{"id":4867,"date":"2020-07-01T13:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T18:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T18:40:20","slug":"say-hello-to-our-new-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/say-hello-to-our-new-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Diga &quot;Hola&quot; a nuestro nuevo personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4871\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Rico-Bush-226x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rico Bush - Director de comunicaciones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Hace m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada, tuve el sue\u00f1o de convertirme en periodista de televisi\u00f3n. \u00a1Me apasionaba el arte de contar historias y en unos meses mi sue\u00f1o se hizo realidad!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Mi carrera como periodista me ha llevado a varios estados, incluidos Oklahoma, Virginia y Missouri. Durante mi tiempo como reportera de televisi\u00f3n local, tuve la oportunidad de entrar en la vida personal de la gente com\u00fan y compartir sus historias de alegr\u00eda, desamor e incluso tragedia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Ser periodista fue uno de los mejores momentos de mi vida, pero en los a\u00f1os que siguieron, anhelaba m\u00e1s. Cre\u00ed que necesitaba hacer m\u00e1s para ayudar a las comunidades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Quer\u00eda ser un feroz defensor de la justicia social para las poblaciones m\u00e1s vulnerables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">En 2019, dej\u00e9 mi trabajo como reportera de televisi\u00f3n en Missouri y meses despu\u00e9s me un\u00ed a Empower Missouri como directora de comunicaciones. Fue la mejor decisi\u00f3n que pude haber tomado. Ahora estoy compartiendo historias y haciendo un trabajo que creo que realmente ayuda a las personas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Empower Missouri siempre ha defendido la equidad b\u00e1sica y la justicia equitativa para todas las personas de nuestro estado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Es un honor para m\u00ed haberme unido a una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro que aboga por el bienestar de todos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">En este cargo, mi misi\u00f3n es continuar impulsando un cambio positivo en Missouri y aprovechar el gran trabajo que Empower Missouri hace todos los d\u00edas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4870 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Molly-Pearson-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Molly Pearson - Organizadora de justicia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Es un honor para m\u00ed desempe\u00f1ar el papel de Organizador de Justicia en Empower Missouri, donde soy miembro del personal de la Coalici\u00f3n de Justicia por el VIH de Missouri. Si bien comenc\u00e9 \u201coficialmente\u201d este rol en febrero de este a\u00f1o, este trabajo no es nuevo para m\u00ed; He sido miembro de la Coalici\u00f3n desde febrero de 2018, un estudiante de pr\u00e1cticas con la Coalici\u00f3n durante el a\u00f1o acad\u00e9mico 2018-19, y me desempe\u00f1\u00e9 como organizador interino de la Coalici\u00f3n durante el verano de 2019. Para m\u00ed, este trabajo no es una actividad puramente profesional. Habiendo crecido en un hogar queer que se vio directamente afectado por la epidemia, conozco el dolor del estigma y la disparidad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Mi padre biol\u00f3gico abiertamente gay muri\u00f3 de una enfermedad relacionada con el SIDA en 1989, seguido por mi madre en 1994, solo dos a\u00f1os antes de que finalmente se pusiera a disposici\u00f3n de las personas que viven con el VIH (PVVIH) un tratamiento eficaz. Mi otro padre abiertamente gay (mi &quot;segundo padre&quot;, como lo llamo) termin\u00f3 de criarnos a mi hermana ya m\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">S\u00e9 en lo profundo de mi ser que podemos, debemos hacerlo mejor para proteger el bienestar de las PVVIH y de quienes las aman. Cuando una sola pastilla diaria puede permitir que una PVVIH tenga una vida plena y saludable, no hay una buena raz\u00f3n para que la gente sufra hoy como lo hicieron mis padres, y mucho menos se enfrente a la criminalizaci\u00f3n. La opresi\u00f3n estructural que enfrentan las PVVS, los negros, los ind\u00edgenas, las personas de color, las personas que se identifican como LGBTQ + y las personas que viven con bajos ingresos es por dise\u00f1o. Creo que a trav\u00e9s de la acci\u00f3n colectiva, podemos desmantelar estos sistemas da\u00f1inos para que todos podamos prosperar. No merecemos nada menos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Muchas de mis experiencias vividas motivan e informan el trabajo que estoy llamado a realizar, y tambi\u00e9n soy muy consciente del privilegio que aporto a este espacio. Si bien siempre he vivido con el VIH como parte de mi vida, no vivo con el VIH en mi cuerpo. Mientras mi familia no ten\u00eda seguro y trabajaba pobremente, nuestra blancura abri\u00f3 puertas que est\u00e1n cerradas para muchos debido al racismo. Me acerco a mi trabajo a trav\u00e9s de una lente de lucha compartida y solidaridad. Nuestra liberaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 indisolublemente unida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Adem\u00e1s de mi trabajo como Organizador de Justicia, soy el l\u00edder de Capacitaci\u00f3n y Educaci\u00f3n para<\/span><a class=\"JsGRdQ\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/cmpfr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Hoguera<\/a><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">, donde ense\u00f1o habilidades y m\u00e9todos de narraci\u00f3n de historias con individuos, grupos y organizaciones. Me aferro a la creencia de que para crear un cambio, debemos cambiar la historia. Estoy encantado de participar en el cambio de historia con mis compa\u00f1eros miembros de la Coalici\u00f3n por la Justicia contra el VIH de Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keyana Cooke - Pasante de Empower Missouri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4868\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Keyana-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Keyana-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Keyana.