Author Archives: Iris Rodriguez
Warrior youth who dance to resist and paddle to protect
We of this generation are faced with great challenges as the survivors of genocide living through the seemingly incessant inter-generational attack on our communities, our lands, our cultures and way…
Sin Fronteras Coffee: Self-determination, Community, and Zapatista coffee in Oakland
Rocio Cervantes Garcia and Jose Rodriguez of Akat Café Kalli A Xica Nation featured interview with the founders of Akat Café Kalli and Sin Fronteras Coffee. What is your name,…
San Antonio’s Rebel Mariposa of La Botanica on the power of cultura, food, and art
Rebel Mariposa. Image via Xica Nation recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rebel Mariposa of San Antonio, Texas for a special two-part series about her powerful culinary and artistic community…
Critical conversations: 21st century MeXicanx maternity experiences
Our rights as womyn and mothers to assert jurisdiction over our own bodies and lives are being deconstructed at an alarming rate - dare I say as alarming as the miles of ice…
The Beat Be Too Hot: The “conscious cumbia” album you need in your life
From the sacred forests of Central Texas and by way of the mountains of Jalisco, the Yacatsol project has just dropped "La Cultura Nos Cura," a 5-track EP of "conscious cumbia, brujx pop,…
Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice puts the State of Michigan on the spot for youth imprisonment
Via the Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice support page, Efren Paredes, Jr and Maria Luisa Zavala. Facebook event page: Sunday, June 18, 2017 the "Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice" will…
Resistant and Resilient: On Preserving MeXicanx Culture in Central Texas
Xica Nation exclusive interview with Juan Tejeda of Aztlan Libre Press, grupo Xinachtli, and Conjunto Aztlan What is your name / location(s) / how you ID? Title? Juan Tejeda, a Native…
Children of Anahuac (Cumbia Mix)
Need some cumbia for your day? Announcing the latest "conscious" cumbia by the Yacatsol project: Children of Anahuac featuring lyrics in English, Spanish, and Nahuatl! Let's decolonize as we dance! Yacatsol is a "border-crossing, multilingual,…
Critical Conversations: On sustainable community projects, alternative economies, and decolonizing education
An interview with Jose de Jesus Quiroz Perez of Ixcatan Productos Naturales about sustainable community projects, alternative economies, and decolonizing education. If you would like to connect with Ixcatan…
The Mexican American Studies Professor Running For Congress
A Xica Nation exclusive interview with Miguel A. Levario, PhD. As a son of El Paso, Texas, Dr. Miguel Levario’s consciousness about borderland identity and militarization began early. He chose…