Latinx Artists Promote Covid-19 Vaccination, Saying Goodbye to 'Roadrunner,' Birds Helping CA Farms
More than 60 percent of Latinos in some Central Valley counties are still not vaccinated. The numbers are even more dramatic for younger folks, especially teens and those in their 20s -- and for indigenous farmworkers. Now former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, along with famed Ranchera singer Carmencristina Moreno and other musical groups, are trying to get the word out through original songs, radio dramas, and poems in Spanish, English, and Mixteco. Sasha talks with Hugo Morales, founder of Radio Bilingüe, and Amy Kitchener, of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, about th...
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