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A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Little Village, Big Problems” highlights the exploitative sale of the historic Little Village Discount Mall with special guests Julio Anaya from Little Village Local, Kocoy Malagon, and Katie Bedoya, community members.

A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Mental Health in Chicago’s Latinx Communities” discusses the inequalities that low income, black and brown, immigrant communities face in regard to mental health resources with special guests Elizabeth Chrisostomo from ENLACE Chicago, Sarah Taylor from Yo soy ella , and Arturo Carrillo from Brighton Park Community Council.

A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Mental Health in Chicago’s Latinx Communities” discusses the inequalities that low income, black and brown, immigrant communities face in regard to mental health resources with special guests Elizabeth Chrisostomo from ENLACE Chicago, Sarah Taylor from Yo soy ella , and Arturo Carrillo from Brighton Park Community Council.

A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Desde la Raíz” speaks about the struggles local street vendors are facing during the pandemic and with police with special guests Martin Unzueta from Chicago Community and Workers Rights and Daniel Martinez, a food truck owner.

Cruel Public Schooling [CPS] is a youth produced 30min segment that discusses issues revolving Chicago Public Schools schools, family and students. As part of Wattz Up!, Yollocalli Arts Reach Radio Productions, CPS opens a platform to cover essential topics that can impact Black and Brown students all over Chicago neighborhoods. *Produced and hosted by Melissa Regalado S2 Episode 5 - CPS Social Workers During Remote Learning(February 24th, 2021) In this episode, CPS sits down with Mary Befino, an elementary school social worker from the west-side of Humboldt Park, and enlights us in the role social workers play in CPS schools and its effect during remote learning.

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Quinto Imperio, Chicago local music heroes, immigrant rights activist and cumbia band.

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Rudy de Anda, LA-Chicago latinx-soul musician and Colemine Records artist.

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Marinero, L. A. singer-songwriter, ChicanX, Cholo-Fi Musician and one half of Francisco Y Madero

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: VV Lightbody, Chicago based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and one half of Valebol.

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Kinky P, music-selectress, jamaican vinyl collector and soundsystem culture promoter 'Beatdown Soundsystem'.

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Pablo Yglesias, music historian, record collector and co-founder of 'Peace & Rhythm' record label.

Cruel Public Schooling [CPS] is a youth produced 30min segment that discusses issues revolving Chicago Public Schools schools, family and students. As part of Wattz Up!, Yollocalli Arts Reach Radio Productions, CPS opens a platform to cover essential topics that can impact Black and Brown students all over Chicago neighborhoods. *Produced and hosted by Melissa Regalado S2 Episode 4 - Parents Dealing With Remote Learning(December 23rd, 2020) In this episode, CPS has a conversation with Simone Alexander, mother from Telpochcalli Elementary, about a parent’s role in remote learning and the difficulties she’s witnessed from other parent’s in similar situations.

Cruel Public Schooling [CPS] is a youth produced 30min segment that discusses issues revolving Chicago Public Schools schools, family and students. As part of Wattz Up!, Yollocalli Arts Reach Radio Productions, CPS opens a platform to cover essential topics that can impact Black and Brown students all over Chicago neighborhoods. *Produced and hosted by Melissa Regalado S2 Episode 3 - Stacy Davis Gates: CTU (December 9th, 2020) In this episode, a conversation with CTU Vice President Stacey Davis Gates about her experience as a CPS teacher, the importance of organizing and building community, as well as exploring CTU mission and the ongoing problems remote learning has put forward.

Cruel Public Schooling [CPS] is a youth produced 30min segment that discusses issues revolving Chicago Public Schools schools, family and students. As part of Wattz Up!, Yollocalli Arts Reach Radio Productions, CPS opens a platform to cover essential topics that can impact Black and Brown students all over Chicago neighborhoods. *Produced and hosted by Melissa Regalado S2 Episode 2 - College Process (December 2nd, 2020) In this episode, CPS sits down with Clemente High School Senior Seminar teacher, Mr. Bawany for a conversation about his experience as a first generation student and the struggles he encountered throughout college. Moreover, the conversation includes tips and advice during the admissions process and how to manage time once admitted to college.

Cruel Public Schooling [CPS] is a youth produced 30min segment that discusses issues revolving Chicago Public Schools schools, family and students. As part of Wattz Up!, Yollocalli Arts Reach Radio Productions, CPS opens a platform to cover essential topics that can impact Black and Brown students all over Chicago neighborhoods. *Produced and hosted by Melissa Regalado S2 Episode 1 - My Senior Year: 1st Remote Quarter (November 11th, 2020) In this episode, CPS dedicates it to the 1st Quarter of Remote Learning. Through a first hand experience and some punk music, we narrate the struggles, frustrations and difficulties of being a senior in High School trying to apply to colleges.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted live straight from the comfort of their couches! The Fall 2020 class of La Mesita and Your story, your Way! produced this Christmas special edition featuring Kermit the frog, a visit to Santa, a time capsule, self-care affirmations and an exciting Xmas Novela; followed by tons of jolly jamz!!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted live straight from the comfort of their couches! 2020 has been chaotic and tiring for so many of us, draining us all of our energy and happiness. In times like these, joy is needed more than ever! From listening to music, cleaning up our spaces, talking on the phone with friends and so much more, we will be sharing exactly how the Wattz Up! team takes a Pause for Joy!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted live straight from the comfort of their couches! In the year 2020, the American people were faced with the most divisive election in modern history: to vote for evil or slightly lesser-evil, again. In a series of twists and turns, we’ve made it to the final reckoning. Who will walk away the chump and who will be crowned the undisputed champ? It’s looking like slightly lesser-evil. Will the United States burn under his rule? Will he make good on any of the promises he’s made? That’s for us, the people, to decide.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted live straight from the comfort of their couches! In this show, Wattz Up! shows some of the negative effects GENTRIFICATION is bringing to our neighborhoods like housing discrimination, commercial displacement, art’s influence on gentrification and how to combat it in your neighborhood. Our guests are community members, activists and artists Laura Ramirez, Foro del Pueblo; Kokoy, a vendor at Little Village Discount Mall; and Gloria Talamantes, The Brown Wall Project. Stay in and listen in!

The Fall 2020 class of Your story, your way! produced this annual Halloween special edition: Your Horror, Your Way! 6.0: The Breaking Twenties". Dreadful tales based on the year 2020. *Some content may be considered disturbing to some audiences. Listener discretion is advised.