family’s livelihood if they remained in Puerto Rico: “I’m one of the sons of María. Look, I don’t like to look at the negative part of the story because it has been good for me. I never planned to move out of Puerto Rico.  I had a good life in Puerto Rico. Before Hurricane María, I’m a comedian in Puerto Rico so I was an influencer, I did YouTube videos and I was an entrepreneur. I was doing very well.  I had been given an offer to come to Tampa, which I refused because I’m like ‘el coquí’, you could never get me out of my island. And then María happened and the Internet was down.  After two months of tapping into our savings, I didn’t see any changes. Our happiness went from 10 to negative 12, and we are comedians!  We need to be happy to make others happy! So, my wife suggested that we take a break and go to her sister’s house in Altamonte, Florida, for two weeks…and we decided to stay.”

Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi of Defend PR stops by the Futuro Media studios in Harlem to talk with Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela about the second anniversary of Hurricane María hitting Puerto Rico and a new documentary project that highlights the resiliency of young Puerto Ricans in the town of Comerío.

I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY producer Chris Majocha from UdoU Productions shares why he was moved to create a documentary film in the aftermath of Hurricane María and the devastation suffered in Puerto Rico. He wrote an article on LinkedIn talking about how the business community should embrace the growing number of displaced Puerto Rican workers in Central Florida, and couldn’t believe the backlash and negative comments about the Puerto Rican community he received from non-Hispanic professionals: “That was kind of the key for me. It just hit me that there is an education process that has to happen here. And as a gringo who understands my White privilege, I felt I should do something and help create connections and build bridges and help further the conversation in areas where somebody that may not have White privilege may not get a seat at the table. I want to help add those voices to the table.” And so, Chris quit his job and has spent the last two years working on a documentary film that follows the journey of a displaced Puerto Rican family, members of the Puerto Rican diaspora and people that decided to stay on the island.

UNFILTERED | Darian & Stephanie give you their unfiltered thoughts on Netflix's short documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane María.

In this episode of I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, our guest Father José Rodríguez talks about growing up in the poverty-stricken neighborhood of Azalea Park in Orlando, and how his temporary job in his old stomping grounds at the Jesús de Nazaret Epsicopal Church became permanent after Hurricane María. As an advocate for his community, he welcomed that: “Post María, I started seeing the gaps. I saw that this was different from when we first arrived here. I immediately saw supply and demand come into play. All these families arrive, and they can’t find apartments and they can’t find work, and we always come here to work. When my family came here in the 80’s there was supply and little demand. And we have been continuously arriving as a diaspora into Orlando, but in a manageable stream. The newly arrived Puerto Ricans did not cause the housing crisis. They exposed something that we had become numb to. They exposed something that we had hidden. They exposed something that we weren’t talking about. And by the way, we aren’t paying a living wage in our community. So these newly arrived Puerto Rican families have been exposing a lot of the systematic injustice.”

