Jose Schools the Principal
- Author
- Jose Montoya and Abraham D. Wise
- Published
- Thu 20 Oct 2022
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jose-montoya0/episodes/Jose-Schools-the-Principal-eqb87l
In our first podcast, Abraham and Jose discuss a student walkout at Sunnyside High School on Nov 4th, 1998 and how it went down. Jose discusses the centripetal force of MEChA that galvanized the blooming of a student conscious to upset the power dynamic. The students began organizing, feeling empowered, and ultimately walked out with a mission to inform the public by practicing direct democracy.
In the latter half of the episode, Abraham describes a quirky part of his Mexican-American heritage: he was named after a great grand-father, whom he recently learned met an unusual fate in Rural Mexico.
We finish off by explaining the source of this podcast's name, "The New Americans."
