Episode 144: Julia Mejia on The Art People Podcast

Latinos Who Lunch

Visual Arts, Arts, History, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

BONUS EPISODE ALERT!

This week we bring you a special episode of Favy's Art People Podcast featuring the determined diva, Boston City Councilor, Julia Mejia.
...
Last month Justin Favela had the honor of interviewing Afro-Latina, agitator, activist and Boston City Councilor, Julia Mejia. Listen in as They talk about growing up in Boston, her path to becoming a city councilor, the act of calling people in, the importance of art and communication and so much more!

You can follow Julia at @juliaforboston on all social media platforms, City Councilor Mejia on Youtube and you can check out juliaforboston.com for more info on this determined diva!

Youtube Links:

We got a voicemail...

I spoke to the voicemail caller (Follow up video)

The Art People Podcast is edited and produced by Justin Favela. Production assistance from Thomas Willis and music by Mike McDonald.

Follow us on social media @artpoeplepod and visit artpeoplepod.com for more episodes.
...

LWL Show Notes:

Babelito Recommends:
Califato 3/4

FavyFav Recomends:
Gettin' Better with Ron Funches

RSVP to our FREE LIVE SHOW in BOSTON!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi this is Favei Fave and this is Babelito and we are Latinos who lunch. The podcast where we talk about important things like
0:16.0	Como Unapa, a p a sinca, soo. Hello hello hello hello
0:27.0	hello hello
0:28.0	kosh show how are you babelax
0:31.8	i am doing.
0:34.0	I am basing on this fucking snow, crazy weather.
0:39.2	How are you?
0:40.2	Wow, so interesting.
0:42.0	Thank you for that. Oh my gosh, a bonus episode. That's right. We are, you know, we started a new format this year or we come out with an episode every other week but guess what mummies we're
0:55.0	coming out with a bonus episode because I couldn't not share it on this feed I
1:00.9	know a lot of you know about my other podcast, the Art People
1:03.9	podcast and recently I got to interview city councillor Julia Mejia who is a
1:09.7	fucking badass. She is an Afro Latina agitator and activist and she she
1:18.2	represents Boston now City Council from Dorchester and she won by one fucking vote.
1:25.0	If you don't think your vote matters people, it fucking matters.
1:28.0	She won by one vote and now she's in City Hall, you know, being a diva and just representing the Afro-Letino community, representing
1:37.5	everybody, really.
1:39.6	She is incredible.
1:41.6	Amazing, amazing, amazing interview.
1:44.0	I was so fucking inspired to hear her story.
1:48.0	The attention that she puts into our communities
1:52.0	in different aspects of the communities, right just to get a fucking vote because she's part of those communities is fascinating you guys are on are in for a treat
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Latinos Who Lunch, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Latinos Who Lunch and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.