Every year from September 15 to October 15, America spends the month celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month with events and festivities sharing the culture, celebrating and appreciating the contributions the Hispanic community has made in this country. There were several people who helped start this and turn it into a month-long event, but there were two Mexican-American men involved who have made an impact in so many other ways.

Their names were Henry B. Gonzalez and Edward R. Roybal.

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Coffee of the Day: Café Bustelo

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Episode starts around 00:02:00

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Some sources used:

https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/R/ROYBAL,-Edward-R--(R000485)/

https://www.sahbgcc.com/portals/10/files/Henry%20B.%20Gonzalez%20Biography.pdf

https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/irca

https://salud-america.org/how-hispanic-heritage-month-became-a-thing/

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

After an long and unexpected break, Cafe with Strangers returns with the continuation on the topic of the decades long civil war and genocide of the indigenous population that occurred in the 20th Century in Guatemala. In part one, the history of what led up to the start of the war and the death and destruction that affected the country, including its more vulnerable populations. This episode will dive into a committee led by three people who were entrusted with the task of gathering and documenting the information of what transpired and aided in creating ways on how proceed in never letting another Silent Genocide befall the country of Guatemala ever again.

Episode topic starts around minute 4:00.

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TW - mentioned topics of torture, death including children death, crimes against children, assault, sexual assault

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Some sources used:

The CEH Report (English) - https://hrdag.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CEHreport-english.pdf

The CEH Report (Spanish) - https://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/descargas/guatemala-memoria-silencio/guatemala-memoria-del-silencio.pdf

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

When Guatemala's president in the 1950's wanted to give back to the indigenous people, some who were opposed to it started a chain of events that lead to the country enduring a civil war that lasted nearly 40 years. This episode goes into what happened that lead up to death and destruction in Guatemala that affected some of the most vulnerable populations.

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Trigger Warning:

human rights violations, abuse and assault, death of children

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Some website sources:

https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/guatemala

https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-in-guatemala-guide/

https://sfi.usc.edu/collections/guatemalan

https://azpbs.org/horizon/2022/02/survivor-guatemalan-massacre-shares-witnessed-child/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/march99/guatemala11.htm

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

What's the difference between the Hispanic and Latino identities? Is there a significant difference? And how did these identities come about? Tune into the episode to learn some history behind them along with Chicano and some gender inclusive terms.

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Some website sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/01/hispanic-latino-latinx-latine-words-history/

https://daily.jstor.org/where-did-the-term-hispanic-come-from/

https://www.history.com/news/hispanic-latino-latinx-chicano-background

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/05/who-is-hispanic/

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

Earlier this month, J.A. Bayona's film Society of the Snow (Sociedad de la Nieve) was released on Netflix. After several weeks of research and months of anticipation for the film's release, to say I was excited was a serious understatement. Tune in to hear some live reactions and after thoughts of the film.

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

What happens when you have a final for a class assignment that asks you to create it as if was a podcast? You call up the cousin who hosts one and create an episode together, of course.

I'm joined by my cousin, Janetzy, to help create a podcast episode for her class about the article "Chicanas/Latinas Advance Intersectional Thought and Practice" by Maxine Baca Zinn and Ruth Enid Zambrana. In the varies tangents we get into, we discuss how we have uncles and an aunt who are much younger than us, how Mexican kids' birthday parties are not about the kids and why a Christmas tree relates to a Spongebob episode.

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/26776462 (only the preview is available without a school or library login)

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

We were standing and waiting, shuffling ourselves down the aisle of the plane to get to our assigned seats. I had been digging deep into Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 recently and there I was boarding this aircraft. I've been on so many planes in my life, I've seen Final Destination, and I have anxiety so of course I've thought about what I'd do if I was on an airplane that crashed. Crashed and survived.

What would I do?

What would I really be able to do in order to survive?

Those are answers I'd like to go the rest of my life without knowing.

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Society of the Snow premieres in select theaters December 22, 2023 and available on Netflix January 4, 2024.

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TW: death, mention of body parts (skin, organs, blood, etc.)

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corazoncitos.org.uy

robertocanessa.com

parrado.com

carlitospaez.com

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Nando Parrado's TEDtalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd0V_6fgDcA

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Some sources include the following:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uruguayan-air-force-flight-571-crashes-in-the-andes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/04/nando-parrado-andes-plane-crash-1972-rugby-team

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMSSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA225#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).

Have you ever heard about Coatlicue? Coyolxauhqui? Or maybe even Huitzilopochtli? In this minisode, tune in to hear some of the lore behind these gods and their influence to not only the Mexica but the influence throughout the last century.

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TW: brief mention of decapitation/dismemberment and events of the September 11 attacks

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Gloria Anzaldúa - https://gloriaeanzaldua.com/

San Francisco Arts Commission Street SmARTs Program - https://www.sfartscommission.org/information-for/murals

David Ocelotl Garcia - https://www.ocelotlart.com/

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Some sources include the following:

“The Story of Mexico: Ancient Mexico” by R. Conrad Stein

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-lunar-goddess-coyolxauhqui-mexica-museum-exhibit-bf1136a0d8c89c2541ad6ac67412e515

https://www.proquest.com/openview/49ddb29f006ef43204a0372d182ebdbd/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

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Follow the podcast on Instagram at @cafewithstrangers for updates and more. And if you’re interested in being part of the podcast, no matter where in the country you are, send an email over to cafewithpodcast@gmail.com.

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Music by lenoxbeatmaker (IG).