1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: Radio. Loco Radio Radio comis a myth and bullshit radio 2 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: phonic novella Local Radio hosted by Malamo. Hello, Local Morris, 3 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: Welcome back to local radio. Welcome back, Welcome back. It's 4 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: your host and I'm Disa and we're recording once again, 5 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: UM from Rado Spasio here at EsPAS nine and Wild Heights. Welcome, Welcome, 6 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: Welcome to another capit local Radio. Local Radio is a 7 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: radiophonic novella archiving the geniuses, brilliance and legacies of women 8 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: and fans of color. That's what we do. Thank you 9 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: for tuning in once again. For today's capito, we have 10 00:00:54,040 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: an interview with Morenita and Mike from Mike of also 11 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: known as Hood Crop Profit. I'm like, which name do 12 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: I use? Better? As non profit? Um, And we'll be 13 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: interviewing them in a little bit, but we're gonna do 14 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: our regular segments before then. Yeah. UM, so last time 15 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: on look at our radio. You heard our episode catch 16 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: up Colin. We're actually very curious about people's thoughts about 17 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: the episode. We have heard some positive feedback, UM about 18 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: just like the conversation the way that uh, you know, 19 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: like discussing balance, discussing accountability, um. I think also we've 20 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: heard from people that especially those like shop latin X 21 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: like reached out to us like people who are you know, 22 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: creating something online or have some type of a presence 23 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: or a business or an account or what have you. 24 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: And maintaining that accountability with the people you're interacting with, right, 25 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: and also setting boundaries, right, that's always hard for us, 26 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: I think as individuals, as women, it's hard for us 27 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: to set boundaries. And then once you're getting into like 28 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: creating content, then thinking like, oh, I also have to 29 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: have boundaries with this, you know what I mean in that. 30 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: So I think we're still learning how to negotiate that absolutely. 31 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: As the further podcast. So you know, I've always like, 32 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: you know, we want to hear from our listeners, like 33 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: what you think of any particular the lower of a 34 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: discussion on a topic of an interview, we do want 35 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: to hear the feedback. We want to hear what you 36 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: guys think about it. We love the feedback. We love 37 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: when you comment on the Instagram, We love when you 38 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: tweet at us, all of that good stuff. The d ms, 39 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, they're appreciated absolutely, So thank you for 40 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: tuning in always, yes, yeah, yeah, thank you for tuning in. 41 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: All right, what okay? What what was in our Curious 42 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: Cat this time? So we have so many curious Cat 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: may questions, which I love. Thank you so much to 44 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: everyone that's been um submitting questions. It's been difficult sorting 45 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: through them to pick up because we want to answer. 46 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: We have a lot. We have a lot of guys 47 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: are very curious, very curious about this one. This one 48 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: I thought was really funny in an interesting it's UM, 49 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: what is your what is your least favorite and most favorite? Radio? 50 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: First of all, are there people who have least favorite episodes? 51 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: Because I am like a ghast. I didn't know that 52 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: that was a thing. I don't have the least favorite. No, 53 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: of course I don't have the least favorite because I 54 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: value all of the work that we put into each 55 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: and I value and love all of the guests that 56 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: we've had on the show. UM, I will say that 57 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: I get a little like like um, like ben Ahinna, 58 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: like cringe E like cringe E. Are earlier episodes like 59 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: our very like our first maybe even ten we were 60 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: just starting when we were first starting, because the sound 61 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: quality right and even UM, I think now our format 62 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: is just much more refined. I think in the beginning 63 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: it was very much like just listen to us chit chat, 64 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. We're not we don't really 65 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: have a structure. But now I really love the structure 66 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: that we've developed UM and how we try to like 67 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: really time everything so that it's not just us, you know, 68 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: going on and on about one certain topic or not 69 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: even getting into the topic. You know what I mean. 70 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: Because I listened to UM one of my favorite I guess, yeah, 71 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: I guess all of them are my favorites. So I 72 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: can't even say, like one of my favorites. But like 73 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: choosing a favorite kid, you have one? Do you have 74 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: a favorite? I'm like, wait, everyone has one. They can't 75 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: they won't admit it, but know. But like our Goddess 76 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: Wordship episode, I love that episode. I love what we've 77 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: done with it. I love the workshop that we did 78 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: at University of Oregon UM. But I think when I 79 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: listened to it now, it took us like a good 80 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: thirty minutes before we actually started talking about goddess worship, 81 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: and we were talking about a bunch of different things 82 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: before we even got onto the topic. And I think, 83 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: like now, with my ear. I'm like, I don't like that. 84 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: Sure what I'm like, let's get to it. Yeah, there 85 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: are days where it's like, yeah, we are going to 86 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,239 Speaker 1: go off topic because a dog is gonna come into 87 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: the es fassio, you know what I mean. But like 88 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: now I feel like we're more structured. We are more structured. 