Thabisa Rich and Sarahi discuss the continued existence racism of today and how it still affects our culture. We discuss the history of how the colonizers kidnapped us from Africa and forced us to work… separated from their families.. children taken from their mothers and sold away. We discuss how painful it is that they became millionaires off the blood of our ancestors.

Though most of this story is left out of the history books, we discuss another little known fact that during the civil war, many black ex-slaves fled to Mexico and the country gave them asylum. There in Mexico they became free men.

In this episode we talk about depression and how it is difficult to handle… especially for young people. We bring to the conversation our own experiences as adults.

· Amla shares how she found strength during her depression that formed during the pandemic

· Erika tells us how she had to be hold herself together and leaving a toxic home and relationships

· Chandra speaks about the hereditary aspects of depression from her journey and how it manifests in her art and dance.
All of these 21st Century Mujeres stories help to normalize discussing mental health and the ways you can survive.

We remind listeners, if you need to talk, its ok to speak up!

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 en español (1-888-628-9454)

Today I interviewed Tere Luna about her life, journey & family from her upbringing in a musical family and how those roots influenced her musical career. We unpacked how she teaches unconditional love, as a school music teacher, and about how she uses music and food to teach young people how to embrace other cultures.

We share our experiences from our PreHispanic Dialectic Roots, the parallels both today and growing up. We talk about how more people seem ready to accept things like “El Dia de los Muertos”, because of representation like the movie Coco as well as work that Latin women like her have been doing for their entire career.