Air Date: 8/12/2019 Today we take a look at the recent rebellion in Puerto Rico that unseated the governor as well as plenty of the context of what led us to this point Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   EPISODE SPONSORS: Credo.com/BEST | Babbel.com | Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK  MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: The Truth About Puerto Rico A U.S. Colony - News Beat - Air Date 10-7-18 U.S. colonialism decimated Puerto Rico long before Hurricane Maria, and its legacy of physical, psychological and socioeconomic destruction resonates on through today. Ch. 2: Fury in Puerto Rico with Julio Ricardo Varela - Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes - Air Date 7-29-19 Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela explains the political history and dynamics of Puerto Rico and what pushed people to take to the streets and demand a change in leadership. Ch. 3: Professor of philosophy Bernat Tort on Puerto Rico’s economic and political crisis - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 7-18-19 Ch. 4: The Boricua Spring - On the Media - Air Date 7-19-19 Brooke speaks with Jay Fonseca, a prominent Puerto Rican journalist, who was one of many mocked in the chats. Ch. 5: Ed Morales on Puerto Rico Protests - CounterSpin - Air Date 7-26-19 We’ll talk about Puerto Rico with Ed Morales, author of the forthcoming, Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico. Ch. 6: Puerto Ricans Stand Up - Code Switch - Air Date 7-30-19 It took less than two weeks for Puerto Ricans to topple their governor following the publication of unsavory private text messages. We tell the story of how small protests evolved into a political uprising unlike anything the island had ever seen. Ch. 7: Puerto Rico, in the middle of something big - This Is Hell! - Air Date 7-27-19 Our Man in San Juan, Dave Buchen reports on the rollercoaster that might become a revolution in Puerto Rico. Ch. 8: How the Political Crisis in Puerto Rico is Unifying the Puerto Rican Diaspora - The Takeaway - Air Date 7-30-19 The protests in Puerto Rico have served to lift up the voices of groups that were typically underrepresented on the island: LGBTQ people, women, and members of the diaspora. Ch. 9: Why Ricky Resigned: Centering women in the Puerto Rican Revolution - Latino USA - Air Date 8-1-19 We examine how the post-Hurricane María death count, the island's debt crisis, and its colonial legacy all contributed to pent-up resentment against the government and the crisis reaching a boiling point. Ch. 10: Puerto Rico Enters Uncharted Territory as Ricardo Rosselló Prepares to Resign as Governor - Democracy Now - Air Date 7-24-19 We speak with Democracy Now! co-host Juan González on the significance of Rosselló’s resignation. Ch. 11: Decolonizing the Mind - In The Thick - Air Date 7-25-19 Maria and Julio discuss this week's news about Puerto Rico. After weeks of massive protests from the people, governor Ricardo Rosselló finally announced his resignation. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 12: Final comments on illness MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Algea Trio - Algea Fields Cases to Rest - Bodytonic Milkwood - The Cabinetmaker A Path Unwinding - K4 Felt Lining - The Cabinetmaker The Summit - K2 Peacoat - Studio J Tar and Spackle - Plaster The Spinnet - Castle Danger Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent SHOW IMAGE “La bandera” | Alex Barth | Flickr (Changes: cropped, contrast, saturation enhancement)   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

