In partnership with
Dolores Huerta and Michelle Zacarias (Courtesy of the Dolores Huerta Foundation)
We are completing The Latino Newsletter’s 76th week, and we have another new podcast episode for you. First, we would like to thank MASSterList for recommending us. It got us a nice ❤️ ❤️ recommendation from Beehiiv, our newsletter platform host. As a Massachusetts nonprofit, The Latino Newsletter is fully committed to being part of the state’s independent journalism world. Personally, for me, MASSterList is required reading for Massachusetts politics.
I tend to forget that as The Latino Newsletter continues to grow, we should acknowledge the wins, which have been plentiful over the last few months.
One of our biggest was the direct result of the individual support we received from so many of you. Your donations gave us a working production budget for our second season and also an incredibly talented production team. If you like the work, share the podcast with others who you think might like it. We also have a video version on YouTube with new episodes dropping a few days after the audio version.
Our latest episode, the fifth since making award-winning journalist Michelle Zacarias our host, is a testament to that.
Michelle welcomes Dolores Huerta to the show. Like I said last week in Chicago, to see her at 95 years old doing what she is doing is indeed inspirational.
In this episode, Michelle and Dolores talk about her ongoing fight for workers’ rights, the power of organizing, and the challenges facing the Latino community today. Dolores shares insights from her decades of activism, reflects on the evolution of social movements, and offers advice for the next generation of changemakers.
This is the episode. Enjoy.
This episode of The Latino Newsletter podcast was produced by Joaquin Cotler, Juan Diego Ramirez, and Michelle Zacarias. I edited the conversation. The music is by Cast of Characters via Soundstripe.
Season 2 of The Latino Newsletter podcast was made possible through individual donations and the Latino Media Consortium.
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Velázquez to Retire: Via Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), “For more than three decades, I have had the privilege of a lifetime serving the people of New York City in the United States Congress. After much reflection, I have decided that this will be my last term in Congress. This was not an easy decision, but I believe that the time is right for me to move on and for a new generation of leaders to step forward.”
Julio Ricardo Varela is the founder of The Latino Newsletter. He is also its current part-time publisher and executive director. He wrote, edited, and published this edition.
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