Max Arciniega helps me kick-off: So You Wanna Be A Baller?

May 2nd, 2012 § Leave a Comment

We recently developed a series on New Futuro called So You Wanna Be A Baller?

For us, being a baller means you’re achieving in whatever field you’re a part of, and worked your butt off to make it happen. People who followed their passion and delivered, and who can help connect the dots as you think about your own path are vital.  New Futuro believes strongly that it’s important to highlight the specific steps necessary to get where you want to go. You can be a “baller” in absolutely any field, because in reality, the whole idea is about a path to success, no matter what you’re passionate about.

This week I had the honor of officially kicking off the series with our first baller: actor, musician, and Latino hero Max Arciniega.


And tune in this weekend to Poco a Poco Radio, to hear our FULL interview with Max.

Fundamentally altering the landscape of Latino Education

April 14th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

Our baby has been birthed.  New Futuro 1.5  has arrived!  My Creative Content team has been kicking butt working alongside the Digital Development team to make it happen. I ask you now to check out NewFuturo.com  Become a member.  Give us feedback.  Just as my participatory internet-based art is all about constant communal engagement, deconstruction, and reconstruction, so is New Futuro.

And there is much more to come. In New Futuro 2, students will have a fully curatorial experience, where they are able to to personalize their academic journeys. Students will be able to collect and bring in all of the things they think are awesome. And New Futuro will be able to dynamically combine student’s interests with their skill sets, financial need, grade level, location, associations, and more, to provide them with ongoing college and post-college guidance.

For me, this is radical education at its finest.  

Poco a Poco Radio interview featuring New Futuro.

Chicanas of 18th Street on Poco a Poco Radio

September 28th, 2011 § 1 Comment

Tune into Poco a Poco Radio this Sunday at 1:30PM CST to hear the excellent BILINGUAL interview my father and I did with Leonard Ramírez and Magda Ramírez-Castañeda, about the much anticipated release of: Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago.

(photos by Claudio Gaete-Tapia)

Poco a Poco Interview

Chicanas of 18th Street

 

Poco a Poco Radio!

July 17th, 2011 § 1 Comment

My papi and I have a brand new BILINGUAL radio show on WLUW 88.7 FM, Poco a Poco Radio. The show airs every Sunday from 1:30-2:00PM CST and can be listened to live on the radio or online at http://wluw.org.

If you missed last week’s show (the first episode) you can listen here:

And today tune in, to hear our LIVE interview with the incredibly talented, hilarious, and inspiring Elma Placeres Dieppa (@mzelma), Director of Latism Chicago.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Latism… you should be… #LATISM stands for Latinos in Social Media.

For more updates follow Poco a Poco Radio on Facebook & Twitter

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