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Michelle Myers is an Ecuadorian bilingual journalist who moved to Philadelphia in 2017. You can find her Community and Political journalism work at Presente Media, Philatinos Radio, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and AL DÍA News. Currently she co-hosts Philatinos Radio show "El Café de la Tarde."
According to the CDC, by 1986, Laitinx AIDS mortality rate was nearly 3.5 times higher than their white peers. In Philadelphia, poet and activist David Acosta founded GALAEI to give the queer latinx community a hub for services and linkage to care. Now, after 32 years, GALAEI has officially expanded its doors to all queer people of color.
They call them “Panama hats,” while 752 miles south in Ecuador, Indigenous people work for months to create them. Entrepreneur Silvia Roldán has made it her mission to educate people about the misconception, while contributing to two countries' economies and helping keep the tradition of the toquilla hats alive.
POR MICHELLE MYERS EL 3 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2021 | En 2017 nació YAKU WARE. Yaku significa agua en quechua, una de las lenguas indígenas de Ecuador, un ingrediente clave para la supervivencia de la palma toquilla que crece en la costa del país.
Vice President Mike Pence visited West Philadelphia on Wednesday, and his presence did not go unnoticed. LGBTQ people and allies, refugee supporters, and union workers stood outside St. Francis de Sales School, along 47th St, as he gave a speech at an event around school choice.
It's been 36 years since Carlos Rodriguez called somewhere other than Philadelphia's Norris Square neighborhood "home." Before he moved to his current house at 2034 Hancock Street in 2000, Rodriguez lived a block over on Palethorp Street.
Part of the human condition is the fear we experience when faced with the unknown. But what usually puts the un in front of known is lack of awareness. Transgender people have existed throughout human history, though up until recently the community was not often publicly acknowledged.
More than 700 people gathered at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia to march for justice, equity, and liberation for the transgender community, while remembering the transgender people who have been murdered in Philadelphia. Violence directed toward the transgender community is not unique to the city of brotherly love.
Ask anyone who's lived in Norris Square for more than 30 years about the park that now bears its name and you'll more than likely hear it referred to as "El Parque de Las Ardillas" (The Park of Squirrels). The name comes from a calmer time in the neighborhood's history, though not one without hardship.
When it comes to chefs and the paths that lead them to the kitchen, there are some beautiful stories out there. Mine is not in that realm. I was 40 when I decided to put my life in a backpack, kiss my children goodbye and walk through the desert for a shot at a better life.
A native of Scranton, PA, U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. grew up the fourth of eight children to Ellen and Robert Casey in a home steeped in politics from day one. When Bob, Jr. was three, his father began his long career in politics by becoming a Pennsylvania state senator.