Unblocked Vibrations: Art and Indigenous Environmental Advocacy in the Everglades

(3/3) Unblocked Food Sovereignty: Indigenous Community Gardens for Healing the Risks of Laboring in Rising Heat **SPANISH**

For this podcast, we visited a community garden at Misión Peniel, a Presbyterian mission in solidarity with farmworkers. We met with a group of Indigenous, farmworking women from across Latin America who are part of a dynamic community garden. We had the opportunity to meet Lupita Vazquez Reyes, the Garden Outreach Coordinator. Lupita is the daughter of farmworkers and activists. She was born and raised in Immokalee but left to serve in the Army. She returned to Immokalee and began volunteering with Misión Peniel, shortly thereafter, was hired to work at Cultivate Abundance.  These three episodes are hosted by Nicaraguan-born photojournalist Lisette Morales, who is based in South Florida and focuses on visual narratives highlighting Latin American communities. In particular, she has a strong connection to a group of farmworkers based in Immokalee. She possesses a unique ability to capture migrant stories, particularly as an Indigenous woman herself. She recognizes the significance of their narratives and employs a gifted visual translation method to convey the vibrant knowledge-making about resilience, community building, and ecological healing to an audience that may require cultural interpretation to fully comprehend these concepts. Listen to these women navigate stories of community building, seed exchange, and indigenous medicinal knowledge as a means of combating the adverse effects of labor in the rising heat of South Florida. They also explore the concept of food sovereignty through the cultivation of their own foods. The podcast is structured into three parts: Part I: Introduction to the community garden Part II: Climate change and its impacts on labor in the heat in Immokalee; Indigenous medicine as a means of healing and protection; finding resilience in food deserts; and the role of community gardens in empowering women through aspects of the violence and isolation associated with forced migration. Part III: Diversity within the community garden; Indigenous languages and excerpts from the life stories of the women. Producer: Mitzi Uehara Carter Podcast host and organizer: Lisette Morales Podcast co-host: Lupita Vazquez Reyes Audio and post-production editing: Sebastian Rocha Alvarez Associate producer and audio editor: Diane Benitez Disclaimer: This podcast does not reflect FIU policy.

(2/3) Unblocked Food Sovereignty: Indigenous Community Gardens for Healing the Risks of Laboring in Rising Heat **SPANISH**

This episode was recorded in Spanish. English captions are available on our Youtube Channel! Please visit https://www.youtube.com/@UnblockedIndigenousPodcast for the English translation. For this podcast, we visited a community garden at Misión Peniel, a Presbyterian mission in solidarity with farmworkers. We met with a group of Indigenous, farm working women from across Latin America who are part of a dynamic community garden. We had the opportunity to meet Lupita Vazquez Reyes, the Garden Outreach Coordinator. Lupita is the daughter of farmworkers and activists. She was born and raised in Immokalee but left to serve in the Army. She returned to Immokalee and began volunteering with Misión Peniel, shortly thereafter, was hired to work at Cultivate Abundance.  These three episodes are hosted by Nicaraguan-born photojournalist Lisette Morales, who is based in South Florida and focuses on visual narratives highlighting Latin American communities. In particular, she has a strong connection to a group of farmworkers based in Immokalee. She possesses a unique ability to capture migrant stories, particularly as an Indigenous woman herself. She recognizes the significance of their narratives and employs a gifted visual translation method to convey the vibrant knowledge-making about resilience, community building, and ecological healing to an audience that may require cultural interpretation to fully comprehend these concepts. Listen to these women navigate stories of community building, seed exchange, and indigenous medicinal knowledge as a means of combating the adverse effects of labor in the rising heat of South Florida. They also explore the concept of food sovereignty through the cultivation of their own foods. Part I: Introduction to the community garden Part II: Climate change and its impacts on labor in the heat in Immokalee; Indigenous medicine as a means of healing and protection; finding resilience in food deserts; and the role of community gardens in empowering women through aspects of the violence and isolation associated with forced migration. Part III: Diversity within the community garden; Indigenous languages and excerpts from the life stories of the women. Producer: Mitzi Uehara Carter Podcast host and organizer: Lisette Morales Podcast co-host: Lupita Vazquez Reyes Audio and post-production editing: Sebastian Rocha Alvarez Associate producer and audio editor: Diane Benitez Disclaimer: This podcast does not reflect FIU policy.

