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Pilot
Episode 1: On Fugitivity and Alien with Alan Pelaez Lopez
Episode 2: On Fugitivity and Alien, Part 2
Episode 3: On Wellness with Soultree
Episode 4: On Wellness, Part 2
Episode 5: Mid-Season Recap with Jenny
Episode 6: Mid-Season Recap, Part 2
Episode 7: On Trains with Miko Revereza
Episode 8: On Trains, Part 2
Episode 9: On Work with Luna X Moya
Episode 10: On Work, Part 2
Episode 11: On Trains, Radical Kinship Series
Pilot
In our pilot episode, we wanted to share who we are and how A Revolutionary Love Letter podcast came to be.
SHOW NOTES
Purchase Alan Pelaez Lopez’s book, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alienBuy at The Operating System ︎︎︎
Eve Tuck & C. Ree, “A Glossary of Haunting”
evetuck.com/writing ︎︎︎
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Access show notes and a transcript ︎
In this first episode, we speak with Alan Pelaez Lopez on the words, “fugitivity” and “alien.”
SHOW NOTES
Purchase Alan Pelaez Lopez’s book, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alienBuy at The Operating System ︎︎︎
Eve Tuck & C. Ree, “A Glossary of Haunting”
evetuck.com/writing ︎︎︎
Karla Mari McKanders, “Immigration Enforcement and the Fugitive Slave Acts: Exploring Their Similarities”
papers.ssrn.com ︎︎︎
Hortense Spillers, “Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe: An American Grammar Book”
PDF ︎
Beth H. Piatote, Domestic Subjects
Buy at Yale University Press ︎︎︎
Edwidge Danticat, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Buy at Penguin Randomhouse ︎︎︎
Deborah A Miranda, Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
Buy at Heyday Books ︎︎︎
Patrick Wolfe, “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native”
PDF ︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Koreangrykoreangry.com ︎︎︎
︎ @koreangry
︎ koreangry
︎ @koreangry
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Access show notes and transcript (PDF)︎
We continue our conversation with Alan Pelaez Lopez on settler futures, the DREAM Act, and how one can interrupt such futures by being a bad citizen subject.
SHOW NOTES
Alan Pelaez Lopez, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alienBuy at The Operating System ︎︎︎
Eve Tuck & C. Ree, “A Glossary of Haunting”
evetuck.com/writing ︎︎︎
Hortense Spillers, “Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe: An American Grammar Book”
PDF ︎
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
octaviabutler.com ︎︎︎
adrienne marie brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Buy at AK Press ︎︎︎
Alan Pelaez Lopez, “10 (Un)documented Black & LGBTQIA Activists You Need to Know”
bgdblog.org ︎︎︎
Ntozake Shange, “a photograph: lovers in motion” in Three Pieces (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1981)
Edwidge Danticat, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Buy at Penguin Randomhouse ︎︎︎
Deborah A Miranda, Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
Buy at Heyday Books ︎︎︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Stephanie Soultree Camba︎ Spotify
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ SoulTreesMusic
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
SHOW NOTES
Stolen Lands by Elephant Rebellion︎ Listen on Soundcloud
Stolen Lands is Stephanie “Soultree” Camba(nationofthangs)’s coming out story from
2010 expressing her view of the complexities of immigration and her experience of this unfair, broken system. Stephanie has been painstakingly performing this spoken word piece and finding new meanings each time especially in her reflection of what it means to her and her family. This is the official release of “Stolen Lands” as a completed musical production. Produced by Kari the Illustrator and Engineered by Substance.
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ SoulTreesMusic
More by Stephanie Soultree Camba
Soultree EP, 2019
︎ Listen on Spotify
Malaginto Single, 2020
︎ Listen on Spotify
Julian Aguon, What We Bury at Night: Disposable Humanity
hawaii.edu ︎︎︎
Susanne Rust, “How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster”
latimes.com ︎︎︎
Samantha Raphelson, “75 Years Ago, Scientists Conducted An Unprecedented Nuclear Experiment”
npr.org ︎︎︎
“A Crisis Right Now: San Francisco and Manila Face Rising Seas”nytimes.com ︎︎︎
(might be paywall’ed but email us at migrantloveletters@gmail.com & we’ll send you a PDF)
Tabita Diela, Gayatri Suroyo, “Indonesia puts $33 billion move of capital city on hold to tackle pandemic”
reuters.com ︎︎︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Rommy Toriccorommytorrico.com ︎︎︎
︎ @rommyyy123
Power series
rommytorrico.com/power-series ︎︎︎
Trans Awareness Month Series
rommytorrico.com/trans-awareness-month-series ︎︎︎
Sad Kid Series
rommytorrico.com/sad-kid-series ︎︎︎
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
We continue our conversation with Soultree to talk about wellness practices, queer undocumented joy on settler land, and how to take care of each other.
