Indómitas: Live Podcast with Teresa Mejía
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
Doors at 6:30pm
Podcast at 7:00pm in Brava’s Cabaret
Indómitas is a new, live podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring untamable voices of fierce women artists and activists. For the first installment of 2020, Indómitas will interview Teresa Mejía, a community activist and Executive Director of the San Francisco Women’s Building.
Please note that the interview will be conducted in Spanish.
This is a FREE community event (though donations are happily accepted).
Teresa Mejía is a community activist, feminist, single mother, Puerto Rican and executive director of The Women’s Building, which is located in the heart of the Mission District, brightly painted with a mural dedicated to women, Maestrapeace.
Teresa is originally from Puerto Rico and raised in a united and working-class community. She graduated with a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico and then completed a master's degree in Public Administration.
On May 5, 1977, on a Thursday before Mother's Day, she lost her mother, her sister, and her two little nieces, who were killed by her sister's ex-husband, victims of domestic violence. Teresa buried her family and directed her energy to work with and for those who suffer domestic violence.
She co-founded two grassroots women's organizations that promoted women's rights and worked against domestic violence. In 1992, she emigrated to San Francisco, began as a receptionist at The Women’s Building and in 1998, became Executive Director of the San Francisco Women's Building.
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Teresa Mejía es activista comunitaria, feminista, madre soltera, puertorriqueña y directora ejecutiva de The Women’s Building, que se encuentra en el corazón del Distrito de la Misión, brillantemente pintada con un mural dedicado a las mujeres, Maestrapeace.
Teresa es originaria de Puerto Rico y se crió en una comunidad unida y de clase trabajadora. Posee una licenciatura en Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Puerto Rico y una maestría en Administración Pública.
El 5 de mayo de 1977, el jueves antes del Día de la Madre, perdió a su madre, a su hermana, y a sus dos pequeñas sobrinas quienes fueron asesinadas por el ex marido de su hermana, víctimas de violencia doméstica.
Teresa enterró a su familia y desde entonces dedica su energía a trabajar con y para quienes que sufren violencia doméstica.
Cofundó dos organizaciones de mujeres de base que promovieron los derechos de las mujeres y trabajaron contra la violencia doméstica.
En 1992 llegó a San Francisco, comenzó como recepcionista en The Women’s Building y en 1998, se convirtió en Directora Ejecutiva del Edificio de Mujeres de San Francisco.
ABOUT INDÓMITAS
Indómitas is a new, live podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring interviews with fierce women artists and activists
Each month in Brava’s Cabaret, Indómitas will interview female singers, writers, poets, activists, artists, journalists, filmmakers, and others – some well-known and some deserving to be – for live broadcast. These 60-minute conversations will cover the women’s stories of achievement, pitfalls, and hopes for their futures.
Be ready for open and honest conversations, where intimacy fosters the sharing of joy, fear, acceptance, and ultimately, the strength of women. It’s our time to be the ones who narrate our stories of who we are, what we do, what matters to us and how we organized and stand up for our rights.
Indómitas Podcast Series will be available through Chelis López’ website, and other platforms.