Podcast appearances and mentions of minerva perez

Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island joins Gianna Volpe of The Heart of The East End in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, during the Chairman's Matching Gift Challenge where WLIW-FM's board of trustees, thanks to Chairman James Attwood, are matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to our $50,000 fundraising goal online at WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Minerva Perez, the executive director of latino advocacy organization OLA of Eastern Long Island, joins the editors to discuss the challenges the East End's immigrant population faces and how they are bracing for a new presidential administration promising mass deportation.

Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of 21st Annual Latino Film Festival of The Hamptons kicking off at Guild Hall.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

#CiroEnImagen Asesinaron a Minerva Pérez Castro, la presidenta de la #CANAINPES en Baja California. Unas horas antes, así denunció el cobro de piso y la extorsión a varias empresas pesquerasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker Mara Ahmed joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End for the Friday Morning Tea underwritten by Village Overhead Doors ahead of the screening of her documentary, “Return To Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation” at Southampton Arts Center this Sunday at 2 p.m. with a post-screening panel afterward between Ahmed, Brenda Simmons of the Southampton African American Museum, Jeremy Dennis of Ma's House BIPOC Arts Center and Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Just because Minerva Perez tackles some of the most critical issues facing some of the most vulnerable East End residents, doesn't mean she can't be a little silly sometimes. And even though she has a degree in theater from NYU, her movie credit might be a little less highbrow than you would think. But... you'll have to listen to the end to find out in what famous comedy she played. In the meantime, you'll hear about the serious business that occupies her days as Director of OLA- Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island. Services they provide (to all citizens, whether of Latin American origin or not) include helping with everything from illegal evictions, wage theft, health services, legal direction and so much more. High on Minerva's long list of achievements is the establishment of a youth services  initiative which provides assistance to young people throughout our schools and communities in whatever areas they might need it. I was fascinated by not only the depth and intensity of their work, but also Minerva's clear love for the projects, and more importantly the people she serves.

Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End HOTsightsandsounds segment underwritten by William RiS Gallery to kick-off the 20th Annual Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons with films at Sag Harbor Cinema, Parrish Art Museum and Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

OLA of Eastern Long Island's Minerva Perez — Also on the Board of Directors at LTV Studios — joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End HOTsounds segment underwritten by William Ris Gallery ahead of this Saturday night's Congo Cartel performance at LTV Studios.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island and Julienne Penza-Boone of Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center join Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End Friday Morning Tea underwritten by Village Overhead Doors in support of Long Island's Only Local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, during the Chairman's Matching Gift Challenge where WLIW-FM's Board of Trustees are matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to our $50,000 fundraising goal through 3/31 online at WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Episode 122: This week on the “Dan's Talks” podcast, Dan speaks with Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island. Perez focuses … Read More

Minerva Perez, Wednesday Works Underwritten by Robert James Salon Ahead of tomorrow's start of National Hispanic Heritage Month and the kick-off of OLA's 19th Annual Latino Film Festival of The Hamptons, Minerva Perez joins The Heart of The East End on-air for the Wednesday Works segment underwritten by Robert James Salon. For the festival schedule and tickets visit olaofeasternlongisland.org Richard Witt, Wednesday Wisdom Underwritten by LTV Studios Richard Witt of the Rural & Migrant Ministry joins The Heart of The East End on-air for the Wednesday Wisdom segment underwritten by LTV Studios to talk about tomorrow night's Cultivating Justice honoree dinner co-hosted by WLIW-FM's Gianna Volpe and RMM's history of standing by farmworkers and their families while fighting for equal rights. For tickets and info visit ruralmigrantministry.org

Cathy Demeroto, Friday Morning Tea Underwritten by Village Overhead Doors Cathy Demeroto of https://castnorthfork.org/home/ (CAST) joins Gianna Volpe on-air during the fifth day of WLIW-FM's Community Matching Gift Challenge. All donations made to wliwfm.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 by WLIW's board of trustees. Minerva Perez, HOTsounds Underwritten by https://sagharborcinema.org/ (Sag Harbor Cinema) Minerva Perez of https://www.olaofeasternlongisland.org/ (OLA of Eastern Long Island) joins Gianna Volpe on-air.

Cathy Demeroto, Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation  https://castnorthfork.org/ (CAST's) executive director comes on-air in support of WLIW-FM during the Chairman's Challenge matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 at https://www.wliw.org/radio/ (wliwfm.org). Demeroto talks about the final free grief counseling sessions provided to community members through NY Project Hope in March, which will be taking place at CAST in Southold March 22nd and March 24th.   Minerva Perez, Monday Meditation Underwritten by http://www.cynthiadaniels.net/ (Monk Music Studios) https://www.olaofeasternlongisland.org/ (OLA of Eastern Long Island's) executive director comes on-air in support of WLIW-FM during the Chairman's Challenge. She shares more about the organization's efforts to provide support to community members facing deportations and evictions by providing staffers to inform and accompany them through the process.

