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Last year, New York City began to see an increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum. The library is a small part of the city-wide response t...

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 17:18
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Luis Paulino and Angel Gonzalez talk about their shared experiences coming to the US from the Dominican Republic, and overcoming their challenges t...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Juan Martinez grew up in South Central L.A. in the early nineties. He was struggling to find his way until he traded detention for a pack of jalape...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Where can the youth of color find stories relevant to their lives in YA novels? This author has a book that captures the experiences of a Chicanx ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 12:18
Caption: Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool. Today she's thriving. (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado), Credit: (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado)
In North Philadelphia, some teen girls live by the credo: “cold is cute.” Anger and emotional distance are crucial survival tools. For Sophia Delga...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
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Siblings Lauren Cartaya and Zach Cartaya remember how the 1999 Columbine High School shooting changed their lives forever.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:58
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With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Ms. Pearce talks about her life and career, which led her to Fulmore Middle School.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
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Latinx identity and speaking Spanish are important to Ms. Ozuna at Fulmore Middle School, who uses her upbringing to connect with her students.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:21
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A former dancer talks about what it was like to give up dancing to become a teacher.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:29
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Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 3
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A father tells his daughter about growing up in Tijuana, Mexico, after his parents left to find work in the U.S., and the day he was reunited with ...

Bought by KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Elizabeth Perez working at City Hall, Credit: Valeria Fernandez
From civil disobedience to civic accountability, youth that can’t vote are making the voice of the Latino community heard in local politics and at ...

Bought by WDBM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 10:06
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Alicia Santos, 17, leads marchers in a protest targeting Sakuma Brothers Farm., Credit: Courtesy of Alicia Santos
Alicia Santos started picking strawberries when she was 7 years old. Her mother was working at Hayton Farms in Skagit County, so Alicia went along....

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "When I first met other young gay boys I thought it was going to be easier, that I could just be accepted" - Dakota Salcedo, Credit: (Isaak J. Liptzin/WNYC)
In some ways, being feminine made life harder for Dakota than his sexuality. *Just in time for the end of Pride month*

  • Added: Jun 25, 2015
  • Length: 06:32
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In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, the Ramírez family stands out. All four Ramírez siblings attende...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: Maria and Fabian Ramirez graduated from UC Berkeley on the same day that their older sister Gloria received her master's degree. From left: Angela, Maria, father Filemon, Fabian, mother Lucila, and Gloria. , Credit: Zaidee Stavely / Radio Bilingüe
In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, California, the Ramirez family stands out. All four Ramirez siblings attended the prestigious Univer...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
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The Chicano movement changed California forever in the 1960s and 70s, and its legacy continues in the form of a Sacramento arts center for kids of ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:51
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Irasema Gonzalez talks about coming of age as a young Latina in 1990s Chicago, and how her definitions of love and womanhood shifted with the passi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela working on a robot., Credit: Valeria Fernandez / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club has become a springboard for Latino students to go on to graduate from college with degrees in technology, mat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: Roger Alvarez (L) and his former teacher Antero Garcia (R).
Antero Garcia (R) talks to his former student Roger Alvarez (L) who dropped out...

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Rogelio Martinez talks to his former dance teacher, Lisa Moya King, about how she helped him through abuse at home.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Coachella youth crowdsource sewage issues with Professor Ryan Sinclair., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
It’s just 40 miles from Palm Springs, but the Eastern Coachella Valley is home to a host of environmental concerns, ranging from arsenic in the wel...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lita Hernandez shows off her new credentials. , Credit: Audrey Dilling
There are many different sounds that float through the intersection of 81st Avenue and Rudsdale Street in East Oakland: crowds heading to the Oakla...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:09