This is the second installment of a special feature, with the chronicles and stories by Jossie Valentín and Myriam Quiñones, of a three-week journey to Puerto Rico with the Boricua Care Packages.
This is a special feature, with the chronicles and stories by Jossie Valentín and Myriam Quiñones, of a three-week journey to Puerto Rico to bring help, donations, and assisting the families and community organizations in Puerto Rico, after the stuck of hurricane María. After the successful initiative of the Care Packages, Jossie and Myrian took upon themselves the mission of traveling to Puerto Rico and offer all possible help, bringing donated goods, helping to distribute food, water filters, care packages, and all possible relief in this humanitarian crisis that is still ongoing, after three months
After the successful initiative of the Care Packages, Jossie and Myrian took upon themselves the mission of traveling to Puerto Rico to offer all possible help, bringing donates goods, helping distribute food, water filters, care packages, and all possible relief in this humanitarian crisis that is ongoing, after three months.
Listen to the Holyoke City Council Ward Candidates Forum in its entirety. This public forum was recorded at Kelly School, on November 1st, 2017, and allowed the Candidates of Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, to answer question and debate about several issues of concern for the community.
This event is a collaboration of The Holyoke Neighborhood Associations, Holyoke Media, El Sol Latino, Holyoke Herald, The Gándara Youth Development Center, and Radioplasma, with the support of Holyoke Public Schools.
You can watch the full session on video, thanks to the coverage and production by Holyoke Media.
El Día de Muertos, Day of Dead, is a complicated date that goes beyond the sugar skulls so much visible everywhere in the pop culture in U.S. as evidence of cultural appropriation. On this conversatory, Mexican Chef, Educator, and Activist, Neftalí Durán(Oaxaca); Artist, Performer, and Dancer, Michelle Marroquín (México DF); Xicanx Artist, Songwriter, Singer, and Educator, Diana Alvarez (Texas); Chicano Playwright and artist, Jason Montgomery (California); and Radioplasma’s Host and Producer, Iohann R Vega (México DF), we had a conversation to share and learn from each other’s perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, and meaning of what Day of Dead is, and is not.
Also, there are activities planned around this Day of the Dead, 2017 in Easthampton and Holyoke, providing an opportunity to learn and share the ways to honor, acknowledge and remember the departed:
On November 2nd, there will be an art-making workshop at The Wistariahurst Museum’s Gallery, for the creation of pieces and elements to add to our Ofrenda de Muertos.
Continue reading “Conversatorio del Día de Muertos. A Day of Dead Conversatory.”
Holyoke Herald Staff Reporters Isabella Courchesne, Brendan Leahy, and Feroze Sibdhanni, prepared a series of questions for the Mayoral Candidates, Alex Morse and Jason Ferreira, for a special radioplasma broadcast at the Shevlin Studio in the Holyoke High School. This forum will be also re-aired on Channel 12.
This Forum was a collaboration of The Holyoke Herald and Radioplasma partnership.
Full credit goes to the Herald Staff Reporters, hosting the forum, and to Holyoke High students of the Video Journalism class, operating the cameras, and master control. TV and radio podcasting live produced by our youth.
Special thanks to Joe Courchesne and Mike Hines.
Listen to the At Large City Councilor Candidates Forum in its entirety, on this special coverage of the 2017 Election by radioplasma. This is part of the series “Know Your Candidates”, and also a collaboration with The Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, The Holyoke Taxpayers Association, The Holyoke Youth Task Force, The Gándara Youth Development Center, and Holyoke Media.
Listen to the full debate with the four Mayoral Candidates, Michael Siciliano, Jason Ferreira, Paul Bowes, and Mayor Alex Morse, recorded on September 20th, at El Mercado, in South Holyoke, previous to the preliminary election on September 26th, 2017.
This is a special feature of the Radioplasma podcast, in partnership with the Holyoke Neighborhood Associations, El Sol Latino, Holyoke Media, and Councilor Nelson Roman.
The Radioplasma’s audio podcast, and the video, produced by Holyoke Media, are available for the public on this posting.
The Holyoke Herald, in partnership with Radioplasma, present a special edition of the Podcast, with an interview produced and hosted by Isabella Courchesne, Feroze Sibdhanny, and Siobhan Brennan. They interviewed Mr. Dana Brown, new Principal of the Holyoke High School, previous to the start of the school year 2017-2018.
Siobhan Brennan, Isabella Courchesne, Feroze Sibdhanny, and Mr. Dana Brown.
Feroze Sibdhanny and Isabella Courchesne, Hosts and Producers.
Siobhan Brennan, Sound Engineer.
You can follow the Holyoke Herald at their website: https://hhsherald.com/
The series of interviews “Know Your Candidates” resumes, with the first Mayoral Candidate, Michael Thomas Siciliano. You will have the opportunity to know about Mr. Sicilano’s motivation to run for Mayor, and he presents his platform for the Mayoral Campaign.
You can visit the official website of Michael T. Sicilano, at www.oneholyoke.us
Also, you can follow his campaign and events on his Facebook page
