Where Roses Grow makes a return with episode 3 - Palestine as a North Star for Community Organizing, capturing my last year in college at the University of Washington (Tacoma) as a student worker at The Center of Equity and Inclusion (CEI). Joining me in this interview are my beloved friends and peers, Jannat and Danny, who previously held leadership titles as part of the university’s Middle Eastern South Asian Students Association.

Jannat (Iraqi) and Danny (Lebanese) being first generation Arab-American student leaders would feel a personal need to amplify the call for Palestinian liberation as Israel's ethnic cleansing intensified during the school year of 2023-2024.

In this episode, we recount our experience of censorship we faced as students that took a clear and vocal stance against ongoing genocide. What started off as questioning freedom of speech, later expanded on recentering the true purpose of DEI departments within higher education. We would go on to uncover various contradictions that did not meet the center's mission to address matters of social justice for a more equitable campus and a better world. With community organizing at the center, we would successfully remove previous leadership of the CEI that enacted this censorship, intimidation tactics and caused harm across various student groups from marginalized communities. 

Donde Crecen las Rosas- un podcast que destaca las rosas en Muckleshoot Land, conocida como Auburn, Washington. Las rosas que se escuchan en este proyecto son aquellas que en el pasado o en el presente se han comprometido con el trabajo antirracismo y trabajo comunitario en Auburn. Esta plataforma combina formas contemporáneas de narración de historias y al tiempo que honra las formas tradicionales de enseñanza al expresar experiencias vividas, permitiendo  que se transmita una narrativa colectiva.

Where Roses Grow- A podcast spotlighting the roses in Muckleshoot Land, known as Auburn, Washington. The roses heard in this project are those who in the past or present have engaged with anti-racism work and community organizing in Auburn. This platform combines contemporary forms of storytelling while honoring the traditional ways of teaching by expressing lived experiences and allowing for a collective narrative to be conveyed.

El episodio dos, Mis Jardineros, es una conversación con los organizadores comunitarios Nadia Bucio Rincón y Marco Antonio Flores Quin. Nadia es una madre, querida cocinera comunitaria y una Purhépecha reconectándose, nacida en Nueva Italia, Michoacán. Marco Antonio es padre, defensor sociocultural y Purhépecha de Quinceo, Michoacán. Muchos los han conocido en el trabajo colectivo que realizan con Ireta Purhepecha y las diversas acciones comunitarias por la justicia social realizadas tanto en conjunto como por separado. La presentadora, Erandy Flores-Bucio, los trae a esta plataforma, como su mayor inspiración, jardineros y a sus padres queridos .

Episode two, Mis Jardineros, is a conversation with community organizers Nadia Bucio Rincon and Marco Antonio Flores Quin. Nadia is a mother, beloved community cook, and reconnecting Purhepecha born in Nueva Italia, Michoacan. Marco Antonio is a father, socio-cultural advocate, and Purhepecha from Quinceo, Michoacan. Many have gotten to know them in the collective work they do with Ireta Purhepecha and the various community actions for social justice done both together and separately. Host, Erandy Flores-Bucio, brings them onto this platform, as her biggest inspiration, gardeners, and her loving parents. 
 

Where Roses Grow- A podcast spotlighting the roses in Muckleshoot Land, known as Auburn, Washington. The roses heard in this project are those who in the past or present have engaged with anti-racism work and community organizing in Auburn. This platform combines contemporary forms of storytelling while honoring the traditional ways of teaching by expressing lived experiences and allowing for a collective narrative to be conveyed.

In this episode, Finding Sunrises, host Erandy Flores-Bucio, shares life updates, personal reflections on her journey and take aways of last season. She also provides a glimpse of what's in store for this coming season titled: Rooted Reflections.

Shane Moses is an Indigenous youth from the Muckleshoot, Warm Springs, and Modac tribes, who currently resides in the Muckleshoot reservation. This episode centers around his reflections on dealing with misconceptions/stereotypes, healing generational trauma, and the aspirations he has for other Indigenous youth. 

Auburn Youth United is a group of youth that organize and advocate for immigrant rights and social justice. In this episode, 4  current organizers who were a part of the early days of this youth organization creation will sit down and reflect on their time in the Auburn School District.  Reflections include the complications with identity,  troubling school environments, and the advocacy that was done to enact change. Tune in and hear from Taina Troncoso, Fatima Prado, Juana Rodriguez, and Michael Prado. 

Sarleen and Biel are both Pacific Islander youth from Chuuk and Marshall Islands. Both are graduates of West Auburn High school who currently reside in South Auburn. In their journey they got connected to local youth mentors who uplifted them to reach their goals, in return, they hope to do the same for other youth in their communities. In this episode, we will find out more about their upbringing, the work they do as organizers and gain insight into how it was like for them to grow up in Washington as young Micronesian immigrants. 

Carrie and Joy are first-generation Liberia-American and Ghana-American students from Lea Hill, Auburn. Along with other students from Auburn Mountainview, they created the Black Youth Leadership Coalition as a direct result of marches across the United States to end violence and systematic racism against Black communities. Their advocacy brings a local perspective to these issues and centers around giving young people the space to speak out. In this episode, we will learn more about these amazing youth organizer's experiences on being Black students at the Auburn School District. 

Where Roses Grow—a podcast spotlighting youth activists on Muckleshoot land, what is currently known as Auburn, Washington.