Abuelas en Acción: A Multicultural Podcast for Our Common Good

Abuelas en Acción: A Multicultural Podcast for Our Common Good

Author: Abuelas en Acción Language: English Episodes: 100
Gather round the kitchen table, or imagine a warm conversation on the front porch. That’s the feeling at the heart of Abuelas en Acción: A Multicultural Podcast for Our Common Good. Here, Latinx mothers and grandmothers, known as Climate Comadres, host a space where wisdom isn’t just shared-it’s put into practice. These are dialogues that deliberately cross generations, featuring guests and community leaders whose entire lives are fueled by a passion for justice. Each episode is built on the understanding that real change often starts with a story, a vision held close by someone who decided to act. You’ll hear from those people. While the roots are in environmental and climate justice, the conversations naturally branch into the interconnected issues of racial and social equity that shape our neighborhoods. Every week, a new 30-minute interview offers a specific, grounded look at how compassion and equity are being fought for on the ground. This isn’t about abstract ideas; it’s about the tangible work being done to build a better world. Tuning into this podcast means listening to experiences that refuel your sense of possibility, offering not just analysis but a genuine infusion of hope you can carry back into your own community’s struggles and triumphs. It’s a reminder that the drive for a fairer society is alive, well, and often guided by the most steadfast among us.
Episodes
Pláticas de la Vida:  Our Unfinished Business with Sorrow and Grief [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:48
Abuelas, Marie and Dr. Rosemary, speak about our new series, Pláticas de la Vida. Pláticas de la Vida places compassion as the centerpiece for talks about joy and strength as well as our generational histories of pain an…
Funeral for Flaca:  A Conversation with Author Emilly Prado [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:37
Emilly Prado speaks with the Comadres about her new book, Funeral for Flaca. Emilly writes so powerfully about identity, culture and familia as a Latinx growing up in a white Northern California community . Ms Magazine c…
Oregon's Journey to Climate Justice for Oregon's BIPOC [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:06
Rachael Banks, Oregon's first Black Public Health Director, has made incredible strides in building strong partnerships between the State of Oregon Health Authority and communities of color! She talks about Oregon's prio…
Climate and Health [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:43
Andrea Hamburg is an environmental public health professional who talks about climate and health and the disproportionate impact on BIPOC and low income community members. She also talks about the importance of using an…
Season of the Bruja [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:21
Latinx comic writer and novelist, Aaron Duran, talks about his new comic series Season of the Bruja, He also talks about his querida abuela and the important role she has played in the person and writer that he is today!…
Racism and Systemic Inequities of Climate Action [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:46
Our guest is Dr. Vivek Shandas, Professor of Climate Adaptation and Director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research Lab at Portland State University. For the past 10 years, Dr. Shandas has been studying racist housing p…
Mexican Forward Food:  Honoring History and Culture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:10
Angel Medina challenges us to educate ourselves about the history of the food we eat. He talks about the indigenous origins of Mexican foods and how his Portland restaurant, Republica, celebrates food through Latinx hist…
Day Laborers:  Frontline Climate Justice Workers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:59
Osmani Alcaraz-Ochoa, Executive Director of VOZ Workers Rights and Education Project, talks about environmental and climate justice for day laborers. Day laborers are the "Canaries in the Mine." Climate change is impacti…
Climate Equity for Latinx in Portland, Oregon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:01
Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez, Climate & Health Equity Program Coordinator and Community Health Worker talks about climate equity. She talks about the impact of climate change on Latinx and the importance of equitable climat…