This is a segment of episode #203 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Puerto Rico Rising: Ricky Renuncia w/ Natalie Minoshka & Ínaru de la Fuente Díaz.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWpuertoricorising In this segment with Natalie Minoshka and Ínaru de la Fuente Díaz — citizens of Puerto Rico and active participants in the massive protests that have swept the island for several weeks. This interview with Natalie and Ínaru was conducted just two days before Governor Roselló’s decision to resign, and this discussion with them gives us a glimpse into the powerful moment of collective strength the people of this island have demonstrated. Along with this, Natalie and Ínaru discuss what we can hope to expect in the future, as this struggle for the people of this island to overcome gross government corruption and incompetence by forcing Roselló to resign is only the beginning. After nearly 900 pages of private chat logs between Governor Ricardo Rosselló and several members of his administration was leaked to the public in July, the people of Puerto Rico have had one demand for Roselló: resign. The leak of these chat logs has revealed to the world and the citizens of Puerto Rico the truly abhorrent attitudes and blatant corruption the Governor and his administration have engaged in. For nearly two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets all across the island, (with one day of the protests reaching 1.25 million participants, well over a quarter of the island’s population) demanding “Ricky Renuncia.” The leaks was "the straw that broke the back of a territory in the midst of its worst fiscal crisis in recent history, with rampant corruption and the sad weight of the more than 4,000 deaths from causes related to Hurricane María — mainly as a result of government negligence. These victims were the objects of the most obscene joke in the whole transcript.” (http://bit.ly/2YdVwgo) Natalie Minoshka is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, with degrees in English Literature and Office Management. Ínaru de la Fuente Díaz is a non-binary and trans activist currently studying law at the University of Puerto Rico, and is the co-founder of La Sombrilla Cuir, a project that helps visibilize LGBTIQAP+ youth, feminism, and queer theory from an intersectional standpoint. Natalie and Ínaru are citizens of Puerto Rico. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[INTRO: 9:56] In this interview, I speak with Natalie Minoshka and Ínaru de la Fuente Díaz. Natalie and Ínaru are on-the-ground activists and citizens of Puerto Rico, and have been active participants in the massive protests that have swept the island for several weeks. Natalie and Ínaru provide some background on the demands of these protests, including what incited them, the historic size and turnout of these demonstrations, and what we can expect in the coming weeks. This interview was recorded Tuesday July 23rd, two days before Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigned. After nearly 900 pages of private chat logs between Governor Ricardo Rosselló and several members of his administration was leaked to the public in July, the people of Puerto Rico have had one demand for Roselló: resign. The leak of these chat logs has revealed to the world and the citizens of Puerto Rico the truly abhorrent attitudes and blatant corruption the Governor and his administration have engaged in. For nearly two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets all across the island, (with one day of the protests reaching 1.25 million participants, well over a quarter of the island’s population) demanding “Ricky Renuncia.” The leaks was "the straw that broke the back of a territory in the midst of its worst fiscal crisis in recent history, with rampant corruption and the sad weight of the more than 4,000 deaths from causes related to Hurricane María — mainly as a result of government negligence. These victims were the objects of the most obscene joke in the whole transcript.”* This interview with Natalie and Ínaru was conducted just two days before Governor Roselló’s decision to resign, and this discussion with them gives us a glimpse into the powerful moment of collective strength the people of this island have demonstrated. Along with this, Natalie and Ínaru discuss what we can hope to expect in the future, as this struggle for the people of this island to overcome gross government corruption and incompetence by forcing Roselló to resign is only the beginning. Natalie Minoshka is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, with degrees in English Literature and Office Management. Ínaru de la Fuente Díaz is a non-binary and trans activist currently studying law at the University of Puerto Rico, and is the co-founder of La Sombrilla Cuir, a project that helps visibilize LGBTIQAP+ youth, feminism, and queer theory from an intersectional standpoint. Natalie and Ínaru are citizens of Puerto Rico. *http://bit.ly/2YdVwgo Episode Notes: - Some resources Natalie shared with me: http://bit.ly/2MeuBtw / http://bit.ly/2GxHZ8d / http://bit.ly/2yeWVUi / http://bit.ly/32Y409R - The song featured in this episode is “Afilando los Cuchillos” by Residente, iLe and Bad Bunny: http://bit.ly/310qANy WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

The philanthropic response to Puerto Rico’s devastation after Hurricanes Irma and María in September 2017 generated an incalculable amount of private aid and the “coming together” of new and existing nonprofits to help in the island’s ongoing recovery. The subject is discussed in detail in the “Philanthropy and Puerto Rico after Hurricane María: How a natural disaster put Puerto Rico on the philanthropic map and implications for the future” report, co-authored by Janice Petrovich, interviewed for this episode of Dollar$ and $ense.

Alana is an entrepreneur, UX designer, and writer. She previously founded the edtech company Caila and participated in Parallel18's accelerator in Puerto Rico. Since then, she’s dedicated her career towards promoting entrepreneurship on the island. She was a Contributing Writer for Women at Forbes where she wrote stories about entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico and Latin America; she worked in community development with the startup NeedsList after Hurricane María; and she currently conducts research on startup ecosystem development in second cities. She also works as a Venture Associate with a group of aspiring Latino VC and angel investors. Our goal is to increase Latino representation in the venture capital space, as Latinx employees represent only 4% of the venture capital workforce. My website: http://www.alanamatos.com/ Best place to reach me is LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanamatos/ I'm very responsive so I'm happy to chat with anyone who reaches out!