SHOW NOTES
Stolen Lands by Elephant Rebellion︎ Listen on Soundcloud
Stolen Lands is Stephanie “Soultree” Camba(nationofthangs)’s coming out story from 2010 expressing her view of the complexities of immigration and her experience of this unfair, broken system. Stephanie has been painstakingly performing this spoken word piece and finding new meanings each time especially in her reflection of what it means to her and her family. This is the official release of “Stolen Lands” as a completed musical production. Produced by Kari the Illustrator and Engineered by Substance.
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ SoulTreesMusic
More by Stephanie Soultree Camba
Soultree EP, 2019
︎ Listen on Spotify
Malaginto Single, 2020
︎ Listen on Spotify
Julian Aguon, What We Bury at Night: Disposable Humanity
hawaii.edu ︎︎︎
Teresia K Teaiwa, “Bikinis and Other S/pacific N/oceans” (1994)
Photo by Leonard Nadel, “Bracero workers being fumigated at Hidalgo Processing Center,” Texas, 1956
nlm.nih.gov ︎︎︎
Chronicles podcast, hosted by Yoce & Luna
Listen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Power Not Pity podcast, hosted by Bri
powernotpity.com ︎︎︎
Disability Visibility podcast, hosted by Alice Wong
disabilityvisibilityproject.com ︎︎︎
Queer Migrant Future: Joy, Kinship and Soul Based Connection with Alan Pelaez Lopez, Soultree, Yosimar Reyes
︎ Listen on Soundcloud
Mia Mingus
leavingevidence.wordpress.com ︎︎︎
Patty Berne & Sins Invalid
sinsinvalid.org ︎︎︎
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
brownstargirl.org ︎︎︎
Mordecai Ettinger & Health Justice Commons
healthjusticecommons.org ︎︎︎
Eli Clare
eliclare.com ︎︎︎
Elgin Bokari, Chicago based DJ, Activist, Visual and Performing Artist
elephantrebellion.org ︎︎︎
Tam Tran (activist, filmmaker), LOST & FOUND (2020)
︎ Watch on Vimeo
“Elusive Communities Project: NCDP mourns the loss of staff member Cinthya Felix”
︎ Watch on Vimeo
NCDP mourns the loss of one of our research staff, 26-year old Cinthya Felix, who was tragically killed in an auto accident on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Cinthya was a passionate advocate for immigrant rights and human rights, an enthusiastic public health researcher, and an equally committed friend and colleague. Cinthya worked tirelessly on one of our central projects, Elusive Communities, which explored the ways that immigrant Mexican communities across the country responded to the novel H1N1 virus. This project allowed Cinthya to merge her passions. The video show-cased on our website is a clip from the documentary, Elusive Pandemic, produced by HITN. We thank our friends at HITN for their permission to show this — it serves as a reminder of Cinthya’s commitment and her enthusiasm. It also reminds us how much we will miss her.
Kent Wong and Matias Ramos, “Undocumented And Unafraid: Tam Tran and Cinthya Felix”
PDF ︎
Andrea Long Chavez, “Undocumented And Unafraid: UCLA Honors The Lives Of Two Leaders In The Immigrant Rights Movement”
huffpost.com ︎︎︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Luna X Moya, filmmakeromnitheant.com ︎︎︎
What the Pier Gave Us, 2021
︎ @thepiergaveus
Screened at BAMcinemaFest 2021
BAM.org ︎︎︎
“Sundance Institute’s Accessible Futures Initiative Returns With Virtual 2021 Edition“
variety.com ︎︎︎
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 5
Mid-Season Recap with Jenny, Part 1
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
We’re halfway through Season 1! Our friend Jenny joins us for this mid-szn recap, where we ask, “What does it mean to be quote-unquote undocumented? Is it an identity? Should we center organizing work around this quote-unquote identity of being quote-unquote undocumented?”
SHOW NOTES
Alan Pelaez Lopez, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alienBuy at The Operating System ︎︎︎
Stephanie Soultree Camba
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ SoulTreesMusic
For booking inquiries: soultreebooking@gmail.com
Soultree EP, 2019
︎ Listen on Spotify
Malaginto Single, 2020
︎ Listen on Spotify
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 6
Mid-Season Recap with Jenny, Part 2
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
We continue our mid-szn recap conversation, asking each other, What is doing too much? How do we address feeling that we’re doing too much? We also share our own wellness practices that help us navigate day-to-day life.
