“COVID-19, Urban Indigenous Los Angeles, Community Responses, Impacts, etc."

American Indian Airwaves

Given the spread, severity, and potentially devasting consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic situation in the-midst of stay-at-home ordinances, school and employment closures, etc. throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County regions in southern California, three very important urban Indigenous community members join us for the hour to report on how the larger the urban Los Angeles Indigenous community is being impacted by the COVID-19 debacle, how community members are responding to the COVID-19 epidemic situation throughout the region, what work the guests, colleagues, and community members are performing in this dire time of need, and the guests provide insightful and import information on certain critical services Indigenous organizations provide to Indigenous peoples in the Los Angeles/Orange County areas. Guests: Pat Lopez (Taos/Tiwa Pueblo Nations), community organizer and activist, a Los Angeles City and County Native American Indian Commission County Supervisor appointee (http://www.lanaic.org/commission/committee-to-commissioners/), an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner (CRNP, MSRN) working as a clinician at the United American Indian Involvement Community Clinic since 2006 (https://uaii.org/health-clinic/). Dr. Andrea Garcia, M.D. (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara Nations) is an appointed commissioner with the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission (http://www.lanaic.org/commission/commissioners/), works with Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health/American Indian Counseling Center (https://locator.lacounty.gov/health/Location/3181175/american-indian-counseling-center), and is a board member for the United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (UAII) (http://uaii.org/about-us/leadership/). Monique Castro (Dine’ Nation), founder and CEO of Indigenous Circle Wellness (www.icowellness.com).