Kalfou: Community Centered
Kalfou: Community Centered
Podcast Description
Kalfou: Community Centered is a collective gathering space for dreaming together about what a better world might look like and taking action to make that world a reality.
In each episode, we host a conversation among artists, educators, and activists about events in the current news cycle. Our guests illuminate the structural forces shaping the present moment and share examples of historical and contemporary activism, helping us understand how we got here and inspiring us with actions we can take to move forward.
Kalfou is hosted by Dr. Felice Blake, senior editor of Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, and is co-produced by Felice Blake and Rose Elfman.
For transcripts, show notes, and more, visit https://kalfou.ucsb.edu/kalfou/podcast. For more information about the journal, visit https://tupjournals.temple.edu/index.php/kalfou/about.
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Content Themes
The show centers around themes such as social movements, structural inequality, and community engagement, with specific episodes exploring topics like the responses of women of color in education to political repression and the historical context of activism linked to current events.
Kalfou: Community Centered is a collective gathering space for dreaming together about what a better world might look like and taking action to make that world a reality.
In each episode, we host a conversation among artists, educators, and activists about events in the current news cycle. Our guests illuminate the structural forces shaping the present moment and share examples of historical and contemporary activism, helping us understand how we got here and inspiring us with actions we can take to move forward.
Kalfou is hosted by Dr. Felice Blake, senior editor of Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, and is co-produced by Felice Blake and Rose Elfman.
For transcripts, show notes, and more, visit https://kalfou.ucsb.edu/kalfou/podcast. For more information about the journal, visit https://tupjournals.temple.edu/index.php/kalfou/about.
In Episode 3, professors and students from the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at the University of New Mexico share with us how they used arts-based activism to save La Casita, a vital community gathering space, from demolition. Irene Vasquez, Levi Romero, Natalia Toscano, & Nick Rivas discuss the long history of resistance art in New Mexico, the struggle to maintain human connection in the midst of gentrification and repression, and the importance of acting in solidarity with other groups on the margins.
For more information and a transcript of the episode, visit kalfou.ucsb.edu/kalfou/podcast.
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