SHOW NOTES
Alan Pelaez Lopez, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alienBuy at The Operating System ︎︎︎
Stephanie Soultree Camba
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ @soultreesmusic
︎ SoulTreesMusic
For booking inquiries: soultreebooking@gmail.com
Soultree EP, 2019
︎ Listen on Spotify
Malaginto Single, 2020
︎ Listen on Spotify
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 7
On Trains: with Miko Revereza, Part 1
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
In this episode, we speak with filmmaker Miko Revereza on modern fugitivism, paranoia, and slowness of riding trains as an undocumented im/migrant.
SHOW NOTES
Miko Revereza, No Data Plan (2019)Sentient Art Film ︎︎︎
︎ @mikorevereza
Interview with Jordan Cronk at FilmComment:
filmcomment.com ︎︎︎
Photo by Clem Albers, “Los Angeles, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry entraining for Manzanar, California”
National Archives ︎︎︎
Photo by Clem Albers, “Arcadia, California. Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly center from San Pedro, California”National Archives ︎︎︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Black Alliance for Just Immigration︎ BAJIpage
︎ @BAJITweet
︎ @InstaBAJI
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 8
On Trains: with Miko Revereza, Part 2
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
We continue our conversation with filmmaker Miko Revereza on modern fugitivism, paranoia, and slowness of riding trains as an undocumented im/migrant.
SHOW NOTES
Miko Revereza, No Data Plan (2019)Sentient Art Film ︎︎︎
︎ @mikorevereza
FOOTNOTES
1. In 2017, Syracuse Workers Center and the Syracuse Rapid Response Team organized actions to deter and condemn Greyhound and Amtrak collaborating with Border Patrol and ICE. On February 26, 2019, Mirko Ralli-Falconi faced deportation after an encounter with two Border Patrol agents at the Syracuse Regional Transportation Center. His Miranda rights were not read upon his arrest and now he is fighting to have evidence tossed out.syracuse.com ︎︎︎
2. August 20, 2019, Mercedes Phelan is a Black, Puerto Rican and a U.S. citizen profiled by the CBP while riding a Greyhound bus. iacenter.org ︎︎︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Sonia Guiñansacasoniaguinansaca.com ︎︎︎
︎ @thesoniag
Bookings: soniagbooking@gmail.com
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 9
On Work: with Luna X Moya, Part 1
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
We speak with documentary filmmaker Luna X Moya on their film vignette, What the Pier Gave Us, which was recently screened at BAMcinemaFest and Un Colectivo Recuerda.
SHOW NOTES
Luna X Moya, filmmaker & editoromnitheant.com ︎︎︎
︎ @omnitheant
What the Pier Gave Us (2020)
︎ @ThePierGaveUs
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Edwidge Danticatedwidgedanticat.com ︎︎︎
Brother I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
edwidgedanticat.com ︎︎︎
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 10
On Work: with Luna X Moya, Part 2
Access show notes and a transcript of the episode ︎
We continue our conversation with documentary filmmaker Luna X Moya on their film vignette, What the Pier Gave Us, which was recently screened at BAMcinemaFest and Un Colectivo Recuerda.
SHOW NOTES
Luna X Moya, filmmaker & editoromnitheant.com ︎︎︎
︎ @omnitheant
What the Pier Gave Us (2020)
︎ @ThePierGaveUs
Zora Neale Hurston, How It Feels To Be Colored Me
︎ PDF
Faviana Rodriguez, Migration is Beautiful 2018 poster
favianna.com ︎︎︎
The Center for Cultural Power (formerly Culture/Strike)
culturalpower.org ︎︎︎
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Penguin Randomhouse ︎︎︎
Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer
Grove Atlantic ︎︎︎
ARTIST ECHOLOCATION
Haitian Bridge Alliance︎ haitianbridge
︎ @haitianbridge
︎ @haitianbridge
Ongoing donation page: actblue.com ︎︎︎
COMMUNITY THANK YOUS
Chronicles Podcast hosted by Luna & YoceListen on Apple Podcasts ︎︎︎
Kim Lum, Graphic Designer
kimberlylum.com ︎︎︎
Intro/Outro: “Raindrop” by Human Behavior
Listen on Bandcamp ︎︎︎
Episode 11
On Trains: Radical Kinship Series
Access a transcript of the episode ︎
This is a bonus episode, originally recorded on February 10, 2022 as part of the Radical Kinship Series, organized by Dr. Alan Pelaez Lopez. The talks highlighted undocumented and formerly undocumented scholars and artists who write about citizenship and illegality, undocumented and unauthorized migration, settler colonialism, and or the global circuit of forced migration.
Keish and I decided that we wanted to talk about the word trains to think about the history of labor, dispossession, displacement, and fugitivity.
The Radical Kinship Series co-sponsored by the On the Same Page Program, the Multicultural Community Center, the Undocumented Student Program, and the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative at UC Berkeley.