Afro Rebels

What is an athlete’s responsibility to the community?

Host Hector Luis Alamo chats with Arturo Dominguez, an anti-racist activist and journalist based in Texas

“This film is an opportunity for young people to have a window into that history and understanding the level of complexity of America and the two-faced ideas that Americans have,” the filmmaker told Intelatin.

Hector chats with Andre Lee Muñiz, editor of Remembering Don Pedro, a site dedicated to the life and legacy of the Puerto Rican independence leader, Pedro Albizu Campos.

Hector chats with Jordana Timerman, a freelance reporter and public policy researcher based in Buenos Aires, and the editor of Latin America Daily Briefing

I am not comforted if my bully looks like me.

Advocates and workers are demanding change after years of high fatality rates in the construction industry. What can be done depends heavily on the labor organizing landscape in each state.

Hector chats with Jared Trujillo, president of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys and a new leader in the fight to decriminalize and destigmatize sex workers.

Host Hector Luis Alamo chats with Alan Thompson, a music therapist based in New York City.

Hector Luis Alamo chats with guest Henry Cadena, a brand strategist and cultural researcher based in Houston, Texas

Hector chats with Jose Alicea, the man behind Souletri, which has been streaming live performances across its social media channels throughout the pandemic

We will no longer listen to people who simply are not with it. We will not center them.

Hector chats about being Afro-Latino with William García-Medina, a Puerto Rican PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies at the University of Kansas.

Hector Alamo chats with Lillian Gorman, the director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program at the University of Arizona, and proud Nuevomexicana from Albuquerque

Because who or what would the world be celebrating then? Not me.

Global protests against racial injustice came on the heels of the pandemic, and Dominicans are now being publicly confronted with their Blackness.

A deep cut.

ARMAÇÃO DE BÚZIOS, Brazil (AP) — Carivaldina Oliveira da Costa was the steward of history in her Brazilian community on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state, and for two decades fought for their land rights as descendants of escaped slaves.

“We are gathering today to remember the lives of the trans Black women who have died in the hands of bigotry, racism, discrimination, and misogyny,” said Mariah López, Executive Director of STARR. “Enough is enough!”

Latino Rebels talked to Selyna Brillare about what it takes to become an influencer, how being an open transgender Afro-Latina has affected her content, and delve into her future goals.

Latino Rebels Radio: July 22, 2020