Raices Press: Healing Through Storytelling Raíces Verdes

Aleyda or Mari for her familia, is from a small town near Guadalajara, Mexico. She graduated from Fairhaven College with an Interdisciplinary major titled “Solidarity Across borders: Understanding Experiences and Imagining New Realities through Storytelling” and a minor in Education and Social Justice. Aleyda is the content curator for Raices Press, a platform to find book recommendations, book reviews, and writing events. Raices Press has a strong focus on social justice and highlighting writing by Black, Indigenous, People of Color to address the White-dominated publishing industry. In this episode we discussed her use of the word "raices" in her platform and how it it connects to her purpose for writing and sharing stories. Aleyda also gifted the podcast a reading of one of her poem's "La Niña del Maiz", which speaks to directly to the idea of raices verdes, and her family's connection to the environment. To read the poem visit the following page:
https://nuestrasraicesverdes.com/episodes-2/season-ii/raices-press-healing-through-storytelling/

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