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>\u00a1Hola! Soy Keyana Cooke. Me graduar\u00e9 del programa de Maestr\u00eda en Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Saint Louis con una concentraci\u00f3n en Comunidades y Organizaciones en<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Diciembre de 2020. Estoy emocionado de estar haciendo un segundo semestre de mi pasant\u00eda con Empower Missouri. Este verano, me centrar\u00e9 en la reforma de la justicia penal. <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">e iniciativas de seguridad alimentaria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Durante el tiempo que llevo en Empower Missouri, he aprendido muchas cosas. He sido testigo del proceso legislativo de Missouri escribiendo y dando testimonio sobre temas clave de Empower Missouri y hablando con legisladores sobre la postura de la comunidad sobre estos temas. Mi parte favorita de mi trabajo en Empower Missouri es involucrar a la comunidad a trav\u00e9s de d\u00edas de promoci\u00f3n, foros comunitarios y llamadas de coaliciones. I <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Creemos firmemente que la voz de la comunidad es importante y que cuando unimos esas voces es lo suficientemente poderosa como para generar un cambio para todo Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Despu\u00e9s de graduarme, planeo continuar abogando por la equidad racial y la justicia en Missouri. Me apasiona incorporar pol\u00edticas y participaci\u00f3n comunitaria. <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">para reformar \u00e1reas como la educaci\u00f3n y el oleoducto de la escuela a la prisi\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leah Lewsader - Pasante de Empower Missouri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4869 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Leah-Lewsader-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Leah-Lewsader-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Leah-Lewsader-732x1024.jpeg 732w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Leah-Lewsader-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Leah-Lewsader-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Leah-Lewsader.jpeg 1463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\u00a1Hola! Soy Leah Lewsader, una 3L en ascenso en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Kansas. Estoy muy orgulloso de ser miembro de Empower Missouri como parte de Urban Leaders Fellowship. Este verano, mi trabajo se centrar\u00e1 en la reforma de la justicia penal y la promoci\u00f3n de la vivienda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Originalmente de Illinois, obtuve mi t\u00edtulo en Educaci\u00f3n Primaria de la Universidad Loyola de Chicago en 2012. Poco despu\u00e9s de graduarme, me mud\u00e9 a Santiago, Chile, donde pas\u00e9 seis a\u00f1os ense\u00f1ando en la escuela primaria. Como maestra, aprend\u00ed el poder de la comunidad y trabaj\u00e9 al servicio de ella. Como estudiante de derecho, he dedicado mi tiempo a relacionarme con varias comunidades a trav\u00e9s de <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">cl\u00ednicas de inmigraci\u00f3n y derecho familiar, abogando por los trabajadores agr\u00edcolas regionales y haciendo pr\u00e1cticas en un hospital local para brindar asistencia legal gratuita a los pacientes y <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">familias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Adem\u00e1s de mi trabajo en Empower Missouri, tambi\u00e9n paso tiempo trabajando con la senadora de Missouri, Lauren Arthur, enfoc\u00e1ndome espec\u00edficamente en el acceso a la calidad, <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">vivienda asequible. Espero lograr un cambio significativo a trav\u00e9s de mi trabajo de defensa con Empower Missouri, vinculando las prioridades legislativas con las necesidades de la comunidad. I <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Creemos verdaderamente que la promoci\u00f3n y la pol\u00edtica deben ir de la mano: la comunidad debe informar la formulaci\u00f3n de pol\u00edticas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Estoy involucrado y comprometido a seguir una carrera en derecho de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico, particularmente en las \u00e1reas de justicia racial e igualdad LGBTQ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rico Bush &#8211; Communications Director More than a decade ago, I had a dream to become a television journalist. I was passionate about the art of storytelling and within months my dream came true! My journalism career has taken me to several states including Oklahoma, Virginia and Missouri. 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