Encuentros Latinx Podcast
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Latest Episodes
Encuentro 12: Rev. Rhina Ramos "I never craved assimilation"
General Synod is fast approaching and Encuentros Latinx will be there! We’ll be running a couple of workshops, one of which is working through our racism toolkit and that will be facilitated by yours truly and my guest for today’s episode: Rhina Ramos! R.
Encuentro 11: Kira Ming "We are to use our gifts to elevate our lives”
My guest today is Kira Ming, business owner, author, and entrepreneur. We chat about reggaeton, our different experiences not being immediately seen as Latina, and being your best self with law of attraction. Keep up with Kira here! Instagram: @therealki.
Tostones con Taylor 1: How did I get involved with Encuentros Latinx?
Introducing a new, occasional segment to the Encuentros Latinx podcast! Tostones con Taylor is a brief time where I share about my own experience or provide more details about other work Encuentros Latinx is doing. So grab your tostones (literal or metap.
Encuentro 10: Angeley Crawford Gibb “I am Black in every language I speak.”
My guest today is one of my old critique partners from my senior seminar creative writing class in college. Poet and educator Angeley Crawford shares the rich tapestry of her Blackness rooted in Costa Rica, the Caribbean, the West Indies, and other Afric.
Encuentro 9: Nelson Rabell “God is pleased with who we are the way we are”
My guest today is Pastor Nelson Rabell and he lays out for us the richness of what it is to be Puerto Rican, the breadth of traditions Latinx people bring to the church, and the journey of his work as an LGBTQ+ ally and anti-racist activist. Let’s get ri.
Encuentro 8: Yaz Mendez Nuñez: "Latinx just sounds like queer Spanglish"
My guest today is Yaz Mendez Nuñez from Soulforce, an organization dedicated to ending white Christian supremacy, and we get into the nuances of the X in Latinx, their experiences existing in nebulous spaces of race and identity, and how their mysterious.
Encuentro 7: Brahidaliz Martinez "Coquí said, 'I do not like this way of things. I want to be heard."
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and may 2021 not be 2020. My guest today is Brahidaliz Martinez and he weaves a beautiful story of how the beloved coqui got its name while sharing his own family history. He also shares the journey of some .
Encuentro 6: Alejandra Caraballo "I was a black sheep within my family"
Today, I’m very excited to bring you Alejandra Caraballo, who is just a powerhouse in terms of her background and all the amazing work she’s doing, including her recent decision to run for a local political office in New York City. I had the privilege of.
Encuentro 5: Rev. Alba Onofrio AKA Rev. Sex "There’s a political move to get Latinxs absorbed into whiteness."
The second of our back-from-hiatus-back-to-back special. We'll resume our monthly schedule after this episode. My guest today is Revered Alba Onofrio AKA Reverend Sex and we really get into naming the insidious project of whiteness to claim Latinxs who f.
Encuentro 4: Katie Simbala "God led me into these outskirts”
We're back with the first of our "sorry for the unexpected hiatus but life happened to Taylor" back-to-back episodes. Today, we've got Katie Simbala talking about that charismatic conservatism that a lot of Latinxs grow up with, ministry on the outskirts.