Hope Dealer Episode 1 Trailer

How does one cultivate hope amid systemic oppression and cultural erasure? Join me, on "Hope Dealer," as we embark on a powerful journey through stories of love, resilience, and community. In the inaugural episode, I'm interviewed by my compañera, Cecily Relucio, as we honor the indigenous lands of San Diego and pay tribute to my late Tio Cosme, whose tireless work embodies the spirit of sacrifice and familial pride, challenging xenophobic narratives with a celebration of collective well-being and cultural strength.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
There you are, bienvenida.
Thank you so much for beinghere.
You are the reason that Icreated this space.
I really appreciate you tuningin and I with the hope that you

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return.
And I created this because Ireally feel that we needed a
space and time to protectourselves, as we see, not only
during this presidentialelection, but right now in the
world, that there is anincredible assault against our

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humanity, against us for who weare, here in the US, but also
across the country, where andacross the world, where people
that we care about and love arefacing genocide.
So we wanted to make sure and Iwanted to make make sure that

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there was a way for us toprotect ourselves and to protect
our spirits.
So I'm hoping that this is aspace where we can stand in our
power, where we could beconnected with each other and
really feel the love forourselves and the community that

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my guests are going to sharewith you, what they created, and
so I hope that you get towitness some of the incredible
stories that I have been able towitness over the last several
years.
I listened to stories ofthousands of people who really

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cared and went through their ownspiritual transformation.
These are mostly Latinas andLatinos, black, brown, white,
asian, indigenous people here inChicago primarily, but also
nationally, that really leanedin and saw the transformation of

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how their stories and theirpractice connected it to
themselves, made a connection tocommunity, and where they were
transformed by love, by trust,by another person that touched
them through the stories thatthey had.

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So that's what I'm hoping thatyou're able to listen to when
you return.
Let me tell you a little bitabout myself.
I'm Jose Rico.
I am a Mexicano who grew uphere in Chicago, the Mexican

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capital of the Midwest and anincredible place for people from
all over the world to cometogether.
I love this city, even thoughwe have some challenges, some
incredible people here.
Soy compañero, I'm a father,I'm a son Hermano, compadre,
collaborator, circle keeper andreally someone who's still on my

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own healing journey, and a bigpart of that healing journey is
to really re-indigenize my ownworldview, is to really
re-indigenize my own worldview.
I'm from Michoacan, from thearea of the Perepicha Mountains
in Michoacan, and also apracticing Buddhist with the
order of interbeing, and thosetwo things have been critical to

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my own spiritual journey, to myown spiritual journey, and so I
hope that my journey inspiresyou and also you know, have the
opportunity for you to be moreintentional about your own

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spiritual journey and be moreopen about your spiritual
journey, and the good news isthat I'm going to have some
incredible help from many peoplethat are going to share their
journey.
You're going to hear from CecilyRelucio, my compañera, who just
started an incredible ethnicstudies organization.
You're going to hear from JerryHawkins, who is the executive

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director of Truth, racialHealing and Transformation.
You're going to hear fromEréndira Rendón, who is the vice
president of Immigrant JusticeProgram and the Colebrí
Fellowship.
You're going to hear from SherAguilar, who is the founder of
the Hope Center out inWashington DC.

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You're going to hear fromincredible individuals and
people that are doing work notjust here but internationally.
So that's what Hope Dealer is,and I hope you return, thank you
.