Henry Harris is South Side Slim: Long Live the Blues!
Henry Harris aka South Side Slim is a musician, songwriter, performer, and all-around philosopher about life. For Harris, the Blues come from down deep in his soul. The Blues musician grew up in...
For Mario Cordero, Listening is Key in Leadership
Mario Cordero has a great view of the Long Beach Airport from his corner office at the Port of Long Beach headquarters on Spring Street. He sits there as the Port’s latest Executive Director having...
Patrick O’Donnell Activates and Educates
It’s easy to speak to California State Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell. I asked him for an opportunity to interview him and he said sure. I didn’t have to go through three schedulers,...
René Castro: In Service For People and Community
René Castro describes himself as “…an advocate, educator, mentor and community social work practitioner.” He’s currently Director of Community Engagement at Century Villages at Cabrillo on...
Artist Isabella Cruz-Chong: Breaking Borders, Walls, and Chains
Brooklyn, New York-based Isabella Cruz-Chong has strung a heavy gauge chain across, up, and down inside the small white art space that is C.A.C.t.T.U.S. (Creative Arts Coalition to Transform Urban...
Teresa Puente: Fourth-generation Mexican-American and Proud of it
Teresa Puente shares, in a Time Magazine column she wrote last year, a moment she had with a clueless person. She was waiting to board a plane in Chicago. A fellow passenger asked if she was Muslim....
Thomas Fields Is a Man of Many Life Stories Part One
I met Thomas Fields more than ten years ago at a networking lunch at the old Frenchy’s Bistro in Long Beach. We would then often meet over the next few years to talk politics, ideas for music and...
The World of Journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez lives and reports in a multicultural world and we’re better for it. Guzman-Lopez is a reporter who covers education at KPCC 89.3FM. He knows something about...