Clara y Melo answer listener’s questions about The Fathers Day Special, share some special announcements and so much more! FYI: both of us were recording outside enjoying the summer weather. please excuse the traffic noise :)

Clara and Melo discuss what Fathers Day means to them and unpack some of the complicated feelings they experience. CW: Abandonment, Neglect, Alcoholism, Antiblackness, Eating Disorders, depression, child abuse and trauma

Clara responds to questions from listeners about her experience working for Food Lifeline, a nonprofit organization part of the Feeding America network.

In this episode, clara shares a short-story inspired by her mother and her contributions to the diaspora

In this episode, melo supports clara as she describes her experience within the nonprofit industrial complex.

Today we are joined by Ozi Magaña, a Bay Area artist whose art brings you into the creation of a world as he’d like to see, full of heroes and heroines. Ozi shares his art on his website www.feodome.com and on instagram @feodome His art is greatly inspired by his life, the people around him and the historic inspiration of comic books mixed with mesoamerican aesthetics that evoke and honor his culture. Join us as we discuss navigating the art world, gentrification and the other side of bartending.

In this episode we are joined by josh martinez, an anti-racist cis gay man with Mexican and Sri Lankan ancestry. josh loves trying to understand systems and the systems that build those systems, while moving anti-racism and equity theory into reality. He writes weekly about viewing systems, processes, and the world through an anti-racist lens at the website bethefuture.space. We are thrilled to have him join us to share his perspectives and insights on how to navigate, survive and thrive within PWIs.

We’re kicking off season 2 with a series on Surviving Predominantly White Institutions. Our first episode takes us into a journey of unpacking and revisiting our earliest experiences within PWIs, the realizations of being a racialized being in these spaces and most importantly WHY there’s a need to survive and ultimately get out! Content Warning: Racism, work-related trauma, medical racism- *EDIT* the doctor mentioned is Dr Susan Moore, who was in Indiana (not Ohio, as originally stated). https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/us/susan-moore-black-doctor-indiana.html

After domestic terrorists stormed the capitol, we wanted to share some words of affirmation and love to our listeners.

Clara and Melo discuss different ways they’ve had to adapt to American/White culture as children of immigrants; clara shares her experience from a neurodivergent perspective; melody has a realization. CW: mental health, eating disorders, systemic racism, navigating predominantly white institutions, ableism, antiblackness and family dynamics