DOLORES HUERTA, the iconic Latina labor leader, who walked side by side with the great CESAR CHAVEZ for "la causa" sits down with Latina Voices host Minerva Perez on her visit to the Holocaust Museum Houston for the Changemakers Breakfast. The 89 yr. old opens up about being a mother, the fight for farm workers and the California grape boycott that changed everything.  A nationally recognized civil rights activist who brought on critical legislation to help the farm workers all over the world. At 89 she  now advocates for 'getting out the vote' and the 2020 Census.

This Sunday tune in to 88.3 WPPB - FM to hear Bridget LeRoy and Dawn Watson Hamptons engage in conversation with Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, on a wide range of topics from art and humanity to the holidays, the East End's Latino community, and more. Prior to Organizacion Latino-Americana, Minerva served as the Retreat’s director of residential and transitional services where she ran a 24-hour domestic violence crises shelter for singles and families fleeing domestic abuse. In 2008, Ms. Perez volunteered her time with OLA, helping to curate the film festival, directing and producing the only Spanish language "Vagina Monologues" on the East End, and appearing regularly before the Suffolk County Legislature to combat anti-immigrant initiatives coming from the prior County Executive. Ms. Perez offers that “as OLA moves forward in its mission, we hope to raise the level of discourse as it relates to the Latino and Hispanic communities of the East End furthering our belief that in embracing our diversities and sharing our human experiences, we can create a healthier and more vibrant community.”

Brenda Nogales speaks with journalist and author Minerva Perez about her new book "I Gotta Story, My 30 Years in TV News."

In today's Ask the Editor podcast, Streetsblog contributors Damien Newton, Melanie Curry, Jason Islas, and Kristopher Fortin talk about some of the main stories Streetsblog California covered in 2016. But we didn't get very far, because there are so many stories to talk about. Streetsblog California covers statewide issues, which tend to be policy-focused and wonky, but we also cover local stories that reflect the influence of those policies on the ground. Right now we have Kris Fortin covering Orange County, and Minerva Perez reports on local issues in the Central Valley. We'd like to be able to cover local stories all over the state, to help local advocacy efforts learn from each other, but we are limited in our capacity, both in time and manpower. Womanpower. Peoplepower. Which brings us to the reminder that these podcasts are also fundraisers. Please click here to donate to Streetsblog California to support unique coverage of the issues you care about. Those issues include the gas tax bill, S.B. 1. In the podcast, we talk about how this long-overdue gas tax increase raises money for needed infrastructure maintenance. Over the last year we reported on how the bill got passed and what the final bill ended up including. We followed up with reporting on how state agencies in charge of transportation funding have been formulating guidelines to spend the money wisely and, we hope, not just on building new roads that will mean more needed maintenance in the future (and won't solve congestion). Here, we also touch on the effort to repeal the bill, which would be a giant step backwards. See the S.B. 1 website, here, which is the state's first move towards advertising the benefits coming from the gas tax: “Your Tax Dollars At Work.” We also talk about the Active Transportation Program, which got a shot in the arm from S.B. 1—doubling funding for the program over the next ten years—and which in turn is kind of a poster child for the state to show immediate results from S.B. 1. And that brings its own complications, including the possibility that not-so-great projects could get funding just because they do something for bikes or pedestrians, rather than create a true transformation in the way planning for active transportation happens. As Melanie points out in the podcast, transformational change is a slow process, but in California, it is going in the right direction. Sometimes. Finally, we attempt to answer one of the questions we got from readers in response to our previous podcasts. This question was related to S.B. 1. Getting Around Sac asked: how much of the state's road projects are paid for by state gas taxes? And the answer is: we don't know, and we're not sure anyone else has pinned down the answer. That's because the state's transportation funding system is complex beyond belief, even without the so-called gas tax swap that will eventually be repealed by S.B. 1. Here's a link to some Caltrans charts that explain it in less than three hours. But to the question: even with the new, higher taxes, state gas taxes probably don't cover a much larger portion of road charges than they did in 2015, when it was about 25 percent. In that year, more than half of all transportation spending was from local tax measures, many of which are sales taxes. Which means, to answer an unstated but underlying question: no, roads are still not paid for mostly by gas taxes. Here are some references for people who like to delve into the complexities of transportation funding. A Legislative Analyst Office report here describes S.B. 1 in some detail. And here's a report that takes apart the “user pays” myth of gas taxes. And remember to donate to Streetsblog California so we can continue to study and write about these issues and future ones, statewide and local.

Guest speaker Minerva Perez, director of the Retreat for domestic violence services, will present "How to tell a story no one wants to hear?" with worship leader The Rev. Nancy Arnold and music by Sara Gordon.