Oswaldo Guayasamin

Stay positive and embrace the journey! A mal tiempo buena cara :) 1day in Panama. #CascoViejo #BrasilBound (at Casco Viejo) Sometimes it is best to surrender an embrace the moment for what it is. After missing my original flight to Panama, which would take me to Manaus to make a connection Porto Velho -- my final destination where I'd be doing some dope youth work with 15-18 year old girls and boys for one month! I lost another flight... the one from Panama to Manaus, this time. And tis time, the airlines was to blame. They did not validate my rights as dual citizen and did not allow me to travel to Brazil due to fear I might have been sent back. Way too risky for them. After divulging for a long time trying to make my voice count, the airline realized they had made a BIG mistake! They realized they'd made an error. They hooked me up with one of the Mariott hotels in Panama city, which really saved myself a lot of wandering around on my own. There were two great things about this experience, making my statement being heard and surrendering to the experience which allowed me to explore el Vasco Viejo of Panamá City for a couple of hours. I have been SO excited for so long, but things did not go as planned...

Feeling inspired on this rainy day in NYC 11/01/14.

Homemade #ceviche de camarón para el alma. #feelinggood #ecuayorkerlife

Really cool video produced by the Global Action Project & The Point CDC youth about Stop and Frisk in NYC. Shout out to the great activist youth in the video and those behind the scene! Know your rights! 

“We’re proud to be children of immigrant parents and we dedicate this award to the more than eleven million undocumented people that live and work really hard in this country. And that still need to live a more dignified life in this country. Viva la musica! Migration is beautiful!”

La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia  Grammy Acceptance Speech 2014 (via verythat)

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

So true, our generation has been deprived from being still and compassion.

If you wait to do everything until you are sure it’s right, you’ll probably not do much of anything.

Win Borden (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

“Indigenous like corn, like corn, the mestiza is a product of crossbreeding, designed for preservation under a variety of conditions. Like an ear of corn-a female seed-bearing organ-the mestiza is tenacious, tightly wrapped in the husks of her culture. Like kernels she clings to the cob; with thick stalks and strong brace roots, she holds tight to the earth-she will survive the crossroads.” – Gloria Anzaldua