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The Real Work of Recovery Dec 04, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews Gloria of Nalgona Positivity Pride. They discuss why Gloria has taken a harm reduction approach to eating disorder recovery, how traditional treatment options have failed many, and why "healing isn't a requirement" for Gloria's recovery approach.

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Community Is Everything Nov 20, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews Xavi and V of the mutual aid project Community on Wheels. They discuss the fallacies of carceral humanism, what social services could be funded with the $400 million currently proposed for a new jail, and why it's important for everyone to be trained in how to use naloxone.

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The Aftermath of Migration Nov 06, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews LA-based Salvi poet Yesika Salgado. They discuss how Yesika is writing into the silences of Salvadoran diaspora culture and history; Yesika shares her journey to becoming a published poet and the tensions around writing about a motherland steeped with historical trauma.

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Abolitionist Feminist Visual Culture Oct 19, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews Professors Gloria Negrete-Lopez and Brooke Lober about their contributions to the anthology Abolition Feminisms. They discuss why we need abolition feminisms in this moment, how aesthetics are inherently political, and how the stereotypical anarchist all-black garb erases femme abolitionist aesthetics.

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Being Women of Color Lawyers And Making that Practice Sustainable Sep 11, 2023

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Yvette Borja and Jehan Laner Romero discuss an ABA report looking at attrition rates for women of color lawyers in corporate firms over time, consider how nonprofits can better support, train, and mentor women of color lawyers, and share their current roles as lawyers and what drew them to these jobs.

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Read the ABA report discussed here: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/women/publications/perspectives/2020/july/report-women-color-lawyers-lands-during-national-reckoning-race/

Someone Who Wants To Share Their Most Vulnerable Story With The World Aug 21, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews Javier Zamora, author of "Solito." They discuss how Javier found the strength as a shy person to write a memoir about one of the hardest times of his life, his journey to becoming "ultra Salvi," and the power of seeing Salvadoran Spanish in a published book.

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Expanding Our Vision of Immigrants' Rights and Workers' Rights Aug 14, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews University of Arizona Law School Professor Shefali Milczarek-Desai to discuss two of her recent/upcoming papers about the intersection of immigrants' rights and workers' rights. They discuss the ineffectiveness of Arizona's 2017 paid sick leave law, especially amongst im/migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tension between immigration enforcement and workers' rights that the US legal system creates, and how community, instead of individual, well-being can lead us towards a future where paid sick leave is actually an effective tool for public health.

Read Shefali's articles discussed in the episode here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4513297 and https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4042097

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Cómo Los Desalojos Impactan a La Comunidad Indocumentada Aug 08, 2023

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Yvette Borja entrevista a Juan Pablo Garnham del Laboratorio de Desalojos en la universidad de Princeton sobre cómo los desalojos impactan a la comunidad indocumentada. Discutieron cómo la gente indocumentada no ésta representada en los datos de cortes de desalojo y cómo varía transparencia de datos sobre desalojo en diferentes áreas regionales de EEUU.

Escuchen mi resumen sobre el libro "Evicted" por Matthew Desmond aqui: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lit-review-unlocked-eviction-is-a-women-of-color-issue/id1240386895?i=1000472093160

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Contacten a Juan Pablo Garnham por correo electrónico desalojos@evictionlab.org o vía WhatsApp +1 (971) 401-2210

How Eviction Impacts Undocumented People Aug 07, 2023

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Yvette Borja interviews Juan Pablo Garnham of Princeton's Eviction Lab. They discussed how eviction impacts undocumented people, the ways that current eviction court data erases the real impact of eviction on migrant communities, and the regional variation in transparency around eviction court data.

Listen to the #litreview unpacking Matthew Desmond's book "Eviction" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lit-review-unlocked-eviction-is-a-women-of-color-issue/id1240386895?i=1000472093160

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Contact Juan Pablo Garnham by emailing desalojos@evictionlab.org or via WhatsApp +1 (971) 401-2210

Bring Eyvin Home Jul 31, 2023

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On this episode, Yvette interviews Henry Martinez, brother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Salvadoran-American deputy public defender in Los Angeles who has been wrongfully detained in Venezuelan military camps and prisons for over 16 months. They discuss Biden's lackluster response to Eyvin's situation and how Latinxs are often treated as second-class citizens.

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Learn more about the campaign to bring Eyvin home on Instagram @bringeyvinhome

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