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Natalie Gutierrez’s Book Addresses CPTSD & Healing Within the BIPOC Community

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by Virginia Isaad0710
“You are a resilient soul” — that’s how Boricua therapist Natalie Gutierrez begins her book on the trauma and healing Black, Indigenous, People of Color  (BIPOC) face in The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color....
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‘Elefanta’ Remixes a Nursery Rhyme into an Empowering Reggaeton Short

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by Virginia Isaad01708
Children’s literature and music often carry empowering messages and the classic nursery rhyme “Un elefante se balanceaba”, used throughout Latin America, is no different. The lines: “Un elefante se balanceaba/sobre la tela de una araña,/ como veía que resistía/ fue...
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Digame: Afro-Latina Therapist Gloria Osborne-Sheeler is Helping BIPOC Heal

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by Virginia Isaad01315
Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Gloria Osborne-Sheeler is a First Generation Panamanian-American licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and holistic healer who founded Glow In Therapy,...
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Indigenous Activist from Brazil Awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize

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by Virginia Isaad01970
Indigenous communities are constantly having to protect their lands and livelihood and in the Amazon in Brazil it remains an ongoing struggle. Alessandra Korap Munduruku, a member of the Munduruku people, a community of about 14,000 throughout the Tapajós River...
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Eva Longoria to Produce & Direct Spanish-Language Remake Of ‘Call My Agent!’

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by Virginia Isaad01660
Eva Longoria is on a roll with her upcoming feature film directorial debut with Flamin’ Hot and starring and executive producing the Apple TV+ series Land of Women. Now she’s set to helm the Spanish-language remake of the French series Call...
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Woman Convicted After Racist Remarks About Colombia’s First Black Vice President

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by Virginia Isaad04207
Despite the prevalence of anti-Blackness and racism in Latin America, actually addressing it remains an issue however a 62-year-old woman has now been convicted for discrimination in Colombia for her racist rant. Luz Fabiola Rubiano pleaded guilty to the charges and...
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Digame: Jessica Esquivel Talks Being a Queer Afro-Latinx in STEM

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by Virginia Isaad01982
Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Afro-Latina Dr. Jessica Esquivel is an Associate Scientist at Fermilab, a national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. She...
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