Let’s start with some important matters: Midterm elections are THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY, NOV. 6. Please go vote. The “We Got This!” ladies are getting educated by one of the most real deal women, hustle queen, and genuine person out there. Patricia Lewis Roman is taking NYC by storm, and not just by any storm but by way of Hurricane María, which devastated Patricia’s hometown in Puerto Rico September 2017. Forcibly displaced from her home, her family, and her career as a musician and artist, Maria came to NYC and relied on the generosity of the community around her to help her begin again from nothing. After coming to the difficult realization that music needed to be put aside for the time being, she has focused on giving back and education, specifically on issues of climate justice and injustice (did you even know that’s a thing?!). She has used her creative soul to educate and bring the community together in a variety of ways and has begun to work on her personal musical projects again. We can’t wait to hear more from Patricia (an album coming soon!) and love what she has to say about the importance being open to the generosity and beauty of human kind. You can find Patricia at @melogia_music! Things mentioned in this episode: The Climate Museum YUCA Arts Book: “A Colony in a Nation” by Chris Hayes Never heard of Hurricane Maria? Now ya know.    

On today’s very special episode of Songmess we are joined by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Neysa Blay! The Miami-based musician was in Mexico City for a quick stint with Afónico label mates Lynx, from Argentina, and we couldn’t resist the opportunity for a fun little Caribbean kiki. Neysa Blay is new on the scene but paying her dues. Her new single “Ojos de Diamante” is an earnest ballad about romance and sexual fluidity, while the rest of today’s playlist highlights Puerto Rican alternative pioneers and emerging singer-songwriters. Our conversation was recorded on a crowded Mexico City intersection, but that didn't stop us from dipping into Boricua resilience post-Hurricane María, the diverse indie scenes thriving in different corners of Puerto Rico and what Miami’s indie scene can offer young musicians. Get to know Neysa Blay and don't forget to support your local emerging artists! Featured Artists: Neysa Blay, Lizbeth Roman, Chango Menas, Fofé y los Fetiches, Alegría Rampante, Buscabulla and Los Walters. Neysa Blay Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/221r7E6QASURKauguQwGWw?si=pOM3gbP4T3KvXO34vfuTtQ Neysa Blay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neysablay/ Afónico Music: https://www.afonicomusic.com/?lightbox=i10510ve Subscribe to Songmess on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play and SoundCloud, find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and contact us at songmessmusic@gmail.com.

One year after Hurricane María destroyed Puerto Rico last September, we revisit our conversation with noted Puerto Rican political commentator Jay Fonseca about what is missing in the coverage during the one-year anniversary.

As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane María nears, the victims of the worst storm in the history of modern Puerto Rico have become political fodder for President Trump. Host Julio Ricardo Varela retracks the origins of how we get here and also speaks to one of the researchers from the Milken Institute School of Public Health about its recent study about the hurricane's death toll.

A couple of weeks ago, Latino Rebels had a Facebook Live conversation with Grammy winner Ileana Cabra Joglar, also known as iLe. So we decided to share the audio version of the video convo, talking about her latest ["Odio" single](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ZuUplbEOY), Puerto Rican history and how the island is coping since Hurricane María.

On Tuesday, Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló was in Aspen, Colorado, for the Aspen Ideas Festival and so was our host Julio Ricardo Varela. In this extra LR Radio segment, Julio asks the governor a few questions about the Hurricane María death toll and whether he supports an independent congressional commission to explore the reasons why the death toll continues to be underreported.

4,645 people died after Hurricane María ---- 4 6 4 5 ----- The number? A report by The New England Journal o Medicine. The conclusion? Lack of transparency. This episode explores the poetry behind the discourse given to a nation in a state of shock.  

With news of [a Harvard School of Public Health study](http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/05/29/70timesdeathtoll/) estimating that there were close to 5,000 excess deaths in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, we wanted to talk with [Alexis Santos Lozada](https://twitter.com/AppDemography), a Penn State assistant professor who was one of the first researchers to explore the death count last year, months before the Harvard study.  What are the bigger questions and what are we missing about this story?

We did a quick recording with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz on Wednesday morning to talk about [the new Harvard study](http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/05/29/70timesdeathtoll/) which said that the death count in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane María is more than 70 times the official government number of 64 deaths, which would result in a death count of over 4,600 lives. This is a special unedited version of Latino Rebels Radio.

While Puerto Rico continues to recover from Hurricane María, the island's current pro-statehood government has announced a commission or "shadow" group of representatives who are trying to call more attention to making the U.S. territory the 51st state of the Union. How realistic is that effort? Is it tangible or just political charade? Latino Rebels Radio speaks with Alfonso Aguilar, President of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles and a member of the statehood commission.

