Abuelas en Acción: A Multicultural Podcast for Our Common Good
Abuelas en Acción (Grandmothers in Action) are Latinx mothers and grandmothers, Climate Comadres, who strive for a more compassionate and equitable world. Our conversations cross generations with guests, leaders in our communities, who have a passion for justice. Their stories and work all started with a vision and will infuse you with hope for your own communities. Subscribe to hear a new, 30 minute interview each week on topics– racial, social and environmental justice and physical/emotional/spiritual wellbeing–-that will touch your soul and challenge the leader in you to change the world. Hosts: Marie Dahlstrom, Dr. Rosemary Celaya-Alston and Consuelo Saragoza spent their careers promoting social justice for our common good…and will never stop! “Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.” Dolores Huerta
Abuelas en Acción: A Multicultural Podcast for Our Common Good
Part 1: Climate Change and Human Migration from Central America
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Season 1
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Episode 25
Dr. Michael McGlade, Professor of Geography, Sustainability and Latin American Studies at Western Oregon University, talks about how climate change is leading to the displacement and migration of families to the United States. He speaks about historic forces that have driven displacement in the Northern Triangle countries of Central America including colonialism, transnational corporations and the drug trade. Climate change is the next looming crisis for the United States and globally, requiring new migration policies that are cooperative, compassionate and pragmatic.