Quarantine Bonus: Media Activism in Puerto Rico
Dr. Yadira Nieves Pizarro, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Communications Department in the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Bayamón Campus), joins the show to discuss media activism in Puerto Rico. We talk about the media's role in Afro-Latinx representation, the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, protests, how people and the news are covered on la Isla and more.
BONUS: Report from the Illinois Delegation to Puerto Rico (PR Agenda Press Conference)
This bonus episode is a recording of a Puerto Rican Agenda press conference on Monday, February 24, in Chicago. We also have a video of the press conference on our Facebook page, if you would like to see that version instead.
This press conference was to report what the Illinois delegation, organized by the Puerto Rican Agenda, witnessed on the 6 municipality tour they took in Puerto Rico. They were there to deliver over $30,000 in earthquake relief aid raised through the Puerto Rican Agenda’s 3R’s Campaign. To be brought up to speed, here's the link to the previous presser announcing the reactivation of the campaign.
BONUS: Puerto Rican Agenda's 3Rs Campaign for Earthquake Relief Efforts (Press Conference)
This bonus episode is a recording of a Puerto Rican Agenda press conference Friday, January 10, in Chicago. We also have a video of the press conference on our Facebook page, if you would like to see that version instead.
The press conference was to announce the relaunch of the successful 3Rs Campaign the PR Agenda used to raise money and send supplies to the hardest-hit areas of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In fact, this campaign made Chicago the first in the U.S. to send a cargo plane with supplies to la isla after Maria. Now the PR Agenda is working again to help people in Puerto Rico after a series of earthquakes have hit the island, including 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude quakes.
Episode 5: Hurricane Maria 2 Years Later & The 3Rs Campaign
2 years after Hurricane Maria. PR Agenda Co-Chair, Jessie Fuentes, explains how the PR Agenda took action to aid Puerto Rico after the 2017 tragedy. Local photographer, Lauren Herrmann, shares how she's lending a hand to help PR.