El primer episodio! Yay! En este episodio me acompaña mi compañero de percusión Adrián Marengo y hablamos de jevas de Instagram, las experiencias en el Huracán María y otras barbaridades. En total, hablamos mierda con cojones. (Este episodio es clasificado 'PURO VACILÓN'. No apto para menores. Tiene lenguaje prófano) (English) First episode! Yay! In this episode I'm with my percussion partner Adrián Marengo and we talk about Instagram models, the experiences with Hurricane María and other stuff. In total, we talk a lot of shit. (This episode is classified 'PURO VACILÓN'. Not suitable for minors. Has profane language in spanish)

This Tuesday March 20 will be the six-month anniversary of Hurricane María devastating Puerto Rico. Julio López Varona of [The Center for Popular Democracy](https://populardemocracy.org/) joins us to discuss how the island has changed and why what happened last year can never be forgotten. Featured show image: Fajardo, Puerto Rico a few days after Hurricane María (Photo by Dennis Rivera Pichardo | Center for Investigative Journalism)

Taking your design business international. There are many ways to attract international design clients. You can travel the world and talk to people about your business. You can invest in an international marketing campaign. You can become an SEO wizard and draw clients from around the world to you. Or, you can do what I did and give something away for free. My first international client, without even trying. If you listen to the Resourceful Designer podcast, you may have heard me mention bits and pieces this story, but I don’t think I’ve ever shared it all in one place. I started podcasting in 2013 doing TV Fan Podcasts for some of the television shows I enjoy. I have podcasts covering the TV shows Under The Dome, Orphan Black, Killjoys, and The Expanse. You can find all of them on my podcast network at solotalkmedia.com Unbeknownst to me, the journey that led me to have international design clients started with my podcast for the television show Under The Dome. While making that podcast, I met Wayne Henderson from California and Troy Heinritz from Illinois, two friends who were podcasting together about the same Under The Dome TV show. You might think that two podcasts talking about the same TV show would become rivals but the podcasting world is different. Podcasters are mostly outgoing people, and we like to help each other out, even when our shows are on the same topic. It didn't take long for Wayne, Troy and I became friends. In fact, Wayne is the man with the sultry voice you hear at the beginning of every episode of the Resourceful Designer podcast. How does this relate to designing for international clients? I'm the type of designer that doesn't like creating things without purpose. Any time I test out new software, buy a new Photoshop or Illustrator plugin, acquire a new font, or obtain anything else, I like to test them out on real projects. Often those projects are current client projects but if I don't have a client project suitable for me to "experiment" on I will find something else that may need a redesign and experiment on that. Even if it's not something I was hired to do. Like many podcasters, Wayne had multiple podcasts. One of those podcasts was on the subject of Voice-Over Artists. I don't want to sound mean towards a friend, but the artwork for Wayne's podcast was horrible. So when I purchased a Design Cuts bundle and acquired a fancy new font with multiple variations for each character, I decided to experiment with it by designing a new logo for Wayne's podcast. My goal wasn't to design a new logo; it was just to experiment with the font. But if I ended up creating something I liked, it might as well be something useful, and that's what happened. After experimenting for a while I liked what I had created, so I decided to spend a bit more time fine-tuning the design. The artwork was useless to me so I offered it to Wayne free of charge and told him he could use it if he wanted to, no obligations. Wayne loved the artwork and immediately replaced his old artwork with my new design. Not just that, he was so grateful for the unexpected gift that he started telling everyone in the podcasting space about the great artwork I created for him. A month or so later, I subscribed to the stock photo site GraphicStock (now StoryBlocks). While searching through the stock images, I saw one of a football on turf that caught my eye. A design idea popped into my head, and I downloaded the image. By coincidence. Wayne and Troy have another podcast together for their favourite NFL football team, the Green Bay Packers. Once again, the artwork wasn't the greatest. So using the stock image as inspiration, I designed new artwork for that podcast and gave it to them. Again, with no obligation for them to use it. Both Wayne and Troy were so pleased that once again they started sharing what I did on social media and the two became ambassadors for my design business. After that, every time they saw a post in a Facebook group where someone asked a question about a design they would share my name. I would get a notification that my name was mentioned, and I would join the conversation. Most of the time I would just help the person out with advice or give my opinion on a design they already had. I didn't try to sell my services. After a while, people started to notice that every time there was a design related question, I would provide a useful comment. It didn’t take long for one of those people to reach out to me to have something designed. The first was a woman from California. I created podcast cover art and a website for her. She was so pleased that she started sharing my name on both her podcast and on social media. I was then contacted and hired to create podcast cover art by a couple of her listeners who heard her talk about me with high praise. One of them was from Hong Kong and another from London, my first overseas international clients. The client in Hong Kong liked working with me enough that he hired me for another project of his that was not podcast related. This project was in partnership with someone