IN PRAXIS PODCAST

Albino Garcia gives a rich history of how La Plazita came into existence. He discusses La Plazita's philosophies of "La Cultura Cura" and how they are healing formally incarcerated youth and families through connecting them to the land. Albino also takes time to dive deep into what it means to build organic community power.

Dr. Ashley Gripper tells an in-depth story of her life—sharing all the interconnected moments, memories and experiences that brought her to the land work that she does daily. Through joy, grief, sorrow, and healing, all things return back to the earth and so should we.

Lupe Gonzalo of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) shares the profound power that lies within farmworker voices to build agency among farmworkers in impact change in Immokalee, FL and inspired advocates nation-wide.

Bevelyn Afor Ukah believes that youth power holds the key to our survival and collective freedom. Her work at the Food Youth Initiative (FYI) at the Center for Environmental Farming System is more than just about food access, their organizing efforts span across interconnected issue areas leading us towards liberation.

Donne Gonzalez and Emily Arasim are deeply committed in serving as acequia caretakers, and passing on knowledge about intergenerational farming and the larger systems impacting people living in New Mexico.

amaha sellassie is a public-sociologist working to transform communities through a love ethic. In this episode, amaha shares the story of how Gem City Market, a worker owned cooperative, came into existence.

As a second generation Pan-Asian American, Angela Patel (she/her) uses her cultural history to shape and influence her work at Danny Woo Community Garden as the Sustainable Community and Educational Coordinator.

Kyle Tsukahira is the Co-Director of API Forward Movement based in Los Angeles, CA. In this episode, Kyle shares his journey into food justice work and his work to increase access to affordable and culturally relevant foods across ethnic backgrounds for the diverse Asian Pacific Islander community.

Carlton Turner, co-founder, co-director, and lead artist of the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, tells his food story—a deeply compelling tale that tells the socio-political and economic history of Utica, Mississippi as it connects to the current day.

Space Curator, Facilitator and conjuror of spaces for freedom, Emanuel H. Brown (he/him), Executive Director and Steward of Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom, life's work centers around the question of How can people get free? How can people feel free?

Janna Cordeiro from San Francisco's Wholesale Produce Market discusses her public health work on sugar sweetened beverages in San Francisco and the struggles of taking on the well-resourced soda industry.

Christina Goette, co-founder of Shape Up San Francisco Coalition, emphasizes the importance of centering the voices of communities who are disproportionately burdened by beverage industry's predatory marketing as well as ensuring tax revenues are reinvested directly back into these communities.

Holly Scheider, representative on Berkeley's Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts, connects the fight against the beverage industry to the historic public health efforts that took on the tobacco industry.

This podcast episode in Communities Building Power for Health (CBPH) Series features Tere Almaguer of PODER, an organization based in the San Francisco's Mission District.

This podcast episode in Communities Building Power for Health (CBPH) Series features Joseph Martinez II, MCI's Health & Wellness Coordinator, who shares with The Praxis Project how MCI operates as well as his experiences organizing the Fresh Food Co-Op program.

This podcast episode in Communities Building Power for Health (CBPH) Series features, we speak with Guy Reiter (Anahqwet) on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin about his organization Menikanaehkem and their work in rebuilding their community by fostering language and cultural revitalization.