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Podcast: Vocalo Radio
Episode: Storytelling Workshop: Que viva la Discount Mall / Long Live the Discount Mall
Description: Jessica Barajas brings listeners a story of adversity and resilience in Little Village. Learn about how this community continues to come together to fight off gentrification and demand respect in the development of their neighborhood. Novak bought out the Little Village Discount Mall and actively ignored current tenants for years. We hear about the economic and cultural importance of the Discount Mall, and how the unity of Little Village preserved such a vital part of this community's heart and economics.
This segment was produced by Jessica Barajas for Vocalo’s Winter 2023 Storytelling Workshop. Vocalo’s quarterly Storytelling Workshop took place this...