Café o vino is a monthly meetup that Tania del Rio and Luis Bravo began to bring together Latino agents of change in East Boston to find connections, common agendas and foster collaboration. It is an informal gathering at Tania’s home, who opens the doors to her home and gives wine so that people can…
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East Boston activism for newcomers – ZUMIX Radio
ZUMIX is a corner of creativity and love for the youth, East Boston residents, and volunteers that congregate there. They host weekly shows on 94.9 FM in the Greater Boston area, they hold music and arts classes for kids, and they train youth on audio technology skills that can help them find employment. ZUMIX started…
East Boston activism for newcomers – Eastie Farm
On a Saturday morning, Sumner St is quiet, but not at the lot where the Eastie Farm is located. Neighbors and volunteers are caring for the plants that have been growing since the spring, eating the fruits of their labor, and meeting other residents. Kannan is explaining the operations to everyone interested, from how the…
Independence and food, 2011
Let’s discuss important matters. Food is a big component of national pride in Mexico. Nationalism is a sticky topic that should ruin no food post, but let’s leave it at this: the foods below are a much louder cry of ‘Viva México’ than the one a half-engaged audience can deliver when the Presidents does the…
Celebrating Independence, 2011
I am not a nationalist (and I do hope my primary teachers never find out about that… but that’s material for a different story). Now that we got that out of the way: one of my favorite things to do this time of the year is take pictures. Independence day celebrations (15-16th of September… but…
A guide to ICRC-related posts
In November 2010, I wrote an article on youth and the Mexican drug-related conflict as seen through Twitter to apply to the ICRC Young Reporter Competition. It turns out I was selected, along with a few other young writers from all over the world, to visit an ICRC mission to report on the situation of…
Comiendo al estilo pinoy
Como parte de la serie de posts que hice sobre mi visita a la misión del CICR en Filipinas, me aventé una trilogía de posts sobre nada más y nada menos que comida. Porque estoy obsesionada con la comida. Es posible que los traduzca pronto, pero, por lo pronto, aquí está…
Pinoy eating, part III
I have covered the dishes that make me drool whenever I think about them, I have covered the snacks that make me drool whenever I think about them… But I have left material to end this short series with glory. Like the glory with which they closed every meal. We’re talking about desserts, people. Sugar….
Pinoy eating, part II
After going on about the dishes I thought were the very best food I had on the trip, I think it’s time to talk about vegetables. All the purple vegetables above are eggplants, some smaller in size than zucchini. I never found out why they are harvested earlier than the ones consumed in the west;…
Pinoy eating, part I
I’m no food critic (what makes someone not a foodie, or food-obsessed, but a food critic?), and my visit to the Philippines was not designed around food – in fact, I don’t think the eating I did during the days I spent there was really that representative of the Pinoy diet itself. However, it was…
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The Bicentennial
(This post is an adapted translation of the posts I wrote for my Mexican friends celebrating abroad. It was written on the 15th of September, 2010). As you may imagine, the Bicentennial is the hot topic over here right now. It’s on the radio, on TV, on the streets… You can feel it everywhere. I…
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