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OAXACALIFORNIA

First up, enjoy a new Intro for the podcast! Followed by a few notes on the week from yours truly, including on the tragic passing of Mirna Soza while boarding L.A. Metro’s B Line on Monday, April 22nd, as well as on the Armenian Genocide of 1915, commemorated every year on Wednesday, April 24th. Then, from Columbia University to USC, this week belonged to Students for Palestine! In this spirit,…

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#2024 #art #bracero program #California #immigration #Los Angeles #oaxacans #research #storytelling #uc berkeley

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GRAFFITI TOWER IN LOS ANGELES

In February the L.A. City Council approved over $4 million to “remove graffiti covering three abandoned skyscrapers in downtown LA, secure the site, and restore the public right of way on the adjacent sidewalks.” In this installment of J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast yours truly features P, the horrible vandal, to discuss this investment, the state of L.A. graff’ in the era of TikTok, and how…

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#2024 #art #arts and education #California #graffiti #lapd #Los Angeles #olympics

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A DAY WITHOUT AN IMMIGRANT IN LOS ANGELES ('06 EDITION)

In this update for J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast we reflect on our two year Anniversary Party for the Making a Neighborhood newsletter at local Bellevue Park, which included a dazzling Healing Circle by Koreatown and Pico-Union’s very own Monica Garcia, MFT. To subscribe to the Making a Neighborhood newsletter for free, please do so here. Also, did you know that Making Our Neighborhood:…

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#2024 #boycott #California #house of representatives #immigration #Los Angeles #policy #protest #social justice #us history

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THE ILLEST CHRISTIAN DEATH METAL RAPPER I EVER HEARD

With Election Day finally over with it was an absolute pleasure to speak with Marty Hillard of the legendary Ebony Tusks crew out of Lawrence, Kansas; from Los Angeles to the Midwest, it’s time for J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast to branch out, and I could think of no better way to do so than with support from Hillard, a powerhouse of talent and authenticity. We discussed Hillard’s earliest…

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#2024 #California #christian #death metal #hip hop #immigration #kansas #kansas city #lawrence #Los Angeles #Music #rap #superior court

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Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas

I was very fortunate to have this book accompany me during my special journey to El Salvador recently. Roberto Lovato’s memoir, which is driven by a search for himself as well as for the story of his father’s traumatic childhood story, are deeply relatable themes he develops masterfully from the start of his book all the way to the end. By “unforgetting” or excavating the “half-dead,”…

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#border policy #borders #El Salvador #history #immigration #latin american #memoir #migration #salvadoran american

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CAN THIS PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN BECOME A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE IN L.A. COUNTY?

Los Angeles could definitely use more Public Defenders in the County’s Superior Court, where judges overwhelmingly hail from the prosecutorial side. Before you leave the Superior Court Judge section of your ballot blank, tune into this podcast to learn about Natasha Khamashta’s write-in campaign and that of her colleagues’, the Defenders of Justice. Natasha Khamashta is a Palestinian-American…

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#2024 #California #elections #human rights #immigration #Los Angeles #los angeles superior court #palestine #palestinian-american #primaries #public defender #superior court

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DO NOT GIVE UP. IT'S TIME TO STAND UP.

In the first official update from yours truly since our special Election Journey to El Salvador, let’s get into some final details regarding the March 5th primary elections and how to vote–including at the last minute–between now and then. Plus, we rebroadcast Claudia De La Cruz and Karina Garcia, who you can vote for in California through the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. Check back for the…

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#2024 #California #claudia de la cruz #elections #Los Angeles #new york #peace and freedom party #presidential race #primaries

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Last Minute Reminders re: the Vote

According to California’s Secretary of State, as of Monday, February 26th, at least 5.7 million Vote By Mail ballots have reached voters’ mailboxes in Los Angeles County. Out of this bunch, some 311,853 ballots, or 5% of all ballots mailed, have been returned. For the 95% of the rest of you, then, here are just a handful of brief reminders from the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s…

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#California #claudia de la cruz #Education #elections #los angeles county #presidential primary #voter registration #Voting

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You are invited to my first-ever Vote by Mail Party in East Hollywood

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#civic engagement #culture #elections #events #free #Los Angeles #pupusas #Voting

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THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR IN L.A. MORE POPULAR THAN ADAM SCHIFF

On this installment of J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast we speak with Konstantine Anthony, the former mayor of Burbank and a current representative at the Burbank City Council who is now running to replace Kathryn Barger for Los Angeles County District 5. Keep up with Council Member Anthony’s campaign through his IG, and find your Voting Center or Drop Box for Election Day here. Time-stamps…

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#actor&039;s strike #antelope valley #elections #Housing #Los Angeles #san fernando valley #san gabriel valley #writer&039;s strike

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STRAIGHT OUTTA SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

On this installment of J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast we speak with Jillian Burgos, the treasurer of the North Hollywood Neighborhood Council, which is known to issue more Community Impact Reports than any other Neighborhood Council! Burgos has called Los Angeles home since 2009 and is now running a people-powered campaign to replace Paul Krekorian for L.A. City Council District 2 this March.…

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#actor&039;s strike #afro-latina #elections #fundraiser #healthcare #hollywood #Housing #Los Angeles #neighborhood council #san fernando valley #writer&039;s strike

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BEAM ME UP, SALVI

In the first full episode for J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast this 2024, which is also doubling as an episode for K-Town Is OK, we sit down with filmmaker and journalist Vladimir Santos as well as Indigenous Arts and Healing Practitioner Monica Garcia. Plus the latest from via Making a Neighborhood on LAUSD elections this March. Then, yours truly returns to El Salvador for just second time in…

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#El Salvador #fundraiser #gentrification #koreatown #latin american #Los Angeles #personal stories #podcast #stories

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You are invited to a special screening of Maria's Story

This January 16th marked 32 years since the historic 1992 peace treaty, also known as the Chapultepec Peace Accords, which were signed between the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) and the U.S. backed right-wing government of El Salvador, ending a 12 year war in the Central American Nation which killed at least 75,000 Salvadorans, disappeared 8,000 others, and displaced at…

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#bookstores #boyle heights #El Salvador #events #foreign policy #movie night #movies #ronald reagan #stories

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J.T. TO EL SALVADOR

In the first update for J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast this 2024, our Cheat Sheet on L.A. City Council Races in March via Making a Neighborhood. Then, yours truly returns to El Salvador this January, this time as an Election Observer for presidential elections there! To make a one-time donation to my fundraiser for the delegation to El Salvador, please do so through my GoFundMe. To support…

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#delegation #El Salvador #fundraiser #latin american #podcast #stories

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Btw L.A., did you know...?

In 2020 the U.S. Census counted some 1.7 million Central-Americans in L.A. County. But from the Oaxacan Isthmus (!) to the Panama Canal—including the Caribbean islands—there are now over 100 million people who “hold the center” of the Americas, or who can identify as Central American or Caribbean. And did you know that in 1823, after a decade of war for Latin-American independence from Spain…

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#central america #El Salvador #history #immigration #latin american #snippets #us history

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JIMBO TIMES returns to El Salvador this January

The land where my papá was born was for the longest time a maligned place in the stories told through the land I called home. In fact, exactly six years ago in a discussion regarding the U.S.’s immigration quotas Trump referred to El Salvador, as well as Haiti and other African nations, as “shit-hole countries.” That same year I visited El Salvador for the first time. I was 27 then, and nothing…

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#ambassador #central-american #El Salvador #elections #Los Angeles #stories #war and peace

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The Rate of Homelessness by L.A. City Council District in 2022

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#data #homelessness #Los Angeles #maps #politics