Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama

The TransLatin@ Coalition

Years ago on one fateful day in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, volunteer Liza spoke from her heart and drew a crowd to raise money for the TransLatin@ Coalition. Nowadays, Liza is a case manager for the very same Coalition, working to serve the trans community of Los Angeles. Liza works with her trans community each day, ensuring folx have housing and other basic needs, including having their voices heard. Roundtable guests: Bamby Salcedo, the CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, and activist and model Carmen Carrera. Learn more about: The TransLatin@ Coalition: <a href="https://www.translatinacoalition.org/">https://www.translatinacoalition.org/</a> Episode Transcript: <a href="https://app.trint.com/public/c92f085f-6e00-4760-bd31-84da0b88dda0">https://app.trint.com/public/c92f085f-6e00-4760-bd31-84da0b88dda0</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.