Operation Amigos Podcast
1) A Letter to the World: from the white mom of 3 biracial kids
In the 1980s and 1990s, Amy Herrin Inette attended junior high and high school in Alabama, where racism and segregation were still very much alive and thriving. She recounts her experiences, including...Show More
2) Allison Dayton: Reconciling Faith and Rainbows
In 2017, Allison's brother Preston took his life at the same time that her son was beginning his own process of coming out. While heartbreaking for her whole family, this tragedy started a chain react...Show More
3) Rabbi Benny Zippel, Founder of Project H.E.A.R.T.
Rabbi Benny Zippel founded the Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, and Project H.E.A.R.T., which aims to help at-risk youth, Jewish and otherwise, all over the state. Rabbi Zippel is a huge proponent of he...Show More
4) 12 Years in Mexico: Part 2
Justino and Brook Mora have just realized that Justino won't be allowed back into the United States for at least ten years. What will their life look like now, starting over with almost nothing? Join ...Show More
5) 12 Years in Mexico: Part 1
Justino and Brook Mora were just beginning their life together when the dream became the nightmare. Brook would have to decide which she was willing to live without for ten years: her husband, or her ...Show More
6) Williamson Sintyl: "My Color is My Greatest Blessing"
In 2010 a massive earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing 5 million. Williamson Sintyl miraculously survived the earthquake, even after hours trapped un...Show More
7) Mental Illness, Grief and Cancer: How to support loved ones in helpful, not hurtful, ways
Are there any differences among how we support people with physical ailments, like cancer, and how we help others who are going through mental illness, or making their way through a grieving process? ...Show More
8) An Arab Muslim in Happy Valley, USA
Ahmad Alnassar was born in Jordan and has lived in many places in the world since that time, including Utah. He is currently a student at Brigham Young University, an Operation Amigos intern, and a go...Show More
9) Latinas, Storytellers, Founders
Ismée Williams and Alex Villasante (along with Mayra Cuevas) are the founders and organizers of the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, the biggest gathering of Latinx authors ever organized. Listen as we ta...Show More
10) Advocating for the Broken-Hearted
From her childhood in Venezuela, to law school in Provo, Utah, to migrant camps at the U.S./Mexico border, Carolina NĂșñez has had a life inextricably linked to the plight of immigrants from many place...Show More