89 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: I think that we've fallen into our group are rhythm 90 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: and we didn't have to force it just over time. Yeah, 91 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: we've been learning. We've been learning. I think one of 92 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: my favorite we're talking about favorites, right, I always like 93 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: the multidimensional Home is such a fade. I also fem 94 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: Revenge just and for me, the Cups two. It's not 95 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: just like the episode, like listening to it itself, it's 96 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: only it's also like the names, like fem Revenge is 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: like one of my favorite names. Right. Um the songs 98 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: that we choose to use, you know, so um those 99 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: are definitely and then look even I mean I know 100 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: that our first ones are weren't not as refined, but 101 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: look at sistemologies and when we had the girls mom 102 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: Muse and Meaches, that was a really fun one. It 103 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: was very fun, and I love our look at phistemologies. 104 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: I think that really laid the foundation for what we're 105 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: going to talk about, what the podcast is about. Um yeah, 106 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: I mean I wouldn't change that for for anything, um, 107 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: but I do like to listen to it to see, 108 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: like how far we've come. Yeah, and we've come very far. Yeah. Yeah, 109 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: I mean even just the fact that now, like even 110 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: I was like looking at the Instagram the other day 111 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: and I looked at the very first post, like our photos, 112 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: our first photos, um, like our first little canvas, and 113 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: then now to see like the photos that we're taking 114 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: and the stages that we're on, and now we have 115 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: like the video element, and it's cool too for me 116 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: to see, Like you said, like the couples don't just 117 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: stay as audio, they turn into workshops exactly exactly, living 118 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: breathing things. Yeah. Also, I love it. I love it. Growth. 119 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: Growth is amazing. Next question, Okay, this one is hilarious 120 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: and also very valid. So how do you teach your 121 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: twelve year old niece that men are trash? It's a 122 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: good question, and I have an answer for that question. 123 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: First of all, you can never start too young teaching 124 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: um kids about patriarchy and about violence against women and 125 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: about violence against queer people. It's never too young to 126 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: talk about boundaries, to talk about safe space, how to 127 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: say no to people. For me, like when I hear 128 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: that question, how do you teach your twelve year old 129 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: nieces that men are trash? What I hear is how 130 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: do you prepare your twelve year old nieces to survive men? Right? 131 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: Those are the conversations. I have a lot of little 132 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: cousins who are little girls. There's a lot of girls 133 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: in my family and a lot of little girls, and 134 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: so I'm always very cognizant of the things that I'm 135 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: saying to them and the lessons that I teach them. 136 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: Like one time, my goddaughter Chloe's, I asked her like, oh, 137 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: like what does what does a princess do? Like like 138 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: mimic for me a princess And she goes like this please, 139 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, and I was like, no, let's try this again. 140 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: You know. So like things like that just little ways, right, Yeah, 141 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: I mean I would say, like it's just so normalize 142 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: the way we um the way we recognize boys, like 143 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: as girls right, as young girls, whe we recognize boys 144 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: attention is like very harmful, Like the teasing, you know 145 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: what I mean, and then we recognize that as like, oh, 146 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: it's because they like me, or oh it's because thisseness 147 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: and that you know what I mean, It's like it's 148 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: that they like you, but actually they do not. So 149 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: how do you teach your tild your niece them and 150 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: our trash? Yeah, I mean, I like Mama said, like, 151 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: it's never too early to learn about consent. It's never 152 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: too early to learn about um, how to say learning, 153 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: how to say no, learning like what you your body needs, 154 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: what your boundaries are, right, Like we've talked in like 155 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: how do you um? Children really pick up on the 156 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: vibes that a person is admitting, right, if someone feels 157 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: like strange to them, it's probably because this person is 158 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: not going to be good for them, not a safe 159 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: person exactly. I like in my self defense classes when 160 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: I teach our assertiveness portions, especially when I'm with women 161 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: of color, especially when if I'm with like a Spanish 162 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: speaking group, I like to talk a lot about how 163 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: the fact that we basically not beat the intuition out 164 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: of little girls, but we discourage it so much that 165 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: we become adults. We know something is bad for us. 166 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: We know we don't like something. But but Gadita's right, 167 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 1: and we just kind of like just kind of grin 168 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: and bear it. And I always tell you know, especially 169 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: if I'm teaching um self defense to youth, listen to 170 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: your intuition. Like the said that creepy uncle, that creepy 171 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: relative or neighbor teacher that hugs you and puts their 172 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: hand in the wrong place, hugs a little too tight, 173 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: a little too long, too intimate. You know that that's 174 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: predatory behavior, like you can feel it. Allow your kids 175 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: to say no to adults, allow your kids to even 176 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: sometimes come off as rude to adults. What the fund 177 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: does it matter if an adult man is offended, who cares? 178 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: My concern is is your twelve year old niece safe? Right? 179 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: So that's how that would be my approach, completely agree. 180 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: Did we want to answer another? Those are all the 181 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: ones I have? Okay? Those are cute, those are funs Okay? So, 182 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: and do we have anything for weird things white women 183 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: did this week? Okay, well, weird things white women did 184 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: this week? No, I wasn't really around any white women 185 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: this week. I have a new story me either. But 186 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: on Easter Sunday. Okay, so on Easter Sunday. Um I 187 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: went to and um we were I drove, so we 188 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 1: were pulling out, my family and I and UM, we've 189 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: parked right across the street from his house. And we 190 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: parked and we're getting out and immediately a white woman 191 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: comes out of her house and she goes, are you 192 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: guys here for for Easter Sunday? Or are you guys 193 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: here for like visiting or something like that. And I 194 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: didn't even acknowledge her because I knew something was gonna have, 195 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: something weird was going to happen. And then my mom 196 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: all like all my mom love, moy nice. She's just like, 197 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: oh yeah, we're going to my son's and then she goes, 198 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: okay because I have people coming to And then she 199 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: comes and she brings out a freaking um a cunc 200 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,719 Speaker 1: she's reserving parking, and I just like looked at her. 201 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: I looked at the cone and I was like, that 202 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: is illegal. And I just walked intide. It was like 203 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: that you can't reserve parking with a cone, Like you 204 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: can't can't sing grandma, I can do whatever she wants. 205 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: Way comes out to ask us if we're parking there, 206 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: and then puts a cone. Now that's hilarious. That's a 207 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 1: good one. It was very strange. It was like, why 208 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: are you being weird? Um? Weird white ladies. Weird white ladies. Okay, Um. 209 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: We also have since Okay, so we're going to jump 210 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: into our interview with a bring them in, Yes, Mona 211 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: and Mike. Um. So, I wanted to say that we 212 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: have events coming up and Um, April tenth, we will 213 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: be at USC We're doing a multidimensional home workshop, so fun. 214 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: We'll share the details. It's at seven thirty, I believe. 215 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: And then April thirteenth, which is a Friday, we're gonna 216 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: be at UCSB you see Santa Barbara, and we're giving 217 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: a keynote at their Hood Defeat the conference. It's gonna 218 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: be cute. It's gonna be really cute. And in April seventeen, 219 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: we are going to be at USC again and we're 220 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: doing a fem defense workshop, also very cute. Yes, so 221 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: we're super excited. Checkout the Instagram event. We'll post more 222 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: about the events and where to find us and how 223 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: to get there and all that. Yeah. So we're gonna 224 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: go into a sound break, yes, and then we're gonna 225 00:12:22,800 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: bring them Bring on Monnitan Hood Profit and and and 226 00:12:36,240 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: and and and and and and and um and all right, 227 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: thank you to Monita and Mike. UM. We're so excited 228 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: to have them both here, so we're gonna let them 229 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: introduce themselves. Hi. I'm Monita, and I'm the CEO and 230 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: founder of Let's Give. My name is