How I Made it: Kichwa Hatari

How I Made it: Kichwa Hatari

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In this segment of our “How I Made It” series, Charlie Uruchima shares his journey with his ancestral language and tells us how he created “Kichwa Hatari,” the first Kichwa-language radio station in the U.S. From a bedroom-turned-radio studio, to building an entire community of radio hosts and language activists, Charlie tells us how he discovered the power of radio to build solidarity that defies borders.