Episode 24: Community As A Campus with Dr. Jonathan Rosa & José López
Joshua Smyser-DeLeon Joshua Smyser-DeLeon

Episode 24: Community As A Campus with Dr. Jonathan Rosa & José López

On today’s episode of the Paseo Podcast, we welcome back to the show, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago, José López. We also welcome tenured professor at Stanford University, Dr. Jonathan Rosa. In our discussion, we talk about the organizing mindset of Community as a Campus. We take a deep dive into what this mindset is and why it matters.

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Episode 12: 100 Years of Lolita Lebrón
Joshua Smyser-DeLeon Joshua Smyser-DeLeon

Episode 12: 100 Years of Lolita Lebrón

Lolita Lebrón's name elicits strong responses from many within & outside of the Puerto Rican community. Let's find out why.

Guests on today's show include the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center here in Chicago, Jose Lopez, activist and artist Michael Reyes, whose song Lolita You May Cry Now you will hear later in the episode, Former political prisoner, Oscar Lopez, Co-Jefas of Lolita Productions, Brianna Ramirez-Smith and Marisa Diaz-Arce, and a part of my interview that will drop next week with actors Viviana Torres, Nore Feliciano, Efraine Rosa from the play, Un monólogo sobre la vida de Lolita Lebrón. But first, we’re going to take a trip back in time and get some context from Jose Lopez.

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Pilot Episode: Paseo Boricua + Fiesta Boricua
Joshua Smyser-DeLeon Joshua Smyser-DeLeon

Pilot Episode: Paseo Boricua + Fiesta Boricua

Highlighting stories by, from, & about the Puerto Rican community. On this episode we learn more about Paseo Boricua and Fiesta Boricua. Guests are Jose Lopez and Luis Rosa Perez.

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