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Diverse Voices in Happily Ever Aftersville AND June 20 World Refugee Day Open House

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We open with Melissa Saavedra Gill, founder and CEO of Steamy Lit, prior to the book convention (August 18-19) in Anaheim celebrating diversity in romance and the romance genre. Representation, relevance, and agency all are on the menu. In the second segment (minute approx. minute 35:23), Jackie Mentor with OC Jewish Coalition for Refugees will return in advance of her organization’s June 20 World Refugee Day Open House, to which the public is most welcome. Please rsvp to: https://tinyurl.com/WRDRSVP.

Music credits: Chimora, “Africano Americano,” Sounds of Africa – album; Buena Vista Social Club, Lorena, “Chan Chan,” Buena Vista Social Club cover; Souad Massi, “Hayati,” Raoui – album.

http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/Gill%26MenterPod6-13-23.mp3

World Relief Makes Room at the Inn

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My guest for the full hour is José Serrano, Associate Director of Immigration & Outreach Senior Immigration Services and Dept. of Justice Accredited Representative, in the Garden Grove office, the Southern California headquarters for World Relief, http://www.worldreliefsocal.org/. He considers how much room there may be in the inn, the US inn, that is, with respect to immigration policy as it changes by the hour. Music credits: Greg Foat, “Symphonie Pacifique”; and Calexico, “Happy Christmas”, Seasonal Shift – album.

http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/SerranoPod12-22-20.mp3