he knew in Japan. A couple of months later the man from Japan asked me to design something for a side project he was starting. And so on and so on. Most designers agree that the bulk of their clients come to them via word of mouth referrals. That's precisely what happened to me but on an international scale. I've now worked with clients on every continent except for Antarctica. Most of them stem from those first two artworks I did for free for a couple of podcasting friends. This all started in March of 2015. At that time almost all of my clients were local except for a couple in the USA. Now, over 80% of my clients are international. Half of them are linked somehow to the podcast space. What exactly did I do? Instead of wasting time experimenting with design, I chose to experiment by designing something useful. Even though I was experimenting, I made sure to produce good work. Designs I could be proud of. I gave the design away for free to people who would appreciate it. Please keep in mind that doing free work is not the same as working for free. I can guarantee you that if Wayne or Troy had come to me asking for the artwork, I would have charged them for it. I provided good work that people appreciated, and it made them want to spread the word about me. Now, three years later. My name is recognised in the podcast space as that podcasting graphic designer who understands the podcast industry. And who do people turn to when they need a designer? Someone they know, someone they’ve heard about, someone who understands them. Times change. We’re lucky that we live at a time where it’s so easy for someone in California to have a conversation and share knowledge with someone in Scotland, Brazil or Australia. We're also lucky that boundaries have been broken. It wasn't that long ago that people were fearful of hiring someone from outside their borders. Now, most people do it without a second thought. How does this apply to your design business? How does this apply to you? Easy, if It worked for me, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work for you. In episode 54 and episode 93 of Resourceful Designer, I talked about Niches and how they can help grow your design business. That’s what I did without even realising it. I went after the podcast niche. It took me three years to get to the point I'm at now, and no, not all my clients are in the podcasting space, but by ingraining myself in that niche I've built an international design business, and it keeps gaining traction every day. Now I've partnered with a podcast production company who contracts me every time they have a new client that requires either podcast cover art, social media branding, website or any other design work. This method can work for you. If you have a passion or a hobby, I encourage you to get involved with others that have the same passion or hobby. Attend events related to your hobby, follow them on social media, join facebook groups or sub-Reddit groups, even forums if they still exist. Get to know the people in your space, help them out if you can, let them know what you do but don't sell yourself. By offering valuable information and showing that you know what you're talking about, I’m sure that eventually, you will get work from it just like I did. Gary Vaynerchuk has a book called [easyazon_link identifier="006227306X" locale="US" tag="resourcefuldesigner-20"]Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook.[/easyazon_link] In his book, Gary explains that you will be more successful at selling yourself if you've continuously offered help before. Be helpful, and when the time comes people will repay you for that help. As I said at the start, there are many ways to attract international design clients. This is the way that worked for me. It took three years but it was well worth it, and I can't wait to see what my client list will look like three years from now. Be helpful, Do good work, Treat your clients right and be patient. It will work out for you as well. How do you attract international design clients? Let me know by leaving a comment for this episode. Questions of the Week Submit your question to be featured in a future episode of the podcast by visiting the feedback page. This week’s entire episode was based on a question I received from Nayda. This is what she asked. Recently I listened one of your podcast in which you said that most of your clients are not locals in Canada. That’s why you set as one of your 2018 goals to gain more local clients. I was wondering, how do you find overseas clients? Recently I stumble upon the “Upwork” platform. In Puerto Rico, where I am from, they developed something similar after Hurricane María hits us. It’s called “Shop & Hire”. Did you use a platform similar to these to get your overseas clients? Also, what are your thoughts about the use of platforms such as the one I mentioned? Have a great day! Nayda This article is part of what I discussed on the podcast. Listen to the episode for the full story. Resource of the week Backblaze Never Lose a File Again with the World's Easiest Cloud Backup. Backblaze gives you peace of mind knowing your files are backed up securely in the cloud. Just set it up and forget about it. Backblaze works in the background and automatically backs up new and modified files. Hard drive crashes are only one thing you need to worry about. Your files are also vulnerable to hardware theft and natural disasters such as floods, fires, earthquakes etc. With Backblaze, you can rest at ease knowing your business files are safe no matter what happens. Backblaze works on Mac or PC and is just $50/year. Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Google Play Music Contact me Send me feedback Follow me on Twitter and Facebook I want to help you. Running a graphic design or web design business all by yourself isn't easy. If there are any struggles you face running your design business, please reach out to me. I'll do my best to help you by addressing your issues in a future blog post or podcast episode here at Resourceful Designer. You can reach me at feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com