(1/3) Unblocked Food Sovereignty : Indigenous Community Gardens for Healing the Risks of Laboring in Rising Heat **SPANISH**

This episode was recorded in Spanish. English captions are available on our Youtube Channel! Please visit https://www.youtube.com/@UnblockedIndigenousPodcast for the English translation. For this podcast, we visited a community garden at Misión Peniel, a Presbyterian mission in solidarity with farmworkers. We met with a group of Indigenous, farm working women from across Latin America who are part of a dynamic community garden. We had the opportunity to meet Lupita Vazquez Reyes, the Garden Outreach Coordinator. Lupita is the daughter of farmworkers and activists. She was born and raised in Immokalee but left to serve in the Army. She returned to Immokalee and began volunteering with Misión Peniel, shortly thereafter, was hired to work at Cultivate Abundance.  These three episodes are hosted by Nicaraguan-born photojournalist Lisette Morales, who is based in South Florida and focuses on visual narratives highlighting Latin American communities. In particular, she has a strong connection to a group of farmworkers based in Immokalee. She possesses a unique ability to capture migrant stories, particularly as an Indigenous woman herself. She recognizes the significance of their narratives and employs a gifted visual translation method to convey the vibrant knowledge-making about resilience, community building, and ecological healing to an audience that may require cultural interpretation to fully comprehend these concepts. Listen to these women navigate stories of community building, seed exchange, and indigenous medicinal knowledge as a means of combating the adverse effects of labor in the rising heat of South Florida. They also explore the concept of food sovereignty through the cultivation of their own foods. Part I: Introduction to the community garden Part II: Climate change and its impacts on labor in the heat in Immokalee; Indigenous medicine as a means of healing and protection; finding resilience in food deserts; and the role of community gardens in empowering women through aspects of the violence and isolation associated with forced migration. Part III: Diversity within the community garden; Indigenous languages and excerpts from the life stories of the women. Producer: Mitzi Uehara Carter Podcast host and organizer: Lisette Morales Podcast co-host: Lupita Vazquez Reyes Audio and post-production editing: Sebastian Rocha Alvarez Associate producer and audio editor: Diane Benitez Disclaimer: This podcast does not reflect FIU policy.

Unblocked Preservation: What Conservationists Get Wrong about Protecting the Land

In this episode, Betty Osceola, a Miccosukee leader and environmental advocate, delves into the proposed Wilderness Designation that will significantly impact the tribe and the proposed area to be closed off to humans. She sheds light on the ongoing displacement of indigenous communities in the region and challenges the conservationist notion that wildlife preserves devoid of human contact are inherently healthier. Osceola asserts that the original stewards of the land should not be locked out of the lands on which they have cared and their presence is essential in the healing process of this damaged ecosystem.  She proposes active involvement of indigenous communities in developing sustainable solutions for preservation. Producer: Mitzi Uehara Carter Audio and post-production editing: Sebastian Rocha Alvarez Associate Producer and Audio Editor: Diane Benitez Disclaimer: This podcast does not reflect FIU policy.

Unblocked Vibrations: Art and Indigenous Environmental Advocacy in the Everglades

Samuel Tommie, a member of the Seminole Tribe of Indians and a Miccosukee Native American, was born on an island in the Everglades and grew up in various regions of the Florida Everglades. In this episode, Tommie discusses his artwork and how his experiences on tree islands shaped his advocacy work and his understanding of resilience. Producer: Mitzi Uehara Carter Audio and Post-Production Editing: Sebastian Rocha Alvarez Associate Producer and Audio Editor: Diane Benitez Disclaimer: This Podcast does not reflect FIU policy.