Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama

Una Casa De Arcoiris - Part II

Roundtable guests Lindsay Toczylowski and Emem DuPuis Maurus elaborate on part-one of the “Casa de Arcoiris” mini-series. As immigration attorneys, Lindsay and Emem work together to support migrants on both sides of the US/Mexico border, oftentimes working directly with migrants who have stayed at Casa Arcoiris with director Cristina Franco Abundis, from part-one of the mini-series. When the pandemic hit and the border closed, Cristina, Emem, And Lindsay continued working to provide legal aid, safe housing, mental health resources, and joy to the migrants they support.Learn more about Casa Arco Iris: <a href="https://casaarcoiris.org/en/">https://casaarcoiris.org/en/</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alberguecasaarcoiris/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/alberguecasaarcoiris/?hl=en</a> Learn more about Immigrant Defenders Law Center: <a href="https://www.immdef.org/">https://www.immdef.org/</a> Learn more about Transgender Law Center: <a href="https://transgenderlawcenter.org/">https://transgenderlawcenter.org/</a> Learn more about the Border Butterflies Project: <a href="https://borderbutterfliesproject.org/">https://borderbutterfliesproject.org/</a>Episode Transcript: <a href="https://app.trint.com/public/65d79f8e-968d-4d1c-ab24-153320f3c720">https://app.trint.com/public/65d79f8e-968d-4d1c-ab24-153320f3c720</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Covid-19 pandemic introduced the term “Essential Workers” for a class of people who existed before and will persist long after the virus is gone. Vital to society, but rarely heard from, this “essential” class is often hit hardest by the imbalances and injustices of our culture. In each episode, host Wilmer Valderrama will have intimate conversations with people on the frontlines of the food system, transportation, child-care and other workers who are so often overlooked. That conversation leads to a round-table discussion with activists and politically-active celebrities, discussing themes, issues and areas of needed change. The show seeks to reveal the invisible connections between all of us.