Four months ago, Hurricane María ravaged much of Puerto Rico, an island already hurting by an ailing economy and deteriorating infrastructure. A painfully slow recovery has delayed the sense of normality, which may take years to resolve. What are Puerto Ricans doing to reclaim their lives? To shed light on what the future might bring, Dr. Jorge Duany, Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University. Dr. Duany also served as Acting Dean at the College of Social Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico. And, Journalist Paul Brinkmann from The Orlando Sentinel’s Brinkmann on Business with his insight on how Central Florida might benefit together with these new arrivals. The Exodus. From Puerto Rico to Orlando, Florida, now on Stories Beyond the Headlines with Teresa Rodríguez.Links:http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-bz-puerto-rico-business-opening-20180109-story.htmlhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-puerto-rico-hurricane-businesses-20171204-story.htmlhttps://cri.fiu.edu/faculty/jorge-duany/reVolver Podcasts would like to thank our guests, Jorge Duany, Ph.D. and journalist Paul Brinkmann from The Orlando Sentinel.Host: Teresa RodríguezShowrunner: Carmen LucasEditor: Cesar HaliwaClick below to Subscribe on:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/teresa-rodriguez-stories-beyond-the-headlines/id1294144122Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iximr5uqwege67iw77vl4h5n3uqSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aUY1JSXldLbsG0MppTp0fiHeart Radio App: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/teresa-rodriguez-stories-beyond-the-headlines-28549674/

My mom relocated to New York after Hurricane María, a category 4 storm, eroded Puerto Rico's electric grid and killed close to one thousand U.S. citizens. In this podcast, I talk about moving her to New York, a metropolis unlike here small town in Caguas and the anxieties of living with an elderly adult in a hostile city. But what I really focus on is putting together the puzzle of what happened in Puerto Rico through her own anecdotes.    

As she finishes up her time as NYC Council Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito talks with Latino Rebels Radio about Puerto Rico in a world after Hurricane María, why "politiquería" continues to dominate Puerto Rican society and what needs to change.

It's now two months since Hurricane María, and what's life like in Puerto Rico? We speak with Marlena Fitzpatrick and Hector Luis Alamo, who are currently on the island, reporting for Enclave Magazine. Later in the show, host Julio Ricardo Varela shares his thoughts about Sunday's Unity March for Puerto Rico in DC. Where will the diaspora go next? Show image by Flavio Cumpiano For more, visit LatinoRebels.com

Hurricane Corruption joined forces with Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. The manmade storm began in the 1990s, when US Attorney for Puerto Rico Guillermo Gil summarized the jaw-dropping theft of untold millions of public dollars by the Gov. Rosselló Administration this way: “Corruption has a name and it’s called the New Progressive Party.” The debt was compounded because of illegal multi-billion loans and spending on poorly concieved projects that resulted in the complete abandonment of the island’s infrastructure in order to pay back the loans with interest rates of 75 cents on the dollar. Gil sent many from the administration to prison, but the island’s health, education , publoc works and electrical grid was already in shambles. Now Trump is going on Tuesday. Ay Dios mío. How many storms must Puerto Rico take?