Mike, and I 231 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: do Poemes also known as Hood Profit, also known as 232 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: Head Profit. Thank you so much for being here with 233 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: us today. And this is actually the second time, like 234 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: I can't believe it's been a year, Right, the second 235 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: time we've had Let's Give here at Espasio and look 236 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: at radio to talk about your projects, your events, the 237 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: really exciting programs that you guys are putting together. So 238 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: thank you for coming back to update us and keep 239 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: us in the loop. We love it. Thank you, guys. 240 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: I don't thank you guys so much for having us. 241 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: We've done We've been able to accomplish a lot since then. Yeah. 242 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: We we actually sent forty nine pounds of donations and 243 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 1: morrocane relief to Puerto Rico after the hurricanes. Right, we 244 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: got a chartered playing me. I think we were like 245 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: the second organization that sent the most out of l A. 246 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: That's amazing, really dope. And then like we just finished 247 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: Bakersfield with that actually, so we helped over four families 248 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: with closed donations and like hand massages to the microphone 249 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: work community. That's amazing, amazing. Congratulations, thank you all of 250 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: the work that you all have been doing. Thank you 251 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: so much. Yeah, I really appreciate the way that let's 252 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: give how you all have been able to really like 253 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: get so many community members to like really show up 254 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: and show out and on the ground and really put 255 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: in that that work and that effort. It's it's not 256 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: easy to do. No, grassroots organizing is very different. No, 257 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: it's not, especially since we're like we're youth based and 258 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: by youth and reaching out to the youth of the 259 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: community that's helping is fourteen seven, and so it'll get 260 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: a little difficult at times, like we're still kids, you know. 261 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: But I think the thing that's really dope about us 262 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: is like every everybody here in the organization and everybody 263 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: that's being attracted to the organization, they're really about helping 264 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: the community and like really about serving Um. They're not 265 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: self entitled. We don't do this for like self gratification 266 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: or anything. UM, so yeah, it's it's really dope. So 267 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: everyone like it's hard, but it gets done, you know, 268 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: yeah amazing. So, UM, tell us a little bit more 269 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: about why we're here today. We're talking with you today. 270 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: So last year we were a part of culture. So 271 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: let's talk about that. So a tricical culture is an 272 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: arts collective night UM created by Let's Give. So this 273 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: is our second annual tribe and UM what we do 274 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: is we bring arts to like arts as a collective 275 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: to a commun nity that doesn't usually get it. Um 276 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: it was Hawthorne. I grew up in Hawthorne. Happens really close. Yeah, 277 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: hathens really close to my heart and I growing up, 278 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: I realized that like I was always having to go 279 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: out to these different communities, um, hours away from my 280 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: own to to to get these art experiences. And it 281 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: kind of like hurt that that was never in my home. 282 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: So I brought it to a local high school. Well, 283 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: we as a as Let's Give, brought it to a 284 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: local high school. And it's performances musicians, singers, poets, UM, 285 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: big poets that I'm really really close to, Mike Yessica UM. 286 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: And then we have so we have musicians we have dancers, 287 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: we have poets, we have an entire art walk, and 288 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: we also have vendors. So the vendor aspect of it 289 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: is bringing like small mom and pop shops or like 290 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: cyber shops to vent and they get to keep a 291 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: percent of the proceeds. And the artists they get to 292 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: vent and they get to sell their artwork and to 293 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: get to keep of the proceeds. So not only are 294 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: we helping the economy of local artists, because as artists 295 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,959 Speaker 1: we know hard that can be sometimes not having that outlet, 296 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: but we're also providing arts and unification through the arts, 297 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: like black and brown unity through the arts into a 298 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: space that doesn't usually get that. So that's the beautiful 299 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: part of it. And and you're participating in Tripole culture, 300 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: can you tell us a little bit about your role 301 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: and what the event means for you your participation. Yeah, 302 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I think even just to modernate this point 303 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: exactly of like bringing these spaces back home, you know 304 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: what I mean. And I think, like in doing social 305 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: justice work or in like community work or whatever, it's hard, 306 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, It's hard, and