Kassidy Arena
Kassidy was a reporter based in Des Moines. During her time at IPR, she covered the Latino and Spanish-speaking community, and was Iowa Public Radio's Report for America corps member. Kassidy previously worked at the public radio station, KBIA, in Columbia, Missouri. Kassidy’s work earned her a position as a finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence award.
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Therapy and healing can come from creating art. That's what one group of inter-tribal women found as they work through generational trauma that Native Americans experience.
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Generations of Native Americans have experienced historical trauma due to centuries of mistreatment. One group of intertribal women in Nebraska and Iowa are taking steps to heal through a new creative outlet.
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En enero, Piña y un grupo de mujeres jóvenes se reunieron para formar un equipo llamado Escaramuza Charra Quetzalli. Hay siete jóvenes, incluida Piña, todas de ascendencia mexicana. Pero la octava escaramuza rompe los esquemas.
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Iowa’s largest Asian Heritage celebration is this weekend. And Asian drag queens will be on the performance list for the first time.
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The national sport of Mexico has new representation in Iowa — but this team looks a little different than others. A group of young Iowans has formed a new team to compete and perform in charrería.
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Scott County supervisor candidates will participate in a bilingual forum for the first time this weekend in Davenport. Organizers said it’s part of a larger effort to keep Spanish-speakers informed during election season.
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Las latinas de Iowa seguían una tendencia nacional. Según un estudio de la Iniciativa de Política Latina de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles, las latinas abandonaron la fuerza de trabajo a un ritmo desproporcionado en comparación con otros grupos.
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People in the Des Moines area will have the opportunity to support Ukraine by purchasing baked goods this weekend. The organizers didn’t initially plan for this bake sale, though.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the demographic groups that left the workforce is disproportionate numbers were Latinas. But some of Iowa’s Latina entrepreneurs have taken the pandemic as a chance to follow their dreams.
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Miembros de la comunidad preocupados hablaron anoche en la reunión de la Junta del Distrito Escolar de la Comunidad de Waukee sobre la presentación ofensiva de un estudiante.