Vice President Pence was scheduled to go to Puerto Rico as well. As if Hurricane María and Trump weren’t already horrible. As if the pro-statehood party hadn't already done catastrophic damage to Puerto Rico with decades-old corruption that weakened the electric power grid.

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This week, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela got to talk with his cousin Omar, who lives in Dorado, Puerto Rico, about life after Hurricane Maria. For more episodes, go to LatinoRebels.com Featured image: Flooding in Carolina, Puerto Rico after Hurricane María (Public Domain)

Rosalba Rolón is an actress, dramaturge, writer, producer, lyricist, grant writer, mentor, leader, and the world is a better place because she is in it. God is my witness. Like so many, soon after María passed the questions became, what can we do to help? And thousands have activated to do just that, help. There are numerous and beautiful initiatives and coalitions taking root all over the land, far beyond the island and the island itself. In the midst of so much chaos and shady dealings, the domino effect of consequences continues. But the efforts don’t stop. Pregones/PRTT’s Hurricane María Relief Drive for Artists is one of those beautiful gestures. For the month of October, the theater will campaign to provide $500 micro-grants to theater, music, dance, visual and literary arts practitioners in Puerto Rico. The drive will put emergency cash in the hands of artists with whom Pregones/PRTT has had a history of exchange and collaboration, and who are also invited to identify subsequent micro-grant recipients. Two shows happening at Pregones/PRTT on Walton this month, Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat, the concert (Oct. 7) and El Apagón (Oct. 20) 100% of ticket sales will go towards the Hurricane María Relief Drive for Artists. At Pregones/PRTT on Broadway District, Spamilton. Listen to her talk. She explains it all. The heart of it, the need of it, the solidarity with artists. #ArtistsPR #Relief #P2P

Erin and Adri talk about the politics of organized sports in chapter 11, “Quidditch” of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. They discuss the social and cultural implications of sports teams and affiliations. They also examine how communities can be made and divided because of sports. This episode’s featured e-mail comes from Isa. Episode 12 will discuss the politics of desire in chapter 12, “The Mirror of Erised” of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Media we’ve been consuming: Erin: MIT Technology Review - The Octogenarians Whole Amazon’s Alexa Adri: What Happened to Monday Donate to Hurricane María Disaster Funds: Have some extra cash to help? https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/cb4a3c78-5694-4324-bead-42c8ad94c1bf https://hispanicfederation.org/donate https://www.oneamericaappeal.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/raise-funds/hurricanemaria Find us online: Our website: www.acciopolitics.com Twitter: www.twitter.com.acciopolitics Instagram: www.instagram.com/acciopolitics Facebook: www.facebook.com/acciopolitics Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/acciopolitics Leave us a voicemail: 915-996-1699 Our theme and transition music was written and recorded by the very talented Kayla Sluka. In addition to being a bad-ass composer, she is an amazing photographer. You can find her at www.treasuredroots.com. Contact us: info@acciopolitics.com

The Puerto Rican government says the official death toll from Hurricane María is at 16, but reports from the island contradict that number, and a new story from the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) published news of deaths that the government has not formally acknowledged. Why? Our host, Julio Ricardo Varela, talks with Omaya Sosa Pascual, the CPI journalist who broke the story about the death toll. Omaya explains what she found and what else she will be publishing this week. Julio and Omaya also discuss why the current CBS News story about the island's death toll didn't dig deep enough. For more episodes, visit LatinoRebels.com Featured image: Nilka Fontánez, whose father is bedridden at the Pavía Hospital in Santurce (Photo by Omaya Sosa Pascual)

In this special episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela calls Jay Fonseca in Puerto Rico about the devastation caused by Hurricane María. For more episodes: http://www.latinorebels.com/category/radio/