it's draining, 307 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: and it's hard to get up and organize and to 308 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: UM and to strategize constantly, especially against systems that are 309 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: like directly affecting you. UM. And I think that's one 310 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: of the reasons it's so important, UM to have this space, 311 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: especially like me coming into the space and going like 312 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: this is needed, UM of like going, yeah, we we 313 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: work on all these things, but when do folks have 314 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 1: time to do When the folks have time to celebrate, 315 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: when the folks have time and space in their homes 316 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: with people that look like them, UM, to hold space 317 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: for each other, you know. And I think the other 318 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: part of that is also like we UM, we always 319 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: talk about like dismantling these systems. We always talk about 320 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: the work that we do. We always talk about social justice. 321 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: But then also I kind of go, like, when we 322 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: talk about dismantling these systems, what else are we also 323 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: doing to rebuild institutions? You know what I mean? Like, 324 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: I think we talk about institutions and becomes like this 325 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 1: trigger word UM. And it's because we we have like 326 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: can I cause ye and tight and I just think 327 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: like we haven't really fucked up relationship with institutions, you 328 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: know what I mean. It's it's dangerous and it's it's 329 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: unhealthy UM. But then also I think we have to 330 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: take it upon ourselves to rebuild it, you know what 331 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: I mean, because it's just like we dismaged all these 332 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: insituations and then where do our people have to help UM? 333 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: And I think Tribe is like does a really good 334 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,239 Speaker 1: job of doing that, you know what I mean of 335 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: like rebuilding a consistent space UM for folks to heal 336 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: and live and thrive in that's home and also with 337 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: people that look like you, you know what I mean. 338 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: So I think that's when Yeah, it's it's it's a 339 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: very beautiful event. It is. I mean last year when 340 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: we were there, like the flyest black and brown youth 341 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: were there, like dress so cute, so beautiful outfits alone right, 342 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: we didn't even honestly, we didn't even see the performances. 343 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,959 Speaker 1: We were outside outfits alone. Well. Last for what we 344 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: were doing is we were interviewing the vendors, so that 345 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: was sort of our role. And this year we are 346 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: we're going to be participating in Tribe called culture, but 347 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: in a different capacity, yes, which I think we're still working, 348 00:19:55,880 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: but we will be there nonetheless for DVD, dbd well thing, No, 349 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: I can definitely bet for the artists last year, not 350 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: only the visual artists, but also the performances they're amazing. 351 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: And this year like we're taking it up and not 352 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: I'm so excited. Like Weapons of Mass Creation that was 353 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: playing earlier, they're going to be playing upon there he's playing. 354 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: We have Kevin sand Bloom again this year. You mean 355 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: we got Yes could profit het know Fortune and you 356 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: got a Hilla and then um like Chinging on Fire. 357 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: It's just it's amazing. It's going to be super dop. 358 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: That's a great line up. Yeah. No, and that's even 359 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: the lineup to the ice for it's amazing. And then 360 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 1: we have like local poets and like people that are 361 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: going to the school that are being going to be 362 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: performing as well. So can you tell us a little 363 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: bit about the high school and like the community that 364 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: um you're posting this event and at Loose Singer right yeah, 365 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,959 Speaker 1: losing your high school right there, and it's like borderline Hawthorne, 366 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: Lawndale area. Um, it's really close to my heart. I 367 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: wasn't able to go there. Um, they've they've really come 368 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: up though since my childhood, I mean, losing her used 369 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: to be known for race riots and a lot of 370 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: pain within our community was focused in losing her, and 371 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: they've really they've really been able to clean themselves up. 372 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: And there's such the campus is beautiful and it is 373 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 1: a very beautiful and it's it's um it's a landmark 374 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: actually in Hawthorne. So it's a historical landmark in Hawthorne early. Yeah, 375 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: my my entire family, all of my siblings went there, 376 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: My dad went there, my mom almost went there, but 377 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: her mom didn't let her, like she didn't let me. 378 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: But yeah, no, it's it's a landmark in not only 379 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 1: my life, but in Hawthorn as well. Yeah, for sure. 380 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: And who would you say, like if you were to 381 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: describe the let's give tripe culture attendees demographic, like who's going, 382 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: who's showing up? Like who's you know, who the fly is? 383 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a family. It's a it's a family event, 384 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: you know. So we have all ages, moms, dad's, grandpa's on, 385 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: these uncles, those aunties and uncles that aren't really your 386 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: aunties and uncles, but like they still are. Yeah. Yeah, 387 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: and the block, the block is coming, the block is 388 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: showing up is dope, Oh my god, just to like 389 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: see you about it, like just gets me so excited 390 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: because you're you can see like how much passion you 391 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: have for this project, because I know that this is 392 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: your baby spearhead this Yeah, no, I um, this has 393 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: been my vision. This arts collective has been my vision 394 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: since before I even started Let's Give, And it really 395 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: was I started Let's Give so that I can do 396 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: something like this, and like, yeah, let's give. We we 397 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: help and we work in our communities as well. But 398 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: like I needed that outlet. I needed a form of 399 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: being able to bring the arts. And you know, try 400 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: called culture isn't the only way we bring arts into 401 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: our community. Through Let's Give, we try to incorporate arts 402 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: not only radically, but as a form of healing and 403 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: as a form of giving back to our community every 404 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: chance that we get. When we're in when we're helping 405 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: the microp farmers in breakersh Field, we have a kid's 406 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: corner set up for them where we do arts and 407 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: crafts with them, and we talked to them and we 408 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: connect with them through arts and crafts. And so Let's 409 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: Give really really helped me visualize and conceptualize and bring 410 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: tribe to life. And without Let's Give, I wouldn't do 411 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: this so it was it's this duality that is truly 412 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: amazing and they're both my dreams come true. So yeah, 413 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: it azing. Thank you. So can I ask how do 414 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: you two know each other? And how did you two 415 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: meet and like get in and you know, like what 416 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: are the origins of the organ of this the work 417 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: that you all do poetry? So I met him at 418 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: an open mic that going to positivity pride was actually 419 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: putting on. Yeah, and it was a little over a 420 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: year ago. M hmm, very cool. Yeah, No, I mean 421 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: I read a piece. I read a piece that I 422 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: read a lot. Actually, it's called Egoon and it's just 423 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: about like honoring my ancestors. It's a note to my ancestors. 424 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: And I guess I don't think immediately we clicked, um 425 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: just on like being the only Afro Indigenous people in 426 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: the poetry space um in a predominantly ground space and 427 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: being like, oh ship, you look like me. Yeah, And 428 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: then and then it just kind of cracked. And I 429 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 1: think it was around the same time the tribe was happening, 430 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: and then you all put me on the tribe and 431 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: like yeah, and he really became like a mentor to me, 432 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: like a big brother. He helped me with my poetry 433 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: and and really like healed through these things that I 434 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: was going through at the time through poetry and like 435 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: through mentoring me through my poetry and stuff, and like 436 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: I was able to do a lot of healing in 437 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: in that time spand and like he touched on earlier, 438 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 1: like both being Afro Indigenous in this space where like 439 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 1: the duality isn't isn't seen as much, and like being 440 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: able to talk to somebody about that about being black 441 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: and brown and spaces that are usually only brown were 442 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: usually only black, and like having that dialogue with someone 443 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: that I I I'm not close to the Puerto Rican 444 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: side of my family, So having that it was really 445 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: really big for me because I wasn't able to have 446 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: that dialogue that I mean needs to be had absolutely 447 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: And as poets, so there's so many Oh my gosh, 448 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: there's so much to talk about. There's so many levels 449 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: and things going on here. Okay, the poetry, the poetry scene. 