It's a packed episode today! First, we welcome Denise Ruiz and Cristina Gutierrez to the show. They are the founders of The Honeycomb Network - a holistic co-working and co-creating collective care sanctuary centered and focused on the BIPOC community. We recorded this back in September and it was a lot of fun because it was only our second in-person interview since quarantine here on Paseo Boricua in Chicago. We invited them on to learn more about their organization, and we cover a lot of ground on things like knowing your worth, opening their space during the pandemic, creating spaces for people to address their generational trauma and personal healing. They also share a story of dealing with people in the neighborhood, who don’t take too kindly to what they do and their mission, which has led to the repeated vandalization of their space. 


Then we welcome returning guest, freelance journalist from Puerto Rico, Carlos Berrios Polanco, to discuss the controversial bill known as PC1003 that recently became law in Puerto Rico. It’s basically a law that takes care of La Junta and vulture capitalists and takes away from pensions, education, and public services that working people benefit from so deeply. So we invited him on the show yesterday to bring us up to speed.


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The Honeycomb Network ★ https://www.thehoneycombnetwork.com


'This is a safety issue': Women, minority-owned business targeted by vandal in Humboldt Park ★ https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-humboldt-park-honeycomb-network-vandalism/11191594


Carlos Berríos Polanco ★ https://twitter.com/Vaquero2XL


More on PC1003's Passage ★ https://www.latinorebels.com/2021/10/27/pc1003debtbill


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CIMA ★ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/independent-media-alliance-about-cima/Content?oid=82156315


Puerto Rican Cultural Center Website ★ https://prcc-chgo.org


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