Voces Universales es parte de la serie de pódcasts Universal Voices de From Here Media. El presentador de los pódcasts en español es Juan Carlos Hernández. ¡Bienvenidos!

En este pódcast hablamos con Dolores Casteñeda, una residente del barrio La Villita en Chicago. Lucha por la paz y por compartir el amor de Dios con su prójimo aún bajo circunstancias dificles. Con su amiga Doris Hernández, crearon el grupo Padres Ángeles para responder a la violencia con amor y acoger a los jóvenes extraviados y a sus famliares.

Ella comparte sobre:

• La fuerza de su fe y el amor por su comunidad.
• Su trabajo con padres que han perdido un hijo debido a la violencia.
• Su lucha por empleos sanos y justos.

Haga clic aqui para leer más sobre el trabajo de Dolores y su amiga Doris.

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Voces Universales is part of From Here Media's Universal Voices podcast series. The Spanish-language podcasts are hosted by Juan Carlos Hernandez. Welcome!

In this podcast, we speak with Dolores Castañeda, a resident of the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago. She works to build peace and share God's love with her neighbors, even under very difficult circumstances. With her friend Doris Hernández, they created Padres Ángeles, a parents’ group to respond to violence with love and to seek out errant youth and their families.

She shares about:

• The strength of her faith and the love she feels for her community.
• Her work with parents who have lost a child to violence.
• Her fight for safe jobs.

Click here to read more about the work of Dolores and her friend Doris.

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Universal Voices is back with an all new A Heart For mini-series. In this episode, Alissa welcomes Lisa Gonzales to share about her heart for inclusion. This episode is packed with goodness as Lisa shares her heart around what it is to show love by including others. Listen in as Lisa and Alissa dive into:

• Being comfy in our own skin.
• Sharing joy so that people know it exists alongside the hard parts of life.
• FIT CHECKS!
• Being a welcoming place for people.
• Finding mercy through the Church.
• <3 Paloma Lucia <3
• The way including folks makes them feel loved and seen.
• Presuming competence.
• Spreading the gospel always, using few words.
• The beauty of trying to be more inclusion, even if it doesn't look perfect.

Lisa Gonzales embraces the beautiful chaos of motherhood with open arms. At 42, she's a married, homeschooling, proud FIlipino mama of 4 amazing kiddos, and a caregiver to one very rare girl. She share snippets of her family life and the fun and joy they have…even on the very hard days on her Instagram account, ourlittlestjourny. Lisa lives to encourage, support, and connect with others who need a little hope and a lot of love.