450 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: Let's give the internet Instagram like building community, Like let's 451 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: talk about that, like like as poets, as activists, as 452 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: artists and being very active also like online, like what 453 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: has community out in real life versus community like being 454 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: built on Instagram and stuff, like what has that been 455 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: like for you all? Because this is like, I think, 456 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: an ongoing conversation for us, and we see how you all, 457 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: like also are very active, So I'm curious. I think 458 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: I really get to connect with younger brown girls through 459 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: through my Instagram. I mean I don't have as big 460 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: of a platform as him, but like I do get 461 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: young girls often deem ng me and like trying to 462 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: have these conversations with me that they don't usually get 463 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: in other spaces, and I'm all the way here for that, 464 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: and so I talked to them and I get to 465 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: give them advice and stuff, and I wouldn't be having 466 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: that because they're not in my own community. And I 467 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: think it's really awesome too, because I grew up in 468 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: in Hawthorne, but I also had to go to schools 469 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: and really white spaces and that was really really hard 470 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: for me because there was nobody who shared the same 471 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: ideologies as me, and I was always having to be oh, 472 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: that one loud revolutionary chick that like, oh my god, 473 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: she's so annoying, whereas like online, and it happened a 474 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: lot when I was beginning of my friendship with Mike 475 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: of like we would go out on weekends to to 476 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: open mics and stuff, and like we'd be the popular 477 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: kids out there that like everyone wanted to talk to 478 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: and like be around and stuff. And then right the 479 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: next day I was having to go back to school, 480 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: where like I was at the bottom of the totem 481 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: pole again. So it was like it gave me a 482 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: chance to really open up and be who owned myself 483 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: and own the revolution in my soul and like be 484 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: unapologetically radically me and that helped me so much survive 485 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,719 Speaker 1: through my school. Yeah, and and I also think it's 486 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: it's cool because you're not often in these communities, are 487 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: in these spaces where you can have dialogue with people 488 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 1: who think the same way as you. Know, like you're 489 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: often in the community that you find and that you 490 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: build online is very biased, yes, and it's very filtered, 491 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: but that's it's it's a plus because you could have 492 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: these dialogues and then go back into these spaces that 493 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: aren't that are the opposite and know what you're talking 494 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: about because you're being presented these different ideologies. I think 495 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: that's yeah great. Also, I think like um, since jump, 496 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 1: like I mean, so I came up in like the 497 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: organizing world of like hardcore like organizing and like agitating 498 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: and educating. Um. And so even now, like I always 499 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: look at social media as a tool, um of like 500 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: I've been given this platform for whatever reason, and like 501 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: the work that I do in my art and like 502 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: I try to use a light it utilize it in 503 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: organizing as much as I can, UM. And like I 504 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: think in just life and like all the things I 505 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 1: try to utilize my ship as like resistance as a 506 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: radical act, as organizing. UM. But I think I have 507 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: qualms with social media a lot because while it's like yes, 508 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: it's this gateway and it's like this beautiful tool that 509 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: you can use, also I think like, um, I don't know, 510 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: it just makes me uncomfortable. It makes me uncomortable because 511 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: I know a lot of folks that go on social 512 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: media be like yeo, man a rally with a flyer 513 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: and then like you not really you know what I mean? UM? 514 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: And then I think like also just like the trending 515 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: of like all this like and like yeah, yeah, you 516 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: know what I mean, UM, And it makes me we're uncomfortable. 517 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: But then also as an organizer, I kind of go 518 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: like yo, social media has taken it a step further 519 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: that I don't have to do now, you know what 520 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: I mean, because like now I get you and you 521 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: already going to marches, okay, but well let me teach 522 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: you this now you know what I mean. Let me 523 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: educate you on this, you know what I mean? Um. 524 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: And So while I have qualms with social media, a 525 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: lot of going like I know you're not connected to 526 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: an order, like what you're saying, Like I can tell 527 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: you didn't like go through Um, I know you were 528 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: not taken. Yeah, and it's just like a jump. And 529 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: while it fus with me also kind of go like okay, 530 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: like we get it somewhere at least, you know what 531 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: I mean, Like at least like the steps are being 532 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: kind of ticking, um yeah yeah. And I think and like, 533 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: as a coming from Let's Give, I wouldn't have been 534 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: able to reach out to so many youth to come 535 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: and join us if it weren't for the platform that 536 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: was created for Let's Give and the page itself. Because 537 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: of how much it's been built, We've been able to 538 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: reach out to so many more people and get in 539 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: contact with so many more people that it was such 540 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: an important tool to raising Absolutely, yeah, I want to 541 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: I do want to say that, Like something that we 542 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: were talking about earlier in the interview was just the 543 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: sheer numbers of the people that you were you were 544 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: able to fill a plane with donation, you know, and 545 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: for me, I saw, I definitely saw that connection with 546 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: the youth on the internet, Like that is like a 547 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: new sort of organizing space, right, Definitely. It's just amazing 548 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: to me that, Like I think it's dope and I 549 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: think it's somethings that not a lot of other organizations present. 550 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: Is that anybody who joins us, we do the research. 551 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: Like we're not walking blind into any any event that 552 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: we do. When we're going into the microphone workers in Bakersfield, 553 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: we do research on what they have to go through, 554 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: suicide numbers, the mental health issues that are presented in 555 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: these spaces, And when we're going into skid Row, it's 556 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: the same thing. We're like, we're not whoever comes in, 557 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: You're not going to be uneducated about the spaces that 558 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: you're going into, no matter if you're brown, no matter 559 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: if you're black, no matter if you're white. Like we 560 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: present the research and it shows when you talk to 561 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: the members. That's very important. I appreciate that. I think, 562 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: and you know, talking about like reasons why we are 563 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: so happy to have you here again and to continue 564 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: to like collaborate with you all and with Let's Give 565 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: is because a like I love you and think you're adorable. 566 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: Number one, I've seen you perform your poetry at a 567 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: couple at the Poetry Lounge and at Yessica's um book release, 568 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: and you're incredible. Um And also like just the projects 569 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 1: that you all very intentionally choose to undertake right and 570 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: delivering very like real material like needs and goods, and 571 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: like the Bakersfield project, like my I love that project. 572 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: My families from Bakersfield. I come from generations of farm workers. 573 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: My dad was a farm worker, you know, So like 574 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: for me, that's a beautiful project that is such like 575 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: a local like in l A, like a California socw 576 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 1: like a need, you know, especially for so many Latinos, 577 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: even who are urban Latinos here in l A. Many 578 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: of us have our families out in agricultural communities, right 579 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: and we've just migrated now to the city in different ways. 580 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: So I love That's what I really love about Let's 581 00:31:55,160 --> 00:32:00,040 Speaker 1: give the very intentional projects you undertake. Thank you so 582 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: much to truly. Um so I realized we've been talking 583 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: so much and let's give and a tribe called culture, 584 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: but we actually didn't say the dates. All right, right, 585 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: so right now you can go on our website at 586 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: Let's Give movement dot org. Our tickets are on sale. 587 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: You want to get them now before they run out. 588 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: It's actually the show is going to be at Losing 589 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: Your High School on April. That's a Friday night, all right, 590 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: Friday night. Doors open at six five, doors open at five. 591 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: You want to get there early because we have a 592 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: whole art walk and vendors and stuff, and you want 593 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 1: to be able to have time to go through everything. 594 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: Um but yeah, I love it. And where can people 595 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: keep up with you too and follow your comings and 596 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: goings and support your work as well as individuals. We 597 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: don't have to. Instagram is so profit p r o 598 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: f E t um and even just like with Let's 599 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: give stuff a personal stuff, all the things are there. 600 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be sending. The shirt's also so much nights 601 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: and bows, waters and boils and all those little I 602 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: love the rings that you're wearing. The crystals are really beautiful. 603 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: Nah one day, one day we'll have a conversation about 604 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: like how many of us have histories of It's very real. 605 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: We are coming to the end of our time with 606 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: you all quick go ahead, so let's give. You can 607 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: follow us on Instagram at let's stock give and then 608 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 1: you can follow me La Monnita with three as at 609 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: the end. Yeah you so much. Thank you for having 610 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: so alrighty well, thank you so much for tuning in 611 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: to another capital of local radio. See you next tie comments, um, 612 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: leave us a review on iTunes. As always, we're on audiobooms, Spotify, SoundCloud, 613 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: a podcast, so thanks for tuning in. We'll catch you 614 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: next time.